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Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele Are Ending“Key & Peele” After This Season

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Keegan and Jordan want to emphasize that it’s them, not Comedy Central, that has brought them to this decision to end the show, which is regarded as a stand-out in this golden age of television.

After five groundbreaking seasons, both Key and Peele want the breathing room to explore other projects and passions and are thus bringing their highly acclaimed sketch series Key & Peele to a close.

Take note that they do want to keep working together plenty in the future. On leaving, Keegan says, “I’m thinking we could do that every three years – take a year, go bang out a movie. That’s the plan right now.”

So, before you go getting all wistful and start going through Key & Peele all over again (a thing you should totally do), remember this isn’t the end of one of the great comedy duos to ever be.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler don’t get to work on everything together, but it’s all the more special when they do and perhaps that what it will be like with Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in the years to come.

James Corden Fills in for a Shift at and Hangs Out “Pink’s Hot Dogs”

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The latest installment of James Corden’s Late Late Show “Take a Break” segment takes Corden to the LA landmark known as Pink’s Hot Dogs on La Brea.

While he’s filling in for someone, he attempts to make his mark by making his own hot dog, instituting a new glove policy, perhaps eating food that he shouldn’t be eating, etc.

Watch it all here.

Matt Walsh and Timothy Simons Are Developing a College Football Comedy “Red Shirt” at Paramount

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Take a brief moment to enjoy the idea of Mike and Jonah from Veep working on a movie together.

Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Paramount have gotten on board for Matt Walsh and Timothy Simons’ college football comedy “Red Shirt”.

There are no other details as of right now, but don’t be surprised to hear that it would be an improvised movie and has a dash of Walsh’s sports podcast, Bear Down.

LA Comedy Rundown 7/26/15

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ON THE HORIZON
Toasty @ Outfit Home Wed. Jul. 29th 8PM
Set List @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Aug. 7th 10PM $15/2 item min.

COMEDY CRAWL
Paul F. Tompkins Presents: The Contractual Obligation Double Feature @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $15 (stand by only)
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Sunset 7PM FREE
Hot Sauce Celebrates 10 Years of UCB in LA @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Third Base Showcase @ Ham & Eggs Tavern 8PM FREE
Other Comedy! @ Otherwild 8PM FREE
The Master Cleanse @ Boardner’s 8PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Neil Hamburger with Special Guests @ The Satellite LA 8:30PM $8
Dance Monkey Dance @ Neon Venus Art Theatre 8:30PM $5
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
Joke Trivia @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 9PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Search History @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
BLACKLIGHT DISTRICT LOUNGE 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA/Starts 12PM/Ends 4PM/First come, first served/10-20 min./Hosted by Spencer Kalander
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedy for more info and to sign up/Starts 5PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
VENICE GRIND 12224 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/5 min./Mixed mic/2-3 songs for musicians/Hosted by Shanon O’Donnell/No purchase necessary
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton, Joel Jimenez, Roman Fraden, and/or Kat Yeary
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses/Music guy-Kenneth Lion

“Rick and Morty” Season 2 Premieres Tonight

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Drop whatever you’re doing at 11:30PM tonight and make sure you’re tuned into Adult Swim.

That’s when the long awaited premiere of season 2 of Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon’s Rick and Morty will finally arrive on a TV screen that we sincerely hope that you’re watching.

Until then, you can chant “Rick and Morty forever”, we guess.

Please Listen to Dana Gould Deliver This Year’s JFL Montreal Keynote Address

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Whether you’re in comedy or just in the arts, the brilliant Dana Gould gave a hell of a keynote address at this year’s JFL Montreal Comedy Festival.

If this round of commencement speeches this year didn’t feel inspiring enough for you, please listen to his address here.

If nothing else, you’ll get to hear Dana talk for 30 minutes into a mic, which is, in case you don’t know, pretty fantastic.

Watch David Angelo Show How “Nothin’s Easy” and Pretty Absurd

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Comedy Central’s latest web series, Nothin’s Easy, comes from the mind of one David Angelo.

In this series, you get to watch David show how no matter where you’re at in life, there are always going to be obstacles of some kind like trying to buy commercialized weed…

…or avoiding funding causes you don’t believe in…

…or the quality of your therapy off of Obamacare or trying to buy commercialized weed.

Whether you think those are obstacles that would really be considered taxing on a person or not, it’s still really fun to watch David Angelo go through them.

“Professor Blastoff” Podcast Coming To an End

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What a way to end a week of cancellations/endings.

One of the longer running podcasts at Earwolf, Professor Blastoff, is coming to an end after 217 episodes. This is the latest end of a comedy series in a week filled with the cancellations of HAPPYish, China, IL, and The Comedians as well as the announcement that this current season will be the final season of Key & Peele.

While it’s sad to see this podcast go, it’s great that Professor Blastoff’s crew is doing quite well in their own right. Tig Notaro has her stand-up really taking off, David Huntsberger has his own show to host on Syfy, Reactor, and Kyle Dunnigan is part of the Emmy nominated staff of Inside Amy Schumer.

If you’re looking for another podcast that wonderfully intersects science and comedy, may we suggest Probably Science.

LA Comedy Rundown 7/27/15

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ON THE HORIZON
HOA: A Pilot Screening @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum Sat. Aug. 1st 9PM FREE
Gandhi Show LA @ Westside Comedy Theater Tues. Aug. 4th 8PM $5

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s @midnight w/Chris Hardwick @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Kids Drink Free @ Venice Bistro 7PM FREE
A Band and a Movie: Busdriver + Attack the Block @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $12
Match Game Celebrates 10 Years of UCB in LA @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off @ Alfredo’s Beach Club 8PM FREE
Burnouts @ The Airliner 8PM Donations accepted
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
In Vino Veritas @ Colorado Wine Company 8PM FREE
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
The Blind Barber’s Secret Show @ The Blind Barber 8PM FREE w/RSVP (RSVP full)
The Big & Tall Show @ The Lash 8:30PM FREE
Kibitz Room Comedy @ The Kibitz Room at Canter’s 9PM FREE
The Business LA @ Little Joy Cocktails 9:30PM FREE
Harold Night Celebrates 10 Years of UCB in LA @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Just The Two of Us @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 10PM FREE
I Found My Soulmate in Australia: Becky Lucas @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 5PM/5 min./First come, first served
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/3 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/End 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
OH HEY GUYS @ UCB INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Storytelling only/8 min. only/4-5 min./4-5 slots/Lottery/No purchase necessary
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3-5 min.
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up at evan@dudelyjones.com
THE WAREHOUSE LOUNGE 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 7:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./8 spots only/No purchase necessary
THE GOOD NIGHT 10721 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:20PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/1 item min./3-5 min./Hosted by Lindsay Adam, Ever Mainard, and Caitlin Bergh
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Jay Weingarten
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
HOOTERS 6922 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9:15PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary/Presented by Stephen Holleman, Joleen Lunzer-Hernandez, Kristen Alberts, Tom McNaughton
MELODY LOUNGE 939 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Terrence Newman and Alex Hanna
CORNER BAR 924 S. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/$1-2 donation/First come, first served/Hosted by Jasmin Leigh
BIG WANGS 1562 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/1 item min./First come, first served
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around MIDNIGHT after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary

Comedy Central Is Giving Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder Their Own Sirius XM Show and Hour Specials

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Comedy Central really wants to get into the Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder business.

Starting tonight, Oakerson and Soder will host The Bonfire with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder on Comedy Central’s Sirius XM channel. They’ll do live shows Mon. and Wed. from 3PM to 5PM PST. Like a true blue radio show, they’ll be taking callers as well, which should make for plenty of fun if you know Dan and Big Jay.

On top of that, each of them will get their own hour long Comedy Central special that will premiere some time in 2016.

We’d hope that you’d know Oakerson and Soder from their previous stand-up specials, albums, TV/radio appearances, etc. by now. If you don’t, Comedy Central wants to make sure you do by next year.

John Oliver Shows How Ridiculous Many Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences Are

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This week, John Oliver pushes forward as the leader in edutainment in taking his main segment at Last Week Tonight to discuss the sheer absurdity of the length of some mandatory minimum prison sentences for crimes where the person was really just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Watch, learn, laugh, and think here.

Here’s Andy Kindler Delivering The 2015 State of the Industry Address at JFL Montreal

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Despite his own protestations about being good at roasting, Andy Kindler roasts the entire industry of comedy every year at The JFL Montreal Comedy & Arts Festival. It’s like enjoying a new hour from Kindler every summer.

So, without further adieu, here’s Andy’s 2015 edition of The State of the Industry Address wherein he sticks it to that thing Jerry Seinfeld said about colleges and more.

Here’s a Full Trailer for “Ferrell Takes The Field”

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The full trailer for Ferrell Takes The Field shows Will Ferrell grace the diamond in all 10 different uniforms while delivering a Ferrell-style speech at a real MLB spring training game rather than in a sports movie. You’ll notice, as Letterman noted earlier this year, Will does look pretty slick in a MLB uniform.

Watch the trailer here, then look for the premiere on Sept. 12th at 10PM on HBO.

Nathan Fielder Has Season of 3 “Nathan For You” and Hemorrhoid Surgery Coming This Fall

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Big news: Nathan for You returns to @ComedyCentral on Oct 15. Put it in your calendar. I did! pic.twitter.com/PIkiE3Dk01

Of course, Nathan Fielder would opt for the misdirect route for announcing the premiere date of the new season of his new show rather than a press release.

Well, look for Nathan For You season 3 on Oct. 15 on Comedy Central at 10PM, then be sure to send Nathan get well cards on Nov. 3rd.

You Can Watch The Season 2 Premiere of “Rick and Morty” at AdultSwim.com Now

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We know that you got a spare half hour lying around somewhere today.

Season 2 of Rick and Morty premiered last night and if, somehow, you missed it and don’t have a DVR, you can watch it now at AdultSwim.com for a few days.

Even if you already saw it, it’s worth watching again.

In fact, you can watch that, then catch up on season 1 on Hulu.

TV Land Orders Script for Single Camera Comedy From Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

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TV Land’s rebranding seems to be going alright.

The Jim Gaffigan Show and Younger have been bright spots for the new TV Land.

Now, they’re on to expand their comedy offerings and stand out in an ever-increasing number of non-broadcast comedy networks with a new project from the comedy duo of Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone.

Friends with Melissa will contrast the varying careers of Groundlings alums ranging from her fame and fortune to being stuck writing for children’s TV.

If done right, this could be kind of like Curb Your Enthusiasm from a different angle with the lovable McCarthy at the forefront.

Watch Jon Stewart Take Question From the Audience Before Taping “The Daily Show”

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With The Daily Show exit of Jon Stewart looming on Aug. 6th, Jon decided to open himself to the crowd that so enthusiastically sits in for the taping of aforementioned Daily Show.

Watch him answer queries about doing stand-up again, things he probably wouldn’t do again, etc.

LA Comedy Rundown 7/28/15

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ON THE HORIZON
Nate Bargatze & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Jul. 29th 8:30PM $30
Haunting Renditions with Eliot Glazer @ The Echo Tues. Aug. 25th 8PM $10-$12

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s @midnight w/Chris Hardwick @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Comedy Central’s Broken People Viewing Party @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $7
Match Game Celebrates 10 Years of UCB in LA @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Fairy Tale Theatre @ The Groundlings 8PM $30-$1000
2 Headed Dog @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $12
A Good Show @ Open Space Cafe & Theatre 8PM $5
Good Looks in Arts District 8PM FREE
Sad Bastard @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Blamblamblam!!! @ R-Bar 9PM FREE
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Reggie and Karen @ El Cid 9PM $10
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Warp Zone Comedy @ The Virgil 9:30PM FREE
Delicious Moments @ Second City Hollywood 10PM $10
We’re The Boss @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
Toledo Rep Presents @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
Roast Battle @ The Comedy Store Belly Room 11PM No cover/2 item min.
Roped @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 5PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
JUST BE YOURSELF @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/For character performances only/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends before 8PM/Send a brief description of your character bit and the amount of time you’ll need (not to exceed 6 minutes) to justbeyourselfucb@gmail.com/There will be limited tech (microphone, maybe a music cue)/Hosted by Greg Tuculescu/Hal Rudnick/Mary Holland/Marques Ray/Kirby Howell-Baptiste
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:45PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
KIBITZ ROOM @ CANTER’S 419 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7PM/No vulgarity or screaming/6 min. w/any purchase, 3 min. w/o/Hosted by Burt Teplitzky and Fielding Edlow
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Johan Miranda
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
SWORK COFFEE 2160 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Vince Caldera and Luis Lemus
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min./Hosted by Jenny Yang
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.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 7:30PM/mixed mic
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/5-7min.
SHAKYTOWN LIVE 5010 N. Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/First come, first served/3-5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Jennifer Gable
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
THE GARAGE 3387 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up at RMopenmic@gmail.com by Mon. at noon/Starts 9PM/10 lottery spots will be picked before show/5 lottery spots at show/7 min./Hosted by Michelle Miracle
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
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3-5 min./$1 cover/Hosted by Nick Kauffman
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM/Lottery/4.5 min./after booked show
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 11PM/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary

Netflix Orders Season 3 of “BoJack Horseman”

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This season of BoJack Horseman didn’t even have to wait until folks got around to the middle to start getting heaps of critical praise.

Since it’s release, season 2 of BoJack has gotten plenty of love and, as a result, the order for the next season came quickly as well.

Today, Netflix announced that a third season of BoJack Horseman will be coming in 2016.

Luckily, you’ve only binge watched the first two seasons only a few times by now and can watch them over a few more times, right?

Key & Peele Show How Teaching Would Look If It Got The Same Attention as Professional Sports

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Professional athletes have their every move watched by the likes of several sports media outlets and rightly so with the millions of dollars invested in them.

In their latest sketch, Key & Peele imagine a world where teachers, arguably some of the most crucial stewards of generations to come, get the treatment that those pro athletes get, which they deserve.

So, watch TeachingCenter here.

The Onion Now on to Parodying “VICE” with “EDGE”

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

So, is The Onion going to become the one site to parody them all?

They parodied the likes of BuzzFeed with Clickhole so well that one of the Clickhole writers got hired at BuzzFeed.

Now, The Onion is going to take on the edgiest news outlet out there, VICE with a weekly web series called EDGE starting next week.

With the launch of EDGE, we’ll all have to see if VICE, in true VICE fashion, would do an investigative report into why they’re being parodied.

Kate Berlant Encounters The Great Temptations of Costco

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The literal towering levels of volume and corresponding discounts that Costco provides when it comes to shopping is pretty ridiculous. As such, there can often be the desire just to take it all in, especially the free food samples, rather than actually doing any shopping.

Andrew DeYoung and Kate Berlant show how Costco has not only changed shopping, but perhaps you the shopper in this short, Shopping.

The “Mission: Impossible” Franchise Gets an Honest Trailer

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The word out on the street is that Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation does the Mission: Impossible franchise quite well, especially considering it’s the fifth movie in the series.

While that is probably true (remember how fun Ghost Protocol was?), that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying an Honest Trailer from Screen Junkies of Ethan Hunt and his posse at the IMF.

Watch the Honest Trailer for the previous four Mission: Impossible movies here.

Amazon Has Ordered Semi-Autobiographical Tig Notaro Comedy Pilot with Louis C.K. and Diablo Cody as Executive Producers

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

This means that Tig Notaro now has a documentary about her on Netflix, a tour special on Showtime, an upcoming stand-up special on HBO, and possibly a series coming to Amazon.

Today, Amazon has announced the order of a pilot that’s based on Tig’s life, right around the time where she recorded Live, that will star Tig as well. Both Louis C.K. and writer/director Diablo Cody have attached their names to the project as executive producers, which makes it hard for us to imagine this pilot not getting picked up to series.

At the very least, we’ll all probably get a chance to see the pilot since it will be on Amazon.

Netflix’s Next Set of Stand-Up Specials Will Be from John Mulaney, Anthony Jeselnik, Demetri Martin, and Brent Morin

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You do have a Netflix account by now, right?

Of the things that Netflix has on its production slate, stand-up specials seem to be probably on the cheaper side of things and the sort of content that does well on the streaming service giant.

So, they’ve got another whole round of hour comedy specials coming this year that will be worth making a reminder wherever you make reminders including:

Demetri Martin: Live (At the Time)-Fri., Aug. 14
Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers-Fri., Oct.16
John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid-Fri., Nov. 13
Brent Morin-Tues., Dec. 1

So, if you don’t have Netflix, now would be a good time to get it, especially since Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp comes out this week.