H. Jon Benjamin new spokesman for Arby’s

Is Arby’s cool again now? Despite my unyielding love of horsey sauce and previous efforts such as the $5 for 5 beef-and-cheddar deal, Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwiches remained the butt of comedians’ jokes in recent years. Jon Stewart made a running gag of mocking Arby’s as non-food during his years hosting The Daily Show on […]

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Greg Barris for Twitter: “Don’t Believe Every Tweet”

Twitter, like other social media platforms, has a huge legitimacy problem. Nobody is minding the store, so to speak, to separate the lies from the truth, the facts from the fiction. How’s Twitter responding in August 2018? With a humorous TV ad campaign. Starring Greg Barris. The campaign is called “Don’t Believe Every Tweet.” Or […]

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Jason Mantzoukas has replaced TJ Miller as voice of Mucinex

T.J. Miller’s voice was reliably heard in several TV ad campaigns over the past four years, but he’s no longer the voice of Mr. Mucus. Instead, Jason Mantzoukas voiced the newest Mucinex commercial that aired after Super Bowl LII. Roll it.

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Tiffany Haddish for Groupon

Tiffany Haddish loves Groupon so much, the online discount company decided to return the favor and make Haddish the company spokesperson! As the company explained yesterday: “Tiffany Haddish likes us. No, she really, really likes us. We were tickled when we heard her tell a story about taking certain A-listers on a Groupon swamp tour […]

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‘The Late Show,’ ‘Full Frontal,’ and ‘The Daily Show’ Go to War Over Trump’s Fake News Awards

Ever since Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he was planning to hand out the “Most Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards of the Year” (or as Stephen Colbert calls them, “The Fakies”), late night hosts have been fighting to prove why their show most deserves recognition for fake news excellence. And the race between The Late Show […]

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Comedy Central Bought a Billboard for ‘The President Show’ Three Miles Away from Mar-a-Lago

Anthony Atamanuik’s new show The President Show debuts on Comedy Central this Thursday, and the network found a way to make sure that the real Donald Trump doesn’t miss the big premiere. Today, Comedy Central tweeted the below image of a real billboard they purchased to promote the show, which is located just three miles […]

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On Ilana Becker and That IBS Pill Commercial

So I was watching the season finale of Crashing, the one where Pete Holmes goes to a big outdoor adult baptism. One of the people getting baptized is Ellen, a woman visibly miffed when the ceremony gets hijacked by Pete and his estranged wife’s marital drama, and she does a lot of facial expressions and […]

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On Ilana Becker and That IBS Pill Commercial

So I was watching the season finale of Crashing, the one where Pete Holmes goes to a big outdoor adult baptism. One of the people getting baptized is Ellen, a woman visibly miffed when the ceremony gets hijacked by Pete and his estranged wife’s marital drama, and she does a lot of facial expressions and […]

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Moses Storm in whopper of a Burger King commerical: OK, Google?

Comedian and actor Moses Storm has appeared onscreen in movies, TV shows and multiple commercials, but nothing perhaps has made as immediate and as powerful of an impact as his new Burger King commercial. In just a few seconds, Storm’s voice asks, “OK, Google. What is the Whopper burger?” And in doing so, if you […]

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Chipotle’s TV ad campaign “As Real As It Gets” features comedians John Mulaney, Jillian Bell and Sam Richardson (plus uncredited Rory Scovel and Jeffrey Tambor)

The new TV ad campaign for Chipotle’s fast-casual restaurant chain features the voice of Jeffrey Tambor asking comedians John Mulaney, Jillian Bell and Sam Richardson to step inside the magically giant burrito and keep it real. Because the burritos feature all real ingredients. Because people got worried about Chipotle a couple of years ago following […]

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