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Pick of the Day: Picture This! Anniversaries (in NYC & LA) 4/30 & 5/ 21
April 28, 2022
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It has been both 10 years and 6 years for one of the most innovative live comedy shows out there today, Picture This!

Combining the best artists in animation with the best comedians, Picture This! has brought us so many unforgettable stories that are punctuated with the drawings of cats, genitalia, and actual illustrations of a story that was being told.

It has been 10 years since it became a regularly recurring show in LA thanks to Naked Comedy and host Brandie Posey and 6 years in Brooklyn out in NYC (also thanks to Naked Comedy). They’ll be celebrating both anniversaries with shows respectively at Union Hall on Sat. Apr. 30th at 7PM ET and Permanent Records Roadhouse on Sat. May 21st at 7:30PM PT.

Per usual, they’ve gathered the best of both worlds in animation and comedy with :

(for NYC)

Comedy from : Spike Einbinder, Julia Shiplett, Sam Taggart, Karolena Theresa, Rob Haze, Anthony Atamanuik

Artists: Bryan Brinkman, Chrissy Fellmeth, Jerald Lewis II, Dima Drjuchin, Dan Pinto, Ray Alma

Hosted by Samantha Ruddy

(for LA)

Comedy from: Joel Kim Booster, Atsuko Okatsuka, Greta Titelman, Mo Welch, Brian Bahe

Art from: Mike Mayfield, Mike Hollingsworth, Ty Goodwin, Ashlyn Anstee & more!

Hosted by Brandie Posey

Get tickets for the 6 Yr. NYC Anniversary here and the 10 Year Anniversary (in LA) here.

Austin Sketch Fest Is Going Virtual for 2020 with Adomian/Atamanuik & Jamie Loftus Headlining
August 17, 2020
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SXSW was cancelled.

Moontower was originally postponed to next month, but then got postponed to next year.

So, it would seem that Austin, TX was going to be without a comedy festival for 2020.

Cue ColdTowne Theater’s Austin Sketch Fest, which has stepped up to the virtual plate and will be live-streaming their festivities this week on Thurs. Aug. 21st and Fri. Aug. 22nd. Sketch groups and performers from all around the country are taking part including James Adomian and Anthony Atamanuik who will do the 2020 version of their beloved Trump vs. Bernie pairing and will go up as Trump vs. Biden (Adomian, of course, has a pitch perfect Biden impression) and the ever inventive and splendidly mischievous Jamie Loftus with her solo show, Boss Whom Is Girl, that expertly parodies tragic entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.

Along side them will be these sketch groups: Secret Crush, Archnemesis, Victrola, Latinx Comedy Pechanga, TV Party, Pendulum, Royale, Rat City, The Executives, Self Esteem Party, Dynamo, Chlane, Red & Yellow, Prayer Circle, After School Snack, and Pete Parsons.

Best of all, you’ll be able to stream this at ColdTowne’s Twitch channel for FREE. Tune in on 8/22 at 4:30PM PT/6:30PM CT/7:30PM ET and on 8/22 at 3:30PM PT/5:30PM CT/6:30PM ET.

The President Show Has a Special White House Coronavirus Task Force Debriefing
April 14, 2020
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To date, Anthony Atamanuik and his portrayal of Trump, especially on Comedy Central’s The President Show, is one of the best takes on Trump that we think has ever been (especially since Atamanuik often riffs an insane thing in character and Trump ends up saying that insane thing).

Though the show came to an end awhile back in the “before times” (less than two years ago actually), Atamanuik donned his pitch perfect Trump and was joined by Peter Grosz and Adam Pally who played VP Mike Pence and Don Jr. on the aforementioned President Show to show what’s likely going on with Trump and his team after one of his daily briefings via Zoom.

Please enjoy it here.

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President Trump talks with his stupid son, Don Jr. and his suck up of a Vice President “stand up” Mike Pence about COVID-19 and how to best defeat it and move on, like, RIGHT NOW!

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December 17, 2019
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Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian’s Trump vs. Bernie remains as one of the best works of political comedy in the past decade.

Whether or not Trump gets actually impeached and thrown out of office to the curb and making this more fictional, you should never miss a chance for some of comedy’s best iterations of Donald Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders verbally spar to things that are both unbelievably hilarious, but incredibly prescient.

Trump vs. Bernie’s latest LA date will be Tues. Jan. 14th at 7:30PM at The Lodge Room in Highland Park. Tickets are $25-$30. Please go get them here.
May 13, 2019
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Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian, for our money, have the best Trump impression and Bernie Sanders impressions, respectively. The 2016 election cycle saw them bring their powers together to create the live show Trump vs. Bernie, which, went on a nationwide tour and got adapted for TV. 

Leading up to the 2020 election, a real life match up between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders might happen yet again, which is a great excuse to revive Trump vs. Bernie for a tour, which is exactly what’s happening. 

Join Ataamnuik and Adomian at the Lodge Room in Highland Park on July 17th at 7:30PM to see Trump vs. Bernie rise yet again. Tickets are $30 and you can (and very much should) get them here.

The President Show’s Hopeful Mockumentary (Maybe Documentary?) “The Fall of Donald Trump” Premieres Tonight
October 22, 2018
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Anthony Atamanuik and company are at it at The President Show again (right before the midterm elections) with their “documentary” special set in a possible near future where Donald Trump falls from power.

Perhaps, this will hit the mark in comparison to the real world in similar fashion the way Anthony did leading up to the 2016 election and pretty much predicting what Trump would say in debates and or rallies.

Get a taste of what is (hopefully, in real life) to come here.

A President Show Documentary: The Fall of Donald Trump premieres tonight on Comedy Central at 11PM.

The President Show Is Coming Back with a Mockumentary with the Very Hopeful Title “The Fall of Donald Trump”
October 2, 2018
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Sure, Trump humor can be well beyond exhausted in 2018. That being said, Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump is so good that it supersedes any sort of fatigue we may have gotten from political humor over the last three years. 

So, naturally, we’re excited for the folks at The President Show at Comedy Central to make a mockumentary that goes behind an imagined (or maybe what will end up being a not so imagined) dismantling of the Trump Administration (often self-inflicted by Trump and his cronies). 

Here’s a taste of it with a “leaked tape”.

Look forward to A President Show Documentary: The Fall of Donald Trump premieres on Monday, October 22nd at 11PM and hopefully a turning of the tides in the midterm elections a couple of weeks later.

The President Show to Have Two “Make America Great-a-Thon” Specials on Comedy Central
March 15, 2018
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Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump is fed up with how the real Trump can’t get the money for all of his dumb ideas. 

So, they’ll be doing two “telethon specials” to raise the money that Congress won’t give him. It’s sure to be a lot of devilish, prescient fun.

The first one is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3rd at 11PM and the other one will take place later this Summer.

We’ll let Atamanuik/Trump do the rest of the talking.

Atamanuik’s Trump Gives Response to State of the Union, Then Gives Response to His State of the Union Response
January 31, 2018
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The President Show on Comedy Central is currently on hiatus, but that won’t stop from Anthony Atamanuik from making sure his Trump gets a word in after the POTUS had to read complete sentences from a teleprompter.  

So, without further adieu enjoy the President Show’s response and the response’s response to the State of the Union.

The President Show Sings Us All an Existential Song for Christmas
December 24, 2017
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On this Christmas Eve 2017, let Anthony Atamanuik and his President Show gang give us a nice “Christmas carol” to lead us into the actual day of Christmas.

By “Christmas carol”, we mean a darkly funny rendition of Aimee Mann’s “Wise Up”.

Watch, enjoy, and get into the “spirit” here.

The President Show’s Holiday Special Airs Tonight
December 1, 2017
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The President Show’s Holiday Special Airs Tonight

“It’s “I Came Up With Christmas” Morning! The @PresidentShow Xmas special is TONIGHT!!! 10pm with so many surprise guests, old friends and the fat man himself @realDonaldTrump On @ComedyCentral”

-@tonyatamanuik

You should watch it as The President Show is one of the best satirical things comedy has going and it’s slightly less insane than what the real Trump is up to.

The President Show, Drunk History, and The Daily Show to Have Holiday Specials
November 2, 2017
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The President Show, Drunk History, and The Daily Show to Have Holiday Specials

More specifically…

  • Drunk History Christmas Special will air on Tuesday, November 28 at 10PM featuring Rob Corddry, Colin Hanks, Ken Marino and Chris Witaske. 
  • I Came Up with Christmas: A President Show Christmas Hour-Long Holiday Special debuts Thursday, November 30 at 10PM. 
  • The Daily Show’s The Yearly Show 2017 Hour-Long Year-End Special Hosted by Trevor Noah featuring The Best F#@king News Team premieres Monday, December 18 at 11PM.

Because one of Drunk History’s most beloved episodes focused on Christmas and The President Show handled Halloween pretty well (in addition to the whole show being one of the best comedic takes on Trump, end of discussion), we’re actually looking forward to these specials.

The President Show Has Trump See Russia Probe as a Blair Witch/Slenderman
October 29, 2017
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Cleverly, The President Show has set up a horror parody that has a blended parody of a movie monster and Trump-Russia probe investigator Robert Mueller hunting down a real life monster, Trump.

Watch and thoroughly enjoy here and hope something major happens with the upcoming charges that have been filed by Mueller.

The President Show Put’s Trump Through a Psychological Fitness Test
October 22, 2017
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This is just more evidence when all is said and done, much of the best Trump humor will come from The President Show with Anthony Atamanuik’s portrayal of the 45th and “final” POTUS, Donald J. Trump.

Please enjoy.

Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump Attempts a Somber Tone on “The President Show” for a Somber Week
October 6, 2017
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Anthony Atamanuik’s mastery of the Trump impression allows him to pinpoint how torturous it must be for Trump to try to be somber in the wake of natural disaster and one of the worst mass shootings ever.

See for yourself here from the most recent episode of The President Show.

The President Show Takes Trump to a Charm School for Manners and Diplomacy
September 1, 2017
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There are plenty of ways that you could with this idea of Trump going to a school for manners as that is one of many places where he is lacking. 

As Anthony Atamanuik and The President Show explore every facet of Donald Trump in order to properly satirize him (listen to Atamanuik wax poetic about how deeply he goes with his Trump on Abe Lincoln’s Top Hat for even more proof), they take this remote segment to the nth level and keep going.

If this doesn’t convince you that this is the best comedic rendition of Trump out there currently, we don’t know what will. 

Please enjoy watching this several times over here.

The President Show Observes How Trump Might to Make One of Those “Great” Deals While Golfing
June 2, 2017
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When all is said and done with Trump, we have no doubt that The President Show with Anthony Atamanuik as Trump will be thoroughly referenced and cited in the history books because of wonderful work as shown in this remote segment.

Comedy Central Just Ordered 7 More Episodes of “The President Show”
May 23, 2017
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Comedy Central Just Ordered 7 More Episodes of “The President Show”

This comes at a perfect time as SNL just had its season finale and leaving Anthony Atamanuik, the star of The President Show in playing Trump, in the throne of Trump impersonations. Also, Trump’s scandals are racking up at an unbelievable pace upping the demand to hear late night comedy’s take on it, specifically one with Atamanuik’s version of the POTUS. 

By the way, wouldn’t it be great if Trump got impeached and kicked out of The White House through the course of these 7 episodes? Crazier things have already happened from this Administration by the way.

The President Show Has Trump Visit a School (and Hide Away from the Nasty Grown Up World of Being POTUS)
May 13, 2017
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Perhaps, this might be the most accurate portrayal of POTUS Trump yet.

Watch and enjoy Anthony Atamanuik’s brilliance here.

Andrew Jackson Visited The President Show and Donald Trump as a Hallucination and Gave a History Lesson
May 5, 2017
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This segment shows how The President Show can satirize Trump happenings and gaffes beautifully and in a way that other late night shows really can’t do.

So, watch Neil Casey and Anthony Atamanuik as Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump address Trump’s very poor understanding and knowledge of U.S. History displayed this week.

The President Show with Donald Trump (as Expertly Portrayed by Anthony Atamanuik) Premieres Tonight
April 27, 2017
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It’s a bigly night for television this evening as POTUS Trump (Anthony Atamanuik) will be commencing his own late night series, The President Show, at 11:30PM on Comedy Central.

One can only hope that Trump will obsessively watch this and tweet about it instead of signing any more executive orders or thinking about leaving NAFTA.

Here are some hot mic outtakes to keep you occupied until then.

Anthony Atamanuik Dissects How to Do His Perfect Trump Impression
April 21, 2017
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Tightening the face, sharp arm gestures, and Shih Tzus all figure into our favorite impression of Trump as done by the amazing Anthony Atamanuik.

Watch Anthony break it down to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.

We Were Right About The President Show with Donald Trump as Anthony Atamanuik Will Indeed Playing Trump in a Late Night Show Format
April 3, 2017
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Remember last week when Comedy Central announced a Trump themed show with very little details? 

We had a hunch that it might be a late night series with Anthony Atamanuik playing Donald Trump that might fill in that gap between The Daily Show and @midnight.

Turns out we were right on the money.

Anthony Atamanuik, the best Trump impressionist out there, will be playing Trump as a weekly late night talk show host starting later this month. Here’s an official announcement video.

“In the world of The President Show, Trump is bypassing the crooked media by hosting a late-night show direct from the Oval Office. No unfair questions from reporters, no awkward photo ops with German ladies, and no bedtimes. Just a fun show where he can put his unique Trumpian spin on such late-night staples as desk segments, field pieces and guest interviews.”

The only regret we have here is that this show hasn’t existed since November.

Look for The President Show to premiere on Thursday, April 27th at 11:30PM on Comedy Central.

Comedy Central Announces New Satirical Trump Show “The President Show” and We Have a Hunch That It’s Anthony Atamanuik as Trump Hosting a Late Night Talk Show
March 30, 2017
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Comedy Central Announces New Satirical Trump Show “The President Show” and We Have a Hunch That It’s Anthony Atamanuik as Trump Hosting a Late Night Talk Show

Now, there are almost no details about this so-called President Show with Donald Trump other than two twitter accounts, @presidentshow and @latenightdonald, and a press release that reads “Late night TV is broken. A TOTAL DISASTER. I alone can fix it!”

However, there being a slot where The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore used to be and Anthony Atamanuik’s fantastic appearances as Trump on @midnight lead us to believe that this would indeed be a mutation of the late night talk show format on Comedy Central with the one and only Donald Trump, as played by Atamanuik, at the helm. 

In our opinion, Anthony Atamanuik has the best Trump impression out there. Between a series on Fusion, countless live shows, a nationwide tour, album, and more, Anthony knows how to skewer Trump by exemplifying his characteristics to a capital gold T.

So, if this indeed what we think it is, we’re all in for a wonderful treat that we’re guessing will start a Twitter feud between @realdonaldtrump and @latenightdonald.

Salt Lake City Has a Pretty Swell Looking Golden Spike Comedy & Podcast Festival Kicking Off Tomorrow
March 8, 2017
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From March 8th (i.e. tomorrow)-Mar. 11th in Downtown Salt Lake City, The Golden Spike Comedy Festival will serve up a pretty a great offering of stand-up, podcasts, and more.

Just look at the flyer above.

There are individual tickets available as well as a pass for 20 shows for the nice price of $20.

Get more details on The Golden Spike Comedy Festival here.

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