Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for shows and mics as well as corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com
Kimmy Schmidt Is as Unbreakable as She Has Ever Been in Season 2 Trailer
Season 2 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is set to start streaming on Netflix next month on Friday, April 15th.
To get you prepped for Kimmy’s indefatigable positivity, here’s the season two trailer featuring many things including Kimmy discovering unlikely animal friends.
2016 NYC Podfest Announces Line-Up
From May 20th-22nd, The NYC Podfest continues to get bigger and feature more noteworthy podcasts that are born in bred in and around Big Apple.
So far, they’ve got:
FRIDAY, MAY 20
7 PM — Guys We F*cked (The Anti-Slut Shaming Podcast)
9 PM — Risk! (The State Book Release Show)
11PM — Tell ‘Em Steve Dave
SATURDAY, MAY 21
2:00 PM — Where’s Larry? An Impractical Jokers Podcast
3:00 PM — The Dave Juskow Podcast
4:00 PM — Lady Parts Justice’s Repro Madness
5:00 PM — Think Again – A Big Think Podcast
6:15 PM — Keith and the Girl & Kill Me Now with Judy Gold
8:30 PM — The Adventures of Danny & Mike
9:45 PM — Paul Mercurio: 2 Chairs And A Microphone
11:00 PM — The Flop House
SUNDAY, MAY 22
2 PM — Pretty Much it
3:00 PM — Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood)
4:00 PM — In The Conversation
5:00 PM — WMFU’s Dr. Gameshow with Jo Firestone/WMFU’s The Goddamn Dave Hill Show
7:00 PM — Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast
8:15 PM — The Ensemblist
9:30 PM — Robert Kelly’s You Know What Dude!
10:45 PM — Mouth Time with Reductress
All the shows/tapings/etc. will take place between Brooklyn’s Bell House and LES’ Cake Shop. Get more details here and tickets here.
Season 2 of “The Carmichael Show” Premieres Tonight and Makes Sunday Nights Its New Slot
9PM on NBC.
You got a special preview of this brand new season of The Carmichael Show earlier this week, but now the second season really begins tonight.
So far, they’ve got cheating and Cosby on the docket in regards what they’re going to deal with on the show. Starting off that big should mean that no taboo topic will be kept quiet.
Paul F. Tompkins is @midnight’s First Tournament of Champions Winner
Bow down to Tournament of Champions winner @PFTompkins and pick up some confetti on your way up! #ChampMidnight ?https://t.co/NgqcPx6GNZ
Having been on the air since 2013, comedians have battled it out with puns, one-liners, riffs, and shenanigans to win @midnight. After nearly two and a half years, the winningest competitors finally went in for a “March Madness” style tournament, appropriately held in March, to see who would be the best @midnight player of them all.
So, after a week, the brilliant Paul F. Tompkins has appropriately become the first winner of The @midnight Tournament of Champions Two Girls Won Cup Trophy. If this win means that Paul has won the Internet until further notice, we’re completely fine with that.
Watch him win the crown in the extended, uncut final round of @midnight’s Tournament of Champions.
Ryan Sickler and Jay Larson return to the Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab for their monthly live episode of The Crabfeast this Tuesday (or Toozdee if you prefer) March 15th at 8PM. This month, they’ll be trading stories with Kumail Nanjiani (The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail, Portlandia, The Spirit Awards) and Adam Cayton-Holland (Those Who Can’t, Conan, High Plains Comedy Festival).
Tickets are $10 and we highly suggest that you get them sooner rather than later.
The rest of our listings for shows and open mics as well as corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Fox’s “Party Over Here” Premieres Tonight
Today’s the day! #PartyOverHere premieres tonight at 11/10 on @FOXTV. How orgasmic indeed. pic.twitter.com/eM4mBYrnSm
The series premiere of Fox’s new late night sketch show from The Lonely Island/Paul Scheer starring Nicole Byer, Alison Rich, and Jessica McKenna is tonight at 11PM.
However you watch it, we highly suggest that you don’t miss out.
Maya Rudolph and Martin Short’s Variety Show Called “Maya and Martin in Manhattan”, Premieres on May 31st and Will Have Kenan Thompson on Board
(via Deadline)
So, NFL Sunday is to Monday Night Football as Saturday Night Live will be to Maya and Martin in Manhattan on Tuesdays?
The live musical-comedy variety show that first starred with Maya Rudolph, but has since added Martin Short to share top billing and, recently, SNL’s Kenan Thompson finally has a name and a premiere date. Maya and Martin in Manhattan, which will undoubtedly be abbreviated to MAMIM, or maybe even MMM, will premiere on NBC on Tuesday May 31st at 10PM.
We suspect that it’ll be way more musical than SNL given Short and Rudolph’s penchant for funny musical numbers, but we’ll have to wait over two months to find out for sure.
Patton Oswalt to Star in Comedy Pilot from Laura Steinel Opposite Judy Greer
(via Deadline)
This is dream casting as far as we’re concerned.
In this comedy pilot from Laura Steinel, Judy Greer will play the head of HR at a New Jersey based plastics molding plant (presumably something along the lines of what you might have seen in the movie Joy, but more above board) and have to deal with an idealistic new company head in Patton Oswalt.
This may sound a bit like The Office or Parks and Recreation, but set in a plastics. We’re totally fine with that, especially because Oswalt and Greer are starring.
Watch the Literally Out-of-This-World Trailer for “Adam Green’s Aladdin”
It would seem that papier-mâché, acid, and the story of Aladdin have all have somehow found their way to each other through the mind of song-writer-turned-filmmaker Adam Green.
The result is aptly named Adam Green’s Aladdin and has one hell of a trailer. Also, Natasha Lyonne, Alia Shawkat, and plenty more make cameos.
If you’re hooked, look for Adam Green’s Aladdin’s digital release on Fri Apr. 15th in the U.S. and Sat. May 12th around the world.
The CW Renews “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and “Jane The Virgin”
Of course the CW would renew their Golden Globe winning block of comedy.
The CW renewed all of its current series, which gives Crazy Ex-Girlfriend its second season and Jane The Virgin a third.
It took awhile, but CW has definitely seemed to got their comedy slate on track.
Jason Sudeikis Plays the Maniacal Genius Thomas Edison on Latest “Great Minds with Dan Harmon”
Dan Harmon makes sure that people in 2016 know how crazy Thomas Alva Edison was with having Jason Sudeikis play him like the jealous bully of an inventor that he was on the latest episode of Great Minds on History channel’s Night Class.
The rest of our listings for shows and mics as well as corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Enjoy Cameron Esposito’s Latest Late Night Set on “The Late Late Show”
Cameron Esposito is a shining beacon both as a comedian and a person. She has so much going on between developing her own show and having a special come out on Seeso that it makes us 2016 might be one banner year in many banner years that Cameron has coming.
So, it comes as no surprise to us that she nailed her Late Late Show set sporting a great white leather biker jacket and talking about her dear, wonderful wife.
Conan Tries to Take on Conor McGregor, Not in Real Life, But on “Clueless Gamer”
Conan O’Brien got his hands on the brand new UFC 2 game from EA Sports and it just happened that had to have real life UFC star Conor McGregor to play the game for the latest edition of Clueless Gamer.
O’Brien even had a character custom made for him in order to fight McGregor in the virtual world without ever getting hurt.
Turns out that it’s still embarrassing and McGregor has no sympathy for the opposing side
Watch O’Brien get virtually pummeled and weirdly love every second of it here.
Netflix’s Character Comedy Series “The Characters” Is Now Streaming
Get into Lauren Lapkus, Henry Zebrowski, John Early, Kate Berlant, Paul W. Downs, Natasha Rothwell, Tim Robinson, and Dr. Brown getting into the most delightfully weird personas and running with it.
Each of them has their own special individual episode as part of Netflix’s new series The Characters, which is now streaming. Effectively, it’s like Comedy Central’s The Half Hour, but for comedians that love playing characters as opposed to doing traditional stand-up.
2016 Limestone Comedy Festival Announces Headliners
Bobcat Goldthwait, Roy Wood Jr., Justin Willman, Doug Benson…
…Andy Erikson, Karen Kilgariff, Mike McCrae, Beth Stelling, Michelle Wolf, and Gina Yashere are all set to headline the 2016 Limestone Comedy Festival in Bloomington, IN from Jun. 2nd-4th.
That’s a pretty swell if you ask us.
Some badges are on sale and you might consider getting in on that here.
Here’s a First Look at “Party Over Here”, Fox’s Lonely Island /Late Night Sketch Show Starring Alison Rich, Jessica McKenna, and Nicole Byer
Fox will finally be joining the ranks of late night once again, this Saturday, March 12th, with a brand new sketch show, Party Over Here.
Alison Rich, Nicole Byer, and Jessica McKenna along with the guidance of The Lonely Island and Paul Scheer are going to bring what seems to be a more fast paced, fourth wall-breaking version of sketch to television.
Get your first look at what they all have up their sleeve here.
Paul F. Tompkins Does Another Round of Birthday Shout Outs, This Time for Really Old Viewers of “No, You Shut Up!”
Let’s just say that we’ve really enjoyed what Paul F. Tompkins has done with going from what was supposed to be a round of simple birthday wishes, then murder confessions to, now, more birthday wishes for some of the much, much older viewers of NYSU.
Watch and enjoy this daily recommended serving of silliness here.
“Vice Principals” Teaser Pits Danny McBride Versus Walton Goggins as School Administrators
Danny McBride is returning to HBO for yet another series that affords McBride more taunting, shouting, and overall histrionics.
Unlike Eastbound and Down, McBride will actually be a vice principal that is competing against another vice principal played by go-to-villain-from-the-south Walton Goggins for the title of principal at their school.
Look for the showdown to begin when Vice Principals premieres on HBO in July.
Garfunkel and Oates To Do Their First Comedy Special at Vimeo
(via Deadline)
Actually, it’s a comedy special centered around a live fundraising concert for making a comedy special.
Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci of Garfunkel and Oates are finally getting their first comedy special. After nearly doing everything else (albums, tours, TV series, etc.), Vimeo will be releasing a special where the duo will cleverly be doing a fundraiser that would supposedly raise the money for the special that they’ve wanted to be doing all along.
Look for Garfunkel & Oates’ Trying To Be Special to start streaming on Vimeo in May.
Watch The Red Band Trailer for The Lonely Island’s Movie “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”
Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island might have the next great music mockumentary on their hands with Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
See for yourself in this red band trailer that just dropped today.
Long ago, before Rhys Darby was in a show about another musical sketch comedy duo, Rhys was part of his own musical comedy sketch duo with Grant Lobban called Rhysently Granted. Then, Darby rose to acclaim with his own comedy and playing a supporting role in that other musical sketch comedy duo’s show, Flight of The Conchords.
20 years later, Darby is teaming up with Lobban again to show us all what we’re missing. So far, they’re doing two shows in LA, one at the Nerdmelt Showroom on Tuesday, March 29th at 7PM and one at Westside Comedy Theater on Wednesday, Mar. 30th at 8PM, which will also include a solo stand-up performance from Rhys.
Tickets are $8 in advance/$10 at door and $15 respectively.
The rest of our listings for shows and mics as well as corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Noah Baumbach’s Latest Film “Yen Din Ka Kissa” Is Under Way with Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler Starring
(via The Film Stage)
There are only a few details to wrap our heads around right now, but we’re still reeling from Baumbach and Gerwig’s Mistress America from last year and will be keeping a close eye on this.
At this point, we know that production has just started, it follows an estranged NYC family getting ready an art retrospective of a patriarch, Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller star along with Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, and Grace Van Patten, and the film’s current title Yen Din Ka Kissa translates to The Story of The Day in Hindi).
Again, it’s only a few details at this point, but we can see how this could have the makings for another great movie from a rare auteur in this era of comedy, Noah Baumbach.