Have you ever watched a TV show or movie where computer hacking scenes make you cringe harder than a buggy software? Well, you’re not alone! Let’s dive into the comically terrible realm of on-screen hacking and explore why it often leaves us facepalming in disbelief.
The Internet is No Place For Comedy
The Internet has been accused of ruining a lot of things. Newspapers, the music industry, the film industry, the television industry, etc. So why not the stand-up comedy industry too? It depends on who you’re talking to whether or not the Internet ruined these things or made them way better. I think most users tend to lean toward the latter. It is usually the providers of these things that have a beef with the ‘net. So naturally, this time it’s the providers of stand-up comedy who are complaining. At least the old ones.
Comedy Central Relaunches ColbertNation.com
Comedy Central has relaunched ColbertNation.com making it a Web hub for its show "The Colbert Report."The new ColbertNation.com site features more than 2,800 video clips dating back to the launch of the popular comedy program in 2005.
Powerset Exec Shuffle Looks Like Comedy Sketch
In “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the Black Knight always gets a laugh by claiming that the loss of both his arms is “just a flesh wound.” Now Powerset’s COO has left the company, its CEO is changing roles, and it, too, claims to be okay.
HBO To Close Comedy Site
HBO comedy Web site "This Just In" will be closing down at the end of August, numerous sources are reporting.
MySpace Comedy Turns One
MySpace is celebrating the first anniversary of MySpace Comedy, a community for comedians to reach fans and share their talent.
Comedy Central Opens Online Joke School
Just when you thought the Internet was full…Today, Comedy Central opened up an online joke school for the humor impaired.
Marking yet another stop along the way to TV/Internet content integration, while taking advantage of the broadband boom and the online community meme, the all-comedy cable network’s "Crash Course In Comedy" is an interactive online comedy school "for wannabe standup comedians."
Comedy Central Brings Web Programming To TV
Comedy Central is trying something different. The cable channel is going against the grain by taking original broadband programming from comedycentral.com and offering it to late night television viewers in its new series “Web Shows”. The weekly half hour series will air at 2 a.m. ET/PT and debut on Monday.
Comedy Central Gives YouTube OK
After demanding that YouTube remove all of its copyrighted videos last week, Comedy Central has given YouTube the okay to continue hosting video of its TV shows.
Comedy Central Request That Videos Be Removed
The soon to be acquired, YouTube, has received a request from Viacom to remove videos of some Comedy Central shows.