SNL writer Michael Patrick O'Brien has kindly agreed to answer a few questions about his first season writing for SNL.. do you have any questions you'd like to ask him? [Read More]

Tonight, I went to see Patton Oswalt at the House of Comedy show and it was great. Unfortunately, they confiscated my camera. [Read More]

UK tv personality Keith Chegwin has been accused of plagarising jokes by comedians Ed Byrne and Simon Evans on Twitter. In an interview last year, Chegwin allegedly advised budding comics to steal gags, saying: ‘If you've not got your own, nick a gag! That's what all the top comedians do.’ [Read More]

Betty White has licensed her likeness to a fashion line launching this August, hoping to capitalize on her sudden ubiquity—and raise proceeds for the Morris Animal Foundation—with a collection of T-shirts and hoodies [Read More]

The FBI has arrested the Virginia man who posted a “warning” to South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker on a radical Muslim website back in April, after he told federal agents of his plans to travel overseas and join a terrorist group. Zachary Chesser, described as a 20-year-old “university dropout,” was apprehended while attempting to board a plane at a New York airport despite being on a no-fly list, after which he spoke at length with FBI agents about his connection to al-Qaeda... [Read More]

Bill Murray was in an expansive mood. Then, after he spoke about Ghostbusters 3, Barack Obama, and Garfield, he decided the interview was over and was gone. As best as I can tell, he was not fucking with me. [Read More]

Samantha Bee is the Daily Show's longest-tenured correspondent, having joined the program in 2003. She's also the author of a new memoir, I Know I Am But What Are You? Bee grew up in an unusual tripartite family, splitting time between a matronly grandmother, a conservative, re-married father and a bohemian, Wiccan mother. She met her husband, the Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones, while working in a Sailor Moon-themed stage show at the Canadian National Exposition. [Read More]

After last night's show, Myq sat down to answer a few questions about his style of comedy, living in Boston, how he came to audition for Last Comic Standing, and where he hopes to be in five years. [Read More]

King, born Jerome C. Kattan, passed away on July 15, 2010 after a long illness. Further details surrounding his cause of death were not released as WENN went to press. He was an original member of The Groundlings comedy troupe but was best known for providing the voice of Tailor Smurf in the hit U.S. 1980s animated series The Smurfs. He also voiced TV characters including Shecky in The Biskitts and Ronald Sandler in Charlie & Company. Other TV credits included guest appearances on Dragnet, T... [Read More]

This week The Comedy Nerds are joined by guests Lou Fernandez and Rachel Korowitz as they review the 30 Rock adult parody. [Read More]