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Get a Peek at “How To with John Wilson” the Latest Project/Scheme/Show Nathan Fielder Is Involved In

September 16, 2020
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Since the end of Nathan For You, millions of folks have been wondering what will be the next thing from the hysterically enigmatic Nathan Fielder that we all can obsess over. Sure, he’s fought anti-semitism via his outerwear company Summit Ice, but the next show that Fielder devises is what the general public is looking for.

Well, that time is just about here as How To with John Wilson is coming to HBO on Oct. 23rd at 11PM. The docu-series follows one John Wilson showing all of us how to navigate such a complex, often baffling city like NYC. Fielder is serving as executive producer on the series and that assuredly means that there will be plenty of twists and some sort of blurring between comedy and performance art.

From the looks of this teaser, there is a bit of Joe Pera Talks With You energy present here, but something tells us that there’s more sly subterfuge here and, like Nathan For You, it would appear that titular John Wilson is dealing with real referee supply store sales people, furniture cover specialists, etc.

Perhaps we’ll get a full trailer that will give us a bit more of a hint as what Wilson and Fielder have up their sleeve. If not, honestly, that’s fine too as it seems potentially very rewarding to keep the mystery up for as long as possible until the premiere.

Of Course Maria Bamford’s Self-Help Guide to Doing an Hour of Stand-Up Is Hysterically Self-Aware and Meta

September 4, 2020
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There are so many books on how to do stand-up and a plethora of teachers that offer courses on how to do stand-up. Often, those books are very reductive in their understanding of comedy and can often feel dated and, even more importantly, not feel/seem/be that funny.

Cue Maria Bamford’s You Are (A Comedy) Special: A Simple 15-Step Self-Help Guide to Forcibly Force Yourself to Write and Perform a Full Hour of Stand-up Comedy.

Bamford created yet another marvel of comedy, following her handful of brilliant hour specials as well as her critically acclaimed TV show and beloved web series, with a colorful guide on her process of developing her own hour of material. For those in the know, Maria’s particular process for developing comedy is so incredibly unique, which shouldn’t be surprising as Maria is one of the most distinct voices (or collection of voices) in comedy history. This two hour plus audio guide details every step of Maria creating and honing her own hour, which is, in of itself, such a hysterical trek through Maria’s mind (very similar to her stand-up). As such, You Are (A Comedy) Special is unlike any other guide to doing comedy that more encourages you to find your path rather than paint by numbers. That’s probably one of the biggest takeaways you can have from any comedy course.

Get a bit of a taste of the audiobook here.

Maria Bamford’s You Are (A Comedy) Special: A Simple 15-Step Self-Help Guide to Forcibly Force Yourself to Write and Perform a Full Hour of Stand-up Comedy is available now, exclusively on Audible. Go get it here.

Some beloved Behind the Scenes of the making of my @audible_com Original "You are (A Comedy) Special" that's available NOW!!

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— Maria Bamford (@mariabamfoo) September 3, 2020

At Home with Amy Sedaris Trailer Promises a Sort of Bizarro Pee-wee’s Playhouse

September 22, 2017
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A stranger version of the already heightened, brightly colored Pee-wee’s Playhouse is possible.

At Home with Amy Sedaris, part craft show, part a journey into the off-kilter fun house that is the psyche of Amy Sedaris, seems to achieve that according to this first, full trailer.

We’re gonna bet that if you loved Jon Glaser Loves Gear, you’ll love this too.

See for yourself here. (Oh, Michael Shannon has a pretty cameo that you should watch for).

At Home with Amy Sedaris premieres Tuesday, October 24th on TruTV at 10:30PM.

Here’s How to Watch This Upcoming, Completely Live Season of The Chris Gethard Show

August 1, 2017
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Here’s How to Watch This Upcoming, Completely Live Season of The Chris Gethard Show

To the best of their ability, The Chris Gethard Show crew wants to make sure as many people around the U.S. can tune into the completely and totally live broadcast of their third season on TruTV. Unlike SNL being on NBC, it’s a little trickier to have broadcast a show live on air on a cable network. 

So, they made this guide to cable and non-cable, East Coast, non-East Coast, and live audiences so you can catch the happy madness go down with the rest of the Gethard faithful. 

Basically, this is how it will work:

  • US East Coast viewers with a cable subscription that includes truTV can watch live as it airs.
  • US Non-East Coast viewers with a cable subscription that includes truTV can watch live on the website or through the app.
  • Non-cable subscribers can watch live through Sling TV, Hulu with Live TV, Direct Now and Playstation Vue.
  • Come to a taping! The show films in midtown Manhattan at 11PM on Thursdays. Ticket requests for each week will go live 8 days before the episode airs, and can be found here.

For international viewers that want to watch, they’re working on it.

Oh, most importantly, remember that this season 3 premiere will air live on Thursday, August 3rd 11PM EST/8PM PST.

See What Rules The Duplass Brothers Set Up for Themselves While Making “Room 104″

July 22, 2017
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As The Duplass Brothers first Sundance short film that got that attention was shot as lo fi as possible with no crew and in one day, you might know that some of Jay and Mark Duplass’ best work comes out of having restrictions. 

With their upcoming HBO anthology series, they have a lot more resources at their disposal, but made sure to stay true to their roots by imposing a handful of rules in making and shooting each episode. Based off how the show looks and feels already, we think this was probably a pretty good call on their part.

See what the rules are here, then look for the series premiere of Room 104 on July 28th.

Anthony Atamanuik Dissects How to Do His Perfect Trump Impression

April 21, 2017
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Tightening the face, sharp arm gestures, and Shih Tzus all figure into our favorite impression of Trump as done by the amazing Anthony Atamanuik.

Watch Anthony break it down to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.

H. Jon Benjamin, The “Jazz Daredevil” Who Still Doesn’t Really Know How to Play Piano, Jams Out with Stephen Colbert and Jon Batiste and Stay Human

March 23, 2017
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One of the silliest things that H. Jon Benjamin has ever done in his illustrious career as a professional silly person is recording an entire jazz album with real jazz musicians without really knowing how to play jazz (or an instrument for that matter). 

The album was called “Well, I Should Have…* Jon Benjamin-Jazz Daredevil” and the session players really didn’t know what was going on before they started recording.

On last night’s Colbert, Benjamin did a rare live performance from the album with Colbert’s house band Jon Batiste and Stay Human as well as Stephen Colbert himself on trumpet*. 

*Stephen also says he doesn’t know how to play the trumpet.

Enjoy some top shelf goofing around here.

Also, you can get your own very copy of “Well, I Should Have…* Jon Benjamin-Jazz Daredevil” here.

Ron Babcock Has a Pretty Definitive Recipe and Way to Bake a Comedy Album

March 17, 2017
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How exactly to make comedy has always been up for debate for hundreds of years.

While the art form as a whole will change and defy any sort of formula applied to it, comedian and chef(?) Ron Babcock does have a convenient way to make– or rather bake a comedy album.

In fact, he even has a video to show you just how to do it just like he did for his upcoming album This Guy coming out at the end of the month from Sure Thing Records.

Pixar Is Offering a Free Online Course on the Art of Storytelling with “Pixar in a Box”

February 17, 2017
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Pixar Is Offering a Free Online Course on the Art of Storytelling with “Pixar in a Box”

From the likes of Pixar heavyweights that were the key creative forces behind Inside Out, Up, Monsters, Inc., Brave, Sanay’s Super Team, and more, you can now learn some winning formulas on storytelling.

The lessons are offered up, in collaboration with Khan Academy,  as part of the “Pixar in a Box” program and are only a handful of the knowledge, how to, wisdom, and experience that Pixar is willing to share.  

Get into Pixar’s storytelling course here.

Henry Phillips Has a New Henry’s Kitchen and a Henry’s Kitchen Cookbook

December 18, 2016
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Henry Phillips has two gifts for us all this holiday season.

First, he made a brand new holiday themed episode of Henry’s Kitchen where he tries making a ‘holiday fish stew’. Watch it and decide if that’s a road you want to go down instead of ham or turkey.

Second, he has just released a Henry’s Kitchen Cookbook, which is perfect for anyone who is looking for an “alternative” to traditional cooking. 

This year, Henry has really outdone himself in attempting to cook for us all during these holidays. 

Aparna and Jo Attempt Learning How to Play Bridge

October 28, 2016
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The latest episode of one of our favorite web series this year, Womanhood, has the irresistibly silly Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone try their hands at learning the complex, but old card game, Bridge.

See if they pulled it off and if they made friends with some older folks here.

Henry’s Kitchen Attempts to Make Halloween Themed Cupcakes

October 17, 2016
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Have a Halloween pot luck coming up and don’t know what to make? Don’t worry. Henry Phillips has you covered with the latest episode of Henry’s Kitchen. 

Well, he sort of has you covered so long as you don’t follow exactly what he does in making these cupcakes. 

Henry’s Kitchen Has a New “Recipe” for Southwestern Egg Rolls

September 14, 2016
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If “anti-cooking show” isn’t a thing yet, Henry Phillips is making sure that it will be one soon as he has one of the best examples of what that might be. His web series Henry’s Kitchen where he attempts to make some food never ceases to amaze.

Watch the latest episode/attempt at making something edible with Henry’s Southwestern Egg Rolls.

Mitra Jouhari Shows a More Realistic Version of “How To Get a Job” in New Web Series

September 7, 2016
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A brand new web series at Refinery 29′s RIOT channel attempts to tackle the very pressing issue of getting a job in the real world (i.e. one where a lot of things just don’t work out the way you want them to).

Aptly called “how to get a job.”, Mitra Jouhari (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and Three Busy Debras) hosts and shows what really happens when people are joining the work force.

Watch this episode that shows how ill-prepared so many college graduates are as soon as they leave school and how they manage coping with that.

Latest “Henry’s Kitchen” Attempts Tuna Fried Rice with Best of Intentions

August 14, 2016
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If you’re in over your head whilst cooking and want to see cooking far below perfection or simply need a pick me up in your day, you can always count on Henry Phillips’ Henry’s Kitchen.

Just see this Tuna Fried Rice episode and we’re sure you’ll feel much better about burning whatever you left in the oven for a little too long.

Insecure Morons Teach You How To Send an Angry E-mail You Will Immediately Regret

July 13, 2016
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This may sound like a Clickhole headline, but Insecure Morons are actually a sketch group of Max Azulay, Alex Mullen, and James Corbett and this video really does show you how to send an incendiary e-mail that you’ll instantly regret.

For people not looking on instruction on how to send an angry e-mail that you’ll immediately regret, you can probably enjoy it much more as you don’t send angry e-mails, right?

These ‘Insecure Morons’ Show That Your Party Small Talk Isn’t as Great as You Think It Is

June 10, 2016
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Max Azulay, Alex Mullen, and James Corbett or, together, Insecure Morons, offer up their latest video that sums up why party small talk usually sounds way better in your head than it does when it comes out of your mouth and makes whoever your talking to very ill at ease.

Watch it here.

“How To Make Your Own Simpsons Couch Gag” Couch Gag by Michael Socha

May 19, 2016
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One of the more imaginative Simpsons ‘Couch Gags’ to ever be drawn comes from accomplished animation director Michal Socha. For that, Socha featured a fever dream trip though the body in a very dark, stylized way. 

Socha was just invited back and made an über clever couch gag that shows you how to make a Simpsons Couch Gag a la an IKEA instruction manual.

Hopefully, you can take a cue from this “guide” and make a couch gag with more ease than it takes to put together some of IKEA’s furniture.

Nikki Glaser, Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky Take Pegging Lessons

April 13, 2016
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Nikki Glaser takes real life, hilarious comedian couple Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky and join in on a crash course on how to properly “peg” (the sex act, not what you do with jeans).

This is definitely NSFW if you had any doubts. Also, it’s more fantastic work from Not Safe with Nikki Glaser that you should be watching as soon as you can.

Paige Weldon Presents a Sex Position Guide “The Drama Sutra” Updated for 2016

March 17, 2016
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While the Kama Sutra has been a go to for hundreds of years when looking to bring some excitement and variety into the bedroom, the newly published Drama Sutra, written by and illustrated by Paige Weldon, is a sex guide for those who are more likely to have “all the feels” rather than just have the sort of sex that people only dream about after reading something like Fifty Shades of Grey. It’s more honest, realistic sex as you can see from the cover art above.

You can get The Drama Sutra now for $5 off of The Devastator.

Watch Paul F. Tompkins Give a Tour on The Craft of Making Comedy (Sort of)

February 17, 2016
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The cast of Seeso’s new series Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ stepped aside from playing the various cutthroat people in the world of bajillion dollar real estate to show us all how to truly craft comedy.

Note: the making of craft comedy might differ from the making of comedy that you’re familiar with. 

Season Finale of “Going Deep with David Rees” Is Tonight

December 30, 2015
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10PM on Esquire Network.

Going Deep with David Rees has made its way through its second season and will cap it off tonight with an episode discussing the intricacies of washing dishes. That includes exploring where sponges come from and how you’re probably washing your dishes wrong.

Matt Oswalt, Eddie Pepitone, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Milana Vayntrub Present Christmas Recipes for Those Not So Into Christmas

December 24, 2015
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Those that don’t really dig this time of year with all the added pressure of having to be festive, forced interaction with family, etc. will enjoy Matt Oswalt’s attempt at his personal recipe for Snickerdoodle cookies over at Jash’s buh channel.

During said attempt, Eddie Pepitone, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Milana Vayntrub have other plans.

Watch it here.

How To Regift by John Oliver and Last Week Tonight

December 14, 2015
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John Oliver and the team at Last Week Tonight has a solid solution for at least one crisis in this country that we can manage.

FYI, be on the lookout for which camp is mentioned when there’s a camp joke since Last Week Tonight segments have their own so-called ‘easter eggs’.

Watch it here.

Nathan Fielder Shows What He Went Through to Pull Off His Season Finale Stunt on “Nathan For You”

December 11, 2015
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Even when behind-the-scenes, when one would supposedly let their guard down and show what was going on when none of us were looking, Nathan Fielder is still pretty damn funny.

Watch his rigorous training that he went through to be able to pull off the big stunt that he had on last night’s Nathan For You finale.

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