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As we near two years of going through this very real life nightmare of the pandemic, we’re at a point where things are truly are coming back. That includes one of our favorite sketch groups around, Good Cop Great Cop (Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin).

They used to crank out sketches all the time that struck a great balance between sheer absurdity and grounded reality, all while keeping a figurative straight face. We’ve posted plenty of them throughout the years (even their CC digital series New Timers), but 2020 definitely put that on pause (as it did the whole world).

Thankfully, both Matt and Charlie are doing fine and are officially back at it as evidenced by this latest Good Cop Great Cop sketch about performance reviews. From the looks of it, they have not lost a step. Please enjoy it here.

Pick of the Day: Arts & Crafts Comedy (in LA) 8/22

July 29, 2021

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Though you might have seen a lot of shows get postponed or outright cancelled this week in LA due to the rise in COVID-19 cases (and breakthrough infections of fully vaccinated people), there is plenty of stuff to look forward to next month as LA’s wide swath of shows continue to return, step-by-step.

One of the latest shows to announce its return is Arts & Crafts Comedy, which has delightfully been marrying the visual arts with stand-up comedy for years around LA. Hosts Nick Skardarasy and Jon Zucker set a splendid tone for the evening where stand-ups will get some sort of artistic interpretation of their stand-up in a drawing, sculpture, artistic creation of some kind from an esteemed artist.

This first show back since lockdown will feature seasoned illustrator Charlie Hankin (half of the great sketch group Good Cop Great Cop) who has gotten plenty of work featured in The New Yorker. Hankin will be making art inspired a lovely handful of great stand-ups (Laurie Kilmartin, Will Miles, Ever Mainard, Langston Kerman, Savannah Manhattan, and Mike Mulloy).

The first of Arts & Crafts Comedy of 2021 is set for Sun. Aug. 22nd at 8PM PT at Rita House. Tickets are $10 and you can (and very much should) get them here.

SYFY Adds “The Summoner” From Charlie Hankin to TZGZ Animation Block

August 31, 2020

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SYFY keeps beefing up its own late night animation block TZGZ (not too unlike Adult Swim is for Cartoon Network) and it seems to get more and more enticing with every new show they order. The latest addition comes from Charlie Hankin and Stoopid Buddy Studios and is called The Summoner.

We’ve followed and thoroughly enjoyed Hankin’s work for awhile now whether it be animating cartoons for The New Yorker or being one half of one of our favorite sketch duos Good Cop Great Cop. Hankin has such a great knack for finding absurdist minutia to tap for humor. This series caters to that strength perfectly as it centers on a pair of roommates, one of which is an alien that can summon any object, but never summons anything useful.

Three episodes of The Summoner are set for next year and we won’t be surprised if SYFY keeps adding even more series to TZGZ over the coming months to become an even more formidable animation block to tune into.

Good Cop Great Cop Is Back with “Cube”

November 8, 2019

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One of our all time favorite sketch duos is Good Cop Great Cop, comprised of the quiet brilliance of Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin. For years, they made so many damn great sketches, then made a great CC digital series with New Timers, then seemed to be on a sort of hiatus.

Thankfully, they’re back on releasing new videos pretty regularly. This latest one “Cube” is particularly great. Watch and enjoy it here.

Good Cop Great Cop Shows Us a World Where You’re Disconnected Because You’re Trying to Hard to Kill Time

January 26, 2018

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One of our favorite sketch groups Good Cop Great Cop make their version of a Black Mirror episode with their latest sketch “Important”.

Watch Good Cop Great Cop’s Dark Run-In with a Mime in “Talent”

December 12, 2016

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We’ve been longtime fans of Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin making sketches and web videos in their clever, yet grounded alternate universe as Good Cop Great Cop.

Their latest work “Talent” highlights high they expertly toe the line of the real world and a darkly comedic one.

Watch it here.

Watch Trailer for Season 2 of “New Timers” Coming Out This Week

September 15, 2015

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Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin, otherwise known as Good Cop Great Cop, return in season 2 of their wonderfully dry post-apocalyptic comedy New Timers.

Get a look of how they’ll chill out a few more hundred days after the world ended in this trailer, then look new episodes online from Comedy Central this Fri. Sept. 18th.

The New Slate From IFC Comedy Crib Includes Series From Good Cop Great Cop, Joe Pera/Nathan Min, and More

August 25, 2015

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If you enjoyed WOMEN or If I Was In It on the IFC Comedy Crib, then you might enjoy this next batch of comedy web series coming soon.

IFC just announced their next run of comedy series which includes:

Ball or Nothing from Megan Rosati
Binky Hill from Charlie Hankin and Matt Porter (Good Cop Great Cop)
BOXed In from Amy York Rubin
Maui Animals from Nathan Min and Joe Pera
Red Autumn from Natasha Vaynblat and Zack Phillips
The Annoyance Presents from The Annoyance Theatre
We’re All Dead Now from Joe Avella and Andrew Tisher

Imagine what the premise could be for all of these, then look forward to seeing if you were right soon.

Good Cop Great Cop Shows What a Dating Profile Would Be Like If You Spoke Your Inner Monologue Out Loud

June 15, 2015

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The Good Cop Great Cop duo is back with a new sketch featuring more honest, accurate, and, we stress again, honest video dating profiles.

There isn’t an app for that type of honest dating, which would save a little more time, but, for now, you can imagine what that would be like in this sketch.

“Good Cop Great Cop” Plays “Dungeons & Dragons” and Manages to Make It Awkward

January 23, 2015

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When transported to a fantastical world with knights, dragons, sorcery, and more, people playing Dungeons & Dragons are usually comfortable being in their element.

Leave it to Good Cop Great Cop to find a way to inject awkwardness in what should be a nice escape in reality with weird dice.

Watch what happens here.

“Door Boys” Remind You Not to Confuse First Star Wars and Episode I

December 2, 2014

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MTV Other’s Door Boys from Good Cop Great Cop have a lot of time on their hands, so, it would be reasonable to assume that they would get the order of movies in The Star Wars franchise mixed up.

It’s not confusing to the rest of us that IV is first and I is fourth, right? Even if it is, just watch the latest episode of Door Boys here.

Good Cop Great Cop Strikes Again With “Door Boys” For MTV Other

November 26, 2014

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Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin have done many things that we’ve enjoyed here at The Comedy Bureau over the years. They both comprise the amazing Good Cop Great Cop and have made the grounded post-apocalyptic CC:Studios series New Timers.

Now, Matt and Charlie have cooked something new for MTV Other called Door Boys. Technically, they play door men, but, given how their disposition towards the gig, they more accurately are door boys.

Watch Door Boys here.

Good Cop Great Cop Give an Insight Into Their Weird, Wonderful World They’ve Created

August 23, 2014

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We feature Good Cop Great Cop (Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin) and their absurdly wonderful stuff here quite a bit. Just watch this video or this one.

Now, Matt and Charlie sat down with the New Worlds documentary series to give a greater explanation of the what and the how and the why of what they do as Good Cop Great Cop. Watch it here.

Please Enjoy Good Cop Great Cop’s Take on Performance Reviews

Pick of the Day: Arts & Crafts Comedy (in LA) 8/22

SYFY Adds “The Summoner” From Charlie Hankin to TZGZ Animation Block

Good Cop Great Cop Is Back with “Cube”

Good Cop Great Cop Shows Us a World Where You’re Disconnected Because You’re Trying to Hard to Kill Time

Watch Good Cop Great Cop’s Dark Run-In with a Mime in “Talent”

Watch Trailer for Season 2 of “New Timers” Coming Out This Week

The New Slate From IFC Comedy Crib Includes Series From Good Cop Great Cop, Joe Pera/Nathan Min, and More

Good Cop Great Cop Shows What a Dating Profile Would Be Like If You Spoke Your Inner Monologue Out Loud

“Good Cop Great Cop” Plays “Dungeons & Dragons” and Manages to Make It Awkward

“Door Boys” Remind You Not to Confuse First Star Wars and Episode I

Good Cop Great Cop Strikes Again With “Door Boys” For MTV Other

Good Cop Great Cop Give an Insight Into Their Weird, Wonderful World They’ve Created