As part of San Francisco’s big annual music and arts festival to do, Outside Lands, they always have a pretty sizable line-up of comedy reserved for the Barbary portion of the festival.
This year, as you can see above, is no different as it’s co-curated by SF Sketchfest.
If you’re on board, get your tickets here.
(via Deadline)
Yeah, watch this over everything else that’s coming out this weekend even if you’ve seen it.
John Carney’s Sing Street is hands down one of our favorite films of the year. Having falling in love with in its solid, initial U.S. run, we firmly believe that it’s still criminally unseen.
Luckily, The Weinstein Company is giving Sing Street another shot by rereleasing it for this extended 4th of July weekend.
It may not be the most American movie to be playing in theaters, but it wil be definitely the best feel-good movie wherever it’s screening.
Though Hollywood party stories are well trodden territory for late night, a great story is still a great story no matter how familiar the setting.
Such is the case with Jim Jefferies doing a private gig with celebrities present, then having a night he will never forget with Al Pacino as well as Warren Beatty in the background. It’s a classic Hollywood party story through and through.
He told the story in full on last night’s Kimmel.
(via USA Today)
As Albert Brooks himself tweeted on this news, “This is f*cking great”.
Starting this Friday, the seven films written and directed by and starring Albert Brooks will be available on the streaming service giant, Netflix.
That includes:
Real Life (1979)
Modern Romance (1981)
Lost in America (1985)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Mother (1996)
The Muse (1999)
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)
Whether you have seen these or not, you’ve definitely got your binge watching cut out for you this weekend.
One of the benefits of streaming services versus linear television is that there are no time limits or constraints.
Seeso seems to be taking advantage of this with their latest series Night Train with Wyatt Cenac that captures the majority of the actual live show, clocking in over an hour. On television, a live show like Night Train would probably be cut to a very trim 22 minutes.
You can see the difference and what you were missing all this time in not going to Night Train if you’re in Brooklyn/NYC as Night Train just started streaming on Seeso.
If you’re not sold on that, you can preview an entire episode, which times out to over 1 hour and 18 minutes, on YouTube right now.
Happy Contest Time, which normally is a crazy stand-up “competition” judged by Japanese school girls, will go Canadian for Canada Day on July 1st. So, it will be a crazy stand-up “competition” judged by Canadian hosers that will feature:
Contestants:
The Puterbaugh Sisterz
Josh Fadem
James Fritz
Atsuko Okatsuka
TJ Chambers
Judges:
Aisha Alfa
Ely Henry
Kirsten Rasmussen
Hosted by Deborah Etta Robinson and Ever Mainard
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.
No further explanation really needed.
Just check it out from JASH here.
Though All Things Comedy are still relatively new to releasing comedy albums, they have had good releases including ones from Nick Youssef, Sheng Wang, and, most recently, NYC’s Yannis Pappas.
Yannis’ recently released Let Me Be Yannis showcases his very honed comedy chops. Strong point-of-view, undeniable confidence, a range of voices and act outs, and ad libbing all come together nicely for Yannis. Also, his well structured material flows pretty well across a wide range of topics including gun control and destination weddings.
Get Let Me Be Yannis from iTunes now.
The AT&T pre-taping live stream for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee started this week and you really do get to see the first 10 minutes or so leading up to the actual show itself. You get a glimpse of the seams of the show and a bit of extra Sam Bee as well.
If you’ve never been to a TV taping, this might be especially intriguing for you.
(via EW)
There ought to be one hell of a memorable montage of Ms. Williams’ fine work while at The Daily Show.
This Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be her last as she will be on to writing, producing, and starring in her very own pilot at Comedy Central afterwards. As with so many stellar correspondents before her, it was only a matter of time before bigger opportunities (i.e. potentially her own show) were going to come along.
The pilot, as she describes, is “…about somebody in their 20s who has all these social ideas, but still does not have it together. [Pauses] And she’s, like, goofy and silly and funny!”
While still just a pilot, we have a hard time imagining Comedy Central not moving forward with it in order to keep as much talent from The Daily Show on their network as possible.
By now, you’ve seen and heard plenty of this year’s commencement speeches that instill a sense of urgency and confidence in new graduates that are about to make their way in the world.
Bo Burnham has some advice that takes a bit of a different angle in the game of trying to make it in this world and he shared it on Conan last night.
Even though BoJack Horseman is an animated series, it has made its mark on the TV landscape by being a show that paints with all the colors, both figuratively and literally. BoJack not only goes to the darkest and most dramatic corners of comedy, but balances it so well with the super clever humor in the alternate universe where animals and humans are on equal footing.
From the looks of this trailer, Season 3 looks like it’s only going to double down again on that formula and we can’t wait for it.
Look for all episodes to start streaming on July 22nd.
The Wiltern is hosting a Movie Night and screening the classic comedy Good Morning, Vietnam! on Friday, July 8th at 9:30PM.
Tickets are $10 and $25 for VIPs and you can get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
If you’d like you could just watch this more traditional Vine as well.
The short form video platform Vine is expanding as its horizons just like Adult Swim is reaching out to new avenues in order to get the word out on their atypical programming.
So, with Brad Neely’s new show Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio coming up next month, they’ve opted to use Vine to preview an entire episode before the series premiere on Sunday July 10th on Adult Swim.
Thankfully, it’s in its entirety and not in several six second clips.
Get into this full preview here.
Deadline is July 31st.
The Beast Village Comedy Festival, set in Des Moines, Iowa’s East Village, is getting set for its 2016 edition running from September 29th to October 1st.
They are now accepting submissions to perform, from which they will end up selecting 45 comedians to bring into the festival. Note that these spots don’t offer pay or cover travel expenses, but they will have complimentary meals, drinks, parties, and more.
If you’re interested in, the submission fee is $15 until July 4th, then $20 after that.
Get more details and/or submit here.
When Jaws came out in 1975, it was a milestone in cinematic history. Unfortunately, it also spawned a bunch of imitators and set up the framework for Hollywood’s countless attempts to establish a tentpole movie franchise.
This past weekend, actor and activist Jesse Williams got the crowd at The BET Awards to their feet with his Humanitarian Award acceptance speech that highlighted the ongoing struggle for racial equality.
Unfortunately, as pointed out on last night’s Conan, the act that followed that speech had too tall of an order in trying to following Williams.
See for yourself here.
Also, you should keep tabs on Chris Fairbanks, the unluckiest rapper in this bit.
Of all the dark truths that Samantha Bee has unwaveringly exposed, this most recent one discovered while sitting down with renowned TV host and journalist Charlie Rose might just be the most unsettling and literal one.
Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
(via Variety)
You can send your thanks to AT&T for this one.
One of the most talked about late night shows these days just happens to be one of the newest ones, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Bee has been breaking down barriers on all levels with her show and doing so with joyful abandon.
Because of this, AT&T has partnered with the show to sponsor a Facebook livestream of the minutes to leading up to the actual taping. This’ll include the audience warm-up and Samantha Bee fielding questions.
Bee already pulls no punches during her show, so you probably, like us, wonder what she does off camera. Find out over here.
As mentioned above, NYC’s Ana Fabrega was doing a word search, an activity primarily used by elementary school teachers to give their students something to do, and was having trouble as an independent adult in her spare time.
So, she decided to get help from Fred Armisen.
This is what followed. Enjoy.
With an ensemble cast of Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Adam Pally, Brett Gelman, Alex Ross Perry, Jenny Slate, and Aubrey Plaza, you might think you’re listening to a supersized episode of Comedy Bang! Bang!
However, for the moment, that’s not the case. That cast has been assembled for the dramedy, Joshy, from Jeff Baena. Middleditch plays a groom-to-be whose wedding gets called off, but has to go through with the bachelor party anyway.
Sounds fun, huh?
Look for it in theaters starting August 12th, then streaming on Hulu.
If you’re a current watcher of Family Feud, you probably do so because Steve Harvey has to put up with contestants repeatedly giving rather risqué answers.
As the correct answers are always based on surveys, you have to wonder why people giving such sexual guesses on the show.
This “footage” of one of those surveys from Jason Saenz might give you some insight behind this phenomenon.
Brett Gelman will be on hand to give a special sneak preview of his latest “Dinner” special at Adult Swim with director Jason Woliner at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel this Tuesday, June 28th at 8PM (Doors at 7PM).
Admission for this premiere of Brett Gelman’s Dinner in America is free with RSVP right here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
From sketch to recurring characters to playing Off-Broadway to touring across America to actually playing Broadway in NYC, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney have reached a zenith in theater with their characters Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland and their live show Oh, Hello.
Starting September 23rd then currently running through January 8th, Oh, Hello on Broadway will run at The Lyceum Theatre. You can get your tickets now and you should do so quickly.
Kroll and Mulaney have not only managed to go from “Off Broadway” to “Broadway”, but are thankfully bridging a gap between sketch comedy and theater.