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Watch Trailer for “Roseanne for President”

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You might have heard that groundbreaking comedian and sitcom star Roseanne Barr has ran for office of President of these United States. Compared to everything else that has happened in this election, it’s not that odd.

Director Eric Weinrib made a documentary following Roseanne on the campaign trail and it looks pretty crazy, especially when you take in the reality of a comedian actually running for POTUS.

Watch the trailer here, then look for it in theaters and on VOD on July 1st.

Watch Paul Mecurio’s Set From This Week’s Colbert

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Paul Mecurio, like Stephen Colbert, is an alum of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and has followed Colbert to his new home at The Late Show at CBS.

This past week, Paul got to be the latest comedian to do stand-up on Colbert and showed off why he has such a great comedy pedigree.

Watch his set here.

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Get tickets here.

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Hasan Minhaj Hosts the Hell Out of 2016 RTCA Dinner

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The RTCA Dinner, which is the Congressional equivalent of the much more well known White House Correspondents Dinner, just took place this week.

The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj was on hand to host and did a pretty swell job. Dropping the persona he has while on The Daily Show, Hasan balanced out a snappy barrage of jokes between Congress, media, and this year’s Presidential race with a very good chunk of sincerity.

If there’s anyone that looking to do a new satirical news show, it’s pretty clear to us that he could host his own show.

Please watch his entire monologue here.

Will Arnett to Host SyFy Presents Live From Comic-Con

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We’d bet that since Conan O’Brien will also be there, pranks will happen.

SyFy is launching a live telecast from the world renowned San Diego Comic-Con and have scored Will Arnett as a host. Arnett will be bouncing around between fans, celebrities, sneak peeks, etc. over three nights starting July 21st.

Any takers on whether he’d run into more fans that would do his Arrested Development chicken dance or wear a BoJack Horseman mask?

Season 4 of “Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule” Premieres Tonight

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12:15AM on Adult Swim, Dr. Steve Brule and company, not John C. Reilly, will attempt to make all our lives better as he returns for his 4th season of his show, Check It Out!

Here’s Dr. Steve Brule himself reminding you to watch.

Jim Gaffigan Makes Pretty “Perfect” Father’s Day Gift Guide

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Jim Gaffigan really does have the “best” guide for showing your dad how much he means to you this Father’s Day.

Starwipe, The Onion’s Parody of Celebrity News, Is Shutting Down

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Since, as they say, “celebrity is dead”, they’re saying goodbye.

In truth, Starwipe hasn’t gained the popularity that the other Onion off-shoot, Clickhole, has gotten and will be thusly shutting down its operation.

We do note that celebrity news is getting harder and harder to parody as the source material seems like a parody of itself already and parodies of that have already flooded the Internet. In any case, we’ll be curious to see if starwipe.com will be used for anything else like .gifs of actual starwipes over the post-apocalyptic hellscape that’s left in the wake of the concept of celebrity dying.

Seth Meyers Continues Donald Trump Ban, But Makes Offer for Trump Presidency Scripted Series

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Seth Meyers has hit a sweet spot in the Trump Comedy sub genre with this Donald Trump ban.

His latest message to Trump offers a sort-of-but-not-really olive branch with a show where he can pretend to play POTUS.

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Tickets are $14. Get them and more details here.

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Preview the Entire First Episode of the Gentlemen Lobsters’ Brand New Season at Seeso

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You may think of lobsters only when you’re treating yourself for seafood, but, as so many animated series these days have shown, lobsters can very relatable, awkward human characters.

See for yourself in Seeso’s Gentlemen Lobsters in this full episode preview, which just kicked off its second season today.

If you’re into it and somehow don’t have Seeso, you can subscribe here.

Season 8 of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Kicks Off with City Camping, Pastrami, and Jim Gaffigan

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Yes, Jerry Seinfeld got a van that you can go camping in for Gaffigan’s episode.

Season 8 of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee has just premiered with its first episode featuring guest Jim Gaffigan as well as a hearty pastrami lunch after cruising around NYC in one of the most family friendly vehicles that has ever been.

Get into it here.

Pamela Adlon/Louis CK Series “Better Things” to Premiere on September 8th

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For those missing Louie, we’re going to guess this is what you should be looking forward to next.

Better Things will follow Pamela as an actress and mother in an semi-autobiographical way, similar to how Louie kind of followed Louis CK’s life as a comedian and a father. It’s set to premiere on FX on Thursday, September 8th.

As it’s following the life of Adlon specifically, we’re guessing that the Pamela on Better Things is a different than the Pamela she played in Louie. However, don’t be surprised if there is a bit of crossover, even as a joke to poke fun at the idea of a “crossover” episode.

Watch Trailer for Coming-of-Age-After-Moving-to-Germany Comedy “Morris From America”

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Markees Christmas, who you might know from Channel 101, gets his first big role alongside Craig Robinson in Morris From America.

From the trailer, Markees shines as a kid transplanted from the U.S. to Germany who is simultaneously trying to figure out his place in the world, find love, and make it big in the rap game.

Morris From America looks charming as can be and it comes out on August 19th.

‘Not Safe with Nikki Glaser’ Does More Comedian Dirty Talk for Porn Stars with Kristen Schaal

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It was so great the first time that Nikki Glaser had herself and Kyle Kinane feed lines to porn stars during their scenes that they thankfully made it into a recurring segment.

This latest one is with Kristen Schaal and she gets to feed lines to Lexington Steele.

Fortune Feimster Chronicles Her Life as a Lesbian on ‘Late Night’

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Fortune Feimster got to hilariously run through a timeline of her life as a lesbian, from not knowing to coming out and beyond, during her set on last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Please watch and enjoy it here.

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Get tickets here (if you’re a comedian, you get in free).

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Mike Schur’s The Good Place Premiering Sept. 19th

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For NBC, doing shows with Mike Schur has been a good thing (Parks and Recreation) and we can only hope that this dynamic continues with Schur’s latest show The Good Place.

There’s a lot of promise and a big literally “otherwordly” universe to explore with Kristen Bell and Ted Danson in The Good Place and you should mark down the series premiere date of Monday, September 19th.

Tig Notaro’s Book “I’m Just a Person” Out Now

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Tig Notaro has a brilliant comedic spirit with a harrowing story overcoming a whirlwind of tribulation including her mother dying, cancer, a break-up, and more all in one year.

She’s also a very accessible and visible window into how we’re all, in a manner of speaking, in it together (i.e. LBGTQ people shouldn’t be treated as ‘the other’ and discriminated against).

Anything she does is not only a work of comedy worthy of your attention, but something important beyond the realm of comedy.

With that said, you should probably get her book about that aforementioned year that changed her life, I’m Just a Person, just released this week. You can do so here.

Season 2 of “Another Period” Premieres Tonight

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10PM on Comedy Central

Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome return for season 2 of Another Period as the unapologetically wealthy face of The Bellacourt family and are really going to rub their wealth in the faces of everyone they meet.

Revel in their chaos tonight and wish that wealthy craziness was left back in 1900.

Watch an Eggo Commercial Get Extended to a More Logical, Darker Conclusion

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The premise of all commercials for popular breakfast item Eggo Waffles is that an entire household is vying for one Eggo and consequently saying the brand’s slogan “Leggo my Eggo”.

Now, if you were extend any of those commercials past a minute, you’d probably find some unresolved issues festering in that house just like Above Average did.

Nicole Byer Shares Her Adventures/Cautionary Tales of Drinking

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For This Is Not Happening, Nicole Byer has a whole arsenal of drinking stories that paint a nice tapestry of what exactly happens when she indulges in a “bit” of drinking.

Mad TV Revival at The CW Announces New Cast

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Chelsea Davison
Carlie Craig
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Lyric Lewis
Michelle Ortiz
Amir K

On Tuesday July 26th, the aforementioned group will kick off a new chapter of Mad TV on The CW. Following the exit of Key & Peele, networks all around television are seeking to be that next go-to sketch comedy show. The CW has already enjoyed some success with reviving comedy with Whose Line Is It Anyway? and they might have some luck bringing back Mad TV next month.

We do know that Piotr is, hands down, one of the best impressionists out there.

Seth Meyers Bans Donald Trump from Being a Guest on “Late Night”

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This may be a symbolic gesture at best, but we can only hope that only a few more shows follow suit here.

As a result of Donald Trump banning The Washington Post from covering his campaign events, Late Night host Seth Meyers is banning Trump from being a guest on Late Night.

Seth announced this during his “A Closer Look” segment that delved into Trump’s bigoted response to the horrific Orlando shooting this past weekend.

Again, this may be a small push back against Trump. However, if other shows do ban him and Trump won’t get to, let’s say, play a silly game on The Tonight Show and get less airtime, this will have been worth it.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for Skirball members, and $8 for full time students 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.