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Displaying all articles tagged:
Infomercials
infomercials
Dec. 20, 2018
Enter the Demented Mind of Sarah Squirm With Adult Swim’s New Infomercial
Presenting a bizarre, disgusting, and groundbreaking new hair-removal procedure.
By
Megh Wright
keep comedy weird
Dec. 14, 2018
Three Delightfully Weird and Funny Videos for Your Viewing Pleasure
Chris Fleming, Carmen Christopher, Lorelei Ramirez are keeping weird comedy alive.
By
Megh Wright
adult swim
June 26, 2018
The
Too Many Cooks
Creator Is Back With a Video Game Walk-through From Hell
“Have you ever felt like you’re not in control?”
By
Megh Wright
as seen on streaming
June 15, 2016
Not Sold on
Lady Dynamite
? Let This Infomercial Hawk It Hard
“
Lady Dynamite
is … scarves.”
By
Karen Brill
May 3, 2016
Check Out Adult Swim’s New Infomercial ‘Live at the Necropolis: Lords of […]
This week, Adult Swim is airing a new 4:00am infomercial by Moonbeam City’s Scott Gairdner and Ryan Perez called Live at the Necropolis: Lords […]
By
Megh Wright
Mar. 22, 2016
Calm Down to the Soothing Sounds of ‘Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep’
At 4:00am this morning, Adult Swim aired a brand new piece of delightful weirdness from comedian Joe Pera called Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep, […]
By
Megh Wright
Dec. 4, 2015
Ben Stiller, Bob Odenkirk, Janeane Garofalo, and William Shatner Invite […]
In the more than 150 From the Archives articles I’ve written, I’ve looked at a wide variety of genres of comedy: variety shows, late night […]
By
Ramsey Ess
Feb. 17, 2015
Adult Swim’s Mike Lazzo Responds to David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin’s […]
Adult Swim EVP and creative director Mike Lazzo just fought back against David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin on Reddit for the second time over […]
By
Megh Wright
Feb. 16, 2015
David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin Respond to Adult Swim’s Mike Lazzo About […]
In his Reddit AMA last week, David Cross accused Adult Swim exec Mike Lazzo of ripping off the concept (specifically the time slot and lack of […]
By
Megh Wright
Feb. 12, 2015
David Cross and H. Jon Benjamin Invented the Adult Swim 4AM Infomercial
To promote his new film Hits, David Cross fielded questions in a Reddit AMA today, and one of his most interesting responses came when a fan […]
By
Megh Wright
Dec. 2, 2014
Check Out Paul Scheer’s Adult Swim Infomercial for ‘The Frank Pierre […]
From the mind of Paul Scheer, here’s the latest infomercial to air at Adult Swim at 4:00am, this time for the luxurious destination known as […]
By
Megh Wright
Nov. 13, 2014
Check Out Adult Swim’s ‘Salad Mixxxer’ Infomercial Starring Kurt Braunohler
Adult Swim has a strange policy with how and when they post their 4:00am infomercials on YouTube, but since last week’s “Too Many Cooks” hit a […]
By
Megh Wright
Nov. 7, 2014
Casper Kelly Calls ‘Too Many Cooks’ a ‘Shower Idea’
“I think it was a shower idea - just simply the idea of a show sitcom open that doesn’t stop. It made me laugh. But I didn’t think it could […]
By
Megh Wright
Nov. 7, 2014
‘Too Many Cooks’ Is the Most Insane and Perfect Sitcom Opening of All Time
In addition to Scharpling and Wurster’s Newbridge tourism ad, another informercial that ran at the 4:00am time slot on Adult Swim this week is […]
By
Megh Wright
Dec. 18, 2013
Here’s an Infomercial for a Fake College Written by Ex-’Onion’ Writers […]
Adult Swim has been quietly airing this fake infomercial for “For-Profit Online University” all this week at 4am. FPOU is a one-off special […]
By
Bradford Evans
sad things
Mar. 20, 2013
Rudy Giuliani Has Descended Into the Abyss of Infomercials
Times have changed.
By
Joe Coscarelli
last night on late night
Feb. 23, 2012
Last Night on Late Night: Jennifer Aniston Walk-of-Shamed It to Hollywood Boulevard
Plus: Surprise guest Adam Corolla denounced Jimmy Kimmel’s collaboration with Oprah, and more, on our daily late-night roundup.
By
Caroline Shin
clickables
Nov. 30, 2010
Watch the Juggalos’ ‘Super Live Toy Drive’ Infomercial
“Give to the kids, man.”
By
Amanda Dobbins
tv
Apr. 22, 2010
Watch a Montage of Hilarious Infomercial ‘You’re Doing It Wrong’s
Oh, infomercials. Oh, this video.
By
Edith Zimmerman
early and often
Oct. 30, 2008
Obama Infomercial: Some Transported, Some Nauseated
If Obama started reading ‘Goodnight Moon,’ we would have passed out on the spot.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
Oct. 10, 2008
What Obama Needs to Know for His Pre-Election Infomercial
If Barack Obama is going to really make a half-hour infomercial, there are some things he needs to know.
By
Chris Rovzar