Mike O’Brien’s 7 Minutes in Heaven is officially back and the first episode is a doozy.
The guest is Sarah Silverman and she put Mike in more awkward place, in a great way, than a lot of other guests have ever done.
10PM on HBO.
Quincy Jones’ dream coming true is about to be complete tonight as a recently hour stand-up special shot in the face of being diagnosed terminal cancer almost a year earlier will make its debut on HBO tonight.
Be sure to watch it tonight (or on HBO NOW or HBO GO as soon as it starts streaming there) .
Cool Shit/Weird Shit avoids sketch, stand-up, or improv and, instead, aims for comedy that lives up to its name. This edition will feature a gong a la, presumably, The Gong Show.
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*Spoiler Alert*: Veep’s Jonah Ryan is attempting to make out on his own, finally, and running for Congress in the show.
Thankfully, the wonderful people at Veep made an actual campaign site complete with campaign ads that really show the top shelf buffoonery of Jonah, as exemplified in the above picture that’s on the site, that’s masterfully played by Timothy Simons.
Visit JonahRyanforCongress.com and please thoroughly enjoy how awesomely bad each and every one of these ads are.
Sarah Silverman, Harmontown, George Wallace, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Barry Katz, P.K. Subban, Carrie Fisher, Sebastian Maniscalco, David Cross, Lewis Black, Jeff Ross presents Roast Battle…
…Howie Mandel, Russell Peters, Oh, Hello starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, Hannibal Buress, Jeremy Hotz, Brian Regan, Maria Bamford, Gad Elmaleh, Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard, Iliza Shlesinger, Kathleen Madigan, Nikki Glaser, Jay Pharoah, Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, Mark Watson, Russell Kane, Tiff Stevenson, Rachid Badouri, Dom Irrera, Godfrey, Jessica Kirson, Gina Brillon, Yannis Pappas, Mike Ward, Bobby Slayton, Brad Williams, Ralphie May, Tiffany Haddish, Tony Hale, Timothy Simons, David Mandel, Alan Carr, Tom Green, Janeane Garofalo, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Adam Hills, Tommy Johnagin, Nick Thune, Steve Rannazzisi, Scott Thompson, Kurt Metzger, Big Jay Oakerson, Barry Crimmins, Louie Anderson, Emo Philips, Piff The Magic Dragon, Beth Stelling, Michelle Wolf, Todd Barry, Aparna Nancherla, Jermaine Fowler, Mark Normand, Matt Braunger, Ari Shaffir, Andy Kindler, Anthony Atamanuik, Cameron Esposito, Daniel Sloss, Derek Seguin, Jackie Kashian, James Adomian, Josh Adam Meyers, Katherine Ryan, Corrine Fisher, Krystyna Hutchinson, Stuart Goldsmith, and more!
That’s a good majority of who is performing at the 34th edition of the world renowned JFL Festival in Montreal this year. As you can see, it’s a giant bill of many comedy’s biggest names per usual.
Please note that this doesn’t include the couple dozen or so comedians that will be featured as JFL Montreal’s New Faces of Comedy. Those will not be announced before those live showcases take place.
The Just For Laughs Festival will go from July 13- 31 and you can tickets and/or passes now.
One of the smartest things that NBC’s new variety show Maya & Marty could do was bring back co-star Martin Short’s beloved character Jiminy Glick.
In their premiere episode, they did just that and lined up the perfect first guest, Larry David, who barely contain himself during the interview.
(via Variety)
Between this and G.L.O.W., there’s a great, new wave of female-led comedies forming.
Last year, Talya Lavie put herself on Hollywood’s map with an Office-esque comedy feature, Zero Motivation, that was set on an Israeli army base.
This year, Amy Poehler, Natasha Lyonne, Tami Sagher, and more are lending their pull as producers to adapt this into a series over at BBC America.
As BBC America is trying something new under the relatively new leadership of President and General Manager Sarah Barnett, we think they’re started off in a good direction.
Tickets are $10 per screening and you can (and should) buy them here.
If Santa Ana is a bit of trip for you, there will be a free screening of Mystery Train at Nerdmelt this Thursday.
The rest of our listings for comedy event/shows as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
At 92, Norman Lear stands as a giant in television who both revolutionized sitcoms and get America talking about issues that it might not talk about otherwise one half-hour at a time.
A full length feature documentary has just been made by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, complete with interviews, clips, and plenty of conversations with Norman himself chronicling Lear’s landmark achievements including All in the Family, Good Times, etc.
Called Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, it might just be the must-watch comedy doc of 2016. Here’s a trailer.
Look for it in theaters starting July 8th.
There really isn’t anyone better at awkward interviews inside of an actual closet than Mike O’Brien.
That’s why we’re happy to hear that one of Above Average’s best series, 7 Minutes in Heaven, is back this week, starting Thursday, June 2nd.
Here’s a teaser in case you think we’re making this up.
Tonight, NBC moves forward in expanding its variety show line-up with Maya and Marty. Unlike SNL, it has two permanent hosts in Maya Rudolph and Martin Short and will very likely feature way more musical numbers.
For all of the iterations that this show has gone through in order to premiere tonight (i.e. a special with just Maya to a variety show headlined by just Maya), you should check the series premiere out to see what NBC has come up with.
Oh yeah, the pairing of the accomplished comedy stars that can sing and dance, Maya Rudolph and Martin Short, is definitely worth catching as well.
Maya and Marty premieres at 10PM on NBC.
(via Deadline)
Jenji Kohan is attached as an executive producer is carving quite the feminist niche at Netflix.
From the minds of Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, a new comedy series based on a real 1980s all female wrestling league, will be coming to Netflix soon. Specifically, it’ll follow a struggling actress who stumbles into and gets caught up in this new world.
Called G.L.O.W., it should be a nice companion to Jenji Kohan’s Orange Is The New Black on the streaming service giant.
Adult Swim is holding a premiere party for season 4 of Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule that’s free (with RSVP). New episodes will be screened and the one and only Dr. Steve Brule will make an appearance.
It’s all happening at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Downtown LA on Friday, June 10th at 7PM (Doors at 6PM). You can RSVP here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
It only makes sense that Amazon is continuing to back one of their biggest critical and commercial hits.
Of all of Amazon’s original series and movies, Jill Soloway’s Transparent is the winningest, most talked about, and, very likely, most watched series on Amazon’s exclusive streaming service.
The third season is in the works and premiere date has yet to be determined, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon for ordering another season, which they just announced today.
This also makes Transparent the most senior series in Amazon’s programming line-up as none of their other series have made it to 4 seasons yet.
Apparently, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay “didn’t” just make him up from a random name on Will’s phone.
You can think of Gary Sanchez Productions as the sibling company to Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Funny or Die that takes on more the feature film side of things in contrast to FoD’s digital and TV angle.
The namesake of the company has been shrouded in secrecy for years as the production company’s landing page says:
Gary Sanchez Productions is a film production company spearheaded by Paraguayan entrepreneur and financier Gary Sanchez. Also Americans Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy. Please see films so Mr. Sanchez can continue to live like king in poor, unequal country.Add Gary as a friend on Facebook!Please note: All inquiries regarding Rottweiler puppies should be directed to Mr. Sanchez’s home phone number. If you do not already have Mr. Sanchez’s home phone number, you will not be considered for the next litter. Mr. Sanchez is no longer accepting new clients.
For the first time ever, and “incidentally” on the 10th anniversary of Gary Sanchez Productions, Variety got a brief, but exclusive interview with the reclusive financier.
Such gems from the conversation include:
Variety: What has been your proudest accomplishment in your time here?
Gary Sanchez: One time I fought a man from the hills of Paraguay named Bako who was large and fearless. He had killed jaguars with a stick many times. I broke his neck while his whole village watched and cried.Oh wait, you mean my proudest accomplishment in regards to the company? That would be “Daddy’s Home,” “Eastbound and Down,” “Drunk History” and “Step Brothers.” I also think “Welcome to Me” is a gem.
The free tickets are already all taken, but there will be a stand by line for every taping.
The LA comedy institution known as The Meltdown with Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani is going to tape for their third season as a showcase series on Comedy Central in a month and a half. Even though there are plenty of weeks between now and then, all the shows, of which there are eight, are sold out very quickly.
Still, like the actual weekly show, there will be a standby line for the two tapings per night that they’re doing at 7:30PM and 9:30PM on July 12th, 13th, 15th, and 16th. Here are some more details if you’re really set on going.
It’s nice that John Oliver and the team at Last Week Tonight always make sure to leave us a nice morsel every time they take a week off.
This time around, Oliver nails daydreams of things we wish were real, even if you were only subconsciously aware of them up until this point.
A mix of “groundbreaking avant-garde films and electrifying tour-de-force performances” will be featured with the line-up in the flyer above as curated by groundbreaking filmmakers Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Recently, a new comedy power couple has been made in the union between Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher.
Part of their union involved Natasha converting to the Jewish faith. Conversion from one faith to another is fascinating on its own, but it’s definitely undeniably intriguing from the perspective of a comedian doing so for another comedian.
Leggero explained the specifics, with punchlines, on Conan this past week.
We really think Food Network or the Cooking Channel is really missing out by not having Henry Phillips’ cooking show Henry’s Kitchen on in their late night/early morning programming.
Sure, the recipes may not go according to plan and the chef may seem lonelier than anyone you know, but that’s kind of what makes the show great.
Watch the latest episode that “shows” how to “make” Cherry Bons Bons.
Season 5 of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC is pretty close. In fact, the season premiere is this Friday, June 3rd, which will be the inaugural episode for new CBB bandleader and legendary comedic musician Weird Al Yankovic.
Fortunately, the good folks at IFC were nice enough to preview a full episode before the season premiere that you can watch on YouTube right now.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
For awhile, we were worried that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was going to forego having stand-up. However, the show has gotten into a rhythm over the last few months of featuring comedians, both accomplished and ones that you definitely should get to know.
NYC’s Marina Franklin is the latest to take the stage at The Ed Sullivan Theater and keep up the stand-up tradition that Letterman originally had going.
Jonah Ray’s mock travel show Hidden America hasn’t even premiered on Seeso yet, but you can take a full gander of the first episode, for your convenience, on YouTube.
Watch Jonah go to a version of Boston on Seeso’s YouTube page here.
Look for the series to start streaming on Seeso Thursday, June 2nd.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.