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Amy Poehler-Produced ‘Broad City’ Web Series Coming to Comedy Central

By Judy Berman on

Do you like Amy Poehler? Do you like Girls? Are you already a fan of Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s web series Broad City? If you answered “yes” to at least one of those questions, then listen up. Comedy Central has ordered a TV pilot of Broad City, with Amy Poehler (who, like Jacobson and… Read More

Comedy

Meet This Year's Most Hilarious People

By Caroline Stanley on

While Comedy Awards doesn’t actually air until this Sunday night on Comedy Central, the winners were announced at a ceremony taped over the weekend, and we have to admit that we’re pretty pleased with the outcome. (Warning: Stop reading now if you’d like to be surprised when you watch — which we’re thinking you definitely should, based on this photo alone.) Sure, there were some egregious snubs in the nominations, but any show where Louis C.K. and Bridesmaids clean house and Parks & Recreation manages to win more awards than Modern Family is aces in our book. Also, a big congrats to longtime Flavorpill favorite Hannibal Buress, who beat out some serious competition to nab the award for Club Comic. Click through to view the full list of winners, which we spotted thanks to Splitsider, and let us know if you agree with their picks in the comments. … Read More

Comedy

Zach Galifianakis' 'Between Two Ferns' Coming to Comedy Central

By Judy Berman on

Looks like Funny or Die is the new Comedy Central testing ground. Earlier this month, we learned that the network was adapting Drunk History as a half-hour series. And now, Scott Aukerman has announced on his Comedy Bang Bang podcast that he just directed a 30-minute episode of Zach Galifianakis’ Between… Read More

Television

‘Drunk History’ Coming to Comedy Central

By Judy Berman on

Have you ever watched one of Funny or Die’s hilarious, wildly popular Drunk History videos and thought, “Gee, I wish this were a half-hour TV series?” OK, neither have we, but we’re not going to complain now that it’s happening. Deadline reports that Comedy Central has ordered a pilot called Drunk… Read More

Pop Culture

Watch Scenes From Kanye’s Failed Puppet Show, 'Alligator Boots'

By James Furbush on

The oddly named Alligator Boots began life back in 2009 as a collaboration between Kanye West, the producers of Crank Yankers and fellow Chicago MC Rhymefest. Sadly, the pilot to West’s planned “hip-hop Muppet Show” was never picked up by Comedy Central. Fortunately a 10-minute behind-the-scenes look at the show found it’s way onto the Internet today. The show comes across as having the parts being greater than the sum. Watch the clip after the jump, which inexplicably features Kim Kardashian dressed as Slave Leia, along with puppets humping, cursing, and spouting foul-mouthed pick-up lines. … Read More

Television

Watch a Few Moments of Charlie Sheen's Roast

By James Furbush on

Comedy Central has released the first clips from its upcoming roast of Charlie Sheen, which is set to air September 19th — coincidentally the same night CBS premieres the Kutcher-fied version of Two and a Half Men. The early word is that Mike Tyson and actress Kate Walsh (aka Addison Shepherd from Private Practice) bombed badly. The good news is that host Jeffrey Ross showed up dressed like Gaddafi and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane was kind enough to read Sheen’s mock-obituary. Still, when Sheen enthusiastically declares he survived the roast “unscathed” and rhetorically asks “Did you think your little jokes were going to hurt me?” you’ve got to wonder just how funny the jokes really were. Let’s see, shall we? … Read More

Television

Watch the ‘Dr. Strangelove’-Style Charlie Sheen Roast Teaser

By Judy Berman on

Our thoughts on Comedy Central’s impending Roast of Charlie Sheen have generally been of the “Really? We’re still talking about this guy?” variety. But we have to give it to whoever came up with the first teaser for the special, which will air September 19th. In only 15 seconds, it manages to communicate the bewildering trajectory of Sheen’s career over the past year or so and reference one of cinema’s most classic moments — the scene in Dr. Strangelove that has Slim Pickens riding an H-bomb. Enjoy it (and then maybe forget that this whole roast business is happening in the first place) after the jump. … Read More

Web

What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds In Our Office

By Caroline Stanley on

Today at Flavorpill, we listened to a new song from Björk’s Biophilia and Missy Elliot’s remix of “Last Friday Night.” We were surprised by what Australian artist Jun Gil Park can create using bananas as his canvas. We channeled our inner Lloyd Dobler. We liked the looks… Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. The Daily reports that Dave Chappelle — who walked away from a $50 million Comedy Central deal back in 2005 — is working on a new TV show that will be for a paid subscription service.

2. After performing a crowd-pleasing duet of “Sweet Jane” at a Rock and Roll Hall… Read More

Partner Buzz

Write a Bro-Ballad, Win a Free Bar Tab

By Lorenzo Ragionieri on

Here at Flavorpill, we don’t pound chests when our posts get tons of “Likes.” We don’t keep a supply of warm Keystone Light under our desks. And on the rare occasion when we do wear a tie, it’s wrapped snugly around our necks, not our heads. But our recent partnership with Comedy Central changed everything. If you haven’t checked out their new show, Workaholics, then you’re missing out. It airs Wednesdays at 10:30pm. Briefly, it’s a bro-tastic chronicle of the lives of three fresh-out-of-college best friends thrust into the professional world via entry-level telemarketing gigs.

We launched a contest last week asking Flavorpill readers to write their own bro-ballads and shoot a video of themselves performing them. Think Queen, “You’re My Best Friend” or Tenacious D, “Friendship.” The response was overwhelming, and we’ve cobbled together a shortlist of our favorite submissions after the jump. … Read More