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Hailed as one of the most prestigious actors of the 20th century, Al Pacino has done copious blockbuster films throughout his career spanning over five decades. But who would’ve thought we’d get to see him go from playing chilling gangster roles to a comical coffee connoisseur? That’s right, nobody could’ve foreseen that plot twist.

Al Pacino in The Irishman (2019) | Netflix

Even industry juggernauts like The Godfather star aren’t immune to a few bad days at the cinemas (that’s code for flops), and his movie with Adam Sandler was one such out-of-the-pan-and-into-the-fire kind of collaboration. Save for the epic commercial that perhaps echos one of the greatest moments in cinema history.

Al Pacino’s Dunkin’ Donuts Commercial Was Peak Cinema

Adam Sandler might be a comedic genius but Jack and Jill certainly didn’t make it to the list of ‘most hilarious movies of all time.

The NBC comedy Alf may have been something that could only happen in the ‘80s. Alf, short for Alien Life Form, was a puppet with the voice of creator Paul Fusco. His Melmac name was Gordon Shumway. Anyway, the idea of building a family sitcom around a stuffed character is something they probably wouldn’t do today. But, if you grew up on Alf or just discovered it on Peacock, Freevee, Shout TV, Crackle, Tubi, Vudu, Fubo or Roku Channel, there are a few other shows that deliver similarly oddball comedy.

L-r: Max Wright, Benji Gregory, Alf, Andrea Elson, and Anne Shedeen | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images If you liked ‘Alf,’ meet the humanoid aliens of ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’

Alf wasn’t the last time NBC aired an alien comedy. However, in the ’90s, they cast humans as the aliens. 3rd Rock From the Sun starred John Lithgow,...

Last night, actor Alan Thicke, best known as patriarch Dr. Jason Seaver on the ABC family sitcom “Growing Pains,” died of a heart attack. He was 69 years old.

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Besides playing one of America’s most beloved TV dads, Thicke was a presence on many alt-comedy shows on Adult Swim, often making self-deprecating, strange cameo appearances. In one episode of “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” Thicke advertised “The Cinco Napple,” an apple with a sleeping aid.

He made an appearance on “The Eric Andre Show” where he and David Alan Grier closed out the show with a goofy, upbeat song.

Thicke also appeared in the final episode of the short-lived series “The Jack and Triumph Show,” starring Jack Brayer (“30 Rock”) and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Finally, Thicke even made a guest appearance on a first season episode of “Scream Queens,...

Birthed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien as a nuisance for celebrities and civilians and pageant canines alike, Robert Smigel's Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog has seen an interesting evolution into a sitcom star on Adult Swim's The Jack and Triumph Show and, in this election season in which reporting from a cigar chomping, heavily accented Yugoslavian Mountain Hound puppet barely even registers on the scale of absurdity, Triumph has become something of a truth-telling provocateur. February's Triumph's Election Special 2016, Smigel's first Funny or Die affiliated special for Hulu, thrust Triumph into the realm of important punditry alongside

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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog will sniff out the kind of b.s. that's unique to the campaign trail in Triumph's Election Special 2016, set to air on Hulu in February.

The hour-long special is being presented with Funny or Die and will find the foul-mouthed dog crashing campaign events, ridiculing the press and tackling the tough issues voters care about most. Triumph will visit the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and, per a press release, has already dropped by a Democratic debate, a Tea Party...

The Jack and Triumph Show will not be returning to Adult Swim. The series was quietly cancelled by the network after it aired its seventh episode back in April. Initially, a 20 episode straight to series order was given to the series, but only seven episodes of the series aired. The series starred Triumph and Jack McBrayer.

Robert Smigel, the man behind Triumph the Comic Insult Dog, brought the series to Adult Swim in February, and he realized it was an "experiment" for the network. He spoke about the series before its release.

Deadline shared his comments back in January.

"We knew we’d make lots of mistakes. I think there’s going to be a learning curve for the audience too, not just us… You kind of have to go with it and discover what we’re doing as we do it,...