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In this video, Casey Wilson reads comments people have left on the internet, and they are all really nice and supportive comments, because the internet is a fair place full of mature and insightful people. Oh, no wait, the opposite. The internet is teh ghey, hope teh itnernet frackin' died on a frackin' tiolete poopin hand granades, explodin rectoms LOL WHUT!

I think we can all agree the internet is for the most part terrible. If the internet was a person, it would have some good qualities, like online banking and Arnold Schwarzengger sound boards, but largely, that person would be so awful, they would basically assume the identity of Hitler's younger immature brother, Perez Hitler.

Judd Apatow's inspiring thought for Funny People was, "…a movie like Tuesdays With Morrie, but the main character learns nothing." It sounds similar to my upcoming movie, The Five People You Don't Meet in Heaven Because It Doesn't Exist. [NYT]

Christina Finnegan poses in his underwear for Punchline. It's like an American Apparel ad campaign, except the photographers probably didn't roofie Finnegan after the shoot. [Punchline]

Sarah Silverman's favorite words are "circumlocution" and "poop." I only know what one of those words means, but I gather circumlocution is circumcision via electrocution. [Guardian]

NBC will make more Weekend Update prime time episodes like the ones that aired in the midst of an excruciatingly long political season. Campaigning for the next election should start in 3…2…1… Vote Palin/Bachmann 2012! [NYT]

Judd Apatow loved Diddy in his cameo in Russell Brand's upcoming Get Him to the Greek, stating, "A celebrity using Twitter who is actually good at something. Remarkable!" [MTV Blog]

Parenthood is once again being turned into a show. The first time, Joss Whedon helmed the project which was canceled in it's initial season. This marked the last time one of Whedon's shows was treated unfairly by a network. [MSN]

New York comedian, and now writer for Michael and Michael Have Issues, Kumail Nanjiani performed on Jimmy Kimmel and he was really funny. [Comic's Comic]

Dave Hill talks to Rachel Dratch in an elevator, chatting up as they're going down. Yes, I made a lame joke paraphrasing Aerosmith. If you have a problem with that, leave it in the suggestion box (points to trash can icon on desktop). [Dave Hill's Blog]

Michael Weingarter posts a pretty spot-on impersonation of Dave Chappelle reviewing Wolverine X-Men: Origins. I already made a Wolverine joke today, so just imagine I wrote it here instead. [Huffington Post]

Russell Brand is going to be in the remake of 1991's Drop Dead Fred, a film that gave me nightmares as a child. Enjoy not sleeping for the next five years, children of today. [THR]

The Cosby Show porno parody has a trailer. I'm really impressed with Thomas Ward's Cosby impression, but his performance isn't the only thing he nails, ifyaknowwhatimean. [Bits & Pieces]

Here's how the meeting convincing Ice-T to sign on to this film went: "I'll only do this talking mule movie if you can convince me of it's artistic integrity." "Do you like money?" "Sold." [Movieline]

The Ghostbusters video game trailer made me shoot ectoplasm all over my pants. [Game Trailers]

Saturday Night Live hasn't been as good since Hillary Swank, Ben Kingsley, and Dame Judi Dench retired their Night at the Roxbury characters. [Comic's Comic]

In an Apatow world, the schlubbiest men would marry the most beautiful women, but not before improvising several ten minute conversations that don't move the plot forward in any way, shape, or form. [College Humor]

Eugene Mirman gives tips for opening bands. Thank God I read this before my band Gonzil Hockey opened for U2 this summer. [AV Club]

If our geek President can collect comic books, then surely our super cool, not-at-all geeky comedy writers Bill Hader and Seth Meyers can write a comic book and still continue getting all the sex their rock-and-roll lifestyles afford them, right?

“As most things do, it started over drinks,” [Spider-man editor Stephen] Wacker told MTV News when asked how the collaboration kicked off. According to the Marvel editor, Hader and Meyers attended a recent Marvel holiday party, one thing led to another, and months later, a Spidey one-shot was born.

That's basically how your mom told me you were conceived. I think the only difference is your mother told me there were more men involved. SNAP! I JUST DISSED YO' MOMS, HOMES!

Anyway, MTV has the first ten pages of the comic, but without the lettering. From what I could tell, this story is about a man dressed up like Tobey Maguire in that movie… what was it called? Seabiscuit?

Whatever. Seabiscuit accidentally gets switched with a guy dressed like Seabiscuit's alter-ego, Seabiscuit-man, and it leads to mayhem that we've come to expect from stories featuring the famous web-slinging Seabiscuit.

I'm still confused as to how wall-crawling french-man Alain Robert fits into all this, but I'm guessing that's revealed in the last fourteen pages of the comic book.

I'm just kidding. I was a virgin through all of high school. I know who Spider-man and basically all his villains are. Electro is easily my favorite because he found time to rob banks and lay down mad beats.

[via TV Squad]

Click after the jump to see some funny pictures of Spider-man I found while trying to write this blog post (it's called research, people!)

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…Or, more specifically, the "other women of SNL." But considering people like Gilda Radner and Tina Fey make their list, it's hard to imagine who the primary women they have in mind are. Ann Risley, perhaps? Or the girl who plays the harp in the G.E. Smith band? Either way, it's really worth a read:

GILDA RADNER

The first major female comedic talent on Saturday Night Live, Radner stood out as a top talent on the show from 1975 to 1980 even though she worked next to such all-time greats as Bill Murray, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase.

Memorable characters: Roseanne Roseannadanna; Baba Wawa (spoof of Barbara Walters), Patti Smith parody.

Outside the show: Radner did a successful one woman Broadway show in 1979. She went on to marry comedian Gene Wilder, whom she met on the set of the Sidney Poitier movie Hanky Panky. She died of ovarian cancer in 1989, at the age of 42.

Hilarious stuff! And there's more…

A photographer followed Eugene Mirman around for a photo essay, and if you pretend these pics are from your Facebook album, it feels kind of like stalking Eugene Mirman (which we're all totally not doing…) [Impose Magazine]

Kristen Wiig on her early SNL days, "…my first concern was that I was gonna mess up and say 'Oh, shit,' then cover my mouth and know I was gonna get fired. And just urinate profusely." [AV Club]

Bill Hader remembered me! "My wife and I were on our honeymoon in Turks and Caicos… I’m sitting on this deserted beach and I see one lone person walking…. He walks right up to me and says, “I love ‘Laser Cats,’ ” and then just walks away." [NY Mag]

Awkwardness in live comedy is more better at making people laugh than when something comedic is written awkwardly on print over the live action talking comedy that is so popular these days. [LA Times]

Ricky Gervais talks about his views on comedy and realism, "People tuned in [to The Office] for David Brent, but they stayed watching for Tim and Dawn. Sometimes there are bigger emotions than a kneejerk laugh." [Chicago Tribune]

Ricky Gervais talks about directing his first film, "…I’m never going to leave TV behind. I’m going to stubbornly try and do both [TV and film]… If someone takes that away from me, I’ll just sit around thinking funny things." [New York Times]

I guess atheist minds think alike, because these guys took inspiration from some familiar sources. [YouTube]

Will Arnett is to voice overs what R. Kelly is to R&B; the king of it. [Entertainment Weekly]

Simon Pegg talks about teaming back up with Edgar Wright, "If Shaun of the Dead was about leaving your 30s… and Hot Fuzz was about being a man, then the next one will be about being an old man… being fucking 40." [Entertainment Weekly]

If you think there's no more Eastbound and Down, then you're FUCKING WRONG! Well, you are kind of right, since the season is over, but there's a deleted scene, so whatever. You're still fucking wrong. [Videogum]

Tim and Eric on their actors "…recently I’ve been noticing more and more actors that have been on our show on other TV shows, and it’s so funny to see them on other TV shows… all these monsters from our show keep appearing on the television." [Buzzine]

Statler and Waldorf heckled Jason Segel on Late Night. Segel tells them they're "the oldest bromance." No way! Statler and Waldorf are a full-fledged romance. They've had more than just a hand inside them, ifyaknowwhatimean. [Late Night Blog]

Michaela Watkins basically sums up why anyone gets into comedy, "I wasn't going to get boys because I was pretty… If I could make people laugh, that was going to be where my money was." [Boston]

Rob Huebel reveals that all of the kids in Shutterbugs are in jail now. [Bloginity]

Horatio Sanz talks about his time on SNL, "When you first start… you're sure you're going to get fired… By the time you're getting comfortable and settled in, you have to start thinking about when to leave." [Jam Showbiz]

David Wain wants Jason Segel to dip into his pool. [David Wain]

When asked if it might be awkward for her one day to return to SNL to perform hosting duties, Amy Poehler stated, "Hell no! I'd be like, 'Shit. Mama's home!'" [Entertainment Weekly]

Dave Hill, Janeane Garofalo, Christian Finnegan, Baron Vaughn, and Jordan Carlos talk about the Internet. Internet? Never heard of it. [Dave Hill's Internet Explosion]

Rainn Wilson and James Gunn tweeted they are shopping a superhero film presumably directed by Gunn and starring Wilson. With Wilson's geek persona, I really hope they're adapting my favorite nerd/superhero, Herbie Popnecker. [Chud]

The Washington Post was okay with printing the words deep throat repeatedly in the 70's, but now it has to sanitize the hell out of Michael Ian Black's Fuck-It List. How the mighty have fallen. [Washington Post]

At Comedy Central Insider, we only have a few rules. Rule #1: All jokes must pass muster with Matt Tobey. Rule #2: Posts should top out at about 500 words. Rule #3: Don't ever, ever hurt Rihanna. She's our girl. So it was awesome to see Jerry Minor directing some righteous fury at Chris Brown last week at UCB.

[Via YouTube Reviewed]

Louis C.K. talks to Vanity Fair about his famous Howard-Beale-but-not-crazy rant on Conan and here's a gem of a quote, "…starvation can be character building." Awesome. [Vanity Fair via Videogum]

Heathers is being made into a musical because what dark cult comedy wouldn't benefit from light catchy songs? [Hollywood Reporter]

Hey, Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder, Undeclared) is set to play a lead in an upcoming film. Who would have thought that an actor from a failed Judd Apatow television series would one day play a lead role, right? [Reuters]

Who watches the Watchmen sleeping? Nerds who pay a small fee. [Funny or Die]

Finally someone came up with a formula for writing major Hollywood action films starring Nicolas Cage. I was getting tired of how experimental and artistic National Treasure and Next were. [Cracked]

If Richard Nixon was chill enough to appear in Laugh-In, you'd think these Hawaii officials would chillax about a slightly satirical SNL sketch. Nixon=what all government officials should aspire too. [MSN]

Kevin Smith talks about his new movie called A Couple of Cops. [YouTube Reviewed]

When asked about a Wet Hot American Summer sequel, David Wain responds, "One of the ideas that I've always been excited about is a prequel, because… Now [the cast] would be 20 years too old." [Popwrap]

I'm not saying Aziz Ansari is a gold digger, but whatever doesn't kill him makes him get your love locked down so you'll watch Parks and Recreation. (Nailed it!) [Videogum]

From Indecision…

You know it's some pretty weird days we're living through when not only do average people know the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, but Saturday Night Live is actually doing sketches about him. And as their lead-in segment…