The launch of immensely popular mobile augmented reality game known as Pokémon GO has such far reaching effects that it’s hard to say long this Pokémon GO craze will actually last.
Luckily, you can see all the insane things that that have been happening as a result of the game in this Honest Trailer from Smosh.
‘Peep Show’ US Adaptation of Cult UK Comedy Series In Works At Starz
Maybe, this attempt at a Peep Show in America will stick? If it does, that means the show will technically continue its storied run after 12 years on UK’s Channel 4. It’ll be curious to see what sticks around from the dark comedy presented largely in first person for a U.S. version.
In either case, Starz’s comedy line-up is becoming something to keep an eye on.
Pete Davidson brings his Prehab Tour to Largo at the Coronet Theatre.
You can (and should) get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Stephen Colbert is really getting to fly during these two weeks during the major political party conventions. Sending up the RNC was Colbert definitely thriving back in his wheelhouse last week.
With this week’s Democratic National Convention, Stephen and his staff at The Late Show really get to show off just how sharp they are at political satire/comedy they really are.
Case in point: the cartoon version of Hillary Clinton doing an interview with Stephen, a la the cartoon Donald Trump that Colbert also interviewed earlier this year.
It’s honestly one of the best send ups of Hillary we’ve seen in this election year thus far.
Awhile ago, writers Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans made a great themed sketch show called Death Valley Tween Fest that was basically a Coachella just for millennials that got out of hand.
With the go90 app needing content that will draw you to watch, Nick and Brad along with director Scott Gairdner got a chance to adapt that show into an actual series, Tween Fest, starring Drew Tarver, John Michael Higgins, Joey King, Arden Cho, and Lou Wilson with Jane Lynch, David Koechner, Tim Meadows, and Chris Parnell featuring.
From the looks of the trailer, it looks like the satirical poke at millennials and the baby boomers profiting off of them will be pretty good as well.
Look for Tween Fest to debut on go90 on August 3rd.
Paul Feig Developing ‘Supermodel Snowpocalypse’ at Paramount
Paul Feig continues his march with female led comedies with a project based on an Elle article that sounds like 1993′s Alive meets The Hangover, but with models.
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is doing another whole election special, especially after the success of the first one from the primaries, covering the RNC and DNC.
It’s set to start streaming on Thursday, August 11th on Hulu.
Until then, here’s a preview of Triumph roasting Bob Schieffer.
Sean Tejaratchi, also known as @shittingtonuk or the man behind Crap Hound, has made use of his fantastic graphic design skills and dark wit to provide us all, for years, with the comedic gems that exist at LiarTownUSA.
Whether it be Netflix descriptions, faux vintage ads, fake Playbills or theatrical flyers, or general all around parody, Sean’s work is absolutely worth keeping an eye on.
Perhaps, you may follow him and his work already, but, as stated above, this is just a friendly reminder to keep doing so. If you don’t, then (you might have guessed it already) please follow LiarTownUSA.
Danny McBride stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to promote Vice Principals and shared a story from his childhood wherein he completely fabricated his skills as a skateboarder.
You can actually see some influence for his beloved TV series and movies from this story of how McBride got away with being a ‘total poser’.
Samantha Bee Victorious As TBS Apologizes For Post Comparing Hillary Clinton To Hyena | Deadline
Apparently, Samantha Bee just proved she is just as effective as the host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as being part of Turner Broadcasting System’s Internal Affairs/Brand Management.
Over social media, TBS cracked a joke comparing Hillary Clinton to a hyena and Samantha Bee called them out immediately. An apology quickly followed and the whole incident is now over.
Even though Samantha Bee just premiered this year, this is a pretty good display of how much she means to TBS.
In the interest of balance, Stephen Colbert had rushed the stage at the Republican National Convention as his Hunger Games inspired character Julius Flickerman last week and thought it only fair that he did the same at the Democratic National Convention this week.
Turns out rushing the stage was much harder at the DNC.
See if Colbert got away with it here.
You might be aware that The Late Late Show with James Corden was just nominated for an Emmy. One of the reasons that happen, we firmly believe, is the stellar writing staff they have.
The fantastic Jared Logan is a part of said staff and he got to show off his stand-up chops on the show last night. Watch his set here.
Kurt Metzger is playing the Hollywood Improv next month and you absolutely should you not miss it.
You can (and should) get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The very progressive, modern take on the birth of Christ in Casey Feigh and Dan Gregor’s Mother Mary web series continues to be a pretty great formula, especially with Betsy Sodaro starring.
See for yourself in the two latest episodes where they look for Mary’s “Joseph” and actually go through with the birth of Christ.
Almost a score ago, some foul mouthed kids from Colorado started a revolution. For the most part, that revolution was a bunch of people trying to imitate Cartman saying “Respect my authoritay!!” as well as deep dive down the satirical minds of Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
In 2016, they’re still keeping all of that alive in South Park and the promo for the newest season pays tribute to that.
Season 20 of South Park premieres Wednesday, September 14th on comedy Central.
Amidst all of the things unveiled, debuted, revealed, teased, and announced at Comic Con this past weekend, Bob’s Burgers got to release some juicy details coming up including the release of the Bob’s Burgers album in December as well as their latest movie parody, which will be a very fun twist of Alien.
Watch highlights from their Comic Con panel here.
While Adult Swim reaches a specific audiences, it’s kind of amazing to think that any actual guest that goes on The Eric Andre Show wouldn’t know what they’re in for.
Yet, this teaser for the latest season shows that is very much the case and that the same bombastic, absurdist comedy the show is known for will keep on rolling.
Look for the season 4 premiere of The Eric Andre Show on Friday, August 5th at midnight on Adult Swim.
Alicia Silverstone to Star in “American Woman” at TV Land, Inspired by Kyle Richards
Everything about this points towards Alicia Silverstone possibly making a big comeback, TV Land continuing to solidify its original comedy branding, and a whole lot more Clueless .gifs being posted online.
It’s been a long time coming, but it’s almost here.
That’s right, another David Cross stand-up special, Making America Great Again, is coming next month.
Here’s the trailer to prove it.
David Cross: Making America Great Again starts streaming on Friday, August 5th on Netflix.
The final night of Conan’s latest visit to Comic Con had the cast of Game of Thrones as guests.
So, in honor of them, Conan O’Brien did a Game of Thrones bit where he got to imitate Melisandre in her more infamous form.
Also, Andy Daly plays a bell hop that’s pretty great.
Of the many disturbing things to notice during this election season, one small aspect to note is the disregard for getting permission to play a song at an event.
You might have heard of a number of bands raising this issue recently with Donald Trump who has played songs Queen and Neil Young without asking permission.
On last night’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Oliver pointed out not only how wrong it is to play songs at a political event without permission, but how so many politicians don’t even get the irony of what’s being played.
Also, he got a bunch of famous musicians from Usher to Sheryl Crow and way more to make a song about this very issue.
Hosts of the Throwing Shade podcast, Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi, present a special preview of the Throwing Shade 2016 Tour Live Show at UCB Franklin on Thursday, July 28th at 7PM.
You can (and should) get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Right now, the world famous Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival is well under way and they’ve just announced one of the festival highlights, the newest class of the New Faces of Comedy.
From an extensive search, these are the folks that JFL thinks are “next”.
That includes from left to right:
NEW FACES OF COMEDY: Ahamed Weinberg, Casey James Salengo, Chris Garcia, Dave Ross, David Gborie, Dino Archie, Evan Williams, Jacqueline Novak, Jenny Zigrino, Jesus Trejo, Joel Kim Booster, Jo Firestone, Jordan Rock, Josh Johnson, Matt Donaher, Matt Ingebretson, Naomi Ekperigin, Randy Syphax, Robert Powell, Sarah Tollemache and Tim Dillon.
NEW FACES OF COMEDY-CHARACTERS: Alan Starzinski, Lily Sullivan, Ego Nwodim, Christine Bullen, Joanna Bradley, Colin O’Brien, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Natalie Palamides, Richie Moriarty and Nicole Sun.
NEW FACES OF COMEDY-UNREPPED: Brendan Lynch, Casey Crawford, Danny Palumbo, Geoffrey Asmus, J.B. Ball, Ismael Loutfi, JP McDade, Janelle James, Molly Ruben-Long, Neko White and Raul Sanchez.
Congratulations to all these New Faces. You should probably look up all of these names, some of which you’ve probably seen featured on here like Garcia, Ross, Novak, Kim Booster, Firestone, Ingebretson, Palamides, etc.
If you’re still not into the dark, gritty DC Cinematic Universe Batman, this LEGO Batman Movie trailer that debuted at Comic Con shows The LEGO Movie Cinematic Universe has you covered for the lighter, more goofy side of the Batman franchise.
Enjoy the most Will Arnett-y Batman here, then look for The LEGO Batman Movie in theaters in 2017.
It’s trips to Comic Con that brings out bits like this on Conan and we’re glad that we’re getting more of it.