Confession time: Wreck-It Ralph makes me cry. Large, wracking, embarrassing sobs overtake me at the end of that movie, and not in a charming way. It’s a serious ugly-cry scenario, because I get so choked up over the friendship between Ralph and Vanellope. (I love that fucking movie, is the general bullet point here.)
Sarah Silverman’s been choosing empathy over antagonizing as of late, with her Hulu series I Love You, America finding the foul-mouthed comedian working to find common ground with those across the political divide. She’s also been vocal about the #MeToo movement, since several of her close friends in the comedy…
Any actor will tell you that auditioning is the worst part of the job. The whole awkward, vulnerable experience is only made worse when you have to submit an audition tape—usually a straight-on shot of you standing in an empty room, reading lines to no one from a scene you’ve probably read once before. Frankly, the…
Sarah Silverman’s mission to bridge the political divide with wacky nudity, absurd stunts, and surprisingly earnest discussions through her I Love You, America show on Hulu has not solved all of our problems just yet, so the streaming service has decided to order an additional 11 episodes for later this year (one more…
Seth and Lauren Rogen’s altruistic variety special, Hilarity For Charity, is coming to Netflix for the first time in its six-year history. The streaming platform and the Future Man executive producer announced the collaboration today along with a stacked lineup. The indefatigable Tiffany Haddish has secured a spot in…
Sarah Silverman has addressed the (admittedly true) allegations against Louis CK, asking, “Can you love someone who did bad things?” Silverman, who has been good friends with CK for over 25 years, addressed the controversy on her Hulu show, I Love You, America.Â
Late night television has several accepted formulas. There’s the format currently employed by your Jimmys Fallon and Kimmel, for example: monologue, maybe a recurring bit or man-on-the-street segment, guest, maybe another recurring bit, guest, musical number, goodnight. There’s your Daily Show lineup—topical segments,…
Sarah Silverman’s new talk show for Hulu was originally billed as an attempt to present a “balanced” view of topical issues, with Silverman trying to find common ground with people whose political beliefs she may disagree with, but this musical trailer for the show suggests that she won’t actually be pulling some…
Silverman has always been self-aware, but in A Speck Of Dust, that self-awareness feels less prankish and more authentic. For her, this means making some digressions, and pointing out that she’s making digressions: “Put a pin in that,” she says repeatedly when pausing her material for a sidebar in what becomes a sort…
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Tuesday, May 30. All times are Eastern.
“I’m gonna be indulgent,” Sarah Silverman notes around halfway through her new Netflix stand-up special A Speck of Dust. It’s a different tactic for her, even if it doesn’t sound like it at first. While Silverman’s most famous comedy routines do indulge in their share of pushing (buttons, envelopes, boundaries,…
Man, the listing in this clip from Bajillion Dollar Propertie$’ upcoming third season is a hot one. Like seven inches from the midday sun. Watch it, and you’ll hear Sarah Silverman whispering the words to melt everyone as session guitarist Zars St. Lars. But Platinum Realty agents Baxter Reynolds (Drew Tarver) and…
It’s April 15, traditionally known as Tax Day in the U.S. (Don’t panic, you actually have until the 18th to file or flee the country.) To celebrate/bemoan the occasion, people across the nation took to the streets today to enjoy the weather, feel the government-provided roads and sidewalks under their feet, and also…
According to Deadline, Hulu has ordered a weekly, half-hour talk show tentatively titled I Love You, America that will be hosted by Sarah Silverman. The show will involve Silverman discussing “the current political/emotional landscape of the country” with people who share her political leanings and those who don’t,…
Sarah Silverman said Donald Trump once inquired after her breasts, something that would be shocking if we had the capacity to be shocked by that kind of stuff anymore. In a tweet, Silverman said the now-President “asked [comedian and Roastmaster] Jeff Ross if [her] tits were real,” noting that “they are,” not that…
This week, Comedy Central and Outside Lands/Bonnaroo organizers Superfly announced Colossal Clusterfest, a three-day comedy festival in San Francisco that will feature a ton of famous comedians, musicians, and “iconic comedy attractions” based on South Park, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, and Seinfeld—only one of…
Every year since 2009, comedian Jimmy Pardo and the rest of the Never Not Funny crew have come together for the Pardcast-a-Thon, a telethon-style podcasting marathon raising money for Smile Train, a charity that focuses on giving cleft palate surgery to children in developing countries. Over the past eight years,…
Netflix’s ever-expanding comedy lineup already features Chris Rock and Amy Schumer, and now it has enlisted Sarah Silverman. The streaming service announced today that it will debut new stand-up from the comedian on May 30. Liam Lynch, who has previously worked with Silverman on the likes of We Are Miracles and Jesus…
A powerful comedy duo that’s been setting the world—and junior bacon cheeseburgers—on fire for over 20 years, Tenacious D is more than just the best band in the whole world. The group’s two members, actors Jack Black and Kyle Gass, are also entrepreneurs, as evidenced by their Festival Supreme, held every October in…
That The Simpsons’ 600th episode falls on a “Treehouse Of Horror” is for the best, ultimately. Milestone episodes, event episodes, episodes built around a huge guest star—these are not generally great Simpsons TV, as the show tries to craft a story around something external. While the annual “Treehouse Of Horror”…
