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10 or So Things You Should Be Excited About in Comedy From Last Week 6/12

June 12, 2016
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It’s pretty simple. Lots of great, important stuff happened last week in comedy. Like the title says, here are 10 (or so) of those things.

–Chris Gethard wanting to be Kelly Ripa’s sidekick

–John Oliver topping Oprah with nearly $15 million debt forgiveness giveaway

–Trailer for Bassem Youssef’s Democracy Handbook

–Second trailer for HBO’s Vice Principals

–This stand-up set from Brodie Reed

–Danny Jelinek and Chris Sartinsky’s “Mulchtown”

–The Lucas Brothers returning to The Tonight Show

–Comedy Central putting every Key & Peele sketch online 

–Angie Tribeca is back for season 2 at TBS, Casual is back for season 2 at Hulu, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser returns to Comedy Central, Ladylike premieres at MTV

–Comedy Central’s next roast will be of Rob Lowe

–Amber Tozer’s memoir Sober Stick Figure 

Here’s the Trailer for Bassem Youssef’s “Democracy Handbook”

June 6, 2016
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As No, You Shut Up! is no more, Fusion is going to fill its slot for its current events/politically charged comedy with a brand new show from “Egypt’s Jon Stewart”, Bassem Youssef. 

Called Democracy Handbook, Youssef will learn about what America has done with the ‘grand experiment’ of democracy by going out and talking to people at on the street, Trump rallies, gun shows, and more.

Get a taste of it with this trailer here, then look for the premiere in July.

Bassem Youssef Will Be “Learning” About American Democracy in New Fusion Series “Democracy Handbook”

February 2, 2016
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While Jon Stewart is just appearing on shows here and there for now, the “Jon Stewart of Egypt” is getting his own show.

Announced during the live edition of No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins at Riot LA, Dr. Bassem Youssef who hosted Egypt’s satirical news show Al-Bernameg (often compared to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is being brought over stateside for his very own show by Fusion. 

The idea for Democracy Handbook is that the attempts for democracy in The Middle East have not really gone that well and Youssef is coming to America to learn how to do democracy “right” since our version of democracy is running “just fine” with “no hiccups whatsoever”.

So, we’re on board for this and are standing by for a premiere date. 

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