My thought’s on CBS’s web video practices are well documented. Short version: Killing them with fire might improve them. Not only was their proprietary video player developed on one of those computers you can only play a floppy disk of Oregon Trail on, they get clips up with about as much urgency as their sitcom writers think up original jokes.

So of course Zach Galifianakis’s wonderful segment on Ferguson last night has not been uploaded yet (not to mention Jason Bateman on Letterman), but thankfully YouTuber Craig Ferguson Fan is well aware of CBS’s deficiencies and has taken it upon himself to right wrongs on a grassroots level.

SOOOOO — getting back to why we’re here — homeless old lady helper Zach met Craig for the first time last night when he dropped by to promote Hangover 3 and the two telepathically agreed to just comedy improv the whole damn thing and create ten minutes of delightfulness for CBS to not share with the internet. Highlights include imaginary body hair tweets, breast mimicking, and The Crime Gypsies of Epcot. You will not be disappointed.

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If you’ve paid any attention to Aziz Ansari’s late night appearances over the years you know that he pretty much uses them as an opportunity to work on his stand-up material — and then occasionally mentions whatever he is plugging at the moment. Last night’s appearance on Fallon was no different, except that his opening material hit home hard with a certain not-as-cool-as-they-used-to-be demographic.

As someone on the other side of thirty himself, I often look back on my twenties and think about how much time I wasted while simultaneously reminding myself how astonished the twenty-something version of me would be with all the things the current model is done with. I imagine I’m not alone here. And now we can add recently turned 30 year-old Aziz Ansari to our lameass ranks. This first bit on his evolving perception of staying out late is us in a microcosm.

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As you’re all aware Ken Jeong enjoyment has steadily declined over the years, inversely correlated to his number of appearances on screen. As Vince recently and so perfectly put it over at Filmdrunk: “Ken Jeong’s best role is still as the doctor in Knocked Up, before everyone decided he was a human cartoon character.”

His career arc makes him no less of an entertaining late night guest though, as evidenced by his overly long hypnotic intro dance on Conan last night. He actually did a similar version on Fallon last week — Dustin in particular is mesmerized by gyrating Asian men, so he put it on everyone’s radar — but for some reason it wasn’t captured on the Late Night video clips so I didn’t share here.

Regardless of how often Dr. Ken Jeong pulls out his four moves, I recommend watching the first bit of this to kick start your morning. The rest of the clip (mostly explaining the evolution of his dance moves) is pretty swell as well.

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Drew Magary is the author of Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood. Previously, Drew was one of the co-founders of Kissing Suzy Kolber, and for that he’ll always be part of the UPROXX family. A noted vulgarian, Drew also writes for Deadspin, Gawker and GQ and has written two other books previously: The Postmortal and Men With Balls: The Professional Athlete’s Handbook. You can read an excerpt from Someone Could Get Hurt over at Longreads.

Drew was nice enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule recently to answer a few of our questions.

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Without question, my favorite Colbert Report recurring segment is his “Better Know A District” series, in which Stephen sits down and conducts an interview with a member of Congress, usually in his or her Washington office. They don’t pop up near as frequently as they used to (I’ve been told by a show staffer that many members of Congress are afraid to take part in the interviews out of fear of looking foolish.), sadly, and they were REALLY great when politicians went into the interview not in on the joke, but when they do they’re still usually very funny. (The one from 2006 with Florida congressman Robert Wexler — in which he got Wexler to say “I enjoy concaine because it’s a fun thing to do”on camera  — is probably my all-time fav.)

That said, the BKAD the show aired last night — the 70th in its history — with “openly black” Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin was simply outstanding. The interview in its totality was masterful, as they always seem to be, but Colbert coaxing Moore into taking a pretend ride on a Harley with him was the highlight of the whole ridiculous thing.

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In case you missed it, a gunman opened fire on a Mother’s Day Parade crowd in New Orleans on Sunday in what has become a depressingly overlooked incident in the country. Nineteen people were shot and the alleged gunman had been on the loose ever since. But that’s no longer the case. Read the rest of this entry »

Portia de Rossi and her new internet-approved hairstyle dropped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to discuss around-the-corner NYC banana stands and — of course — the imminent Arrested Development on Netflix release. *plays “Final Countdown” on kazoo*

While it’s unclear whether Portia proceeded to photobomb the banana stand line post-interview, she did share a 100% natural good-time Fünke family clip from the new season and further confirmed that the S4 episodes can be watched in any order with each episode being enhanced by knowledge of other episodes. This in turn strengthens my theory that S4 playlists will become a thing in 2013 and that Netflix/Mitch Hurwitz are brilliant.

The clip itself (1:25 mark) also confirms the return of the cavalierly collared realtor James “I Don’t Sell” Carr(s) (as portrayed by Ed Helms) and that the Fünkes have still got it.

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There’s an election going on today in North Miami to determine the mayor. And it’s going just as swimmingly as you’d imagine an election – or anything – in Florida to go. First, there’s Jean Marcellus who got punched in the mouth by his former business partner who didn’t want him to run for mayor. Then there’s Anna Pierre. Jesus wants her to win. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow. Just wow.

Angelina Jolie just released an op-ed piece for the New York Times explaining that she had a preventative double mastectomy because she had a hereditary gene which made her predisposed to cancer. This, of course, comes as a shock and her piece is nothing short of gripping. Read the rest of this entry »