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Stephen Colbert Trash Talks the U.S. Senate for Not Passing Any Gun Control Measures Whatsoever

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Here’s where the edge of the Colbert meets the new Colbert on The Late Show.

In response to the U.S. Senate not being able to pass any of the multiple pieces of proposed gun control legislation this week, Colbert “took the gloves off” and laid down some choice trash talk.

This seems personal as Colbert takes a clear side on the issue and especially for the fact that Stephen kind of ignores for a couple of minutes that the show is on CBS and goes a bit blue and salty with the language.

HBO’s “Divorce” Looks Promising From This Trailer

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Whatever your feelings about Sex & The City are, you should probably let those go for the new HBO series Divorce that gives Sex & The City star Sarah Jessica Parker top billing once again.

We say that because the great Thomas Haden Church is also starring and the series happens to be created by the also great Sharon Horgan, who is the co-star and co-creator of the critical darling Catastrophe.

See the potential for this series for yourself in this teaser, then look for Divorce (as a series, hopefully not for yourself) this fall on HBO.

The 2016 High Plains Comedy Festival Announces Its Line-Up

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You might want to get to Denver in August.

From August 25th-August 27th, The High Plains Comedy Festival will bring yet another rollicking weekend of comedy to Denver’s already thriving scene.

Scheduled to appear thus far:

Adam Cayton-Holland
Andrew Orvedahl
Ben Roy
Bobcat Goldthwait
Jonah Ray
Sean Patton
Steve Agee
Aparna Nancherla
Baron Vaughn
Brooks Wheelan
Eliza Skinner
Brent Weinbach
Andrew Santino
Dulcé Sloan
Nick Vatterott
Sean O’Connor
Ahmed Bharoocha
Ian Karmel
Jermaine Fowler
Chris Garcia
Caitlin Gill
Joel Kim Booster
Noah Gardenswartz
Troy Walker
David Gborie
Kristin Rand
Bryan Cook
Chris Charpentier
Amy Miller
Jordan Doll
Sean White
Gilbert Lawand
Nato Green
Kate Willett
Kenny DeForest
Brandie Posey
Martin Morrow
Kristin Clifford
Sam Tallent

Passes and tickets are available here.

Conan O’Brien Will Have a Whole New Set of Funko Pop! Vinyl Figures at Comic-Con

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Conan O’Brien collectibles proved the worth last year when the first set of Conan Pop! Vinyl Figures fetched top dollar after their limited exclusive run at Comic Con in 2015.

With Conan and company returning to Comic Con again, they’ll be doing another round of Funko Pop! Vinyl figures with Conan as a Stormtrooper, Superman, The Joker, and a Ghostbuster.

On top of that, Conan’s made this new collection even more special than last year. See how he pulled that off here.

Here’s a Trailer for Jim Jefferies’ Netflix Special “Freedumb”

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Now with a family, one might think that Jim Jefferies might ease up in his playing-with-fire style of stand-up, but it’s clear in this trailer that Jim Jefferies will be the very same edgy Jim Jefferies. With this latest special Freedumb on Netflix, he just points his unfiltered lens at what the world is like now that he has done the whole family thing for awhile.

Watch the trailer for Freedumb here, then look for it to start streaming on July 1st.

Watch Teaser for Return of SXSW Comedy at Showtime

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Showtime had such a good time the first time with stand-up down at SXSW that they went back for a 2nd year.

So, this round of SXSW Comedy will premiere on Friday, July 15th with Natasha Leggero, Baron Vaughn, James Adomian, and Andrew Santino.

Get a taste of it with this teaser.

All proceeds from this particular edition of Sauce will go to the Pulse Victims’ Fund.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Kumail Nanjiani Shows How Beyoncé Really Does Brings Us All Together

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The power of Beyoncé is undeniable.

During his Conan appearance last night, Kumail Nanjiani shares a story that perfectly illustrates that notion.

Fahim Anwar Makes a Documentary for His Alter Ego ‘Lance Cantsopolis’

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Fahim Anwar has climbed his way up the stand-up comedy ladder over the last few years, getting to the point of getting to do stand-up on late night regularly.

At this point, Fahim also wants to bring his alter ego, the dance crazed Lance Cantstopolis to where he is. Already, he has gone on stage, fully in character, denim, dancing, and all, and has done pretty well for himself. Just look at the documentary, Outta Nowhere, Fahim made for Lance that has Jeff Ross, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Bobby Lee, Chris D’Elia, and Neal Brennan all talking him up.

Watch and judge for yourself how close Lance and Fahim really are.

Samantha Bee Shows How Native Americans Are Still Getting Their Rights Taken Away From Them

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Samantha Bee once again shows how great her show Full Frontal can be as she brilliantly covered the election and gun control as well as dedicate a great segment on the oft overlooked issue of laws and courts in sovereign American Indian nations and how they’re rendered to have very little power.

FX Renews Archer for 3 More Seasons and Give Series Creator Adam Reed an Overall Deal

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Adam Reed’s having a good day.

Not only will Archer creator Adam Reed’s beloved espionage comedy Archer get three more seasons, putting them at 10 total, Reed has also gotten an overall deal to develop and produce other projects at FX.

So, even if Archer might come to an end before the end of 2020, you can bet that Reed will probably have something as offbeat and fun on either FX or FXx to take its place.

UCB Signs First Look Deal with Universal Cable Productions

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This is one of UCB’s biggest deals yet.

Throughout movies and television, you can see the influence that the Upright Citizens Brigade has had on comedy over the last several years. Not only are founders Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts doing well for themselves, but the alumni of the UCB brand are probably in all of your favorite things to watch or maybe running them from behind the scenes.

Now, with signing a first look deal with NBC Universal’s Universal Cable Productions, you’re going to see even more of UCB folk on TV. Shows for the vast array of cable networks under NBC Universal’s banner (including USA, Oxygen, Esquire, E!, Bravo, Telemundo, and many more) will be developed by UCB.

Already they’ve got five shows in the works ranging from a haunted house mockumentary to an overwrought satire of a sorority house to a TV adaptation of We Can Fix You featuring the likes of Besser, Roberts, Jeff Hiller, Pam Murphy, Betsy Sodaro, Horatio Sanz, Laura Grey, Megan Stein, and more.

Joe DeRosa Tells a Story of Why You Shouldn’t Take Life Lessons From ‘Goodfellas’

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Goodfellas will forever be one of the stand out films of 1990 and in the crime/mobster genre of cinema.

Still, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t learn how to deal with people based on this violent movie.

Joe DeRosa highlights why that might be in this great story from This Is Not Happening.

UK’s Sky Atlantic Preempts Last Week Tonight’s Brexit Episode Until After Vote

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The “non-existent” John Oliver Effect comes into play yet again?

In accordance with laws in the UK of staying impartial and balanced on television during times of election and referendums, Sky Atlantic, who normally airs the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on Mondays, opted to delay the airing of this past week’s episode because its deep dive segment on the upcoming vote of whether Great Britain should leave the European Union or not, otherwise known as the “Brexit”.

Oliver lays out, with jokes and a catchy song of course, a comprehensive breakdown of why his homeland shouldn’t leave. Watch it here.

This highlights an intriguing contrast in censorship when it comes to joking about politics between the UK and the U.S. and, perhaps, how valued John Oliver’s words really are.

There are laws for networks for giving equal air time to presidential candidates in the interest of staying “fair and balanced” in this country (even though no network seems to be really following those rules this year). However, bits of comedy aren’t really subject to such limits.

In 2015-2016, you can clearly see comedy in TV and across the media landscape that jokes about Trump far outnumber jokes about other candidates as well as any other topic. Whether or not comedians joking about Trump has anything to do with the notion that the media creating the presidential candidate version of Trump is hard to say, but they are part of the aggregate media obsession with the candidate.

Yet, as suggested above, the UK is taking a much different, more strict approach that goes beyond giving equal air time to opposing views of an issue. Sky Atlantic is delaying a bit of comedy about the Brexit by an established comedian, John Oliver, under the notion that people’s vote might be swayed. Trying to quantify how much Oliver would potentially influence voters would be hard to gauge given all the other campaigning for and against the Brexit that has been going on. Overall, this seems like a form of censorship that is perhaps overstepping its bounds, but one should note that freedom of speech isn’t quite the same in the UK as it is over here.

The vote for the Brexit is this week. Thanks to the Internet, we’re sure folks in the UK will get to see the segment if they really want to and the existence of a “John Oliver Effect” will still be up for debate.

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The next performance is at 9:30PM on Tuesday, June 28th at UCB Franklin and you can (and should) get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Dave Child Presents His Moth Story “Santa Dad and Porn”

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Comedian, Liquid Feet member, Air Sex champion, and Moth winner Dave Child shares a story of why his dad is one of the best dads in the pantheon of dads as part of a recent Moth GrandSlam.

Latest Episodes of Great Minds with Dan Harmon Have John Wilkes Booth Play Lincoln and Buddha Do Product Placement

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Dan Harmon’s short form series Great Minds at History Channel’s Night Class returned with more to take some delightful license with bringing historical figures to the present day and put them (as well as Dan) into morally and ethically comprising situation to humor the rest of us.

The latest episodes that have Danny Pudi play a Buddha who gets drawn into product placement and Andy Dick play a John Wilkes Booth that’s coerced into playing Lincoln accomplish this quite well.

Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel Get to Make a Ridesharing Comedy

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Making a comedy special on a bus with a live audience should come in handy here.

Crash Test partners Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel will have a brand new show thanks to Insurrection Media and Seriously.tv.

Called Drive Share, follows the rise of ridesharing through the lens of the drivers and the weird people they pick up. Perhaps a High Maintenance for Uber instead of weed?

We’ll find out later this year when it premieres digitally.

Season 2 of Intriguing “Odd Mom Out” Premieres Tonight

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On whatever side of the is-there-too-much-tv argument, you can’t argue that there certainly is a lot of television right now and a lot of it worth watching.

As a result, shows might fall through the cracks and fly under the radar, making their way to a second season and still be a pleasant surprise to plenty of folks.

Such is the case for Bravo’s Odd Mom Out from Jill Kargman, which premieres its second season tonight at 10PM.

See how charming this comedy following a mom’s quest to not become a stereotypical Upper East Side mom can be in this trailer.

Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook Really Did Tube the LA River, But Had to Do So in Secret

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On the ongoing mission to insert absurdity and stupidity into the lives of strangers, Kurt Braunohler and with his wife Lauren Cook tried organizing a tubing race down the LA River called LAzy River.

Believe it or not, they ran into some legal obstacles by some killjoys, but managed to pull off the tube race anyway.

The whole thing was documented and cut into this short at JASH. Watch how crafty you have to be sometimes in order to have some dumb fun.

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More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Watch Brian Regan’s Latest Set on “The Tonight Show”

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Brian Regan is a living legend of a comedian.

You can see why in his latest set on The Tonight Show where he breaks down the subject of press conferences to uproarious laughter and applause.

The Season 2 Premiere of “The Jim Gaffigan Show” Is Tonight, Perfectly Timed on Father’s Day

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One of America’s favorite dads, Jim Gaffigan, is getting a great Father’s Day gift with his show premiering its second season tonight at 10PM on TV Land.

You should watch it because it’s a good show and also Jim’s five kids need some time to themselves.

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Come and see what happens when tarot and comedy mix at The Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab this coming Tuesday, June 21st at 8PM.

Tickets are $10 and you can get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

LEGO Movie 2 Release Date Gets Pushed Back to 2019

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Feb. 8th, 2019 to be exact.

Warner Brothers is pushing the release date of The LEGO Movie 2 almost a year back from spring 2018 to the above date. That might upset you, but the LEGO Batman Movie is coming in 2017.

Looks like you’ll just have to watch all of Netflix until then.