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On February 6th Dane Cook is going to be making the final stop on his ISolated INcident tour in sunnyville Miami. For those of us that have to get our orange juice shipped and can't exactly bounce on a flight right now, Cook has opened up the show as a live streaming event on ustream.tv for a $5 premium. This might sound steep since everything on the internet is free (isn't it?) but with the departure of your Lincoln you get a five hour slough of live exclusive footie.

Dane Cook's site has more details…

As an added bonus for all subscribers, everyone can go onstage with Dane and watch him perform his sound check as a live Facebook chat, completely free. And if you want more, you’re in luck, because after the show, you will be able to join Dane for a private backstage after party in the IS-IN lounge.  For just one $5.00 pay-per-view charge, fans will receive the following added bonuses:
▪       a  pre-show chat with fans before and after the concert;
▪       a behind the scenes viewing of Dane's opening acts as they perform their full sets;
▪       the total Dane Cook performance LIVE;
▪       and go backstage with Dane for a private after party in the IS-IN lounge.

[via Comic's Comic]

-Intern Michael Sutton

Dane Cook's stand-up special ISolated INcident hits stores on DVD today, and even if you saw it when it aired on Comedy Central, if you're a fan of Dane Cook, you'll want to pick it up for all the DVD-exclusive content. For example, did you ever wonder which movie influenced the opening of ISolated INcident? Well, wonder no more.

You can watch three more videos after the jump, and you can see all these and more on the ISolated INcident DVD, available today.

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Date Night, the upcoming Steve Carell/Tina Fey movie, has a trailer. The movie looks good. I will see it on a romantic evening with my significant other. [Apple]

Dane Cook wants to play The Riddler in a Batman movie. It would be funny if he wanted to play The Riddler in a Spider-Man movie. [MTV Movies Blog]

As it enters is 47th season, Scrubs gets a new cast. [Zap2It]

A Canadian psychologist is encouraging his patients to deal with depression by doing stand-up. Which reminds me, what's the deal with not getting out of bed for a week? It's like, hello, can someone bring me another can of frosting? This one is empty. Am I right, folks? No, I'm not right. God, I'm so stupid! [Punchline]

This video from a sketch group called The Anteater is gross, but it's also funny. It's grunny. [YouTube]

Bad news if you were hoping the Facebook movies was going to be a sci-fi Western. Kevin Spacey says it will be a comedy. [MTV Movies Blog]

Dane Cook has a list of the top 10 things never to do at a concert. If I had written this list, number one would have been straying too far from my chaperon. Because I am a baby. [SPIN]

A brief look into the nighttime activities of Weird Al, "I'd like to go back and re-edit [UHF] and add a couple scenes and maybe take a few out. I re-edit the movie in my mind every night before I go to sleep." [College Humor]

Every once in a while, some wonderful nerd out there compiles a list of the top South Park Kenny deaths, and each time I am there to link to it. Such is life. [IGN]

Right after The New York Times profiled Jeff Dunham, The Los Angeles Times jumped on the bandwagon, writing an article about Dunham, proving once and for all, New York is better than LA. [Los Angeles Times]

As part of 30 Rock's campaign to have everyone ever guest star, James Franco and Padma Lakshi are both going to appear in future episodes. [Entertainment Weekly, Eater via Videogum]

John C. Reilly, Sigourney Weaver and Alia Shawkat  joined the cast Cedar Rapids, starring Ed Helms and Anne Heche. Good job, Hollywood! Want a treat? [Variety]

Law & Order has cast so many comedians in roles, maybe they should rename it LOL & Order. Said menacingly: "This guy [Jim Gaffigan] has got an answer for everything." See? LOL! [Huffington Post]

Tom Green talks about getting back into the stand-up game for the New York Comedy Festival. [THR]

Oscar Nuñez talks about being both the straight man and a gay man in The Office. [Zoiks Online]

Paul F. Tompkins has a new album called Freak Wharf coming out through AST Records. Listening party at my place! [AST]

Marc Maron talks about the different audiences he's performed in front of, "A room full of hipsters can be as horrible as a roomful of morons." [SF Standup]

Morgan Freeman is attached to star in a comedy about old guys who have sex a lot. The movie will be shown in theaters across the country as the new teen abstinence campaign. [THR]

Some wonderful nerd put together this compilation of Charlie Day from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia dancing. Thank you, nerd! [Buzzfeed]

Here's a list of the 10 funniest comedians in Philadelphia right now. I've never been to Philly, and I know very little about it… hmmm… Philly Cheese Steaks? That's a thing, right? [Comedy]

Scott Adsit talks about being a part of Celebrity Autobiography, but also mentions his upcoming Adult Swim show called Dr. Frankenhole, "It's about Dr. Frankenstein and all of the monsters around him, and time travel… it's bizarre." [Comic's Comic]

The New York Times has a pretty in-depth article about George Lopez. [NYT]

Dane Cook interviews himself. The interview is about as hard-hitting as anything Barbara Walters has ever done. [Myspace]

And finally, did you know comedians also celebrate Halloween. It's not against their religion or anything. Here's a bunch of them in costume. [Comic's Comic]

Are you excited for next week? I am excited for next week. And not just because I'm going to stockpile so much candy this Halloween that I'm going to have my dinner taken care of for the next few days. I'm excited because I will be attending the New York Comedy Festival.

I shall be photo-blogging, video-blogging and, yes, even word-blogging the event. If you see a short kid at the festival who looks about twelve years old and is holding a digital camera, a video camera and a phone for the twitters, that is probably me. It might be another blogger that looks like a prepubescent child, but it is probably little ol' Gonzalo Cordova.

Oh, I'm also going to be talking to comedians and asking them questions. Like pretty famous comedians. Like people who are my heroes. You guys will see. You will all see!

Which reminds me, have you guys even seen the line-up for NYCF? The performers include Louis C.K., Ricky Gervais, Patton Oswalt, Mike Birbiglia, Andy Samberg, Tracy Morgan, Dane Cook, Bill Maher, Artie Lange and more. Wow those guys are all very popular! They are like titans of industry. I guarantee there is at least one comedian in the lineup you will be dying to see perform. Get information and buy tickets here.

If you can't make it to any of the events, don't fret. Like I said, I will be reporting from the festival next week. And reading my recaps and watching my short videos will be basically as fun as actually being present and enjoying yourself while watching live comedy, right?

Honestly, it won't be anywhere near as much fun, but I promise there will be a ton of surprises. And a ton of free food for me to eat (hopefully).

The 2009 New York Comedy Festival is still more than a month away. Fortunately, there are some ways to make it the wait a little easier. Obviously, you could have yourself cryogenically frozen and revived in November. You could move the island and hope you're transported through space and time to the festival. Or you could just watch Friday Night Stand-Up this week, featuring specials from NYCF performers Dane Cook, Kevin James, Ben Bailey and Robert Kelly and culminating in the world television premiere of Jeff Garlin: Young and Handsome. Here are some clips.

Another clip after the jump.

Jeff Garlin: Young and Handsome premieres Friday at 12am / 11c.

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There's not a lot that's funny about being stationed away from loved ones, but COMEDY CENTRAL hopes to bring some laughter to the troops with the launch of "PVT Jokes," a new military outreach partnership with the USO that delivers comedy kits to forward operating bases (FOBs) as well as U.S. military hospitals at home and overseas. The partnership was announced today by the USO (United Service Organizations, Inc.) and COMEDY CENTRAL.

With the goal of reaching more than 200 FOBs and U.S. military hospitals at launch, "PVT Jokes" began distributing kits this week that include CD and DVD donations from COMEDY CENTRAL Records and COMEDY CENTRAL Home Entertainment. Each kit will feature COMEDY CENTRAL DVD titles, including the "COMEDY CENTRAL Roasts" of Flavor Flav, Pamela Anderson and William Shatner, "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents Southern Gents of Comedy" and "Best of COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" stand-up; as well as CDs from comedians including George Lopez, Dane Cook, D.L. Hughley, Norm Macdonald and Harland Williams. More information can be found at http://www.comedycentral.com/pvtjokes/index.jhtml.

Ed Helms is attached to star in Central Intelligence, a film about an accountant who becomes embroiled in an espionage adventure after reuniting with an old friend through Facebook. [Variety]

Demetri Martin on writing jokes, "When I did open mics… I would be next to another comedian, and… I'd say 'Give me a word,' and they would say something like 'toaster.' I would make sure I did a joke about a toaster no matter how bad it was." [College Humor]

Patton Oswalt on the differences between acting and stand-up, "Acting has better craft services, but stand-up usually has better mixed drinks." [Afro Jacks]

Hey, look, guys! It's Cheri Oteri in this internet comedy video. [The Apiary]

I didn't think it was possible, but some people are way too obsessed with The Big Lebowski. [The Awl]

Scott Aukerman talks about the Comedy Death Ray comic book anthology, "Ever since I've known all these comedians, they've all been into comics. So it's cool that we're going to write some now." [Newsarama]

Dane Cook, Andy Samberg and Artie Lange were all just added to New York Comedy Festival. [Variety]

Dylan P. Gadino interviews comedian Robert Hawkins. [Punchline]

There's a Lego movie in the works. Studio heads are reportedly worried the project could fall apart any second… I'm sorry, that's all I got. I don't have the energy to make fun of Hollywood's toy craze anymore! [Variety]

You know all those times when Dane Cook sits on a bed and talks about Walmart. Of course, that's like his trademark. Yeah, well, these two ladies totally nail that. It's uncanny.

There are a ton of other entries just waiting for you to watch them over on the Give Us Your Best site.