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After teasing us with a faux promotional video about Camp Firewood, we now have our first good taste of Netflix’s prequel miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp……

A host of comedy talent — including Fred Armisen, Janeane Garofalo, Wyatt Cenac, Eugene Mirman (who’ll be on tour with Bob’s Burgers), and current SNL castmembers Mike O’Brien and Michael Che — will be at Littlefield on March 11 for show being billed as “A Brooklyn Free Space Fundraiser Spectacular Evening of Entertainment…

Blondie singer Debbie Harry has an upcoming NYC residency at Cafe Carlyle, and since we last posted, it’s been expanded. It now runs from March 24 to April 4 with an 8:45 PM show each night, as well as newly-added 10:45 PM shows on Friday, March 27 and Friday, Apri…

The film Wet Hot American Summer came out Summer 2001 and didn’t do much at the box office but had cult hit written all over it. A satire of ’80s summer camp movies, it was written and Michael Showalter of The State and featured most of the rest of that comedy in the cast…

The Late Late Show with James Corden will take over for the departing Craig Ferguson on March 23 and it’s been announced that Reggie Watts will be the show’s bandleader…

It’s that time of year again. You can’t seem to walk a block without seeing Christmas lights or hearing holiday favorites (all ten of them) from every passing storefront…

Tyvek in Austin, 2010 (more by Tim Griffin) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights…

Regina Spektor at Capitol Theatre in 2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) As discussed, there’s a benefit for Doctors Without Borders (who are on the front lines of dealing with the ebola crisis in Africa) going down at NYC’s Irving Plaza on November 19 with an awesome lineup of Fred Armisen, Jim Gaffigan, David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Hannibal Buress, and Ted Leo, plus hosts Greg Barris and Jena Fried…

I heard a funny ebola joke. But you probably won’t get it. While ebola mania has Americans rapt with fear, the reality is that the chances of it becoming a real, widespread epidemic here is basically nil…

Tenacious D‘s Festival Supreme is back for a second year, this time happening at LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park on October 25. The laffstravaganza (with music too) features over 40 performers, and if you are into comedy it’s a pretty “holy crap” lineup, including The State, Workaholics, Metalocalypse, Cheech & Chong, The Eagles of Death Metal, The Dan Band, Peaches, Doug Benson, Dr…