Eric Bana, star of Munich, was formerly a stand-up. Becoming a comic was an act of desperation he says. (NY Times)

CBS and Yahoo stream two sitcoms free. The shows: "Two and a Half Men" and "How I Met Your Mother." Watch here.

Curb director-producer Robert Weide developing a comedy for ABC. The only tease: it's about a single girl in the city.

Restraining Order Against Letterman Dropped. New Mexico woman once again in terrible, terrible danger.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High added to the National Film Registry First masturbation scene in archive?

Anatomy of a SNL sketch's downfall. First the T-shirts then the shitty two hour movie of whiggers trying to get to the movies.

An account of James Lipton french kissing Dave Chappelle's ass during taping of Inside the Actor's Studio.

Al Sharpton will now not star in a sitcom. Afraid what the "Dark Crusaders" might do to him perhaps?

SNL Makes Something Funny: The Chronicles of Narnia Rap. Gothamist has the lyrics for you to follow along.

Rumor: ABC wants to pick up Arrested Development for 13 Eps claims MySpace Save AD campaign.

Inspiration for Entourage's Turtle dead at 39. Had falling out with Mark Wahlberg over money.

Creators Hope to Relaunch Futurama in a Direct-to-DVD Movie. Family Guy Writers: Now who's copying who?

Showtime renews Weeds for a second season. "That was some good shit," says executive.

Jason Bateman to guest star on Scrubs. Zach Braff previously founder of Girls with Low Self-Esteem on "Arrested."

This Week's Big Releases: Gilbert Gottfried Dirty Jokes (CD), The Newsroom - First Season (DVD), and The 40-Year-Old Virgin (DVD)

Daily Show staffer commits suicide, halting production. My condolences to the family, friends and staff.

Catholics hate South Park Episode. The Virgin Mary doesn't menstrate, I suppose.

Chris Rock Won't Host the Next Oscars Got better things to do than talk about Jude Law.

Alec Baldwin's Hosted SNL 12 Times One less than Steve Martin and two hundred less than mediocrity.

Justine Bateman to guest star on Arrested Development. Going out with a bang with incest storyline?

David Spade's Showbiz Show renewed. Will pretend to give it to Hollywood for 13 more episodes.

A Cambridge show where stand-ups perform nude. And, no, Sarah Silverman is not one of them. (Link to the show, pervert)

Original Family Guy Episodes to Appear on the Web. Simpsons writers claim these the first original Family Guy episodes ever.

This Week's Big Releases: The Aristocrats Soundtrack, Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale's Invite Them Up, and Bill Hicks's Sane Man DVD

Viacom Plans Comedy Channel for Germany. Insert your own humorless German joke here.

The Sitcom is Dying in Britain too. Ulp! Maybe it is over...

Harold Lloyd - Silent FIlm Genius & Amateur Pornographer. Shot Mansfield and Monroe - Book of his nudes available here.

In LA? See "The Aristocrats" Dec. 12. Q&A with Provenza, Jillette, Dick, Silverman to follow. Get tickets here.

Al Sharpton sitcom in the works. The Urkelization of the Black Man continues.

SNL Send-up News: Tracy Morgan to star in Fey's and Matthew Perry may (big may considering source) star in Sorkin's. Big ? - who plays the Lorne analog?