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Make 'Em Laugh

In January 2009, PBS will present the series MAKE ’EM LAUGH: The Funny Business of America, a six-hour comedy epic showcasing the most hilarious men, women, and moments in American entertainment and why they made us laugh. Hosted by America’s favorite funnyman, Billy Crystal, the documentary explores the currents of American comedy throughout a century of social and political change, illuminating how comedy has tackled and poked fun at our political system, race relations, gender issues, and the prevailing American standards and taboos in everyday life.

Co-produced by Thirteen/WNET and Ghost Light Films, the series premieres nationally on January 14, 21, 28 at 8 p.m. and will repeat at 10 p.m. (ET) on PBS.

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January 28, 9 p.m. (ET) Sock it to Me: Satire and Parody

Americans have always loved to make fun of the world around them using the slings and arrows of parody and satire. Whether it was Will Rogers, Johnny Carson, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert poking a finger in the eye of the government, or Sid Caesar, Mel Brooks and the “Saturday Night Live” gang lampooning the latest blockbuster, generations have reveled in the anarchic tradition of mocking American life, politics and preoccupations.

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Congrats to the Stewart and Colbert crews!

Congratulations to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart for their win for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, and to The Colbert Report for their win for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series! 

The night isn't over.  Keep it up boys!

Three Emmy Nominations For The Daily Show, One For Jon

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report have been nominated in the four following categories:

Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program; Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program; Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series; Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program

You can read the full list of Emmy nominations here.  Can you believe Jon was nominated for his performance at the Academy Awards?  That's so...original?  Congratulations Jonnie!

Steve Carell's Larry King Appearance Rescheduled

Apparently Steve's appearance on Larry King has been rescheduled for Monday.

We still love Steve, right?

Steve Carell is scheduled to appear on Larry King Live this Friday, no doubt to discuss his new movie Get Smart.

Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' coming to St. Paul for GOP convention

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"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" announced today that it will broadcast from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul starting Sept. 2 through Sept. 5.

The show also will be at the Democratic National Convention in Denver a week earlier. The St. Paul locale is the McNally Smith College of Music in the History Theatre, 10th and Exchange streets downtown.

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Daily Show Fodder: Mary Ann Caught Driving Stoned

Former Gilligan's Island star caught with marijuana in car

A surprise birthday party for Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," ended with a nearly three-hour tour of the Teton County sheriff's office and jail when the 69-year-old was caught with marijuana in her vehicle while driving home.

Wells is now serving six months' unsupervised probation for the crime. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving.

When Gutierrez asked why he could smell marijuana, Wells reportedly told him that she'd just given a ride to three hitchhikers and had dropped them off when they began smoking something. When Gutierrez searched the car, he found three half-smoked joints in the ashtray and console, according to the report. A second search after Wells' arrest netted a fourth half-smoked joint and two small cases used to store marijuana, Gutierrez said.

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Jason Jones and Samantha Bee - Big Plans For 2nd Baby

From CTV.ca :

Canada's Jason Jones and Samantha Bee promise to catch the baby bandwagon cash-in on their second time around.

The couple, who appear together on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," married in 2001. Bee gave birth to their first child, Piper, in 2006.

Three weeks after Piper was born, Jones brought his daughter on the show in an effort to impress Jon Stewart with his parenting skills, and has appeared many times since.

Bee is now pregnant with the couple's second child.

Jones promises that now, in this time of multi-million dollar baby shoots, things are going to be different for child number two.

"If there's anything we learned, is that we didn't get enough money for our daughter's appearances on the show," says Jones during an interview with eTalk.

"This son is going to rake it in."

Thanks to the busy political season south of the border, there will be little downtime for Jones and Bee, who are planning on reporting at the Democratic and Republican conventions later this year.

eTalk had caught up to the couple when they were shooting an indie film called "Cooper's Camera," which looks at a family's worst Christmas ever in 1985.

Writers Strike Over: Daily Show Clips Are Live Again

Now that the writer's strike is over, video clips from The Daily Show and Colbert Report are live again on our blog, NewsCloud and via our Facebook application.

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