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Jordan Carlos Could Be The Next SNL Obama
When we suggested this morning that comedian Jordan Carlos might be a good candidate for President of Saturday Night Live Obama Impersonators, little did we know that Carlos actually has an Obama impression. One that is available to watch! Sometimes we are impressed by our own keen powers of prediction (which flow from ignorance—thanks, tipster!). Below, the comedian's "BA-L-ACK OBAMA" sketch from Funny Or Die. Lorne Michaels: consider this an audition. Whether Jordan Carlos wants it to be or not! More »
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Little Lipton
Here is a video of a six year old pretending to be Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton. (Or it's just James Lipton. I can't tell. Both are equally lucid. Zing!!) Funny or Die, Will Farrell and Adam McKay's mostly user-generated laff factory, continues its noble tradition of exploiting children
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Will Ferrell Prank Turns Into Screaming Match With John McEnroe
Before he turned his cinéma vérité antics into a big-money business called Funny or Die, Will Ferrell apparently liked to practice a little guerilla theater on his neighbors at CNBC, as seen in this funny-and-disturbing-all-at-once video. Shot probably in 2004 — the Kerry/Gephardt joke is a dead giveaway — the vid sees Ferrell crashing Power Lunch, where Sue Herera is all guffaws but Bill Griffeth and his offstage help (UPDATE: John McEnroe!) are having none of it. For evidence that this sort of mischief eventually pays, see Portfolio's January piece on how Ferrell has raised $15 million for his business. More »
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Perez Hilton's Comedy Stylings
World's most famous blogger Perez Hilton is now trying his hand at comedy, via Funny Or Die. The video (after the jump) is basically a ribald premature birth joke, and also contains a very astute ejaculation sight gag. I know, I know. Too sexy! [BWE] More »
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Funny Or Die
There's one interesting angle to the sighting in Las Vegas of Julia Allison, Star Magazine's talking head, with Mark Kvamme. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist is the main backer of Funny Or Die, the comedy site co-founded by Will Ferrell; and Julia Allison's said to be pitching her own show. Related? One hopes not. The former sex columnist's humor, despite all her other talents, is usually inadvertent. Allison would be better off choosing a platform in which the options — be funny, or die — are less stark.
"Funny or Die", the funny web video site that has Will Ferrell and Adam McKay but no traffic or "buzz", got another $15 million from their venture capital benefactors at Sequoia (and unnamed others). There are still absolutely no reports of anyone on the internet having watched any video from that site besides the one where the little girl is mean to Will Ferrell. [PaidContent]
