Patton Oswalt asks fans to not vote for him in Comedy Central's Stand-Up Showdown. Instead vote for either Jimmy Pardo, Maria Bamford, Todd Glass, Zach Galifianakis, Al Madrigal or Becky Pedigo. Vote here.

Adult Swim running only Futurama episodes until the end of the year. The show moves to Comedy Central in 2008, so this marathon is their send-off/tribute.

Some filmmakers are working on a documentary about Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. Watterson is quite reclusive, so they're mostly relying on fans of the cartoonist to tell his story.

No more Borat or Ali G for Sacha Baron Cohen. But there's still that Bruno movie in the works of course.

The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to return January 7th. Again sans writers, as no resolution of the writers strike has been forthcoming.

Doug Stanhope offering a great holiday deal on his site: three DVDs, four CDs - only $60. If you have a friend who claims to love "sick" humor, this is their dream gift.

Al Franken holds back the humor while he runs for the Senate. But he does say that a satirist is someone who "cuts through the baloney and gets to the truth. And I think that's pretty good training for the U.S. Senate. Don't you?"

Aaron McGruder of Boondocks creating a show for Super Deluxe. "The Super Rumble Mixshow" will include a viewer question segment called "Negrology."

Tickets for the San Francisco Sketchfest are now available. This year's lineup includes The Kids in the Hall, Mort Sahl and a Freaks and Geeks Reunion.

Latest Releases: ON DVD The Simpsons Movie and Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project. On CD, Chris Rock's Cheese and Crackers: The Greatest Bits

Moveon.org has a petition to bring back the Daily Show, as well as other shows. There's been much talk about how important Late Night TV is to political discourse.

Comedy Central starts broadcasting Futurama on January 2. All the broadcasts will be in prime time for those who weren't staying up late for Adult Swim.

Crossing the Line documentary features stand-ups of mixed origins and how that influences their humor. Producers fans of responsibility, not so much of Don Rickles. (Boston Globe)

NYC Show: Bonnaroo Comedy Benefit for South Toward Home, a Katrina relief organization. Lineup includes John Oliver, Janeane Garofalo, Dave Hill, David Cross and surprise guests. Blender Theater at Gramercy, 7:30PM. $35 Advance / $45 Door. Buy Tickets Online.

Ten years after his death, friends and family remember Chris Farley. Article done in the oral history style, much like I suspect the upcoming biography "The Chris Farley Show" will be.

Steve Hofstetter releases "The Dark Side of the Room", an online album in the pay what you want Radiohead model. The comic says his average payment is $6 an album, including those paying nothing.

Conan sued by bodybuilder over two-year-old joke. The bodybuilder's photo (but not his name) was used in one of O'Brien's many Clay Aiken's bits.

The Flight of the Conchords have a full album coming from Sub-Pop coming April 22, 2008. Their EP, ""The Distant Future" was just nominated for a Comedy Grammy.

Amazon Deal: The Complete Series of Arrested Development - all three DVD sets - $29.99 - for today (12/14) only. If you're a comedy nerd and you don't own these already, this is a must buy.

Robert Klein on getting to know Richard Pryor: "When we became friends, I asked him what college he went to and he laughed for 5 minutes." (SF Stand-Up)

Writer's Guild Award Nominees Comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Flight of the Conchords, The Office, 30 Rock Comedy/Variety Daily Show, Colbert Report, Late Night. Penn & Teller: Bullshit, Real TIme with Bill Maher, SNL

The nominees for the Emerging Comics of New York Awards have been announced. Dead-Frog was nominated for "Best Web Site: News or Commentary." I'd be very flattered if you chose to vote for Dead-Frog here.

Six books about comedy better than Steve Martin's "Born Standing Up". Hmm. Not sure I agree. But "Seriously Funny" and "On the Real Side" are both excellent.

Strike Update: The parody website for the AMPTP was masterminded by Michael Colton and John Aboud of Best Week Ever. And yes, that is the AMPTP's real logo.

Juno is already the #4 Comedy by average vote on the IMDb. Be interesting to see if that sticks when it goes to a wider audience.

Best Buy not only stops Improve Everywhere's partner from selling parody of their employees' polo shirts, but also sends cease and desist letters for even blogging about their existence. Update: Best Buy Apologizes for the blogger letter

A look at how the sitcom Cavemen endures despite an early critical drubbing. The current writers strike is actually helping it survive.

Chris Elliott on the status of a Get a Life DVD set: "I have no idea. I don’t know what’s holding it up. I know Sony has it, but your guess is as good as mine."

New on DVD: Dave Attell: Captain Miserable and the final season of Frasier

Mashup artists mush two songs together, and this time for comedic results. Here's where you can download the songs for "It is to Laff."