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Sign the Petition to Bring Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand "Home:" Update

Click here to find out where you can sign a Change.org petition to bring Bluth's Original Frozen Banana stand to Newport Beach!ORIGINAL POST, MAY 8, 1:30 P.M.: To promote the 15 new episodes being released soon of Arrested Development--only the best television show ever about life in Orange County, ... More >>

Billy Gardell Says Being Funny is More Important Than Being Hip, Or Having a Twitter Account

After spending the last twenty-three years doing stand-up, Billy Gardell still considers himself an overnight success by landing the role of a lifetime playing a cop named Mike Biggs on the CBS hit show "Mike & Molly." We of course know better. Sure, the show has been nominated for various awards an ... More >>

Arrested Development To Return May 26 on Netflix!

Arrested Development, one of the funniest television shows of all time, and the single greatest documentary EVER about this wild, crazy land of ours, is returning May 26 via Netflix. Announcement came out today and is spreading like wildfire.We here at the Weekly just blue ourselves in giddiness. Al ... More >>

The Five Best Beavis and Butthead Music Video Riffings of All Time

Last weekend marked twenty wonderful years since MTV aired the first episode of "Beavis and Butthead." While the duo changed the way the world viewed Generation X, as well as ushered in one of the sharpest satires of the 90s, it also popularized the idea of video "riffing" to a brand new audience. N ... More >>

The Five Greatest Beavis and Butthead Episodes of All Time

This past weekend marked twenty glorious years since generational icons "Beavis and Butthead" first premiered on television screens. MTV unleashed the generation X weinerheads to an unsuspecting public in 1993, teaching a whole new audience about satire, riffing and proper means of "TP" acquisition ... More >>

Melissa McCarthy Is Not Your Best Friend Anymore

With the new comedy 'Identity Thief,' the actress gets a starring role

Top Five Unforgettable MTV Duos

This week, MTV premiered its new show "Nikki & Sara LIVE." A fun skewering of pop culture, the show continues in the tradition of razor-sharp wit and disarming charm from buddy-outings that has brought some of the most fun moment of original programming for almost the channel's entire existence. Bei ... More >>

Top Five Classic "30 Rock" Musical Moments

Last night the NBC Peacock plucked one of its brightest feathers as Thursday night comedy staple "30 Rock" aired its final episode. Since 2006, the show's cycled in some of the decade's most memorable music cameos and memorable original songs. With the show's theme and most of its original scores co ... More >>

Kevin Nealon Has Been Playing Banjo Since 'Deliverance'

Now that Weeds is over (boo-hoo) what is our favorite character Doug Wilson (aka Kevin Nealon) going to do? And what will we do without him? Good news folks, you won't have to find out because Nealon's got his hands in a bunch of pots and with a career that has brought us amazing characters and tons ... More >>

David Cross Lets It Slip More Arrested Development is Coming Than First Planned

Making a fourth season of Arrested Development, the side-splitting comedy more realer about Orange County than any reality show claiming to depict the real OC, is succeeding because of Netflix, according to Mr. Tobias Fünke himself, David Cross. That's not a reference to the tens of millions of vie ... More >>

Richard Lewis Talks About His Childhood Rivalry With Larry David of 'Curb Your Enthusiam'

Richard Lewis shouldn't be interviewed, he should be listened to. With a career that has spanned decades, his stories and experiences read like a novel. It would seem like this self-deprecating comic has no reason to be blue when it comes to his career and yet, he's been hugely successful by do ... More >>

Ralphie May Talks Jews, Dancing With The Stars' Man Pumps and Being a "Filthy Fuck"

When you look at Ralphie May, you might see big, and you'd be right. He draws big crowds, brings big talent and has the ability to cross big boarders and be loved by people worldwide. We'd say that's a big accomplishment and this weekend, you've gotta get in on the big laughs that Ralphie May will b ... More >>

Davy Jones, R.I.P.: Five Best Monkees Songs

​Davy Jones, former lead singer of the made-for-TV band the Monkees, died today in a hospital in Florida, apparently of a heart attack. He was 66. The star of the NBC comedy series was born in Manchester, England. The Monkees, partly inspired in part by the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night, turne ... More >>

Fans Say the Darndest Things--To 'Simpsons' Creators

​The Simpsons' 500th episode is upon us. As tempted as I am to write about my favorite minor characters, couch gags, and guest stars, I suspect you're getting your fill of bloggers' opinions. Instead, I've collected comments from the show's writers, artists, and crew (past and present) about us, t ... More >>

Best 'Simpsons' Moments: Castmembers Share Their Favorite Contributions to Celebrate the 500th Episode

Fox​Behold! The Simpsons' 500th episode is upon us! The show, titled "At Long Last Leave," entails the Simpson family being evicted from Springfield. When Marge and Homer try to sneak back into town, they're shunned by former neighbors and friends. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stars as himself ... More >>

Elf on the Shelf Means You Better Watch Out ... Or He'll Sue!

​Elf on the Shelf, the decoration that spies on children to check if they are naughty or nice for you-know-who, has caught much attention this Christmas season, even thousands of miles away in Taiwan where Next Media Animation (NMA) creates those funky cartoon images for news organizations around ... More >>

Huffington Post Gets Punked by Fake Ben & Jerry's Arrested Development Ice Cream Flavor

​It is amazing (and hella disturbing) how most people even bother to scan, let alone read a story anymore before spreading it around the Internet. Sign of the times, I guess. But when the offending organization is the Huffington Post (which carries my ¡Ask a Mexican! column), such a rush for web ... More >>

Aasif Mandvi, Daily Show Correspondent, Coming to Anaheim to Scoop up CAIR Award

​The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Greater Los Angeles, which is based in Anaheim, will bestow its 2011 Courage in Media Award to Indian-British actor and comedian Aasif Hakim Mandviwal.He's better known as Aasif Mandvi, the hilarious correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stew ... More >>

Snoop Dogg to Play TV Dad in a Sitcom: What Took Him So Long?

​ Snoop Dogg is reported to play a dad on a multi-camera family sitcom that's being developed by Don Reo (creator of My Wife and Kids and The John Larroquette Show), according to Deadline. The project has been set up at Warner Bros TV but hasn't been pitched to the networks, so it could be a whi ... More >>

South Park's Legendary Cheesy Poofs to be Available Starting at Comic-Con!

​Headed to Comic Con this week? Then snag what's sure to be one of the more sought-after pieces of swag: official Cheesy Poofs from the creators of South Park.  The New York Times reports that Comedy Central and Frito-Lay have teamed up to promote 15 years of South Park by releasing Cartman's ... More >>

Firoozeh Dumas Talks About the Death of ABC Sitcom Based on Her Funny in Farsi Memoir

​Firoozeh Dumas wrote Funny in Farsi, which was about her experiences growing up Iranian American in Newport Beach. The hugely popular book earned Dumas the distinction of being the only Iranian American nominated for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. And Funny in Farsi came within an eyelash ... More >>

The Governator is Back--With a New TV Series

Nate Mandos/Wikimedia Commons​So maybe that whole stint in politics didn't work out quite as well as planned. Former Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger, who's used to reading lines, has decided that his next project will be a TV show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, details of the secret series ... More >>

Kevin MacDonald, Long Beach State Hate Professor, Claims Jews are Blocking Interview He Did With The Daily Show From Airing

​It's been a couple of months since we last paid much attention to Kevin MacDonald, the Long Beach State psychology professor who's an Irvine resident and a bigwig at the white-power, terrorist-inspired American Third Position Party. So we missed his January essay on the white-supremacist Vdare.co ... More >>

The Daily Show on San Francisco's McDonald's Happy Meal® Toy Ban

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSan Francisco's Happy Meal Banwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire Blog</a>The Daily Show on FacebookBelieve or not, gals and germs, there are movements afoot in Orange County to try to ban fast-food chains ... More >>

Daily Show Video on Confucius Classroom Up

​We told you here about the Monday night airing of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart segment on the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District's Confucius Classroom (which some have cast as a Red Chinese plot to pollute young American minds).Now, you can feast your eyes on the video. When the fake n ... More >>

The Daily Show Fake News Report on Confucius Classroom Apparently Airs Tonight

​Jay Chen, a member of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board of Education, informs on his Facebook page that The Daily Show With Jon Stewart segment on a district school's controversial Confucius Classroom airs tonight."My Daily Show interview with Aasif re: our Chinese Class is sch ... More >>

The Daily Show Snubs Anti-Commie Chinese Activist Kai Chen

See no Kai Chen.​This post mentioned how cameras from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart were going to be at Thursday night's Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board of Education meeting, where activists planned to protest a "Confucius Classroom" coming to a middle school.

Confucius Says, "Be Wary of 'Daily Show'"

flickr user elkitBreaking the news.​The campaign against a public school's "Confucius Classroom" by the Chinese-American activist who last September organized demonstrations over the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum's Mao Tse-Tung statue is about to get national media exposure--f ... More >>

Ian Bagg

Brea Improv

Loni Love

Brea Improv

Incoming: Jeff Dunham at the Theatre at the Honda Center

I have yet to meet anyone who actually likes Jeff Dunham. You've probably seen him on Comedy Central, he's the dude with the puppets. One of them is a jalapeño that espouses lots of Latino stereotypes; another is a dead suicide bomber, seen in the video above. Yeah.But that hasn't stopped Dunham fr ... More >>

A Few Bones to Pick With 'Cannibal! The Musical'

Welcome to Agrestic, errrrr, Orange County

 When did Showtime's Weeds, which is set in Valencia or Calabasas or Santa Clarita or Stevenson Ranch or Gorman or wherever the hell it is, spring up in Orange County? It's sure seeming very Agrestic-like based on two police incidents mere hours apart Wednesday.First, cops started going door-to ... More >>

Oh, THAT's Why The Army Fired OC Native Dan Choi

Last night, the Daily Show provided its trademark dose of clarity regarding the case of Lt. Dan Choi, a graduate of Tustin High School and West Point. Choi's an Iraq War veteran and was working for the military as an Arabic translator -- until he announced that he's gay. The ensuing media frenzy has ... More >>

Rob Riggle

Irvine Improv

Jaime Pressly Returns to Costa Mesa, South Coast Plaza

UPDATED WITH CORRECT LOCATION! My Name is Earl and I Love You, Man's Jaime Pressly returns home Wednesday to sign books at the South Coast Plaza Barnes & Noble Borders Books. Well, at least the North Carolina-born actress attended Costa Mesa High School while living with her classical danc ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 3/5

Charlie Murphy, 7 p.m.Better known to the world as Eddie Murphy's brother, Charlie Murphy became a household name after producing a series of successful skits on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show about being Eddie Murphy's brother.Brea Improv, 120 S. Brea Blvd., Brea, CA; 714-482-0700 ... More >>

A Family Divided

Seth MacFarlane

John Campbell <3 Obama, Says Colbert

Ha, our South-County U.S. Rep (and, apparently, fledgling beardo) gets a shout out on last night's Colbert Report. For some reason, he's labeled "Jim Campbell," but nope, that's John.Around the 2:20 mark: .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/ass ... More >>

Tracy Morgan

Stephen Colbert on This Fall's New Albums

From last night's "Colbert Report": Stephen takes on Evolver by John Legend, That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy by Toby Keith, and of course, the once-elusive, now-ubiquitous Chinese Democracy. Sure, it's just a thinly veiled plug for his Christmas special on Sunday, but it's worth it for the iTunes cover ... More >>

Long Beach Colbert-o-scam?

On the October 16 episode of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, television news anchor and Emmy nominee Stephen Colbert announced that he was "officially considering" whether or not he would announce if he was considering running for President of the United States, and would make that ... More >>

Hiphopapotamus

For those of you who don't have HBO, this is what you're missing. Flight Of The Conchords:

Dopey and Sleepy

In Harry Shearers America, there are more small people

The Big Setup

A serious discussion of ethics and media, which wasnt

How Do You NOT Spell Ethics? K-T-L-A

Anyone been watching the KTLA Morning News lately? The Los Angeles Times, which like KTLA is owned by Chicago's Tribune media giant, has come down hard on anchors Carlos Amezcua and Michaela Pereira, as well as entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, for receiving free stays in a hotel their "news" show w ... More >>

All the Things That Make Us Laugh and Cry

Lucky theres a Family Guy

Best of OC 2004: Part 5

Mohr is Less

Fan turns on flat-faced weasel

Blow Hard

Lewis Black insists hes not a dick