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This Thursday, Adult Swim Will Stream a Marathon of All of “Rick and Morty” Leading Up to a Special Live, Sold Out Rick and Morty Event

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Earlier today, a mysterious link was tweeted out about a live Rick and Morty event this Thursday somewhere in the LA area. Unsurprisingly, tickets to the live event were sold out.

Fret not for those unable to get tickets or not in the LA area. The live event (though its not clear what it is outside of it involving the “Rick and Morty team”) will be live streamed on adultswim.com/streams at 6PM PST on Thursday, June 29th.

Ahead of that, all two seasons of Rick and Morty will be streamed also at adultswim.com/streams starting at 3AM PST that same day.

Don’t think so? Watch it the announcement from Adult Swim’s YouTube channel.

Dan Harmon Personally Examines the Search for Meaning in Rick and Morty

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There have been a handful, if not a bushel full, of philosophical breakdowns and dissections of Rick and Morty. While there are often dozens of jokes a minute, existential quandaries pervade the many universes of the show.

So, series co-creator Dan Harmon sat down and gave his own personal take on what Rick and Morty says about the search for the meaning of it all. Please enjoy it here.

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Rick and Morty Co-Creator Justin Roiland Shows How to Prepare to Voice “Drunk Rick”

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Few get to pour so much of their blood, sweat, tears, and soul into their show quite like Justin Roiland does with Rick and Morty.

Just watch this behind the scenes clip where Justin, who voices both Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, go method with getting into the mind of a “drunk Rick” in order to properly voice the character.

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Adult Swim to Bring the “Rickmobile”, a Mobile Rick and Morty Store Across the Country This Summer

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Dozens of cities across the continental U.S. will be graced by a Rick-Sanchez-shaped vehicle that houses a Rick and Morty merch store over the next few months.

The tour starts this Thursday, March 11th in Atlanta and goes in and around the country across several states.

Get more details, dates, locations, etc. here.

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-Ality, the VR Game, Now Available for Purchase

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We can imagine very many other ways to enjoy 4/20 then playing a brand spankin’ new Rick and Morty VR game.

Get a full look of not only what’s possible in the game, but how much the game stays on brand by making fun of itself in the full trailer.

You can get Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality from Steam for $29.99. If there was a reason to get a VR headset, this might be it.

Rick and Morty VR Game “Virtual Rick-Ality” Finally Arriving on 4/20

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If there’s a thing that VR would be great for, it’d definitely be adventures in the Rick and Morty universe, or universes rather, where portal guns can you take you pretty much anywhere that Harmon and Roiland have thought up.

Just a few days from now, on 4/20, Virtual Rick-ality will bring that VR experience to HTC Vive and Oculus.

Here’s the teensiest preview in this teaser that should get you hyped for this even if you’ve been skeptical of VR over the years.

SXSW Comedy Festival Line-up for 2017 Announced

Comedians to perform at this year’s SXSW:

Al Madrigal • Andrew Santino • Big Jay Oakerson • Bob Odenkirk • Bonnie McFarlane • Brendon Walsh • Chris Hardwick • Dan Harmon • Dave Hill • Doug Benson • Doug Stanhope • Dulce Sloan • Glenn Wool • Eddie Pepitone • Guy Branum • Horatio Sanz • Janeane Garofalo • Jason Mantzoukas • Jessica McKenna • Joe DeRosa • Joel Kim Booster • John Hodgman • Jon Gabrus • Liza Treyger • Matt Besser • Matt Walsh • Matteo Lane • Michael Ian Black • Morgan Murphy • Nate Bargatze • Nick Swardson • Nick Thune • Nicole Byer • Phoebe Robinson • Rich Vos • Robert Kelly • Sasheer Zamata • Scott Aukerman • Scott Thompson • Sean Patton • Shane Mauss • Shaun Diston • Tim Dillon • Tom Lennon • Wanda Sykes • Whitney Cummings • Wyatt Cenac • and more

A live edition of @midnight, Seeso screenings, Talk Show the Game Show, ASSSSCAT, Dave Hill’s Witch Taint, Shane Mauss’ Good Trip, Harmontown, and Doug Loves Movies are just a few of the other comedy things that you just might want to (uh, we highly recommend it) at this year’s comedy portion of SXSW in mid-March in Austin, TX.

See the comedy schedule here and get passes here.

February 2, 2017

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Lucha VaVoom’s first show of 2017 will be a “Twisted Valentine” combining, as always, Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque, and comedy.

Between their two shows on February 8th and 9th at The Mayan, you’ll get Ron Funches and Dan Harmon will join hosts Blaine Capatch and Jeff Davies on top of all the crazy, high flying action that will be going down.

Get your tickets fast as Lucha VaVoom tends to sell out. Tickets are going for $40-$55 here.

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

Up Until April 15th, New Harmontown Livestream Subscriptions Will Be Matched with a Donation to the ACLU

January 30, 2017

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Up Until April 15th, New Harmontown Livestream Subscriptions Will Be Matched with a Donation to the ACLU

There is plenty that you miss out on if you’re not seeing what is going down on the weekly live Harmontown podcast tapings at Nerdmelt. For that alone, it might be worth $5 a month, which includes access to a video archive of past tapings and a video blog from Dan Harmon himself.

Now, you’ll have an even better reason to subscribe now, if you haven’t done so already, as the podcast will match all the money it gets from new subscriptions until April 15th in the form of a donation to the ACLU.

If you’re interested in signing-up, do so here.

You Can Now See the Rick and Morty Art Show at Gallery 1988 Online

January 16, 2017

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DCAY design “Get Riggity-Riggity Wrecked Son” by Sean Naylor

This past weekend, Gallery 1988 held an art show in tribute to the one and only Rick and Morty on Adult Swim. Several artists made some pretty amazing pieces as you can see above and below.

The opening was this past weekend and had, as you can imagine, a very long line. So, if you wanted to see all the works on display, you can see them online at Gallery 1988 and maybe even buy some pieces (if they’re not already sold out).

Wanted by the Council of Ricks by Ryan Brinkerhoff

What Is My Purpose by Bennett Slater

Wubba Lubba Dub Dub by Joey Spiotto

Le RICK by Brandon Griffith

Portrait of Birdperson by Erin Gallagher

Sometimes Science Is More Art Than Science by Anthony Petrie

January 11, 2017

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Gallery 1988 (7308 Melrose Ave.) will be hosting an exhibition of art in tribute to one of our favorite shows, Rick and Morty. The opening will happen this Friday, January 13th starting at 7PM and going until 9PM and the art will be for sale. The event itself has free admission.

Note that many of these art shows are highly attended and often form a line well before the doors open.

The piece above was made by Scott Listfield.

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

Here Is a Scene of Animatics from Season 3 of Rick and Morty

January 4, 2017

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There is still no premiere date for season 3 of Rick & Morty, but at least there is this leaked scene of animatics that you can hold on to and obsess over until then.

HarmonQuest Renewed for Season 2 at Seeso and Has “Uncovered” 38 Lost Scenes

October 19, 2016

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HarmonQuest Renewed for Season 2 at Seeso and Has “Uncovered” 38 Lost Scenes

Seeso, wisely we think, is staying their course of as-off-beat-as-can-be comedy programming.

Just announced today, HarmonQuest, where Dan Harmon and friends play their own humorous fantasy role playing game, just got picked up for a second season at NBC’s comedy exclusive streaming service, Seeso, for next year. On top of that, 38 additional scenes from season 1 will be coming in soon on November 3rd.

If you’re still waiting for Seeso to have enough to pay $3.99 a month for it, it’s clear that it probably surpassed that awhile ago.

YouTube Orders ‘Game Grumps’ from Dan Harmon’s Starburns Industries, a Comedy About Competitive Gaming

October 17, 2016

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YouTube Orders ‘Game Grumps’ from Dan Harmon’s Starburns Industries, a Comedy About Competitive Gaming

Whether it be network television, cable, streaming services, and now YouTube Red, Dan Harmon has almost done a show on almost every place where you can watch TV.

YouTube announced their series pick-ups today, which includes series orders of projects from Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, accomplished director Doug Liman, and, most interesting to us, Harmon’s Starburns Industries.

It’ll be a scripted comedy following the players in an eSports league called Game Grumps. Perhaps, it’ll be a tinge like Rick and Morty playing Roy…

Watch This Video Essay Exploring Rick and Morty’s Take on the Search for the Meaning of Life

October 17, 2016

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Rick and Morty is not only one of the best animated comedy series around. It’s one of the best shows on television in league with the most celebrated, decorated hour long dramas.

Sure, it’s hilarious, but Rick and Morty also uses its ultra-clever, sharp sense of humor to delve as deep into the human condition as it possibly can go. While not filled with as many dramatic moments as BoJack Horseman, creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland examine existential crises with an equally deft hand.

One Will Schoder points this out in his video essay on Rick and Morty-Finding Meaning in Life. After watching it, you might appreciate Rick and Morty even more.

“Rick and Morty” Improvised a Mini-Episode for New York Magazine

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It’s apparently going to be some more time of an undetermined amount (our least favorite kind) before brand new Rick & Morty comes out.

However, creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon along with Spencer Grammer, the voice of Summer, and writer Ryan Ridley all improvised a “mini-episode” (sans animation because, well, animation takes awhile, OK?) amidst a chat with New York Magazine.

Watch and enjoy, especially Roiland effortlessly switching between the voices of both Rick and Morty, here.

Harmonquest Is Now Streaming at Seeso and Seeso Was Nice Enough to Put the First Episode on YouTube

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If you’re not on board for the animated-live action hybrid D&D game show, Harmonquest, with Dan Harmon and friends, perhaps you’ll be enticed with this first episode offered for free on YouTube, which has Paul F. Tompkins as a guest, courtesy of Seeso.

For the rest of you (as well as the recently converted), Harmonquest is now streaming on Seeso.

“Great Minds with Dan Harmon” Does Their Season Finale Right with JFK, Mutant Spiders, and Dana Carvey

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For a series that really takes license with both science and history, what better way is there to bring the season to an end than having Dana Carvey play JFK and there be the threat of giant mutated spiders?

Don’t even bother thinking of an answer and just watch the season (and maybe series?) finale of Great Minds with Dan Harmon here.

“Harmonquest”, Dan Harmon’s Live Action-Animated D&D Game Show Gets a Full Trailer

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Dungeons and Dragons certainly doesn’t carry the stigma that it once used to, but that doesn’t mean that making it into engaging television would be easy.

Still, Dan Harmon has, from the looks of this trailer, figured that out. First, it appeared in portions of Harmontown, and now it’s a live action-animated hybrid now known as Harmonquest.

Coming to Seeso on July 14th, Harmon and a gathering of his friends including Jeff Bryan Davis and Erin McGathy, favorite funny people including Thomas Middleditch, Paul F. Tompkins, Aubrey Plaza, Ron Funches, Steve Agee, and John Hodgman, Kumail Nanjiani, and Chelsea Peretti and Game Master Spencer Crittenden will show you how much of a rollicking, incredibly layered, and enjoyably complicated game D&D can be.

2016 Outside Lands Announces Barbary Comedy & Improv Line-Up

As part of San Francisco’s big annual music and arts festival to do, Outside Lands, they always have a pretty sizable line-up of comedy reserved for the Barbary portion of the festival.

This year, as you can see above, is no different as it’s co-curated by SF Sketchfest.

If you’re on board, get your tickets here.

Great Minds with Dan Harmon Gets Dangerously Close to the ‘Singularity’ with Ada Lovelace

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In a much better, more concise version of what the movie Transcendence was going for, Great Minds with Dan Harmon has to deal with their latest guest, Ada Lovelace (played by Gillian Jacobs), who is credited as a pioneer with computers, and what happens when she gets her hands on a modern computer.

Also, Dan tries his darndest to play matchmaker.

Watch it all unfold and see if they achieve merging human consciousness into computers here.

Latest Episodes of Great Minds with Dan Harmon Have John Wilkes Booth Play Lincoln and Buddha Do Product Placement

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Dan Harmon’s short form series Great Minds at History Channel’s Night Class returned with more to take some delightful license with bringing historical figures to the present day and put them (as well as Dan) into morally and ethically comprising situation to humor the rest of us.

The latest episodes that have Danny Pudi play a Buddha who gets drawn into product placement and Andy Dick play a John Wilkes Booth that’s coerced into playing Lincoln accomplish this quite well.

Paul F. Tompkins Shows How Sad Edgar Allan Poe Really Was on Great Minds with Dan Harmon

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The latest episode of Dan Harmon’s Great Minds manages to summon the renowned writer Edgar Allan Poe as played as sad as can be by Paul F. Tompkins.

Perhaps, you’ll hear this impersonation of the ultra-sad Poe anytime you read The Raven or The Tell-Tale Heart again