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John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show Returns July 26th

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John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show Returns July 26th

Just in case you were fearing a drought in great stand-up on Comedy Central after all the episodes of The Half Hour air, fear not as John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show comes back for a whole new season on Fri. July 26th.

With the likes of anyone from Paul F. Tompkins to James Adomian to Jamie Lee to Thomas Lennon to Ron Funches to Morgan Murphy to Sara Schaefer to Nick Turner and much much more, make sure you mark your calendar.

Comedy Central’s The Half Hour Has Jared Logan and Mike Lawrence Tonight

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The latest episodes of Comedy Central’s half hour stand-up specials, The Half Hour, has the incredibly funny Jared Logan and Mike Lawrence up tonight starting at 12AM.

Whether or not you’ve seen Jared and/or Mike on Conan, Best Week Ever, Mash-Up, John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show, etc., make sure you catch them tonight because they’re, as we said above, incredibly funny.

Myq Kaplan’s “Meat Robot” Set to Release This June

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Comedy Central Records is bringing another great comedian’s latest album to us all in Myq Kaplan’s latest recording, “Meat Robot”. Set to release Jun. 11th, it’s not up for pre-order quite yet, but, trust us, we’ll definitely keep you up to date when you purchase and listen to Kaplan’s finely crafted comedic ‘wordsmithing’.

John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show Is Taping It’s 4th Season Next Month

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John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show Is Taping It’s 4th Season Next Month

We’re glad that John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show is returning to Comedy Central with the likes of James Adomian, Thomas Lennon, Paul F. Tompkins, Morgan Murphy, Jamie Lee, and more. Click the link to find out full line-up and attend a taping in June if you’re in NYC.

With Jon Stewart taking time away from The Daily Show desk, this is going to be one busy summer from John Oliver.

Hannibal Buress Gets Multiplatform Deal with Comedy Central

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Hannibal Buress Gets Multiplatform Deal with Comedy Central

A pilot order, a spot as a series regular, another stand-up special, and more are coming from Hannibal Buress by way of Comedy Central from this deal and we couldn’t be happier about it.

Congratulations to Hannibal and we can’t wait for all this to come out.

Catch a Sneak Peek of Andy Daly’s Review on YouTube Comedy Week

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As part of YouTube’s #ComedyWeek, the hilarious Andy Daly will not only be improvising in a live streamed show, but there will be a preview of his upcoming Comedy Central series “Review”.

It all starts at 6PM PST tonight at youtube.com/comedyweek. Pretty sure you won’t want to miss this.

Watch The Half Hour with Dan St. Germain and Sean O’Connor Tonight on Comedy Central

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Dan St. Germain and Sean O’Connor’s half hour specials on Comedy Central premiere tonight at 12AM.

They’re hilarious and you should be watching this instead of waiting for last call at whatever bar you happen to be at (we’re assuming this is what you’d be doing if you weren’t already home set to watch the latest episodes of The Half Hour on Comedy Central)

So, Dan St. Germain Has a Pretty Great Deal at Comedy Central

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Somehow, quietly announced earlier this month (we didn’t hear about it until reading this interview over at Splitsider), Dan St. Germain has several projects going at Comedy Central including a web series and a possible TV series.

Hopefully, all of this gets picked up and put on screens soon.

Oh yeah, his episode of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour is this Fri. May 17th at 12AM.

Mike Lawrence’s “Sadamantium” Will Be Released May 28th on Comedy Central Records

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Not only will Mike Lawrence debut comedy album “Sadamantium” be available for purchase/download from Comedy Central that week, but his episode of The Half Hour will air that Friday May 31st. 12:30AM.

Buy/watch all of it for how damn funny Mike is.

Dead Kevin Starts at Comedy Central Today with Helium Voice Trick Gone Wrong

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We’re glad that fantastic sketch group Dead Kevin is starting at Comedy Central/CC:Studios today and in such hilarious style.

What do we mean by that exactly? Well, just watch what you shouldn’t do a birthday party when trying to get a chipmunk voice with helium baloons.

Dead Kevin Is Going to ComedyCentral.com

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The hysterical sketch group Dead Kevin has been picked up by Comedy Central to produce more episodes to be posted at ComedyCentral.com. This starts on Wednesday, specifically this Wed. May 8th and is weekly, which we hope you don’t forget.

Here’s a little announcement video from Dead Kevin to make sure you’ll remember.

‘Maron’ and ‘The Half Hour’ (Starting with Dan Soder and Nikki Glaser) Premiere Tonight

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Given that Marc Maron’s brand new IFC series ‘Maron’ premieres tonight with an episode that wasn’t the one uploaded to YouTube and the very funny Dan Soder and Nikki Glaser’s half hour Comedy Central specials are premiering tonight, maybe you should stay in or don’t feel so bad for staying in if that’s your normal routine on Friday night.

The season premiere of Maron is at 10PM on IFC and The Half Hour season premiere is at 12AM on Comedy Central.

Comedy Central’s The Half Hour Starts This Friday with Dan Soder and Nikki Glaser

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The long awaited series of half hour Comedy Central specials, The Half Hour, returns this Friday, tomorrow, May 3rd at MIDNIGHT. Starting it off are Dan Soder and Nikki Glaser, respectively. So, don’t wait until last call to go home or make sure the bar you’re at stops playing music and puts on Comedy Central at 12AM.

Comedy Central Greenlights Late Night Show With Chris Hardwick and Orders Pilot From Will Gluck and Conan’s Scott Gairdner

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As more networks are either expanding their comedy programming are entirely rebranding themselves as a comedy focused channel, Comedy Central has made a lot of great moves over the last year in what is getting to be one crowded race for comedy on television.

Today, they’ve ordered both an animated pilot from Will Gluck and Conan writer Scott Gairdnerand added another late night show hosted by Chris Hardwick and produced by Funny or Die/Robert Ben Garant/Thomas Lennon.

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out in the coming months.

Comedy Central’s First #ComedyFest Starts Today

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The very first Comedy Central Twitter based comedy festival #ComedyFest is starting today and above is the line-up. You can check out more details, dates/times, what exactly is happening right here.

For now, just know that this is part of the reason that comedy legend Mel Brooks is joining Twitter.

Nathan Fielder Voicemail Claims He Has No Idea About Kids Pranking Parents About Drugs (A Prank He Started)

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Nathan Fielder Voicemail Claims He Has No Idea About Kids Pranking Parents About Drugs (A Prank He Started)

Nathan Fielder was clearly born to prank people. This example of tweeting out to people to mistakenly text message their parents about drugs then send screen captures of the conversation to him, then saying to call a number for an explanation if the parents still had doubts, which turned out to be a denial of the whole thing is pretty much perfect.

There’s a recording of the voicemail at the link.

Also, this headline could read: Nathan Fielder Got Written Up in Glamour Paris.

Nathan For You and The Jeselnik Offensive Get 2nd Seasons From Comedy Central

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Nathan For You and The Jeselnik Offensive Get 2nd Seasons From Comedy Central

Nathan For You is coming back in 2014 and The Jeselnik Offensive is returning this Summer.

What a nice start to Friday.

Brody Stevens and Joe DeRosa Get Angry at a Hotel Chair

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This latest episode of Brody Stevens’ Push and Believe at CC:Studios features the very funny Joe DeRosa getting into the bullies in their life and pretending they are this empty chair they’re sitting next to. Also, there’s impromptu drumming making one hell of a funny therapy session.

‘Madden’ Covers with Key & Peele, Nick Kroll, and More

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‘Madden’ Covers with Key & Peele, Nick Kroll, and More

The Madden video game franchise should definitely put characters from successful Comedy Central series on their covers. One, it would be overall be pretty great/a break from the tired old stereotype of a football player in some athletic pose and, two, people could stop talking about the supposed Madden cover curse

Steve Agee and Brandon Johnson Play Another Steve Agee and Brandon Johnson That Think They Sold a Show to Comedy Central

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In this latest CC:Studios web series, the very funny Steve Agee & Brandon Johnson play an over the hill and desperate sketch duo also by the names of Steve and Brandon finagling their ways to a Comedy Central show. Thus, the name of the show, Steve & Brandon Think They Sold a Show.

All 5 episodes are now online and we suggest that you watch them as it’s funny with so many funny people in it. In addition to Agee and Johnson, there are JC Coccoli, Michael Busch, and the direction of Peter Atencio (director for Key & Peele).

@ComedyCentral to Tweet First #ComedyFest

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In case you’re one of the stalwarts holding out on Twitter, what we were trying to say with the headline is that Comedy Central is starting their first comedy festival just on Twitter, aptly named #ComedyFest. Next Monday, they’ll have all sorts of shenanigans limited to 140 characters like Mel Brooks joining Twitter, dining with Steve Agee through Vine, live tweeting day time drinking with the comedians of Comedy Central’s Half Hour, a live roasting with Jeff Ross, and much much more.

Sounds fun, huh? Then, get over your digital prejudice and follow @ComedyCentral on Twitter for #ComedyFest next week.

Futurama Not Renewed At Comedy Central

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Futurama Not Renewed At Comedy Central

Comedy Central is calling curtains for Futurama despite its unbelievable rise from the dead. Perhaps, someone will do a Kickstarter…

Pete Holmes’ ‘Nice Try, The Devil’ to Premiere as Comedy Central Special May 12th

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Pete Holmes’ ‘Nice Try, The Devil’ to Premiere as Comedy Central Special May 12th

Following the news of ‘Nice Try, The Devil’ being available on pre-order as a CD/DVD, Pete Holmes tweeted this morning that it will air as a special on Comedy Central Sun. May 12th 11PM.

Plan accordingly.

The NYTVF/Comedy Central Short Pilot Finalists Have Been Selected

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The NYTVF/Comedy Central Short Pilot Finalists Have Been Selected

Another round of congratulations today go to all the finalists in the NY TV Festival/Comedy Central Short Pilot Contest including the likes of comedy folks that have been featured on The Comedy Bureau before Michael Jonathan Smith, Grant Pardee, Matthew Hill, and Dave Child/Brooke Lenzi.

Get a complete list of the finalists at the link.

Brody Stevens Has a Lobster/Prune Juice/Champagne/Etc. Dinner with Nikki Glaser

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On this latest episode of Brody Stevens’ Push and Believe for CC:Studios, Nikki Glaser of Nikki and Sara Live joins Brody for a surprise dinner in his hotel suite. Much of the surprise comes from a pairing of flowin in lobster and prune juice, amongst other things.