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Tiny Toons To Be Revived as “Tiny Toons Looniversity” with Erin Gibson as Showrunner

October 28, 2020

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(via THR)

While reviving animated IP is a very predictable trend (especially while live action series keep getting tripped by pauses due to COVID-19 outbreaks along with an increase in scheduling and budgetary issues), the prospect of the return of the Tiny Toons, a somewhat niche branch of the Looney Tunes animated universe, with someone like Erin Gibson at the helm is very surprising and enticing to us.

Gibson has not only been the co-host of one of the more beloved podcasts around, Throwing Shade, but has always been an incredibly clever, outspoken, subversive writer, comedian, and performer all the way back to when she used to play Michele Bachman in Funny or Die sketches.

Gibson has placed as showrunner and co-EP with Adventure Time’s Nate Cash for this new edition of Tiny Toons, Tiny Toons: Looniversity wherein the Tiny Toons gang will learn how to become “professional” toons. Both HBO Max and Cartoon Network ordered the series, but as to which will platform will get “dibs” or however it’ll work is TBD.

In any case, we have a feeling, because of who is in charge, that this might be another animated series that is initially geared towards children, but will have plenty to enjoy that’s just for the adults as well. That’ll be important since we are still stuck inside because of the pandemic and will still be for quite some time to come.

The Las Culturistas podcast is coming back to LA for an early holiday gift! It’s another edition of I Don’t Think So, Honey! Live at The Regent Theater in DTLA. Dozens of LA’s best at throwing shade will get to put up a minute of their best rants on anything in culture. It’s honestly kind of a life changing experience.

In short, you better not miss this.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $22 at the door and you best snag your tickets up quick right here.

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

October 30, 2018

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Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi’s hit podcast Throwing Shade is on tour and making a stop at Largo on Thurs., Nov. 15th. If you, for some reason, want to be at a comedy show where the female and LGBTQ voices get to talk sh*t, then you probably know about and love Throwing Shade.

In case you don’t, you’ll definitely want to go to this.

Tickets are going for $35 and you can and very much should go get them here.

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

Erin Gibson’s Collection of Wonderfully Biting Essays “Feminasty” Is Out Now and You Should Go Get It

September 5, 2018

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Erin Gibson’s whipsmart humor has dazzled us for years (you’re acquainted with Throwing Shade by now, right?).

Her just released book Feminasty: The Complicated Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death is yet another dazzling work. It gathers timely essays on the weird seemingly “not-so-fun-mirror-funhouse” we live in, but does so in a grand laugh-out-loud fashion. It’s a pleasing read while shining a deservingly harsh light on those responsible for sinking us into the aforementioned bizarro mirror funhouse.

So, you can and very much should go get Feminasty now here.

August 31, 2018

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Great comedy multi-hyphenate Erin Gibson is going ‘round the country on a book tour for her newly released Feminasty: The Complicated Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death.

It’s a collection of feminist essays that gives Gibson’s sharp, satirical take on the world that women live in.

One stop on her book tour will be in WeHo’s Book Soup and you ought to not miss it next week, Tuesday, September 4th at 7PM. Get more details here.

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

Throwing Shade 2017 Tour Dates Announced and Tickets on Sale

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Throwing Shade 2017 Tour Dates Announced and Tickets on Sale

Hey, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Atlanta, Washington D.C, NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, LA, and London, Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson are bringing Throwing Shade, their lovely podcast and show, to you all throughout September and October (and then a stop in the UK in December).

Get more details and tickets here.

A Documentary of Throwing Shade’s Live Tour Is Coming to Vimeo This Week

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Throwing Shade, the popular podcast and TV series as opposed to just the act, are adding a documentary following a recent live tour that they embarked across North America.

The hosts, Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi, are the driving force behind Throwing Shade’s success. As such, catching them on and off stage is worth a whole documentary from director Michael Blieden.

Get a taste of what that’s like (as well as what it’s like to tour as a podcast these days) in this trailer.

Then, look for Throwing Shade Live to stream on Vimeo-on-Demand for $2.99 this Thursday, June 8th.

Throwing Shade Explores the “Bury Your Gays” TV Trend

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If you’re a fan of Full Frontal with Sam Bee and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, you might just want to add Throwing Shade with Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson on TV Land to your regular satirical news watching regimen.

Case in point, they’ve got plenty of segments like this one on the disturbing trend of lesbians being killed off on scripted TV series.

Watch Throwing Shade Cover the Struggles of Female Movie Characters in Space

January 23, 2017

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The fight for gender equality is on all fronts. That includes the lopsided motivations that movies have for women to go into space.

Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson follow through on the title of their show, Throwing Shade, and made this piece on the matter.

TV Land Premieres Throwing Shade and Season 2 of Teachers Tonight

January 17, 2017

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TV Land will be serving up a brand new hour block of comedy tonight that includes the newest member of late night, Throwing Shade, and season 2 of their dark comedy Teachers.

Specifically, Teachers will be at 10PM and Throwing Shade at 10:30PM just in case you decide to watch it live on air rather than find it streaming somewhere later.

If all goes well, TV Land might have found new ground to stand on with the ever increasing field of cable TV comedy.

Watch a Promo for Newest Late Night Contender “Throwing Shade with Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson”

January 11, 2017

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TV Land will be the latest network to enter the late night foray with their TV adaptation of the popular current events podcast Throwing Shade with hosts Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson.

Take note that their arrival does mean that late night is still getting more diverse and, as can be seen in this promo, it’s happening for the better.

Throwing Shade has its series premiere next week on Thursday, January 17th at 10:30PM on TV Land.

January 10, 2017

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The latest podcast to rise to the occasion of a TV series will be Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson’s Throwing Shade and you can witness this latest milestone by attending their TV tapings.

Jan. 12th, 20th, 27th and Feb. 3rd and 10th, Throwing Shade will be taping at Hollywood Center Studios for TV Land.

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

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

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Hosts of the Throwing Shade podcast, Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi, present a special preview of the Throwing Shade 2016 Tour Live Show at UCB Franklin on Thursday, July 28th at 7PM.

You can (and should) get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

The Throwing Shade Podcast Gets Picked Up as Late Night Series on TV Land and Is Going on a National Tour

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So, Throwing Shade is getting the shine it deserves?

The great topical and pop culture podcast Throwing Shade helmed by Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi has just gotten a big upgrade.

The Hollywood Reporter announced that TV Land has ordered 10 episodes of an adapted TV version of the show to premiere in January in the fiercely contested 11PM slot.

You can get a sense of what the show might be like with this clip from the pilot.

Gibson and Safi are also going on a big nationwide tour from Aug. 8th-Sept. 30th. Specific cities and dates are below and tickets are on sale now.

This might be one of the few times that the term ‘throwing shade’ has something positive attached to it.

Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson’s Throwing Shade Podcast Is Being Adapted for TV Land Pilot

December 17, 2015

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Yet another podcast makes it to TV.

Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson have cultivated their topical podcast Throwing Shade into quite the formidable comedy podcast. As such, it’s now being adapted for television in the form of a comedy pilot over at TV Land. How it will be adapted (maybe a scripted series that centers around doing the podcast like Maron?) has yet to be announced, but we’re glad to see Safi and Gibson get a pilot together.

Along with The Jim Gaffigan Show, we definitely like the direction that TV Land has been and is heading in.

SF’s Treasure Island Music Festival to Have Comedy Tent Presented by Funny or Die

September 24, 2015

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The Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco will be the latest big time music and arts festival to add a comedy tent to its line-up. On Oct. 17th and 18th, Funny or Die will host a comedy tent called The Blah Blah Blah featuring performances by:

Tim Heidecker
Jerrod Carmichael
Jonah Ray
Chris Gethard
Jon Dore
With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus
Throwing Shade with Erin Gibson & Bryan Safi
Hey™: An Afternoon with Kate Berlant and John Early
Guy Braunum Presents: Talk Show: The Game Show
Michelle Wolf
Max Silvestri
Barry Rothbart
Jermaine Fowler

That’s a real good line-up and you shouldn’t miss it if you can get to San Francisco that weekend. Oh, Chvrches, Run the Jewels, and Father John Misty will be there as well just in case you needed the extra encouragement. What’s really amazing is that Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival will be finishing its run at the same time in Austin, TX.

Get your tickets/passes here.

Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi Are Going on a Throwing Shade Podcast Tour

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The hysterical duo of Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi (you might recognize them as Funny or Die’s go to when parodying Michele and Marcus Bachmann) are taking their wonderful podcast on tour this Summer. We saw them do a live taping at Riot LA last year and it was pretty fantastic, so you should catch them if you’re close to or near at some of these dates below (some tickets already on sale).

Portland June 21st Kelly’s Olympian 8PM
Seattle June 23rd Chop Suey 8PM
San Francisco June 24th The Elbow Room 8PM
Minneapolis June 27th Lee’s Liquor Lounge 8PM
Chicago June 29th The Empty Bottle 8PM
Philly Johnny Brenda’s 8/24
Boston OBERON 8/29
New York/Brooklyn The Bell House 08/31

Morning Debriefing 7/8/11

1) Congratulations to Ahmed Bharoocha, Brooks Wheelan, and Jeremy Paul for finishing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively, in the Ultimate Laff-Down, one of LA’s longest running comedy competitions. Go see them at one of the many shows they’ll surely be on; they won’t disappoint.

2) Paul Provenza on Good Morning NY

Paul Provenza: MyFoxNY.com

3) Comedy podcast network Earwolf will now have a blog with Joel Mandelkorn(producer of the Super Serious Show & Plop List) as it’s editor. It’s even more great comedy news if here’s not enough.

4) Why You Should Watch Louie… if you’re not already sitting at your computer waiting for it to come to Hulu.

5) See Robyn Von Swank, one of comedy’s best photographers, at work for Weird Al Yanovic’s “Alpocalypse”.

6) Watch Erin Gibson what people walking along Hollywood Blvd. think the perfect wife is/why I don’t walk down Hollywood Blvd. that often.

7) How to Find Your Comedy Niche via Connected Comedy. Give it a read-it’s good advice.

8) Puddin’-“Diary”

9) ON THE HORIZON
Lopez Tonight Showcase @ Flappers Burbank Thurs. July 14th 10PM
Nick Thune & Friends w/Maria Bamford & Harland Williams Tues. July 19th 8PM $20

10) COMEDY CRAWL
Re-Animator: The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Set List @ Velvet Jones 8PM $15
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Smaudition @ Jon Lovitz Comedy Club 8PM $10/2 item min.
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
Stood Up Friday Night: If I Had a Million Dollars @ Moving Arts Theater 10PM $5
First Fridays @ Theatre Asylum 10:30PM $10
Also-Ran Comedy Hour @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
Re-Animator: Cast Benefit @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $15

11) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/$3 min./mixed mic/booked show in middle around 8PM
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served
TRINITY CHURCH 1015 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 8PM/must work clean/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT

12) So we’re on a show tonight, but in the interest of keeping our integrity and our own horrible opinion of ourselves as stage performers, we’ll let you figure out what show in Silverlake it is.

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Roommating Episode 4 – Porn

Joel introduces Erin to pornography.

I never really liked porn.

Ok, sometimes I watch it.

But….I like this episode because it allows Joel and I to explore the viewing preferences of men and women when it comes to pornography or borderline pornography.

What we didn’t touch on is the bigger issue – how pornography has changed the way men and women have sex in the last 25 years. For example, I doubt in the 60’s I would have felt pressure to say to my lover “come in my face” or “all over my tits” or “i’m your dick hole, use me”.*

I’m not sure what to believe when I read studies about how porn has created hyper-sexual men. But it is interesting that, even in the 90’s, the most porn young kids had access to was watching “Real Sex” (or hearing “Real Sex” and watching static), and now they have access to hours of fisting, shrimping, golden showers, scatting, feet fucking, heavy S&M, women fucking machines, and of course, and stuff where the consent of the people involved is questionable.

* I’ve only said one of these.

Discovering porn will probably be a lot like this for me.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Roommating Episode 3 – Wii

Erin and Joel use their Wii to mock up Erin’s mugger.

You can tell how old this is because I use a RAZR for a phone! Hahahahahahah! Remember those? They didn’t have any Internet! Anyway, this was the first time I dipped my toe into voice over acting. If you listen carefully, you can hear my harsh lady voice under the voice altering filters we used to create the voice of Mugsy.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)