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Watch Trailer for Ellen DeGeneres’ Long Awaited Next Stand-Up Special “Relatable”

December 4, 2018

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It has been, as has been mentioned plenty in the lead up to this special, 15 years since Ellen DeGeneres’ last stand-up special. Within this trailer, it seems she is well aware of that fact and that she has risen up the ranks to being one of the biggest and longest running daytime talk show hosts, a place far from the rest of us.

Yet, her charm still seems to be well intact and this hour might be, of the comedy specials that Netflix has had with the biggest stars in comedy, may have the broadest appeal and success.

See for yourself in the trailer here, then look for it to start streaming on Netflix on Dec. 18th.

Ellen DeGeneres’ Netflix Special Coming Later This Year Will Apparently Be Called “Relatable”

August 24, 2018

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Ellen DeGeneres’ Netflix Special Coming Later This Year Will Apparently Be Called “Relatable”

Ellen DeGeneres just shot her Netflix stand-up special up in Seattle.

A lucky bunch of you on Largo’s mailing list probably got to catch glimpses of it over the last few months, but it remains largely a mystery for the rest of us. Whatever it ends up being, it very likely could be a welcome surprise since she hasn’t released a stand-up special in 15 years.

It looks like the special, as mentioned above, will be called “Relatable” and is due out later in 2018. In other times, perhaps having something titled “relatable” wouldn’t be as charged. Yet, it definitely sounds like a political statement in these times we live in where being relatable to each other often seems impossible. Also, the voice of Finding Nemo’s Dory is pretty relatable across the board, right?

In any case, we’ll be keeping a close eye out for a teaser/trailer.

August 28, 2017

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Within minutes of being announced, this Ellen DeGeneres show at Largo at the Coronet Theatre happening this Tuesday night is already sold out.

However, we’d urge you to keep a close watch on Largo’s calendar, maybe even sign-up for their mailing list as they just might release tickets at the last minute between today and tomorrow or, also, add another night from Ellen.

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

Looks Like Netflix Made Another Deal from Twitter by Getting Ellen DeGeneres on Board to Do a Stand Up Special

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Looks Like Netflix Made Another Deal from Twitter by Getting Ellen DeGeneres on Board to Do a Stand Up Special

Netflix tweeted, “Looks like it’s been 15years since you did a stand-up special, @theellenshow. How about one for Netflix?”

Ellen responded, “Let me think about it. Ok I’m in.”

So, there you have it. It would appear that Netflix just started to make a deal for stand-up special that’s probably worth millions of dollars through some tweets. This follows Netflix’s move to develop the buddy comedy starring Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o that started as a fan’s dream vision.

It would appear that if you’re big enough of a deal, you could tweet at Netflix and Netflix will be listening.

Watch Tig Notaro’s Latest Set on Ellen, Which Happens to Also Be a Birthday Present for Ellen DeGeneres

January 27, 2017

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Birthday present or no, we all could use more Tig Notaro in our lives.

Here’s a tight five from Tig from this week’s Ellen.

Watch Ellen DeGeneres Receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom

November 23, 2016

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“Ellen DeGeneres has showed us that a single individual can make the world a more fun, more open more loving place, so long as we just keep swimming,” said a White House Aide before Ellen received the Medal of Freedom.

Today, comedian, actor, author, and daytime talk show impresario Ellen DeGeneres received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.

Watch as she receives the award as well as her hearing President Obama’s remark on the honor.

Watch Ellen DeGeneres’ Thoughts on Mississippi’s ‘Religious Freedom Law’, HB 1523

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Earlier this week, Mississippi’s governor Phil Bryant signed HB 1523, one of the most discriminatory pieces of anti-LGBT legislation in recent memory, into law. The law gives a blanket protection to those who wish to discriminate against LBGT individuals on the basis of “religious freedom” in a number of instances.

Ellen DeGeneres, of all people, was not going to be quiet about it and gave an equally rousing and sweet statement about the unfortunate turn of events on her show.

Watch it here and realize this is all happening in 2016 for some reason.

Tonight Show, Conan, Nick Offerman, College Humor, The Onion, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rick & Morty, Zoolander, and More Nominated for 2016 Webby Awards

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We combed through all the dozens of categories and hundreds of nominees to highlight the comedy nominees for this year’s Webby Awards.

In short, late night, College Humor, and The Onion (and its various offshoots) are still going strong.

WEBSITES

Celebrity/Fan
Team Coco
The Ellen Degeneres Show

Humor
Funny or Die
The Onion
Clickhole
Cracked.com
John Oliver Leap Second
Honorees-Tickld, The Kicker, Live @ The Apt

Television
Honoree-Real Time with Bill Maher

Best Writing (Editorial)
The Onion

Best Use of Data Driven Media
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Google search

Advertising & Media

Media & Entertainment
Rick & Morty’s Rickstaverse

Best Use of Social Media
Honoree-Ricky Gervais series for Optus

ONLINE FILM & VIDEO

Branded Entertainment

Animation
Rick and Morty: Thickburger Invasion

Live Experiences
Zoolander Returns to the Runway

Long Form
Honoree-Nick Offerman’s Yule Log

Scripted
Tracy Morgan in a Christmas Miracle

Series
Honoree-Slim Jim: Greg the Genie with TJ Miller, Ricky Gervais series for Optus

Viral
Zoolander Returns to the Runway

General Film

Online Film & Video-Animation
Super Mansion
Honoree-Team Coco Animations

Comedy: Individual Short or Episode
The Simpsons-Trumptastic Voyage
College Humor-Anaconda; The Educational Version (Nicki Minaj parody)
Mashable-Fight Club for Kids (with Chuck Palahniuk)
Funny or Die-Dennis Quaid’s On Set Freak Out
College Humor-Go to College Music Video (with First Lady Michelle Obama)
Honorees-Uber Meets Tinder, Guy Pretends He Got Drafted In The 2015 NBA Draft, Dickipedia: Ted Nugent, Bieber vs Rapaport: More Than a Game, Alternatino – Respect Your Mother, Tiny Hamster Goes to Disney World, BFFs – Rhett & Link, My Drunk Kitchen: Macho Gazpacho by Hannah Hart, Tangents

Comedy: Long Form or Series
Funny or Die-Billy on The Street with First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird, and Elena
College Humor-If Google Was a Guy
Maker Studios-Epic Rap Battles of History
Crackle/Sony Pictures Television-Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Jimmy Kimmel Live-Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #9
Honorees-The Key of Awesome, The Small Time – Pilot, Everyone’s Crazy But Us, New Timers, Season 2, Hack Into Broad City, Season 2, Adam Ruins Everything, The Brief, CinemaSins, Shitty Boyfriends

Events & Live Webcasts
SNL: 40
Honorees-Marty McFly and Doc Brown Visit Jimmy Kimmel Live,
Night of Too Many Stars – America Comes Together for Autism Programs

Music
Maker Studios-Epic Rap Battles of History

Variety
SNL: 40

Video Remixes/Mash-Ups
Funny or Die-Office Space with Michael Bolton
Screen Junkies-Honest Trailers

Viral
SketchShe-Mime Through Time
Jimmy Kimmel Live-YouTube Challenge – I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy 2015

Weird
Conde Nast/GQ-Gentleman Lobsters Season 2
Honoree-Nick Offerman’s Yule Log

Performance/Craft

Best Individual Performance
College Humor-Go To College Music Video (with First Lady Michelle Obama)
Maker Studios-Epic Rap Battles: Steven Spielberg vs. Alfred Hitchcock
Honorees-Nick Offerman’s Yule Log, Fat Drake, Do You Trust Me

Best Web Personality/Host
Crackle/Sony Pictures Television-Jerry Seinfeld-Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Soulpancake-Kid President

Best Writing
All Def Digital-Do You Trust Me
French Mustache-Everyone’s Crazy But Us
First Printing Productions-The Small Time
Honorees-EDGE, Adam Ruins Everything

Video Channel/Network

Entertainment
The Late Late Show with James Corden-Carpool Karaoke
Cracked.com
College Humor
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Honorees: Crackle, Rooster Teeth, FINE BROTHERS ENTERTAINMENT

Variety
AwesomenessTV
The Late Late Show with James Corden-Carpool Karaoke
Soulpancake
Honoree: All Def Digital

MOBILE SITES/APPS

Features

Best Use of Mobile Camera
The Ellen DeGeneres Show-Heads Up!

General Sites/Apps

Entertainment
Saturday Night Live App

SOCIAL

Best Overall Social Presence
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
Honoree: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Best Writing
@conanobrien
Last Week Tonight
Honoree-Cracked

Native Advertising
HBO-Silicon Valley “We’re Hiring” Ads

Celebrity/Fan
@conanobrien
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Zoolander Returns to the Runway

Entertainment
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Rick and Morty: Rickstaverse

Humor
LACMA Snapchat
Funny or Die
Mapquest-#AvoidTrump
The Onion
@conanobrien
Honorees: @midnight, Cracked, White Ninja, Kirby Jenner, @tank.sinatra, Archer Season 6

Weird
ClickHole
Kirby Jenner

The Webby Awards allow you to vote for your favorites in each category and you have just over two weeks from when this article was posted to do so.

You can see the rest of the nominees and vote for them here.

HBO to Air Quincy Jones’ Stand up Special

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Quincy Jones got to return to The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an even bigger surprise than he got last time.

Last time, Ellen gave Quincy an appearance on the show to share his story and a plea to Netflix or HBO to air his special as well as a $10K donation from Shutterfly.

This time, Quincy got the news that HBO will indeed air his special and also received an additional $15K from Shutterfly.

So, in total from the Kickstarter and Shutterfly, Quincy has received $75,273 in donations for the special and living expenses.

His special is set to tape on Monday, April 4th at the Teragram Ballroom, which is in Westlake, just west of Downtown LA. There is a 7PM and 10PM show that you can attend. Tickets are $10-$20.

We’re guessing tickets are going to go fast, FYI.

Ellen DeGeneres Gives Quincy Jones a Big Surprise of $10K and Asking Netflix or HBO to Pick Up His Special

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Facing the diagnosis of terminal cancer, Quincy Jones has been more determined than ever to get a stand-up special done before he leaves this mortal coil, whenever that may be.

A Kickstarter campaign started by his friends to shoot that special has gotten over $46K raised as of this post when they were only seeking just under $5K.

This story has caught the attention of Ellen Degeneres who had Quincy on her show yesterday for several surprises including a $10,000 check from Shutterfly as well as an endorsement to HBO and Netflix brass to pick up his special to air or stream.

Watch Quincy’s whole amazing appearance here..

“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Is Reupped Through 2020

January 4, 2016

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This is particularly notable as only Jimmy Fallon has a longer contract in place as a talk show host.

While the boys fight it out on late night, Ellen DeGeneres has held her position in daytime on The Ellen DeGeneres Show quite firmly for several years now and a number of local TV affiliates have renewed their contracts for the next five years.

Fallon has one year up on Ellen as his next set of contract negotiations come in 2021, but Ellen has also got Ellentube and Finding Dory coming out this year.

While you might have said 2016 might be your year, it’s definitely going to be Ellen’s year.

Here’s the First Teaser Trailer for “Finding Dory”, The Follow-Up to “Finding Nemo”

November 10, 2015

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In case you weren’t sure how Disney Pixar was going to make you have all the feels of laughing all the way to heartbreak after the release of The Good Dinosaur, rest assured that they have got you covered.

Let nostalgia and emotions swell up in you as you watch the teaser to the sequel to Finding Nemo, Finding Dory.

Here Are Your Comedy Winners For The 19th Annual Webby Awards

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Now that The Deep Webbys are taken care of, you move on back to normal society with the winners of this year’s Webby Awards.

Chelsea Peretti, Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Funny or Die, Cracked.com, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, If Google Was a Guy, Kid President, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kids React, Too Many Cooks, Weird Al Yankovic, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Honest Trailers, Epic Rap Battle, Grumpy Cat, Last Week Tonight, and The Onion will all receive the Internet’s high honor of a Webby Award for their excellence online this year among dozens of categories and hundreds of nominees.

We’re curious if every comedy winner will be part of a bit on the Webby Awards ceremony with Hannibal next month.

The Tonight Show, Too Many Cooks, Grumpy Cat Nominated For The 19th Annual Webby Awards

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The Internet’s own Webby Awards just announced the nominees for this year amongst hundreds of categories. We sifted through it all to bring you the comedy relevant ones whether it would be a humor category or something funny that got nominated including Too Many Cooks, Funny or Die, The Tonight Show, Key & Peele, BoJack Horseman, The ArScheerio Paul Show, Grumpy Cat, or High Maintenance.

WEBSITES
The Ellen Degeneres Show-Websites-Celebrity/Fan, Television
Cracked-Humor
Clickhole-Humor
Funny or Die-Humor
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon-Humor, Television, Best Visual Design-Function
Fill The Silence-Humor
Break.com-Humor-Honoree
Rooster Teeth Prodcutions-Humor-Honoree
The Clearly Dope-Humor-Honoree
Slacktory Tumblr-Humor-Honoree
Shiba Sommelier-Humor-Honoree
SimponsWorld.com-Media Streaming-Honoree
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Akademie Zubrowka-Movie & Film, Best Visual Design, Aesthetic
Birdman-Movie & Film
WFMU-Radio & Podcasts

ONLINE FILM & VIDEO
Kevin Hart Is Not a Baby-Branded Short Form
The Workaholics Guys Find a New Cubicle Mate-Branded Short Form
Key & Peele “What About ‘Non-Stop’ Though”-Branded Short Form
Moustaches Make Food Taste Better from College Humor-Branded Short Form-Honoree
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon BTS and Interviews-Branded Unscripted
Jimmy Kimmel Live “Halloween Candy Prank”-Branded Unscripted
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee-Branded Series, Comedy Long Form or Series
College Humor “How To Tell If You’re a Basic Bitch”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Bo Burnham “Repeat Stuff”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Rob Cantor “Shia LeBeouf” Live-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Mashable “Kevin Bacon Explains the ‘80s to Millenials”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Mashable “Simply Genius Shower Thoughts with Nick Offerman”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode
Making a Scene with James Franco “Dirty Dancing Dogs”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Funny or Die “Comcast Doesn’t Give a F—”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Whalerock “Kids Reenact Emmy Nominated TV Shows”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Iconoclast “Aspirational”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
Denizen “Tiny Hamster vs. Kobayashi”-Comedy Individual Short or Episode Honoree
College Humor “If Google Was A Guy”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Best Individual Performance, Best Writing
Fullscreen “Kids React”-Comedy Long Form or Series
Funny or Die “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: President Barack Obama”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Public Service & Activism
Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Mean Tweets”-Comedy Long Form or Series, Viral
BBC Worldwide “Gigi: Almost American”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree, Best Individual Performance Honoree
Vimeo “High Maintenance”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree, Best Editing, Best Individual Performance, Best Writing
Comedy Central “Hack Into Broad City”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
Guilty Content “How To Talk to Australians”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
AOL “Laugh Lessons”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
CWTV “Play It Again, Dick”-Comedy Long Form or Series Honoree
The Howard Stern Show “The Howard Stern Birthday Bash”-Events & Live Webcasts
Adult Swim “Too Many Cooks”-Experimental & Weird, Best Editing
Weird Al Yankovic “Foil”-Music, Best Individual Performance
DEFY Media “Honest Trailers”-Video Remixes/Mash-ups
Nathan For You “Dumb Starbucks”-Viral Honoree
ACLU “Lewis Black Says F#%! Voter Supression-Best Individual Performance
Funny or Die “Mary Poppins Quits with Kristen Bell”-Best Individual Performance
JASH “The ArScheerio Paul Show”-Best Individual Performance Honoree
Next Time on Lonny Season 2-Best Individual Performance Honoree
College Humor “Adam Ruins Everything”-Best Individual Performance Honoree, Best Writing
Soul Pancake “Kid President”-Best Web Personality/Host
ItsGrace-Best Web Personality/Host Honoree, First Person
College Humor “The Britishes”-Best Writing
Funny or Die “10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Man”-Best Writing
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon-Entertainment
Rooster Teeth Productions-Entertainment Honoree

MOBILE SITES & APPS
Comedy Central App-Best Streaming Video, Best User Face Honoree, Entertainment, Tablet-Entertainment
The Daily Show Podcast Without Jon Stewart-Podcast
Comedy Bang! Bang!-Podcast
The Tonight Show App-Entertainment Honoree, Tablet-Entertainment

SOCIAL
Last Week Tonight-Best Writing
The Ellen DeGeneres Show-Overall Social Presence, Celebrity/Fan
Funny or Die-Overall Social Presence Honoree, Humor
Grumpy Cat-Animals
Ignition Interactive “BoJack Horseman Campaign”-Entertainment, Humor
Comedy Central “@midnight”-Entertainment Honoree
Laffland “Sniffers”-Humor
The Onion-Humor
The Most Interesting Man in the World Social Pages-Humor
Google Naps-Humor Honoree
Wonderful Pistachos #AskEagle-Humor Honoree
adidas Brazuca-Humor Honoree
Cracked on Facebook-Humor Honoree
Nick Offerman’s Solid Wood Emojis-Humor Honoree
Level 48-Humor Honoree

The winners will be announced May 18th with host Hannibal Buress presiding over the ceremony.

You can check out the massive list of nominees here.

“Ellen” Audience Member Keeps Coming to Conan Tapings With Christmas Gifts From Ellen Degeneres

December 18, 2014

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Some of you might know that both The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Conan tape on The Warner Bros. Studios backlot. So, it might be feasible that an audience member could attend both tapings and, as it’s the holiday season, take all the free gifts they’ve gotten from Ellen and bring them over to Conan.

The only thing is that Conan doesn’t usually give out gifts to his studio audience at this time of year and seeing an Ellen audience member bring them over to his studio is, well, awkward.

Watch how awkward it, especially with a drop-in from Ellen DeGeneres herself, can get here.

Lauren Graham Developing Sitcom About There Being a Female Network Late Night Talk Show Host at NBC

December 2, 2014

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Throughout the history of late night , all the major broadcast networks have had an absence of female late night talk show hosts. Even the roster of interim hosts for The Late Late Show that bridges the gap between Craig Ferguson exiting and James Corden starting doesn’t have a female guest host so far as we know.

So, Lauren Graham has taken it upon herself to co-write and star in a sitcom about their being a fictional one trying to make her way in what has been a field almost entirely populated by white men in America since its inception. NBC has taken on the project, titled Kate on Later, for development and Ellen DeGeneres has boarded the project as an executive producer.

Perhaps, this might resemble a female led Larry Sanders Show and we’re absolutely on board for that.

Ellen DeGeneres Launching Her Own Video Platform “Ellentube”

October 31, 2014

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When you have an incredibly successful day time talk show, are a beloved actress and comedian, a winner of The Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and more, what is left for someone like Ellen DeGeneres to accomplish?

Launching her own version of YouTube is apparently on that list.

So, Ellentube will be her own exclusive video platform that will post content from her show and otherwise as well as inviting users to submit their own videos that could be featured on the air on Ellen.

Though it was just launched, Ellentube might end up being an intriguing contrast of the same model from Funny or Die, originally launched by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

Kristen Wiig and Ellen DeGeneres Sing ‘Let It Go’ Only Knowing The Chorus

September 16, 2014

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Some of the best/worst times at karaoke are when overly excited people sign up for a song only knowing the chorus of the song. Inevitably, there’s a lot of mumbling, stumbling, and overall bewilderment between choruses.

That’s exactly what Kristen Wiig and Ellen DeGeneres did with Frozen’s hit song Let It Go (you might have seen Paul Scheer lipsync it on Mexican late night earlier) by butchering it beautifully on Ellen.

Please watch and enjoy here.

‘Ellen’ To Air In China

January 22, 2014

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‘Ellen’ To Air In China

A deal has been made to air The Ellen DeGeneres Show in China after it airs here in the U.S.

Someone needs to make a mini documentary of how Chinese people react to Ellen when it airs on a regular basis.

Ellen DeGeneres to Host Oscars Again

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Ellen DeGeneres to Host Oscars Again

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has enlisted the talents of Ellen DeGeneres yet again to host The Oscars. Obviously, the tone will be much different than that of a Seth MacFarlane hosted Oscars, but we’re curious to see how the monologue and various hosting duties will go having won a Mark Twain Prize for Humor since her last time as an Oscars host.

So, ‘Finding Dory’ Starring Ellen Degeneres Will Be a Real Thing

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So, ‘Finding Dory’ Starring Ellen Degeneres Will Be a Real Thing

It’s been a long time in the works, but the sequel to the beloved ‘Finding Nemo’ is well on its way. With ‘Monsters University’ on the way too and an upcoming ‘Planes’ movie, tangentially related to the ‘Cars’ universe, we were wondering if Disney Pixar is putting original projects/non-sequels on the backburner for now.