By Smack

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.

Romney To Travel Back In Time To Kill Liberal Versions Of Himself

With new polls out this week showing President Obama leading Mitt Romney by an average of nine points across the twelve major swing states, his campaign is starting to realize he needs a game changer. And as the old political saying goes…(from The Onion)

I Hate Being Single

One line people say today more than any other day of the year is probably “I hate being single.” So its more than appropriate for veteran comedy director/performer Rob Michael Hugel to debut his new series, “I Hate Being Single,” on Valentine’s Day. Created by and starring Rob, the series follows a NYC hipster-ish young man as he navigates life as a single male after a breakup.

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Commercial Interruption

by shap on February 2, 2012. [B-Roll,Smack,Smack Channels,TV,Web Shorts]

Speaking of commercials, Todd Bieber, currently Director of Production for UCB Comedy, used to be a director of local commercials of the cheap and cheesy variety. Check out these clips and his new UCB live show, Commercial Interruption

All-Stars: “Doug & Devra Meet the Teacher”

We’ve been re-posting some of our all-time favorite videos lately, and here’s one that made our first ever “Best of the Year” list in ’07. From one of NYC’s great comedy duos, Jenny Slate and Gabe Liedman.

Kristen Wiig’s Global Warming Solution

In case you missed it: Kristen Wiig didn’t just figure out the very challenging task of transitioning from SNL star to bona fide movie star this year…she also figured out how to solve global warming.

Hard Cops with Floppy Disks

It’s Robocop meets Knight Rider in this short that will make you wish you were back in the 80′s so much you’ll try to build a DeLorean-based time machine. Starring Flashdance’s Jennifer Beals and Highlander’s Adrian Paul.

The Top 10 Worst Celebrity & Entertainment Moves of 2011

Lots of stuff happened in 2011. Sad stuff like Ryan Reynolds’ triple whammy of Green Lantern and divorce and Green Lantern. Bad stuff like Casey Anthony getting away with…a 7-figure book deal. And rad stuff like Bridesmaids and…

Daily Shows’ Best of Chanukah

No one throws down at Chanukah like the The Daily Show. Indeed, their lox, cream cheese and bagels are the stuff of late night comedy show holiday party legend. Which is why their “Best of Chanukah moments” is still the “Best of Chanukah moments” four years running.

Jerry Seinfeld’s First TV Performance

Here’s Jerry Seinfeld’s first ever TV performance. Catch his charity gala “A Night of Comedy with Jerry Seinfeld and Friends” on Dec. 5th.