The fifth season of Louie premieres Thurs. Apr. 9th on FX. That’s less than a month away and even less now than when you started this sentence.
If you don’t believe us for some reason, you can watch these postcard-ish new promos for the new season just to be sure.
After that, feel free to sing Brother Louie out in public until premiere night.
Need art inspired by the comedy of Zach Galifianakis (depicted above by Ashton Gallagher), Broad City, Louis C.K., Larry David, Reggie Watts, Paul F. Tompkins, Ron Funches, Dave Chappelle as Prince, The Flight of The Conchords, Mitch Hedberg, and way more.?
Well, look no further than the fourth edition of Gallery 1988’s Is Thing Thing On? art tribute to comedy. Dozens of fine works are on sale and online here, though we would say that you should go now as they’re all selling out fast.
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.
(via Deadline)
To accomodate the gigantic 60 or so people, now including Billy Crystal, Louis CK, Tim Meadows, Will Forte, Ana Gasteyer, and Colin Quinn, that will be taking part, The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special has now been extended to run 3 ½ hours.
So, this Sun. the special will go from 8PM-11:30PM, which definitely bites into people watching their routine Sunday night HBO. Good thing there’s DVR and HBO GO.
Odds are that you’ve already gotten Louis C.K.: Live at The Comedy Store. If not, you should.
In either case, you can enjoy more of C.K. chatting with David Letterman about his “deflategate” theory as well as the weird obstacles one faces when performing stand-up in an arena like Madison Square Garden and circumventing getting passed at The Comedy Store.
Louis C.K.’s latest comedy special is finally here. Unlike the last few that were recorded at big theaters, Live at The Comedy Store was shot at the gorgeous Main Room at The Comedy Store. That’s probably as intimate of a space that you’ll see a C.K. comedy special in.
Same deal as always with Louis’ specials: $5 for a download to do with what you will.
Here’s a preview, though many of you are probably already at LouisCK.net buying it.
(via Deadline)
This spring, FX will see a whole hour block of series focused on the lives of comedians.
The series premiere of The Comedians with Josh Gad and Billy Crystal playing two comedians bridging generational gaps in comedy and the premiere of the fifth season of Louie will kick off Apr. 9th at 10PM.
Note that, Louie will only have 8 episodes for this latest season, which seems like the season order of a freshman show. However, The Comedians will have Mel Brooks, Jimmy Kimmel, and Rob Reiner as guest stars in their first season (via Variety).
This still makes us curious how comedies are split between FX and FXx.
You might have heard by now that French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists who claimed 12 lives.
Jon Stewart and Conan O’Brien made sure to take time for their late night programs to express their grief over the tragedy on The Daily Show and Conan, respectively.
Also, Louis C.K., in a sign of solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, used a marker to write “Charlie Hebdo” while playing Madison Square Garden last night.
HUGE s/o to LouisCK for taking a sharpie to his tee, spreading awareness for #CharlieHebdo. Great show, great job. pic.twitter.com/kzQYohmauE
— Mike Ivers (@TheMikeIvers) January 8, 2015
With all the well wishing going around the globe, you’ll be happy to know that Charlie Hebdo’s next issue will have a million copies published as opposed to their usual 60K (via The Hollywood Reporter).
So, maybe you’ll want to get a copy when it comes out next week.
Je Suis Charlie.
Over 6 years ago, Largo was not the gorgeous theatre that you see at The Coronet these days. It was an even smaller venue with a bar in Fairfax Village here in LA.
However, even back then, a mix of some of the best comedians and innovative musicians and singers all came together under the roof of Largo to play.
In 2008, a concert film was released of the old Largo with the likes of Fred Armisen, Fiona Apple, Greg Behrendt, Paul F. Tompkins, Elliott Smith, Sarah Silverman, Greg Proops, Sarah Silverman, Flight of the Conchords, Patton Oswalt, Louis CK, Zach Galifianakis, Aimee Mann, Andrew Bird, and more all performing.
Now, it’s online for you to enjoy on Vimeo in beautiful black and white. Watch LARGO here.
The Grammys have just announced the majority of the nominees for their 83 categories, which include Best Recording Package, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package, Best Album Notes, Best Contemporary Christian Music Album, and Best Comedy Album.
Of course, we’re only concerned with comedy here rather than how an album is packaged or what music is playing in your local chapel’s gift shop, so the nominees for Best Comedy Album are:
“Mandatory Fun”-Weird Al Yankovic
“Obsessed”-Jim Gaffigan
“Oh My God”-Louis C.K.
“Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time”-Patton Oswalt
“We Are Miracles”-Sarah Silverman
Honestly, it’ll be hard to tell who’s going to win as Silverman has an Emmy for We Are Miracles, Yankovic scored #1 Billboard spot with Mandatory Fun, and Oswalt, C.K., and Gaffigan are critically and commercially amongst the top tier of funniest people in comedy right now.
Also, we’d like to note that Joan Rivers got nominated posthumously in the Best Spoken Word Album category for “Diary of a Mad Diva”, Tenacious D got nominated for Best Metal Performance for covering Dio’s “The Last in Line”, and Tegan & Sara and The Lonely Island’s “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie got nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media.
See the full list, if you dare, of nominees here.
The headline pretty much says all you need to know about a brand new episode of Between Two Ferns with Brad Pitt and Louis C.K. unless you somehow have managed to avoid Between Two Ferns all these years.
Watch and enjoy over and over here like the rest of the Internet will be doing for next several days here.
Taking advantage of the endless wealth of comedy genius that resides in and around NYC as well as bringing plenty of the funniest people in the land, The NY Comedy Festival for 2014 isn’t something you should miss.
In the line-up thus far:
Bill Cosby, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, Louis C.K., John Oliver, Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart, Schtick or Treat, Kyle Kinane, Amy Poehler, Friends of the People, Seth Herzog, Tig Notaro, This Is Not Happening, Brian McCann, Dave Hill, Pete Holmes, Keith and the Girl, Sara Schaefer, Kabin, Nate Bargatze, Big Jay Oakerson, Letterman writers, Hannibal Buress, Marc Maron, Aparna Nancherla, James Adomian, Cameron Esposito, Deer Prom, Monroe Martin, Brent Morin, Nick Vatterott, Sean O’Connor, Eric Andre, Emily Heller, Maria Bamford, Nick Offerman, Jeff Ross, Murderfist, Guy Branum, Bob Odenkirk, Rachel Feinstein, and more.
It’ll be a mix of headlining shows, showcases, benefits, album recordings, special shows, and more.
So clear out your calendar for Wed. Nov. 5th-Sun. Nov. 9th if you can, in any way, go to any/all of these shows.
Louis C.K.’s last stand up special Oh My God came and went on HBO awhile ago, leaving the rest of us who don’t have HBO or an HBO GO password little chance to watch it
Well, the special is now an album that you can get as a CD or on vinyl. So, go ahead and pick that up now.
That YouTube channel that Just For Laughs was launching with unseen stand-up clips from so many of the greats like Bill Hicks, Mitch Hedberg, Chris Rock, Louis CK, and more is finally here.
Watch the likes of Jon Stewart doing stand-up from 1992 or Chris Rock from 1987 or Hicks from 1990 or Chappelle from 2000 or Bill Burr from 2004 or CK from 2003 or Hedberg from 1998.
You’re likely to get hooked on this and just know that there’s more on the way.
(via Variety)
The Just For Laughs brand has been one for the biggest comedy festivals in the world for quite some time. In their tenure of their festivals, so many of the big names you know and love nowadays performed on what was likely the biggest stage they’ve ever performed comedy on up until that point.
So, JFL thought it might be prudent to share some of their archives with the rest of us.
Thus, 500 hours of clips will be uploaded to a YouTube channel that’s being created with the help of Maker Studios, much of which hasn’t ever been seen outside of the festival. Clips will include performances from Dave Chappelle, Bill Hicks, Bill Burr, Louis CK, Mitch Hedberg, Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, and way more.
When that starts, prepare for another thing to binge watch.
(via Variety)
With another Emmy win for Louie, FX is smartly furthering their business with Louis C.K. as they have just picked up Baskets, executively produced by C.K., Zach Galifianakis, and Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel, to series.
Galifianakis will star as a man who leaves the corporate world to pursue a life of becoming a professional clown. So, maybe it’s hovering somewhere around Being John Malkovich minus all the body snatching with a focus on clowning instead of puppetry?
Either way, we have a really great feeling about this.
It’s become routine to expect that Modern Family, ABC’s powerhouse sitcom, FX’s groundbreaking Louie, the brilliant Veep, and the supremely well-crafted Colbert Report win during awards season. Last night, at The Emmys they didn’t break with those expectations at all unlike a lot of the new winners at this year’s Creative Arts Emmys.
Here’s what they and more won at The Primetime Emmys.
Modern Family-Outstanding Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy
Ty Burrell in Modern Family-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy
Jimmy Fallon hosting SNL-Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Louis C.K. for Louie-Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Gail Mancuso for Modern Family-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
The Colbert Report-Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Series
Don Roy King for Saturday Night Live-Outstanding Directing for Variety Series
Sarah Silverman for We Are Miracles-Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
Read the complete list of Primetime Emmy winners here.
(via Variety)
The fifth season of Louie has officially been ordered and we won’t have to wait over a year for the season premiere. Next spring, Louis C.K. will have his next batch of episodes rolled out.
However, there will be only 7 episodes for this fifth season, which makes us wonder if they all will just be a half hour long (i.e. maybe they’ll be longer?).
Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival Announces Their 2014 Line-Up
Throughout the country, you may get to see the likes of Louis C.K., Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Ross, Marc Maron, Chris Hardwick, Hannibal Buress, Demetri Martin, and more thanks to Funny or Die’s gigantic festival tour known as Oddball. Looking at that line-up, we’d say Oddball is gong to have another epic round.
So far there will be 21 shows across this great nation and tickets will go on sale this Saturday.
Last night, Louis C.K. was on both The Tonight Show and his own show Louie. In both appearances, C.K. detailed his suspicion, given a certain situation, the worst circumstances despite the outcome.
One case was Fallon mysterious disappearing and the other was what happens with one’s kids when taking the NYC subway.
It shouldn’t surprise any of you, but Will Ferrell, Bill Hader, Key & Peele, Maria Bamford, Amy Poehler, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Jim Gaffigan, Parks and Recreation, This Is The End, Modern Family, and Louis C.K. all went home with last night’s American Comedy Awards.
You can watch the whole special here.
Louie is finally back at FX after the long hiatus on Monday night.
Here’s a great taste of what season 4 is like so far with CK perfectly recreating what we think when we hear garbage in the morning.
Season 4 of Louie Premieres Tonight on FX
We know the NBA Playoffs are still underway, but if the bar you’re at isn’t showing basketball, they should be showing the premiere of the brand new season of Louis C.K.’s Louie tonight on FX at 10PM. If you’re at home, you should definitely be watching Louie with two episodes playing back to back.
You’ll still be able to catch the second half of the game afterwards.
Portlandia’s Jonathan Krisel To Direct Louis C.K./Zach Galifianakis FX Pilot
All three of those names together, Louis C.K., Zach Galifianakis, and Jonathan Krisel, should make for one hell of a great pilot.
Let’s hope this gets picked up soon just so we can see what they came up with.
It’s just another nice, surrealist reminder that Louie is back May 5th on FX.