Frequent bit player at Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show’s newest contributor, Michelle Wolf, makes her latest late night stand-up set about the positives and negatives of a potential Hillary Clinton presidency. Somehow, she makes that seamlessly tie in with Amelia Earhart and short men.
Just a friendly neighborhood reminder of what you should be binge watching this weekend.
The indomitable positivity of Kimmy Schmidt has finally returned as all episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 are now streaming on Netflix.
So, without further adieu, get ready for plenty of bold colors, that earworm of a theme, and, of course, Kimmy/Titus/Jacqueline/Lillian.
This edition of Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction will be a taping for Seeso’s upcoming Comedy Show Show. It also happens to feature some of the best comedians to ever write pop-culture based sex tales.
So, don’t miss it this on Sunday at The Virgil (4519 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, Blvd) at 7:30PM.
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The two week trip should be a nice reset button for Noah and company.
From Tuesday, July 19th-Friday, July 22nd and Tuesday, July 26th-Friday, July 29th, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be taping live at the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention, respectively.
The chaos that’s bound to happen should provide for a fortnight of highlight worthy Daily Show.
You can actually get tickets to both the DNC and RNC tapings now.
In the years that Inside Amy Schumer has been around, Amy Schumer has not only propelled herself into legitimate comedy stardom on nearly all fronts, but has become a feminist icon.
Many big and bold sketches from the last season of Inside Amy Schumer perfectly exemplify that notion and the upcoming 4th season looks to be even more delightfully bolder.
See for yourself in this trailer, then look for the new season to start next week on Thursday, April 21st at 10PM on Comedy Central.
What might be one of the most famous rec league basketball teams in the country now, The Pistol Shrimps, has a documentary by Brent Hodge playing at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Yes, that’s the same basketball team that Aubrey Plaza and Stephanie Allynne play on and has a podcast of live commentary done by members of Superego.
You can get a taste of what’s to come in this trailer and just hope that it gets picked up for distribution soon so the rest of us can see it.
(via Deadline)
That’s almost too perfect?
Season 2 of The Jim Gaffigan Show is set to premiere on June 19th at 10PM on TV Land. That just happens to be the same exact day as Father’s Day this year.
While airing on Sunday in primetime is a valuable slot these days, we’re guessing that this is no coincidence.
You’ve got to wonder if any of the other big streaming services will try to keep up with Netflix’s comedy specials output.
It’s been a long time coming that Ali Wong has been gearing up for a special and the next special from the brilliant Bo Burnham will undoubtedly be a must-see.
Mark your calendars on the following Fridays:
May 6th-Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
June 3rd-Bo Burnham: Make Happy
July 1st-Jim Jefferies: Freedumb
September 23rd-Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is hosting SNL this weekend and from the looks of the first promo with Bobby Moynihan who loves Julia’s work on Beep, it’s going to be a good time.
Catch it on Saturday at 11:30PM on NBC.
(via USA Today)
Seeso’s newest series (yep, they’re keeping the brand spankin’ new content rolling) Hidden America with Jonah Ray finally has a preview. When first seeing various images of it, it does indeed look like any one of those dozens of travel shows that fill up hours of cable TV programming.
Yet, there’s something a little off in this preview clip as Fresh Off The Boat’s Randall Park is running a new “vegan” restaurant.
We can’t wait for more mischief like this to start streaming on Thursday, June 2nd on Seeso.
Sean Patton is always a highlight of the whole This Is Not Happening series.
This story on how he took intentionally mispronouncing the name of spice too far is further proof of that claim.
Nikki Glaser takes real life, hilarious comedian couple Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky and join in on a crash course on how to properly “peg” (the sex act, not what you do with jeans).
This is definitely NSFW if you had any doubts. Also, it’s more fantastic work from Not Safe with Nikki Glaser that you should be watching as soon as you can.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
You’ll no longer be able to say that you can’t find where to watch TCGS.
Facebook now has a live broadcast platform as another new feature in the on-going competition with YouTube.
Fusion is taking advantage by having The Chris Gethard Show not only live streaming on Wednesdays and then airing an edited version later on Fusion’s linear TV channel, but also adding a live stream on Facebook. Those tuning into the live stream on Facebook will be able to watch the show from multiple angles as well as interact with the show (a cornerstone principle of TCGS).
The first run of this new platform for TCGS starts this week.
Chris Gethard Show writer Jo Firestone has had a number of pitches for bits/games/etc. that have been rejected by Chris Gethard. However, Gethard allowed for Jo to pitch those already rejected pitches to the interns and also allowed the interns to vote on an idea that would actually end up on the show.
Basically, Jo Firestone pitching things could be its own show.
For something that’s entitled Trying to be Special and features a lot of supposed behind-the-curtain action as well as some roasting from Anthony Jeselnik, Garfunkel and Oates’ very first special actually does look quite special.
See for yourself what Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci in the trailer.
When that has you hooked, you can pre-order the special on Vimeo for $8.99 before its release on Thursday, May 5th.
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While you might think this this celebrity fueled clickbait, take note that Bono from U2 did just go to a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing and suggested that comedy be employed in taking down terrorist group ISIS, specifically Amy Schumer, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Chris Rock.
That’s one of the world’s most well known musicians giving credence to the power of comedy and recommending comedy in fighting the narrow minded extremism over other art forms that are more often highly regarded for their political activism.
So, Schumer, Cohen, and Rock should be doing an ISIS roast?
The latest book from Jen Kirkman has finally arrived. I Know What I’m Doing – and Other Lies I Tell Myself: Dispatches from a Life Under Construction offers up hysterical, personal tales of Jen’s life and how she makes it work despite not blindly falling in line with what society’s prescription for what you should be doing as you enter being middle-aged.
Here’s an excerpt of the book where she details a relationship that exhibits this notion perfectly.
You can get a copy of I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself here and even get a signed copy here.
On the latest episode of This Is Not Happening, Solomon Georgio shares the tale of why his mom is among the most badass mothers of all time by how she handled Solomon’s bully.
As it turns out, this kid got the rudest of awakenings.
(via Indiewire)
Man Seeking Woman is yet another comedy that has quietly given FXx a formidable comedy line-up.
Though you might have not been aware, Man Seeking Woman has been looking as fantastical as ever in taking metaphors and similes often used to describe the experiences of coming of age and making them into very literal experiences (ex. an actual graduation ceremony for buying a better beer).
The surrealism has played quite well for the series creator Simon Rich as he has just got an order for a third season to premiere in 2017. In the meantime, you might to watch/rewatch episodes over at Hulu.
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, comedian Quincy Jones has gotten more than he might have imagined in the time since then.
In the last few months, he has gotten a stand-up special crowdfunded and shot, been on Ellen twice, got his special picked up by HBO, and now, a Conan set that marks his late night stand-up debut. Also, it was just announced that his special Burning the Light will premiere on HBO on Thursday, June 2nd at 10PM.
For someone that was given a year to live, he seems to be doing alright.
On last night’s Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Samantha discovered that there is more bureaucratic red tape to get a costume for Eddie Eagle, the NRA’s mascot used to educate children about gun safety, than there is to buy a handgun, rifle, or shotgun in several states.
It’s just more of the Lord’s work being done by Bee and her Full Frontal staff.
(via Deadline)
Hopefully, this means that Stewart and Letterman will be making a TV appearance several weeks from now.
The new and improved Peabody Awards are setting to honor retired late night luminaries Jon Stewart and David Letterman. In addition to that, the following comedy series have been just announced as Peabody finalists:
Black-ish
Catastrophe
Fresh Off The Boat
Master of None
Transparent
VEEP
You’ll have to wait to find out who ends up going home with a revered Peabody Award as the actual ceremony doesn’t happen until May 21st.
Get tickets here for $8.
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The MTV Movie Awards Show where Hollywood not only lets its hair down, but dyes it in some radical color and put it in spikes. Still, that doesn’t stop certain winners like Comedic Genius Award Recipient Melissa McCarthy giving a heartfelt speech and name checking the women in comedy whose shoulders she stands upon including Carol Burnett, Julia Louis Dreyfus, and even her own mother.
All in all, it was a well-executed speech amidst the controlled chaos of the telecast that also happen to include Melissa McCarthy crowd surfing.