Upright Citizens Brigade News

Frank has had a long history with Laughing Squid and has even spoken on stage at some of our previous events.

Solvang, our ebelskiver-loving neighbor to the north, gets the honor of hosting what is perhaps the greatest assembly of sketch comedians ever to visit Santa Barbara County.

NBC's Saturday Night Live opens its 35th season this weekend with Megan Fox, U2 and an impossible task: matching last season's election-year lift to ratings and pop-culture supremacy.

CHICAGO a ' Nick Offerman has a rare skill: the ability to wring laughs from silence.

Sarah Palin may not be around as a font of comic material this year, but Seth Meyers of "Saturday Night Live" doubts he'll be starved for things to poke fun at.

If you're stuck in a wasteland of hollow prime times, hang tight: Amy Poehler is coming to the rescue.

Seth Meyers will remain the lone talking head on the "Saturday Night Live" Weekend Update desk, at least in the near future, according to the comedian.

For a show that brought fame to fame such stars as Gilda Radner, Cheri Oteri and Molly Shannon and Amy Phoeler, "Saturday Night Live" has had a tough time filling its female cast slots of late, letting Kristin Wiig take just about every role in recent years, especially after Amy Poehler pulled out of the second half of last season.

'S ATURDAY Night Live " is adding two new ladies to its cast of characters. The Comic's Comic blog reported Mon day that comedians Jenny Slate and Nasim Pe drad had already started rehearsing with the rest of the cast, preparing for "SNL's" return later this month.

"Saturday Night Live" is upping its femme quotient by adding Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad as cast regulars.

The cast of "Saturday Night Live" will grow by two more people this season. Nasim Pedrad and Jenny Slate , both veterans of the Upright Citizens Brigade , will join the show for its 35th season.

"I'm going to beat the living crap out of you!" Comedy Central's raucous version of COPS returns for its sixth tour of duty and big changes are afoot.

Aubrey Plaza isn't kidding when she deems this "the best year of my life." In April, she made her debut as Amy Poehler's deeply disinterested intern on NBC's hysterical mockumentary Parks and Recreation .

When Aubrey Plaza shows up to lunch in Manhattan one recent afternoon, she's a little embarrassed to be escorted by a publicist.

Fresh Air from WHYY , May 7, 2009 Up until last Fall, Amy Poehler was a member of the cast of Saturday Night Live , most famously for her impersonation of Hillary Clinton.

Can ABC's Better Off T ed produce laughs as well as far-out inventions? Is Parks and Recreation worthy of Amy Poehler's talents? Does Harper's Island slay us? Now that TV's new spring shows have had a few weeks to strut their stuff, TVGuide.com's senior editors gauge their areas of excellence - and how they can improve.

Is there a more appealing performer on television than Amy Poehler? Yes, "appealing" sounds bland and unappreciative, and it's unspecific, but the radiance and the warmth that come from Poehler are general and broad in the best way, and they offer a universal welcome.

Aziz Ansari might just become really famous this summer - for being a dick. The 26-year-old actor and standup comic has roles in two of this year's most anticipated comedies, NBC's brand-new Parks and Recreation and the third Judd Apatow film, Funny People .

There is nothing funny about a cheap night out in New York. Fortunately, at the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy club in downtown Manhattan, the $5 ticket price is the only thing that doesna TMt have audience members laughing in the aisles.

Riding on the coattails of their other successful mockumentary, "The Office," NBC debuts this half hour comedy about a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of a local government office.