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Remember how you said all you wanted for Christmas was a blog post with a great big poster for The Hot List, the stand-up show at The South Beach Comedy Festival hosted by Doug Benson? I was like, "Are you sure you wouldn't rather have an iPod or something?" But you insisted. Well, Santa Claus came early! For tickets and more information, click this link.

Punchline did a fun thing. They asked a bunch of standups for their New Years resolutions. They posted the results today and there are more than a few bona fide humdingers. I LOL'd at Doug Benson's:I resolve not to believe everything I read. Because I saw a dog in a cage that had a sign on it that said, "I bite." And I was like, that is good to know, doggie. But you should make a sign that says, "I make signs."Maria Bamford's is funny too:My New Year's resolution is to master and defeat death— and drink more water.For the whole list, check out PunchlineMagazine.com's Comedian Resolutions '08.

In light of his elimination from Last Comic Standing, Doug Benson is featured in a new interview at BuddyTV. Here's a little:Doug, how are you? Pretty good. Eliminated is a little scary, strange to hear before my name. Even though they knocked me out, I still am the sixth funniest comedian in the world. You could’ve introduced me that way. I’ll introduce you that way from now on, that’s a better title. Yeah, sixth funniest. To read the rest of the interview or to listen to audio of it, head to BuddyTV.

As you may have seen yesterday, after a long battle, Kyle Cease edged out Jeff Dunham to win this year's Stand-Up Showdown. Kyle made an impressive pull from behind by rallying his fans around the contest, thanking voters by name in his podcast and posting special get-out-the-vote videos on his Myspace. Speaking of which, here's a thank-you video he posted Saturday, after voting had ended but before the winner was announced. Rounding out the top five were Dan Cummins, Doug Benson and Tammy Pescatelli. Congratulations to all the competitors.

Did you know it's Stand-Up Month? It is! How do I know? Because we said so. If a fraternity pledge told you it was Slip Someone GHB at a Jack Johnson Concert Month, you wouldn't question it, would you? Exactly. So yeah, as I was saying, happy Stand-Up Month! To celebrate, here are some clips from the upcoming season of Comedy Central Presents. And look for more stand-up throughout the month... and then also after that. Basically forever. This is Comedy Central. Jokes.comDoug Benson - Sexual HarassmentMore Funny VideosComedians on TourGet Funny RingtonesStand-Up Comedy Jokes.comDoug Benson - Sexual HarassmentMore Funny VideosComedians on TourGet Funny RingtonesStand-Up Comedy

So, they say today is Cyber-Monday. Which, it turns out, is not the holiday when it's acceptable to talk dirty to random women over IM. Rather, everyone is shopping on the internet today. And it's been crazy so far. I heard two guys at ToysRUs.com just IM'd gunshots to each other (too-soon.org?). But there's no need for e-violence. Comedy Central has released a free stand-up compilation on iTunes and there's enough to go around for everyone.Just click here to launch iTunes and download Comedy Central Presents: 2008 Breakout Comedians, which features Demetri Martin, Brian Regan, Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt and many other of the hottest hilarity peddlers on the hot hilarity peddling scene.

If you've been jonesing to hear comedians talk some more about politics, it's your lucky day, because we've got two new installments of PolitiBits featuring the comics from the next season of Comedy Central Presents.

Eddie Izzard on the iPhone 3G. [Gizmodo] Doug Benson interview. [Creative Loafing] Kevin Nealon blogs about Fathers Day. [Powell's] Steve Carell interview. [Time Out] Stephen Lynch and Mike Birbiglia to headline Comedy Central Park. [Stage Time] Greg Giraldo interview. [Colorado Daily] Brian Regan interview. [Scripps News] Kevin Pollak interview. [Courant] Ricky Gervais coming to the US. [Punchline]

Dave Attell interview. [Vindy] Another Dave Attell interview. [Free Times] Chris Rock almost arrested in South Africa. [News 24] Bob Newhart interview. [The Whig] Amy Poehler interview. [Boston Herald] Farley Brothers planning movie with SNL alums. [Reuters] Ant interview. [AZ Central] The kid finger story always kills. [Found Magazine] David Cross on Doug Benson's I Love Movies podcast. [Die Actor Die] Colbert Report nominated for TCA. [No Fact Zone] Tony Hale joins Chuck cast. [Zap2It]

Marlon Wayans is in talks to play Richard Pryor. According to early reports Wayans feels he has a particularly good handle on Pryor's secret years spent as a cop going deep undercover as a white valley girl. [Entertainment Weekly] Doug Benson talks about using Twitter as a platform for jokes, "But there’s always somebody that’s a fly in the ointment and has to essentially be the heckler. There’s always somebody who’ll tell me I spelled something wrong." [AV Club] RZA has just joined Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx and Zach Galifianakis in the cast of Todd Phillips-directed Due Date. [Variety] Showtime has a new round table style talk show in which four comedians and host Paul Provenza will engage in "free-wheeling discussion." No wheels allowed! [THR] Bored To Death should change it's name to Renewed To Death, because of how renewed for a second season it is. [Futon Critic] David Cross sounds like an evil Tom Joad, "Anytime the... hypocrisy of a politician or clergyman is discovered... Anytime the church or the Jews or the Vatican, Mormons -- anytime they... get caught with their pants down -- I love that stuff." [Pittsburgh Live] David Cross sounds considerably less Grapes of Wrath-y in this interview. [Ann Arbor] Astronauts tried out the COLBERT space treadmill. Next they'll prove that forgetting you had a treadmill and never using it is just as possible in space as it is on Earth. [MSNBC] Ellen Page, Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat and Sean Tillman are developing a series about hipsters trying to make it in LA. Every episode will end with them calling their parents for more money. [ABC]

If you ask me, comedian + Gotham = The Joker, so this is probably a nefarious trap, which is my least favorite kind of trap. If you're braver than me though, you can check out some free comedy next month when Live at Gotham tapes its fourth season. But if you see any henchmen when you get there, run. COMEDY CENTRAL's hit show LIVE AT GOTHAM features the best new comic talents from all over the country. Each show will feature a star comic host and six incredible comedians. The series is being filmed August 6th - 9th, 2009 (Thursday-Sunday) - two shows each night, one at 6:45PM and one at 9:15PM at Gotham Comedy Club in Manhattan. LIVE AT GOTHAM SHOW SCHEDULE with HOST Thurs., August 6th - Show 1 - 6:45PM - JIM JEFFRIES Thurs., August 6th - Show 2 - 9:15PM - BOBBY LEE Fri., August 7th - Show 3 - 6:45PM - ROB RIGGLE Fri., August 7th - Show 4 - 9:15PM - CHARLIE MURPHY Sat., August 8th - Show 5 - 6:45PM - JO KOY Sat., August 8th - Show 6 - 9:15PM - DOUG BENSON Sun., August 9th - Show 7 - 6:45PM - PAUL F. TOMPKINS Sun., August 9th - Show 8 - 9:15PM - JUDAH FRIEDLANDER More details and ticket information can be found after the jump. And you can see clips from past seasons on the official Live at Gotham site. PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST LIVE IN THE NYC AREA AND BE 21 YEARS OR OLDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TICKETS. There will be no drink minimum at the club that night (drinks are available for purchase during the show) and as always tickets are complimentary for this event. For tickets to this exclusive free, live COMEDY CENTRAL show, please email us at gotham@broadwayvideo.com with the following information in both the subject line and body of your email: 1. GOTHAM 2. Your full name 3. Your email address (one which will not put our reply to you in your "garbage folder") 4. Your phone number(s) 5. Which show or Shows you can attend If you can attend any of the shows put "ANY SHOW" (the more flexible you are about which show you can attend the more likely it is you will receive tickets) 6. 2 tickets is the maximum number we can allow per request. (Thanks) Example: GOTHAM/Chris Rock/rocksthejoke@comedy.com/(212) 555-1212 /ANY SHOW/2 tickets The show will last approximately 2 hours and you must stay with us for the entire taping. We will contact you via email with a detailed confirmation if there are tickets available. You should hear from us within a few days of your request.

David Wain's "romantic comedy I Met Her at Lehman Brothers was put on the shelf," due to the recession. The same thing happened to my script, I Met Her at a Swine Flu Convention. [NY Mag] Carol Leifer, Jerry Seinfeld's former girlfriend and the basis for Elaine, has been in a serious relationship with a woman for twelve years. I can't think of one of the top of my head, but I'm sure there's an applicable Seinfeld quote for this story. [TIME] Doug Benson tells us his thoughts on Ghosts of Girlfriends Past in seven words. I can do it in six; what is Ghosts of Girlfriends Past? [Best Week Ever] Scott Aukerman and Rob Huebel have an internet radio show called Comedy Death-Ray Radio. Why didn't they call it Comedy Death Ray-dio? Oh, because that's an awful title. [Bob and David] Everyone's giggling over this headline, "Jim Carrey May Sink His Teeth Into Beaver." I don't get it [co-worker leans over and whispers in Gonzalo's ear]... ooooooooh, it sounds like they're talking about a beaver's vagina. Got it! [Film Drunk] Paul Rust made a comic book called Moleverine. Knowing nothing about the character or the story, every movie producer has already engaged in a bidding war reasoning, "Bah! Kids love comics. Kids love moles. Bada bing, bada boom!" [Funny or Die] Martin Starr talks about his syphilitic penis. [/film] Thomas Lennon has seen 2 Girls 1 Cup, his advice is, "think very long and hard if you want to see [2 Girls, 1 Cup]." Oh, my penis has thought LONG and HARD enough for the both of us about 2 Girls, 1 Cup. [Late Night with Jimmy Fallon] Oprah is looking for the next big stand-up comedian. I can't wait until she confronts the comedian James Frey-style, "You duped me. You betrayed millions of viewers. You don't have a wife for me to take please and you do get some respect." [Punchline]

In honor of 4/20, Rob Huebel posted this video of himself and Rob Riggle talking about drug use. I'm not sure why the date is relevant, but I assume it has something to do with today being Hitler's birthday. [Rob Huebel] Doug Benson talks about G4 airing Super High Me today on 4/20. Man, a lot of people are getting into the Hitler's birthday spirit. [TV Squad] Nick Kroll is currently voice-acting for Sit Down, Shut Up, working on the Cop House pilot for Fox, co-writing a screenplay for Paramount, and writing for HBO's The Life and Times of Tim.  Today I ate a doughnut and wrote a blog post. [LoHud] According to this article, "dark times calls for dark comedy." Our comedies are gonna get so dark, we're going to need a flashlight to see them, but they won't work because no light can penetrate the coming comedic darkness. [AJC] Ron White describes how he got into comedy, "My whole life, 10 people could watch a car wreck and I was the one who could tell the story and make people laugh." [Punchline] Scott Adsit talks about working on an ensemble cast, "I guess you notice when you're not in the script as much but the script is so good you just enjoy watching it. Initially ...  eventually... everybody has their time in the sun. I'm just enjoying it." [Starpulse] Bill Murray reenacts a scene from the upcoming Caddyshack 3 in which his character accidentally hits a woman with a golf ball and then he has to visit her in the hospital in hopes that she won't sue him for all that Ghostbuster's money. [ESPN] Steve Agee spent a considerable amount of time individually thanking the thousands of followers on his Twitter.  Not to be outdone, iamdiddy individually thanked all of his followers, but he did it while having tantric sex. [Punchline] Shout Factory uploaded Zach Galifianakis' amazing comedy special Live at the Purple Onion in it's entirety up on YouTube. [YouTube via  Fugees and Funyuns]

Doug Benson goes Walking with Michelle. And then they both take pot pills. You can consume marijuana in pill form?! That's the best invention since sliced bread pills. [Walking with Michelle] Will Arnett and Neil Patrick Harris are providing voices for a new first person shooter comedy video game. It'll be as funny as Golden Eye was when you selected the giant head/tiny body option. [USA Today] Todd Phillips, who directed Old School, made this movie called The Hangover and it stars Zach Galifianakis. If you are LA, you can go to a pre-screening and also I am jealous of you and hate you. [A Special Thing] African American comedy is discussed on NPR, so now white people who pretend they don't have TV's will learn all about black comedy. [NPR] David Wain needs extras for Wainy Days. You should all do it so then I can write down "talent scout for Wainy Days" on my resume. [David Wain] As Kevin Smith gets ready to direct Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in A Couple of Dicks, he puts his trademark clean-as-a-whistle stamp by retitling it A Couple of Cops. [Variety] Those rumors about Judd Apatow being connected to Ghostbusters 3 weren't true. I guess Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Jason Segel will just have to star in 100 other funny movies next year instead. [LA Times] A new Tight Five interviews Kim Coles. [Punchline] One last night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, we got a glimpse of Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon's screen test for Weekend Update. The Late Night blog posted a much longer clip. [Late Night with Jimmy Fallon] "I want to go to there," was created by Tina Fey's 3 year-old kid, who also happens to live every week like its shark week. [NBC]