by Mike Henneberger

So, you’re going to miss Louis C.K. at the New York Comedy Festival? Were you too lazy to get tickets before they sold out? Too cheap to fly to New York, pay for a hotel and buy $8 beers? Or maybe you’re just a creepy recluse who never leaves the house? Well, who needs to leave the house when you can see Louis right here?

Last night, Louis went back to where it all began to visit the man who saved his life: Conan O’Brien. Watch them take a trip down a lane of good and bad memories of their early days together. And see how Louis is going to bring his show straight to all the lazy, cheap recluses out there in internet land.

Have you heard Patton Oswalt's new album Finest Hour? You should listen to it! Patton went on Conan last night to promote the album and he started talking about being the last pudgy man in Hollywood. We need more normal looking people in our movies! If Jonah Hill loses weight, I think the universe should correct itself by having Ryan Gosling eat Ryan Reynolds.

At the end of the interview, Patton also delivered his message to the head in the jar that runs the Disney corporation. It's great! Watch it!

You can listen to a sample track from Finest Hour here. Or buy the album here!

On last night's Conan, Jon Benjamin stopped by to promote Jon Benjamin Has a Van. They also touched on giant bongs, Spike Lee and babies, so naturally it reminded me a lot of my prom night.

You can watch the full Baby Pranks sketch after the jump. And be sure to tune-in to an all-new Jon Benjamin Has a Van tomorrow night at 10:30/9:30c.

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It's no secret that Norm Macdonald is one of the best talk show guests living on Earth today. Norm is to talk shows what Babe Ruth was to being fat. He's just unrivaled. And his appearance on last night's Conan was no exception. Among other things, he told some great Andy Richter jokes, talked about dabbling in S&M and discussed renowned athlete Arnold Schwarzenegger. Watch for yourself and let the pure hilarity envelop you.

Sports Show with Norm Macdonald airs Tuesdays at 10:30/9:30c, after Tosh.0.

Ever since comedy was first invented in 1983, people have been arguing over whether it's possible for a man to be funny. And, as you'll see in this video shot on the red carpet at the first annual Comedy Awards, even in such a supposedly progressive era, the debate continues to rage on.

For what it's worth, I don't think it's possible for a man or a woman to be funny. Only hermaphrodites are truly capable of comedy.

The first annual Comedy Awards premieres Sunday at 9/8c simultaneously on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Logo, TV Land and VH1 and online at thecomedyawards.com/webcast.

To get Comedy Awards content on your mobile device, click here.

Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Funny or Die video The Landlord has been viewed over 76 million times, so it's pretty clear those dudes know which elements are essential to a successful viral video. But, as Will points out in this uncensored clip from The Comedy Awards, if they'd figured out a way to work some tits and cocks into it, The Landlord would probably have 76 billion views. (NSFW unless you work at Shit, Ass and Beyond)

The first annual Comedy Awards premieres Sunday, April 10 at 9/8c simultaneously on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Logo, TV Land, VH1 and Nick at Nite.

To get Comedy Awards content on your mobile device, click here.

Hari Kondabolu met with a bunch of his funny and famous friends to help promote his special. [Hannibal Buress, John Oliver & Wyatt Cenac, Das Racist]

If you haven't seen it yet, on the new Between Two Ferns, Zach Galifianakis interviews Tila Tequila and Jennifer Aniston. Oh, look, a wild Brody Stevens appears! [Funny or Die]

Larry the Cable Guy talks about his new show Only In America with Larry the Cable Guy, "It’s the one show that I’ve done where I can be Larry the Cable Guy and I can be myself because I’m out with people and I’m just hanging out basically." [The Comic's Comic]

Finally, someone made a Ghostbusters porn. Did I say "finally?" I meant, "AAAH! MY EYES!" [Splitsider]

Andy Richter is interviewed on a talk show hosted by the ghost of Tom Carvel featuring a real topless woman. This crazy video comes from the mind of Late Night and Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien writer Guy Nicolucci. [Funny or Die]

Aziz Ansari answers some fan questions for this TIME magazine video and reveals, if his comedy career stalls, his fall back is selling swords on the Home Shopping Network. [TIME]

Black Swan is a thing. Ms. Swan is a thing. Ms. Swan as Black Swan is now a thing too. [Buzzfeed]

Todd Phillips on working with comedians, "I like the danger that a comic brings to a role… there’s a feeling that anything could happen. I feel that with Zach [Galifianakis], and I think that’s what I mean by the danger." [AV Club]

Louis CK, Rosie O'Donnell, Margaret Cho and a bunch of other comics performing at the New York Comedy Festival, recall their early career goals when they first started comedy. [NY Times]

Donald Glover dismissed internet comments saying he couldn't play Spiderman because of his race, but he could play Shaft, "You couldn’t have a Shaft ride at Universal Studios. It’d be like they put you in a car with five women mannequins and you slap them all." [Vulture]

Jimmy McMillan, of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, just went from being an inadvertent meme to a full-blown parody of himself. [Funny or Die]

Russell Peters is working on a show for ABC. It's about a detective who must uncover a CIA conspiracy– just kidding, it's a sitcom based on his family. [Chortle]

Andy Richter shares his somewhat loopy side of the late night story, '"Conan,' I said, 'it's all settled. The Burbank Syndicate is buying off your contract. It's quite a substantial sum, and most importantly, you're free!'" [GQ]

Jenny Slate on her season run at SNL, "It was like a summer romance that you just kind of have good memories of." [Paper Magazine]

Here's a first look at the new Muppet movie, directed by James Bobin, of Flight of the Conchords, starring Jason Segel and co-written by Segel and his writer partner Nicholas Stoller, which introduces a new Muppet named Walter. [Coming Soon]

Who would have guessed a guy like Rob Cantrell loved pot? Answer: Everyone. Absolutely everyone. Here he is as General Potton rallying the troops in defense of Prop 19. [Atom]

Dane Cook once again talks to the Comic's Comic and it's very interesting, "Not that you're looking for the negativity. I'm not. But it always just kind of reminds you that you're not vanilla. If nobody's saying anything, that's really scary. [Comic's Comic]

The Lonely Island released a short video today with a "Huge-Ass Announcement." What is it? You have to watch to find out. But also it's a new album in 2011. [YouTube]

Here's an image of a reunion of notable SNL female cast-members filming a Real Housewives sketch starring Andy Cohen, which will air on the 'Women of SNL' special. [WOW Report]

Andy Richter talks about the new Conan show, "[Most discussions have] been things like, 'Let’s give the impression that we don’t give a [shit]… Let’s give the impression that we’re having fun.'" [NPR]

G. Xavier Robillard, a one-time contributor to this blog, has released his debut comedy album titled G is for Gangsta. Here is the title track. [All Day Coffee]

Larry Wilmore talks about Obama, race relations and The Rally to Restore Sanity in this radio interview. [BBC World]

Brendon Small shares his picks for a 24-hour Halloween horror marathon, "I remember from the commentary, William Friedkin talking about louds and quiets throughout the whole movie. That’s how comedy works, and how horror works too." [The AV Club]

SNL writer Christine Nangle stars in the first episode of the new web series created by Carolyn Dempsey and Dylan Snowden and starring Emily Strachan called Get a Job, Erika. [Splitsider]

Night of Too Many Stars already had too many stars, and now it's got even more. We are seriously on the brink of stars inflation. The government is going to have to subsidize the stars market to avoid collapse! So, who's pushing us toward a stars recession? How about George Clooney? How about Betty White? Are those big stars or what? More like night of too many hypergiants!

After the jump, you'll find a whole mess of preview clips, but first, here's a list of everyone who will be on hand in LA this Thursday night for the live portion of the show:

Jason Alexander, Mike Birbiglia, Julie Bowen, Drew Carey, Cedric the Entertainer, George Clooney, Bryan Cranston, Larry David, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Will Forte, Jeff Garlin, Lauren Graham, Tom Hanks, John Hodgman, Rob Huebel, Penn Jillette, Chris Kattan, Jimmy Kimmel, B.J. Novak, Conan O’Brien,  Jim Parsons, Andy Richter, Holly Robinson Peete, Maya Rudolph, Paul Scheer, Adam Scott, Bill Simmons, David Spade, Eric Stonestreet, Betty White, Larry Wilmore and Weird Al Yankovic.

And here's everyone who will be appearing in the segments that were taped in New York:

Lewis Black, Mayor Cory Booker, Tom Brokaw, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Billy Crudup, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Jim Gaffigan, Ricky Gervais, Temple Grandin, Tommy Hilfiger, David Letterman, Leonard Maltin, Joel McHale, Tracy Morgan, Soledad O'Brien, John Oliver, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman, Paul Simon, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Robin Williams and Tay Zonday with Brooklyn’s own soul/funk sensations Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings as the evening’s house band.

That is basically all the stars. Seriously, I looked it up, and the only famous people not involved in this show are fitness expert John Basedow and The Baha Men.

So, tune-in Thursday night at 9pm / 8c for the big show. And in the meantime, visit ComedyCentral.com/Stars to make a donation or text STARS to 90999 to make a $10 contribution (message and data rates may apply). Oh, and don't forget to bid on all the cool stuff in the NOTMS Celebrity Auction.

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