by Intern Matthew Balzer

Breakfast time! John Pinette was on Good Day NY promoting John Pinette: Still Hungry, premiering Friday at 11/10c. [My Fox NY]

If you pre-order Tig Notaro's new album, you are entered for a chance to have her perform in your living room. She really ties the room together. [SC Distribution]

Todd Barry made an audition tape to star in a Rite Aid commercial. Nailed it. [Todd Barry]

Silent Bob Speaks! Kevin Smith is developing a daytime talk show. [AV Club]

Aziz Ansari reveals what you should yell at him in public. [Complex]

Donald Glover goes to "Camp" with his new Childish Gambino album. [SplitSider]

Simon Pegg, a carving knife and dirty underpants. Intrigued? [/film]

Variety named 10 comics to watch for in 2011. Watch! [SplitSider]

Just for Laughs New Faces of Comedy announced. Many of them are attached to heads. [LaughSpin]

Do you have trouble with boundaries? Holy Taco is holding a Stand-Up Anywhere contest. [Holy Taco]

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Jon Benjamin will be discussing his Van with Conan tonight. We'll post the video when it becomes available. [Team Coco]

Whether you call it soccer, football or toe hockey, I think we can all agree that it's better with Judah Friedlander. [Major League Soccer]

Maria Bamford talks about her voices: "I'm kind of ashamed to say this, but I only kind of do four or five voices, really. And they're just basic versions of white ladies. I have not grown culturally very much." [Montreal Gazette]

Mike and Tom Eat Snacks is being called one of the best podcasts, but you already knew that. [AV Club]

The Australian musical comedy trio Axis of Awesome discuss conquering the US. [LaughSpin]

Jack Black, Steve Carell and Nic Cage are all lined up to star in Charlie Kaufman's upcoming Frank and Francis about a filmmaker who seeks revenge on a blogger who habitually insults him. It's very reminiscent of the time I publicly called Michael Bay a scalawag. I should sue. [AV Club]

Want to see Gilbert Gottfried for free? Well, all you have to do is ask. He’s hosting a screening of Star Trek tonight at Tompkins Square Park. [NY Daily News]

Larry David, the man who reinvented the sitcom, tells Rolling Stone he will return to stand-up. Maybe he can reinvent the knock-knock joke. [Rolling Stone]

Don’t you love when you get a free DVD when you purchase a new album? How about a free comedian too? Buy Tig Notaro’s new album and she just might do stand up in your living room. No refunds on the comedian. [Laugh Spin]

The next time you’re in New York, visit the Ghostbusters' Firehouse. It’s BYOG – Bring Your Own Ghost. [AV Club]

Hannibal Buress talks about Jay Z’s Rockafella crew and his favorite guilty pleasure rap song. I hope it’s Ice Ice Baby. [Hannibal Buress]

by intern Matthew Balzer

Garry Shandling to receive lifetime achievement award at Just for Laughs. Larry Sanders snubbed again. [THR]

Maria Bamford on how she became a stand-up, "Well for one thing I got hired as a stand-up. It was more of a job than an interest. I didn’t get much interest from the theatre community. It was just wherever more affirmation was." [Splitsider]

Ben Stiller's secret is out. Stiller to direct and star in upcoming "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." [Slash Film]

Jimmy goes Dougie. Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake perform "The History of Rap Part 2." [LNwJF]

Seen a great Marcello Mastroianni impersonation lately? Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon will travel to Italy for follow-up to "The Trip." [Indiewire]

Susie Essman talks about Larry David in Rolling Stone. You'll be surprised how many times she calls him a pig. Zero. [Rolling Stone]

As part of the same issue, Richard Lewis talks stand-up, sobriety and trusting Larry David. Guess which task was the toughest. [Rolling Stone]

Behold the power of the Colbert Bump. [Chicago Tribune]

Michael Bay and Jack Bauer have a baby. Meet him in this behind-the-scenes interview with the cast of Adult Swim's new NTSF:SD:SUV: [The Comics Comic]

Maya Rudolph gives birth. There's nothing gross about it. [Laughspin]

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by intern Jasmin Tekiner

Enjoy your Jerry Seinfeld in bite sized tweety bits! Seintime has finally buckled and joined Twitter. [Twitter]

Funny or Die and comedy podcast network Earwolf have joined forces. May you never have to click multiple tabs while getting your jollies again. [Laughspin]

Chris Hardwick has been anointed the King of Comic-Con or what he calls “Nerd Christmas.” Go Hardwick, get your Geek on! [Variety]

Need proof that comedians have big hearts? Look into Laugh Factor’s Comedy Camp where top billers like Chris Rock, George Lopez and Adam Sandler mentor and teach comedy to troubled kids over the summer. [LA Times]

Kevin Pollak proves euthanasia can be both hilarious and romantic in the upcoming dark comedy flick, Chez Upshaw, about a couple who turns their Bed and Breakfast into an assisted suicide clinic. [Laughspin]

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by Intern Ash Mahtani

If last week's Futurama left you wondering about Fresnelling, here's everything you ever wanted to know about Fresnel lenses but were afraid to ask. [io9]

Patton Oswalt made another 5-Second Film (here's the first one), this time playing a letter carrier. [Punchline]

Kristen Wiig will star in the dark comedy Imogene, the story of a woman who fakes a suicide attempt to get her boyfriend’s attention, and ends up having to live with her mom. There will probably be jokes to break up the crushing depression. [/film]

Joel McHale takes some time out of his busy schedule to train Melissa McCarthy for reading tomorrow's 2011 Emmy nominations. Training montage! [The Comic's Comic]

Check out this awesome video mocking Mob Wives. Which seems superfluous, but whatever. [Funny or Die]

Creator of The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island, Sherwood Schwarz, has died at 94. [NY Times]

Errol Morris, Ira Glass, and Paul Rudd are teaming up to make a movie about Robert Nelson, a guy who froze bodies… for science. [AV Club]

Will Ferrell and Matthew McConaughey are reprising their roles in season three of Eastbound & Down. [THR]

Will Forte has been added to the film adaptation of Rock of Ages, as the number of people needed to balance out Tom Cruise’s insanity increases. [/film]

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by Intern Ash Mahtani

Watch what happens when Will Forte leaves a museum with his audio tour device? [Funny or Die]

Hot on the heels of her TV show announcement, Lisa Lampanelli is writing a one-woman show she hopes to take to Broadway. It is apparently about food. [Vulture]

A drunk guy caused $5000 worth of damage to David Letterman’s theater. Another victory for alcoholics everywhere. [Buzzfeed]

But then Letterman joked about it in his monologue, so everything is okay. [The Comic's Comic]

Doug Stanhope is going to record a new album/DVD on July 19. [Punchline]

The Laughing Stock Comedy Festival is accepting submissions for its newest contest. [Stage Time]

Rebel Wilson has been added to the cast of What To Expect When You’re Expecting. [EW]

Here’s the trailer for Kevin Hart’s stand up concert film Laugh at My Pain. [The Comic's Comic]

Jeffrey Tambor explains why he’s lucky. Because he gets to promote his new movie, Lucky. [Funny or Die]

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by Intern Ash Mahtani

At the risk of being forever typecast as a mercenary, Jonah Hill is teaming with Mark Wahlberg for a new action comedy written by Max Landis. [AV Club]

Check out the new trailer for Adam Sandler's Jack And Jill in which Sandler plays both a guy named Jack and his twin sister Jill. [SplitSider]

Louis CK was on Fresh Air last week and the full interview in now streaming online. [NPR]

Watch nerd-god Nathan Fillion give a PSA about swamp ass. Then join the clearly serious discussion on Twitter with #EndSwampAss. [BWE]

Chris Tucker is returning to stand-up, announcing an 18-date summer tour. [Sacramento Bee]

Speaking of returning to stand-up, Larry David says he wants to hit the stage again. [Punchline]

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by Intern Ash Mahtani

Adam Sandler is lending his vocal talents to Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming Hotel Transylvania, in which he’ll play Count Dracula. [/film]

Ben Schwartz attempts to interview Garry Shandling via Twitter and inadvertently proves Twitter is bad for interviews. [The Comic's Comic]

Louis CK talks about the source of his strong work ethic, "I love making the stuff, that’s sort of the core of it. I love creating the stuff. It’s so satisfying to get from the beginning to the end, from a shaky nothing idea to something that’s well formed and the audience really likes." [AV Club]

Tom Segura plays a plumber named Frank who speaks… frankly. [Punchline]

Taylor Lautner saves the NFL in the long-awaited sequel to Field of Dreams. [Funny or Die]

Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon gives 5 tips on making a great comedy. [Movieline]

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by Intern Ben Orbison

The Daily Show won Best Talk Show at today's inaugural Critics' Choice Television Awards. Hooray! [Chicago Tribune]

This article proves that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will one day hold just as much political power as the Supreme Court.
Sort of. [Variety]

After many fake trailers parodying other movies, The Muppets finally gets a trailer of its very own. [AV Club]

"Butterface" does not even begin to describe Weird Al Yankovic’s first music video for his new album Alpocalypse. [Buzzfeed]

Speaking of The Muppets, Jason Segal talks about his favorite Muppets, writing the movie, and why Kermit is better than Julie Andrews. [/film]

Tom Hanks is going to hunt people down if The Onion does not get a Pulitzer Prize. Unless it’s a Catch Me If You Can scenario, in which case he’ll just become their best friend and mentor. [SplitSider]

There is a new red band trailer for 30 Minutes or Less, which stars Aziz Ansari, Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson. [Deadline]