You may be too old or too young to remember it, but once, many years ago, Robin Williams was uncontrollably funny. Was it the drugs? No, but they sure helped. I must admit he's found more of a happy medium lately and I heard positive things about his recent stand-up tour, but the days of the unpredictable comedy man child are long gone.

Williams is also a pretty good actor, although his opportunities to showcase it have been limited. And I think I'd be Ok with it if for every Old Dogs he makes (watch the trailer) he countered it with something like World's Greatest Dad.
Dad is a new dark comedy by Bobcat Goldthwait, and he has loads of experience directing, actually. He ran the Jimmy Kimmel show for a few years, plus he did some Man Show and Chappelle's Show episodes. Just in time for Father's Day, the
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Comedy Central viewers can expect more important things in store for next year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central has renewed Important Things with Demetri Martin for a second season.
The show premiered in February and the series premiere was the most-watched series premiere since Chappelle's Show debuted in 2003. The show averaged a 2.3 million viewers throughout the season and was the most-watched show in its timeslot in the male 18-24 and male 18-34 demographics.
It was said that Important Things with Demetri Martin's second season will premiere in early 2010.

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"The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" has unleashed two brand new and hilarious trailers. One of them which is an approved for all audiences trailer is presented by Moviefone, while the other is a restricted trailer that comes out courtesy of MySpace. While many of the footage between the two trailers are similar, they still offer different scenes to be laughed at.
Jeremy Piven, the Ari Gold of HBO television series "Entourage", stars as Don Ready, a salesman, lover and song stylist. When an ailing local car dealership is on the brink of bankruptcy, they call on this used-car liquidator to turn their Fourth of July sale into a major profitable event. Bringing his ragtag crew along, Ready comes to sell, drink and go to strip clubs. But, little that he knows, he is about to fall in love and find his soul.
"The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard" was
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Paramount Vantage has released a restricted trailer for the upcoming Jeremy Piven ("Entourage") comedy "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard." Check it out by clicking on the link below. Plot: In the movie, a used-car liquidator Don Ready (Piven) is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a majorly profitable event. "The Goods" is directed by Neal Brennan ("Chappelle's Show") and is scheduled to hit theaters on August 14th. Click here to read more about "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard."

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The first trailer for the Jeremy Piven comedy The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is now online, courtesy of Moviefone. You can check it out below or you can head on over to the newly launched official site to watch the restricted trailer. The flick was directed by Neal Brennan (Chappelle's Show) and was produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. In the film, Used-car liquidator Don Ready (Piven) is hired by a flailing auto dealership to turn their Fourth of July sale into a profitable event. It opens August 14 and also stars Ving Rhames, Ed Helms, Ken Jeong, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Alan Thicke, Jordana Spiro and Will Ferrell.
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Rick Crom (Urinetown, The Goodbye Girl), Marina Franklin ("Chappelle's Show") and Erica Watson (upcoming film Push) headline A Hip-Hop Def Comedy Jam at the Comedy Cellar (117 MacDougal Street) on Sunday, June 7, 2009 from 4:00 pm until 6;30 pm. Presented by the production team behind the new play Twin Towers, the event benefits the New York-based non-profit Enact, where actors use role-play and drama therapy techniques to help New York City students learn emotional and social skills.

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Enter True Colors, a new hidden camera show produced by Dwayne Smith (who you may remember as a lonelygirl15 writer) and Lisa Bohacek (one of the people responsible for inflicting The Simple Life on TV audiences) for Sony Pictures TV's Crackle.com. True Colors takes the normal premise for a hidden camera show - filming people under duress in a public setting - and focuses on creating racially charged situations to, well, show a person's true colors. Why do I feel like I've seen this on Chappelle's Show before?
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"Chappelle's Show" sidekick Charlie Murphy has resurfaced. The aide de camp to Dave Chappelle, and brother of comic actor Eddie Murphy has a new webbie on Crackle.com: Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy. According to Crackle, "Charlie Murphy takes his work on Chappelle and cranks it to a new level, and if you.re not both laughing and offended, you.re probably not paying attention. It.s a bunch of guys you know better that your own mom, including Donnell Rawlings, and that guy in the snow hoodie who does the robot." Watch the entire first episode here: Charlie & Lil Wayne Murphy is launching a new sketch-comedy series, "Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy," which premieres March 20, that will bring his
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