As Jenny Zigrino just moved here, she definitely knows how to make an entrance with going on Conan.
She performed quite the set on Conan this week, which also counts as her first stand-up performance on a late night talk show. Just in case you didn’t know, there was still other things going on in the late night realm besides Letterman’s send-off.
(via BuzzFeed)
There are pinball machines that are Wes Anderson themed.
For those in love with the colors, symmetry, and worlds of Wes Anderson’s films will be happy to know that they can now go to a real life version of it at Bar Luce in Milan, Italy (a stylish hub in Italy).
Every inch looks as charming and retro as can be with mint green booth and dark wood accents juxtaposed against elaborate pillar patterned wallpaper. A jukebox with songs that you might only know if you actually own soundtracks from Wes Anderson movies and a Steve Zissou pinball machine make it even more charming somehow.
Get a look at Bar Luce here unless you’re just planning on taking a whirlwind trip to Italy to check it out.
ON THE HORIZON
The French Laundry @ The Clubhouse Wed. May 28th 8PM FREE
Channel 101 @ Downtown Independent Sat. May 30th 8PM/10PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Bowser’s Castle @ Silverlake Lounge 6PM FREE
Picture This! An Animated Comedy Show: Bento Box Edition @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM FREE w/RSVP
Best of UCB Sketch @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5 (stand by only)
Sentimental Lady: Guilty Pleasures @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Tim Lee @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20, $10 w/Goldstar
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Groundlings Kung Fu Battle Island @ The Groundlings 8PM/10PM $20
Kira Soltanovich @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20, $10 w/Goldstar/2 item min.
LITERALLY the only comedy & music show in Los Angeles ever @ Basic Flowers 8PM $5 donation
The Saturday Show @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Brew Haha Two Year Anniversary in Marissa’s Backyard 8:30PM FREE
The Black Version @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30 (stand by only)
Surprise with Rob & Sofiya in Silverlake 9PM $5
The Armando Show @ iO West 9PM $10
Outside Dog Gets One Star @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Middleditch + Schwartz @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
The Fcuk Around @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Lady to Lady LIVE @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Let’s PARTY @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch and Special Guest Co-Host Emo Philips @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
COFFEE + FOOD 5360 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:45PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/Mixed mic/4 min. without purchase/7 min. with purchase/Hosted by Rachel Hroncich
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 2PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Joe Shelby
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 4:15PM/Lottery
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Sign-up 5:45PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Graham Rodgers and Scott Schnurr
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton and Katie Valelly
GROUNDWORK COFFEE 1501 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./1 item min./First come, first served/Hosted by Raab
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/https://www.facebook.com/ComedydeBasement/First 20 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Hosted by Pablo Avion & Eric Bustamante/5 min./1 drink min.
THE IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/$3 suggested donation/Hosted by Alyssa Rusak
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
Aubrey Plaza voices a misunderstood goth girl and Rob Riggle voices an ancient demon and the two become friends in Fox’s latest animated series Golan The Insatiable, coming from Fox ADHD.
The casting seems pretty on point here and, though the premise is darker than The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, American Dad, or Family Guy, this trailer shows that Golan could potentially be as goofy and absurd as the rest of the bunch.
We’ll find out if that’s so when Golan The Insatiable premieres on May 31st at 9:30PM on Fox.
If there was a Green Day musical, is it so crazy to think that a Game of Thrones musical would happen?
For the big charity event Red Nose Day, Coldplay, the cast of Game of Thrones, and Liam Neeson’s voice all came together for this bit of fun of making a parody musical of Game of Thrones.
Whether this musical ends up being a case of life imitating art or not has yet to be seen, but, for now, you can enjoy this faux-self aware version.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
This is just more evidence that 2015 is the year of Amy Schumer.
Inside Amy Schumer is off to on hot start and Trainwreck looks more and more like it will be a big R-rated summer comedy hit.
So, it just stands to reason that Schumer would be throwing more irons in the fire, which now includes a new feature project that she will star in, co-rewrite with her sister Kim Caramele, and is developing with Paul Feig, who is attached to produce.
Details on what the mother daughter comedy will entail plot wise are scarce, but we’d be surprised if it didn’t land in the category of R-rated comedies.
For the very first episode of The Chris Gethard Show in its cable era, Gethard and company have Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer from Broad City, weird bodies, one of Chris’ favorite bands “The Front Bottoms”, live calls, live streaming, and more.
The premiere is on May 28th at 10PM on Fusion, but the show, if you can attend or want to livestream the very first taping, it happens on May 26th.
Here’s Chris to tell you more in detail at his lovely, lavish new studio.
It may be brief and subtle, but what more do you need than a small gesture and some Christmas attire to mark the coming of a Bill Murray/Sofia Coppola Christmas special?
Maybe some echoes of Lost in Translation?
Well, luckily, this teaser for “A Very Murray Christmas” coming to Netflix in December has all of this.
With Conan O’Brien personally conducting the performance reviews, how well do you think Associate Producer Jordan Schlansky fared?
Conan donned a pair of intimidating glasses and the title of CEO of Conaco to give his staff a performance review.
As working at Conan isn’t like most jobs, these performance reviews were a little different from the norm (i.e. preparedness to save O’Brien in the event of an emergency). Obviously, O’Brien pays a visit to Jordan Schlansky to see what his worth to Conaco is.
On top of all of that, Andy Richter’s performance review is even more touchy than the rest and also pretty priceless.
(via The Wrap)
This awards ceremony will get to air on TBS so we can only hope that there’s an elaborate bit being planned between Brooks and Martin.
For the almost mythologically large career that Steve Martin has had, The American Film Institute is honoring him with a Life Achievement Award. Previous AFI Life Achievement Award winner and fellow comedy legend Mel Brooks will be presenting Martin with the award, which we’ll all get to see on Jun. 13th on TBS.
As of now, Steve has ¾ of an EGOT as well as a Mark Twain Prize and will now be receiving this award. So, he has an EGOMTAFI?
Whether you’re planning a long Memorial Day Weekend of binge watching or not, you should definitely make sure to watch Jen Kirkman’s brand new hour stand-up special, “I’m Gonna Die Alone (And I Feel Fine)”.
It just got released earlier today on Netflix and you can watch it here so long as you have Netflix account/password. If you don’t, please get one ASAP as watching Jen will be worth it.
ON THE HORIZON
People I Feel Funny Around @ UCB Franklin Tues. May 26th 11PM $5
The Kids In The Hall @ Theatre at the Ace Hotel Tues. Jun. 2nd 8PM $49.50
COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Matinee @ UCB Franklin 4:30PM $5
100 Steps Improv Benefit Show @ UCB Franklin 7PM $25
Gloria @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $10
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Groundlings Kung Fu Battle Island @ The Groundlings 8PM $20
Kira Soltanovich @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
Tim Lee @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $20, $10 w/Goldstar
witch hunt @ The Mystery Box 8PM FREE
The Manifesto Show’s 4th Annual Late Night @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Bangarang Presents: The Weekend @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Princess @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $35 (stand by only)
The Last Book Review @ The Last Bookstore 8:30PM FREE
Andy Kindler’s Particular Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Church of Fun Comedy @ The Church of Fun 9PM $5
Your F’ed Up Family @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9PM $10
Soundtrack + Ernie Barnes @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $10
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
Orpheus Roy and Friends w/Dummy @ iO West 10PM $10
The Katydids @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
JV Presents: #Throwback Friday @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/Set list of topic provided to improvise off of/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served
IMPROV JAM @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can perform/Hosted by Mano Agapion
THE IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ibo Brewer
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 min.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./First come, first served
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5;30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery35 spots only/Hosted by Megan Koester & Alison Stevenson
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
TAO COMEDY STUDIO 7466 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA #201/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover/includes drink/Hosted by Bobbie Oliver
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 10:45PM after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
Well, here’s a great example of a prank where rather than a victim, there’s a winner as well as some nice promotion for San Andreas.
What started out as a bit for Screen Junkies during a press junket long ago has turned into not only a friendship between one of their own, Nick Mundy, and The Rock, but has made for one hell of a surprise wedding prank (an actual legally binding wedding FYI) that, for our money, tops all those choreographed proposal videos on YouTube.
Watch it all go hilariously and wonderfully go down here.
i’m back in the saddle for season 2 on @netflix july 17! RT if you’re PSYCHEDD #BoJackIsBack #BoJackHorsmanSeason2 pic.twitter.com/KEu8BS8V2z
Just announced today, your favorite animated complicated former sitcom star horse BoJack Horseman is raring up for a second season this summer.
As series creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg amazingly shifted the tone and arc of the BoJack to something a little more dramatic and introspective in the middle of the first season, we can’t wait to see what he’ll pull off for season 2 as well what happened with that Secretariat movie.
Though James Corden is embarking on a whole summer without David Letterman as a lead-in, he is thankful that he’s gotten to follow Dave at all.
Thus, pretty much the whole of last night’s Late Late Show, which followed The Late Show with David Letterman finale, was in dedication to Dave.
From a duet, kind of, with Sting in front of The Ed Sullivan Theater to Corden’s introduction to Letterman (since they don’t have The Late Show in the UK) to…
…a Top Ten List of Things We Will Miss About David Letterman to…
…a fitting send off involving watermelons and a roof.
(via Comedy Hype)
As MTV is bringing another wave of comedy to their networks, they are doing their version of a comedically bent news show.
Damien Lemon, Matthew Broussard, Dave Ebert, and the Internet’s Julia Kelly will be fabricating news stories off of the randomness of the Internet for MTV2′s latest show Not Exactly News. So, we’re guessing that it’s a cross between @midnight and SNL’s Weekend Update?
Will there be wars between various unlikely animal friends? Will there be a giant hamster eating a giant burrito?
Guess we’ll find out when the show premieres Jun. 17th at 11:30PM.
Late night talk shows at 12:35AM were not only pioneered by David Letterman, but they were apparently kept afloat by Dave as well.
On last night’s Conan, Conan O’Brien expressed his gratitude to David Letterman in a story of how Late Night With Conan O’Brien turned the corner from a rocky start with the Letterman’s aid.
In an even more touching move, Conan, in the middle of his show, along with Patton Oswalt urged viewers to set their DVRs to record Conan and then switch to The Late Show as soon as it was starting.
Like we briefly mentioned yesterday, Conan O’Brien is now the longest running active host of a late night talk show. we’re glad to have an elder statesman that’s still up to orchestrated chaos reign.
(via Variety)
Nick Nolte as a guilt-ridden ex-President? You’ve got our attention.
It’s only a matter of time before more and more cable networks opt to go into scripted programming no matter what their branding is or was before.
The latest to join in is Epix as they have just ordered their first original comedy series that follows Nick Nolte as a former President of the United States, 20 years after his administration, trying to make up for snafus he made during his presidency. On top of that, his ex-wife is making a run at President.
The premise itself is incredibly intriguing and Nolte seems perfect for the role. Assuming that this series would premiere sometime next year, it’ll be interesting to see any similarities to Hillary Clinton that they ex-wife might have.
After over a month of tributes and farewells, David Letterman kept his send-off relatively short and sweet.
There was a star-studded Top Ten List of Things I’ve Always Wanted To Say To David Letterman that included Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Peyton Manning, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jim Carrey, as well as a special performance of “Everlong” by The Foo Fighters.
There was also a nice opening bit from various Presidents.
Outside of that, Dave respectfully spent much his time delving into nostalgia and thanking all of the folks that have been a part of his show over 30 years.
There was even a “day in the life” montage of what Dave goes through with his staff.
With over 30 years and 6000+ shows logged, it’s amazing that Letterman is still self-deprecating in his final remarks.
Just like that, just a little past midnight last night. The Late Show with David Letterman and an entire era of comedy comes to a close.
You can watch the entire finale here.
Of course, Dave also made sure to send his best wishes to the new guy, Stephen Colbert.
Speaking of which, does anyone have a countdown going for Sept. 8th?
ON THE HORIZON
witch hunt @ The Mystery Box Fri. May 22nd 8PM FREE
FYC at UCB: Brooklyn Nine-Nine @ UCB Sunset Tues. Jun. 2nd 8:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally -Summer of 69: No Apostrophe @ The Wiltern 7PM $49.50
How To Get Away With Happy with Jamie Kaler @ Flappers Yoo Hoo Room 7PM $10/2 item min.
Magic To Do: Musical Improv @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Cookin’ With Gas @ The Groundlings 8PM $18
Duplex Comedy Suplex in Hollywood 8PM FREE
Emily Maya Mills AST Album Recording @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Jerry Minor @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $12
Sleeping with Chloe and Mark @ Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea 8PM FREE
Stupid Smart Kids: A Storytelling Show @ Copper Still Bar at Jaragua 8PM FREE
Princess @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $35 (stand by only)
Fresh Out @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
The Studio Sessions @ 1836 Sunset Studios 9PM FREE
The Tinkle Twins @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Dasariski @ iO West 9PM $10
Kragrock @ The Mystery Box 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
La, La, La, LA: A Puppet Musical + Those Magnificent Moms @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5
The Grind @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM FREE
The Reckoning/Cook County Social Club @ iO West 10PM $10
Harold Late Night @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
The Last Day of School: The TXT Message Show @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
THE COMEDY STORE PATIO 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Josh Martin
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/3 min./25 spots only/counts as audition/No purchase necessary
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:15PM/Ends 9:30PM/Mixed mic/4-6 min. for comics or 6 min. for musicians/First come, first served/One item min./Hosted by Jacob Bunney and Brendan Cooney
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up at 4PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery/Hosted by Brent Duncan
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/First come, first served/7 min./Hosted by Nick Costas
UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/5 min./Lottery/10 spots only/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Gilli Nissim/Mary Sasson/Mel Stephens
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Jay Light and Tyler Meznarich/No purchase necessary/One lottery spot for booked show after
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alibi-Open-Mic-at-the-Hotel-Hollywood/545741885530183 for more info and to sign up/First 23 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Starts 7PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by Paco McCauley & Evan Kessler
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min.
FANATIC SALON 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9:30PM/$5 cover/7 min./water and coffee provided/Hosted by Lydia Robinson
1836 SUNSET STUDIOS 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/15-20 spots/Lottery/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Scott Luhrs
THE BALL ROOM 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/5-8 min./First come, first served/Hosted by Israel Carrasco/Donations accepted
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
THE CHATTERBOX 934 N. Citrus Ave., Covina, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Steve Hernandez & Ellie McElvain
CLEO KINGS OPEN MIC @ TWO ROADS THEATER 4348 Tujunga Ave., Studio City, CA/Sign-up 7:20PM/Starts 8PM/Lottery/15 spots only/5 min./$5
OPEN SPACE THEATRE & CAFE 457 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8:30PM/3-5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Mallie McCown
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Hosted by Logan Guntzelman and Rachel Mac
SET LIST OPEN INVITATIONAL @ COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/Set list of topic provided to improvise off of/Mixed in with booked spots/8 spots only/Tournament style
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery
IMPROV JAM @ WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Starts 11PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Cole Stratton and Morgan Christensen
Tonight, comedy will have changed forever, officially. It’s been changing for awhile, but the change is now definite.
It’s such a bold, overwrought sentiment, but the final episode of The Late Show with David Letterman is a rare singular moment that actually signals an entire changing of the guard, the tides, and alignment in the planets as far as comedy is concerned.
Over the last few years, the modes of distribution, production, and even creation and conception of comedy have been shifting, but there have always been vestiges of decades past still very present in the art form. The late night talk show, multi cam sitcoms, etc. still exist in 2015 in very similar ways to the time when they were first put on TV. There are still stand-up comedy specials just like there were scores of years ago and the variety show might just be back on the upswing.
Yet, comedy in 2015 is so different from even just five years ago.
As of this moment:
NBC has one comedy on its upcoming fall line-up.
The Mindy Project is the last sitcom to get cancelled by a network to be only picked up by an online streaming service.
There are entire festivals dedicated to podcasts.
Multiple current series at Comedy Central have won Peabody Awards.
The most senior late night talk show host will be Conan O’Brien.
Trevor Noah, Larry Wilmore, Saurin Choksi, Grace Parra, and Samantha Bee will comprise the non male caucasian portion of late night hosts.
Louie still defies all conventions of television.
Dramedy is slowly becoming its own genre.
Weird Al Yankovic reached #1 on the entire Billboard charts with “Mandatory Fun”.
Comedy albums get vinyl rereleases now.
Everything can and will be parodied, especially if it’s popular at all.
There are more comedy writers, stand-ups, improvisers, sketch performers, etc. than ever before.
A Richard Pryor biopic might actually get made this time around.
Social media has driven controversy in comedy to highs from both comedians and audiences that it has never seen before.
WTF! w/Marc Maron and Comedy Bang! Bang! found their way from being a podcast to a full fledged television show with multiple seasons.
While there is still a predominance of straight white males in stand-up, the likes of Jen Kirkman, James Adomian, Cameron Esposito, Hari Kondabolu, and more continue to move onwards and upwards.
As shown by Community, The Comeback, and even Full House and Coach, no sitcom is entirely dead.
The Chris Gethard Show made it from public access to cable.
Kickstarter and Indiegogo have crowdfunded numerous web series, comedy tours, movies, and more including millions for projects by Zach Braff, Starburns Industries, Super Troopers, Alan Tudyk/Nathan Fillion.
More and more cable networks have rebranded towards comedy like IFC, FXx and TruTV.
Fox News is trying for their own Daily Show with Greg Gutfeld.
If you’re getting a sense of the picture of how comedy is these days, it’s only headed more in this direction, especially after Dave.
A new segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden, “Take a Break” has James giving someone at their job a break and does it for them for a nice long bit.
Corden stopped by the world famous Canter’s Deli to give a shot at being a server at one of LA’s most consistently busy restaurants.
As you can imagine as a charismatic talk show host, he breaks a rule or two or more.
(via Entertainment Weekly)
Comedy Central is gearing up for another run of hit after hit after hit after… well you get it.
Whether it is already or not, Comedy Central is should become a frequent destination for your TV watching this Summer as they have one fine line-up of shows coming up.
Coming to Comedy Central this Summer:
Another Period–Tues. Jun. 23rd 10:30PM
Season 2 of The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail-Tues. June 30th 12:30AM
Season 5 of Key & Peele–Wed. July 8th 10PM
Why? With Hannibal Buress–Wed. July 8th 10:30PM
Season 2 of Review–Thurs. July 30th 10PM
Tosh.0–Tues. Aug. 25th 10PM
Season 3 of Drunk History–Tues. Sept. 1st 10:30PM
See? Told you.
Though Cannes Film Festival is more synonymous with very timely and hard hitting dramas, high concept, socially conscious, and/or foreign comedies do have a place there.
At Cannes, Distributor Alchemy has bought up the U.S. rights to The Lobster, a dystopian futuristic romantic comedy where it’s illegal to be single, starring Colin Farrell, and Italian dramedy Mia Madre co-starring John Turturro.
IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to international war comedy “A Perfect Day” which includes the cast of Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, and more.
Having the stamp of approval of premiering at Cannes, we hope to see all these films theatrically released in the States soon.
Already, you’ve heard from Conan O’Brien and Jon Stewart on Dave’s departure from The Late Show.
So, as today’s the final day of The Late Show with David Letterman, the rest of the late night world gave their parting wishes.
Jimmy Kimmel gave one of his most heartfelt, sincere moments in his farewell to Dave.
Jimmy Fallon gave thanks to Dave for paving the way for what late night is now.
Seth Meyers told his favorite Letterman story as well as recreated the opening credits of Late Night a la Dave’s version.
There will be more of these to come to be sure.