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This month marks twenty wonderful years since MTV aired the first episode of Beavis and Butthead. Mike Judge's hilarious cult phenomenon originally ran from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997, before being retired so that Judge could focus on Fox's animated series King of the Hill. When that show ca ... More >>

In Defense of New Girl (Hear Us Out...)

Melissa McCarthy Is Not Your Best Friend Anymore

Life After 30 Rock: Judah Friedlander on being World Champion

8 Flavors Ben & Jerry's Should Consider For Its New 30 Rock Ice Cream

Yesterday Gut Check learned that ice cream chain Ben & Jerry's will release a new 30 Rock-themed ice cream tomorrow to coincide with the show's series' finale airing tomorrow night. Until its official unveiling tomorrow afternoon the 30 Rock flavor is being kept under wraps, which left us curious, ... More >>

Put Down The Night Cheese -- Ben & Jerry's Announces New 30 Rock Ice Cream

When Gut Check learned that season seven of 30 Rock would be the show's last, we were sad to say the least. This Thursday, January 31, we'll say goodbye to 30 Rock for good when it's season finale airs. Here's an excerpt from a memorial Gut Check penned this past spring when the show's final season ... More >>

A Closer Walk with He: Mustard Seed Theatre counts Christs, plus one Imaginary Jesus

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[VIDEO] "Arrested Development" Mega-Fan Creates Web Series to Score a Part on Season 4 (And It Might Be Working)

Paul Goetz has been in the film business for a while, but he can't seem to get one in the can. Well, that's not completely true. The "Arrested Development" mega-fan has already had some success on the big screen, notably sharing a scene with George Clooney in "Up in the Air." But Goetz, a St. Lou ... More >>

Arrested Development

9 p.m. Saturday, October 20. 2720 Cherokee, 2720 Cherokee Street.

With big-studio millions behind him, Genndy Tartakovsky still goes it alone

Rep. Russ Carnahan Holds His Own on The Colbert Report

Rep. Russ Carnahan was in the hot seat last night on Stephen Colbert's Better Know A District series on the Colbert Report.

Seth MacFarlane's Ted is stuffed with more of the same

Saying Goodbye to Liz Lemon, Banisher of Food-Shame

NBC announced last week that 30 Rock will in fact return for a seventh -- and final -- season. The finale of a favorite show is always a tearful event, but 30 Rock has become much more than a 30-minute meta sitcom. Liz Lemon is herself a food institution, the likes of which didn't exist on televisi ... More >>

One of the Best Maurice Sendak Interviews of All Time

Beloved author and costume designer Maurice Sendak passed away last night at the age of 83. Noted TV buffoon Stephen Colbert conducted a two part interview with Sendak this past January that revealed a man who was still whip-smart, irascible and willing to laugh at humanity -- his own, and that of o ... More >>

Comedy Central Returns to Missouri Legislature, Finds More to Ridicule

Hot on the heels of Stephen Colbert's Tuesday night bit on Missouri's destined-to-fail "Don't Say Gay" bill, Jon Stewart sent Aasif Mandvi to the Missouri House to speak with Rep. Wanda Brown (R) for a bit that ran last night. The topic? Civil rights, namely Brown's law protecting gun owners from ev ... More >>

Stephen Colbert: Missouri's "Don't Say Gay" Bill Would Make Us "The Don't-Show-Me State"

As we reported last week, the "Don't Say Gay Bill" -- proposed by Missouri House Republicans and designed to severely restrict discussion of homosexuality in public schools -- is still in committee. No hearing has been scheduled. It has zero chance of passing anyway. But our lawmakers have achieved ... More >>

Motherboy's Better Half

Controlled Chaos

Top 7 Arrested Development Foods That Should Be Real

In the event that you've just returned from an extended stay at an ashram in Bangalore, eschewing all creature comforts in favor of a daily regimen of meditation, hot yoga and colon cleanses, Gut Check has news for you: Quill.com, an offshoot of the Staples chain of office-supply suppliers, has gone ... More >>

The Simpsons Tackle the Food World

​I was in sixth grade when The Simpsons aired its first episode, so I can't say I've always longed for an episode about out our culture's current obsession with food and food-related TV. But for a long time I've awaited the day I could write this: The Simpsons are starting a food blog.This wee ... More >>

Music That Sticks to Your Ribs

Jill Scott

7 p.m. Thursday, August 4. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive.

If Tacos Make People Smart, Why Are so Many Taco Fans Dumb?

Wikimedia CommonsTacos make you smart.​A new study indicates that tacos can make you smart. Specifically, rats given cumin-spiked water learned things more quickly, and were more resistant to a drug that mimics the effects of Alzheimer's. Earlier this year, rats whose diets were 5 to 15 perc ... More >>

St. Louis Shakespeare embraces the long hot summer with The Merry Wives of Windsor

Who's Winning Now? T-Shirt Shop Says Ashton Kutcher

T-shirt says: Charlie Sheen is apparently not "winning" anymore.​Last month, Baked T's, the locally owned custom T-shirt shop in the Delmar Loop, did a brisk business selling Charlie Sheen tees inscribed with the erratic star's new catchphrase: winning."We sold that one all the time," says Nik Fus ... More >>

Brian Regan

7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Jon Stewart on the Food Safety Bill

From last night's episode of The Daily Show, here is Jon Stewart on the Food Safety Bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday -- except for that pesky unconstitutional amendment that might derail the whole thing. NSFW language is bleeped.The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe Food, the B ... More >>

The Daily Show Investigates Missouri's Anti-Puppy-Mill Propaganda

Then again, Olivia Munn has also "bared it all" for PETA.​Sure, a majority of Missourians last week voted in favor of tougher state regulations for puppy mills. But those voters clearly had no idea what they were voting for as evident in the following: A) Missouri legislators announced this week t ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on the Live Crab Vending Machine

A couple of weeks ago, Gut Check brought you video of a vending machine that dispenses live crabs. Here now with his own take on the phenomenon (via Eater) is Stephen Colbert. Contains mildly NSFW language.The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cCraziest F#?king Thing I've Ever Heard - Crab Ve ... More >>

Stephen Colbert on the McRib and Election Day

On last night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert tackled the unlikely intersection of the two biggest news stories of next week: Election Day and the return of the McRib sandwich to every single McDonald's in America.The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe McRib Is Backwww.co ... More >>

Blagojevich on The Daily Show: 'In the next trial, I hope to testify again'

​Everyone's favorite disgraced ex-governor, Rod Blagojevich, was interviewed on The Daily Show Monday night, and it was, pardon our language, fucking golden. Comedically, that is. "I would like to see you as a victim, but you make it so hard," Stewart told him, after Blago said that he w ... More >>

Lots of Shorts

St. Louis Teapartier Gina Loudon Wants You to BUYcott Stuff Associated With Arizona

Image viaLocal Tea Partier Gina Loudon on The Daily Showa few months ago.​From the uber-conservative local lady that brought you the Buycott of Whole Foods last fall (then went on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to chat about it): The St. Louis Tea Party's Gina Loudon is showing solidarity with Ar ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Makes a Boehner Joke on The Colbert Report

Image viaJohn Boehner not happy about the tanning salon tax in the health care bill​House minority leader John Boehner made himself the butt of many jokes when he proclaimed that the passage of health care reform was "Armageddon" that would "ruin our country," but Missouri senator Claire McCaskill ... More >>

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Video: Jon Hamm Asks "Where'd You Go to High School?" on Saturday Night Live

Hamm (right) on-screen with Will Forte on Saturday Night Live.​Mad Men actor and a good-looking former St. Louisan, Jon Hamm, hosted Saturday Night Live last night, and slipped in that most-telling of St. Louis question: "Where'd you go to high school?" during a sketch on the show.Was the question ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 9-15

Euclid Records 1. Sting - If On A Winter's Night... 2. Beatles - Revolver 3. Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk 4. Nirvana - Live At Reading 5. REM - Live At The Olympia 6. Tegan & Sara - Sainthood* 7. Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was F ... More >>

Sen. Kit Bond Steals the Show on The Daily Show

Longtime Missouri Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, a stalwart Republican, has said more than a few things in his lengthy political career to draw the comedic wrath of Daily Show host Jon Stewart. In April, for instance, he claimed that punishing those responsible for Bush-era torture policies was som ... More >>

St. Louis Buycotters Featured on The Daily Show

The Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac spent some QT in Town & Country earlier this fall, hanging with the Whole Foods buycotters/teapartyers. Bill Hennessy and Gina Loudon, among others, get featured in the final cut:  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cWhole Foods Boyco ... More >>

The Great Starbucks Closure of 2008

Oliver!

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Murphy's Law

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David Cross

It's Not Funny (Sub Pop)

Black Is the New White

Angry comedian Lewis Black is worried about St. Louis' mold count

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter