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Webshort: “Live at the Red Carpet with Eugene Mirman” from 23/6

We offer the following unsolicited advice for making the yearly Oscar snoozefest more watchable: Fewer musical numbers, more Eugene Mirman (well… ANY Eugene Mirman, really). Here, the tuxedo-clad Eugene generously reveals his “process” to a sound bite-starved media, while giving undue credit to the straight-to-landfill Billy Bob Thornton vehicle, Mr. Woodcock.————————————————————————————————————————–
ComedySmack also bids a fond farewell to Invite Them Up, Eugene Mirman & Bobby Tisdale’s legendary East Village variety show, which held the finale of its groundbreaking six year run last night. The New York comedy scene will never be the same…

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Cory Haim: 1980′s Tween Casanova

In recent years, eternally 15-year old pop star Justin Bieber and Twilight vampire/werewolf Robert Lautnerson have dominated the hearts and bedroom posters of tweenage girls. But who were tweens way back in 1989 pining for? Cory Haim of “the two Corys” fame, of course. Here is a video Haim made upon leaving his first rehab stint to ensure his middle school fan base that he was still ready to be their heartthrob throughout the 1990′s, surely. Assuming Jason Priestly and Luke Perry don’t come along, that is.

Adventures of the Pretentious Bum

Every neighborhood has one. That bum that’s always saying pretentious things. Ours lives on the corner stoop and is always going on about how he doesn’t own a TV and only watches documentaries and European cinema.