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Will Ferrell Set to Play Ronald Reagan in Upcoming ‘Reagan’ Movie

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Will Ferrell could just make a whole series of movies where he impersonates former U.S. Presidents, specifically focusing on their faults.

After being a noted impersonator of George W. Bush, Will Ferrell has been cast to play President Ronald Reagan in a movie focusing on after he left office and was struck with dementia.

Ferrell’s attention to detail and caricature of George W. Bush was incredibly studied and we can only begin to imagine what he’ll do to pull of a crazed Regan.

Gary Sanchez will be producing the movie called “Reagan”, which should leave room for Ferrell to go as big, in so many ways, as he wants with the role and the film.

Alexis Wilkinson Imagines What a Politically Correct Plantation Might Be Like So You Don’t Have To

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PC Culture Comes To The Plantation

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Writer/director Alexis Wilkinson managed to juxtapose the diametrically opposed concepts of a politically correct focus group and a slave plantation into this sketch. Even with non-offensive language, slavery, as you can imagine, still looks terrible.

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The brilliant Kurt Braunohler does his subversive version of a late night talk show complete with animals, nudity, and more.

Night of the Living is set for Wednesday, May 11th at 8:30PM at Largo at the Coronet Theatre and tickets are $30..

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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Lewis Black Is All Tore Up Over “Live with Kelly and Michael” Drama and Makes an Audition Tape to Replace Strahan

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Michael Strahan suddenly leaving Live with Kelly and Michael for Good Morning America has summoned the great rage of Lewis Black.

It also has Black “auditioning” to replace him, which is pretty priceless.

Watch it all here.

Watch the Season Finale of “Disengaged”

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One of our favorite web series, Jen Tullock and Hannah Utt’s Disengaged, this year has just come to the close of its first season. While we wish it would keep going, the finale ends the season arc and sets up whatever is coming next quite nicely.

Melissa Villasenor Is Recording Her First Album Next Month

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Sunday May 15th at 9PM at The Chatterbox in Covina to be exact.

Melissa Villasenor has always been a delight with all the voices and personal stories in her comedy for the many years that we’ve seen her in and around and throughout the comedy scene in LA (as well as her notable run on America’s Got Talent).

So, she is recording her very first album next month and we think you ought to go see how much of a delight she is for yourself.

Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally Starring in a Futuristic Comedy Where Babies Don’t Age

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It’s appropriately titled Infinity Baby.

Now, we’re not sure exactly why babies stay 3-months old in director’s Bob Byington’s latest film, but it sure is intriguing. Having Kieran Culkin (who, we think, still needs a breakout role after his scene stealing work in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) all those years ago and comedy power couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally really has our interest peaked.

At least some parents will get their wishes to have babies forever and maybe discover that wasn’t such a great idea?

“Peanuts” Coming Back as Animated Series on Cartoon Network’s Boomerang

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New animated shorts are set to start airing on May 9th at 8:30AM.

Boomerang, which has been known to play classic cartoons under the umbrella of Cartoon Network, will be getting an injection of new programming starting with this new set of animated Peanuts “vignettes”.

The shorts have been made over the last couple of years and already aired in Europe by French animation studio Normaal Animation. They have a license to made Peanuts cartoons, but we’re curious how it will continue the spirit of Charles M. Schulz’s legacy going.

A new comedy show in a vintage store! More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Watch Key & Peele Do an Impromptu Live Read of a Scene from Keanu, Then Watch Keanu in Theaters

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Starting last night, Keanu hit theaters across the country and is the latest work from the brilliant comedic minds of Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele and their Key & Peele collaborators, director Peter Atencio and writers Alex Rubens.

So, here are showtimes for Keanu in theaters across LA.

Before you go and see it, you might actually want to watch a surprise live read of a scene from the movie that features Conan O’Brien as Method Man and Andy Richter as Keanu the cat, which you can watch right now right here.

Here’s a Preview of Ali Wong’s Netflix Special “Baby Cobra” That Was Taped While She Was Expecting

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We have a feeling that the latest comedy special that will be coming to Netflix might be a hell of a good one as it is an hour long stand-up special from the fantastic Ali Wong.

What might make it extra special aside from it being a “special” is that she dissects about becoming a mom and everything connected to that while pregnant.

Called Baby Cobra, it starts streaming on Friday, May 6th.

You can see a bit of what Ali has cooked up in this preview.

Will Ferrell Is Actually Not Playing Ronald Reagan in “Reagan”

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Apparently, Will Ferrell was never officially attached to the movie.

The Mike Rosolio script that followed President Ronald Reagan in his years after his administration and was struck with dementia does not have anyone cast as Ronald Reagan. Despite the Internet, including us, echoing that Will Ferrell would have been played two presidents on camera, Ferrell had only considered the project, but never signed on.

Now, this leaves us wondering where the script stands in the development process (especially since Reagan family members are not too happy about the whole thing) and who they’ll get to play Ronald Reagan. No matter who they end up casting, odds are controversy between the Reagans and this movie will continue for quite some time.

Conan’s Latest Edition of Clueless Gamer Adds Frat-Like Stakes of Getting Your Face Drawn On by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron

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To live up to the Greek life depicted in Neighbors 2, stars Seth Rogen and Zac Efron challenge Conan O’Brien to several rounds of Mario Kart 8 with the prospect of the loser’s face getting drawn on.

Fortunately, Conan had standards and practices at TBS send over a guide as to what wouldn’t get blurred or pixelated when opting to draw certain parts of the male anatomy on a face. That way, Conan’s beautiful visage wouldn’t get blurred no matter how demeaning the drawings on his face were.

Watch it all here.

W. Kamau Bell’s Showtime Special “Semi-Prominent Negro” Premieres Tonight

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10PM on Showtime.

Last week, W. Kamau Bell had the premiere of his CNN series, United Shades of America. This week, Bell continues his big return to TV with a brand new hour stand-up special on Showtime called Semi-Prominent Negro.

At least this week, he’ll be in the safety of a theater as opposed to hanging with KKK without a total idea of what might happen.

Fusion Partners with The Onion to Develop Weekly “A.V. Club” Series

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We’re intrigued to see how much satire or snark versus genuine coverage gets put on this show.

Since Univision owns Fusion outright now and also now has controlling stake in The Onion, it would only seem natural for the two properties to collaborate given their focus on a specific niche of millennials. The idea that No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins and an A.V. Club weekly series being on the same network makes sense.

So, that is what is going to happen.

The Onion’s almost non-satirical pop-culture off-shoot, The A.V. Club, is getting its own weekly show developed for Fusion, which will take on pop culture, music, etc. with that clever edge that they’ve honed for years.

We’ll find out if they’ll be able to translate their Internet credibility to Fusion soon.

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Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com

Nick Kroll’s Sigmund Freud Fixes the Relationship Between Dan and Spencer on “Great Minds”

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If you’ve been watching Great Minds with Dan Harmon on History channel’s Night Class, you’ve might have noticed that the relationship between Dan and Spencer Crittenden, who is solely responsible for the time travel that makes possible, is tenuous at best.

Luckily, their latest guest is none other than the legendary psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, as played by Nick Kroll who gets to analyze their relationship, albeit in a very Freudian, psychosexual manner.

See if Kroll’s Freud is able to fix their relationship all the way in 2016.

President Obama’s Last White House Correspondents’ Dinner Is Tonight

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Also, Larry Wilmore is hosting, which should make for one hell of a night.

President Barack Obama might be the funniest president that has ever taken the podium at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This particularly insane election year should also make this an extra special WHCD and certainly provides plenty of material for President Obama and Wilmore (who is more than ready for this with his time at The Daily Show and his own The Nightly Show).

That being said, his final appearance/address/set/roast is tonight that will be broadcast live on C-SPAN. According to this handy guide from Washington Post, coverage starts at 3PM PST/6PM EST with a dinner at 4:30PM PST/7:30PM EST, the the POTUS and Wilmore will start somewhere between 6:45PM-7:15PM PST/9:45PM-10:15PM EST.

For those of you who don’t want to find what channel C-SPAN is on, you can livestream the whole thing at C-SPAN.org, MSNBC.com, and washingtonpost.com. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC will also be providing coverage.

We’re sure they’ll note the absence of presidential candidate Donald Trump plenty.

UK’s Jack Whitehall Continues To Nicely Make His Way Through American Late Night on “Tonight Show”

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In the UK, Jack Whitehall has amassed quite the following and, as such, is trying to make headway on this side of the pond.

He’s already got a late night appearance on Corden, and now, he has just performed his first stand-up set on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

From the sound of those applause breaks, Whitehall might be well on his way to growing a U.S. fanbase

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Drennon Davis not only takes you back to the days of turning the dial of terrestrial radio, but does so with the such cleverness in his Imaginary Radio Program.

This will be a taping for Seeso’s Comedy Show Show featuring comedy formats that really push the comedy envelope.

It’s free to attend so long as you RSVP.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com

Watch Obama and Larry Wilmore from Last Night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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As it was President Barack Obama’s last White House Correspondents’ Dinner, he made sure that people were going to remember, among several things, that he was the funniest Commander-in-Chief in recent memory.

A mic drop, and several sharply written and delivered barbs, just the right amount of Trump jokes made for about a solid half hour of stand-up for Obama.

Larry Wilmore, at the start of his set, mentioned the notable task at hand of following President Obama (which has been the case for pretty much every WHCD during Obama’s administration by the way), and worked his way up to a solid finish (that included dropping the N-word, which has to be a C-SPAN first).

However, the current field of presidential hopefuls, when it comes to slinging roast jokes at the WHCD, will probably have a much harder time than Larry trying to follow Obama.

Here’s the First Promo for HBO’s Latest Comedy Special “Quincy Jones: Burning the Light”

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When Quincy Jones the comedian was diagnosed with cancer, he wanted to shoot a comedy special before his time was up.

His goal has been realized to its fullest potential and, as a bonus, it’s going to premiere on HBO.

Quincy Jones: Burning the Light premieres on Thursday, June 2nd at 10PM on HBO and you can your first preview of it right here.

Get Brian Moote’s Debut Comedy Album “Artsy?” Out Now

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Brian Moote’s debut comedy album Artsy? has been in, our opinion, a long time coming. Moote is one of those nomadic comedians that splits plenty of time between different cities that they call home and doing the road and has the comedic chops to warrant that much traveling. Thus, we’re thrilled that he finally has an hour of stand-up on record.

The album is filled with personal stories that Brian has carefully honed into structurally sound bits. He also has a charming stage presence that lasts for days on end and a good eye for highlighting those small details that make his material

Check it out for yourself by getting a copy of Artsy? from Rooftop Comedy.

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David Cross is playing the gorgeous Palace Theatre in downtown LA next week on Saturday May 14th at 8PM.

Tickets are $39.50 at Ticketmaster.

Get them ASAP here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Paul F. Tompkins Says That “No, You Shut Up!” Has Been Cancelled After 3 & 1/4 Seasons

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We’re not sure exactly why Fusion is pulling the plug on this show, but we’re sad to see No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins get the ax.

According to this blog post, NYSU host Paul F. Tompkins got the call that Fusion has just officially cancelled the show.

For our money, No, You Shut Up! was a jewel in their programming line-up and we have a hard time imagining what sort of show would fill in this slot.

For now, you can watch a giant archive and enjoy the 3 & ¼ seasons on YouTube.