Not only did Marc Maron talk to Amy Poehler on the new WTF, but he also talks about a pilot he shot based on his life co-starring Ed Asner as his father. [WTF, Punchline]

Speaking of Amy Poehler, she was recently profiled in the LA Times, where she talked about working on Parks and Recreation, "if I could have laid in bed and thought of a job, this would be it." [LA Times]

You can watch the entirety of Conan O'Brien's Dartmouth commencement speech online now. It's kind of like getting a degree from Dartmouth except your parents are still not proud of you. [YouTube]

Julian McCullough made his network TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last Friday. [LNwJF]

Here's a first look at Andy Samberg as the host of Shark Week. If you can't click because you're clicking finger is broken, it's basically just Andy wearing a suit near an ocean. [EW]

John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch have all been roped in to voice characters in a new Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph. [Coming Soon]

Jim Norton gives a tour of his apartment and he was kind enough to cover his cum stain with sweatpants. Faaancy! [Punchline]

Trey Parker and Matt Stone talk about creating The Book of Mormon. This is really a great listen! [NPR]

Adult Swim announced three new series, one of which stars Patton Oswalt! You love Patton Oswalt! [Deadline]

Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote Bridesmaids, signed a "rich, blind script deal" with ABC. Personally, I like people who deserve money, getting money. APPROVED. [THR]

Adam Carolla just broke the Guinness World Record for most downloaded podcast ever. Wait, that's a Guinness category?! Why am I stuffing all these bees into my mouth? [Digital Spy]

Help choose whether or not Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel end up together as a couple in The Simpsons season finale. Or don't. It doesn't matter. The world's going to end and even if it didn't, nothing matters. [AV Club]

Speaking of, Karl Pilkington, the idiot from An Idiot Abroad and The Ricky Gervais Show, is going to appear in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. [Chortle]

I think it's time for you to watch Andy Samberg and Sesame Street's Bert have a conversation. [Splitsider]

David Mandel, the writer of Sacha Baron Cohen's next film The Dictator, as well as numerous Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes, has been hired to write the remake of Fletch. [THR]

Handsome SNL-er Jason Sudeikis is set to host the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, June 5 at 9/8c! He joins such past hosts as Dennis Miller (1992), Eddie Murphy (1993), and noted comedian Jessica Alba (2006), among a plethora of others. As with all earth-shattering announcements of great geopolitical import, this secret was unveiled via Ryan Seacrest's radio show! OMG!

Jason becomes the ninth ‘SNL’ cast member to host the show, following in the footsteps of such comedians as Jimmy Fallon and Andy Samberg.

Although Jason’s game plan for the day of the awards is undetermined, what has been agreed on is that Jason is “funny hot.” In which he responds to as, “oh, whoa, alright…I’ll take that, I’ll take that in a heartbeat.”

If you enjoy "funny hot," go have a look around the MTV Movie Awards site. You can gaze upon the visages of various pretty humans, including Katy Perry and whoever stars in those MTV reality shows these days.

Also, please note the caption under this adorable photo of Sarah Silverman: "This sassy 2007 MTV Movie Awards host showed us that nobody in the crowd was off limits!" Indeed she did. Indeed. She. Did.

In a very pig-headed move, mean old Lady Gaga refused Weird Al Yankovic permission to parody her single "Born This Way," even though he was promising to donate all proceeds from the single to the Human Rights Campaign. [Al's Blog]

Andy Samberg has been named Chief Shark Officer. His duties include hosting Shark Week. [TV By the Numbers]

On last night's Conan, Tina Fey said Robert Carlock dared her to sign a couple copies of Bossypants, "Help, I'm in a Korean Tina Fey autograph factory!" And here's proof she totally did! [Splitsider]

Ellen DeGeneres got Tina Fey to return to improv on Ellen. Well, it's more of a mix of short-form improv and prop comedy, but still, it's a thing that happened. [Punchline]

Marc Maron gives a great interview where he talks about podcast audiences, "There is a community of isolated people, and the podcast really talks to individuals more than it talks to a group. It’s not a stand-up show; it’s not made that way" [VICE]

In honor of Easter, here are the sexiest Jesuses (Jesi?). [After Elton]

Mike Birbiglia talks about the difference between an applause and a laugh, "You know, there are like 150 kind of happy tricks to get people to applaud but there's no real tricks to get people laugh." [Gothamist]

Louis CK met John Oates in an elevator and told him he liked his work. And then Ricky Gervais made fun of him. And then Opie and Jim Norton preserved the story in the Internet's amber for all eternity. [Splitsider]

Jerry Seinfeld went on British television and made fun of the royal wedding, "It’s a classic English thing of let's play dress-up. Let’s pretend that these are special people. OK, we’ll all pretend that – that’s what theatre is…" [Daily Mail]

Mike Birbiglia talks about changing gears with his one-man shows, "I want to give something to the audience. As opposed to stand-up comedy, which in some ways is a comedic home run derby, like, 'How 'bout this? I thought of that!'" [ABC]

Meatsteak, a comedy collective based in New York, will present their new show Meatsteak is Dead at Webster Hall next Tuesday. I saw it a few months back and it's very funny! You should go! I put more info after the jump. [Meatsteak]

The Funny or Die crew celebrate reaching reaching two million followers on Twitter before Weird Al Yankovic. But will Weird Al get his revenge? [Funny or Die]

Rob Reiner describes the best comedy parties that ever were, "Some of the funniest people of my generation… Billy Crystal or Robin Williams or John Belushi—would be doing shtick… nobody could compete with Albert [Brooks] when he started." [AV Club]

Chris Hardwick interviews Andy Samberg, who talks about his SNL audition, "You’re supposed to do impressions and characters, and I basically had none. So I did a lot of stand-up and tried to show how I was a dumbass." [Wired]

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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.

When the first annual Comedy Awards premieres this Sunday, at 9/8c, it will air simultaneously on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Logo, TV Land and VH1. And, as if those aren't enough viewing options, the show will also stream online at thecomedyawards.com/webcast. I heard they wanted it to be available on refrigerators too, but the technology hasn't quite been perfected. Maybe next year.

Now, some of the benefits of watching the Webcast are obvious. It's easier to watch on the toilet, and it allows viewers to easily tab over to their favorite porn sites. But beyond that, with the Webcast, you'll also get to watch the online-exclusive Pre-Show. It starts at 8:45 and features commentary by the great Andy Daly and Jen Kirkman along with red carpet interviews by Christian Finnegan. Andy and Jen will also host a series of short intermissions throughout the show with more interviews and coverage of the backstage press conference.

Among the interviewees are Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Louis CK, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Kristin Schaal, Olivia Munn, Craig Robinson, Questlove & The Roots, Ty Burrell, Chloe Moretz, The Gregory Brothers, Rob Corddry and more. Only a crazy person would want to miss that!

To catch up on the full live-blog, start from the bottom and read up. Follow @TheComedyAwards, @ComedyCentral and #ComedyAwards on Twitter for more updates. (Click images to enlarge)

10:47: Well, that's it. The first annual Comedy Awards are over. Be sure to tune-in to see the show when it premieres simultaneously on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Logo, TV Land, VH1 and Nick at Nite, Sunday, April 10 at 9/8c. It'll be like reading this live-blog except with people instead of words.

10:44: From backstage – Ty Burrell says his dream guest-stars for Modern Family are Steve Martin, Bill Murray and Albert Brooks.

10:36: "God bless basic cable. Goodnight, everybody."

10:32: After gushing about Bill Murray, now he's gushing about Johnny Carson. Incredibly humble and gracious and hilarious all at the same time.

10:31: We've just been treated to a delightful Letterman f-bomb. Unprecedented?

10:29: Letterman just came out to accept the award from behind Johnny Carson's original Tonight Show curtain. It hasn't been seen in almost 20 years.

10:27: Now Bill Murray is talking about how amazing David Letterman is. He just called him "the most important person in late night."

10:26: Watching a great montage of Letterman clips. He's the fucking best. Also, Justin Bieber was in it. I might have made that happen with my mind.

10:23: The Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence is being presented to David Letterman on account of nothing has ever made more sense in the history of anything.

10:22: Just watched a montage of classic Johnny Carson moments. Now Bill Murray is explaining what made Johnny such a legend.

10:21: Bill Murray is here to present the Johnny Carson Award. He's also apparently here to make me feel like a weak-kneed school girl running into Justin Bieber.

10:19: Holy shit, Bill Murray. I repeat, holy shit, Bill Murray!

10:17: In case you thought The Roots might have stopped destroying at some point, I feel obligated to let you know that they did. They've now begun annihilating.

10:15: From backstage – Kristen Wiig says she'll keep her Comedy Award in her bed and feels bad for beating Betty White, because it was one of her favorite weeks at SNL when Betty hosted.

10:13: Time for the In Memoriam segment. It's a bummer, but the clips are also super funny, so it's kind of a funny bummer. Let's call it a fummer.

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There are just two more days until the first annual Comedy Awards tape at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. I'll be there live-blogging the big event on Saturday, but more importantly a ton of amazing comedy people are going to be there.

Like, you know how during joint sessions of Congress, they have a designated survivor stay far away, because basically everyone in the line of Presidential succession is in the same room all at once, and a meteor could crash and kill the whole government? Well, comedy should stash someone in a bunker in Omaha Saturday, because everyone is going to be at this thing!

In addition to the talent we announced earlier this week, the newly confirmed presenters and attendees include…

Alec Baldwin
Will Ferrell
Jon Cryer
Garry Shandling
Adam McKay
Samantha Bee
Wyatt Cenac
Jason Jones
Aasif Mandvi
Olivia Munn
John Oliver
John Hodgman
The Gregory Brothers

They will all join Jon Stewart, Ty Burrell, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Tina Fey, Bill Hader, Chloë Moretz, Tracy Morgan, Trey Parker, Craig Robinson, Andy Samberg, Matt Stone and Kristen Wiig, as well as musical guests The Lonely Island featuring Akon and house band The Roots at the first annual Comedy Awards.

The show tapes this Saturday night at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom and airs Sunday, April 10 at 9/8c simultaneously on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Logo, TV Land, VH1 and Nick at Nite.

For Comedy Awards content on your mobile device, click here.

The first annual Comedy Awards will be held this weekend in New York, and today we've received a bunch of new details about the honorees, presenters and attendees, starting with Eddie Murphy, who will be receiving the distinguished Comedy Icon Award.

According to the press release, the Comedy Icon Award will be "presented annually to a modern icon, an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to comedy and whose impact and innovations have changed the landscape and inspired future generations of entertainers." So it's pretty clear why Eddie Murphy would be chosen as the inaugural recipient. From SNL to stand-up to movies, few have left a mark on the comedy world like he has.

Meanwhile, the list of presenters and attendees is nothing short of amazing. Among those who will be at the ceremony are Tina Fey, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Ty Burrell, Louis C.K., Stephen Colbert, Rob Corddry, Bill Hader, Chloë Moretz, Craig Robinson, Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig. That's like every great comedy person on earth, right? Well, no, because more guests are still to be named later in the week.

Finally, what would a comedy show be without music? I guess it would still technically be a comedy show, but it would be a much less fun comedy show. The Roots have been announced as the show's house band! And as if that's not enough, The Lonely Island will be onstage performing "I Just Had Sex" with Akon, live for the first time ever.

The Comedy Awards tape at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom this Saturday and will air Sunday, April 10 at 9/8c simultaneously on Comedy Central, Spike TV, CMT, Logo, TV Land, VH1 and Nick at Nite.