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Netflix Is A Joke Fest Is Back (and Even Bigger?) for 2022

One of the first major comedy festivals to get postponed indefinitely because of COVID-19 was Netflix’s gigantic celebration of comedy that brought out all their biggest stars and their accompanying constellations, Netflix Is a Joke Fest. It was also going to be the first big comedy festival in LA in years (since Riot LA in DTLA ended its run).

For 2020, Netflix seemingly spared no expense to make the biggest comedy festival they could in Los Angeles and it was heartbreaking to see none of that happen in 2020 and have no idea if and when it would happen again.

Well, on this side of the pandemic, Netflix Is a Joke Fest was just announced to be back on, running from Thurs. Apr. 28th-Sun. May 8th, and Netflix is making sure to make it even bigger it would appear. Their stable of venues includes LA’s biggest (which wasn’t planned for 2020) including Dodger Stadium, Staples Center (now known as Crypto.com Arena), The Forum, and The Hollywood Bowl on top of beloved LA comedy haunts, old and new, The Comedy Store, The Hollywood Improv, Dynasty Typewriter, and The Elysian.

The top billing for the line-up is also more robust than we remember. On the schedule, the streamer has David Letterman, Tina Fey/Amy Poehler, Ali Wong, Eddie Izzard, Larry David, Wanda Sykes, Nick Kroll, Seth Rogen’s Table Reads, Marc Maron, Jane Fonda/Lily Tomlin, John Mulaney, Mike Birbiglia, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Colin Quinn, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Ilana Glazer, Jimmy Carr, Taylor Tomlinson, Margaret Cho, Ben Schwartz, and Kevin Smith.

Oh yeah, there’s Dave Chappelle too as well as Aziz Ansari who are two of Netflix’s biggest gets within their talent pool, but have had the “cancellation” treatment. We have no doubt that their shows will sell out.

As they are billing it as the “biggest comedy event in history*, *probably” (SF Sketchfest does have way more programming and the Edinburgh Fringe is bigger than most festivals, period.), they’ve also filled out their line-up with plenty of folks (including many of our absolute favorites) that you shouldn’t miss if you’re putting the money down for Netflix Is a Joke Fest. That includes Todd Glass, Melissa Villaseñor, Guy Branum, Natalie Palamides doing Laid, Beth Stelling, James Adomian, Robin Tran, Mae Martin, and Sam Jay.

You can take a gander at the schedule here, then go get tickets starting this Fri. Dec. 10th at NetflixIsAJokeFest.com.

Pick of the Day: Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend LIVE (in LA) 11/3

August 16, 2021

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Sure, Conan O’Brien has stepped down from his late night talk show that he was hosting for decades, but that doesn’t mean that Conan O’Brien is anywhere near done with comedy. The Team Coco empire that he’s built over the last several years continues to grow these days and is still as alive and kicking it has ever been.

In fact, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, the lead podcast for Team Coco, is set to do its very first live show/taping later this year. Wed. Nov. 3rd will be when Conan, Matt Gourley, and Sona Movsesian (and very special TBA guests) take over the Wiltern and make personal history for Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend after building to being one of the best comedy podcasts around that let us peer in on a Conan O’Brien free from the constraints of a late night network talk show (in addition to regularly getting competitive with Matt and Sona).

Tickets for this very first Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend LIVE will go on sale on Fri. Aug. 20th 10AM PT here, but available for Team Coco Newsletter subscribers on Wed. Aug. 18th at 10AM PT.

And Here Are the Comedy Nominees for The 3rd Annual IHeartRadio Podcast Awards

December 8, 2020

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IHeartRadio, which just seemed to work its way into podcast only relatively recently, has their very own podcast awards that’s now on its a third year. It might be a little suspicious as they have their very own podcast network under the IHeartRadio umbrella, but nonetheless, they’ve got a spread of categories that feature many a great comedy podcast including Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, My Favorite Murder, Las Culturistas, Hollywood Handbook, Nicole Byer, Office Ladies, and more.

The winners for The 2021 IHeartRadio Podcast Awards will be named during a virtual event on Thurs. Jan. 21st at 9PM.

Best Comedy Podcast

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend (Team Coco/Earwolf)
Office Ladies (Earwolf/Jenna Fischer/Angela Kinsey)
The Read (Loud Speakers Network)
Smartless (Independent)
Fake Doctors, Real Friends (iHeartRadio)

Best Crime Podcast

Crime Junkie (AudioChuck)
Criminal (PRX/Radiotopia)
Deep Cover: The Drug Wars (Pushkin Industries)
Forgotten: Women of Juarez (iHeartRadio)
My Favorite Murder (Exactly Right)

Best Pop Culture Podcast

Bitch Sesh (Earwolf/Casey Wilson/Danielle Schneider)
Las Culturistas (Big Money Players/iHeartRadio)
Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR)
Still Processing (The New York Times)
The Read (Loud Speakers Network)

Best Ad Read

• “Comedy Bang Bang” (Earwolf / Scott Aukerman)
• “Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend” (Team Coco/Earwolf)
• “Hollywood Handbook” (Earwolf)
• “Office Ladies” (Earwolf / Stitcher)
• “Revisionist History” (Pushkin Industries)

Best Overall Host – Male

• Conan O’Brien (Team Coco/Earwolf)
• Dax Shepard (Armchair Umbrella)
• Jonathan Van Ness (Earwolf/Stitcher)
• Michael Barbaro (The New York Times)
• Questlove (iHeartRadio)

Best Overall Host – Female

• Ashley Flowers (Parcast)
• Brene Brown (Parcast)
• Michelle Obama (Higher Ground/Spotify)
• Nicole Byer (Headgum)
• Nora McInerny (APM)

Best TV & Film Podcast

• “Fake Doctors, Real Friends” (iHeartRadio)
• “How Did This Get Made?” (Earwolf/Paul Scheer/June Diane Raphael/Jason Mantzoukas/Stitcher)
• “Office Ladies” (Earwolf/Jenna Fischer/Angela Kinsey)
• “Rewatchables” (The Ringer/Bill Simmons)
• “You Must Remember This” (Karina Longworth)

You can read the whole list of nominees for the 2021 IHeartRadio Podcast Awards here.

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend Returns Next Monday

October 1, 2019

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Conan O’Brien arrived into the wide world of podcasting with Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend and hit the ground running. Getting to hear a Conan without the worry of network censors or having to cut segments short has been truly engrossing (as well as further confirming that Conan can find the funny in nearly any situation) and instantly a hit.

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, after some time off (so O’Brien could go to Greenland and such), is finally coming back this Mon., Oct. 7th and you can look forward to perking your ears up for a great row of guests including Paul Rudd, Ellen DeGeneres, David Letterman and Tina Fey.

If you haven’t gotten into Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, now would be great time to binge listen and catch up.

During Transition from Hour to Half-Hour, Conan O’Brien Will Be “Looking for a Friend” Via a New Podcast

October 15, 2018

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While there a streamlining of Conan over at TBS that will debut in January, there will still be plenty of Conan to have in your life over the next few months.

One of those things will be a podcast with open conversations between O’Brien and guests in an attempt to get to know them outside of the pre-arranged stories they’ve done on his show for a quarter century and maybe, just maybe, make a new friend. If anything, it’ll probably allow to be Conan O’Brien that we enjoy the most, which is a Conan O’Brien with as little boundaries as possible.

Episodes will start dropping soon, but you can listen to a trailer and subscribe over at Earwolf here.