John Hodgman put out an unusual request on Facebook on Thursday afternoon, in advance of his sold-out show at The Birchmere: Or maybe not so un...
Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D) put talk of his likely U.S. Senate campaign and love of Twitter aside Tuesday night to engage in a "Star Trek" trivia con...
Despite the looming sequester, Wall Street seems downright giddy over merger news. Fortunately, as Jon Stewart and John Hodgman explained on Wednesda...
For the last several months, independent radio host Jesse Thorn has been asking his listeners to sign up for updates from Boatparty.biz, a website tha...
For over a decade, SF Sketchfest has brought the best of comedy to the City By The Bay. Started as a single-venue showcase for a group of local sk...
If you sincerely believe that the world will come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012 just because an ancient civilization predicted it, you might want to list...
During a recent appearance on Ron Bennington's Sirius XM show "Unmasked," comedian John Hodgman shared a story he'd heard about Stephen Colbert. Al...
We all know Mr. Hodgman as the PC to Justin Long's Mac, The Daily Show's Resident Expert and the mean jerk who was always trying to bring Jonathan Ames down in Bored to Death.
John Roderick & Friends (John Hodgman, Merlin Mann, Scott Simpson, Jonathan Coulton) What do you get when you have five comedians, musicians, writers...
I will reveal here that I am going to vote for Obama, and I hope he wins, and here is the reason: I LIKE WINNING.
Songstress and occasional "Portlandia" maid Aimee Mann has released a video for her newest song, "I Charmer." Directed by her friend Tom Scharpling, t...
Celebrating a 13-episode fourth season renewal, fans of "Community" (Thu., 8 p.m. ET on NBC) tuned in to the latest episode where they were left to qu...
The thundering roar of a thousand knife-wielding hurricanes you just detected is the sound of David Rees' revolutionary How To Sharpen Pencils: A Prac...
When we asked John Hodgman if we would do a quick video interview with us backstage at SXSW, we had no idea what we had gotten ourselves into. In b...
UPDATE: According to Vulture, a source close to "Mad Men" said the Paul McCartney casting rumor is false. Is music legend Sir Paul McCartney headin...
On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart had to admit that he's had a "mogul-shaped hole" in his heart ever since Donald Trump briefly fell out o...
With HBO's drastic Christmas cleaning yesterday -- canceling "Hung," "How to Make It In America," and Bored To Death" -- many TV viewers are in mourni...
The news had no problem fueling the late night shows this week. Below are my favorite clips of the week. What were yours?
Out of all the scandals that have come up during this holiday season, the one that Jon Stewart deems "the stupidest" is none other than Fox Business' ...
Herman Cain's scandal and more provided ample material for the late night shows this week.
It didn't take long after the Occupy Wall Street protests began for comedians to pick up on the humorous aspects of the movement. And wouldn't you bel...
First there was The Areas of My Expertise. Then came More Information Than You Require. And now there is That Is All, the final book in John Hodgman's...
Four years ago, Eugene Mirman had a dream. The comedian, a New York City mainstay, recognized that dozens of festivals devoted to stand-up comedy come...
It seems like hackers have everyone on edge these days, especially large companies and government agencies. But fortunately for us, John Hodgman has s...
No one is going to be putting The Best and the Brightest on any 10-best lists -- but if you're looking for a comedy that offers a handful of bawdy, vulgar laughs, look no further.
