Tonight at midnight, you’ll get to really see how high functioning Doug Benson can be while he is “high as F” and somehow presiding over real court cases.
Watch the series premiere of The High Court with Judge Doug Benson tonight at 12AM on Comedy Central.
While the anthropomorphizing of animals isn’t anything new, it’s usually reserved for children’s tales.
However, the last few years has brought plenty of great animated dramedy that tangle with more nuanced adult issues such as existential despair, complicated relationships, etc.
Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano’s Animals on HBO is one such show and the teaser for their second season looks like it’s promising more exquisite examining of the human condition in the absurd framework of animals both big and little.
Also, the voices of Emilia Clarke, Ice T, Jason Alexander, Kim Gordon, Big Sean, Dan Harmon, Killer Mike, Andy Richter, Mark Duplass, Judy Greer, Fred Armisen, and Jon Lovitz will be featured this season.
If you’re on board, mark your calendars for the season premiere on Friday March 17th at 11:30PM on HBO.
Hosts Ahamed Weinberg and Ramy Youssef always gather a great handful of comedians like Rory Scovel, Anna Seregina, and Curtis Cook for their monthly stand-up showcase that focuses on the theme of “repentance”.
Also, this is one of the handful of places where you can see John Mulaney live around LA this week.
Right now, the show is sold out of advance tickets, but there will be a stand by line that might have a few tickets available for $7.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com
Let’s be honest though– he’ll probably watch the hell out of it and live tweet it too.
Though Trump is breaking yet another POTUS tradition, the announcement that he’ll not be attending the annual White House Correspondents Dinner (that’s effectively a presidential roast) comes with little surprise.
Dozens and dozens of times, President Trump has demonstrated that he can’t stand the parody and satire done of him. On top of that, Trump’s war on the mainstream media, including the recent ‘gaggle’ on the NY Times, Politico, BuzzFeed, CNN, and others, and kicking off his 2020 reelection campaign paints Trump as someone who can’t handle criticism at almost any level.
Unfortunately, the criticism probably isn’t going to stop and, in turn, his whining as being depicted as an awful president probably won’t stop either. Even if his approval ratings reached new lows (they already have by the way) or he got impeached, we’d bet that Trump would never admit that he did what could be described as a “bad job”.
Teddy Roosevelt said it best regarding this matter: “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American Public.”
Again, it’s not shocking that he won’t be going to the WHCD, but it’s still regrettable.
He could do a sliver of good for his image if he sat down and took the scorching jokes that he deserves right on the chin just like President George W. Bush did when Stephen Colbert hosted the WHCD back in 2006.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders remarked on Trump not attending the event, “I think its kind of naïve of us to think that we can all walk into a room for a couple of hours and pretend that some of that tension isn’t there,” she continued. “One of the things we say in the South, if a Girl Scout egged your house, would you buy cookies from her? I think this is a pretty similar scenario.”
Unlike the Girl Scouts of America, being the President of the America comes with the territory of millions of people hating you in some way, shape or form every single day (even if you’re a well liked Commander in Chief).
One should note that The White House Correspondents Dinner has a secondary function of exhibiting and celebrating the importance of freedom of speech and a free press, as guaranteed in our Constitution. The President attending, no matter if they’re popular or not, is a renewed vote of confidence in those sacred ideals.
With no President there, it would seem that Trump doesn’t really think such things matter that much.
Very few, if any, can lampoon movies quite like Screen Junkies can.
So, before The Oscars telecast begins in a few hours, let them give you an honest rundown of all the films nominated for Best Picture.
Like with so many things that they deconstruct with goofy abandon, John Mulaney and Nick Kroll dove into their opening monologue for last night’s Spirit Awards with the same freewheeling, devil-may-care spirit.
You’ll notice that they pick apart the idea of an awards show monologue, trope by trope, while effortlessly going through actual jokes and then closing with a particularly spectacular finish.
Back from tour, Dicker Troy (Johnny Pemberton) and Josh Fadem return to the Satellite LA stage next week to dish out their high flying, absurdist, silliness.
Great acts like Billy Wayne Davis and Katia Kvinge will be joining them too.
Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Very few comedians get to perform on The Late Show.
Even fewer have gotten the exclusive privilege of performing on The Late Show under both Letterman and Colbert.
With her set from last night, Carmen Lynch is now, and deservingly so, part of that small, esteemed group.
Watch her set here.
The stars of Oh, Hello and comedians at the top of their game John Mulaney and Nick Kroll will be stepping into their latest gig as a duo: hosting The Film Independent Spirit Awards.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on IFC at 2PM PST and we can only hope hijinks abound.
Picture This!, the comedy show that includes live, real time animation is getting a special taping next week.
Not only will you get to see The Sklar Brothers and Dana Gould do their brilliant comedy, but you’ll also get to watch amazing animators like Mike Holliingsworth, Luke McGarry, and Natasha Kline drawing along with their jokes and stories as they’re being told.
The taping is free to attend and will be at The Actors Company. More details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Netflix has nabbed several golden geese with lining-up comedy specials from Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Louis CK, Amy Schumer, and Jerry Seinfeld.
That doesn’t mean they want to do comedy specials with some of comedy’s best rising stars.
So, with that in mind, they’ve gathered Nikki Glaser, Deon Cole, Beth Stelling, Fortune Feimster, and Dan Soder for half hour comedy specials, which is the next logical step for Netflix’s ever expanding stand-up and comedy empire.
If you’re in LA on Tuesday, February 28th and/or Wednesday, March 1st you can go the tapings at Cicada Restaurant in DTLA. RSVP for tickets here.
The long awaited sequel to Punching the Clown is now in limited release in theaters.
Follow Henry Phillips and see where the clouds hanging over his head go next in Punching Henry. If you dug Punching the Clown at all, this is absolutely a must-see.
See where it’s playing now and coming up here.
The 3rd season of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s wondrous, brutally honest romantic comedy Catastrophe is about to premiere in the UK on Channel 4.
That, however, does means we have to wait a little while longer before it makes it way stateside and streams on Amazon.
In the meantime, you can enjoy this trailer.
For Conan O’Brien’s upcoming “Conan Without Borders: Made in Mexico”, one of Conan’s brilliant segments will be going around to see if the people of Mexico are really going to pay for the border wall that Trump promised.
Watch to see how much, if any, money Conan collected for that “big, beautiful” wall. (spoiler alert: he doesn’t get any money, but what Mexicans offer up to Trump is pretty great.)
This very special episode of Conan premieres on Wednesday, March 1st at 10PM on TBS.
TV Land’s Teachers is now in its second season and start to get some traction.
The group behind the show The Katydids are a veteran comedy/sketch group that you can see live this Saturday night at iO West performing along side long running iO improv team, People of Earth.
Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Many might now might only be acquainted with Bob Odenkirk as a well-respected dramatic actor.
Luckily, there are late night appearances like this that show he is and will always be a trailblazer in comedy.
Also, note how much David Oyelowo is in pain during this bit.
Comedians to perform at this year’s SXSW:
Al Madrigal • Andrew Santino • Big Jay Oakerson • Bob Odenkirk • Bonnie McFarlane • Brendon Walsh • Chris Hardwick • Dan Harmon • Dave Hill • Doug Benson • Doug Stanhope • Dulce Sloan • Glenn Wool • Eddie Pepitone • Guy Branum • Horatio Sanz • Janeane Garofalo • Jason Mantzoukas • Jessica McKenna • Joe DeRosa • Joel Kim Booster • John Hodgman • Jon Gabrus • Liza Treyger • Matt Besser • Matt Walsh • Matteo Lane • Michael Ian Black • Morgan Murphy • Nate Bargatze • Nick Swardson • Nick Thune • Nicole Byer • Phoebe Robinson • Rich Vos • Robert Kelly • Sasheer Zamata • Scott Aukerman • Scott Thompson • Sean Patton • Shane Mauss • Shaun Diston • Tim Dillon • Tom Lennon • Wanda Sykes • Whitney Cummings • Wyatt Cenac • and more
A live edition of @midnight, Seeso screenings, Talk Show the Game Show, ASSSSCAT, Dave Hill’s Witch Taint, Shane Mauss’ Good Trip, Harmontown, and Doug Loves Movies are just a few of the other comedy things that you just might want to (uh, we highly recommend it) at this year’s comedy portion of SXSW in mid-March in Austin, TX.
See the comedy schedule here and get passes here.
Sure, the voices of Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, Susan Sarandon, Alex Karpovsky and John Cameron Mitchell might entice you to watch any animated comedy that has them as the cast.
However, Dash Shaw’s unique animation (he’s a graphic novelist by the way) for My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea as well as the title should peak your interest more.
Seeing that in the trailer certainly got us on board (even though there is sinking involved)
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea will hit theaters on April 14th.
We’re not going to give away too much here, so we’ll just say that NYC’s Josh Johnson had his late night stand-up debut on last night’s Tonight Show and there was a bit of a surprise that was some lovely icing on the cake.
Travis, Justin, and Griffin McElroy, who are perhaps one of the best sets of brothers in America, start streaming a TV show based on their advice podcast, My Brother, My Brother and Me.
What might that rambunctious, good-hearted tomfoolery that they’re famous for look like on TV? Well, here’s a nice taste of the McElroy brothers being in charge of “Safety Town”.
All episodes of the My Brother, My Brother and Me TV show are now streaming at Seeso.
Here’s an opportunity to take a break from speaking out at actual town halls and enjoy a fake “American Town Hall” next week where all you need to do is laugh at “citizen speakers” from Newport, RI.
It’s $5 at the door and the ticket sales go to ACLU, so you’re still doing a good thing by going.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Jonah Ray, Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn, Patton Oswalt, and Felicia Day are well under way with the guiding hand of creator Joel Hodgson in the revival of MST3K.
Just get a look at that wondrous cast, signaling the impending return of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Episodes start streaming on Friday, April 14th on Netflix.
Futurama Is Now Getting Another Mobile Game, “Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow”
Sure, this might another instance where “Shut up and take my money!” is applicable.
You should note, however, that this mobile game is made “in collaboration with the many of the show’s original writers, cast and animators.”
TinyCo is developing “Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow” and the release date has yet to be announced.
For us, any time Rory Scovel has a mic in his hand and is on stage is required viewing.
This traumatic story from his youth about his very first sharting incident does not disappoint. It may be about ‘unintentional bodily evacuations’, but Rory makes this story kind of beautiful.
Please watch and enjoy it here.
