This is what probably happens in all judges chambers between all prosecution and defense teams.
Also, if you’re not following what comedy super group Wild Horses with Lauren Lapkus, Mary Holland, Stephanie Allynne, and Erin Whitehead are up to, please start doing so now.
Yes, Robert Smige—err… Triumph the Insult Comic Dog went along the campaign trail of one of the most publicized elections in recent memory and did what he does best:
Roast everyone.
Here’s the first look at an entire special that’s coming to Hulu soon.
(via Variety)
This is the election coverage we both kind of need and deserve.
Thanks to Funny or Die and the existence of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog from the mind of Robert Smigel and the platform of Late Night with Conan O’Brien/Conan, there will be a comedy special covering the 2016 presidential race hosted by Triumph.
Let your mind run wild with how great and off-the-rails that will go.
The special will be called Triumph’s Election Special 2016 and will steam on Hulu starting next month.
We can only imagine what Smig– cough– Triumph has to say about his name being really close to Trump’s.
(via Variety)
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.
One of the Internet’s go-to people for unboxing brand new sneakers, Brad Hall, has gotten a new gig, and is possibly moving up in the world, as he has just taken a job working retail at The Detroit Pistons Store.
Watch how he’s settling in as an viral sensation into a 9-5 job.
If you’ve been further wondering what Baron Vaughn as Tom Servo and Hampton Yount as Crow T. Robot might sound like when in action for the new Mystery Science Theater 3000, look no further than their “leaked auditions” for Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Funny or Die.
As we suspected, they look like they’re going to do just fine.
(via The Wrap)
So, the world will be able to watch James Franco’s bar mitzvah along with the exclusive, star-studded crowd in attendance.
Seth Rogen’s annual big charity event Hilarity For Charity that raises funds for Alzheimer’s Disease research will be able to be watched the public via a livestream on the App Store, Google Play, and the go90app thanks to Funny or Die.
Not only will Franco bar mitzvah be on display, but other great live comedy acts such as Bill Hader, Ron Funches, Kyle Kinane, and more will be performing.
If you’re looking to see what craziness is going to go down with Rogen and company, the event is set to take place this Sat. Oct. 17th at 8PM.
These seem to be tumultuous times as the trust between citizens and the police has been shaken.
That’s why some folks would like a phone that can stand up to the rigors of possibly capturing your civil liberties being violated unjustly.
Luckily, Jerrod Carmichael just has such a phone. Watch as he sells it to Jay Jackson/Perd Hapley and his family.
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.
Catherine Hardwicke, Shira Piven, Nicole Holofcener, Nisha Ganatra, and Anne Fletcher, all successful female directors take part in this Funny or Die sketch that simulates why on earth studio executives might not hire more women to direct their big budget summer tentpole movies, a current topic of controversy.
Of course, the reason seems pretty non-existent.
(via Deadline)
Funny or Die is really expanding their brand with their weatherman competition and now this Archie stage production.
Adam McKay is set to write it, while Funny or Die and Archie Comics will collaborate on the actual production at a date TBD.
McKay commented on the project, “Archie represents a bygone era of America and like all bygone eras, there are elements we miss and elements that should be bygone. This will be a musical that deals with both those realities in a bright, colorful and slightly demented way.”
So, with that in mind, you can look forward to both this Archie and A Confederacy of Dunces done live on stages in the not so distant future.
The full trailer for Ferrell Takes The Field shows Will Ferrell grace the diamond in all 10 different uniforms while delivering a Ferrell-style speech at a real MLB spring training game rather than in a sports movie. You’ll notice, as Letterman noted earlier this year, Will does look pretty slick in a MLB uniform.
Watch the trailer here, then look for the premiere on Sept. 12th at 10PM on HBO.
If you couldn’t catch the Trainwreck Comedy Tour, this should make up for it.
Make plans now for FoD’s big annual traveling comedy tour that starts Aug. 28th and runs all the way until Oct. 18th and goes to 18 different cities all over the U.S. as well as a stop in Toronto.
Get your tickets here.
Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Anthony Jeselnik, Ashley Barnhill, Bridget Everett, Dave Attell, Big Jay Oakerson, Jay Pharoah, Jeff Ross, John Mulaney, Jim Norton, Michael Che, Nick Kroll, Nick Thune, Nikki Glaser, Rachel Feinstein, Rory Scovel, Sebastian Maniscalco, Tim Minchin, TJ Miller, Todd Barry, and many more are set to take the stage at arenas and gigantic theaters around North America for the 2015 edition of Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival starting Aug. 28th going through Oct. 18th.
Stops in Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Toronto, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, California, Florida, Texas, and Georgia have been planned thus far and you’ll be able start snatching up tickets this Friday on July 10th.
Watch FoD’s announcement video, in case you’re flabbergasted that a comedy festival tour this big can still be happening and need more proof, here.
James Adomian wants to prove beyond 100% of at least 70% of a doubt that 73 year old U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, currently running for President, is not a boring guy and completely deserves the votes of 30% of the younger demographic that’s 85% outside his current constituency.
James gave it his best shot here.
They started at 3PM yesterday and will take no breaks in watching the entirety of Entourage, then go see the Entourage movie.
You can watch the whole thing in action live.
Gil Ozeri and some of his friends including Adam Pally, Scott Aukerman, Jack McBrayer, Joe Mande, Wendy Molyneux (who raised money to be forced to see the Entourage movie), Steve Agee, Megan Neuringer have stopped by to join in on the test of endurance that is watching and riffing off of the entire Entourage series.
So far, there has been a real turtle that they put a Yankees cap on, keeping count of very specific Entourage-isms like every time E is wrong/a dog hates women/etc., and kicking the whole thing off with a children’s choir.
Catch up and tune into what Gil and, as of this post, John Levenstein, Scott Aukerman, Adam Pally, and more try to close out season 3 here.
(via Deadline)
Pardcast-a-thon helps cleft palates, Night of Too Many Stars helps autism programs, and NBC’s Red Nose Day will help fight child poverty.
Next Thurs., NBC’s primetime block will be dedicated to a star-studded live charity events which will feature appearances by Will Ferrell, Neil Patrick Harris, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Jack Black, Julia Roberts, and Jennifer Aniston just to name a few as well as segments from Funny or Die.
Several charity organizations focused on giving aid to children living in poverty throughout the world will be benefitted from this night.
We wonder if they’ll have a celebrity filled phone bank like Night of Too Many Stars. Catch Red Nose Day on NBC, Thurs. May 21st 8PM EST.
Are you the type of person that tends to just read news headlines rather than the whole story and likes one joke to go with it AND wants to be able to post it to your social media feeds with incredible ease?
Well, Funny or Die has got something for you as you’re probably a millennial.
Rather than following AP’s Twitter feed, you can get the Funny or Die News Flash app that gives you all of today’s news in an quick and easy format that also includes their award winning brand of sarcasm.
They show a headline as well as a late night monologue style joke, then link to the whole actual story. It’s a pretty great way to catch up today’s top stories without piecing together what random thing people are tweeting about while you’re waiting in line and avoiding making eye contact with strangers.
Find out more here and download the Funny or Die News Flash App from iTunes here.
Please enjoy what could very well be a sketch series pilot for Big Grande.
In the same ballpark of IFC’s Comedy Crib, Funny or Die has their own sketch group incubation initiative with the Funny or Die Test Tube. They handpick groups and then give them a little scratch and they put together sketches and whatever else they want to put together.
UCB’s Big Grande put together over 20 minutes worth of sketches that we’d love to see be a pilot somewhere.
For those that were convinced that Jimmy Kimmel was behind this, they apparently have forgotten Funny or Die’s Huvr hoverboard prank and Gungan Style.
Funny or Die pulled a great post April Fool’s Day prank by manufacturing an on-set meltdown with Dennis Quaid that people either thought was real or was the work of Jimmy Kimmel Live and company, then revealing a damn clever full video “explaining” what happened.
Good call on FoD for waiting after April 1st for maximum effect.
Aasif Mandvi really ran with what could have been just one segment on The Daily Show with correspondents Jordan Klepper and Samantha Bee and made it to something potentially groundbreaking.
A couple of months ago when Mandvi crowfunded the money to finish his spin on an classic multi cam sitcom depicting a Muslim American family in the suburbs facing all the problems that all the other American families have faced in similar suburbs over the years, we didn’t know that Halal in the Family could be this good.
Aasif does accomplish his goal of cutting down stereotypes long held by many Americans about Muslims through the lives of The Qu’osby Family (hopefully, we’ll think more positively about this family rather than the other one with the “C” instead of the “Qu”) as you can see when there is a whole “mistaken identity spy” mishap.
While there is a veil of a classic style sitcom, Halal In The Family’s intention is to be as satirical as possible and, as such, they don’t run away from the jokes that cut deep. No matter if it’s mistaken perceptions of terrorists, misguided racial slurs, or downplaying ethnicity, the show stays where most multi cam sitcoms wouldn’t dare go. Perhaps, this is the secret to doing a multi cam sitcom in an age where people often question whether the format is played out or not.
Whether that proves to be the case or not, definitely give the four episodes of Halal In The Family on Funny or Die a watch now.
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.
HBO’s Silicon Valley has some “unique” fans.
Season 2 of Silicon Valley is just right around the corner with the premiere set for this Sunday Apr. 12th at 10PM on HBO.
To get us all excited, cast members Zach Woods, Thomas Middleditch, Martin Starr, and Kumail Nanjiani answered some “fan mail” (there’s a real liberal use of the word “fan” here).
Watch it here and take note how to not ask TV series cast members questions.
(via Variety)
Just like they’re close to the action here in Hollywood, Funny or Die wants to be close to the action on the political side of things.
As they make a good deal of political and social satire, especially during election years, Funny or Die has brought White House staffer Brad Jenkins to head their brand new office in Washington D.C.
So, get ready for some more videos digging at or cleverly supporting legislation, political scandals, debates, and more.
Though they’re co-starring for the very first time together in the upcoming movie Get Hard, Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart have a long intertwined, secret history… supposedly.
According to these archived audition tapes exclusive to Funny or Die, Ferrell and Hart tried out for roles that ended up not only going to the other person, but became roles that are now synonymous with Ferrell or Hart.
Though you’re probably not questioning too much why Hart didn’t get Anchorman or Ferrell didn’t get a role in Barbershop, you can see the evidence right here.