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Watch Ari Shaffir’s Double Negative, Now Streaming on Netflix

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All those years of hosting This Is Not Happening have rubbed off on Ari Shaffir in the best way possible.

You can see the effect on his latest special, Double Negative, which just started streaming on Netflix. The way in which he weaves personal observations and stories in, through, and around a single Tinder-related incident that befell a friend is subtle, but very impressive. You almost don’t even realize he has been circling and off-shooting from the same point for the whole hour until the end of it. Therein lies Ari’s detailed, seamless craftsmanship.

So, with that said, give Ari’s Double Negative a watch when you can.

Rory Scovel Shares His Harrowing Sharting Story

February 22, 2017

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For us, any time Rory Scovel has a mic in his hand and is on stage is required viewing.

This traumatic story from his youth about his very first sharting incident does not disappoint. It may be about ‘unintentional bodily evacuations’, but Rory makes this story kind of beautiful.

Please watch and enjoy it here.

Julian McCullough Tells the Story of the Tattoo He Got For a Girl and Has Kept Hidden for Over a Decade

February 15, 2017

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For our money, we can’t think of a better way to close shop on Valentine’s Day this year than Julian McCullough’s story about one jaw-dropping tattoo that he got because of a girl that was kind of into him.

Here’s the story on the latest This Is Not Happening.

This Is Not Happening Premieres Season 3 Tonight and Gets Picked Up for Season 4

October 13, 2016

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Make sure to stay up to 12:30AM tonight.

Comedy Central’s storytelling show, This Is Not Happening, continues to be one of the shows that seems to transitioned the best from Comedy Central’s own digital platform to a linear TV series.

Not only is it premiering its 3rd season tonight at 12:30AM tonight on Comedy Central, but the network has just announced that it has ordered a fourth season.

Now you have two seasons of TINH to look forward to starting tonight.

This Is Not Happening Season 3 Trailer Staying on Brand with More Great Drug/Crime/Failure Stories

October 3, 2016

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This season of the hit Comedy Central storytelling series, This Is Not Happening with host Ari Shaffir, is going to bring you all sorts of f’d up stories from Doug Stanhope, Maria Bamford, Dave Ross, Brian Regan, Julian McCullough, Bonnie McFarlane, Ali Saddiq, Bert Kreischer with his shirt off, and way more.

Watch the trailer for season 3 to get a taste of what’s to come as well as how much great screaming is involved in many of these stories.

The new season kicks off on Thursday, October 13th on Comedy Central.

Ari Shaffir Gets Into Legal Trouble with a Man Who Calls Himself the Holy Spirit

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One of the stories that most lives up to the spirit of the show’s title This Is Not Happening is a story from the host himself.

We’ll let Ari Shaffir take it from here.

Kate Willett Tells Story of What It’s Like to Get a Pregnancy Scare at Burning Man

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Having a pregnancy scare at Burning Man is no simple pregnancy scare as you might imagine.

Kate Willett got to live the real thing and you can rest assured that she went on quite the trip to avoid getting pregnant at the playa.

Watch her tell the story on the latest This Is Not Happening.

Here Are Some of The Storytellers/Comedians for Season 3 of “This Is Not Happening” Taping Later This Month

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Al Jackson
Andrew WK
Andy Kindler
Bert Kreischer
Bonnie McFarlane
Brian Regan
Chris DiStefano
Dan St Germain
Doug Stanhope

Gastor Almonte
Greg Behrendt
Greg Fitzsimmons
Big Jay Oakerson
Joe List
Joey Diaz
Julian McCullough
Lavell Crawford
Liza Treyger
Louie Anderson
Marc Maron
Margaret Cho
Maria Bamford
Nick Thune
Pete Johansson
Rory Scovel
Russell Peters
Sal Vulcano
Scruncho
Sean Flannery
Steve Simeone

Ari Shaffir will host, hopefully in a more outlandish 3 piece suit, stories from all of the above and more on May 22nd-25th at This Is Not Happening’s home, Cheetah’s in Los Feliz.

You can (and should) reserve your tickets for the tapings for free right here.

Solomon Georgio’s Childhood Bully Got Way More Than He Bargained for When Crossing Solomon’s Mom

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On the latest episode of This Is Not Happening, Solomon Georgio shares the tale of why his mom is among the most badass mothers of all time by how she handled Solomon’s bully.

As it turns out, this kid got the rudest of awakenings.

Annie Lederman Gives Us All a Cautionary Tale About How You Can F*ck Your Childhood Memories Up, Literally

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Sometimes, nostalgia should be kept in the recesses of your psyche and not revisited in actuality.

Annie Lederman learned that lesson the hard way by reconnecting with a childhood crush several years later only to find that her dream hookup did not come anywhere close to how she had hoped.

She recounts the tale in this latest edition of This Is Not Happening.

Mike Lawrence Tells the Stories of His First Times Saying ‘I Love You’ and Having Sex (While Being in Over His Head for Both)

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The great Mike Lawrence recounts his initial encounters with romance and losing his virginity for This Is Not Happening.

Suffice it to say that you probably went through less to get to your “first time”.

Al Madrigal Tells the Story of Being Thrown Into Being a ‘Latino Comic’

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This Is Not Happening’s latest story comes from The Daily Show’s Al Madrigal and how he went from never knowing that he would ever be a so-called Latino comic to doing gigs where he followed people doing stand-up in Spanish.

Moshe Kasher Tells One of the Most Improbable Stories of a Cop Who Could Have Arrested Him, But Didn’t

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If you’re not aware, Moshe Kasher has quite the childhood as he has detailed in his memoir Kasher in the Rye.

This particular story that he told on a recent episode of This Is Not Happening recounts one of the crazier episodes of that childhood wherein a cop had Moshe beyond dead-to-rights and yet, let him go.

Watch Kyle Kinane’s Story of How Some Special Ed Teachers Party Harder Than the Rest of Us

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Master comedian and storyteller Kyle Kinane weaves a tale for Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening about one out-of-control night that was sparked by a special ed teacher that just got off of work.

Season 2 of “This Is Not Happening” Premieres Tonight

February 23, 2016

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12:30AM tonight on Comedy Central.

Another round of some of the craziest stories ever told by some of the funniest people around is coming up in season 2 of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir, Comedy Central’s storytelling series.

You’ll be hearing plenty of stories like this one from Jim Breuer where a prank turned out to be much more epic than he possibly could have imagined.

“This Is Not Happening” Season 2 Trailer Runs Deep with Comedians Getting in Over Their Heads

February 11, 2016

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Comedy Central’s storytelling series, This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir, is returning soon and promises more tales of the absolutely ridiculous from great comedians and raconteurs.

This season, you’ll be getting true stories from Henry Rollins, Artie Lange, Sean Patton, Randall Park, Kate Willett, Nicole Byer, Mike Lawrence, Mark Normand, Solomon Georgio, Ron White, Joe DeRosa, Ben Roy, Nick Swardson, Joey Coco Diaz, Andrew Santino, Steve Simeone, Moshe Kasher, Kyle Kinane, Al Madrigal, Felipe Esparza, Jim Breuer, Kurt Metzger, Annie Lederman, Christina Pazsitzky, Dan Cummins, and Bret Ernst.

Get a taste of what sort of nonsense they got into in this trailer.

Look for the second season premiere of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir on Tues. Feb. 23rd at Comedy Central.

Comedy Central Announces Premiere Dates for “Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” and New Seasons of “Broad City”, “This Is Not Happening”, and “Adam Devine’s House Party”

November 19, 2015

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(via EW)

Comedy Central has its new power blocks of comedy for next year set.

Tues. Feb. 9th, the series premiere of Not Safe with Nikki Glaser will air at 10:30PM.

Wed. Feb. 17th, season 3 of Broad City premieres at 10PM.

On the night of Tues. Feb. 23rd, season 2 of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir will premiere at 12:30AM.

Then, on the night of Thurs. Mar. 3rd, season 3 of Adam Devine’s House Party will also premiere at 12:30AM.

February and the beginning of March 2016 are starting to look much better.

Comedy Central Orders 2nd TV Season of “This Is Not Happening”

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One of the best storytelling series around, This Is Not Happening is back again for what is technically its fourth season.

Two seasons of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir ran on Comedy Central’s digital arm CC:Studios before getting picked up to run as a full fledged TV series.

Now, it’s going to get a second season at Comedy Central and we’ll get to enjoy diving into the unbelievable things that comedians get themselves into.

Ari Shaffir and Pete Carboni Trip on Mushrooms For The First Time When Trying to Rekindle Their Friendship

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When you haven’t seen a friend in a long time, giving a gift is always a nice gesture. However, when that gift is mushrooms to trip out on and neither have you tripped on mushrooms before, it gets kind of complicated.

That’s what good friends Ari Shaffir and Pete Carboni did for the latest story on This Is Not Happening and well, we will just let Ari and Pete tell you the rest…

We will say that if this was an ad for taking mushrooms, it would be one of the most convoluted ad for mushrooms ever.

Ari Shaffir’s “Passive Aggressive” Makes Its TV Premiere Tonight on Comedy Central

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The 2nd Ari Shaffir special to hit TV in 2015 will air tonight on Comedy Central. Earlier this year, there was Paid Regular and, tonight at midnight, there will be Passive Aggressive.

Actually, Passive Aggressive was first available on a site called Chill.com that existed awhile ago. However, they went under and released all the comedy specials, including Maria Bamford’s Special Special Special and Greg Proops’ Live at Musso and Frank Grill, to the comedians and, one by one, each special has found its way to distribution through various channels.

So, this previously lost special Passive Aggressive from Ari Shaffir finally gets uncovered tonight. (Also, both specials are now available at CC:Stand-Up Direct)

Tom Segura Had a Chance Encounter With Bruce Bruce…

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Some of you might know that comedians live lives that you would never guess based on their act and on stage persona.

Tom Segura experienced a great example of that when he met successful, veteran comedian Bruce Bruce and got completely blindsided. Seriously.

This is the latest story for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir and we can’t stress enough how out-of-left-field this story is especially since it doesn’t involve drugs, alcohol, violence, etc.

Jay Larson Explains Why He Crushed His Sophomore Year in High School

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Sophomore year of high school isn’t usually a highlight year for most folks.

That was not the case for one Jay Larson.

Watch the master storyteller and comedian explain why it was a banner year in this latest story for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.

Steve Rannazzisi Shows Us Why The Rock N’ Roll Ralphs in Hollywood Is Rock N’ Roll

February 27, 2015

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If you live in Hollywood, you learn almost instantly that it’s far removed from the glitz and glamour that’s depicted on stage and screen. One great example of that is the Ralphs on Sunset Blvd. that’s open 24/7, affectionately called the “Rock n’ Roll Ralphs”.

Steve Rannazzisi had an ordeal there that gives you an idea of why this Ralphs is “special” and has earned its “rock n’ roll” status in a story for This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.

Giulia Rozzi Never Knew That a “Poop Hand” Would Be a Momentous Event in Her Life

February 27, 2015

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There are many experiences that one goes through while living in NYC that, perhaps, you wouldn’t encounter in most other places in the world. Some of those experiences are good and others involve poop and hands.

Giulia Rozzi tells the story of the latter on the latest installment of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.

Ms. Pat’s Titties Saved Her Life

February 25, 2015

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While many a man can be distracted by a well-endowed bosom, that is not the way that Ms. Pat’s titties saved her from a shootout. It’s not a sentence you get to hear everyday, but it’s one that just happens to be singularly true.

Hear her whole story in the latest installment of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.