Chris Garcia, Joey Izzo, Reign Morton, and Más Mejor do envision how a “weed sommelier” might be in a documentary in a great, off-beat way.
However, we wouldn’t be surprised at all if this wasn’t far from the truth as weed sommeliers do exist. If there are anything like wine sommeliers, this sketch might be bordering on a mini-doc.
Más Mejor, the online comedy channel “powered by Latino voices”, is marking their 1st anniversary with a big shin dig.
Specifically, their will be a great comedy show with the likes of Chris Garcia, Frankie Quinones, Marcella Arguello, Francisco Ramos, and Jesus Trejo performing and an open bar.
It’s free to attend so long as you RSVP here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
(via The Wrap)
It’s interesting how this news comes just as Sabado Gigante, a 53 year variety show, has just come to an end.
Many english language networks have attempted to tap into the ever growing latino population in the U.S. with bilingual and latino/hispanic focused programming. Success has unfortunately been sparse.
Yet, the thought of something catching on could be a boon in ratings/views to anyone who finds a show that works in the regard.
Along these lines, Broadway Video, Lorne Michaels’ umbrella entertainment brand for the multitude of shows he has on late night, primetime sitcoms like 30 Rock, and more, is creating a digital space that looks to capitalize on the Latino demographic as well as create more Broadway Video content that general audiences can watch.
Original bilingual web series, videos, etc. that will include the likes of Horatio Sanz and Fred Armisen will go officially launch in January of next year.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Seeing the potential in audiences among the enormous population of China, more international collaborations between U.S. productions and ones in China are happening more frequently.
The latest example is how China’s video site Sohu.com has partnered with Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video to make a Saturday Night Live for Chinese audiences with Chinese comedians and performers.
The prospect of having a weekly topical sketch show in China is exciting, but we can only ponder what they could possibly get away with in terms of poking fun at the government like the American SNL so often does. One only needs to watch the documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry to see how the Chinese government feels about artists speaking out against them. Lord knows that there’s plenty that’s ripe for a damning and hilarious sketch.
Who knows if it would be even done live in a way that censors didn’t get a chance to have something cut out from the show before reaching the millions upon millions of people that could potentially see it.
What will be even more intriguing to see is how they’ll approach sketch comedy in a cultural climate that’s much different here than in the U.S. Hopefully, this will be a voice that gets to speak out more comedically than any before them.