As far as life hacks go, Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer seem to have a day at the movies figured out.
Watch how they do and just hope that the person at the box office at your local theater is just as lethargic.
Well, not much else to explain here apart from the headline.
Enjoy the always amazing Midnight Show and their Stupid Cowboy.
The nominations for both The Oscars and The DGA Awards were just recently released and while it isn’t coming as much of a surprise, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Grand Budapest Hotel have kept on sweeping up honors left and right this awards season.
Already, both films have scored wins at The Golden Globes and have garnered nominations at The SAG Awards.
For The Oscars, Birdman is nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematography, Best Directing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Best Original Screenplay.
The Grand Budapest Hotel racked up Best Picture, Best Score, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Directing, and Best Original Screenplay.
On top of that, Wes Anderson and Alejandro González Iñáritu both were nominated by The DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film.
That’s 9 Oscar nominations each for the pair, which, above all else, should be noteworthy because they both are comedies, especially in contrast to the rest of the nominated fare. Traditionally, comedy goes generally overlooked during awards season unless it’s in its own category, especially at The Oscars.
Maybe this genre glass ceiling has been broken with two comedy powerhouse frontrunners? We certainly hope so.
Simon Amstell has impressively toured through American late night including The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Now, Simon can add Conan to that list with this latest stand-up set.
With Armando Iannucci, James Corden, Steve Coogan, Daniel Sloss, and Simon, we’re wondering if there is a new British Invasion and, if so, is it one of comedy?
We’re marathoning 19 days of back-to-back SNL episodes (433 hrs) starting JAN 28! http://t.co/pOGojmXJp6 #SNLclassic pic.twitter.com/ku2V4aUrqA
— VH1 Classic (@VH1Classic) January 14, 2015
Saturday Night Live is currently in its 40th season and VH1 Classic is marking the occasion by putting on the biggest single marathon of a series ever.
433 hours of SNL will air on the network starting Jan. 28th. FXx’s Simpsons marathon only spanned 12 days, which would come out to only at 298 hours maximum.
The SNL Rewind: 2015 – 1975 Mega-Marathon will visit every single one of the 39 past seasons of the legendary live sketch variety show, which, for our money, means we’ll probably get to watch every bit of Celebrity Jeopardy again.
David Letterman let his staff get a loose last night by having a few of them that have formed an improv group do a scene during The Late Show.
Watch and enjoy it here and let’s hope that in these final months of Letterman’s tenure at The Late Show, he keeps up this sort of great weirdness going.
My new comedy album “Man of the Year” is available on iTunes https://t.co/6ez9L4DBcS & CD Baby http://t.co/Vw00aviPzA pic.twitter.com/prbsNSvJtL
— Christina Pazsitzky (@ChristinaP) January 14, 2015
We’re half way into Jan. 2015 and if you haven’t bought a comedy album yet, you’re probably doing your New Year’s resolution, whatever it is, wrong.
Fix that by picking up Christina Pazsitzky’s brand new, mischievously titled comedy album “Man of the Year”. Do so on iTunes or CD Baby.
ON THE HORIZON
Eddie Izzard @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sun. Jan 18th & Mon. Jan. 19th 8PM $40
Seven Minutes in Purgatory @ UCB Sunset Mon. Jan. 26th 7PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Greg Proops: Smartest Man in the World LIVE @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Hilarity for Charity Presents Indulgence @ The Lyric Theatre 8PM $12
Deb DiGiovanni @ Irvine Improv 8PM $10/2 item min.
Don’t Tell My Mother @ Busby’s East 8PM $16
Jake Johannsen @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
Bad Bride @ UCB Frankiln 8PM $5
Straight White Males @ The Copper Still Bar 8:30PM FREE
Fresh Out: Stand-Up Comedy @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30 (stand by only)
Studio Sessions @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
This Show Is Not Funny @ UCB Franklin 10:30PM $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
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:15PM/Ends 8PM/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 in advance with host/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery/Hosted by Brent Duncan
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Nick Costas
UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/5 min./10 spots only/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Gilli Nissim, Mel Stephens, Mary Sasson
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3-5 min.
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Ken Garr 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
RAFA’S LOUNGE ART GALLERY 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/10 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/No purchase necessary
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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Logan Guntzelman & Rachel Maczuzak
(via Deadline)
It’s fantastic that almost the entire original cast of Wet Hot American Summer is returning to do the upcoming Netflix series.
It’s also pretty great that they’ll have some new “members” with some of indie comedy’s favorite players including Michaela Watkins, Randall Park (who you saw as Kim Jong-Un in The Interview), Lake Bell, John Slattery, Jayma Mays, Paul Scheer, and Rob Huebel.
It would almost seem that the first poster alone for this new Wet Hot American Summer will be barely able to contain this even bigger, great ensemble cast.
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is coming next week Mon. Jan. 19th and the crew is working hard to make it to the premiere date.
Apparently, according to this promo featuring Sean Donnelly, they’re working really hard. Maybe too hard?
Did you hear? These fine people are co-hosting the Film Independent #SpiritAwards! Feb. 21. http://t.co/SlNcJrrP80 pic.twitter.com/RTEhghH6UY
— Film Independent (@filmindependent) January 14, 2015
The Film Independent Spirit Awards has been hosted by the likes of Patton Oswalt and Seth Rogen. They’re staying the wheelhouse with hosts as they’ve just landed Kristen Bell and Fred Armisen to oversee the awards ceremonies.
Maybe, if we’re lucky, Bell will have to handle a sloth and Armisen will have to go head-to-head in an impression off with Bill Hader.
The Spirit Awards will air live on Feb. 21st at 2PM on IFC.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
The man who brought us Austin Powers and so many memorable years on Saturday Night Live is going to get back into television.
HBO has just given Myers a two year overall deal, which will give him plenty of room to create and play at the premium cable network.
This announcement has already got our wheels turning for what Myers might be concocting? Maybe a Dr. Evil series?
Like we said earlier this week, This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir is set to premiere on Comedy Central Jan. 22nd at 12:30AM.
To give you a little taste of what the stories from Bert Kreischer, Marc Maron, Cy Amundson, Bobby Lee, Keegan Michael-Key, Steve Rannazzisi, Cristela Alonzo, Ali Saddiq, Sean O’Connor, Rob Corddry, Will Weldon, Tom Segura, Paul Scheer, Big Jay Oakerson, Barry Rothbart, Jay Larson, Iliza Shlesinger, and more might be like, here’s a trailer.
Also, you get to see how crazy the opening sequence for the show is as well.
The delightful multi-hypenate Miranda July has, even though she’s involved herself in so many other art forms including making the film Me and You and Everyone We Know, just released her first novel yesterday.
The First Bad Man follows the life of Cheryl Glickman, a woman with wild imagination of “a soul that migrates between babies”, but lives, in contrast, a much more ordinary life alone working for a nonprofit women’s self defense. The introduction of a self-centered boss’ daughter into her life throws Cheryl’s world out of balance.
Given July’s track record and this premise, which is as wonderfully July-esque as Moonrise Kingdom is as Wes Anderson-esque, we definitely think you should pick up a copy now.
We’ve got some dope-ass news: #BroadCity has been renewed for a third season. pic.twitter.com/SwgzELoJlM
— Comedy Central (@ComedyCentral) January 14, 2015
If you were already getting pumped for tonight’s premiere of season two of Broad City, then the news that Abbi and Ilana have just gotten a third season should you sufficiently pumped up.
Comedy Central has announced this morning that they put the order in for a third season of Broad City, which we think is a pretty smart move on their part.
Now that you’re primed for it, be sure to catch this latest season premiere on Comedy Central at 10:30PM tonight.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Normally, the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo prints around 60,000 copies every week.
However, their latest issue is sort of a lightning rod as it is the issue following the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo last week. So, a plan to print a million copies and then 3 million has now been upped to 5 million copies of what is being referred to as “The Survivors’ Issue” with the promised cartoon of Prophet Muhammad on the cover. Very shortly after the issue hit newsstands in France, 3 million copies had sold out and even auctioning on eBay for the historic issue skyrocketed to hundreds of Euros.
Soon, this issue of Charlie Hebdo will also be printed in English and a dozen or so other languages and made available in several countries for the first time.
We wouldn’t be surprised when copies hit U.S. newsstands will go just as fast, especially since it doesn’t look like Charlie is going to make a digital issue for purchase.
ON THE HORIZON
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe Sat. Jan. 17th 8PM FREE
Womp It Up! Live with Jessica St. Clair & Lennon Parham @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/7:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Doug Benson Movie Interruption: Annabelle @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $14
Jake Johannsen @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
Little Esther Goes Through Your Stuff @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
The Worst Improv Show in The World @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $5
Weiscrack @ Continental Kitchen 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
The Naughty Show @ The Comedy Store 8:30PM $15/2 item min.
Radio Picture Show @ The Virgil 8:30PM $8
craic comedy @ Robin Hood Pub 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Extra Credit @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
Fielding & Friends @ Bar Lubitsch 10PM FREE
Lip Service @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $5
Force Majeure @ Cinefamily 10:30PM $12
Revolver @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5 (stand by only)
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
ICE HOUSE STAGE 2 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/4 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
SAL COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
B.Y.O.S. SKETCH OPEN MIC @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM CAFE 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sketches only/Sign-up 5:45PM/5 page/5 min. max/Lottery/12-13 slots only/No light or sound cues/Hosted by Beth Appel or Tim Neenan
THE GRANDVIEW MARKET 12210 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/Mixed mic/4 min. for comedy/1 song for musicians/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Justin Lentz
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/4 min. w/o drink, 7 min. w/drink/Hosted by Phil Gould
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser
THE MOTH @ BUSBY’S EAST 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts 7:30PM sharp/5 min. stories on theme of “adventures” required/10 spots/Lottery/$8 cover
OPEN MICHELLE @ WILDE THISTLE 3456 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Female performers only/5-7 min./One item min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/mixed mic
CORK’S LOUNGE 5043 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/Starts 8:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Adrienne Airhart
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM w/one drink min./Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
THE OYSTER HOUSE 12446 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA/Starts 10PM/Ends 1AM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Gary Carver
THE WINCHESTER ROOM 6522 San Fernando Rd., Glendale, CA/Starts 10PM/5 min./Follows booked show/Hosted by Rachele Friedland and Kari Martin
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served./1 item min.
HOUSE OF TACOS 5616 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
O’HARA’S BAR 1000 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Justin Williams
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/4 min. or 2 short songs/First come, first served/One item min./Hosted by Adam Feuerberg and Tim Delone
Cavalier agents in extremely well fitting suits get to sit this round of clandestine operations out in Paul Feig’s upcoming espionage comedy Spy. Melissa McCarthy stars as an analyst turned agent for appearing to be the most unlikely person for the job of saving the world.
Jude Law, Jason Statham, Allison Janney, and more make fun cameos as well. Watch the trailer here and wonder if you could connect McCarthy shacking up with a U.S. Air Marshal in Bridesmaids with this latest role.
Spy is set for release on May 22nd.
Tonight’s TV airwaves belongs to what very well could be a comedy power couple/stars of Parks and Recreation and Kroll Show, Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll.
Parks and Recreation returns for its seventh and final season tonight on NBC at 8PM with back-to-back episodes.
Kroll Show is also premiering its final season, though it’s only the third for Kroll, on Comedy Cetnral at 10:30PM.
Make plans to watch/DVR/hijack the TV at the bar you’re drinking at accordingly.
Showtime is really, quite literally picking up its comedy line-up. They already re-upped Inside Comedy with David Steinberg for a fourth season.
Now, they also have Tig Notaro’s traveling live comedy show docu-series and the dramedy that was set to star Philip Seymour Hoffman on deck for this year.
In April, Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro will premiere on the 17th (via TV Guide) and Happyish, which just got a series pick-up now starring Steve Coogan will premiere on the 26th (via Deadline).
So, it would appear that we should all be on the look out for Showtime in 2015.
(via Deadline)
Transparent has broken a lot of ground for Amazon Studios, especially with their recent Golden Globes win. Now, Amazon, as you might expect, is opting for more critical acclaim by chasing down more high profile creators.
They caught a pretty big fish by getting Woody Allen to make The Untitled Woody Allen Project, a half-hour series, for a 2016 release.
There are no details about the show beyond that, but we wouldn’t be surprised at all if it featured a beautiful locale and dysfunctional people being stuck together.
During their appearance on Conan last night, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein gave us a little insight into what their like together while shooting Portlandia, specifically how they sort of can get on each other’s nerves.
You can sort of see where a lot of the great tension in certain sketches is built just from their conversation on national television. Watch it here.
The Super Bowl ads are just as much a tradition as the actual Super Bowl these days. Giant corporations are now spending around $4 million on 30 seconds of airtime to put on a commercial, even though it’s a thing that has arguably become harder and harder to gauge the effectiveness of.
Beer company Newcastle has opted to some exposure through a novel experiment for the not-so-giant companies in an initiative they’re calling the Band of Brands.
They’ve even recruited Aubrey Plaza in a fun meta Super Bowl ad to explain The Band of Brands further. Watch it here.
While we hope this will make for one of the more memorable, talked about ads, but we do know that there will be a lot of pausing to see exactly how many brands they fit into one commercial.
Women Comedy had a great start to their run at IFC last week and are keeping it up with their latest sketch where they explore the near impossible task of picking which movie to watch on Netflix.
Fortunately, you can just watch this sketch because you there’s no choice otherwise here.
After the harrowing time where we wondered whether Community was going to live on or end its run at 5 seasons, we have now have a more enjoyable period in waiting for the season 6 premiere.
More specifically, all you have to do is wait until Mar. 17th when Yahoo Screen will release two episodes, then one per week after that.
Though, the cast and creator “thinks” you should already know that by now.