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Weird Al Could Have Been In The Postal Service?

Posted 03.05.2013 | Comedy
Read More: The Postal Service, Video, Dntel, Tom DeLonge, Marc Maron, Moby, The Postal Service Auditions, Sub Pop, Tom Scharpling, Weird Al, Funny or Die, Postal Service Auditions, Aimee Mann, Jon Daly, Jon Wurster, Ben Gibbard, Jimmy-Tamborello, Comedy News

In this new short from Funny Or Die directed by Tom Scharpling, we travel back to 2002 when The Postal Service, the musical collaboration between Ben ...

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Rolling Stone Ranks Funniest People Alive

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 01.28.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Stephen Colbert, Comedy Gossip, Trey Parker, 50 Funniest People, Video, Matt Stone, Jon Stewart, Louis CK, Michael Che, Tom Scharpling, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rolling Stone 50 Funniest People, Paul F. Tompkins, Comedy News

Rolling Stone released their list of the 50 funniest people alive, and Eric Clapton was number one. Just kidding, Louis C.K. topped their comprehensiv...

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GALLERY: Chris Elliott, Brooke Shields, Andrew WK & More Raise Money For Hurricane Sandy Victims

Posted 12.10.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Brooke SHields, Video, Hurricane Sandy Benefit Brooklyn, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Sandy Benefit, Andrew WK, Abby Elliott, Occupy Sandy, Sandy Relief, Tom Scharpling, Ted Leo, Chris Elliott, Comedy News

On Friday, comedy fans packed the room at the Bell House in Brooklyn for Tom Scharpling and Ted Leo's "Very Special Hurricane Benefit Show". The line...

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Comedy Stars Join Lineup For Hurricane Benefit In Brooklyn

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 11.20.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Hurricane Sandy 2012, Hurricane Sandy Benefit, Tom Scharpling, Video, Ted Leo, Hurricane Benefit, Tom Scharpling Ted Leo Hurricane Benefit, Comedy News

The director of some of your favorite, funny music videos is coming together with one of the coolest indie rockers, for a night of comedy and do-goodi...

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WATCH: Ben Gibbard Doesn't Give A F*ck

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 11.01.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Ben Gibbard Teardrop Windows, Video, Ben Gibbard Solo Album, Tom Scharpling Ben Gibbard, Funny Videos, Ben Gibbard New Video, Tom Scharpling, Ben Gibbard Solo, Ben Gibbard, Ben Gibbard Teardrop Windows Video, Comedy News

Death Cab For Cutie frontman Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard released his first-ever solo album, Former Lives in October, and now his transformation is complet...

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WATCH: If You're A Gen-Xer, You'll Love This

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 09.19.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Labrador, Video, Tom Scharpling Music Video, Mtv, Aimee Mann Labrador Video, Voices Carry, Til Tuesday, Generation X, Jon Hamm, Tom Scharpling, Aimee Mann, Jon Wurster, Aimee Mann Labrador, The Best Show on Wfmu, Comedy News

MTV generation, here's your Tuesday afternoon distraction. Aimee Mann's newest music video, for her song "Labrador," is an exact remake of the video t...

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WATCH: Laura Linney Is A Music Robot

Posted 08.15.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Video, Laura Linney, I Charmer, John Hodgman, Tom Scharpling, Aimee Mann, I Charmer Video, The Best Show on Wfmu, Comedy News

Songstress and occasional "Portlandia" maid Aimee Mann has released a video for her newest song, "I Charmer." Directed by her friend Tom Scharpling, t...

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PHOTOS: 'How Was Your Week' Live In Brooklyn

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 03.01.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Video, 'How Was Your Week' Live, Julie Klausner, Comedy Photography, Ira Glass, Tom Scharpling, Joe Mande, Sandra Bernhard, Ted Leo, Comedy News

Julie Klausner's weekly comedy podcast "How Was Your Week" had its second live recording last Thursday, once more showing how an audio-only show can b...

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WATCH: Some Fans Are Creepier Than Others

Posted 01.10.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Video, Real Estate Easy Music Video, Tom Scharpling Music Video, Real Estate Easy, Tom Scharpling, Tom Scharpling Real Estate, Chris Gethard, Jake Fogelnest, Gabe Delahaye, Comedy News

Once again, Tom Scharpling (The Best Show) has directed a music video for a cool indie band and populated it with hilarious people. We simply can't ge...

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Who Were The Funniest People Of 2011?

Posted 01.02.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Year-in-Review, Video, Herman Cain, Funniest People of 2011, Year End Lists, Fallon, Patton Oswalt, Tom Scharpling, Funniest People, Funniest People of the Year, Paul F. Tompkins, Rick Perry, Colbert, Comedy News

It's officially 2012, and that means it's time for us to say -- with great authority -- who made us laugh the most in 2011. Some people did it on p...

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WATCH: John Hodgman's New Book Gets Celebrity-Packed Promo

Posted 12.26.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Paul Rudd, Nas, John Lutz, Fred Armisen, Scott Adsit, Hodgman That Is All Promo, John Hodgman That Is All, Kristen Schaal, Jason Jones, Jon Hamm, Jonathan Coulton, John Hodgman Deranged Millionaire, Ted Leo, Vernon Reid, Samantha Bee, Paul Feig, Dick Cavett, Brooke SHields, Video, Christopher McCulloch, They Might Be Giants, Questlove, Funny Videos, Ahmir "?Uestlove" Thompson, John Hodgman, Jack McBrayer, Kenny Shopsin, Tom Scharpling, Tom Scharpling John Hodgman, Comedy News

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...

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WATCH: Tom Scharpling's Terrific New Music Video

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 12.04.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Best Show on Wfmu, Kurt Braunohler, Video, Wyatt Cenac Stepkids, Kurt Braunohler Music Video, Tom Scharpling Music Video, Legend in My Own Mind, Scharpling Music Video, Scharpling Stepkids, Tom Scharpling, Wyatt Cenac, The Stepkids, Comedy News

With the release of his video for "Legend in My Own Mind" by psychedelic outfit The Stepkids, Tom Scharpling's career as a music video director is beg...

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WATCH: While You're Waiting For 'Portlandia' To Return

Posted 11.06.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Wild Flag Video, Wild Flag Romance, Video, Wild Flag, Tom Scharpling, Sleater-Kinney, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Scharpling Wild Flag, Portlandia, Comedy News

"Portlandia" star Carrie Brownstein is perhaps still best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the gone-but-not-forgotten group Sleater-Kinney, and no...

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Patton Oswalt Plays Tom Scharpling In Music Video

Posted 10.24.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Ettes, Tom Scharpling Ettes Music Video, Patton Oswalt, Tom Scharpling, Video, Tom Scharpling Music Video, Tom Scharpling Patton Oswalt, Comedy News

"Best Show on WFMU" host Tom Scharpling has lately carved out a niche for himself as an acclaimed music video director, working with indie favorites T...

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WATCH: Titus Andronicus Make Video Tribute To New Jersey

Posted 08.06.2011 | New York
Read More: Asbury Park, Pine Barrens, New Jersey, Titus Andronicus, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Jersey City, New Brunswick, Tom Scharpling, Lakewood, A More Perfect Union, Nj, Video, New York News

Titus Andronicus is tired of people trashing New Jersey. So the group put together a music video for "No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future" pay...

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Paul Rudd In New Pornographers Video

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Ted Leo, Wyatt Cenac, Paul Rudd, The New Pornographers, Tom Scharpling, Horatio Sanz, Kevin Corrigan, Bill Hader, John Hodgman, Entertainment News

These days movie trailers can be little more than turgid, stale recaps of the feature film itself; full on giveaways. The New Pornographers' latest mu...

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WATCH: Your Favorite Comedians In A New Pornographers Video

The Huffington Post | Carol Hartsell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Julie Klausner, Horatio Sanz, Music Videos, Ted Leo, New Pornographers, Kevin Corrigan, Expectant Dads, The Best Show, The New Pornographers, Donald Glover, Video, Paul Rudd, Music Video, John Hodgman, Bill Hader, Todd Barry, Tom Scharpling, Wyatt Cenac, Tom Scharpling New Pornographers, New Pornographers Video, Comedy News

When the indie rock world and the comedy world cross paths, beautiful things often happen. Such is the case with The New Pornographers latest video f...

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