by shap on October 29, 2008. [TV]
TV Clip: “Friar’s Club Roast of Matt Lauer” (from The Today Show)
This year, The Friar’s Club decided to roast NBC’s Matt Lauer. Apparently the big guns like Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow were busy. Still, plenty of stars (Tom Cruise, for one) decided to show.
In this clip from It’s Always Funny In Philadelphia, Charlie goes on a first date with a little help from Mac and Dennis. What could go wrong?
With Passover/Easter 2012 season having just wound down, the best clip to cover the 2nd biggest convergence of Judeo-Christian holidays in one month is without a doubt this one from The Daily Show.
Standup comic and star of NBC’s hilarious Parks & Recreation, Aziz Ansari, performed the ceremonial “first mow” of the season at the Sheep Meadow. The mow, on behalf of the Central Park Conservatory, signaled the reopening of the Sheep Meadow this coming weekend. Ansari’s Tom Haverford will no doubt be there first thing Saturday morning selling SnakeJuice from a rolling cooler.
Shap Sweeney is Editor-in-Chief of ComedySmack and a rumored 2012 Presidential candidate. He is the veteran of two wars, and was decorated by former President George Washington (I-VA) for distinguished service in the Continential Army. As a comedy writer, he has worked with top producers and talent including Buster Keaton, Shakespeare and Don Johnson. His first book, Gone With The Wind, has been sold to Hollywood for three figures.
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