There’s another whole world outside of China, IL that Brad Neely has been concocting. It’s called Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio and it looks just as delightfully absurd.
Just see for yourself in these two new preview clips that do a close-up on kitties and put a Predator head on a pre-teen.
(via Variety)
The follow-up to Sleepwalk With Me is going to tour America.
Mike Birbiglia’s latest, Don’t Think Twice, is a dramedy following the trials and tribulations of an improv troupe that includes the cast of Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Chris Gethard, and Kate Micucci.
Through distributor Film Arcade, the film will get to tour across theater in the U.S. as opposed to a single limited release date. The tour might even include free improv classes wherever they stop by.
Based on a great personal essay by Matt Dwyer, DeMorge Brown and Jennifer Ruiz made this wonderful short film adaptation of “Life.”
It lays out how Matt and likely a lot of other folks would deal with life if it were embodied in a single person that you’d run into at a bar.
Watch it and hopefully feel slightly better about life, both the person and concept.
(via Variety)
Maybe Comedy Central is taking up Bono on his suggestion to the Senate.
Through pay TV service OSN, media giant Viacom will have Comedy Central programming including Inside Amy Schumer and The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airing in the Middle East and North Africa starting next month.
It was only recently that Bono had suggested during a Senate hearing on how to handle ISIS that he suggested that Chris Rock, Amy Schumer, and Sacha Baron Cohen be deployed with the idea being that satire will be the key to defeating the extremist terrorist group.
This access to Comedy Central just might be the start of this move.
Though Baron Cohen doesn’t show up much in Comedy Central’s archives, Comedy Central has plenty of Schumer and Rock to play as well as certain controversial episodes of South Park and the subversively sex positive Not Safe with Nikki Glaser. Also, comedy by those living in the Middle East and North Africa will get a chance to shine as well.
There’s no specific word yet as to what shows might not make it over there, but the reception to Comedy Central’s most broad shows will definitely intriguing. We do kind of hope that Bono’s idea works out.
This Saturday at 11PM on Comedy Central, the brand new hour special Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple premieres.
Feinstein gave a nice preview of this new hour with a set on last night’s Late Late Show.
Expect to hear how awkward foreplay can get and what a “hoot” Rachel’s mom tries to be.
In the interests of sticking it to both sides of the aisle on Full Frontal, Samantha Bee is countering her chat with Trump supporters by sitting down and listening to fervent supporters of Bernie Sanders.
Despite how tempting the daydreaming of progress seemed, Bee couldn’t grasp how people ‘feeling the bern’ didn’t share her and many others’ cynicism of the political process.
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
(via Deadline)
Looks like the HFPA read all your tweets about The Martian winning a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.
“Motion pictures shall be entered in the category that best matches the overall tone and content of the motion Thus, for example, dramas with comedic overtones should be entered as dramas,” is the new explanation for how nominees will be sorted in the next Golden Globes by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The clarification (or expansion of discretion by HFPA) is welcome as comedy in film has hard enough of a time get noticed during awards season. Most of the time, comedies have to have a considerable percentage of dramatic elements to even peak the interest of those in charge of nominating and voting for various awards.
Just try and remember what was the last pure comedy to be an awards powerhouse. Outside of Grand Budapest Hotel, which might still be a stretch as full-fledged comedy, there hasn’t been much.
Still, the grouping of comedy with musicals strangely remains at The Golden Globes. Perhaps, the resurgence of musicals might lead to their own category, which would be more than deserved.
Jen Tullock and Hannah Utt’s wonderful web series Disengaged at Super Deluxe has finally returned.
The next item on their rushed wedding checklist is a venue and it turns out that the one they have to visit might be too perfect for their own good.
Big Pine, Flagstaff, AZ’s comedy festival is returning for another year and another round of discovering whatever comedy gems they can find. This time around, paid accommodation and more spots are up for grabs.
They’re considering stand-up, sketch, and improv performers for shows running from Thursday, September 22nd-Saturday, September 24th.
The early deadline is Sunday, May 15th and costs $25 for stand-up and $30 for sketch and improv teams. Submit here.
Clear out 10PM on both April 24th and April 29th.
Next week will be a big one for W. Kamau Bell as his brand new exploratory series of discriminatory subcultures, United Shades of America, and a brand new Morgan Spurlock directed comedy special, Semi-Prominent Negro, are both premiering.
More specifically…
United Shades of America will premiere on CNN on Sunday, April 24th at 10PM
Semi-Prominent Negro will premiere on Showtime on Friday, April 29th at 10PM
Bell’s last series, Totally Biased on FX/FXx, came to an end far too early (especially with the popularity of shows like Full Frontal and Last Week Tonight) and both his new show and special should be well worth catching.
You can hear Bell chat about both with Trevor Noah from last week’s Daily Show here.
The SNL Digital Shorts still prove to be the cornerstone of this era of Saturday Night Live and the one from this past weekend is no different.
Watch a faux trailer that SNL made for God is a Boob Man, which burns the new rise of homophobia over the last year, specifically Mississippi’s Religious Freedom law, HB 1523.
The Wiltern is putting on a special 4/20 screening of 1993′s Dazed and Confused. Also, there will be a 90s costume contest, a Dazed and Confused band, and more.
Doors open at 7PM this Wednesday and tickets are $4.20-$15.
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Midnight on Adult Swim.
One of the things that might be perfect to see right after you’ve filed your taxes under the wire might be a murderous, demonically possessed dog living in a seemingly innocent town.
Luckily, you’ve got that coming in spades with the second season of Adult Swim’s Mr. Pickles premiering tonight at midnight.
Missing China, IL or Brad Neely in general?
Well, Neely’s got his latest work Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio coming to Adult Swim this summer.
Here’s a first look at it, which should make up for the Neely void you’ve been having over the last few months.
Dan Harmon scored a big get for the latest Great Minds on History channel’s Night Class with an appearance of the woman who sewed the U.S. flag, Betsy Ross, as played by comedian, actress, and big time Bernie Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman.
All the alternative flags that Betsy/Sarah are pretty fantastic and definitely made for 2016 more than they probably were for 1776.
Largo at the Coronet Theatre is hosting a benefit for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in honor of the late and great Garry Shandling that, whether you were a big fan or barely knew him, you’re not going to want to miss.
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Disengaged from Jen Tullock and Hannah Pearl Utt is still, hands down, one of our favorite web series this year.
So, we’re thrilled to here that there are more episodes coming starting next week on Monday, April 18th at Super Deluxe.
Here’s a midseason trailer to give you a taste of what else is in store for a rushed engagement as a result of DOMA being stricken down.
The pals of Power Violence celebrate their monthly show of comedy and friendship at The Satellite this Sunday. Get tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Poster by Evan Mays
No further explanation beyond Melissa Villasenor is amazing needed.
Bill Burr’s suspicions that his darkly comedic stories from his childhood would be better served in an animated series seem to be well founded.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone now that Netflix is continuing the stable of critically acclaimed comedy they’ve got going.
Still, Bill Burr’s animated series F Is For Family getting a second season is something to celebrate with a plethora of expletives.
So, Throwing Shade is getting the shine it deserves?
The great topical and pop culture podcast Throwing Shade helmed by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi has just gotten a big upgrade.
You can get a sense of what the show might be like with this clip from the pilot.
Gibson and Safi are also going on a big nationwide tour from Aug. 8th-Sept. 30th. Specific cities and dates are below and tickets are on sale now.
This might be one of the few times that the term ‘throwing shade’ has something positive attached to it.
We thought a Trump vs. Bernie special would look promising and this preview sure does.
Anthony Atamanuik, who plays Trump, dons a Rabbi outfit and character to appeal to James Adomian’s Bernie Sanders’ Jewish side.
Look for the Trump vs. Bernie debate special to premiere Wednesday, April 27th followed by a sketch special on Wednesday, May 11th on Fusion.
(via Deadline)
Seeso continues to make a really good case for their $3 per month comedy streaming service.
Yesterday, we posted the trailer to the Brent Hodge documentary on The Pistol Shrimps, the rec league basketball team comprised of many great comedy folks, hoping that it would get to play beyond its film festival run at Tribeca.
Over the last 24 hours, NBC’s Seeso has acquired the worldwide rights to the film and will exclusively stream it later in 2016.
Again, Seeso gets more enticing everyday if you don’t already have it.
Denmark’s latest comedy export, Men & Chicken, comes by way of writer/director Anders Thomas Jensen. The story of two brothers exploring a previously unknown side of their family and the dark secrets that they have seem to make for a very intriguing story.
Also, Mads Mikkelsen who you know as a villain in so many movies and TV shows including Hannibal and the upcoming Doctor Strange takes one of his most hilariously disarming roles to date in this film.
See for yourself in the trailer, then watch the whole thing in select theaters starting April 22nd.