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Jenny Zigrino Sends Up All the Generations with Her Debut Hour Special “Jen-Z”
March 13, 2023
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The tapping of generational divides is a time honored source of comedy and very likely will be until, well, the end of time. That said, it takes exceptional comedic prowess, skill, and talent to find unique, singular footing on such well-tread territory. The keen wit and acumen of Jenny Zigrino in her first marvelous, amazingly self-produced hour special Jen-Z very much hit that mark (as well as broke away from the unfortunate comic habit of purely punching down at younger generations).

Zigrino herself is a Millennial and cheekily called it Jen-Z with plenty of great material on how Generation Z stole the thunder that Millennials had going for them going right before COVID-19 shuddered everything for awhile (Also, Jenny’s COVID material delightfully stands out from the countless hours of it we’ve seen over the last three years). Gen-X and Baby Boomers are in the mix too since Jenny does her due diligence to make inclusively satirize all ages.

Again, Jenny makes sure that any sort of generational bitterness gets evened out by a very insightful and funny balance for folks younger (who want everyone to be sexually gratified) and older (who didn’t have to find love through a dating app). Throughout Jen-Z, it’s a great reminder that people of all times are trying their best and some of the best comedy comes from finding where people’s “best” is sometimes just worthy of a participation trophy.

Jenny Zigrino: Jen-Z is now streaming on YouTube for your convenience, free of charge. Look for Jen-Z as an album from Blonde Medicine on Apr. 14th.

Pick of the Day: WAR (in NYC) Mondays Starting 3/27
March 13, 2023
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Over the last couple of years, whether you know it or not, NYC has gotten some true gems from the LA comedy scene. Namely, James Austin Johnson, Neel Ghosh, and Dave Ross have relocated to New York and spreading their honed comedy wares across the five boroughs. They all had their own respective, cherished comedy happenings that they built out in LA (Rod Stewart Live, Night Voyage, Good Heroin), but they’re set on making their mark in NYC (especially if they’re not already on SNL… yet).

So, these three hysterical LA-to-NYC transplants are banding together to make use of the fact that are way more night owls in New York and are setting up a weekly late night, Monday stand-up show at Brooklyn’s venerable comedy stage, Union Hall. What are they calling this 10PM Monday night comedy hang in Park Slope that’s probably equal parts chill and madcap fun? WAR. Perhaps, a perfect name?

 WAR commences on (most) Mondays at Union Hall starting Mar. 27th at $11.55 a pop. Go get tickets over and over here.

 

I Think You Should (Remember May 30th Before You) Leave
March 10, 2023
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triples is best. I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE WITH TIM ROBINSON. season 3. may 30. pic.twitter.com/qVEbTwyNkx

— Netflix Is A Joke (@NetflixIsAJoke) March 10, 2023

Almost without argument, the two seasons of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson represent some of the best sketch comedy of the past decade and, very likely, this century. Robinson’s unhinged characters, all seeming to build towards and very much past a boiling point, living up to the title of the show, are almost a perfect panacea to the very real chaos that we’ve been living through since the show premiered on Netflix in 2019.

It’s a great reminder that there is sketch comedy television these days outside of SNL, especially when a mind like Tim Robinson’s gets to run wild.

So, with that said, you very much should set several reminders that Tues. May 30th (i.e. midnight on Monday) will be when you should start binging season 3 of the critically acclaimed, award winning, abjectly absurdist sketch series I Think You Should Leave.

Pick of the Day: Crane’s Comedy 7 Year Anniversary (in LA) 3/15
March 10, 2023
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Once just a hidden gem of a bar guarded by a bank vault door (we’re not kidding about that), Crane’s Bar in DTLA has become a fixture of great comedy in DTLA. They’ve carried a torch for 7 years making a neighborhood-y feeling basement a great spot to watch many of LA’s finest, both famous and on-the-rise, take the mic in a setting that’s pretty much as intimate as it can get.

By “they”, we do mean the splendid team that currently consists of Trish Hadley, Bri Pruett, Aston Wallace, and Trevor Smith. Come Wed. Mar. 15th at 8PM, they’re going to mark their 7 year anniversary with a damn fine line-up of Candice Thompson, Sean Grant, Derrick C. Brown, and Madison Shepard.

Don’t miss out on one of the only comedy shows in LA that makes it worth going downstairs from ground level and go get your tickets at $10 a pop right here right now.

SNL Post Editors Set Date of April Fools Day to Strike If NBCU Doesn’t Reach New Contract Agreement
March 9, 2023
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(via Deadline)

For months now, the post-production editors of Saturday Night Live, the department crucial to many of the most viral clips on SNL these days, have been trying to negotiate a contract renewal as a unionized group with NBC Universal. No such agreement has been reached at this point and, as such, the SNL Post-Production Editors have set a date for April 1st to walk out in the fight for fair wages and health benefits.

Doing post production for a live-to-air show usually means that crunch time is all the time. That is the pace of Saturday Night Live in general, but one often only hears of the long hours and wild turnaround times for the writers and performers. The crew and staff behind SNL are under the same sort of pressures, but operate thanklessly (at least from the general public) in the shadows. So, it shouldn’t be the case that people that are putting together all the fake commercials, graphics, etc. should be struggling with their pay or health care for such an TV and comedy institution as Saturday Night Live.

We can only hope their terms are met by NBCU as April 1st just happens to be on a Saturday.

Also, it should be noted that April Fools’ Day is finally getting a much needed shake-up.

Get Ready for a Multiverse Rom Com Series with “SLIP”
March 9, 2023
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No matter where you look, the multiverse is in the air. Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is poised to be the most winningest movie of the year and while the world is still rife with utter chaos and devastation at the moment, the escape of a multiversal story will be appealing to us all for quite some time.

Cue in Zoe Lister-Jones’ latest, SLIP, where Jones finds herself transported to other alternate realities/universes upon reaching sexual completion. The premise is already pretty cheeky and enticing, but Lister-Jones never shies away from exploring the emotional depths of what is an abjectly absurd situation. Finding herself and love through the multiverse seems, as you can see in the first trailer for SLIP here, ought to spectacularly go through a whole universe of emotions during the entire run of the series (complete with TCB favorite Whitmer Thomas).

Thankfully, you’ll be able to stream this free of charge at your convenience at The Roku Channel on Fri. Apr. 21st.

Please Enjoy Greg Barris’ Late Night Debut on Corden
March 9, 2023
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Fresh off the release of his stellar album Deep Healing, Greg Barris is making quite the rounds with his stand-up in 2023. His self-effacing, hip charm and semi-mystical hijinks have been a personal favorite of ours for, well, as long as we’ve been around as a Bureau (nearly 13 years at this point).

So, it’s a bit of a mystery as to why Barris just notched in his first late night stand-up set last night on The Late Late Show with James Corden, but we’re glad that it happened and that Greg did one of “the hits”, a bit about his expectations of dating people of a certain name.

With all of that said, go watch and enjoy Greg’s late night debut here.

Pick of the Day: Shane Torres Live Special Taping (in NYC) 3/18
March 9, 2023
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Shane Torres is and has been one of the funniest comics working out of NYC. Just watch him do an entire late night set on (and consequently have the definitive bit about) Guy Fieri.

With that in mind on top of the fantastic album Established 1981, it’s a bit wild that Shane hasn’t done an hour  special yet. Thanks to the shirtless wonder that is Bert Kreischer, Shane is going to change that and tape his very first hour next week.

Specifically, Shane is doing two tapings, 7PM & 10PM on Sat. Mar. 18th, at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn with tickets going for $25.14 a pop. You can (and very much should) get them here and here respectively.

“Jury Duty” Sets Out to Elaborately Prank One Real Juror in a Fake Court Case
March 8, 2023
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When it comes to prank shows, there is plethora of Punk’d and offshoots of it. Many of those just come down to a few awkward moments that, perhaps, a few friends are in on and focused in on celebrities or, conversely, random strangers out in the world.

The upcoming Amazon Freevee (Amazon’s attempt to get you hooked and maybe pay for Amazon Prime?) series Jury Duty goes above and beyond by staging an entire court case with judge, prosecution, defense, jurors, etc. and one real guy who doesn’t know it’s all fake. There are echoes of The Rehearsal, though not nearly as meta as the award winning series. Also, James Marsden  is on the whole thing as well (and TCB favorites Mekki Leeper and David Brown from The Shrimp Boys).

Take a gander for yourself with the trailer here, then look for it free of charge on Amazon Freevee starting Apr. 7th.

 

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 154: Byron Bowers & Keeping It Raw
March 8, 2023
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Often, the idea of being raw on stage gets misconstrued with spouting off and saying shocking things for unfettered schadenfreude. The rawness of Byron Bowers and his comedy comes from such a genuine place as he is in between so many worlds and wants to speak his comedic truth in the purest way possible. The result often takes him and his audience into darker territory, but always subverted with hysterical observations, which has gotten him his first special on the coolest cable network, FX, and a number of roles on such high profile shows as Irma Vep and the upcoming Natalie Portman-vehicle Lady in the Lake. We talk with Byron on this week’s TCB Field Report on his whole journey, which might turn into a book that you very much should get and read, to being truly one of the funniest comedians working today.

Follow Byron across socials @byronbowers and watch Spiritual N**GA on Hulu.

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via Patreon or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger
Photo by Troy Conrad

Pick of the Day: The 6th Annual One Liner Madness (in NYC) 3/23
March 8, 2023
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March Madness is in the air, which, thankfully, is just a NCAA-College-Basketball-Tournament-thing and not another sort of rabid virus that will force us to stay at home.

With that sort of spirit in the air, one might be intrigued by a one-liner joke March Madness-style tournament (though there probably won’t be any sort of “bracketology” with this one). Indeed, that’s what’s happening for the sixth year at The Bell House with One Liner Madness. 64 of the NYC comedy scene’s finest will go head-to-head with their very best one liners for a very real trophy and cash prize. For joke purists, this ought to be a dream.

Thus far, slated to compete/joke are:

Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero, Last Week Tonight)
Ophira Eisenberg (NPR, iHeart Radio’s Parenting Is a Joke)
Pedro Gonzalez (Colbert)
Kenice Mobley (Fallon)
Kate Willet (Comedy Central Standup)
Mike Drucker (Samantha Bee, Fallon)
Mohanad Elshieky (Conan)
Brittany Carney (The Comedy Cellar)
Myq Kaplan (Fallon, Last Comic Standing)
Ginny Hogan (The New Yorker) 

w/hosts Emily Winter (Nickelodeon, NPR) and Larry Mancini (ESPN Radio)

Best of all, proceeds for One Liner Madness will go towards Shelter Chic Animal Rescue.

The 6th Annual One Liner Madness is set to go down on Thurs. Mar. 23rd at The Bell House tipping off at 8PM. Tickets are $19.72 and you best go get them here.

A Kyle Kinane Special, Shocks & Struts, Approaches
March 7, 2023
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One of the best comedy voices in our generation/era belongs to one Kyle Kinane. Kyle might get bashful with such a statement, but that humility feeds the ingenious bits and poetic hilarity that has seen him through several brilliant hours of comedy. When we first started covering comedy over a decade ago, we fell in love with Death of the Party, Kinane’s first album and pretty much watched this 10 minute bit about oversized pizza on repeat for a week.

Needless to say, the prospect of another special of Kinane’s coming out soon is extremely exciting and has been long awaited (Trampoline in a Ditch came out in 2020). Shocks & Struts is that special and Kinane just posted a teaser that has us thinking there is something very special coming on this month with this hour.

See for yourself here and then, likely, pay $10 because you’ll want to see as soon as you can starting Mar. 15th.

Howdy gang. New special on deck. March 15th for $10 dollars for you early birds, or wait until March 30 and get it for FREE.https://t.co/IiHdzLeImE pic.twitter.com/V2fokMcQXf

— Elon Musk (for serious Im totally him) (@kylekinane) March 7, 2023

Enjoy UK Comedy Star Diane Morgan on Seth Meyers Becoming an American Comedy Star Because of Cunk on Earth
March 7, 2023
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The names Diane Morgan and Philomena Cunk as well as the title Cunk on Earth may not be familiar to your Yankee ears, but we hope that changes from the time you finish reading this post forward. Morgan, not unlike Steve Coogan has done with Alan Partridge, has become synonymous with a certain extremely aloof, easily mistaken, yet fully confident presenter. The name of said presenter is a comically rich tapestry of syllables, Philomena Cunk. Throughout several series and specials, Morgan has taken on sending up every documentary series that is perhaps too self-serious and thus played Cunk as dryly as possible while often saying the most idiotic things she can say, often to real life field experts.

Cunk on Earth is the latest work from Diane as Philomena and a grand exploration of the history of mankind, but done with the lens of someone who assuredly thinks they’ve got the right take, but has less veracity to their facts than non-peer reviewed pages on Wikipedia (though there are some piercingly funny truths that she points out like Europe’s insistence on their innovation of the printing press when that existed in Asia well before that time). The result is so damn funny, often ratcheted up through the absurdity and awkwardness with history professors and art historians that have to deal with Philomena and her quest to ask “dumb questions”.

See for yourself in the Cunk on Earth trailer here.

Also, Cunk on Earth is likely the first American exposure that Cunk has gotten as the series is streaming on Netflix and is gaining traction through the platform. As such, Morgan appeared on Seth Meyers last night to talk up the series, show herself as the perfect person to play Philomena since Diane hates most history, and generally show off how wonderfully dry she is.

Right, you should go watch all of Cunk on Earth (it’s a short binge, we promise) right now and make your week better.

 

 

Get Your First Look at the Final Season of Barry and the Conclusion of Hitman Comedy
March 7, 2023
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Over 3 seasons, Bill Hader and Alec Berg have dazzled us all with the bleakly dark, but still very hysterical Barry, following a troubled hitman desperately trying to being an actor (and a better person) and nothing but chaos trailing him at every turn. For our money, it’s one of the best dark comedies that there ever has been and has elevated the game in terms of how comedy can be directed for TV (or even for movies-the show is one of the most cinematic comedies).

Without giving too much away, the seemingly impossible redemption path for Barry, at the outset of season 4, seems even more impossible now, at least on Barry’s terms. This first teaser for season 4 is already so enticing and yet leaves so many possibilities open to what end Barry might ultimately come to (a happy ending? probably not in the capital-H sense).

Get a taste of this fourth and final season of Barry here, then make sure you have access to HBO on Apr. 16th when it premieres.

Pick of the Day: ONE NIGHT STAND: A STAND-UP COMEDY BENEFIT FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES (in LA) 3/15
March 7, 2023
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Rachel Bloom, Guy Branum, and Sabrina Jalees just being on a show together should be reason enough to pay good money to go watch a live comedy show on a weeknight. Also, a live comedy show that supports Planned Parenthood Advocates at a time where an alarming number of states in America have rolled back reproductive rights and abortion access is yet another great reason alone to go pay very good money to go see live comedy any night of the week.

Lucky for you, the twain are happening for One Night Stand: A Stand-Up Comedy Benefit set for the Lodge Room in LA’s Highland Park next Wed. Mar. 15th at 8PM. Indeed, Bloom, Branum, and Jalees will be bringing a very special night of comedy in support of the aforementioned Planned Parenthood Advocates and it’s more than worth tickets starting at $75 to attend/have the time of your life/support. Go get tix right now right here.

Nick Youssef Beautifully Shows the Uselessness of Toxic Masculinity on “Take Care”
March 6, 2023
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As historic as it is that Chris Rock performed his latest hour special as a live-to-stream broadcast on Netflix, the vision of the world that Rock paints seems, in a word, defeatist (except for the final passage where he screams about Will Smith being a bitch for slapping him over and over), especially when it comes the whims of men and their relationship to their masculinity. When you remember that Rock is 58, his proclamations about how women’s beauty runs the world seem a little less surprising.

In contrast, Nick Youssef’s latest hour, his special Take Care, presents a subversively nuanced idea of what a man and mental wellness can (and should) be in 2023. Through a seamless work of resonant and funny personal stories with what an actually healthy relationship looks like (i.e. plenty of crying is allowed), the feeling of getting the right depression meds, keen observations of “men being men” from a distance (though still viewed as a man), Nick concludes that men, and really everyone, would do so much better if they took the title of this special to heart.

This hour makes you wonder how, in 2023, toxic masculinity can be so toxic still when there is much more empathetic and evolved side to those folks who go by he/him, but does leave you hopeful that there is a growing death-rattle-ish air to the men afraid of being “feminized”. That’s a rare feat as is in comedy at any time, but even more so in a year that features a big time comedy special called “From Bleak to Dark”.

Lucky for us all, Nick Youssef’s Take Care is streaming for your convenience, free of charge, on YouTube right here.

Get Your First Look at Boots Riley’s Latest “I’m a Virgo”
March 6, 2023
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About 5 years ago, Boots Riley kicked the door in at theaters with his directorial debut Sorry to Bother You and left one hell of a mark on our brain for how daring and hysterical and original and how unapologetically satirical it was (the ending is one of the most unforgettable endings we’ve seen in a movie). Of course, we were chomping at the bit for whatever Boots’ next project would be. Talk of I’m a Virgo, the story of a thirteen foot tall black man trying to figure out his way in the world in Oakland, CA was announced to be that very project, but a certain pandemic made the wait for said project longer than we all would have liked.

Thankfully, that wait is coming to an end soon and, as of today, we were all treated to a first glimpse of what I’m A Virgo would look/sound/feel like and it has the makings of something, perhaps, as exciting as Sorry to Bother You (and a star making turn for the lead playing the 13 footer, Brett Gray).

There’s a sense of 21st century magical realism set against the tattered quilt that is America and we’re on board for wherever Riley chooses to go with it.

See for yourself with the I’m A Virgo teaser here, then make sure you have some way to watch Amazon Prime in order to see it when it comes out, presumably, some time this year.

Pick of the Day: AND THE OSCAR GOES TO… (in NYC) 3/14
March 6, 2023
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The Oscars are less than a week away and don’t be surprised if things are way more buttoned down compared to what might be one of the most infamous Oscars of all time with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock in the middle of the telecast just a year ago. Suffice it to say that there should be almost no surprises (especially with Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeping the awards season this year).

So, to make the Oscars more fun Nikki Palumbo, Ilana Michelle Rubin, and producer Adam Gold are assembling dozens of NYC comedy’s finest to do their own acceptance speeches (and probably find a fun way to contend with getting played off) for what they’re calling And The Oscar Goes To…. Thus far, the folks slated to accept a fictional Oscar (or practice for the future) will be:

Chanel Ali
Jenny Arimoto
Charlie Bardey
Michelle Chan Bennett
Lauren Brickman
Justin Catchens
Neil D’Astolfo
Alon Elian
Emily Evans
Brandon Follick
Matt Friend
Devin Gant
Alex Iona
Luisa Lange
Glennis LaRoe
Gara Lonning
Alise Morales
Mila Myles
Charlie O’Connor
Nikki Palumbo
Richard Perez
Reid Pope
Kathryn Margaret Rose
Jesse Roth
Ilana Michelle Rubin
Sami Schwaeber
Kate Sisk
Karolena Theresa
Shenuque Tessera
Jeff Wright
Sabrina Wu

Also, you won’t have to worry about whether to watch The Oscars or And The Oscar Goes To… as this will happen well after the last afterparty wraps and the winner of your Oscar betting pool is done gloating on Tues. Mar. 14th at 8PM at Littlefield in Brooklyn.

Tickets are $15.54 right now and you can (and should) get them here.

 

Pick of the Day: The Civil Dead (in LA) 3/10, 3/15, 3/16
March 3, 2023
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Though one might not have been able to predict a marvelous indie horror comedy would come from two members of a punk comedy outfit known as Powerviolence nearly a decade ago, there was always promise of something satisfyingly offbeat and originally funny from the group that had stars (and writer and director) of The Civil Dead (2023), Whitmer Thomas and Clay Tatum.

Tatum and Thomas have probably made the most grounded ghost movie in cinema history, probably even more so than A Ghost Story (2017), and weave nuanced humor into the shaky friendship between two estranged friends coming together through one of them being a ghost and the other being the only other person who can see them. Thomas and Tatum do a splendid job tapping comedy out of the day-to-day logistics of being a ghost and how it would affect any of their relationships, if they can find anyone to talk to. Take a gander for yourself with the trailer here.

Pretty fun, huh?

Well, The Civil Dead has been touring from theater to theater across the U.S. and is returning to LA via The Los Feliz 3 starting next Friday. There will be a limited engagement thanks to American Cinematheque on Mar. 10th, 15th, & 16th at 10PM, complete with an in-person intro from Clay and Whit. Do take the chance to see The Civil Dead here in a movie theater if you can with other folks. Tickets are only $13 and you can (and should) go get them here.

 

Watch Trailer for “The Year Between”, a Different Sort of Coming-of-Age Dramedy
March 3, 2023
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While there is a good amount of discussion about and truthful, enlightening depictions of mental health these days, especially in comedy, it still feels like it’s not enough, especially how mired in chaos the world is these days.

Thankfully, the conversation about one’s mental health is getting more and more normalized and certainly having great comedic explorations of it, on stage and screen, is a big part of that. The upcoming feature The Year Between definitely seems as though it’ll be one such a film that follows a college dropout being diagnosed with a new mental illness during, we’d assume, the titular “year between”.

The trailer promises a refreshingly alternative, but unflinchingly honest, and very funny coming-of-age story (much different from the kind that track fish-out-of-water dealing with graduating their senior year). More impressively, writer/director Alex Heller takes on the starring role in her first theatrical feature, which already seems to have the makings of an indie hit (and a great spark to expanding the dialogue about mental health).

See for yourself in the trailer for The Year Between here, then look for it in limited release at a theater near you right now.

Dan Harmon’s Krapopolis Gets a Third Season Renewal Order Before Even Premiering
March 2, 2023
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At this point, we’ve been teased plenty for Dan Harmon’s non-Rick & Morty animated series, Krapopolis, that has set to premiere on Fox indefinintely. That’s the thing; it hasn’t even premiered yet. Despite years of first looks, exclusive clips, and even exclusive NFT Krapopolis content, the show itself has actually hit the air/streaming platforms and, this week, Fox announced that Krapopolis will be getting a third season.

Fox has long since been a network titan when it comes to adult animation and continue to do so with a programming block of The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, The Great North, and Family Guy. Adult Swim and Netflix have made their mark with several series from Aqua Teen Hunger Force to Big Mouth, but they haven’t lasted as long as the dynasty that is Fox Animation. With that in mind, it’s quite the to see top brass at Fox, especially in a time where TV is shrinking their production and programming slates for cost saving measures, to hand out a third season to Harmon’s show that envisions the pettiest version of various gods across cultures trying to make the ideal human city.

As astounding as that is, it’s hopeful to see a broadcast network actually have faith enough in their product to give it room to grow, evolve, and, perhaps, become another legacy adult animated series to follow in the footsteps left by Matt Groening and Loren Bouchard.

Pick of the Day: Why Won’t You Date Me? Live w/ Nicole Byer (in LA) 4/5
March 2, 2023
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One of the best podcasts about dating, comedy or otherwise, is Nicole Byer’s Why Won’t You Date Me? Sparked from Byer hunting down the truth of why past hook-ups wouldn’t date her, the podcast has evolved over the years into an expansive and candid look into the entire spectrum of dating, inclusive of all genders and sexual/relationship identities. Oh yeah, Byer also just happens to be one of the funniest people around today, which is why this one of an entire empire of podcasts that Byer hosts.

Nicole will be doing a very special live edition of Why Won’t You Date Me? at The Elysian come Wed. Apr. 5th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $35, but they ought to be worth more. Go get them before they sell out here.

 

Black Horror Movie Tropes Will Be Joyfully Picked Apart with “The Blackening”
March 2, 2023
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Even with Get Out showing the world at large that there is so much to be explored in horror from a Black perspective, there are still plenty of Black stereotypes well-baked into the genre that need to be dug up and chucked out.

With that in mind, writers DeWayne Perkins and Tracy Oliver along with director Tim Story are doing just that with their upcoming horror comedy, The Blackening. Taking the framework of the Saw franchise, seven friends have to play a twisted killer’s game in order to survive, but they, as Black folks who all know too well what happens to Black characters in so many horror movies, will take a bit of a different approach to seeing the light of day and making it out alive. From the trailer, there seems to be plenty of mischievous meta horror fun especially with a tag line like “WE ALL CAN’T DIE FIRST”.

Also, the cast boasts such marvelous comic talents of Jermaine Fowler, DeWayne Perkins, Yvonne Orji, Jay Pharoah, and Grace Byers. 

It feels as though this movie should have been made a long time ago, but, we’re thankful that it’s going to come out at theaters everywhere this Summer on Jun. 16th. In the meantime, enjoy the trailer for The Blackening over and over here.

Pick of the Day: Two Dykes and a Mic (in NYC) 3/8
March 1, 2023
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The hysterical duo of Rachel Scanlon and McKenzie Goodwin normally have all the splendid queer mischief with Two Dykes and a Mic on the West Coast where they’re based, but the rest of the country is going to get treated to live episodes of the pod. Rachel and McKenzie have hit the road and are right smack dab in the middle of a nationwide Two Dykes and a Mic tour.

Thankfully, for NYC folks, one of those stops will include the very chic City Winery. On Wed. Mar. 8th at 8PM, Scanlon and Goodwin will take over the Main Stage and it will undoubtedly one of those rollicking live podcast tapings that you really ought to not skip just because you could probably listen to it later for free.

Tickets range from $25-$30 and are going fast. Go get ’em here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 153: Mary O’Connell & Winning a Comedy Contest on OnlyFans TV
March 1, 2023
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Only Fans isn’t only for individually empowered adult content anymore and, to prove that, Only Fans put on their very own stand-up comedy competition on their safe-for-work side of the platform of.tv. Up and coming UK comedian Mary O’Connell emerged victorious for the Only Fans Creative Fund: Comedy Edition winning £100K and talks us through that entire wild ride as well as how UK comedy is getting on these days compared to us here, Stateside.

Follow Mary @marywiththegoldshoes on IG, @marydoesgigs on Twitter, and @marebearmarebear on Only Fans.

You can watch the entire Only Fans Creative Fund: Comedy Edition completely for free at of.tv here.

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Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

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