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No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins Is Second Most Googled Show of 2014
December 18, 2014
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Though No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins is on a relatively new niche cable network, Fusion, people apparently googled the show more than True Detective and Orange Is The New Black according to a 2014 trend report compiled by Google itself. 

No, You Shut Up! is only in its 3rd season and only Game of Thrones was searched more on Google more often. However, No, You Shut Up! unfortunately doesn’t get near the ratings that Game of Thrones does, but maybe that’s because more people have HBO or an HBOGO password than those that have Fusion. 

Hopefully, all of that will change very soon because watching Tompkins, puppets, and guests in “heated” debate is pretty damn great. 

Sony Pictures and Major U.S. Theater Chains Succumb to Hacker Demands and Cancel Christmas Release of “The Interview”
December 17, 2014
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(via Variety)

So, the “Guardians of Peace” (i.e. ideologically misguided, butthurt hackers who waste their talents over superfluous nonsense rather than actually making the world a better, more peaceful place) got what they wanted.

Sony Pictures and top U.S. theater chains have canceled the Christmas release of The Interview in fear that some sort of attack might befall any theaters or theater goers that would screen the movie.

Given how much criticism of the government, society, and more that Americans engage in every split second, it’s more than odd that the limits to our free speech and expression here in America are coming from threats leveled by hackers who can’t correctly use whatever translation app they’re using as opposed to any sort of shadow government. 

If you’re wondering if this has set a precedent in terms of pre-emptive censorship by studios fueled out of a fear, look no further than reports of Steve Carell’s latest project Pyongyang getting canceled. 

There has been preliminary talks of releasing The Interview through VOD, but nothing has been made official. 

What is official is the end of this statement from Sony regarding the release’s cancellation,“We stand by our filmmakers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome.”

Canceling the release of a movie out of fear is apparently what "standing by our filmmakers and their right to free expression” means.

As the idea, or at least part of it, was to instill cowardice against depicting North Korea in a negative light here in America, we’d hope to see sketches, web videos, anything that aren’t afraid of what Sony, Regal, AMC, and more were afraid to do soon.

Fox ADHD’s Lucas Bros. Moving Co. and Stone Quackers Moving to FXx
December 17, 2014
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(via Variety) 

More comedy is finding its way from network to cable as Fox ADHD, which used to be an entire block on Fox, has two of their shows, Lucas Bros. Moving Co. and Stone Quackers, head over to FXx. 

Thursdays in Jan. 2015 at midnight, FXx will have an animated block that will feature both of these shows as well as The Simpsons and probably more.

We’re guessing they’ll be more appreciated over at FXx?

Tim Burton Confirms Beetlejuice 2 Will Happen with Winona Ryder Returning
December 17, 2014
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(via MTV News)

In “movies-that-are-happening” news, a sequel to Beetlejuice is finally going forward with Tim Burton back at the helm. Not only has the director confirmed the sequel, he has also said that Winona Ryder will also be returning. There’s no official word on whether Michael Keaton will reprise the titular role, but he has expressed interest before.

We’re not sure what Lydia Deetz and Beetlejuice could have been up to all these years, but we’re glad to know that we’ll be finding out in the not so distant future. 

You Probably Don’t Love “It’s A Wonderful Life” The Way Jenny Slate Does
December 17, 2014
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During her interview on Conan last night, Jenny Slate admitted that only recently has she watched one of the cornerstones of American cinema during the holidays, “It’s A Wonderful Life”.

While the movie is a classic, Jenny also revealed that she loved it in a way that most people probably have gotten to quite yet.

Side note: more movie reviews should be more like this.

Watch Teaser for the Farewell Season of “Parks and Recreation”
December 17, 2014
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The beginning of the final season of Parks and Recreation comes Tues. Jan. 13th at 8PM on NBC and you can get your imagination running with how the show will close with this teaser trailer. 

By the way, Johnny Karate, drones, and more in the teaser will definitely get your brain going.

Bridget Everett Has Just Taped a Special For Comedy Central
December 17, 2014
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Comedy Central already has comedy specials from Kyle Kinane and Matt Braunger lined-up for 2015 making a pretty damn good start for them for their comedy specials. 

Now, they’re adding on to that with a comedy special from an unstoppable force of musical comedy Bridget Everett.

Everett just taped “Gynecological Wonder”, which should blow the socks as well as many other items of clothing off anyone watching.

Hopefully, the special will come sooner to Comedy Central rather than later in 2015. We’ll let you know the premiere date as soon as we find out.

LA Comedy Rundown 12/17/14
December 17, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
NSFW w/Nikki Glaser Taping @ Occidental Studios Fri. Dec. 19th 4PM/6PM FREE w/RSVP
Married @ UCB Sunset Mon. Dec. 29th 8:30PM $5

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/7:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Oh Brother! presents: The Re-Imaginator @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Super Secret Comedy Show @ Lyric Theatre 8PM $9-$18
Loud Village presents… Comedy for the Holidays @ Troubadour 8PM $15
Not Safe For Work @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
Pints & Puns @ Angel City Brewery 8PM FREE
Rudy Casoni: Christmas Shitbird Sings Songs From His XXX-Mas Record S’no Balls @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
CleftClips presents: Hush Money Live @ The Virgil 8PM $8
The Apple Sisters Happy Holidoozy Merry Christ-mess Special @ Schkapf 8PM $15
Wild Horses present The Perspective @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
The Down Low Comedy Show @ 55 Degree Wine 9PM $5
Lush Hour @ Melody Lounge 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Lip Service @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $5
Set List at Extra Credit @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
Big Grande’s Freaks on a Leash @ UCB Sunset 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
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/1 item min.
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
THE GRANDVIEW MARKET 122210 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 5PM/Starts 6PM/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
PHO KING DELICIOUS 9350 Corbin Ave., Northridge, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by David Relyea
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
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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
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

Fighters For a Free North Korea To Drop in DVDs of “The Interview” Into North Korea
December 17, 2014
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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

As the reason for the Guardians of Peace’s hack of Sony, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s The Interview has been undergoing a lot of scrutiny over the last few weeks. Despite Seth Rogen’s appearance on The Colbert Report from last night, Rogen and James Franco have cancelled their upcoming media appearances to promote the movie according to BuzzFeed.

Yet, there might be hope yet for this movie as an activist group known as Fighters For a Free North Korea are planning to drop DVD copies of The Interview, as soon as they’re available, into North Korea via balloons. They’ve done the same for radios in order to bring the outside world to those living in the completely isolated North Korean borders. Undoubtedly, watching the movie in North Korea is probably committing high treason and we wouldn’t want to imagine that punishment that goes along with that.

So, this whole incident is undoubtedly going to be made into a movie or documentary feature, right?

Oh Yeah, Chris Rock’s Top Five Is Out in Theaters
December 17, 2014
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Chris Rock’s highly anticipated Top Five is now playing in plenty of theaters now after its release this past weekend.

In the middle of a crowded field of dark, subversive fare at your local movie theater, writer/director/star Chris Rock manages to balance a satire of Hollywood and being laugh out loud throughout in Top Five.

The cameos, of which they are many including Jerry Seinfeld, Brian Regan, Adam Sandler, Kevin Hart, Whoopi Goldberg, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, and Cedric the Entertainer are pretty damn fantastic and worth the price of admission alone.

So, go see Top Five now. 

The Best Show Returns Both Live Tonight And As a Podcast
December 16, 2014
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All you need to know is that The Best Show with Tom Scharpling will make an independent triumphant return tonight live at 6PM PST at TheBestShow.net and then released later as a podcast.

Make plans accordingly.

Watch Trailer for French Political Comedy “Tip Top”
December 16, 2014
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Tip Top directed by Serge Bozon will be France’s latest comedic export to the States and with stylistic combination of whodunit, farce, wryness, French actress Isabelle Huppert who has delighted U.S. audiences plenty, and more, it might be worth checking out.

iTunes Movie Trailers has the official U.S. trailer right now and you should give it a watch and you’ll get its idea. Currently, Tip Top is only playing in NYC, but hopefully it’ll get a slightly wider limited release soon.

Seth Rogen Clears Up Any Controversy About “The Interview” on The Colbert Report
December 16, 2014
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The so-called Guardians of Peace that have hacked, leaked, and doxxed Sony Pictures seem to have the sole goal of destroying the movie The Interview wherein a fictionalized attempt to assassinate North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un is attempted.

As a result, security was beefed up at the recent premiere here in LA and Rogen personally thanked Sony’s Amy Pascal for having the balls to make the movie. No incidents of note happened and were reported at the premiere.

Last night, Seth Rogen sat down with Stephen Colbert to chat about the movie and what possibly North Korea and the Guardians of Peace could possibly be so absurdly mad at that they use their capabilities to denounce an “assassination farce comedy”. 

Still, there are new threats by The Guardians of the Peace that reference 9/11 that claim, “We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places “The Interview” be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to. Soon all the world will see what an awful movie Sony Pictures Entertainment has made. The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of September 2001. We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time.”

As was this posted about this morning, you can see clearly that they missed out on the premiere, which took place last week.

In thinking what they could do as hackers to people going to watch the movie, maybe we all should just pay cash to see The Interview when it comes in theaters on Christmas?

MTV2’s Guy Code Adds Byron Bowers, Fahim Anwar, More
December 16, 2014
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MTV2’s panelist show Guy Code is not only on to its fifth season starting Jan. 14th, but it’s adding to a very solid handful of comedians to its roster.

This includes Byron Bowers, Matteo Lane, Fahim Anwar, Matthew Broussard, Monroe Martin, and more.

If you know this group at all, there should be a vastly differing perspective about whatever they’re trying to break down on Guy Code as well as it probably being really funny.

Here’s The First Promo for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
December 16, 2014
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Yesterday, we told you that the promotion for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore should be coming in around now with a Jan. 19th start date.

So, here’s your first look at the show with Larry Wilmore going out into the world and telling the people about his new show on Comedy Central, starting in a cafe.

Eric Andre Does His Own Monologue and Shows Off Tinder Profile on Conan
December 16, 2014
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Eric Andre has established himself as the type of talk show guest that doesn’t merely do a simple panel interview. Something always goes down when Eric sits on the couch. A lot of the time that “something” is him getting naked.

This time on Conan, Eric decided to go do his own monologue, which he “thinks” is better than Conan as well as try to dissect what’s “wrong” with his Tinder profile. 

Also, though it might not make sense until after watching, props go, as they usually do every night on Conan to Andrés du Bouchet.

LA Comedy Rundown 12/16/14
December 16, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
Greg Proops: Smartest Man in the World @ Nerdmelt Showroom Thurs. Dec. 18th 7PM $10
Don Rickles @ Saban Theatre Sat. Jan 17th 9PM $95.20-$157.60/$41.50 w/Goldstar

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
NSFW w/Nikki Glaser @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Sara Schaefer & Brooke Van Poppelen @ Oh My Ribs! Entertainment 8PM $7
This Show Was On My Vision Board @ Akbar 8PM FREE
Doug Loves Movies: 12 Guests of Xmas @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Baked @ Baked Potato 8:30PM/10:30PM $15
Pete Holmes Living at Largo @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30 
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Sunset 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Victory Lap 2nd Anniversary Holiday Spectacular @ The Virgil 9PM FREE
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Roast Battle @ The Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30PM FREE
Hannibal Buress @ The Mint LA 11:15PM $25 (stand by only)

OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Steve Hernandez and Paul Laier
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 5:45PM/Lottery/20 spots available
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
THE MOTH @ LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/Stories on theme of “rewards”/Lottery/5 min./10 spots only/$8 cover
THE OTHER DOOR 10437 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/To get a booked spot, email mouthypants@gmail.com by Monday at 5 PM/20 names will be chosen at random/Sign-up for 20 lottery spots starts at 7:30 at the show/Go to facebook.com/mouthypantscomedy for more details
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
KIBITZ ROOM @ CANTER’S 419 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/Lottery/No over the top vulgarity/6 min. w/any purchase, 3 min./without/Hosted by Burt Teplitzky and Danny McDermott
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/5 min.
WANG’S PLACE 120 E. Lemon Ave., Monrovia, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/One item min./6 min.
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-7min.
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic 
33 TAPS 6263 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/First come, first served/4-6 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Doug Dixon
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
88 CHINESE & SUSHI 418 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./$5 min. purchase/Hosted by Cindy Liebman
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM/Lottery/4.5 min./after booked show
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM after booked show/Lottery
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served

“The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” Gets a Logo
December 16, 2014
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The @NightlyShow with @LarryWilmore premieres in exactly five weeks. The #NightlyShow’s logo premieres right now. pic.twitter.com/IS72ghRtbf

— The Nightly Show (@nightlyshow)

December 16, 2014

The premiere of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is just over a month away on Jan. 19th and so promotion of it should be ramping up right about now. 

They have just gotten an official logo for the show, as you can see above, that’s a decided departure for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. It’s minimalist and clean not unlike the logo for another Daily Show alum’s post-Daily Show Daily Show-esque show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

However, we also think The Nightly Show logo is very reminiscent of another Comedy Central series that dealt with current issues from awhile ago, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. If that somehow means that they were be echoes of that in The Nightly Show, we’re on board.

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Wild West Comedy Festival Returns to Nashville Apr. 14
December 16, 2014
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(via Nashville Stand Up)

The second round of The Wild West Comedy Festival is coming back to Nashville, TN from Apr. 14th-19th. 

So far, they have the likes of Lewis Black, Joel McHale, Hannibal Buress, Eric Andre, Tig Notaro, Doug Benson, and more headlining the festival.

So, while you’re waiting until Bonnaroo in June to watch comedy in a giant tent, you definitely have the Wild West Comedy Festival, which is shaping up quite nicely, to look forward to if you in or around Tennessee.

Watch The Trailer for Season 2 of Australia’s “Danger 5” The Most Insane Series Trailer You’ve Seen in Awhile
December 15, 2014
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Australia’s very awesome very alt-WWII-action-comedy series Danger 5 is indeed coming back for a second season on Australia’s SBS 2 as we reported earlier this year.

To see what’s in store for the Danger 5 team on this go around, a trailer has just has been posted feature Hitler in varsity jacket, werewolves, dinosaurs, a group resembling Power Rangers, time travel, and plenty of things that may or may not have happened in Hitler’s lifetime.

Watch the trailer here to see what we’re talking about.

Season 2 of Danger 5 is premiering on SBS 2 Sun. Jan. 4th if you somehow get that channel here. If not, there is supposed to be good news for all of us not in Australia that want to watch very soon.

Until then, you can catch up with season one on this side of the Pacific on Hulu.

Stephen Colbert and Craig Ferguson Sign Off From Their Shows This Week
December 15, 2014
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The Colbert Report and Craig Ferguson’s run at The Late Late Show come to their end this week. The final episodes air Thurs. and Fri. on Comedy Central and CBS at 11:30PM and 12:35AM respectively.

Whether you’ll be able to feel it or not, this is the end of an era in late night televised comedy. Colbert’s shift from cable to network is big, going from a very successful, but very atypical late night show in The Colbert Report to the most traditional one at The Late Show, though many of us believe Colbert will be able to update it for his current fan base.

Craig Ferguson claims that he’ll go walk the earth and solve crimes with his robot skeleton sidekick Geoff Peterson after he leaves his show. However, we think that it’s only a few months to a year off before Ferguson is back hosting a show. Again, for our money, he’s one of the best interviewers in late night history. That’s why it’s particularly painful to see that CBS uploaded very few, short, out-of-context clips of his show on his YouTube channel. Ferguson could easily get in on the same demographics as late night Internet kings like Fallon, Kimmel, and Conan, but alas, you would have to watch a whole episode at CBS.com just to watch a whole interview or a clip of stand-up, which is something very few people, especially in key demos, want to do.

No matter how you feel about it, both shows have always been worth tuning in for and you definitely should tune in for their swan songs this week.

What might be most fascinating is that the final guests of The Late Late Show and The Colbert Report will be Jay Leno and The Grim Reaper AKA Grimmy, respectively. Somehow, that’s a very fitting contrast between old and new late night.

So, Cubans Are Now Making Fun of Their Government on Cuban TV
December 15, 2014
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(via AP)

An AP profile of televised Cuban comedy is showing that there’s movement in being able to satirize the bigger issues in Cuba.

A growing number of shows and comedians are speaking out through jokes about the inherent struggles of living in Cuba in its current state on shows like “Vivir del cuento”, which definitely sounds like progress. 

The revered name of Castro is a name that’s still a sacred cow apparently. However, if they keep heading in more freely expressive direction with their comedy, we’re sure that won’t last forever.

Read the whole profile here.

Matt Ingebretson Knows The Right Way to Bury a Body in the Woods
December 15, 2014
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Forget every true crime docu-series or show, podcast, etc. you’ve watched or listened to.

Matt Ingebretson along with Pat Bishop know how you should bury a body in the woods. Just watch it here and takes note very carefully.

NBC Drops Must See TV Thursday Comedy Block; Sets Hour of Multi-Cam on Tues
December 15, 2014
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(via Deadline)

NBC has really stuck to the recent philosophy posed by their chairman Bob Greenblatt who said that the network had a “very drama-heavy midseason schedule” when asked about selling Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to Netflix.

Since the early 90s, NBC had their Must See TV comedy block scheduled in stone that saw the likes of Seinfeld, Friends, Will & Grace, The Office, Parks and Recreation, and more air in primetime. Now, as a sign of the times, they have dropped Must See TV altogether and made a comedy block of multi-cam sitcoms Undateable and One Big Happy set for Tues. in 2015.

With this big programming shift, we’d be curious to see what percent of the entire viewing audience of any of NBC’s comedies over the last year watched the show live versus on an online streaming service, legal and illegal, of some kind on their own time.

Critics’ Choice Awards Also Have Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel Racking Up Nominations
December 15, 2014
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(via Variety)

Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel have already been gathering up a lot of nominations at The Golden Globes and The SAG Awards and the 20th Annual Critics Choice Awards are no different. Between the two, they stacked 24 nominations in various categories, Birdman with 13 and Grand Budapest Hotel with 11.

There’s a weird genre fragmentation at The Critics’ Choice Awards that has gotten both films nominated for Best Picture and Best Comedy. Top Five, 22 Jump Street, St. Vincent, Chef, Neighbors, Obvious Child, The Skeleton Twins, Edge of Tomorrow, Inherent Vice, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Lego Movie also all got nominations in Comedy and Action categories.

Despite how continually odd it is that awards put drama above everything, Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel give some hope that there might be happening less and less in the future.

The Critics Choice Awards will be televised live at A&E 6PM PST on Jan. 15th and hosted by Michael Strahan.

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