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Preview Netflix Doc “Hannibal Takes Edinbugh” with Hannibal Buress Doing ‘Set List’

April 7, 2016

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Tomorrow, Netflix is giving us another dose of Hannibal Buress on top of the hour special Comedy Camisado they released earlier this year.

The documentary specifically follows Hannibal as he goes through a run at the legendary Edinburgh Fringe Festival and aptly called Hannibal Takes Edinburgh.

You can get a taste with Hannibal doing and improvised stand-up warm up and improvised stand-up on Edinburgh Fringe Festival favorite, Set List (started here in LA).

Watch a Mini Doc on What’s Going on with Brent Weinbach’s “Gangster Party Line” Two Years After It Went Viral

February 26, 2016

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Scott Moran, the man behind the brilliant docu-series Modern Comedian, has a new mini-documentary at JASH that delves into what came after Brent Weinbach’s viral hit video Gangster Party Line.

Two years later, the video has a sort of website spin-off GangsterPartyLine.com featuring the voicemails that people would leave when calling the real number from the video.

Every once in awhile, Brent and friends like the brilliant Moshe Kasher will actually pick up and, you know, talk some shit.

Get into the doc here and give Gangster Party Line another watch or two because it definitely still holds up.

Here’s a Trailer for The National Lampoon Documentary “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead”

January 2, 2016

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There was a time where National Lampoon was at the center of comedy in America and had some of the funniest people around in its ranks. In 2015, National Lampoon is in a much different place.

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is the documentary that follows the outrageous rises and falls of National Lampoon through the decades and it’s set to premiere on Showtime on Jan. 22nd.

Get a look of what’s to come in this teaser trailer.

Randy Liedtke Gets Into The Deeper Reasons Why He Rollerblades “Outside Comedy”

December 19, 2015

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Randy Liedtke is a very funny comedian that plays around the sillier edges of comedy. So, it the fact that one of his hobbies is non-ironically rollerblading as an adult in 2015 kind of makes sense.

Watch him wax about rollerblading and the deeper fulfillment he gets out it in the latest episode of Thomas R. Wood’s Outside Comedy.

Brooks Wheelan Shares His Passion of Photography While Admitting He Doesn’t Know Too Much About Photography

December 13, 2015

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This latest episode of Thomas R. Wood’s great web series Outside Comedy trails Brooks Wheelan as he takes a day to hike along a picturesque piece of California coastline and snap as many photos as possible. Turns out that Wheelan loves photography, but likes to do as more of an outsider rather than getting to the specifics of F-stops, color temperature, etc.

As with every episode in this series, the hobbies and obsessions outside of comedy bring a sort of balance and perspective to each comedian and it’s pretty fascinating.

Watch this episode here.

Get a Look at the Intense Board Game that Brent Weinbach Plays “Outside Comedy”

November 17, 2015

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Brent Weinbach has one of the most innovative minds in comedy. His absurdist comedy is often seen by audiences without precedent and we have yet to see it not kill.

What keeps a mind like Brent’s occupied during his off duty hours? Thomas R. Wood’s Outside Comedy explores Brent’s hobby of playing one of the more suspense-laced board games around, The Resistance.

It only makes sense that someone who makes a point of never breaking on stage likes playing a game that heavily involves how good you are at lying.

New Web Series Seeks Out What Comedians Do “Outside Comedy”

November 12, 2015

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Filmmaker Thomas R. Wood has gotten together the likes of Kyle Kinane, Beth Stelling, Brent Weinbach, Brooks Wheelan, and more for a new web series.

Is it one where all of these hysterical comedians are doing comedy? Nope.

Outside Comedy will delve into what they do outside of their job as a comedian, arguably the thing that keeps them sane.

Intrigued? Of course you are. Watch a trailer for the series here.

Watch How Run The Jewels’ Joke Concept Album “Meow The Jewels” Became Something Way More Than Just a Joke

October 31, 2015

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An entire rap album made up of cat sounds? Yeah, that sounds like a joke because it is a joke.

However, with Run The Jewels behind this whole project, they of course made an idea that El-P thought of while he was high into something that raised over $65K, much of which went to several great causes.

Take a look at a short documentary as to how all of this went down from start to finish.

Watch Trailer For “Meet The Patels”, a Documentary Following a Real Life Attempt at a Semi-Arranged Marriage

July 20, 2015

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An Indian man get his heart broken by an American girl, then deciding to give setting up a semi-arranged marriage a try sounds like the beginning of an actual romantic comedy movie.

However, Ravi Patel actually went through that and his sister, Geeta Patel, filmed the whole thing and cut into what looks to be a hilarious documentary, Meet The Patels.

See for yourself in the trailer here, then look for it in theaters on Sept. 11th.

A National Lampoon Documentary “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead” To Be Released by Magnolia Pictures

July 6, 2015

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(via Deadline)

For many of us, this will be a fascinating trip through comedy history.

“Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of National Lampoon” is a documentary by Douglas Tirola that will follow the long history of National Lampoon, which was so highly regarded and launched the Vacation and Animal House movies.

There is no word on a release date yet, but expect to have this run through indie and art house theaters in the coming months.

Watch First Trailer for “Tig” Documentary Coming to Netflix

June 29, 2015

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As said by Ed Helms in this trailer, Tig Notaro’s set at Largo, which turned into the album Live, is historic. Also, Tig and so many things that she has done are also historic.

The documentary “Tig” follows that journey, which you get a look at in this trailer.

Look for the full documentary on Netflix on July 17th.

“Earbuds: The Podcasting Documentary” Got a Teaser

June 11, 2015

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It was only a matter of a time before a full fledged documentary on podcasting was made.

Co-founders of the LA Podcast Festival, Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood have been put years into making Earbuds, a documentary about the ever burgeoning world of podcasting. They’ve captured how expansive and wonderfully crazy podcasters have gotten over the years as well as interviews with Marc Maron, Chris Hardwick, Jimmy Pardo, Aisha Tyler, Wil Anderson, and way more.

You can get a first look at Earbuds in the teaser over at Nerdist.com.

Documentary “Tig” Coming To Netflix Next Month

June 3, 2015

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(via Variety)

You’ve probably watched more stand-up and documentaries than you’ve probably ever before thanks to Netflix and now you’ll get a timely mix of the two.

The documentary that has followed Tig Notaro through all her trials and tribulations and coming out of it still as one of the funniest people around, “Tig” is coming to Netflix on July 17th.

So, after this, Tig will be one step closer to hosting the Oscars, right?

“Eat, Drink, Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip” Now on Vimeo On Demand

May 30, 2015

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NYC’s oldest comedy club, The Comic Strip, now has a documentary marking almost 40 years of showcasing live comedy in NYC’s Upper East Side.

Eat, Drink, Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip follows the likes of Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn, Paul Provenza, Gilbert Gottfried, Billy Crystal, and more as they were coming up in NYC’s comedy scene decades ago and sees the club running to the present day.

You can rent it for $6.99 or buy for $9.99 on Vimeo on Demand here.

“I Am Chris Farley” Documentary Set For Summer Release

May 29, 2015

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(via Variety)

This is good thing to distract you from holding your breath to see if the Richard Pryor biopic actually gets made this time around.

“I Am Chris Farley” will follow the far too short, but bright comedy career including SNL and Tommy Boy of Chris Farley and has interviews from Mike Myers, Dan Aykroyd, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Adam Sandler, and more.

Later this summer, there will be a theatrical release, a showing on Spike, and a VOD release, which might be good timing after the Amy Winehouse documentary Amy hits theaters in July.

Documentary “Tig” To Open Outfest

May 8, 2015

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(via Variety)

Yes, that’s the documentary following Tig Notaro for the last couple of a years.

Tig had a landmark album after suffering an incredibly tumultuous few months. After that, she has kept up a stream of amazing crowds wherever she goes like she did when she went topless at a live show last year.

The documentary Tig follows that time after “Live” and if you have a chance to go to Outfest here in LA in July, you should definitely try to catch the opening night presentation of the film.

Please Support Making of Patrice O’Neal Documentary

March 28, 2015

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Of the documentaries that focus on the life of a single comedian that could be made, one of Patrice O’Neal definitely needs to be made.

As the art form of comedy moves forward, truly unique, trailblazing voices become rarer and rarer. Patrice O’Neal was one such comedic voice that we unfortunately lost too early.

Now, such a documentary, Better Than You, is being made by his fiance Von Decarlo and veteran producer/director Mark Farrell. They’re looking to crowdfund it so they can do it exactly how they want to do it and honor Patrice properly.

So far, they’ve raised $54,889 on Indiegogo out of their $125,000 goal with one month to go.

Support Better Than You here.

Here’s The First Trailer For Kevin Pollak’s Documentary Exploration of What Drives People to Do Comedy, “Misery Loves Comedy”

March 13, 2015

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Premiering and getting bought up at Sundance this year, Kevin Pollak’s Misery Loves Comedy attempts to get in the nitty gritty of what motivates some of the funniest people around to do comedy as a career.

Here’s the first trailer.

Bob Saget, Tom Hanks, Jim Gaffigan, Jimmy Fallon, Marc Maron, Lewis Black, Larry David, Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, Martin Short, Matt Walsh, Christopher Guest, David Wain, Janeane Garafalo, Stephen Merchant, Chris Hardwick, Matthew Perry, Rob Delaney, Stephen Merchant, Jason Reitman, Lisa Kudrow, Jon Favreau, Andy Richter, James L. Brooks, Paul F. Tompkins, Wayne Federman, Scott Aukerman, Richard Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg, Kumail Nanjiani, Dana Gould, Jim Jefferies, Andy Kindler, Greg Proops, Kathleen Madigan, Maria Bamford, Robert Smigel, Steve Coogan, Jake Johannsen, Jimmy Pardo, David Koechner, and more all chat with Pollak on this topic.

So, it might be worth checking out when it hits theaters.

Watch a Documentary About How to Build a Comedy Scene Outside of LA and NYC in “Make Fun”

January 27, 2015

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It’s kind of an amazing time in this millennium where comedy can live outside of cities with less than 10 million people. Still, outside of comedy meccas like LA and NYC as well as Chicago, a whole separate set of challenges present themselves when trying to make a go at being a comedian in smaller cities.

Jim Tews and Ramon Rivas II’ Make Fun: Building a Comedy Scene is a documentary that chronicles doing comedy in Cleveland, OH and how the scene there and elsewhere is built from the ground up.

The feature length doc is available to watch now for $5.

Al Madrigal Documentary Special “Half Like Me” Premieres Tonight on Fusion

January 22, 2015

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Al Madrigal feels conflicted with being half-Latino and half-Caucasian, so he went and did a whole exploratory documentary special in trying to find his roots as well as learning to pronounce his name correctly.

Half Like Me premieres tonight on Fusion at 10PM. Here’s a trailer just to show you that we’re not lying about the name pronunciation.

Lost Moon Radio Presents “Ken Burns: A Film by Ken Burns”

September 18, 2014

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Are you currently enjoying watching The Roosevelts on PBS right now by legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns?

Well, don’t stop there. Lost Moon Radio has the perfect follow up the saga documentary series of Baseball, The Civil War, Jazz, and more: Ken Burns: A Film by Ken Burns.

Please watch the “trailer” for the documentary of the documentarian here.

Bonnie McFarlane’s Investigation on If “Women Aren’t Funny” Now Available on iTunes

September 1, 2014

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Bonnie McFarlane, who just killed on Letterman last week, has just come out with a documentary, Women Aren’t Funny, to hopefully put to bed that ridiculous inquiry of whether women are funny or not. Follow her and her husband Rich Vos as well as their interviews of the likes of Maria Bamford, Sarah Silverman, Joan Rivers, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock, Todd Glass and more delving into this topic.

It’s available now on iTunes and make this what you watch today, especially as The Simpsons Marathon is ending today.

Good Cop Great Cop Give an Insight Into Their Weird, Wonderful World They’ve Created

August 23, 2014

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We feature Good Cop Great Cop (Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin) and their absurdly wonderful stuff here quite a bit. Just watch this video or this one.

Now, Matt and Charlie sat down with the New Worlds documentary series to give a greater explanation of the what and the how and the why of what they do as Good Cop Great Cop. Watch it here.

Maria Bamford Gives Us Insight to Doing Comedy on Meds for Latest Ep. of Modern Comedian

August 22, 2014

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Scott Moran’s fantastic Modern Comedian is back with a brand new episode featuring the also fantastic Maria Bamford. One of the few comedians to talk, enlighten us, and make us all laugh about mental illness in such a beautiful way, Bamford talks candidly with Moran about the trade off of taking medication for her mental illness.

Please do watch it here.

Harmontown Documentary Set for Fall Release and To Be Accompanied By Another Harmontown Tour

July 14, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The documentary following the nationwide tour of the Harmontown podcast will hit theaters and VOD come this fall thanks to distributor The Orchard. We were hoping it would get some sort of theatrical release after playing the festival circuit.

Also, Harmon is going to go on another Harmontown tour in conjunction with the release. So, not that #twotoursandamovie was the goal, but Harmon has done something that few podcasts have ever done.

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