Chicago’s 26th Annual Festival, put together by the minds behind The Onion, The AV Club, Clickhole, and TruTV, will be in its 4th year at the end of May/beginning of June and has a pretty fantastic line-up that includes a sneak peek of Nathan For You, Patton Oswalt, 35mm screening of Idiocracy with Mike Judge, Aparna Nancherla, and more.
Individual tickets are on sale now or, if you’d prefer, you can buy a festival pass for $310 here.
Here’s a friendly reminder that the long awaited next film from the brilliant Christopher Guest, Mascots, is coming this Thursday, October 13th.
Any takers on this being their Halloween costume?
Arguably, the father of mockumentaries, Christopher Guest, has his latest film coming very soon to Netflix.
After covering the worlds of hair metal, dog shows, folk music, and more, Guest points his focus towards the world of mascots with his usual suspects of Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge, and Parker Posey as well as the delightful Zach Woods, Bob Balaban, Sarah Baker, Christopher O’Dowd, Jane Lynch, Ed Begley Jr., and more.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but this is one of the funniest trailers we’ve seen in awhile.
Look for Mascots to start streaming on October 13th on Netflix.
Just from this brief announcement video that reveals that the latest Christopher Guest movie Mascots will be streaming on Netflix starting October 13th, you can only imagine the wonderful bickering that Guest has captured in the world of mascots.
We can’t wait to see giant costumed individuals to get caddy.
(via Deadline)
Christopher Guest has taken on dog shows, folk bands, and rock bands trying to stay relevant in his celebrated filmography. Of course, a film on mascots is a logical next step.
Mascots is Guest’s next film that Netflix has just announced that it will be releasing. As the title suggests, the competitive world of mascots are going to be the subject of the film.
Already, we’re imagining all the sorts of passive aggressive bickering that’s bound to happen in outlandish costumes, many of which will be animals with giant heads.
While that’s all the details that are currently available, expect Mascots to pop up on Netflix sometime in 2016.
Aziz Ansari, Christopher Guest, Aubrey Plaza, and More to Appear at New Yorker Fest 2013
If you still have doubts as to the merits of comedy as an art form, having a substantial part in renowned culture publication The New Yorker’s New Yorker Fest should be a good reference point to start thinking otherwise.
Boosting their comedy programming from last year to include several panels, presentations, and more (including a talk about comedy and politics from comedic genius Armando Ianucci), maybe comedy is starting to get the respect it deserves.
Kevin Pollak Getting Into the Comedy Documentary Game
Kevin Pollak (who has his own podcast and has done a comedy special) is indeed going forward with a documentary about comedy, specifically digging at the process/minds of comedians/comedic actors/etc. like Jim Gaffigan or Christopher Guest or Lisa Kudrow.
If the growth in interest of how comedy works via documentaries exploring comedy doesn’t confirm a current boom in comedy, then we honestly don’t know what will.
Make sure you either set your DVR or get all the Mother’s Day stuff out of the way so you can catch all of this tonight:
Season finale of Bob’s Burgers on Fox 8:30PM
Premiere of Christopher Guest’s Family Tree on HBO 10:30PM
Premiere of Pete Holmes’ latest one-hour stand-up special “Nice Try, The Devil” on Comedy Central 11PM
We’re sure many of you have been waiting for something new from Christopher Guest besides just a sketch at The Oscars for years, but it’s only coming closer since Guest got the greenlight for his comedy series “Family Tree” from HBO.
Now, it’s even closer with this teaser full of your favorite comedy folks like Fred Willard, Michael McKean, and more. Watch now.