Jefferies’ latest hour is here.
Netflix continues their procession of big time comedy specials with Jim Jefferies’ Free Dumb that started streaming yesterday.
In addition to binging Albert Brooks’ movies this weekend, you should also watch this. You’ll have time to get through all of it because the real 4th of July fireworks aren’t even until Monday.
Albert Brooks shows you why you should spend time watching/rewatching his personal filmography, now on Netflix, here.
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As Albert Brooks himself tweeted on this news, “This is f*cking great”.
Starting this Friday, the seven films written and directed by and starring Albert Brooks will be available on the streaming service giant, Netflix.
That includes:
Real Life (1979)
Modern Romance (1981)
Lost in America (1985)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Mother (1996)
The Muse (1999)
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)
Whether you have seen these or not, you’ve definitely got your binge watching cut out for you this weekend.
Even though BoJack Horseman is an animated series, it has made its mark on the TV landscape by being a show that paints with all the colors, both figuratively and literally. BoJack not only goes to the darkest and most dramatic corners of comedy, but balances it so well with the super clever humor in the alternate universe where animals and humans are on equal footing.
From the looks of this trailer, Season 3 looks like it’s only going to double down again on that formula and we can’t wait for it.
Look for all episodes to start streaming on July 22nd.
Now with a family, one might think that Jim Jefferies might ease up in his playing-with-fire style of stand-up, but it’s clear in this trailer that Jim Jefferies will be the very same edgy Jim Jefferies. With this latest special Freedumb on Netflix, he just points his unfiltered lens at what the world is like now that he has done the whole family thing for awhile.
Watch the trailer for Freedumb here, then look for it to start streaming on July 1st.
America! You can watch #LifeOnTheRoad exclusively on @Netflix next year. Or you can fly to The UK to watch in movie theatres this August 🙂
The movie spin-off of the British version of The Office that follows David Brent’s forced music career will come across the pond via Netflix exclusively. In the ongoing and growing streaming service rivalries, this is a pretty big get for Netflix
There isn’t a set release date yet, but Netflix will have plenty of stuff between now and then to binge watch.
This time they’ll be playing teenagers as opposed to old men with a lot of spunk.
Oh, Hello has brought Nick Kroll and John Mulaney to the forefront of comedy as two senior best friends who are very, very, very opinionated, especially when it comes to tuna.
Taking notice, Netflix has ordered an animated series from Kroll and Andrew Goldberg that will put the voices of Kroll and Mulaney in the starring roles of two teenagers going through hitting puberty along with Maya Rudolph and Jason Mantzoukas. As it’s animated, we’re sure that they’ll up the ante on how ridiculous they can get.
Look for Big Mouth to start streaming in 2017.
Watching this should be one of your top priorities today.
Almost 3 years ago, Bo Burnham‘s last special what. and really succeeded in pushing the limits of what a comedy special as well as musical comedy can and should be.
Naturally, we’re excited that today is the day that his new comedy special, Make Happy, the follow-up to what., is now streaming on Netflix.
With that said, go watch it ASAP.
(via Deadline)
Jenji Kohan is attached as an executive producer is carving quite the feminist niche at Netflix.
From the minds of Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, a new comedy series based on a real 1980s all female wrestling league, will be coming to Netflix soon. Specifically, it’ll follow a struggling actress who stumbles into and gets caught up in this new world.
Called G.L.O.W., it should be a nice companion to Jenji Kohan’s Orange Is The New Black on the streaming service giant.
We’re already hooked in from the first trailer for Bo Burnham’s upcoming Neflix comedy special Make Happy.
Now, get even more hooked by a new trailer that previews one of Bo’s signature style meta satirical pop songs.
Again, Make Happy starts streaming next week on June 3rd.
You’re favorite jaded anthropomorphic horse is coming back July 22nd for the 3rd season of BoJack Horseman.
You can hear BoJack’s thoughts on all the accolades that have come to this point in Netflix’s season 3 date announcement here as well as ponder on how he’ll pick up the several pieces he left lying everywhere from last season once more.
Bo Burnham’s next special is just around the corner.
Next week, on Friday, June 3rd, Make Happy, the follow-up to the masterful “what.”, will start streaming on Netflix.
If you’re wondering how Bo could possibly top himself after a special that was so succinctly satirical of the zeitgeist, just watch this trailer.
We had a feeling that Maria Bamford and Mitch Hurwitz might collaborate once again after Maria shining in season 4 of Arrested Development.
Fortunately, that really did come to pass and all these years later, Lady Dynamite, a single camera comedy based on the life of Maria Bamford, starring Maria Bamford is now a reality.
We all can now get a glimpse into how pugs complete Maria’s life so fully.
With all of that out of the way, know that all the episodes of The Lady Dynamite have just started streaming on Netflix this morning and it’s probably what you should be watching as soon as possible.
This is happening at Largo at the Coronet Theatre and you can get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
There’s a lot of anticipation over Chelsea Handler’s new show Chelsea. It’s Netflix first talk show as well as their first show that will be releasing episodes three times a week as opposed to their traditional all-episodes-streaming model. Also, there will be no commercial breaks, which isn’t unprecedented, but further prompts a departure from the traditional late night talk show format.
More intriguing than all of that, it appears from the trailer that Handler will be venturing from behind a desk quite a bit for a ton of remote segments, not unlike what she did with those Chelsea Does specials. Given the ‘clip-focused’ direction of late night these days, that’s probably a smart move.
You won’t have to wonder what Chelsea was up to for all this time for much longer. Chelsea starts streaming this Wednesday on Netflix.
Today is the day to really get into Ali Wong. Whether you’re already a devoted fan or you’ve only seen her recently start popping up in your social media feeds, her very first hour special Ali Wong: Baby Cobra (which she also amazing taped while 7 months pregnant) is now streaming at Netflix.
Here are a couple more clips to give you a taste of what you should be watching today.
Also, Ali is on WTF with Marc Maron today in the probably case that you can’t get enough of her.
(via Deadline)
Good for Netflix in going, as far as we can tell, for the series order right away.
The satirical comedy Dear White People from Justin Simien will now be adapted into a TV series on Netflix. Simien is getting 10 episodes for this first season.
Given how much he was able to do with playing with racial tensions in a feature film, we can only ponder what he’ll be able to do with the latitude of a series on a streaming service.
Very few comedians are craftsmen with their jokes quite like Gary Gulman. One can always marvel in his detail in timing, delivery, diction, etc.
His latest hour stand-up special “It’s About Time” just started streaming on Netflix this past Sunday and you should watch how wonderfully precise he is with his jokes.
See for yourself in this preview.
We have a feeling that the latest comedy special that will be coming to Netflix might be a hell of a good one as it is an hour long stand-up special from the fantastic Ali Wong.
What might make it extra special aside from it being a “special” is that she dissects about becoming a mom and everything connected to that while pregnant.
Called Baby Cobra, it starts streaming on Friday, May 6th.
You can see a bit of what Ali has cooked up in this preview.
So, everyone will be slightly closer to their real age this time around.
Next year, Netflix will release 8 episodes of Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later with David Wain and Michael Showalter back at the helm.
Here are the campers themselves to tell you this is really happening.
There are no details on how much or if all the cast is coming back and what might happen. However, we’d guess that they’ll probably be able to get most of the cast back considering that they were able to do it before.
Patton Oswalt’s latest hour stand-up special has arrived.
Odds are that you need something to lift your spirits right now. That may be the case for many people for a lot of the time, but the passing of an icon like Prince always looms heavy over the collective consciousness for awhile.
So, try give watching the great Patton Oswalt’s latest hour special “Talking for Clapping”, now streaming on Netflix, to feel better, even if it’s just for the hour that you spending watching it.
We would go so far as to say that Maria Bamford is one of the rare comedians that exhibits the art form of comedy at its highest level. Her incredibly poignant, personal, hilarious, life affirming stand-up not only makes us double over laughing, but is something that makes us feel better about the world.
As you can imagine, her upcoming Netflix series Lady Dynamite has Maria’s life distilled and done so by the expert hands of Mitch Hurwitz and Pam Brady.
Naturally, it looks fantastic based on this trailer. Also, the appearances of Lennon Parham, Bridget Everett, Jason Mantzoukas, Sarah Silverman, Andy Daly, and more of your favorite comedy folks are a bonus.
Look for all the episodes of Lady Dynamite to start streaming on Friday, May 20th.
Bill Burr’s suspicions that his darkly comedic stories from his childhood would be better served in an animated series seem to be well founded.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone now that Netflix is continuing the stable of critically acclaimed comedy they’ve got going.
Still, Bill Burr’s animated series F Is For Family getting a second season is something to celebrate with a plethora of expletives.
Just a friendly neighborhood reminder of what you should be binge watching this weekend.
The indomitable positivity of Kimmy Schmidt has finally returned as all episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 2 are now streaming on Netflix.
So, without further adieu, get ready for plenty of bold colors, that earworm of a theme, and, of course, Kimmy/Titus/Jacqueline/Lillian.
You’ve got to wonder if any of the other big streaming services will try to keep up with Netflix’s comedy specials output.
It’s been a long time coming that Ali Wong has been gearing up for a special and the next special from the brilliant Bo Burnham will undoubtedly be a must-see.
Mark your calendars on the following Fridays:
May 6th-Ali Wong: Baby Cobra
June 3rd-Bo Burnham: Make Happy
July 1st-Jim Jefferies: Freedumb
September 23rd-Iliza Shlesinger: Confirmed Kills