Trump vs. Bernie has their second special coming up next week on Wednesday, May 11th at 9PM on Fusion.
Rather than a debate, it’ll be a plethora of fun, subversive sketches, one of which will be posing Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump as the hacktivist group Anonymous.
If that we’re true, the name “Anonymous” would be ironic, right?
You may be well out of high school, but these cost-cutting life hacks from Conan’s propmaster Bill Tull are sure to come in “handy” when going to any formal event.
Today is the day to really get into Ali Wong. Whether you’re already a devoted fan or you’ve only seen her recently start popping up in your social media feeds, her very first hour special Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (which she also amazing taped while 7 months pregnant) is now streaming at Netflix.
Here are a couple more clips to give you a taste of what you should be watching today.
Also, Ali is on WTF with Marc Maron today in the probably case that you can’t get enough of her.
Do not miss the whip-smart Jena Friedman and the great show that she made a run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with, American C*nt.
It’s happening next week, Friday, May 13th at 8:30PM at Largo at the Coronet Theatre with Megan Neuringer opening. Tickets are $30 and you can (and should) get them here.
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(via Billboard)
We say “yes” to all of this.
After a number of releases off of Secretly Canadian, Tig Notaro is launching an imprint label called Bentzen Ball Records.
The name of the label comedy from “…a guy named Ole Bentzen who apparently died of a heart attack from laughter while watching A Fish Called Wanda,” says Notaro. It’s kind of a perfect story for the name of a comedy record label.
On top of that, the first release should be a doozy as it will be the first album from the fantastic Aparna Nancherla. Called Just Putting It Out There, it will come out July 8th..
See a preview of it here.
So, keep an eye on Bentzen Ball Records in the months to come.
(via Deadline)
So, the U.S. does some exporting to China, even though all the merchandise is probably made in China.
The Taiko Sanlitun shopping center in Beijing has just opened up an entire store filled with Simpsons collectibles, apparel, memorabilia, etc. The opening comes at an interesting time as Chinese television and movies are starting to outperform their Hollywood counterparts more and more. However, the global appeal of The Simpsons is undeniable.
This is, as far as we know, the first brick and mortar Simpsons Store in the world, aside from gift shops in the Simpsons-themed Springfield in Universal Studios Florida. As that’s the case, you might want to drop by if you just happen to be in Beijing.
It’s $4.99 to rent (stream for 48 hours) and $8.99 to buy.
Again, the very first comedy special from the wondrous, secretly edgy musical duo of Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, better known as Garfunkel and Oates is finally here.
Vimeo-On-Demand has just made Trying To Be Special, a comedy special that follows Riki and Kate trying to make a special, available to rent or buy.
Also, as you can see from this opening title sequence/dance number, Anthony Jeselnik is also featured.
Intrigued? More than intrigued? Already intrigued before you read any of this
Good. Get Trying To Be Special here.
(via Deadline)
Good for Netflix in going, as far as we can tell, for the series order right away.
The satirical comedy Dear White People from Justin Simien will now be adapted into a TV series on Netflix. Simien is getting 10 episodes for this first season.
Given how much he was able to do with playing with racial tensions in a feature film, we can only ponder what he’ll be able to do with the latitude of a series on a streaming service.
Moshe Kasher is at the point with his comedy where you should give a watch, read, or listen to anything he does. Between his stand-up, Kasher in the Rye, Hound Tall, he’s really building a great body of work.
So, you should watch his Conan appearance where he shares his unorthodox/orthodox sexual awakening and one-star reviews for hotels that are “$$$$”.
In addition to sign-up to vote for the California primary, volunteer, canvas, and phone bank for Bernie Sanders, there will be a hot show with Kate Berlant, Reggie Watts, Todd Glass, Jay Larson, Drennon Davis, Clare O’Kane, and Josh Androsky.
It’s all happening next Wednesday, May 11th at 6PM at Trepany House at Steve Allen Theater.
Poster by Ivy McNally
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The always impressive verbal gymnastics of Myq Kaplan got coupled with a fascinating angle on whether it’s a better life choice to do drugs such as anything marijuana related or to have children.
The combination made for a great stand-up set from Myq on Conan that you should watch ASAP.
(via Deadline)
We’re pretty confident this will outdo most other election coverage just like the first one did.
There’s not a lot to be happy about in this election. Even the onslaught of seemingly mandated comedy based off of the sad joke that the current presidential race is getting a little trying.
That being said, Robert Smigel with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in hand was one of a few bright spots with the Hulu election special. Announced today, Smigel/Triumph will be doing another election special for the streaming service, which, from the looks of it, will probably be following Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump.
We’re sure that if they visit the GOP convention, whatever happens will be priceless.
Not only are you going to see a Marc Maron fallen from glory (and fallen hard ) in the new season of Maron, but you’ll get to see an hour to kick off the fourth season of the show.
It’s all starts at 9PM tonight on IFC.
Conan associate producer Jordan Schlansky nerds out on a pristine, life size replica of Darth Vader’s helmet and Conan O’Brien, as you can imagine, has a few, or a lot, of things to say to say about that.
One of the best and longest running sketch shows at UCB here in LA is The Midnight Show. We just love how consistently dark and fast paced all of their sketches are and any of show of theirs is always worth catching.
Speaking of which, their May 2016 edition, May 7th, this Saturday at midnight, will have Chris Fairbanks hosting at UCB Franklin.
Get your tickets for $5 here.
The Midnight Show is written/performed by:
Heather Anne Campbell (FOX ADHD, Adult Swim, SNL)
Joe Chandler (American Dad, Napoleon Dynamite)
Stephen Hale (One Too Many Mornings, Californication)
Jeff Kauffmann (Welcome to The Jungle, American Dad)
Eric Moneypenny (FOX ADHD, Adult Swim)
Curtis Rainsberry (Key & Peele, Tosh.0, Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Hal Rudnick (Screenjunkies, Community)
Jeff Sloniker (Silicon Valley, Parks & Rec, TripTank)
Nic Wegener (American Dad, Napoleon Dynamite)
Executive Produced by The Midnight Show, LLC
Directed by Joe Wagner
Executive Assistant for Production/Announcer: Frank Howley
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Joey Izzo is a great director who has been repeatedly knocking it out of the park with his short films and sketches for years now.
He is setting to make his latest dark comedy short I Was There Too about a man lying about surviving a mass shooting in order to get sympathy from family members. The film will star the fantastic DeMorge Brown and Eric Dadourian.
All Joey is looking for is $5K on Kickstarter and he already has $3220 raised at the time of this post. There is a month left to go on the campaign.
Forget about crunching the numbers of whether repeatedly buying piñatas would be cheaper than a gym membership.
The new season of IFC’s Maron is taking the series to possibly its darkest (and possibly most fun) turn yet. Marc has kind of lost everything and in trying to put himself back together, he’s got a great deal unforeseen obstacles ahead of them.
Season 4 of Maron premieres this Wednesday at 9PM on IFC.
This means he still is pushing forward in revolutionizing television as we know it.
With a ten-episode first season that came out of his pocket (and a credit line that he had to open up), Louis C.K.’s original series Horace and Pete gained plenty of critical acclaim and went reportedly millions of dollars in the red.
For any of those worried that C.K.’s experimentation in new forms of media distribution was at risk, you might have started worrying a little too soon.
That’s not quite gangbusters, but it does mean that Louis has broke even independently creating, producing, and distributing his own TV show on his own digital platform.
It’s a feat, milestone that will be a major part in ushering in the new era of television where the lines between streaming services, networks, creators, etc. are blurred. Undoubtedly, C.K. will try more genre-bending shows, films, and otherwise on LouisCK.net very soon.
Very few comedians are craftsmen with their jokes quite like Gary Gulman. One can always marvel in his detail in timing, delivery, diction, etc.
His latest hour stand-up special “It’s About Time” just started streaming on Netflix this past Sunday and you should watch how wonderfully precise he is with his jokes.
See for yourself in this preview.
Adam Ruins Everything doesn’t return until this Summer.
However, host Adam Conover made sure some things would be ruined in his absence and gave us the truth behind what drives Mother’s Day as a big annual holiday.
If you haven’t seen James Fritz spit fire with his stand up recently, then you should definitely make sure you correct that and check him out doing a real long set, that probably won’t be too long, tomorrow night at Silverlake Lounge.
It’s free to attend and has Kevin Camia, Casey Ley, and Madison Shepard also performing, which gives you less of an excuse to not go.
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Earlier this year, we reported on an enticing R-rated animated feature in the works called The Adventures of Drunky that follows a bet for the fate of the planet between God and The Devil and a drunk.
From top billing to cameos, the cast is stellar including Sam Rockwell, Steve Coogan, Jeffrey Tambor, Dave Attell, Tyler The Creator, Abby Elliott, John Leguizamo, Jon Glaser, Jay Pharoah, Noel Wells, and James Adomian.
Sounds pretty great, right?
Well, Augenblick Studios has the script done and the dialogue recorded, but need funds to finish animating the whole thing. Thus, an Indiegogo campaign was born.
So far, they’ve raised $27,331 at the time of this post out of their minimum $100K goal. That will get them through the next step of production, but they’re looking to raise $2 million to finish the entire movie. They have just over three weeks to reach their goal and have fabulous rewards at various donations levels including lunch with Jeffrey Tambor, a personal insult voicemail from Dave Attell, digital copy of the movie and more.
You can (and should) donate here.
It might not surprise you that your favorite alums from the legendary comedy institution known as The Groundlings was probably taught by another Groundlings alum who you also love.
However, seeing how their alumni tree exactly branches out between Cheri Oteri, Phil Hartman, Lisa Kudrow, etc. is kind of amazing as you can see in this clip.
TruTV’s truInside delves even deeper into the long, long storied of The Groundlings tonight at 10PM.
The Internet loves few people quite like it loves Nick Offerman making this a no brainer.
The Webby Awards have found their latest host for their ceremonies this year, Nick Offerman. Beloved for being Ron Swanson and Ron Swanson-esque outside of Parks and Recreation, Offerman could be a perfect host for the event.
You can see Nick Offerman preside over The Webby Awards on Tuesday, May 17th. We’re sure he and his immaculate facial hair will be more than ready for the affair.