As a fan of sketch comedy, it’s always seemed strange to me that a channel called Comedy Central didn’t produce more sketch shows. Sure, they’ve run old episodes of all the past greats but, asides from Chappelle’s Show and Exit 57, there hasn’t been much in the way of original sketch. That’s certainly changed in the past year or so with last year’s Important Things with Demetri Martin and the upcoming This Show Will Get You High. Mediaite was invited to check out the pilot of their latest, Nick Swardson‘s Pretend Time, which premiered this week, and, while it wasn’t perfect, it definitely shows promise.

Who: Jimmy Fallon interviewed by Bill Carter What: The New York Times’ Arts & Leisure Weekend Where: The Times Center When: January 8, 2009 Thumbs: At our palms, applauding

First, as far as I can tell, there was “Bad Shiksa” (FIRST!). Next there was “Eight Days of Hannukah” by Orrin Hatch, followed by a cover of Adam Sandler‘s Hanukkah Song by Neil Diamond. Then there was Eli Roth and Harvey Levin looking ready to take their act to the Catskills — and now, not [...]

TextsFromLastNight is a blog whose sole purpose is to provide entertainment through a slew of embarrassing, vulgar, and oftentimes hilarious visitor-submitted text messages “from last night.” Last Thursday, it was revealed that Fox is teaming up with Adam Sandler’s production company to bring texting to the small screen. Great?

If you’ve seen Funny People — or read tech blogs — you know about the MySpace scene, where Adam Sandler‘s bigshot comedian character is hired to do standup at a big MySpace event (for a whopping $300, 000 — probably not a Rupert-friendly sum these days). Seth Rogen is his sidekick, an aspiring comedian whom Sandler taps first to write him jokes, then to be his BFF. Together they mock MySpace, like wondering what would happen if Tom from MySpace and Craig from Craigslist got in a fight. MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson even makes an appearance, asking Sandler: “Do you actually use MySpace?” Says Sandler: “I fuck girls, Tom. I don’t have time for that.” Zing

Last night on the Daily Show, Funny People director Judd Apatow revealed that he’d been thisclose to making the cover of Time, but got knocked off at the last minute by Dr. Obama. Ah well, Obama tends to do that sometimes. Luckily, Apatow had a version of “his” cover on hand, with the headline: Funny Person.