Well, since his press credentials were revoked from what The Eric Andre Show pulled at the RNC, Eric Andre and crew went near the Democratic National Convention and were desperate to do anything to get press credentials.
Still, Andre managed to do his thing near the DNC and, at least, got to cause the disruption they were looking for.
Looks Like Masterminds Will Be Finally Coming Out After All September 30th
The trailer is evidence of Masterminds finally coming out (it had been in limbo forever because of Relativity’s bankruptcy) and let’s hope that sticks this time as this seems like a welcome break from franchise sequels and nostalgia baiting.
Of this millennium, one of the best action movie franchises, without question, is The Bourne movies starring Matt Damon.
As that’s the case, Screen Junkies wanted to dissect why that is in their Honest Trailer for the entire trilogy right before the release of the franchises fourth installment, Jason Bourne.
Oh, did you think that Abbi and Ilana would go on Colbert and not do a bit?
Don’t be silly. Of course you didn’t.
Anyhow, Abbi and Ilana attempt to be as ‘1776′ as possible while taking in the news that Hillary Clinton is the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. Watch it here.
The short form TV institution known as Channel 101 is finally back with its latest edition and, as always, it’s free to attend. Get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
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The popularity of podcasts are only on the rise as podcast festivals have been only getting bigger and bigger over the last few years.
The LA Podcast Festival sells out quicker and quicker every year and now, the Greater LA area, specifically in Anaheim, will have another festival dedicated to podcasts, The Now Hear This Podcast Festival running from Friday, October 28th-Sunday, October 30th.
So far, they’ve got Marc Maron, Scott Aukerman, Lauren Lapkus, and Paul Scheer scheduled, which is a pretty good start as far as we’re concerned.
Get more details and tickets here.
Dangerfest will be a new a comedy festival that will be gracing the stages of Highland Park here in Los Angeles from Thursday, October 6th-Sunday, October, 9th.
As they state on their site:
DangerFest! will focus on an all female and LGBTQ talent roster, without having that be the focus of the marketing of the festival. We aim to let the work speak for itself and have nothing feel “separate” about it.
They’re looking to crowdfund $7000 to put on this festival, which you can contribute to right here.
Here’s a video explaining their mission further featuring comedians Atsuko Okatsuka, Julia Prescott, Heather Hanford, Lisa Chanoux, and Jenny Yang.
It’s becoming an ever more popular trend for big music festivals to have a comedy portion.
The Kaaboo in Del Mar, CA (just north of San Diego) is just doing that with a pretty fantastic, star studded comedy line-up. They’ve even recruited the delightful Taylor Williamson to put together a local comedy showcase.
If you’re in, around, or near Del Mar, you shouldn’t miss this. Get more details and tickets here.
If you’re in, around, or near New Orleans, the Hell Yes Fest is an annual comedy happening that you shouldn’t miss.
For this year, Hell Yes Fest is running from Friday, October 7th-Sunday, October 16th and will have:
SARAH SILVERMAN
CAMERON ESPOSITO
FORTUNE FEIMSTER
HASAN MINHAJ
CARLY AQUILINO
RHEA BUTCHER
JAMIE LEE
ANNIE LEDERMAN
CLAYTON ENGLISH
MATT INGEBRETSON
NICK SWARDSON
Get more details and tickets here.
Comedy Binge is a live comedy festival that will be live streaming all of their performances and shows, while putting them on in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, October 29th.
They are now taking submissions until Wednesday, August 31st.
You can more details how you can join this groundbreaking festival here.
Eugene Mirman is set to put on his Brooklyn edition of The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival from Thursday, September 15th-Saturday, September 17th.
As you can see above, it’s both something you shouldn’t miss if you’re in, around, or near Brooklyn and a festival with the best names for its shows.
More details and tickets here.
It’s just another video from James Adomian that shows that maybe the Bernie Sanders campaign would have done even better to integrate him into it.
Notorious BIG Comedy Series in Development at TBS
We’re not exactly sure what the comedic twist will be with the life and lyrics of Biggie Smalls.
Still, TBS has been on a hot streak lately and this is worth keeping an eye one, especially since it’ll be going up against another comedy based on the lives of rappers, Atlanta on FX,
One of Viceland’s latest series is Party Legends, which captures the stories of crazy parties from the sort of folks that would go to said crazy parties and gives them a great animation treatment.
This particular story comes from a man who is sort of his own party, TJ Miller, and recounts his attempt at dancing with the one and only Paris Hilton.
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The lauded web series High Maintenance from Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld is well under way in production of the TV adaptation of the show that’s coming to HBO.
You can see what they’re up to and get a sense of how they’re going to expand the show now that they have the latitude of being at HBO in this behind-the-scenes featurette.
Mitch Hurwitz Has Finished Recutting Season 4 of Arrested Development Into 22 Episodes
Two years ago, there was talk of Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz recutting season 4 of the show.
Turns out that Hurwitz has indeed finished that project, which happens to include new Ron Howard narration over 22 episodes that run 22 minutes long, a la a typical sitcom running time in contrast to the varying length of the original 15 episodes of season 4 that went over a half hour. There is no word on if or when these “2.0 version” episodes of season 4 might find their way to Netflix, but, with knowledge of their existence, they’re probably bound to come out before too long.
At 10PM for the next four nights, Roast Battle gets to do a special televised tournament on Comedy Central presented by Jeff Ross.
See the brackets of the first battles here.
‘Beaches’ Movie Remake Starring Idina Menzel Greenlighted By Lifetime
This could be both a very nice tribute to the late Garry Marshall and something nice at Lifetime that isn’t “unauthorized”.
The Tomorrow Show with Ron Lynch takes the idea of The Dating Game and mutates it into this wonderful late night, absurdist version of someone trying to go on a date with a bachelorette. It’s absolutely one of our favorite things to go see.
Get more details and tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Apparently, after bringing back the character Stephen Colbert last week during The Late Show’s RNC coverage, high powered lawyers immediately told Colbert and his Late Show staff that they were in violation of intellectual property rights.
Somehow, the character of Stephen Colbert is not owned by Colbert himself.
Still, the true Stephen Colbert not only doesn’t back down from a challenge. He seeks them out and, in such a spirit, figured out a pretty great workaround.
Character or no, this is the daring and whip smart Stephen Colbert that so many of us know and love. Watch it here.
Netflix Renews The Lady Dynamite for Season 2
For such a form breaking series, you can only ponder what Mitch Hurwitz, Pam Brady, and Maria Bamford are going to cook up for season 2.
Also, for those waiting on new Arrested Development to even announce an official date of any kind, this should more than tide you over for a Hurwitz fix.
This week, Matthew Broussard not only manage to garner several applause breaks on his set on Conan, but did so while going in-depth on female anatomy for the majority of his set in such a way that’s hardly blue and doesn’t feel like “mansplaining”.
Trust us, Broussard made it all work. Watch it here.
Yes, that pun in the headline was intended.
One of the best segments on Not Safe with Nikki Glaser is Nikki and a guest comedian remotely feeding lines of dirty talk to porn stars in the act.
Moshe Kasher does this latest round and does not disappoint.
NYC’s Christian Finnegan and Sherrod Small will be the hosting duo behind a new panel debate series at A&E, Black and White. As you can probably guess, a big topic of discussion will be race, but they will touch on other issues in the zeitgest as well
We’ll be curious if they’ll get more heated than the panel at The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore or if it’ll pick up where Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn left off.
You can find out soon as Black and White premieres tonight at 10:30PM on A&E.