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Todd Phillips’ “War Dogs Goes for a ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ of Arms Dealing in First Trailer

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With the Hangover franchise presumably in the rear view mirror, writer/director Todd Phillips has lately been working on a much more intriguing project, War Dogs.

Based on the true story (written in an Rolling Stone by Guy Lawson) article of the young, enterprising American gun runners David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, it looks like Jonah Hill gets to live up his character in the Wolf of Wall Street (replace stocks with guns) and team up with Miles Teller in what seems like one of the many batshit crazy stories to come out of Afghanistan.

Watch the trailer here, then look for War Dogs in theaters August 19th.

“The Larry Sanders Show” Set to Come to HBO

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Rather than hunting around for DVD box sets, you’ll be able to binge watch, as you should, Garry Shandling’s masterpiece of a television show.

Before his unfortunate passing yesterday, a deal to get The Larry Sanders Show over at HBO was closed. Soon, you’ll be able to watch episodes on HBO as well as stream them on HBO’s streaming services.

When that happens, make sure you have an HBO GO account or a friend or family member that’s generous with their password.

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Cole Escola’s hit solo sketch show returns to LA with all of its plethora of wigs, costume changes, and brilliant character-piece vignettes.

Do not miss out on catching it at The Virgil on Wednesday March 30th at 8PM. Doors are at 7PM and we suggest you get there early if you’re not a fan of standing room in the back. Also, the show is free with RSVP.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows and open mics with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

In Heartfelt Tribute to Garry Shandling, Conan O’Brien Recounts Garry Helping Him After Losing The Tonight Show

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In a very personal tribute in memory of the recently passed away Garry Shandling, Conan O’Brien pointed out why Garry was amazing outside of just being one of the comedy greats.

Shandling not only had done panel with Conan over the years, but Garry also offered counsel and emotional support to O’Brien in the days following the unfortunate end of hosting The Tonight Show. Conan told the story in detail on last night’s episode of his show.

Undoubtedly, this is only one in many stories to come of why Shandling was, is, and will be revered in the world of comedy and beyond.

Taping for “Trump vs. Bernie” Special on Fusion Happening Next Week

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This week, they got to go toe-to-toe on @midnight. Next week, they’ll get to tape a special that goes back to their roots of raising their voices, gesturing with their hands wildly, and saying “uuuuge”.

On Tuesday, March 29th at 8PM, the fantastic comedy debate phenomenon Trump vs. Bernie starring Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian will tape a special that will air on Fusion at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.

Tickets are $20 and no matter if you’re a tenth-of-the-one-percent-percenter or one of the 99%, you should get them as soon as possible.

Fox Renews “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Last Man on Earth”

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Announced today, Fox will be renewing its two darling live action scripted comedy series, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Last Man on Earth for a fourth and third season respectively.

Fox is now on its way to getting its live action comedy slate where its animated comedy slate has been for years.

RIP Garry Shandling, 1949-2016

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

It was only a few months ago that he seemed as jovial and sharp as ever on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

It’s Garry Shandling’s Show., The Larry Sanders Show, his stand-up, and much more all made for a beloved Garry Shandling for his 66 years on this planet.

Unfortunately, he passed away today. No further details about his death have been released yet.

May you take a moment or two to mourn the passing of a comedy great and then spend hours rewatching all the countless hours of weaving your way though the far-reaching, influential comedic legacy he left behind.

Trump vs. Bernie Got to Go for an Hour on @midnight

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In a very special hour long edition of @midnight, Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian donned their wigs and perfect impressions of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders to try, for a night, to win the Internet rather than the presidency.

From the looks of it, you could see pretty much Trump vs. Bernie is one of the best pieces of comedy to come from this year’s maelstrom of an election.

Watch the whole episode here.

Honest Trailers Revisits 1978′s Superman Staring Christopher Reeve in Honor of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice

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Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailers actually took on a double shift this week by making Honest Trailers for both 1978 Superman and the 1989 Batman movies as sort of a crash course on what comic book franchises of yesteryear were like.

For our money, Superman takes this one over Batman.

Josh Gondelman Makes His Late Night Stand Up Debut on Conan

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Josh Gondelman has been well deserving of joining the late night ranks of stand-up comedians and his first set on Conan backs that claim up and then some.

If you really dug Josh, it might be a good idea to get his newly released album, Physical Whisper.

Will Arnett Is Back as The Most Braggadocio Batman in The LEGO Batman Movie Teaser

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Next year, Will Arnett will reprise his role as probably the most self-obsessed version of the caped crusader in voicing LEGO Batman for The LEGO Batman Movie.

As you can clearly see from this very first teaser trailer, this is clearly the most fun loving Batman we’ve seen in recent memory

Cameron Esposito’s Special “Marriage Material” Is Now Streaming on Seeso

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Cameron Esposito’s very first hour stand-up special Marriage Material has just started streaming over at Seeso today. If you haven’t heard us go on about Cameron before, we’ll let you know that anything she does is absolutely worth getting into.

Cameron not only gives greater exposure to LGBTQ voices, perspectives, and identity through her comedy, but she is so funny and disarming while doing so.

If you don’t have Seeso, you might want to take care of that today.

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The venerable competitive monthly TV festival Channel 101 takes one month off from its home at Downtown Independent Theater to go across town to Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre for one night only on Saturday, March 26th at 10PM.

It’s free to attend and saves you a trip downtown if you’re worried about that sort of thing.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Chris Garcia Turns the Tables on Making Fun of Immigrant Parents

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On Friday, Chris Garcia’s debut album Laughing and Crying at the Same Time will be released off AST Records.

It’s an all around great record, but this specific preview clip is one of the many gems that takes the stand-up comedy trope of making fun of immigrant parents and, perhaps for the first time, switches it up. Chris does a pretty thorough, spot-on impression of his Dad and Mom roasting him.

This is one of many reasons why you should get Chris’ album later this week.

The Jordan Schlansky-Conan O’Brien Saga Continues with a Review of a Body Shaver

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The on-going weird friendship between Conan O’Brien and Conan associate producer Jordan Schlansky got its latest chapter in last night’s Conan.

What could be just a review of the Philips Norelco Bodygroom turned into one of the more awkward exchanges between Schlansky and Conan over the years. Also, you can see an iota of excitement from Jordan, probably for the first time.

Adam Conover Ruins Millennial Stereotypes at a Marketing Convention

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If you’ve been missing Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV, you can look forward to new episodes in August and you can watch Conover’s latest takedown of generational stereotypes and thinking, specifically in regards to millennials over and over until then.

No matter what generation you’ve been forced into, this is pretty great and informative.

Sandy Danto Really Wants to Do His Comedy Special on a Jet Ski in a Pool on a Yacht on a 18 Wheeler Big Rig Truck

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Nearly all comedy specials are just a single person on a stage talking through some form of amplification. Maria Bamford’s Special Special Special taped at her house with her parents, Harland Williams’ A Force of Nature taped in the desert, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel’s Crash Test taped on a party bus, and even Netflix’s Characters are starting to buck that trend. However, those are only a handful of specials out of the dozens and dozens that are just someone talking in front of a crowd.

However, Sandy Danto wants to snap that trend even harder by going as big as he imagination will let him. He wants to do a comedy special in a way that would put most lavish hip hop music videos to shame (he apparently also wants to get the last bit of his wild youthful days out of his system before going forward with settling down with his family).

His idea is that he would want to be on a jet ski that’s riding in a pool that has been built into the deck of a yacht. Then, that yacht would be on an 18-wheel flat bed truck that drive across the country.

Read that back and watch his presentation video just to ensure that you didn’t read that wrong.

Knowing that such a project would actually cost millions of dollars, Sandy is only asking to raise $10K on Kickstarter for this dream special. With that money, Danto can put something together to shop around to bigger investors that might actually fork over the time, money, and resources to make this American fever dream of a comedy special a reality.

Peter Serafinowicz to Play “The Tick” in Amazon’s Reboot Pilot

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Looks like Amazon has got their own set of reboots in the works to match Netflix.

Not only is The Tick being revived from being a cult favorite both as a cartoon and a live action show, but Amazon is having Peter Serafinowicz, a Brit whom you have seen in anything from Shaun of the Dead to Spy to Parks and Recreation to Guardians of the Galaxy to this pretty great dubbing of a Trump speech in posh and cockney accents, don the skin tight blue sight and likely delightfully utter, “Spoon!” a lot.

We are wondering when the reboot train might ever stop, but Serafinowicz as The Tick has definitely peaked our interest.

Nikki Glaser Runs Down a Sexual Bucket List with Couples About to Get Married

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While marriage vows do usually talk about being together until death, Nikki Glaser gets into what being with one person for the rest of your life might entail sexually on the latest episode of Not Safe with Nikki Glaser.

Specifically, she went to a wedding cake shop to ask couples to check on what they have and haven’t done in the bedroom (or in many cases out of the bedroom) before they tie the knot.

There’s no doubt that the drive home after all of these interviews were at least a little awkward.

Here’s a Trailer for Ricky Gervais’ Fake War Comedy “Special Correspondents”

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Before its next Adam Sandler movie, Netflix has got a full length feature from Ricky Gervais that will start streaming first. Special Correspondents follows Gervais and Eric Bana as two radio hosts that are faking news of a war in South America.

We’re guessing that if you dug Wag the Dog at all almost 20 years ago, you might be intrigued by Special Correspondents.

See for yourself in this trailer and then watch it starting Friday, April 29th.

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FYI, this will be the inaugural Bad Dogs in East L.A..

The rest of our listings for comedy shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com

Joe Pera Has Something Better Than an ASMR Video with “Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep”

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Though you’re likely asleep or falling asleep when Adult Swim airs its truly experimental stuff, you might have wished you were awake to watch the soothing and subtly hysterical animated short Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep, written and performed by the magically down-to-earth Joe Pera.

We’re sure this is the exact opposite of nightmare fuel.

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Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some” Gets a Red Band Trailer

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Everybody Wants Some, Richard Linklater’s spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused looks like it will be every bit as fun based off this new red band trailer.

On top of whatever you’ve already got concocted for April 1st, you might want to add seeing Everybody Wants Some on its limited release date to the list. The release expands wide on April 8th if you are indeed to busy pulling pranks then.

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Tickets are going this evening with Bill Burr in The Long Beach Convention Center’s Terrace Theater for $39.50 and going fast.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.