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“Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping” Is Now Streaming at Netflix

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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.

Here’s a Trailer for a New Patton Oswalt Special “Talking For Clapping”

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Patton Oswalt’s follow-up to fantastic Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time will be coming to Netflix in a few weeks.

Talking for Clapping, his latest hour special, will start streaming on April 22nd.

Here’s the first trailer in case you weren’t intrigued already.

Watch Red Band Trailer for Tribeca Selection “Nerdland” with Patton Oswalt and Paul Rudd

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Adult animation, the fever dream aspirations of a screenwriter and actor respectively voiced by Patton Oswalt and Paul Rudd, and this trailer make for an enticing offering in Nerdland from director Chris Prynoski and writer Andrew Kevin Walker.

Given the way that has been paved for R-rated movies this year, we’d be surprised to see this not get distribution somewhere.

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Comedians and their favorite movies meet yet again for Wayne Federman’s 5th International Film Festival at Cinefamily.

Tig Notaro, John Mulaney, Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Keegan-Michael Key, Doug Benson, Matt Besser, and Rob Corddry all present (i.e. talk at length why this movie means so much to them) The Bad News Bears, Withnail & I, The Burbs, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and more.

The 5th Annual WFIFF goes from Thursday, March 31st to Sunday, April 3rd. Get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows and open mics with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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Patton Oswalt to Star in Comedy Pilot from Laura Steinel Opposite Judy Greer

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This is dream casting as far as we’re concerned.

In this comedy pilot from Laura Steinel, Judy Greer will play the head of HR at a New Jersey based plastics molding plant (presumably something along the lines of what you might have seen in the movie Joy, but more above board) and have to deal with an idealistic new company head in Patton Oswalt.

This may sound a bit like The Office or Parks and Recreation, but set in a plastics. We’re totally fine with that, especially because Oswalt and Greer are starring.

Here’s a Trailer for Seeso’s “Bajillion Dollar Propertie$”

February 13, 2016

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If you liked how The Real Housewives and The Bachelor got skewered with Hotwives and Burning Love, respectively, odds are you’re going to like Seeso’s latest series Bajillion Dollar Propertie$.

This show delves into how crazy the people who own and sell ultra high end real estate really are and also features a cast of comedy folks you should know like Drew Tarver as well as cameos from the likes of Patton Oswalt, Nick Kroll, Paul F. Tompkins, and more.

Watch the trailer here.

Netflix Announces Dates for Patton Oswalt and Jimmy Carr Comedy Specials

January 19, 2016

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(via The A.V. Club)

So, as far as comedy specials/mini-series go, Netflix will have had Tom Segura, Hannibal Buress, Patton Oswalt, Chelsea Handler, and the UK’s Jimmy Carr in just the first few months of 2016.

Jimmy Carr: Funny Business is set to stream starting Mar. 18th and Patton Oswalt: Talking for Clapping will stream starting on Apr. 22nd all on Netflix.

This output on top of the already announced Hannibal Buress special Comedy Camisado that’s due next month and Chelsea Handler’s Chelsea Does It mini-series that’s coming this Friday makes for an output of comedy specials that almost rival anyone who puts out hour long comedy specials.

Patton Oswalt Covers the New Star Wars, Bowie, and My Little Pony in Latest Conan Appearance

January 14, 2016

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Just think of Patton’s appearance on Conan from last night as three new tracks from an upcoming special or album.

1. Death comes with donuts
2. Falling off the wagon again for Star Wars
3. The My Little Pony expanded universe

Just like a Patton bit from an album or special, they’re worth repeat watches and listens.

Riot LA 2016 Announces Its Line-Up

December 1, 2015

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Patton Oswalt, Bridget Everett, T.J. Miller, Ron Funches, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, Justin Willman, Todd Glass, Lauren Lapkus, Jerrod Carmichael, Jonah Ray, Brody Stevens, Aisling Bea, Kurt Braunohler, Eddie Pepitone, Rory Scovel, Jackie Kashian, Baron Vaughn, Jay Larson, Drennon Davis & Karen Kilgariff, Ryan Sickler, Guy Branum, Ali Wong, Joe DeRosa, Emily Heller, James Adomian, Jon Dore, Phil Hanley, Sam Morill, Kate Berlant, Joe Wengert, Ahmed Bharoocha, Brent Weinbach, Jamie Lee, Andrew Santino, Sarah Tiana, Dave Anthony, Tone Bell, Michael Kosta, Junior Stopka, Liza Treyger, The Grawlix, Phoebe Robinson, Ian Karmel, Al Jackson, Janine Brito, Gareth Reynolds, Jermaine Fowler, Megan Gailey, Chris Garcia, Dan Telfer, Michael Palasak, Sabrina Jalees, Alingon Mitra, Andrew Michaan, Ian Abramson, Kyle Ayers, Andy Erikson, Dave Waite, Caleb Synan, Jo Firestone, Moses Storm, Ricky Velez. Marcella Arguello, Rob Christensen, Solomon Georgio, Candice Thompson, Whitmer Thomas, Karl Hess, Mary Holland, Jak Knight, Matt Ingrebreston, Sam Jay, Dave Ross, Kristin Rand, Ahamed Weinberg, Nate Fernald, Caitlin Gill, Brian Moses, Greg Edwards, Bri Pruett, Noah Gardenswartz, Andy Peters, Kyle Mizono, Chris Charpentier, Langston Kerman, Brandie Posey, Hunter Hill, Cody Hustak, Monique Madrid, Joe Pera, Danny Jolles, Sara June, Sammy Arechar, Nore Davis, Joel Kim Booster, The Puterbaugh Sisters, Devin Field, Eric Dadourian, Ever Mainard, Jonathan Rowell, Lisa Best, Jeff Wattenhofer, James Austin Johnson, Ed Greer, MeLissa Luna, Ramy Youssef, Nicole Aimee Schreiber, Erin McGown, Courtney MaGinnis, Noah Findling, and Amy Miller.

We definitely are in for this. You in on the weekend of Jan. 29th-31st? Good. Get your passes $85-$375 here.

Also, The New MST3K Will Now Have 6 Episodes and Patton Oswalt Is Going to Play The Evil Henchmen

November 30, 2015

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Well, that didn’t take long from when we first posted about it this morning.

Yep, the goal of $3,300,000 was just surpassed moments ago and there will be at least 6 new episodes of the new MST3K.

The cast of the new Mystery Science Theater 3000, as it stands now, will have Jonah Ray as host, Felicia Day as Mad, Hampton Yount as Crow, Baron Vaughn as Servo, and, now, the one and only Patton Oswalt as an evil henchmen. More specifically, series creator Joel Hodgson announced that Patton is set to be TV’s Son of TV’s Frank who will be reporting to Kinga Forrester (Felicia Day).

That’s pretty stellar and we have no idea why a network wouldn’t get behind this.

Still, we can have 12 episodes of MST3K if the $5.5 million goal is reached by Dec. 11th.

Fusion Put “No, You Shut Up! Election Special Report #2″ on YouTube

November 23, 2015

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The second special episode of No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins is now on YouTube in full, thanks to Fusion.

You can see more puppets and Paul debate it out as well as Patton Oswalt “announce” a presidential run and the NYSU team actual talk to real life California State Assembly member, Ted Lieu.

Watch it all here to get your NYSU fix until it comes back for its fourth season on Feb, 4th.

Patton Oswalt “Announces” He’s Running for President on No, You Shut Up!

November 13, 2015

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Last night’s No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins election special had a particularly big announcement from the one and only Patton Oswalt.

Apparently, the 2016 election has a new horse in the race as Patton Oswalt has “announced” that he’s running for president. Now, everyone will probably have to step up their crazy even more.

Watch his “announcement” here.

The Second “No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins” Election Special Airs Tonight

November 12, 2015

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These are our ‘you better watch our mother-trucking new show tonight’ faces… 10pm ET on @ThisIsFusion! pic.twitter.com/a2zXtEfC68

Can’t make heads or tails of that last GOP presidential debate? Don’t try to.

Just let Paul F. Tompkins and his cadre of puppet pundits on No, You Shut Up! show you just how non-sensical this particular election has gotten in another NYSU election special. Also, Patton Oswalt will be a special guest for all the tomfoolery that’s sure to ensue.

Watch it on Fusion tonight at 10PM.

Maria Bamford Netflix Series “Lady Dynamite” Will Guest Star Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro, Jenny Slate, and More

September 3, 2015

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We were thinking the guest star cast would be this good.

Sarah Silverman, Adam Pally, Mira Sorvino, Jenny Slate, Tig Notaro, Patton Oswalt, June Diane Raphael, Jon Cryer, and Brandon Routh will all guest star in the Maria Bamford series Lady Dynamite coming to Netflix next year.

While that’s all great to hear, we are curious to know if Maria will be playing her mom like she has done now and again.

Conan O’Brien Thanks David Letterman For Saving His Late Night Career and Tells People To Watch Letterman During His Show

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Late night talk shows at 12:35AM were not only pioneered by David Letterman, but they were apparently kept afloat by Dave as well.

On last night’s Conan, Conan O’Brien expressed his gratitude to David Letterman in a story of how Late Night With Conan O’Brien turned the corner from a rocky start with the Letterman’s aid.

In an even more touching move, Conan, in the middle of his show, along with Patton Oswalt urged viewers to set their DVRs to record Conan and then switch to The Late Show as soon as it was starting.

Like we briefly mentioned yesterday, Conan O’Brien is now the longest running active host of a late night talk show. we’re glad to have an elder statesman that’s still up to orchestrated chaos reign.

The Line-Up For JFL Montreal 2015 Is The Big Alignment of Comedy Stars Per Usual

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Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Mike Myers, Neil Patrick Harris,  Trevor Noah, Jane Lynch, Bill Burr, Patton Oswalt, “Weird Al” Outdoors, Chris Hardwick, Jason Reitman and Ellie Kemper…

…T.J. Miller, Chris D’Elia,  Jerrod Carmichael, Sebastian Maniscalco, Reggie Watts, Natasha Leggero, Danny Bhoy, Margaret Cho, J.B. Smoove, Pete Holmes, Rob Schneider, Mike Ward, Rachid Badouri, Gilbert Gottfried, Jimmy Carr, Sarah Millican, Russell Howard, Tom Papa, Omid Djalili, Janeane Garofalo, Harland Williams, Colin Jost, Kurt Braunohler, Wyatt Cenac, Eric Andre, Kyle Kinane, Brian Posehn, Ari Shaffir, Pete Davidson, Gina Yashere, Ahmed Ahmed, Frank Spadone, Ronny Chieng, Dan Naturman, Artie Lange, Ian Edwards, Rod Man, Eddie Pepitone, Brent Morin, Andy Kindler, Hasan Minhaj, Mike Wilmot, Tiffany Haddish, Rhys Darby,  Jen Kirkman, Alonzo Bodden, Debra DiGiovanni, Orny Adams, Chris Gethard, Josh Adam Meyers, Duncan Trussell, Dana Gould, Moshe Kasher, Tom Segura, Jake and Amir, and Sabrina Jalees are all coming to Montreal for The Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival.

You can take a moment to take all of that line-up of the world’s biggest comedy stars, which doesn’t even include all the comedians selected for JFL’s New Faces.

In addition to this, Neil Patrick Harris will be hosting a gala as well as Dave Chappelle, Mike Myers, Patton Oswalt, Armando Iannucci, Ellie Kemper, and Kevin Hart all being honored with an award from the festival.

So, make your July set in Montreal as the festival runs from Jul. 8th-28th and get your passes for this year’s JFL Montreal here.

Here’s The Trailer for Season 3 of IFC’s “Maron”

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This season is catching up to current day Marc Maron where he’s getting more successful.

Dave Anthony, Patton Oswalt, Whitney Cummings, Andy Dick, Andy Kindler, Judd Hirsch, and more are all returning for the 3rd season of Maron and will deal with Marc while he’s dealing with handling success.

Watch the trailer here and mark down the premiere for May 14th at 10PM on IFC.

Support Jason Nash’s Next Film “FML: A Social Media Adventure”

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We really enjoyed Jason Nash’s “Jason Nash Is Married” last year and thus we think Nash’s latest film FML: A Social Media Adventure could use your help.

Interestingly enough, Nash’s last film featured him doing a podcast as that was what he was doing at the time when he was putting the film together.

Nowadays, Jason has become quite the star on Vine with over 1.5 million followers. As such, he’s making this film with Vine stars as a buddy road comedy with two guys, him as one and Brandon Calvillo as the other, from much different generations trying to up their social media presence.

The likes of TJ Miller, Patton Oswalt, Rob Corddry, Busy Philipps, Ken Marino, Andy Daly, and Paul Scheer will be in FML as well as Vine stars Cavillo, Brittany Furlan, and Sunny Mabrey.

They’re looking to raise $200K and are at $22,663 with less than three weeks to go. If you want to help and donate, do so here ASAP.

Make Plans To Go To This Year’s Moontower Comedy Festival Because Their 2015 Line-Up Is Pretty Damn Amazing

January 20, 2015

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Austin’s Moontower Comedy Festival just announced their line-up for this year and it’s indeed, as we said above, pretty damn amazing. Do they have Christmas in April nowadays because having Patton Oswalt, TJ Miller, Emo Philips, Tim Minchin, Bridget Everett, John Mulaney, Hasan Minhaj, Byron Bowers, and Eddie Pepitone just to brush the surface is a wish list come true.

Moontower goes from Wed. Apr. 22nd- Sun. Apr. 25th and you can an special early bird discounted badge for $99 right now. You should be clicking over to get that deal right now, so you don’t miss out on this.

Patton Oswalt’s “Silver Screen Fiend” Out Now

January 8, 2015

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Patton Oswalt’s memoir-ish book Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life From an Addition to Film about his time in the 90’s spent watching as many movies as he possibly could at places like The New Beverly and The Nuart and how that informed him as a comedian, writer, etc. is now out.

If you’re resolving to read more this year, this is a good start.

Get a copy here.

Patton Oswalt Latest Book “Silver Screen Fiend” Out on Jan. 6th

December 30, 2014

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Okay, we’re one week away from the release of SILVER SCREEN FIEND! Pre-order it here! http://t.co/thQMGvZrl8

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 30, 2014

2015 isn’t that far away and, with it, Patton Oswalt’s new book Silver Screen Fiend following the intersection of Oswalt as a comedian and watching movies at the New Beverly Cinema will be released.

It comes out Jan. 6th, but you can and should pre-order it now.

Watch a Concert Film From The Old Largo with Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, Paul F. Tompkins, Flight of The Conchords, and More

December 28, 2014

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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.

Here Are The Comedy Nominees for The 2015 Grammys

December 5, 2014

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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.

Patton Oswalt Coming Out with Book About His Film Addiction

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Though Patton Oswalt is maintaining his social media silence this summer, his latest book chronicling his obsession with watching film in tandem with coming up as a comedian and writer.

Entitled Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film, it’s is set for a release at the beginning of next year, but is now on pre-order.