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TCB Debriefing 8/11-9/21/24: Emmys, Langston Kerman, James Adomian, Tim Robinson, Tommy Dassalo, and more!

September 21, 2024
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*apologies for taking so long to getting to posting these. running a theater and a bureau is almost humanly impossible

1. Even though an actual comedy, Hacks, won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series at this year’s Emmys, The Bear still won plenty of categories this time around, enough to make the case for getting rid of genre in the Emmys or whatever the hell we have to do to make What We Do in the Shadows get another goddamn Emmy.

2. Good news for all the I Think You Should Leave faithful: HBO has made the very wise decision to greenlight Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s series The Chair Company. While the premise of a man stumbling into a conspiracy at the company he works at after an embarrassing incident is vague, Robinson and Kanin might be the very best in capturing how absurd corporate culture has become that it makes the collective unconscious want to scream about the tiniest minutia.

3. Simply put, Langston Kerman has the most flowery ways (given his background in poetry) to exquisitely paint some of the darkest jokes we’ve heard in recent memory and, as such, his new hour special, Bad Poetry, is a luminous, yet dark, enthralling gem of stand-up comedy (and one of the very best specials of 2024). Please enjoy Bad Poetry, now streaming on Netflix.

4. James Adomian is such a comedic force of nature and has been for years and years, on stage, screen, and podcast, in costume and out, it’s criminal that Path of Most Resistance is only his very first hour special (amongst many other things). Adomian, of course, delivers on the goods in this new hour; the goods being his signature masterfully impressions (often sounding like a dead ringer for whomever James is impersonating) that are infused with his whipsmart, sharply drawn observations on even the most niche facets of culture and politics (making a bit on nature doc legend, David Attenborough, hilariously accessible). We would be hard pressed to say that even a good percentage of comedians leave it all out on the stage for an hour special, but the progression of sweat through Adomian’s shirts throughout the special should prove that he gave you his all and getting “all” from Adomian is something to be truly cherished.

Please enjoy Path of Most Resistance, now streaming on YouTube here.

5. Beloved indie comedy outfits, The Pack Theater and World’s Greatest Improv School AKA WGIS, are being reborn, yet again, right next to The Clubhouse in LA. They’ve got a GoFundMe going to pay for their basic needs in remodeling and having important things like, you know, A/C. Please donate/support/share here. When set, Los Feliz might have the greatest concentration of comedy in LA, specifically the 1600 N. block of Vermont Ave.

6. It’s not like Will Ferrell hasn’t been in funny tearjerkers before (Elf if you’re thinking too hard), but the doc, Will & Harper, in which he goes on a road trip with one of his closest friends, a former SNL head writer, looks to be on a whole other level. Peep a look at all the emotional strings it will pull in the trailer here, then look for it on Netflix next week on Sept. 27th.

7. Ben Stiller has taken a bit of a shine, as of late, to being in the producer’s chair with his hands in everything from Severance to and In the Dark. That said, don’t count him out as top-billed marquee talent as TIFF hit, Nutcrackers,  got snatched up by Hulu in a sizzling 8 figure deal. It’s a classic-ish fish-out-of-water comedy set in the world of ballet, but done so out in the sticks. Fingers crossed that they don’t put all the best bits in the trailer.

8. Boon Joon-ho might have landed on his most “fun” movie yet. Quotation marks necessitated as this dark comedy follows a not so distant future where people can volunteer for scientific study that has them die and get reprinted (rather than reborn) with their consciousness intact. Robert Pattinson might be on to a performance here that might outdo him playing Batman, truly (and don’t forget a stellar supporting cast of Toni Collette, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, and Mark Ruffalo). Take a look at the wicked dystopian mischief of Mickey 17 with the trailer here, then look for it in theaters on Jan. 31st.

9. Armando Iannucci, one of the sharpest voices and mind we have in comedy in this Golden Age of TV, is putting his sights on comic book movies or, rather, the insanity that goes into making them with his latest HBO series, The Franchise. Get a taste of what’s to come here, which looks promising as it’s the satire of In the Loop and Veep, but in an MCU movie.

 

10. Nikki Glaser is set to host the next Golden Globes and will likely make up for many of the missteps that Golden Globes have made in the recent past. Also, don’t be surprised if Glaser, with what should be an arsenal of gleaming roast jokes, will outshine Ricky Gervais’ past heralded Golden Globes hosting performances.

11. All late night guests, please take notes from Conner O’Malley on Seth Meyers and please make your interviews more entertaining/worth watching.

12. Just For Laughs isn’t dead. Following a bankruptcy scare, they have set dates for their return that will not include the heralded Montreal festival, but one in Sydney later this Fall. New owners ComediHa! have a tall order ahead of them if they’re aiming to bring back JFL to the prominence that it had about 15 years ago.

13. For all that’s bandied about whether comedy specials are really that “special”, Aussie comedian Tommy Dassalo really went for something wildly different (and subsequently very special) with his new hour show Scam Artist. The giant screen filled with his very own animation that’s sequenced in with his material on top of a carefully woven about the infectiousness of being scammed to only turn around and getting into scamming yourself is a beautiful mash-up of pastel playfulness, subversive bite, and unfettered honesty. Dassalo’s raising the bar on specials (without cutting away to doc footage or a sketch) and doing so while telling a wickedly funny story about fooling people into thinking he’s part of the seminal electronica band, Hot Chip. Please enjoy Scam Artist here.

 

14. Only Murders in the Building keeps marching on as one of the pinnacles of comedy intersecting America’s obsession with true crime as season 4 has already set off and very little time passed before getting a season 5 renewal order.

15. The latest comedic offering about time travel, specifically time loops, is here with Omni Loop, now in limited release and on demand. This Bernardo Britto feature boasts a cast of Mary Louise Parker and Ayo Edebiri (and the fun device of a black hole growing inside one’s chest cavity). See for yourself with Omni Loop’s trailer here, which suggests something way better than the overrated Palm Springs.

16. Secret line-up, live comedy pop-up juggernaut, Don’t Tell Comedy, has struck a first look deal with TheYearOfElan to produce unscripted content, a far cry from just doing pop up shows in backyards.

17. Raphael Bob-Waksberg, the creator of BoJack Horseman, finally has another animated series lined up, Long Story Short. It’s a comedy that follows the dynamics of a family over time, which, if you know BoJack Horseman, ought to go some pretty radical places. Look for its premiere in 2025 on Netflix.

18. The dark mind that brought us Oldboy and Decision to Leave is finally getting into a comedy. That’s right, Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is making a comedy, I Can’t Help It, adapting the American novel The Ax by Donald Westlake. Considering it follows a man who gets violently desperate after being laid off by a paper company, this very well might be what Chan-wook would do with an episode of The Office.

19. Inside Out 2 is the first animated movie to gross over a billion dollars overseas. That’s pretty much a guarantee that you’ll see Inside Out 3, 4, and probably 5 (and you’ve got to wonder if they’ll get as existential as the Toy Story franchise).

20. See what often lies on the other side of film school with the trailer for Morgan Evans’ Micro Budget, filled with a cavalcade of comedy stars including Bobby Moynihan, Chris Parnell, Maria Bamford, Emilea Wilson, Patrick Noth, Brandon Micheal Hall, Jordan Rock, Nichole Sakura, Carla Jimenez, Hal Linden, Jon Gabrus, Kate Flannery, Matt McCoy, Mike Mitchell, and Neil Casey.

21. Please read up on what Emmy/Grammy award winning Alex Edelman learned from doing a Broadway show about hate here.

22. For all the jokes that are made about astrology, documentarian Peter Kerekes follows a real life astrologer, Luciana, and her clientele to see where their hopes and subsequent readings take them. From the looks of Wishing on a Star, the sheer truth of it seems highlight how quietly absurd (and hysterical) life can be. See for yourself with the trailer here.

23. Ruben Östlund and Roy Andersson have served Sweden well in offering some of the most innovative, genre-redefining comedies in recent memory. Ernst De Geer might end up joining them with his debut feature The Hypnosis, a dark comedy about a hypnosis going sideways, perhaps not the way that some folks wanted. Take a gander at the trailer here, then stream it on MUBI now.

24. Ted Lasso is very close to having a season 4, which definitely means you’ll have another crack at Coach Lasso’s biscuits when they gear up for this next season.

25. While Netflix will have a Jamie Foxx comedy special touching upon his recent medical emergency, Hulu and Amazon are continuing to stack their comedy special deck with Ilana Glazer, Jessica Kirson, and George Lopez.. Expect more big time specials from all the big time streamers throughout 2025.

26. We’ll leave you with this: Just askin’; anyone want free tickets for Ben Schwartz on 10/5 at the Orpheum?

TCB Debriefing 1/10/24: Wolves of Glendale, Golden Globes, Creative Arts Emmys, Tina Fey, Carrie Coon, Our Flag Means Death/Julia

January 10, 2024
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1. Umm, apologies for the irregular schedule here. We have two full time jobs now (artistic directing a theater is the other) and while we’ll do our best to have a Debriefing M-F, it’s just going to fall through sometimes. Again, sorry about that, but all the news you need to know will just be in the following debriefing. Also, go to everything at the Lyric Hyperion; no reason in particular.

2. Now, for a musical comedy break from the beautiful, dulcet harmonies and (ridiculous ass lyrics) of the Wolves of Glendale in a decidedly peppy and absurd Don’t Tell Comedy set.

3. Jo Koy wasn’t great, but hosting any awards are either a death sentence or a gilded cage (see Billy Crystal, Bob Hope, and, currently, Jimmy Kimmel). All hail Poor Things for Best Musical or Comedy Film and The Bear as the TV series and boo and hiss to Ricky Gervais being awarded a statue for his droll special. If you HAVE to go with a white guy special from 2023, you should have gone with Maron or Joe Zimmerman.

3. Mulaney, I Think You Should Leave, and Carol Burnett all winning Creative Arts Emmys should make a case for including more categories in the actual Primetime Emmys telecast.

5. Tina Fey is reviving a starring in an 80s comedy, The Four Seasons (THR). Curious to see if this is a slick way to make sure to have five star accommodations while shooting or riding the coat tails of the critic beloved White Lotus.

6. Speaking of luxury hotel based comedies, one of the best actresses of our time, Carrie Coon, has just confirmed to be on the season 3 cast of The White Lotus (Deadline). May she live through at least five episodes.

7. Aaaaand, speaking of dying, both Our Flag Means Death and Julia got canceled at Max. Even through the strikes are over, Max is still dishing out the ax. It’s a damn shame.

8. We’ll leave you with this:

TCB Debriefing 12/20 & 12/21 & 12/22/23: Gary Gulman, James Adomian/Mike Lindell, Holdovers, People’s Joker, Surrounded, Jo Koy/Golden Globes, Run the Burbs

December 23, 2023
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1. Gary Gulman just put every outlet and publication that dare put out a best-of-year-end list to shame with his latest, finely tuned masterwork, Born of Third Base. This latest hour was so meticulously put together, but, as is with the very best of stand-up comedy, gracefully presented with seemingly only the slightest twinge of effort. Gulman very well might be the very best observational comedian out there that manages a perfectly balanced plate of social commentary, personal vulnerability, and verbal acrobatics. This hour, Born on Third Base, not only strongly echoes this notion, but earns Gulman very clever dig at the observational comedy giant, Jerry Seinfeld (and doing it without ever uttering “What’s the deal with…?”). Even beyond that, Gulman delves deeply into being meta, more so than he ever has and hysterically shows the seams of his jokes as further proof that Gulman has mastery over pretty much any skill in stand-up comedy.

Gary Gulman: Born on Third Base is now streaming on Max. Please enjoy.

2. James Adomian dazzles again on Kimmel as Mike Lindell for a Christmas “special” that feels all too real and hilariously absurd at the same time. Please enjoy here.

3. The hit period dramedy that reunited Alexander Payne with his muse Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers, is coming to Peacock right before NYE on Dec. 29th. If you were “holding over” this is just coming in the nick of time to keep you sane.

4. The People’s Joker got pulled from TIFF due to copyright infringement issues (Variety). This will be an important precedent set for the legal standard of “parody” going forward (and we don’t have a good feeling about it).

5. Get your first non-VR look at the VR-forward stand-up series based on the hit in-the-round, crowd work show created by Mike Falzone, Surrounded.

6. Jo Koy will be hosting the very next Golden Globes. Any takers on how many times CBS/Paramount+ and the HFPA will mention this is the first time an Asian person alone (Andy Samberg co-hosting with Sandra Oh really negates the diversity, doesn’t it?) has hosted The Golden Globes?

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7. We’ll leave you with this: Despite NBC executives largely thinking otherwise, Conan O’Brien had found an audience when he first embarked on being a late night host with Late Night with Conan O’Brien. It was college students (and this was well over a decade before you could watch Conan remotes on YouTube). That’s all to say that an audience for your comedy might be just around the bend.

Jerrod Carmichael Hosting The Golden Globes Could Be a Paradigm Shift for Awards Season (If Hollywood Is Brave Enough)

January 11, 2023
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We had a sneaking suspicion that Jerrod Carmichael would deliver an indelible performance with his first time hosting The Golden Globes, especially with all the controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the governing body of these awards. Not only did he give a performance that is unlike any in awards show hosting history, but it could be the signaling of a new paradigm when it comes to accountability, creative control, and, the matter at hand of course, diversity.

Jerrod didn’t mince words or time about their lack of inclusion leading to his invitation to host the ceremony and, in a style akin to Jerrod from Rothaniel, he sat down and spoke with uncut candor. Yes, there were also jokes and they were dark and funny as to fulfill the promise of the promos claiming “a night of joy and devastation”. It seemed clear that the NBC and the HFPA really let Jerrod do what he wanted as he opened the evening by dissecting his moral quandary of hosting the Globes with lines such as “being the black face for an embattled white organization” that are truly cutting rather than the sort of the Friars-Club-roast style that Gervais brought with him for a few years.

Though there were literally jaw dropping moments (cameras were quick to catch all the gasps from the biggest celebs in attendance), this very well may be part of the appropriate penance that the HFPA is serving to make up for their transgressions. It’s hard to say what accountability looks like at these high powered, glitzy affairs since there isn’t really a consensus protocol as what “embattled” parties ought to do. Jerrod freely getting to call out the organization that specifically hired him and also taking a daring and very clever shot at Scientology and Tom Cruise (note that Top Gun: Maverick is now the 12th highest grossing movie of all time and will probably be remembered as saving the movie exhibition business at the far end of the pandemic) is a pretty good start.

Shelly Miscavige joke #goldenglobes pic.twitter.com/ms4h0ljltg

— Vulture (@vulture) January 11, 2023

The address to the Hollywood stars and power players in the room and the audience at home felt free of a teleprompter and only added to how sincere and how searing Jerrod’s monologue was. In fact, the whole evening had some semblance of that with award winners ignoring being played off, Colin Farrell starting off his speech by complimenting Ana De Armas on stage after she handed him the award, and the presence and majesty of Jennifer Coolidge (other award shows should think about having her host?). Again, there really hasn’t been an awards hosting performance quite like this one from Jerrod compared to signature hosting from the likes of Billy Crystal, Jimmy Kimmel, or Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Whether this was truly “a night of joy and devastation” will have to be discerned after awards season is over and the strategizing for the next round begins. Certainly, it was a delight to see Jerrod seemingly get free reign and we can only hope that only more of that happens (it certainly will make it more enthralling to watch and discuss and rewatch on YouTube over and over and over).

Sure Sounds Like Jerrod Carmichael Has a Lot of Fun Up His Sleeve for Golden Globes

January 9, 2023
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If you’ve seen any promo for the upcoming Jerrod Carmichael hosted Golden Globes, you might notice that there’s a chance that it’ll be unlike any Golden Globes that has come before. It won’t be the potshot-filled roast of Ricky Gervais or the brilliant warmth and bits of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. 2023’s Golden Globes, so it would seem, will be an event since Jerrod Carmichael is dead set on doing things his way and braking any sort of previous awards host mold.

Last Friday, Jerrod went on The Tonight Show and shared just a bit of his plans (as well as a wonderfully contemptuous relationship with NBC Marketing) on his ideas of how to promote this Golden Globes. His ideas were so delightfully against-the-grain that we can only imagine that Carmichael will try to get away with whatever he can (and we can only hope that NBC and the HFPA allow him to do so).

Don’t expect a traditional late night-ish monologue or, perhaps, even staying on whatever copy is being fed through a teleprompter. If Jerrod does it how he has done things for the last couple of years, it will be both completely from the heart and so darkly funny at the same time.

Guess you’ll have to tune in on NBC or Peacock at 5PM PT/8PM ET Tues. Jan. 10th to find out.

 

Get Your First Taste of Jerrod Carmichael as Host of The Golden Globes

January 6, 2023
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There’s a lot to be curious over this latest edition of The Golden Globes, especially considering that it wasn’t too long ago that it seemed like the controversial awards ceremony might be gone for good due to troublesome diversity and inclusion practices (or lack thereof).

For our money, one of the most intriguing things will be Jerrod Carmichael, who has returned as a stand-up lightning rod thanks to his critically acclaimed hour special, Rothaniel, hosting this year’s Golden Globes, perhaps giving a fresher, actually edgier update to awards season hosting.

For the looks of the promos that were just cut, Jerrod might actually to get to do his spin on things as a host, which will be a much enjoyed reset on the odd high stakes gig that is delivering jokes to the most famous people on the planet.

Take a gander at all these promos here, here, then here, and also here. Then, catch Jerrod host the whole thing on Tues. Jan. 10th 8PM ET/5PM PT on NBC and live-streamed on Peacock.

 

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 49: Megan Koester & Lettin’ Quarantine Ride

March 3, 2021
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One of TCB’s favorite LA comedy staples Megan Koester joins TCB’s Jake Kroeger for this week’s Field Report. Koester is beloved for her subversive, meta, rebellious rants and bits on stage and her extensive pieces of writing all over the Internet found anywhere from VICE to The Guardian.

Megan has been quarantining properly here in LA and walks us through how working eBay has kept her going during this time while stuck inside. Also, she is the perfect person for actually hot takes on The Golden Globes and Seth Meyers hosting Late Night through 2025 (as well as what she would do with her own late night show) and makes this one of the most fun, rollicking episodes in the tenure of the podcast.

Follow everything Megan at inoffensivecomedian.com/

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).
Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Please Enjoy Amy Poehler and Tina Fey’s Full Opening Monologue from 2021 Golden Globes

March 1, 2021
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Honestly, bandying over the winners of The Golden Globes is a fool’s errand (though it’s nice that an actual comedy got awards in the comedy & or musical category with Borat Subsequent Moviefilm).

The highlight here is awards hosting power duo, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, returning to one of the gigs they were clearly anointed to do, The Golden Globes. Fey and Poehler together balance the right amount of bits, jabs at the HFPA, and asides about the nominees to carry on their celebrated legacy of presiding over the evening’s events.

Interestingly, the very limited in-person audience were all first responders and essential workers, which means you can hear the laughs more clearly and heartily as opposed to it being lost in a sea of celebrities in a gigantic ball room or theater.

Truly, Fey and Poehler should just have a whole special dedicated to hosting awards shows.

Watch and enjoy their 2021 Golden Globes Opening Monologue here.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to Host Golden Globes for 4th Time, Simulcast from LA and NYC

February 2, 2021
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(via Variety)

Unlike so many more of the major awards ceremonies, the Golden Globes do not have a very long tradition of hosts and being a big televised to-do like the Primetime Emmys or the Oscars.

That being said, few award hosts have shined quite like the pairing of longtime comedy collaborators Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Up to 2015, they hosted the Golden Globes three consecutive times and were lauded for their performance, a rarity in the recent years of awards hosting. Of course, each had their own comedy and entertainment empires to tend to and retired from their roles hosting the ceremony.

Now, as COVID-19 has proven that it’s very likely to ruin most of 2021, the Golden Globes will have to be done remotely and virtually and they’re tapping Poehler and Fey once more as hosts to help navigate these uncharted waters. Fey and Poehler won’t even be in the same room for the occasion. Fey will be in NYC and Poehler here in LA, Beverly Hills in particular, co-hosting across the country, simulcast. We have faith that they’ll come up with some great bit about that.

Mostly, in a time where people desire what’s familiar and what they know has brought them comfort, it’s nice to see that Amy and Tina will take up the hosting mantle once more.

The Golden Globes is set to air live on Sun. Feb. 28th at 5PM PT/8PM ET.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Will Host the 2021 Golden Globes

January 13, 2020
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Will Host the 2021 Golden Globes

Ever since The Golden Globes started having hosts for their awards ceremonies, it certainly seems like a very Star Wars-ish arc has been taking place over the last several years. 

Ricky Gervais invites some chaos every time he hosts The Golden Globes, making it an all out roast on his end. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler then balance that energy out with grace, poise, and endless cleverness to the ceremony and it might just keep going that way (especially considering that Fey and Poehler have already said that they were done hosting The Golden Globes years ago).

In any case, more Tina Fey and Amy Poehler together in this role, as they will be in 2021′s Golden Globes, is a net positive for all. 

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Ramy Youssef Win for Comedy at 77th Golden Globe Awards

January 7, 2020
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Ramy Youssef Win for Comedy at 77th Golden Globe Awards

While the Hollywood Foreign Press Association still has a very foggy idea as to what should count as a comedy film (and still rope it in with musicals) for their Golden Globes Awards, we’re very glad to see that Phoebe Waller-Bridge scored Best Actress TV Series-Comedy and Best TV Series-Comedy for Fleabag and Ramy Youssef won Best Actor TV Series-Comedy for his eponymous dramedy Ramy.

While there won’t be a third season of Fleabag, it’s great that Phoebe Waller-Bridge is getting her just due now and also that Ramy is getting such acclaim on his first season.

FYI, here’s the full list of winners for the 77th Golden Globe Awards.

Carol Burnett To Receive First Honorary Golden Globe TV Special Achievement Award Which Will Also Be Named After Her

December 11, 2018
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Carol Burnett To Receive First Honorary Golden Globe TV Special Achievement Award Which Will Also Be Named After Her

The very first Carol Burnett Award recognizing special achievement in television will be given to Burnett at the ceremony next year and will bear her name every year thereafter. Hopefully, it’ll encourage those not familiar to not only take a look at the career of the recipients, but take a look back at Carol’s legendary career.

We’re always on board for reminders of how great Carol Burnett was, is, and will probably always be.

Finally, this might be one nod to comedy that The Golden Globes didn’t entirely screw up. 

The Favourite Scores a Lot of Nominations for 2019 Golden Globes

December 7, 2018
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Despite the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the governing body behind The Golden Globes, continuing to wrongly lump musicals and comedy into the same category (as well as making highly debatable distinctions as to what counts for a comedy such as The Martian), it still remains of one of the major awards leading into the awards season (the actual awards will be presented on Jan. 6th with Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg co-hosting) and thus worth noting. 

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite, rightfully so in our opinion, got plenty of love in many of the categories including Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz being nominated in the very same category. We also dug Eighth Grade, Isle of Dogs, Old Man and the Gun, and The Good Place getting nominations here. Adam McKay’s politically charged dramedy-biopic of Dick Cheney Vice scored more than a couple of noms, which bodes well for its upcoming Christmas release and definitely peaks our interest a little more. 

That being said, we’re willing to bet that one (if not many) of your favorite TV comedies got snubbed. 

See for yourself with all the comedy nominees for 2019 Golden Globes below:

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Green Book
Mary Poppins Returns
Vice

Best Motion Picture – Animated

Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Christian Bale, Vice
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Poppins Returns
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book
Robert Redford, The Old Man & The Gun
John C. Reilly, Stan & Ollie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

Best Director – Motion Picture

Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Peter Farrelly, Green Book
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Adam McKay, Vice
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, Green Book

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Barry 
The Good Place
Kidding
The Kominsky Method 
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Debra Messing, Will & Grace

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen, Who Is America
Jim Carrey, Kidding
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Bill Hader, Barry

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Alex Bornstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Ben Whishaw, A Very English Scandal
Henry Winkler, Barry

Here’s the full list of nominees.

Amazon to Stream Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for Free This Weekend

January 12, 2018
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Amazon to Stream Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for Free This Weekend

Following the big Golden Globes wins for Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon wants to make a big push, kind of like they did with Transparent when the critical acclaim for the series started rolling in, for more viewers. 

For the purposes of bingeing, the series only has 8 episodes thus far, but they are almost an hour long each. Plan accordingly.

Comedy Winners and Seth Meyers’ Monologue for 75th Golden Globe Awards

January 8, 2018
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The first awards monologue of the year from Seth Meyers probably has set the tone for many monologues to come this year as he immediately and often joked about powerful men being brought down for their past sexual abuse, assault, misbehavior, etc.

Watch it here.

Secondly, here are the winners:
BEST MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)-“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST MOTION PICTURE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-“Lady Bird”
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)-Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN ANY MOTION PICTURE-Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN ANY MOTION PICTURE-Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
BEST SCREENPLAY-Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”

It’s intriguing how Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is getting thrown into the dramatic category, but maybe that is where it has a better chance against the crowded field of prestige pictures that are indeed comedic in some way shape or form (Lady Bird, I, Tonya, The Disaster Artist)

Also, congrats on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel scoring wins in an also crowded TV field.

By the way, here’s the full list of winners.

We’ve been hinting at it in the past several weeks, but, as you can see with Three Billboards and Allison Janney beating out dramatic nominees in the Best Supporting Actress in Any Motion Picture category, comedy is very likely going to have an awards season unlike it has in a very, very long time.

Atlanta Is the Big Comedy Winner at Golden Globes

January 9, 2017
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For the most part, the lumping of musicals with comedy gave way to the rightfully beloved La La Land sweeping up several awards at last night’s Golden Globes. 

Still, Donald Glover’s dramedy set in the back-drop of Atlanta’s hip hop scene Atlanta took home Best Musical or Comedy TV series as well as a statue for Glover himself. In case you forgot, Atlanta is only on its freshman season. 

FX has been really on a streak this year and is standing toe-to-toe with premium cable and streaming networks in critical acclaim. We’ll just have to see what the rest of the awards season brings. 

The rest of the comedy winners for The Golden Globes this year are:

Atlanta-Best Musical or Comedy TV Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta-Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy TV Series
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish-Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy TV Series
Zootopia-Best Animated Feature Film

The full list of winners can be found here.

What Makes for Comedy and Drama for The Golden Globes Has Just Been Changed

April 19, 2016
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(via Deadline)

Looks like the HFPA read all your tweets about The Martian winning a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy.

“Motion pictures shall be entered in the category that best matches the overall tone and content of the motion Thus, for example, dramas with comedic overtones should be entered as dramas,” is the new explanation for how nominees will be sorted in the next Golden Globes by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The clarification (or expansion of discretion by HFPA) is welcome as comedy in film has hard enough of a time get noticed during awards season. Most of the time, comedies have to have a considerable percentage of dramatic elements to even peak the interest of those in charge of nominating and voting for various awards. 

Just try and remember what was the last pure comedy to be an awards powerhouse. Outside of Grand Budapest Hotel, which might still be a stretch as full-fledged comedy, there hasn’t been much.

Still, the grouping of comedy with musicals strangely remains at The Golden Globes. Perhaps, the resurgence of musicals might lead to their own category, which would be more than deserved.

“Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Louie”, “Last Week Tonight”, “High Maintenance” More Win at WGA Awards

February 15, 2015
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The 2015 WGA Awards were handed out last night and the field of winners seems to be raising the least amount of snub talk this awards season. This might have something to do with critical powerhouses like Grand Budapest Hotel and Louie won as well as well-received upstarts like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and High Maintenance on Vimeo winning statues.

Here’s all the comedy winners for this year’s WGA Awards:

–The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness-Original Screenplay
–Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.-Comedy Series, Episodic Comedy
–High Maintenance, Written by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair-Short Form New Media
–The Simpsons, “Brick Like Me”, Written by Brian Kelley-Animated
–Last Week Tonight, Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner-Comedy/Variety (Including Talk)-Series
–71st Annual Golden Globes Awards, Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material by Alex Baze, Dave Boone, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Jon Macks, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Mike Shoemaker-Comedy/Variety-Music, Awards, Tributes-Specials
–How I Met Your Mother, Written by Dan Greenberger-On-Air Promotion (TV, New Media, or Radio)

See the full list of winners here.

The Antics of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig Make Golden Globes Worth Watching

January 12, 2015
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Last night’s Golden Globes was the third and last time that Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosted the ceremony and they did not disappoint. Their monologue had all their jokes and bits hit so well, as you’d expect for the room and over the telecast. They also didn’t shy away from the Bill Cosby jokes they said they were going to, an incredibly bold move for an awards show monologue. 

This makes us think that they’re idea that this would be the last Golden Globes one worth entertaining. 

However, it would also be worth entertaining the presenter segment with Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. Come to think of it, they would be a pretty great hosting duo as well, wouldn’t they? #GoldenGlobesSeason2?

“Transparent”, “Birdman”, More Win at Golden Globes

January 12, 2015
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This year’s winners at The Golden Globes Awards were equally surprising and expected as awards season front runners Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman took home trophies, but freshman TV series Transparent and Jane The Virgin also nabbed prizes in their categories.

The comedy winners of this year’s Golden Globes are:

Grand Budapest Hotel-Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton (Birdman)-Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Amy Adams (Big Eyes)-Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Birdman-Best Screenplay
Transparent-Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)-Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin)-Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Get the full list of winners here.

Here Are the Comedy Nominees for 2015 Golden Globes

December 12, 2014
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As we said earlier today, we’re in the thick of awards seasons with nominations rolling in from all sides. The SAG Awards nominees were announced this week and just this morning, the announcement for the nominees of The 2015 Golden Globes was made.

Looking over the HFPA’s list of their favorites this year, It seems as if The Grand Budapest Hotel was straddling a lot of awards deadlines getting nominated in several awards last year and still gaining a lot of attention this year with four Golden Globe nominations. Birdman continues to get its due as comedy’s frontrunner for awards this season with 7 nominations and Transparent is starting its inevitable run for getting honors on the TV side with two.

You can see the rest of the comedy nominees below (Note: due to the HFPA’s insistence on genre category juxtaposition-i.e. “Musical or Comedy”-as well as the overall lack of comedy in general categories, we omitted listing certain nominees as they aren’t comedies)

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St. Vincent
Pride

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Julianne Moore-Maps To The Stars
Amy Adams-Big Eyes
Helen Mirren-100 Foot Journey

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton-Birdman
Bill Murray-St. Vincent
Ralph Fiennes-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cristoph Waltz-Big Eyes
Joaquin Phoenix-Inherent Vice

Best Animated Feature Film
The LEGO Movie
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls

Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure (Turist)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Emma Stone-Birdman

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Edward Norton-Birdman

Best Director-Motion Picture
Alejandro González Iñárritu-Birdman
Wes Anderson-The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Screenplay-Motion Picture
Wes Anderson-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo-Birdman

Best Original Score
Antonio Sanchez-Birdman

Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Orange Is The New Black
Girls
Jane The Virgin
Transparent
Silicon Valley

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Veep
Edie Falco-Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez-Jane The Virgin
Lena Dunham-Girls
Taylor Schilling-Orange Is The New Black

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Don Cheadle-House of Lies
William H. Macy-Shameless
Ricky Gervais-Derek
Jeffrey Tambor-Transparent
Louis C.K.-Louie

You can see the full list of 2015 Golden Globes nominees here and watch the ceremony on Jan. 11th, 2015 on NBC.

Tina Fey & Amy Poehler Have Already Decided What They’re Wearing for The Golden Globes

November 29, 2014
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Tina Fey & Amy Poehler are giving one last hurrah in hosting The Golden Globes next year and since that’s the case, they have already decided what to wear. Well, hopefully they go through with what they say they’re going to wear in this promo.

We’ll see what/who they wear on Sun. Jan. 11th on NBC.

2015 Might Be The Last Time Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Host the Golden Globes

October 31, 2014
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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

This January, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will have taken the stage at The Golden Globes as the evening’s host for the third time. According to Poehler in a recent interview on The Today Show, she’s leaning towards the idea of it be the duo’s last go around for the gig as she’s worried that it might be going “downhill” if she continues. 

The two have been the best hosts of an awards show in quite some time and it would be sad for them to stop. Still, just because she and Tina won’t host The Golden Globes again, doesn’t mean they couldn’t host any number of other awards shows including The Oscars, Emmys, MTV Movie Awards, etc. etc.

Let’s hope that happens.

‘Shameless’ To Hop Emmy Categories From Drama to Comedy

March 29, 2014
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‘Shameless’ To Hop Emmy Categories From Drama to Comedy

If you’ve taken note from The Golden Globes this year, the terms that define “comedy” in regards to awards categories are really being stretched, especially when In The Loop and Midnight in Paris are the only pure comedies that The Oscars have take note of over the last several years that immediately come to mind.

In contrast, with the flood of wonderful comedy on TV, that’s been less of a problem. Yet, this move of Showtime‘s Shameless to be considered for comedy rather than drama, despite it a move to possibly have more of a chance to be nominated, presents the same dilemma of genre blurring that makes it hard for quality shows, comedy or drama, to get the notoriety they deserve.

Though, it may be a little cumbersome for voters, we’d think a solution very well might be to expand the nominee cap and lump comedy and drama together. 

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Returning to Host Golden Globes in 2015

February 5, 2014
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Returning to Host Golden Globes in 2015

This is great news and should be a surprise to no one. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are arguably at the top of comedy right now with as many great projects their involved in/responsible for and it would be almost dumb for The Golden Globes to not have them back.

In fact, Tina and Amy to the The Golden Globes might just have become like Billy Crystal used to be to The Oscars.

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