Congratulations to Premium Blend alumnus Andy Samberg, who has just been tapped to join the cast of Saturday Night Live as a featured player this fall!

(Andy is part of the comedy team, The Lonely Island, most famous for their O.C. parody video, "The 'Bu.")

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride no more! Yesterday, South Park won its first Prime Time Emmy for best animated series under 1 hour. The award comes less than a week after the announcement that the show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made a deal for three more years of South Park on Comedy Central. It's a good week for fans of foul-mouthed fourth graders!

The Improv All-Stars have a good time in concert and they all like each other — except Drew.

(Information on Drew Carey and the Improv Allstars, on tour now, here.)

Here's a round up of upcoming live comedy events to raise money for hurricane relief (click the links for all the information):

New York:

Monday, September 12: Crash Test at UCB Theatre (Demetri Martin, Aziz Ansari, Eugene Mirman and more)

Wednesday, September 14: Northern Hospitality (Colin Quinn, Christian Finnegan, Susie Felber and more)

Sunday, September 18: Mercycat at UCB Theatre (Amy Poehler, Horatio Sanz, Paul Scheer and more)

Thursday, September 22: Hurricane Benefit Show (Liam McEneaney, Rob Corddry, Eddie Brill and more)

Los Angeles:

Every Friday in September: Hurricane Fridays at Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre LA (All proceeds from all Friday shows in September go to Hurricane Relief.) 

To give now, try The American Red Cross.

If we give timetables on when evacuation will be completed it will only embolden the enemy.

Samuel L. Jackson talks about some alternatives for donating to Katrina victims.

Celebrities, our greatest natural resource have gone through a range of responses.

Rob Corddry meets with a man who would like to change the face of photosynthesis forever.

We love the website Overheard in New York, which posts daily bits of overheard conversations sent in by readers. But we're also comedy nerds here at the CC Insider, so when we saw this today:

Preppy boy #1: Look at that wino eating grapes.
Preppy boy #2: So.
Preppy boy #1: Someone should tell him he has to wait.

–3rd between 38th & 39th

We had to point out that, although someone in New York may have overheard someone else saying that, it's still a classic Mitch Hedberg joke.

More Mitch Hedberg here and here.

An introduction to a new breed of public servant.

Let Adam show you around the set of his new show.

Adam is taking questions – email him and you might end up on the show. Today's topic is Viagra for women. Viagra for women. Go!

Was there bureaucratic bungling? The short answer is: yes. The long answer is: YEEEEEESSSSSS!