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Pick of the Day: The Stepfathers 4 Years Later (in NYC) 5/27

May 13, 2024

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One of NYC’s most revered and celebrated improv groups, The Stepfathers, is finally returning to the stage after a long slumber because, well, something happened in 2020. Honestly, NYC improv hasn’t really been the same without them, so let’s hope this is the improv version of Punxsutawney Phil signaling the end of winter coming.

The comedy brilliance of Shannon O’Neill, Connor Ratliff, Alex Dickson & Sebastian Conelli will be assembling at Caveat on Monday, May 27th at 7PM and go above and beyond with “making sad things funny”. Tickets are only $24.41 and, somehow, there are still a few left for you to snag. Better go get them here while you can.

Pick of the Day: The George Lucas Talk Show (in NYC) 10/9

September 15, 2023

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The arrival of Ahsoka on Disney+ should signal an especially special time for The George Lucas Talk Show since the significance of Ahsoka being a main player in the Star Wars Universe is all at the behest of George Lucas himself. Truly, any excuse for Connor Ratliff to don a beard and a slick, custom souvenir jacket and join a Watto-fied Griffin Newman and Patrick Cotnoir for GLTS is all good with us.

The hysterical, very meta talk show is not as regularly scheduled as it once was, which is why we feel particularly tasked with highlighting when it does come around, especially when it’s playing such a venue as The Bell House. Come Mon. Oct 9th at 7;30PM, Ratliff and company will assemble for GLTS and, who knows, maybe even strike a deal between the WGA, SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP?

Only one way to find out. Go get tickets for $25.42 here before they sell out.

Pick of the Day: The 1st Annual George Lucas Talk Show Star Wars Describe-a-Thon (Live-stream)

April 29, 2022

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Star Wars Day, May 4th (you know, because “May the fourth be with you” was too good of a pun to pass up) is coming next week and there will be a myriad of things to do to mark the day (though the originally slated release of Obi Wan on Disney+ got pushed to later in the month).

One of those things that you can and should definitely get into if you’re both a Star Wars and comedy fan is Connor Ratliff transforming himself once again into George Lucas for The George Lucas Talk Show to do the 1st Annual Star Wars Day DESCRIBE-A-THON. Since it would be copyright infringement to screen it on Planet Scum, Connor as Lucas, Patrick, Griffin, and guests will describe the vast array of films in the Star Wars cinematic universe, which ought to be a hoot (even if you’re not the big a Star Wars person).

This 1st Annual GLTS Star Wars Day DESCRIBE-A-THON will be set for May 4th at 7:30PM ET/4:30PM PT live-streamed on Planet Scum.

Curious to see how this version of Lucas will describe the digital re-release of the original Star Wars (the one where Lucas digitally added CGI creatures that no one was really asking for.

Oh yeah, they’ll be raising money for Grant Imahara’s Steam Foundation.

Pick of the Day: The George Lucas Talk Show (in LA) 6/3

March 24, 2022

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Since it endures through the pandemic as a virtual show on top of it already being a beloved live show in-person for several years before COVID-19 was even a thought, The George Lucas Talk Show should be commended for its resilience, agility, and longevity as well as being thoroughly enjoyed as one of the most humorous curiosities to come in the last 15 years or so.

Connor Ratliff as George Lucas joined by Griffin Newman’s Watto and producer Patrick Cotnoir are actually going to be doing The George Lucas Talk Show live and in-person, once more, in LA, a rare occurrence even without a pandemic. If you’re not anywhere near Dynasty Typewriter, you’ll be happy to know that they’ll also be live-streaming the show as well, which should be pretty swell getting to see/hear it with a live crowd.

This very special live, LA edition (the last one was probably in 2017 or 2018 at UCB Sunset?) of The George Lucas Talk Show is set for Jun. 3rd at Dynasty Typewriter at 8PM PT (streams 8PM PT/11PM ET). Go grab your tickets for $20 right now ($15 for live-stream) here.

Pick of the Day: The Return of George Lucas Talk Show (on Planet Scum) 8/21

August 18, 2021

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Without a doubt, one of the most dynamic and ever-surprising live-streams during lockdown was The George Lucas Talk Show on Planet Scum. Adapting from the long running live show version, Connor Ratliff and sidekicks Patrick Cotnoir, and Griffin Newman brought all sorts of Lucas universe fueled ridiculousness including entire marathon watch-a-longs that were often done for charity.

Doing a virtual George Lucas Talk Show every Sunday was a tall order, so there was a break a few months back, especially as some things started to open back up. Yet, that wasn’t the last word of GLTS on Planet Scum as, this Saturday, Ratliff is donning his George Lucas attire once more to interview the one and only, venerable and renowned Paul F. Tompkins.

Per usual, the show is free to stream on Planet Scum. Tune in this Sat. Aug. 21st at 5PM PT/8PM ET on Planet Scum.

Pick of the Day: The George Lucas Talk Show Holiday Special 12/20

December 17, 2020

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The Sunday before Christmas, The George Lucas Talk Show, Connor Ratliff’s legendary talk show that he hosts as retired filmmaker George Lucas, is going big for a holiday special that will very likely go much better than a certain infamous Star Wars Holiday Special.

This Sunday, Dec. 20th, Ratliff along with The George Lucas Talk Show crew of Patrick Cotnoir and Griffin Newman will be joined by a cavalcade of special guests from far, far away (because aren’t we all far, far away from each other in this pandemic) for a 15 HOUR marathon fundraiser for Feeding America. We have no doubt that there so’s so much up the sleeves of Lucas’ satin bomber jacket that will fill that 15 hour run.

Per @connorratliff:

TWO GOALS FOR THIS SUNDAY’S GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW HOLIDAY SPECIAL:

1) to raise at least $20k for @FeedingAmerica

2) to do a 15-hour show that doesn’t feel as long as The Star Wars Holiday Special. (Any tips, @HamillHimself?)

How to give: • bit.ly/gltsgives • donate directly, send receipt to thegeorgelucastalkshow@gmail.com

The George Lucas Talk Show Holiday Special starts 7AM PT/10AM ET this Sunday over at Planet Scum.

There Will Be a Marathon of Chris Gethard’s Failed Comedy Central Series “Big Lake” for Charity

August 14, 2020

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The archives are definitely being cleaned out while quarantine continues. So many artists of all ilks have been digging through their past works and sharing pieces that have been rarely seen or not seen whatsoever.

This Sunday, The George Lucas Talk Show will be airing Big Lake, the incredibly short lived sitcom on Comedy Central that was supposed to be Chris Gethard’s big debut as a TV star. Connor Ratliff, Griffin Newman, and Patrick Cotnoir of TGLTS have managed to dig up all 10 episodes and will binging them on a marathon this Sunday on Gethard’s digital comedy network Planet Scum as well as talking to cast and creators, no less. For those that miss the days of the old school The Chris Gethard Show, this Sunday afternoon will be for you.

Of this event, Gethard comments, “Up until now, the episodes have been notoriously hard to find. I have no idea how the gang obtained them, let alone how they are distributing. I do know for a fact they tried to upload them to a porn website and they were removed for copyright violation. Big Lake: the show so bad even pornographers won’t trifle with it.”

Also, this Big Lake marathon will be raising money for water.org to bring access to clear water around the world. Tune in at 12PM PT/3PM ET at Planet Scum to join in on the binge watching and inevitable shenanigans at Gethard’s expense.

Watch Chris Gethard Suspended Over a Freezing Ice Bath with Adam Pally Barely Holding Him Up

August 25, 2017

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Only The Chris Gethard Show would come up with such an “innovative” way to do weightlifting that also doubles as a nightmare scenario for host Chris Gethard.

Enjoy what they dubbed “The Gethpress 3000″ here.

Also, for good measure on a fitness themed episode of TCGS, here’s the show’s warm-up Connor Ratliff being forced to do a session of CrossFit.

July 14, 2017

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Connor Ratliff’s The George Lucas Talk Show, the clever and popular reworking of the talk show where he plays, you guessed it, George Lucas as a talk show host is returning to LA once again on Sunday, July 23rd at 9PM at UCB Sunset.

With all the recent Han Solo movie drama that has happened recently, you’ll bet Ratliff’s Lucas will have a thing or two to say.

Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

January 17, 2017

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Basically, Connor Ratliff plays a version George Lucas who makes good on want to host his own talk show. It’s normally based out of NYC, but it’s stopping by for a special LA edition this week and you absolutely get your tickets for it here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Chris Gethard to Host Election Day Special at His Old Public Access Home, MNN

October 17, 2016

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We’re pretty sure that any other comedy election day special isn’t going to be 12 hours long.

That being said, thank goodness that Chris Gethard, the TCGS crew, and comedians Conner O’Malley, Tim Dillon, Jo Firestone, Shannon O’Neill, Maeve Higgins, Langan Kingsley, Brett Davis, Connor Ratliff, Lorelei Ramirez, Ana Fabrega, Kenny DeForest, Jackie Jennings, Murf Meyer, JD Amato, Will Miles, and much more will be giving the lovely alternative to whatever nail-bite inducing coverage is happening elsewhere.

From noon to midnight EST on November 8th, The Manhattan Neighborhood Network Election Special will air at MNN and MNN.org.

Connor Ratliff’s Presidential Run Is Going to Name a New and Different VP Pick Everyday for a Month

September 1, 2016

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Connor Ratliff’s Presidential Run Is Going to Name a New and Different VP Pick Everyday for a Month

A move like this almost approaches being as ridiculous as Trump’s flip-flopping.

Weeks ago, comedian Connor Rafliff announced that he was running for President merely as a joke and with no intention of winning. He actually endorses Hillary Clinton while continuing his campaign.

So, his latest attention-grabbing stunt is to make different a pick for his potential vice presidential running mate for 30 consecutive days.

We think he’s off to a great start with picking every living VP that has served assembled into a “Suicide Squad”.

It’s National Book Lovers Day, So Buy/Pre-Order New Books from Norm MacDonald, Reductress, Tony Millionaire, Will Hines and More

There’s nothing quite like a random day like National Book Lovers Day that’s set up to celebrates books that allows us to recommend to you some great comedy book titles that have been either recently released or will be hitting bookshelves (both physical and digital) very soon.

So, without further delay, get your observance of this holiday in with buying or pre-ordering the following:

–Based on a True Story: A Memoir by Norm MacDonald (out September 20th)

–How To Win at Feminism: The Definitive Guide to Having It All-And Then Some! by Reductress (out Oct. 25th)

–You’ll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein

–How To Be The Greatest Improviser on Earth by Will Hines

–The Bob’s Burgers Burger Book: Real Recipes for Joke Burgers by Loren Bouchard and the Writers of Bob’s Burgers; Recipes by Cole Bowden

–Dave Hill Doesn’t Liver Here Anymore by Dave Hill

–Drinky Crow Drinks Again by Tony Millionaire

–Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir by Amber Tozer

–Winning Isn’t Everything: Why I Am Running For President Again… And Why I Will Lose by Connor Ratliff

Connor Ratliff Announces He’s Running for President as “No Party” Candidate Just for the Attention and Already Endorses Hillary Clinton

August 9, 2016

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Officially announced this morning, comedian Connor Ratliff is running, again, for president and immediately admits he has no shot at winning or even getting to 15% in the polls, the absolute minimum required to be in the presidential debates.

As that’s the case, he admits that he is just doing this for the attention, which is an idea that Donald Trump hasn’t and probably will never admit to or even entertain the idea of admitting. Ratliff is going on a platform of asking people to not vote for him or even give him donations, but, instead, give their vote and support to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. That’s probably one of the nicest things a presidential candidate has done in this election thus far for the competition.

The best part of this whole announcement is probably this paragraph:

Ratliff has openly called for computer hackers to figure out a way to project a hologram of him onto the stage during one of the Presidential debates. "I don’t know if it’s even technologically possible, but if it can be achieved I think it would be a major display of American know-how,” said Ratliff. “Even if it was just for me to pop in and say hello and call Donald Trump a name, I think it would be a way of showing that in America, anything is possible. I think it would give people hope.”

Read the whole press release here.

While he doesn’t want your vote, you can follow his campaign over the next few months on Tumblr and Twitter as well as buy his book, Winning Isn’t Everything: Why I Am Running For President Again… And Why I Will Lose, that explains why he won’t win.

So, far this sounds like a pretty good campaign to us.

Connor Ratliff & Mikey Erg Have Some Anti-Summer Anthems with “Summer Is Not XMAS”

July 10, 2016

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While we’ve been reinforced to enjoy summer due to the scheduling of most schools in this country, there are a good deal of people who don’t enjoy June, July, and August because of the intense heat and the fact that it’s not the holiday season.

If you’ve ever felt alone because you’re an “anti-summer” person, fret no more (except for the part where you hate summer) as Connor Ratliff and Mikey Erg, the guys behind the non-religious holiday album Spirit of Ratliff, have a nice collection of songs that speak to your anathema of summer.

Watch the lyric video for 4th of July: RESURGENCE if you think we’re making all of this up for some reason.

It’s entilted Summer Is Not XMAS, has 7 songs, and can (and should) be downloaded off of Bandcamp right here.

Connor Ratliff Has to Eat Vegetables, Which He Absolutely Loathes, in Order to Interview Tony Hale

May 12, 2016

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Even the most stubborn of kids might not hate eating vegetables quite like Connor Ratliff does. In Connor’s case, he’s a full grown adult and no one can tell him to eat his veggies or else.

Well, we guess his boss, Chris Gethard, can do that as a condition of interviewing one of Ratliff’s heroes, Tony Hale.

That’s exactly what happened and it’s even more surprising how much Connor can’t stand one of the most important parts of the food pyramid.

Watch The Adorable Music Video for Connor Ratliff and Mikey Erg’s New Holiday Song “No One Wants a Pizza on Xmas Day”

December 16, 2015

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From The Spirit of Ratliff EP, Connor Ratliff and Mikey Erg present a pleasantly out-of-left-field Christmas song with an equally delightfully out-of-left-field music video, No One Wants a Pizza on Xmas Day.

The Spirit of Ratliff and It’s a Holiday Soul Party by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings should be all the holiday music you need this season.

Connor Ratliff & Mikey Erg Made a Great Album to Accompany Holiday Season, Especially If You Don’t Like Getting Religious About It

December 4, 2015

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Connor Ratliff, who you’ve probably seen on The Chris Gethard Show or the great web series I’m Too Fragile For This, teamed up with another TCGS alum, Mikey Erg to make a collection of holiday music that isn’t worn down by religious traditions that come around this time of year, but is still very festive.

So, that project turned into a whole album, well a sort of a novella of an album as there are 8 songs spanning 12 minutes.

Still, The Spirit of Ratliff is pretty great and really hits a sweet spot of endearing and funny without going overboard like so much holiday music does. “No One Wants a Pizza on Christmas Day” is a perfect example of how Ratliff and Erg pull that off.

You can get Spirit of Ratliff off of Bandcamp for $7 and you should know that it’s actually a soundtrack to what will be an upcoming Xmas special with Connor.

Get a taste of that with the music video for XMAS is the BEST.

Connor Ratliff Put Adele’s “Hello” Over the Hillary Clinton-Benghazi Committee Hearing

October 26, 2015

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While you might have developed a prejudice towards mash-ups because of their proliferation on the Internet, we urge you to enjoy this well-crafted and tasteful blend from Connor Ratliff of Adele’s latest single “Hello” scoring the day long committee hearing regarding Benghazi that Hillary Clinton went through recently.

If anything, you’ll be asking probably asking as many questions about this video as you all apparently are for Adele’s actual video for the song.

Watch Ratliff’s work here.

“Ménage à Trois Radio” Makes Some Great Retro Dating Profile Videos That Will Make Modern Dating Seem Slightly Less Awful

March 12, 2015

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Feeling like making an online dating profile is waste of time and are losing faith in finding love? Well, we don’t have a solution for that, but these Ménage à Trois Radio Romance Wranglers retro dating profile videos should make you feel better.

Murf Meyer and Diana Kolsky host a real steamy love and relationship show called Ménage à Trois Radio and, for some fun, they made these old school dating profile videos featuring the likes of Neil Casey, Shannon O’Neill, Connor Ratliff and so many more funny folks.

Like we said, Romance Wranglers won’t cure your troubles with Tinder or OK Cupid, but you’ll definitely will feel better knowing you could be doing worse with whoever you’re matched up with.

Watch it here, here, or more over here.

UCB’s Goldwater Asks You To Take a Trip Into The Woods Lovely, Dark, and Deep and Also A Little Strange

February 8, 2015

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UCB’s Goldwater aims to make short films rather than short web video/sketches and, consequently, ends up making something usually funny, sweet, with a touch of the ethereal.

Their latest short “The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep” hits those marks pretty well. We hope this is the sort of wood that Robert Frost was talking about in that poem.

Here’s Everything You Wanted to Say About Not Wanting to Date But Felt Like It Might Come Off as Annoying

September 7, 2013

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Cathryn Mudon and Connor Ratliff web series on Blip.tv “I’m Too Fragile For This” voices probably everything you’ve wanted to say about dating in their latest episode, but were too worried that it might alienate anyone that would talk to you.

So, you can just watch, laugh, and internalize this to care of most of your dating neuroses hopefully.