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Tenacious D Give a Tour of Their Festival Supreme Haunted House/Maze and Rock the House on Conan

October 24, 2014

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You’re seeing a lot of Tenacious D in the news and deservedly so. They’ve announced their worldwide tour and the second edition of their comedy and music festival, Festival Supreme, is tomorrow.

On their appearance Conan, Jack Black goes into how he funded the festival as well as going through a map of the haunted house/maze, one of only many attractions coming tomorrow afternoon at The Shrine near USC.

Then, of course, no Tenacious D appearance on late night would be really complete without Jack Black and Kyle Gass rocking one of their tunes live, which, in this case, happens to be their song “History”.

Tenacious D Set to Tour Throughout Asia and Europe

October 22, 2014

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Hong Kong, Malaysia, Tokyo, Seoul, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and The Netherlands are all stops that Tenacious D will be hitting a month after they get through Festival Supreme.

Both Jack and Kyle have yet to rock as The D in Asia and are most certainly looking forward to it as you can see during their interview on Kimmel last night.

Tickets for most of these shows running through two continents from Nov. 30th-Feb. 14th are now on sale.

Aasif Mandvi Has a Little Trouble Making a Trailer For His Book “No Land’s Man”

October 19, 2014

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The release of The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi’s book No Land’s Man is just around the corner on Nov. 4th. Yet, Mandvi, in trying to make a promotional trailer for the book has had trouble getting people to help him promote it.

Just watch him look to Jack Black, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Kumail Nanjiani and Connie Britton for help and see who Mandvi’s real friends are.

Then, you can pre-order No Land’s Man here.

Rob Brydon and Michelle Gomez Join HBO’s Dark Geopolitical Crisis Comedy “The Brink”

September 7, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The Brink starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins has just added Rob Brydon who we hope you have seen on The Trip or The Trip to Italy and Michelle Gomez who we’re sure you’ve seen on Doctor Who to the cast for a few episodes.

While there are plenty of parallels in the premises of both, there’s no trailer, teaser, premiere date, or any other such thing to clue us in as to how much The Brink might or might not be like the most famous dark satirical geopolitical comedy, Dr. Strangelove. The addition of Brydon and Gomez as a couple, while certainly a welcome one, only make us more intensely curious as to what The Brink will end up ultimately being.

Season 2 of The Birthdays Boys on IFC to Have Tenacious D, Tony Hale, Casey Wilson, More

September 3, 2014

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(via Entertainment Weekly)

IFC is not only having The Birthday Boys return at 11:30PM on Oct. 17th, but the show is set to have the likes of Kyle Gass, Jack Black, Sandra Bernhard, Scott Aukerman, Chris Elliott, Carmen Electra, Horatio Sanz, Kate Micucci, Riki Lindhome, Fred Willard, Paul Scheer, Thomas Lennon, Doris Roberts, Tim & Eric, and way more guest starring in their second season.

So, along with Comedy Bang! Bang!’s mega sized season, add this to your regular IFC viewing schedule.

Festival Supreme Moving to the Other Side of the USC Campus at The Shrine Expo Hall & Grounds

August 14, 2014

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Exposition Park will no longer be the site of the 2nd Festival Supreme, but don’t worry as this does not mean it’s cancelled. The date is the same, the mind blowing, amazing line-up is still the same, and, actually, they’re in the same part of town.

The Shrine Expo Hall and Grounds, another gigantic LA venue, will be the home for this year’s Festival Supreme, which is literally a brief walk from Exposition Park on the south side of the USC campus (The Shrine is on the north side).

Tickets are still on sale for $99.

Nickelodeon Orders a “School of Rock” Series

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The rock comedy that had Jack Black as an unorthodox music teacher, School of Rock, is now becoming a TV series at Nickelodeon.

Nickelodeon ordered the series from Paramount TV and have yet to attach someone to play Dewey Finn, Jack Black’s character in the movie. Still, Scott Rudin and Richard Linklater, the director of School of Rock, are set to executive produce, which should instill faith as to what might happen with this show.

We’ll see next year when School of Rock the series is set to premiere.

Drunk History Tries to Get Through the Story of Judge Waties Waring and Citizen Kane

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Drunk History enlisted the drunk storytelling skills of Dave Ross and Steve Berg to tell the amazing stories of the anti-segregation Judge Waties Waring and how Citizen Kane was made, respectively.

The reenactments bleeding into the drunkenness of the storyteller along with Rich Fulcher as Waring and Jack Black as Orson Welles are priceless in these clips.

Weird Al Yankovic’s First Music Video “Tacky” Parodies Pharrell’s “Happy”

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Weird Al Yankovic has begun his 8 days of 8 consecutive, brand spanking new music videos by parodying Pharrell’s mega hit “Happy” with his “Tacky”. Enlisting the loudest possible clothes you could find and the talents of Jack Black, Kristen Schaal, Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, and Eric Stonestreet, Yankovic is off to a great start making the release of his new album Mandatory Fun tomorrow all the more exciting.

Nerdist has the exclusive first video to watch right here.

Bill Hader To Create & Star In HBO Series

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Bill Hader To Create & Star In HBO Series

HBO is really racking it up with their comedy slate. We’re already highly anticipating The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins and now we have an entire Bill Hader series to also look forward to.

Even if it’s Hader mostly doing obscure Star Wars impressions, we’d be cool with that.

HBO Orders The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins

February 13, 2014

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HBO Orders The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins

So, we’re getting what very well might be a Dr. Strangelove TV series starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins.

Whether or not that’s the case, we’re excited to see what HBO comes out with from this dark comedy series from Benabib Brothers and produced by Jerry Weintraub and Jay Roach.

Jack Black/Mike White and Seth Rogen/Joseph Gordon-Levitt Reteaming Respectively on Film Projects

February 11, 2014

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From School of Rock, Jack Black and writer Mike White are getting together again for HS reunion comedy D-Train and, from 50/50, Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and director Jonathan Levine are also coming together for another project a Christmas themed comedy, which will probably be a little grittier than your normal fare based off of 50/50.

Still, both projects from both “reteams” definitely sound enticing to us and, if you haven’t already, you should watch 50/50 and School of Rock. Familiarize yourself and enjoy two solid movies.

LA’s MOCA Trying to Make ‘Art + Comedy’ Work in New Initiative

December 29, 2013

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LA’s MOCA Trying to Make ‘Art + Comedy’ Work in New Initiative

The Museum Of Contemporary Art here in Los Angeles is making an effort, specifically called Art + Comedy, to, as you can guess, bring the burgeoning worlds of comedy and high art together.

They are already well on their way in collaborations with Jack Black and Fred Armisen, but we’re curious to see what else MOCA is going to cook up and if they’d start something like a monthly comedy show at one of their spaces.

This makes us wonder how this will juxtapose against the other “art/comedy” exhibitions in LA, like the frequent pop culture tributes at Gallery 1988.

Jack Black, Fred Armisen to Star in MOCAtv Web Comedy Series

December 12, 2013

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Jack Black, Fred Armisen to Star in MOCAtv Web Comedy Series

Apparently, Fred Armisen will be playing a superhero named Ambiance Man and Jack Black will be his complimentary villain Unidentifiable Odor. All of this is for a web series through the upcoming YouTube Channel of MOCA (Museum Of Contemporary Art) in LA.

So, we’ll have to wait until next Friday to see what this is exactly, but we’re pretty into it without a teaser or set photos.

Fox Buys Comedy From Amanda Lund, Matt Gourley, Jack Black & Diablo Cody

November 19, 2013

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Fox Buys Comedy From Amanda Lund, Matt Gourley, Jack Black & Diablo Cody

We’re not sure how many times we’re going to say “nice move” to Fox by picking up what sounds like an amazing comedy project, but here we go again as they have gotten their hands on something from the combined talents of Matt Gourley of Super Ego, Amanda Lund of Yahoo’s Ghost Ghirls, Jack Black, and Diablo Cody.

Nice move, Fox.

Jack Black and Tim Robbins to Star in HBO Comedy ‘The Brink’

November 14, 2013

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Jack Black and Tim Robbins to Star in HBO Comedy ‘The Brink’

The HBO dark political thriller comedy from Jerry Weintraub, Jay Roach and Roberto Benabib now has a pretty solid starring cast in Jack Black and Tim Robbins and we can only hope that this could possibly be a Dr. Strangelove for television.

TJ Miller to Don a Big Fur Blue Monster Suit as Gorburger Very Soon

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Your favorite talk show that was hijacked by a monster voiced by TJ Miller is back. The hysterically chaotic Gorburger Show will come back next Monday March 11th.

Watch the trailer to get a sneak peek of the madness to ensue that will include Henry Rollins, Jack Black, and more.