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Staffs of The Onion, The A.V. Club, and Clickhole Have Unionized at WGA East

March 29, 2018

Staffs of The Onion, The A.V. Club, and Clickhole Have Unionized at WGA East

Some of the cleverest writers around should be part of the Writers Guild of America, no?

In a way, you can see this as comedy on the Internet “growing up” and becoming more of a viable and sustainable endeavor. Onion Inc., the umbrella that operates The Onion, The A.V. Club, and Clickhole under the bigger umbrella of Fusion Media Group, still has yet to hammer out a specific agreement with WGA East, but it seems that they’re ready to come to the bargaining table.

So, in the not so distant future, comedy writers can tell their parents that writing satirical headlines can get them guaranteed pay and benefits.

The 3rd Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival Announces Line-Up

March 2, 2016

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So far, Tracy Morgan, Sarah Silverman, Reggie Watts, Jenny Slate, Michael Che, Jessica Williams, Chris Gethard, Gabe Liedman, Phoebe Robinson, Max Silvestri, Ian Abramson, and Jo Firestone will be present for The 3rd Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival taking place Jun. 1st-5th in Chicago.

That’s pretty swell if you ask us.

The Onion and A.V. Club have also joined forces with TruTV to present the festival this year, which seems pretty stacked.

Tickets go on sale Wed. Mar. 3rd at 8AM PST right here.

The Onion/A.V. Club Are Putting on The 1st Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival

March 24, 2014

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av club, chicago, comedy bang bang, comedy festival, kyle kinane, marc maron, onion, tig notaro

The Onion/A.V. Club Are Putting on The 1st Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival

With the absence of JFL Chicago, there was a open spot for a big time comedy festival, which, thankfully, The Onion and A.V. Club are now planning to fill.

Coming this June, The 1st Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival will bring the likes of Kyle Kinane, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Marc Maron, Tig Notaro, and more to Chicago. If anything, you should almost just go to this thing if you’re around the area because of the festival’s name.

Issue #7 of Devastator Quarterly Is Out

March 26, 2013

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One of the last in an dying breed and always really funny, The Devastator Quarterly, a print comedy zine, just released it’s 7th issue. Contributors come from all corners of the comedy universe including The Daily Show, The Onion, Adult Swim, and, in this latest issue, they even have pieces from the likes of Dominic Dierkes and Laura Silverman.

Pick up an issue, or maybe all 7, right here.

Amazon Studios To Greenlight Series Based on Customer Feedback

March 25, 2013

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Amazon Studios To Greenlight Series Based on Customer Feedback

The fates of The Grawlix created “Those Who Can’t”, The Onion Presents The News with Jeffrey Tambor, and many more promising comedy series are up to the decision of you, Internet.

Let’s hope that everyone is proactive about this instead of sending bags of peanuts to the Amazon Studio offices after decisions are made.

Morning Debriefing 8/31/11

1) TJ Miller made his own rap album on his own dime, “The Extended Play E.P.”, to be released next month on Sept. 13th. Preview a track at Laugh Button

2) Don Cheadle is motherfuckin’ Captain Planet!!!

Don Cheadle is Captain Planet

3) Tonight, Jim Gaffigan will appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35AM NBC) and Aubrey Plaza will be on the Late Show with David Letterman (11:35PM CBS).

4) A.V. Club interviews Patton Oswalt.

5) “Some Things I Learned as Artistic Director of the UCB Theatre” in Splitsider today.

6) We wrote a piece about meta comedy for the Nerdist. It’s good. You should read it because there aren’t that many comments and that worries us.

7) Puddin’-“Snack” w/guest Megan Amram

8) ON THE HORIZON
Fancy Schmancy @ Bar Lubitsch Wed. Sept. 7th 8PM FREE
RedVelvetComedy.com Launch @ Hollywood Improv Lab Thurs. Sept. 29th 10PM $5
Mike Birbiglia @ USC Bovard Auditorium Thurs. Oct. 6th 7:30PM $25

9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Du Bouchet Center for the Performing Arts @ Bootleg Theater 8PM $8
Jurassic Park: The Musical @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Bar & Cafe 9:30PM FREE
Melissa Villasenor @ Flappers Burbank 10PM $12/2 item min.
Kyle Dunnigan & Friends @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst, West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guarantee
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available

11) It should actually be Report 00310.

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Morning Debriefing 6/22/11

1) Why has no one done this? Twitter Feed Theater by Paul Cibis. #BadStartToAEulogy

2) Reggie Watts on Conan.

3) There’s already a @SaveSportsShow to get Norm’s Sports Show back on Comedy Central. I don’t know what getting Twitter followers will do as far as convincing a network to change their mind, but follow it for a good cause.

4) Best Louis CK quotes in recent interviews [via FunnyOrDie]

5) Paul Provenza’s Green Room gets in Penthouse.

6) Tig Notaro Interview for the Hairpin.

7) RPOKKW-Random Picture of Kyle Kinane Wednesday

8) Patton Oswalt in preview of Futurama!

9) Ricky Gervais has joined the Onion’s fight to get a Pulitzer.

10) Puddin’-“Scream”

11) ON THE HORIZON
Jimmy Pardo Hosting Auction @ Amoeba Records July 2nd 4PM

12) COMEDY CRAWL
Small and Tall Tales @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Hang with Funny or Die & Paul F. Tompkins @ Funny or Die (1710 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA) 8PM FREE
Generate Showcase @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $14/2 item min.
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Cafe & Bar 9:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
The Improvised Stand-Up Show @ Second City Hollywood 10PM $5

13) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guarantee
CAFE MUSE 6547 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 8PM
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/starts 11:15PM/no purchase necessary

14) Special Thanks to Asterios Kokkinos “If enjoying your website is wrong, I don’t want to be right.” Follow @asterios because it’s never wrong and really funny.

15) I did 30 min. drunk last night for 8 people and it went “not terrible” though apparently I’m a pretty loud drunk. Is there some type of comedy badge for this?

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Morning Debriefing 6/20/11

1) Perform This Way by Weird Al Yankovic

2) Today: the wonderfully hilarious Jamie Lee will be hosting coverage of the Critics’ Choice Television Awards for VH1.com. Do not miss.

3) What Megan Amram thinks an episode of “Games of Thrones” is like without having ever seen the show.

“Enter JAIME LANNISTER, an important member of the 92,924,024-person cast. He has just finished elaborately sexing a glimmering satyr with his shimmering be-amuleted penis. P.S. There are 356,753,103 satyrs in this show. They are half-horse/half-sexy horse.”

4) The march for the Onion getting a Pulitzer via their own grassroots organization AFAJP continues with the celebrity backing of Arianna Huffington, Tom Hanks, and Mario Batali. I wonder what Literally Unbelievable will makes of this.

5) Louis CK doesn’t want his show to go on forever. [via Caroline’s on Broadway]

6) This Thursday, you don’t have to leave the house: Futurama on Comedy Central 10PM, Louie on FX 10:30PM, AND Nick Kroll on Conan 11PM.

7) COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
MTV Showcase @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 8PM $30/2 drink min.
Harmontown @ Meltdown Comics 8PM $10
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Shittastic Variety Hour @ iO West 10:30PM $10
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)

8) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is lottery/no purchase necessary
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided

9) To any of you comedians out there, writing a brand new 20 minute anything is a Catch-22 in LA.

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Morning Debriefing 6/19/11

1) Jon Stewart literally on Fox News.

2) The Pod F. Tompkast Comedy Lightbox-This is what SkyMall should be pushing.

3) In honor’s of Father’s Day and Jackie Kashian’s Dad…

4) Concert film seeks Christian comic (or even a comic who happens to be Christian).

5) Jesse Miller Day Dream-It’s weird that I have to qualify this video like this, but, really, it’s worth the 47 seconds.

6) What Dan Harmon and Co. think of the universe of Will Smith

7) The Americans for Fairness in Awarding Journalism Prizes believes the Onion deserves a Pulitzer. SUPPORT THEIR CAUSE!!! [via Huffington Post]

8) Father’s Day Cards that should be on Hallmark Shelves

“Think of how great you’d feel if you weren’t paying child support. Happy Father’s Day.” –Jeremy Paul

“Happy Father’s Day, thanks for leaving when I was four years old.”
–Johnny Gold

“When I was a kid, I had one of those nets you throw a baseball against and it bounces it back to you. Happy Father’s Day to that net.”
–Morgan Murphy

9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Long Shot Podcast @ UCB Theatre 6PM $5
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Rob Christensen Album Taping @ Fanatic Salon 7:30PM FREE
Re-Animator @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! w/Andrés Du Bouchet and the Walsh Brothers @ iO West 9PM $5
Powerviolence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Celebrity @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)

10) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
NERDIST THEATRE 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (back room of Meltdown Comics)/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/lottery/30 spots available/no purchase necessary
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee available

11) If we had a podcast, would anyone listen? (Also, this is a test to see who reads this far down the post)

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March 24, 2011

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bsample:

reggie watts & paul giamatti – paul’s song

If you haven’t heard this, it’s hilarious, unlike what the AV Club thinks.