Paul F. Tompkins’ intimate conversations on Speakeasy regularly feature insightful, fun, long chats.
This latest one with the one and only David Cross is another such episode as they go over Cross’ new movie, good times at Mr. Show, and more. Watch the whole interview here.
Paul F. Tompkins stopped by Conan last night and, like Tompkins is everywhere he goes, was wonderful in chatting about bow ties, drinking way too much Guinness for a stunt, and a charming/slightly creepy story about his wife’s hometown.
If you’re watching this and thinking that this guy should have his own show, check out Speakeasy and No, You Shut Up now.
In case you weren’t going to Portland, OR next weekend from May 8th-11th for Bridgetown Comedy Festival, here’s some brand new additions to their line-up/programming that will probably make you change your mind.
Now scheduled to perform at Bridgetown this year:
-Nathan Fielder
-James Adomian
-Emo Philips
-Two shows titled Baron Vaughn Presents: The New Negroes, in reference to the Harlem Renaissance movement by the same name, showcase the best young black comedians in the nation
-The Show That Dare Not Speak Its Name, curated by James Adomian, showcases the best young LGBT comedians in the nation.
-Reggie Watts
-Paul F. Tompkins and Dead Authors Podcast
-W. Kamau Bell along with former Totally Biased writers Hari Kondabolu, Eliza Skinner, Aparna Nancherla, and Janine Brito
-A special showcase, Voodoo Doughnut Recordings Presents Ian and Nathan and Friends, will celebrate the release of a 7-inch record featuring sets from Portland-bred favorites Ian Karmel and Nathan Brannon.
Convinced? Of course, you are. Get your tickets here.
Jim Rash discusses the finer points of attractiveness, specifically being “TV ugly” and working on The Descendants, The Way Way Back, and Community on Paul F. Tompkins’ Speakeasy.
Having been accomplices in various acts of tomfoolery over the years, especially on Comedy Bang! Bang!, Paul F. Tompkins and Scott Aukerman don’t appear on camera sans character often.
For Tompkins’ one-on-one interview show, Speakeasy, Tompkins gives a shot trying to ask Aukerman questions in earnest, which several times almost gets derailed into their renowned fun hijinks.
The panel debate show No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins has a whole new batch of clips to watch as well as playing weeknights on Fusion at 6:30PM PST.
Check this one out where Paul steps in hot water for treating a doll as if it’s just cute.
Paul F. Tompkins to Star in ABC Family Comedy
Paul F. Tompkins anywhere is worth your time to watch, but we’re glad to hear that America will have a chance to catch Tompkins on a network sitcom.
So, hopefully, ABC will bring this to airing sooner rather than later.
Paul F. Tompkins Will Live Tweet Esquire’s Oscars Coverage
Only the likes of Paul F. Tompkins a veritable expert a live tweeting who has covered things like the Pope’s Midnight Mass wonderfully in 140 character bursts can make reading tweets about something live that you can watch thoroughly entertaining
That’s why he will be given the Esquire Twitter account this Sunday to do the same for The Oscars. So, when you’re checking the whole of your Twitter feed for funny Oscars tweets, be sure to check on Paul’s @esquiremag.
Paul F. Tompkins serves up another great episode of his intimate chat web series Speakeasy, this time with the great Thomas Lennon. Lennon shares how he was notified on set that he was cut out of the Will Smith action vehicle Hancock, being a studio writer, and more great insights that could only come from Lennon.
Give the whole thing a watch here.
In many of his interviews throughout the years, Eric Andre has taken conversations wonderfully off the rails and often times disrobed for comedic effect.
In this latest interview on Paul F. Tompkins’ Speakeasy, you can see a more calm Eric and hear about him studying the upright bass as well as not trying to have the cameras turn off if someone is going to punch him in the face.
You’re Going to Want to Get Excited for “2776: A Millennium of American Asskickery”
If you didn’t have a chance to catch it live, please watch Fusion’s No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins cover The State of The Union last week.
It had a drunk alien, an primate lobbying for takeover of humanity, bipartisan crabs, and a response from a right wing tortoise. So, yeah watch it (in fact watch No, You Shut Up in general).
Fusion Having ‘No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins’ Cover State of The Union Address
Yes, Paul F. Tompkins and a myriad of a puppets, together known as Fusion’s No, You Shut Up, some of which are animals and aliens, will be responsible for the coverage and analysis of President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union Address this week.
Finally, this will be some live State of the Union analysis that we care about. Smart move, Fusion.
Have you been left in a sort of void wondering when Paul F. Tompkins critically acclaimed podcast and awesome panel show with puppets will, if ever return?
Of course, you have (because of your affinity for things that are really funny) and we’re happy to report that both The Pod F. Tompkast and No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins on Fusion are taping episodes to be aired/released this year.
So, now it’s only a partial void in our lives because we have to wait for these to come out.
The Most Intentionally Funny Videos of 2013 Part 1
If you’ve been keeping count, our Most Intentionally Funny Videos column at The Nerdist has featured over 200 videos in 2013, which is more than enough videos to choose from and justify a four part best of MIFV posted over the next several days (don’t worry we’re still taking submissions for next year with the usual submission rules).
Well, that’s what we got to do and here’s part 1 with some of our absolute favorites of our absolute favorites including Pat Bishop’s idiot fencing, Mark Normand on Conan, No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins, and more.
One of Our Favorite Christmas Traditions, Paul F. Tompkins Live Tweeting Midnight Mass
The idea of a tradition brings to mind a score of years of various people all honoring a certain practice. Though, not quite at a score of years yet, one of favorite Christmas day traditions is reading the tweet-by-tweet log of Midnight Mass by the Pope written by none other than Paul F. Tompkins.
Happy Holidays to all and enjoy some digital color commentary at the Twitter hashtag #midnightmass2013PFT (linked above) or @pftompkins
Lizzy Caplan is Paul F. Tompkins‘ latest guest on his intimate talk show Speakeasy (complete with real cocktails as opposed to a coffee mug of a water that you get on all those other talk shows) and is beyond charming as Lizzy is known to be.
As you might have hoped, she talks about being on Freaks and Geeks and Party Down in a nice long chat with Tompkins and then imitates memes, which, if you don’t swoon over, then, well… we just don’t know how to help you.
Jimmy Pardo’s Pardcast-a-Thon Now Available to Buy/Download
You still have a chance to support Smile Train via Jimmy Pardo’s fantastic annual Pardcast-a-Thon as this year’s edition is now available for purchase and your enjoyment.
All 13 hours caught on both audio and video means that you can enjoy all the hijinks including Paul F. Tompkins throwing up money up in the air and trying to swim through it like a cartoon.
Key and Peele are the latest guests to Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins and it is a delight.
Watch a nice long interview over drinks and then Key and Peele’s attempt to break a world record of most impressions in a minute.
That’s right, wonderful public radio comedy variety show Wits with John Moe was able to uncover and book the enemy band of Yo La Tengo, Si Se Tango as led by Paul F. Tompkins and have them thrown down in an impromptu battle of the bands.
Your Monday will be made a thousand times better by watching this.
Dealing with your television provider is more than a hassle, but Paul F. Tompkins brand new show No, You Shut Up on Fusion is proving that you might want to go ahead and try to deal with whoever to get Fusion.
Watch Tompkins interview this vulture/war correspondent/author.
In a nice, long interview on Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins, Kaitlin Olson of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia gets into her time at Groundlings, being a mom on an edgy comedy, the idea of edgy comedy, what will happen possibly to It’s Always Sunny, and more.
Watch the whole interview here.
Please Watch These Clips of No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins
Paul F. Tompkins’ new show on Fusion is pretty great if you haven’t seen it yet or got around to getting Fusion on your TV.
Basically, Tompkins discusses big time issues with puppets (i.e. immigration reform with an alien puppet) and there are a few clips of it to watch at Fusion.net that you should absolutely watch right now.
We have gotten to the bottom of the mysterious pictures of Paul F. Tompkins sitting on a crossfire debate like TV set with a bunch of puppets that have been floating around online over the last week or so.
It turns out that Paul will indeed be hosting a panel discussion show on politics (and probably more) with puppets on brand spanking new network Fusion (check if you can get it here) called No, You Shut Up airing on Fridays at 9:30PM.
Yes, that means it premieres tonight 9:30PM.
Though there is next to nothing on their site about it and just some random tweets, this picture of Paul F. Tompkins in front of a TV screen on set, “No, You Shut Up” supposedly with puppets and Paul F. Tompkins is premiering tonight at 9:30PM on Fusion (which is also launches tonight at 7:30PM-find it on your TV service provider here).
We’re ready to get to the bottom of this and perhaps find our new favorite show.