When Chris Hardwick says he appreciates a fan’s gift, he means it. Third Beat’s recap of Hardwick’s visit to Toronto last month mentioned a few of the offerings lavished upon him by fans, including “a homemade TARDIS”. Turns out, this particular TARDIS has legs. The wooden model of the iconic Dr. Who time machine was [...]
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The Carnegie Hall Show feels like a major event on any given night. But when the popular Toronto variety show kicked off its monthly residency at its new venue on Friday night – and that venue was Second City – it was safe to expect the bar to be raised. The highbrow-flavored (well, most of [...]
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Monday, March 5 David Letterman: Stephen Merchant (repeat) Craig Ferguson: Louie Anderson The View: Steve Schirripa Tuesday, March 6 David Letterman: Jon Stewart (repeat) Craig Ferguson: Joel McHale Jimmy Fallon: Bill Cosby (repeat) Wednesday, March 7 David Letterman: Kathy Griffin (repeat) Conan O’Brien: Kumail Nanjiani Thursday, March 8 Jimmy Kimmel: Joan Rivers (repeat) Conan O’Brien: [...]
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Turns out, the American to Canadian exchange rate on Sklars is 50%. The Sklar Brothers were scheduled to play Toronto’s Comedy Bar on Saturday night, but the audience for the early show received some bad news from Jason at the top of the evening: Randy was stuck in Minneapolis due to “passport problems”. First question: [...]
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The Colbert Report marks its 1,000th episode this week, and Third Beat is celebrating in Colbert-esque big-thinkin’ style by recapping 100 of the show’s best clips of the past 6 1/2 years. We’re looking at the most important and most ridiculous, with and without a point — because nobody says satire always has to have [...]
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Monday, February 27 David Letterman: Ed Helms Conan O’Brien: Artie Lange, Nick DiPaulo The View: Ed Helms Tuesday, February 28 Daily Show: Stephen Merchant Wednesday, February 29 Jimmy Kimmel: Ed Helms Jimmy Fallon: Larry the Cable Guy Live with Kelly: Larry the Cable Guy Thursday, March 1 Jimmy Kimmel: Joan Rivers Jimmy Fallon: Rob Riggle [...]
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