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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 18: Jena Friedman & Dark Comedy Now
July 29, 2020
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Jena Friedman (Soft Focus), one of the best dark comedians/humorists out there today, is TCB Field Report’s honored guest this week. As the pandemic has taken hold of Jena’s computer, Jena calls in on the phone with TCB’s Jake Kroeger and discusses the unfortunate luck of being right about the pandemic, some optimism about an eventual return of comedy, and some hints at what to look out for from Jena in the future when we have a vaccine. Also, they do some quick takes on being excited about the just announced Primetime Emmy nominations and Bridget Everett’s also just announced new HBO series, Somebody Somewhere.

Follow Jena @jenafriedman on Twitter. Watch Jena’s Soft Focus specials here and her last set on Conan here.

Shout outs: I May Destroy You on HBO, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Supernatural with Ashley Flowers, Corporate on Comedy Central

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).
Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Adult Swim Con Will Be Adult Swim’s First Virtual Convention
July 20, 2020
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Adult Swim has tended to be on the bleeding edge when it comes to presentation. Being an entire network that broadcasts within the late late hours on Cartoon Network is still forward thinking even though they’ve been doing so for several years.

With mass gatherings being strongly, strongly discouraged, Adult Swim won’t be stifled in creating something that brings all their fans together. The network already has an incredibly strong presence online and, with all things considered, is opting to do their very own online convention dubbed “Adult Swim Con”.

Adult Swim wants to get to this ASAP, so they’re putting on their Adult Swim Con this Thursday, July 24th-Saturday, July 25th and featuring a variety within their universe of absurd, out there, and completely silly. This will include all sorts of discussions, live music, etc. from the likes of Robot Chicken, Rick & Morty, and Flying Lotus.

You don’t even have to buy an expensive pass or wait in long lines. All you’ll have to do is tune in at adultswimcon.com.

Here’s the full, brightly colored scheduled for this weekend:

Tuca & Bertie Is Being Revived at Adult Swim
May 22, 2020
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It’s pretty clear to us that Tuca & Bertie, the animated series from Lisa Hanawalt that featured Ali Wong and Tiffany Haddish’s voices as birds didn’t get enough of a chance over at Netflix. It was such a wildly imaginative, colorful, unique, funny world with a very lovable duo of Tuca & Bertie (that may be the successors to Broad City’s Abbi & Ilana for female friendship on TV?).

Announced this morning, Tuca & Bertie will be getting the greater chances that they deserve over at Adult Swim with an entirely new season due next year. That’s all the details for now, but, go watch/rewatch the inaugural season of Tuca & Bertie over at Netflix to get transported to the wild, lush, and nuanced universe that Hanawalt created.

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TUCA & BERTIE IS COMING BACK!!! New eps on @adultswim in 2021. Happy Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #tucaandbertie

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Maria Bamford Delivers Another Fantastic Commencement Speech, Though This One Is a Bit More Meta
May 21, 2020
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Three years ago, Maria Bamford delivered one of the best commencement speeches of 2017 when she helped pay off some student debt with her speaking fee and made her whole speech for the University of Michigan Class of 2017 centered on the gesture.

This year’s graduation season happens to coincide with the historic COVID-19 pandemic, making commencement speeches vastly different and more challenging to nail in such weird times. Still, Maria managed to pull off the speech that all classes of 2020 need right now and even get more abstract and meta with it. Even though it’s for Adult Swim as opposed to an actual educational institution, Bamford’s candor and honesty is, as it always is, simultaneously so beautiful and hysterical.

Please enjoy Maria Bamford’s episode of Adult Swim’s Commencement Speaker Series here.

Three Busy Debras Renewed for Season 2 at Adult Swim
May 20, 2020
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The ultra-absurdist feminist satire Three Busy Debras has done so well that it’s getting a second season over at Adult Swim. That means more of the rambunctiously dark comedy from Debra, Debra, and Debra (Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoha) in their overly bright, overly picturesque neighborhood.

Congrats to all three of the Debras on getting to stay busy and for this absolutely gorgeous renewal announcement card (if that’s not a thing yet, it should be).

In the meantime, you can stream or re-stream their first season over at AdultSwim.com.

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AHEM! Thrilled to announce our announcements got back from our stationers in Italy. They reopened the economy just for us! Ciao Bella! – Debra

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Joe Pera Made an Adult Swim Special by Narrating Relaxing Old Footage and It’s Probably the Thing You Need Right Now
May 19, 2020
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All of Joe Pera‘s comedy hits a very specific niche of being hysterical through being a very calming, peaceful presence. Very few comedians ever get to such a place making Pera one of the most unique voices in comedy today, whether it be with his stand-up, Joe Pera Talks With You, or whatever else Joe’s involved in.

So, Joe’s in the unique position to make the sort of comedy special that so many folks need right now: one with relaxing stock footage and Joe narrating in his with his down-to-earth angelic persona and homespun delivery.

Thus, Relaxing Old Footage with Joe Pera has born. It’s almost like a DIY comedy guided meditation and truly is very relaxing and silly at the same time.

You can actually (and very, very much should) stream it right here now.

Please Enjoy the Fantastically Absurd First Episode of Three Busy Debras
March 30, 2020
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The Three Busy Debras, Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoha, have always been hysterical with their fantastical, absurd, and satirically feminist with their sketches over the years (or that one time where they got to play Carnegie Hall).

Thus, we were thrilled to find out that they were getting a full-fledged, live action Adult Swim series and have been hotly anticipating it for all the months since we heard the announcement.

Three Busy Debras premiered last night on Adult Swim and completely lived up to their reputation of keeping things silly and subversive, pointing a chic, well-lit mirror right back at the patriarchy. It certainly it takes you to whole other world that is so wonderfully bonkers that you’ll maybe forget, for 10 minutes, about the one you currently live in.

So, with all of that said, enjoy the first episode of Three Busy Debras for FREE here at AdultSwim.com.

The Midnight Gospel Teaser Hints at Netflix Animation Getting as Trippy as It Has Ever Been
March 17, 2020
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Combining the otherworldliness of both Pendelton Ward, creator of Adventure Time, and comedian Duncan Trussell can only amount to something super trippy, wildly colorful, and mischievously subversive. To be those things at Netflix (considering their animation line-up already including BoJack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, and LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS) is quite a feat.

Thus, The Midnight Gospel has been born or, rather, is set to be born on April 20th when all episodes stream on Netflix.

Get a taste of how they’re going to expand and tickle your mind with this teaser (we don’t even want to giveaway too much in order to let you let the idea of The Midnight Gospel wash over you sans any hints)

Three Busy Debras Get a Full Trailer for Their Adult Swim Series
March 12, 2020
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We were already pretty thrilled at the prospect of a Three Busy Debras series on Adult Swim.

This trailer is just a bit more a sneak peek of the fun, absurdist, feminist chaos that Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoha have in store for us all. We can’t wait.

Look for Three Busy Debras to premiere on Adult Swim on Mar. 29th at midnight.

Get Your First Look at Three Busy Debras, The Adult Swim Series
February 13, 2020
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Three Busy Debras rose through the verve of their own absurdist feminist humor in shorts that they (Alyssa Stonoha, Sandy Honig, and Mitra Jouhari) have made over the years.

Now, they stand at the precipice of a full-fledged live action Adult Swim series and we can’t wait to see what hilarious abstract hijinks they’ve crafted for all of us. 

The Three Busy Debras trailer definitely gives a great taste of what’s to come and leaves us wanting more.

Look for Three Busy Debras to premiere on Adult Swim on Sun. Mar. 29th.

Joe Pera Talks With You’s Season 2 Trailer Is Here and Today Just Got a Little Better
November 26, 2019
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Joe Pera really has a knack for being a calming presence while also being one of the most unique and hysterical comedic voices right now. Certainly, any and all episodes of his show Joe Pera Talks with You made us feel better and more warmly about, well, everything.

Thus, the notion that season 2 is just around the corner is pretty swell. Get a nice whiff of season 2 of Joe Pera Talks With You with this trailer and then look for the premiere on Fri. Dec. 6th on Adult Swim.

This “Joe Pera Talks With You” Season 2 Teaser Means We’ll Be Getting More Joe Pera Calming Us All Down and Making Us All Laugh Very Soon
November 6, 2019
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Joe Pera Talks With You easily one was of the best shows last year for its warmth, originality, and genuine unique humor that came from such an undeniably sweet place. It’s somehow so damn funny and soothing at the same time.

This little teaser means that season 2 of Joe Pera Talks With You is just around the corner, Fri., Dec. 6th at midnight specifically, and we can’t wait. 

Rick and Morty Season 4 Trailer Is Finally Here
October 7, 2019
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It has been so long since the season 3 finale of Rick and Morty, it feels like perhaps we’re in an alternate dimension from October 2017.

However, as far as we can tell, we’re still in dimension C-137 and, thankfully, new episodes of season 4 are just around the corner. In fact, 5 new episodes are coming, starting Sunday, Nov. 10th at 11:30PM on Adult Swim.

Get delicious, very gooey, juicy taste of what’s to come with Rick and Morty’s season 4 trailer here.

“Joe Pera Talks With You” Gets a Season Two at Adult Swim, Coming This Holiday Season
September 4, 2019
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Hands down, this is one of the most important series renewals, as far as we’re concerned, this year.

The quiet, yet subversive of humor of Joe Pera got to be fully realized in its own TV universe in the quasi-docu-faux-reality series Joe Pera Talks With You on Adult Swim. It’s brilliant, calming, and so damn funny.

Now, it’s get a season two that will come just in time for the holidays.

Here’s details from Joe himself:

Big news I can finally share – season two of  
‘Joe Pera Talks With You’ will be coming out this holiday season on @adultswim.

There are 14 new episodes, each with new topics, and I will let you speculate whether this fire hydrant will be introduced as a new major character.

Now, that this is the case. We don’t mind if people start the holiday season early.
April 22, 2019
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Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Season 4 Trailer Is Here

If you’ve been missing that relatable comedy that literally shows an office set in hell, you won’t have to have crippling anxiety over that for much longer.

Next week, Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell returns to Adult Swim and we’ll all get to enjoy seeing that work in hell and on Earth kind of suck in the same way (minus a lot of blood and demons we suppose). 

Get a delicious taste of season 4 here, then look for the season premiere of Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell on Friday, May 3rd at Adult Swim.

KRFT Punk’s Political Party Will Fill In Your Eric Andre Show/Who Is America? Void
March 8, 2019
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The Eric Andre Show character KRFT Punk has elevated himself from mere prankster DJ in a macaroni covered helmet. 

On the half-hour Adult Swim special KRFT Punk’s Political Party, conspiracy theorists, the Catholic League, political pundits, and more somehow got talked into sitting in a room with KRFT Punk and got The Eric Andre Show treatment. 

If you’re jonesing for more Who Is America? and saddened by the fact that Sacha Baron Cohen says that he can’t do another project like that for awhile, this is the special for you. It’s all the chaotic mischief you’ve come to know from The Eric Andre Show team, especially writer Dan Curry.

KRFT Punk’s Political Party airs on Adult Swim tonight on midnight, but you can stream it right here, right now (FYI, it’s absolutely NSFW, probably even if you’re working at midnight).

Count the New “Soft Focus with Jena Friedman” as The First Great Comedy Special of 2019
January 25, 2019
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Jena Friedman already dazzled us with the daring, nail-bitingly hilarious first Soft Focus special at Adult Swim that, amongst many wonderful things it pulled off, found a way to make the man nicknamed the Cannibal Cop uncomfortable.

This next Soft Focus special ups the ante and expertly and satirically covers sexual harassment in gaming and interviews one of the more controversial figures of our time, former security software entrepreneur John McAfee about his new 2020 presidential campaign (Note: he did have a failed 2016 presidential bid).

We don’t want to give anything away really as Friedman’s uber-clever style of twisting-the-comedic-knife in these situations deserves a full surprise. We will say that Jena has quite the knack for subtly letting her subjects not only have enough rope to hang themselves, but make sure that the knot that they hang themselves is just right and so damn funny the whole way though. Honestly, we enjoyed this more than Who Is America. 

We sincerely hope leads to a full-fledged series or feature length project or just something that allows Jena to make more things like this as she has for so many years. 

So, this new Soft Focus with Jena Friedman premieres tonight at midnight on Adult Swim and you should absolutely make plans to watch it.

Behold the Clever, Gross-Out, Feminist Satire of Sarah Squirm’s Adult Swim Infomercial “Flayaway”
December 22, 2018
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Sarah Squirm, the ringleader of comedy collective Helltrap Nightmare, does her group proud with a full fledged Adult Swim infomercial that summons her fluid and hair covered imagination and wit to give a “modest proposal” for what the ideal woman should look like. 

Even though you’re probably not working right now because of the holidays, we’ll still give you a NSFW warning (though if your work is down for taking the patriarchy they might be cool with it) and a recommendation to perhaps not eat or have just eaten before watching this. The gross out humor is in peak form here and used expertly.

Without further adieu, behold Sarah Squirm’s Flayaway here.

Behold the Clever, Gross-Out, Feminist Satire of Sarah Squirm’s Adult Swim Infomercial “Flayaway”
December 22, 2018
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Sarah Squirm, the ringleader of comedy collective Helltrap Nightmare, does her group proud with a full fledged Adult Swim infomercial that summons her fluid and hair covered imagination and wit to give a “modest proposal” for what the ideal woman should look like. 

Even though you’re probably not working right now because of the holidays, we’ll still give you a NSFW warning (though if your work is down for taking the patriarchy they might be cool with it) and a recommendation to perhaps not eat or have just eaten before watching this. The gross out humor is in peak form here and used expertly.

Without further adieu, behold Sarah Squirm’s Flayaway here.

Soft Focus with Jena Friedman 2 Gets a Teaser and a Jan. 25th Premiere Date
December 17, 2018
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Jena Friedman made such a fantastic investigative/topical comedy special with Soft Focus that, if we’re to go by the title of the video, Adult Swim opted to give her a sequel(?) with Soft Focus with Jena Friedman 2. 

The first go around had Jena really digging into the issue of campus rape and such a darkly funny and subversive way as well as interviewing Gilberto Valle, the man once labeled as the Cannibal Cop, then putting him through a surprise dating game show. 

What lies in store for this next one is a bit of mystery, but this teaser sure feels like it’s upping the ante.

Look for the next Soft Focus with Jena Friedman on Friday January 25th at midnight.

Soft Focus with Jena Friedman 2 Gets a Teaser and a Jan. 25th Premiere Date
December 17, 2018
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Jena Friedman made such a fantastic investigative/topical comedy special with Soft Focus that, if we’re to go by the title of the video, Adult Swim opted to give her a sequel(?) with Soft Focus with Jena Friedman 2. 

The first go around had Jena really digging into the issue of campus rape and such a darkly funny and subversive way as well as interviewing Gilberto Valle, the man once labeled as the Cannibal Cop, then putting him through a surprise dating game show. 

What lies in store for this next one is a bit of mystery, but this teaser sure feels like it’s upping the ante.

Look for the next Soft Focus with Jena Friedman on Friday January 25th at midnight.

Prepare for an Animated Surreal Anthology Comedy from Vernon Chatman Coming Soon to Adult Swim
August 8, 2018
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Prepare for an Animated Surreal Anthology Comedy from Vernon Chatman Coming Soon to Adult Swim

Vernon Chatman, the mind behind Wonder Showzen and partially behind The Heart, She Holler is joining in the wave of anthology series with a dark comedic bent.

Vernon’s sensibilities and humor are already a little on the twisted side (in a good way) and doing a stop motion animation show will probably allow to get a little more dark and twisted with this new show The Shivering Truth (just ordered to series today at Adult Swim). 

With a title like that, you can only imagine that it’ll probably have the feel of some of Casper Kelly’s work at Adult Swim. We wouldn’t be surprised at all if Kelly has a hand in it somehow.

Watch “Art Prison” From Paul Isakson and Tom Kauffman, the Latest Adult Swim Special
July 30, 2018
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Paul Isakson and Tom Kauffman as well as director Danny Jelinek have been responsible for some of the best stuff on Channel 101 over the years (including Everything, Sex Teenagers).

Now, they’ve got a full fledged TV pilot in the form of an Adult Swim TV special called Art Prison. Of course, it’s a show about a prison specifically designed for artists. 

It’s wonderfully ridiculous, meta, and so damn funny as well as tangentially commenting on art, art criticism, the prison industrial complex, storytelling etc. Also, if you’re a big fan of Fresh Off the Boat’s Randall Park, he’s playing the lead by the way.

So, give it a watch and enjoy on AdultSwim.com here. 

A Tim & Eric Library Will Be Coming to Adult Swim Soon via “Channel 5″
July 26, 2018
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We’re assuming that this Channel 5 announcement that a Tim & Eric library (which will include Dr. Steve Brule, Tom Goes to the Mayor, and new show SCUM) means all of the episodes of all of those shows will soon be available to stream somewhere on AdultSwim.com.

We’ll have to wait and see, but we’re pretty sure a good amount of your binge viewing time will go to this once it comes out.

Justin Roiland Says There Will Be No More Big Hiatuses Between Seasons of “Rick and Morty”
June 16, 2018
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Justin Roiland Says There Will Be No More Big Hiatuses Between Seasons of “Rick and Morty”

Since there’s more of a guarantee of Rick and Morty to come along (i.e. Adult Swim ordering more than 70 eps.), the wait time between seasons will be way less.

Hopefully, that will satiate even the most extreme of Rick and Morty fans and perhaps avoid another McDonald’s Szechuan sauce debacle.

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