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SXSW 2022 Announces SXSW Comedy Festival Line-Up for This Year (Yep, the First One Since 2020)

February 28, 2022
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In Jan./Feb. 2020, we were so excited that we were getting to go to SXSW for their big comedy shindig for the first time. For years, SXSW’s comedy off-shoot was a pretty big, fantastic swell of comedy in Austin, an already very solid, thriving comedy scene as is.

2020 was 2020 and, of course, that didn’t happen. SXSW was actually one of the world’s first major festivals to postpone indefinitely due to COVID-19.

Now, here in Feb. 2022, SXSW is thankfully resuming their comedy festival and are doing things up bigger than we remember from last time. From Mar. 11th-19th, those in attendance will get to see the comedy stylings of:

Alyssa Stonoha • Andy Haynes • Anthony Atamanuik • Blair Socci • Bonnie McFarlane • Bruce McCulloch • Byron Bowers • Camilla Cleese • Danielle Schneider • Doug Benson • Dulcé Sloan • Eddie Pepitone • Eleanor Kerrigan • Emma Willman • Ian Lara • Jessica Michelle Singleton • Jim Gaffigan • Joe DeRosa • John Cleese • John Gemberling • Jon Daly • Kiry Shabazz • Liza Treyger • Logan Guntzelman • Marina Franklin • Mary Lynn Rajskub • Matt Besser • Matthew Broussard • Mike Lawrence • Mike Yard • Mitra Jouhari • Nick Thune • Punkie Johnson • Rich Vos • Ricky Velez • Rosebud Baker • Sandy Honig • Scott Thompson • Sean Patton • Shane Torres • Stuart Goldsmith • Vanessa Gonzalez • Yamaneika Saunders

as well as special presentations/events:

Adult Swim Presents Three Busy Debras Season 2 Sneak Peek •  ASSSSCAT (the first in-person since 2020) • The Comedian’s Comedian • A Night at the Comedy Store • Comedy with the Cleeses • The Creek & The Cave • Doug Loves Movies • Find Your Beach • Gotham Comedy Club • improv4humans • Matt Besser’s 420 Show • Roast Battle • The Stand NYC • Wide World of Dougs • Would You Bang Him?

Since SF Sketchfest had to postpone again, this will be the first big comedy festival of 2022 and you wouldn’t want to miss that, now would you?

If you don’t already have a badge for SXSW, you best get on that right now, right here.

Pick of the Day: John Cleese & Rob Schneider Misbehave in Your Living Room 3/20

March 10, 2021
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Truly, this is just a wild thing that’s happening that may not have happened in the before times. The prospect of Rob Schneider and John Cleese taking the stage together opens a whole world of possibilities and has our wheels spinning as to what might actually happen as actor/comedian Schneider who, for us, is best remembered as the motivational sort-of hypeman in The Water Boy, interviews comedy icon Cleese (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers) and where the rabbit hole of their conversation might lead.

Also, the audience can ask questions in addition to getting access for a VIP Meet-and-Greet for a premium price. Called John Cleese & Rob Schneider Misbehave in Your Living Room, this event is set to stream on Sat. Mar. 20th at 1PM PT/4PM ET. Tickets are $15, but have tiers all the way up to $750 (it’s for individual meet-and-greets and a signed poster). Get tickets from Rushtix here.

Pick of the Day: John Cleese on Creativity 9/9

August 28, 2020
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Comedy legend John Cleese was planning to have quite the year with a world tour and a book that gives insights into his own personal process. Despite live events being cancelled almost entirely for 2020, Cleese did a virtual edition of his show Why There Is No Hope and is going forward with the release of his book that has a literally more cheerful title, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide.

He’ll be doing an exclusive conversation about the book (which ought to be fascinating at a time where creativity seems to be hard to come by for a lot of folks) with Judd Apatow next month, Wed. Sept. 9th at 6PM PT/9PM ET.

You can (and should) get tickets to stream the discussion for $10 here.

Pick of the Day: John Cleese “Why There Is No Hope” 8/2

July 27, 2020
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Comedy legend John Cleese (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers) had been slated to tour the world with his brand new hour show Why There Is No Hope this year. Unfortunately, like everything around the globe for the last several months and the next several upcoming months, this live tour got cancelled/postponed. He actually had a date slated for the LA area in fall, but the fate of live performance even several weeks from now is still very, very much up in the air.

With all of that in mind, Cleese will not be deterred from bringing his new hour (whose title seems even more prescient given that it was conceived of well before COVID-19 came to the public’s attention). He’ll be doing a live-stream performance of Why There Is No Hope this weekend, on Sun. Aug. 2nd at 12PM PT/3PM ET/8PM BST.

Tickets are $19.99 (considerably cheaper than what you would have been spending to see it live) and you really ought to go get your tickets right now right here.

Entire Monty Python Catalog Headed to Netflix

March 22, 2018
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Entire Monty Python Catalog Headed to Netflix

From Holy Grail to the Flying Circus to deep cuts like Eric Idle’s What About Dick? will all be coming to Netflix on April 15th.

It will probably be the freewheeling, absurdist reprieve that you might like on Tax Day, so get ready to binge a bunch of silliness in a few weeks.

March 21, 2018
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Well, any chance you get to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail in a fancy theatre with a live appearance by John Cleese is one that you take.

So, maybe you should get some tickets for when that happens at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Saturday, March 31st for $59-$70 on Ticketmaster?

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

John Cleese to Co-Star in BBC Sitcom “Edith” from Charles McKeown, The Writer of “Brazil”

April 12, 2017
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John Cleese to Co-Star in BBC Sitcom “Edith” from Charles McKeown, The Writer of “Brazil”

In this new Golden Age of television, John Cleese is indeed returning to the realm of sitcom with a new show from the writer of Brazil, Charles McKeown. 

The premise, the engagement of an elderly couple is interrupted by an old son moving in with them, seems kind of straightforward and a bit classical in a sort of Odd Couple, Three’s Company sense. 

That being said, with Monty Python alums Cleese and McKeown on board, we wouldn’t be surprised if there’s something special that they’ve got hidden up their sleeve for this series in tone, writing, etc.

Watch John Cleese and Eric Idle Be John Cleese and Eric Idle on Conan

November 11, 2016
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Two of the members of Monty Python, John Cleese and Eric Idle, are currently on tour together and this interview makes it seem like it’d be a delightful thing to go see.

Also, they close out their segment with singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life with the studio audience, which you might just want to join in on for how nice that sounds even though you weren’t at the taping.

John Cleese Talks About The Dark Humor He Had With His Mother and Needing To Be Funny on Conan

November 21, 2015
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The legendary John Cleese stopped by Conan to promote his memoir So Anyway… and gave us insight to the formative years of John Cleese and why he is funny the way he is.

Specifically, he felt that being funny was a necessity for him at one point in his life as well as dealing with his rather morose mother and making her laugh.

You’ll see why Cleese went the way he did in Monty Python.

John Cleese Reminisces About How Monty Python’s Show Got Made and Has a Bit of Pythonesque Fun with Stephen Colbert

November 14, 2015
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Comedy past and present mixed together wonderfully when the legendary John Cleese came on to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

Whether it be the interview or a bit, comedy nostalgia is undeniably going to well up when you watch Cleese’s appearance from last night. 

John Cleese and Eric Idle Set To Go On U.S. Tour

June 16, 2015
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For the millions of us that couldn’t watch Monty Python live at The O2 Arena in London, we’ll get a better shot at catching two of the pythons this fall.

So far, from Oct. 2nd-30th, John Cleese and Eric Idle are touring the U.S. on their “John Cleese & Eric Idle: Together Again At Last… For The Very First Time” tour, which will include stops in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Baltimore.

Apparently, there will be anything from musical numbers to stories to aquatic juggling and more.

If you’re on the way on any of their tour that’s exclusively on the East Coast as of right now, you can get your tickets here.

John Cleese on The Legacy of Monty Python’s “Dead Parrot” Sketch

April 29, 2015
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Few other folks outside of Monty Python get to relive their comedy sketches like they do.

While chatting with Seth Meyers last night, John Cleese got to talking about one of Monty Python’s most enduring sketches and how, when they performed it live, it would go a wry in the best way.

You begin to wonder if any other sketch troupe will ever be this big ever again? Maybe Key & Peele?

John Cleese Has a Lovely Chat with Jon Stewart About How to Not Care Anymore

November 6, 2014
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In promotion of his new book So, Anyway…, the legendary John Cleese sat down with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show and talked about the prospect of caring and how to give it up

All in all, it was delightful. Give it a watch here.

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