The latest episode of one of our favorite web series this year, Womanhood, has the irresistibly silly Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone try their hands at learning the complex, but old card game, Bridge.
See if they pulled it off and if they made friends with some older folks here.
If you don’t know why you need to watch comedy darlings Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla attempt aqua cycling at the behest of their producers, then you really need to watch them do that more so than anyone else.
It’s a delight as is the rest of their RIOT web series, WOMANHOOD, at Refinery 29. Watch it here.
Really, the only things we should need to say here are that Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone are delightful bubbles of weirdness and we’re lucky that they’re doing a web series sardonically covering the steps of womanhood.
Also, watch their latest episode of Womanhood where they give hair waxing a shot.
The latest episode of RIOT’s Womanhood takes us back to the days of high school and prom as hosts Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone not only go shopping for their prom dresses, but check for approval from their mothers.
Also, so much “drama” happened that they had to make it into a “two parter”. By the way, Womanhood just might be one of this year’s best web series.
Watch part 1 here.
Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone had a hell of a run for their first season of Womanhood, their life advice series for women on RIOT.
Awkward looks, pauses, and Aparna and Jo’s magical goofiness make the both of them kind of irresistible.
So, for their second season of Womanhood, it looks like they’re going to amplify all of that in the best way possible.
Watch how Aparna and Jo try to manage to reach the end of a children’s dance class for the first episode and you’ll agree that America might have a new hosting duo on its hands.
A brand new web series at Refinery 29′s RIOT channel attempts to tackle the very pressing issue of getting a job in the real world (i.e. one where a lot of things just don’t work out the way you want them to).
Aptly called “how to get a job.”, Mitra Jouhari (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and Three Busy Debras) hosts and shows what really happens when people are joining the work force.
Watch this episode that shows how ill-prepared so many college graduates are as soon as they leave school and how they manage coping with that.
The “wisdom” of Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone will hopefully last through the centuries even though this web series looks like it got shot on VHS.
Watch the latest episode of their Womanhood series on Refinery 29′s RIOT on the subject of menopause, possibly ‘witchhood’.
What better way to cover the topic of a midlife crisis than to go through a “mid-show crisis”?
There isn’t one, so stop thinking about it already.
Just watch, listen, learn, and enjoy Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone’s latest Womanhood at Refinery 29′s Riot.
You might look at the comedy of Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone and say to yourself, and hopefully to the comedy ether, “They should have their own show.”
Thankfully, they do have a show where they get to dish out life advice for women that’s “not” just wacky, absurdist goofs, but “actual” tips to make living not so awful.
Watch their latest episode of Womanhood on Refinery 29′s comedy channel Riot.
You’re able to drink alcohol, but not quite able to rent a car. Also, if you’re a woman, there’s a whole new set of worries that comes with turning 21. It’s yet another weird, but very important time in your life.
Knowing that, let life experts/hilarious people Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla talk you through it all in the latest episode of their Womanhood series at Riot.
When you put comedian Jacqueline Novak and Julie Klausner from Difficult People in a room together for a web series called How To Weep in Public, depression will not only be talked about, but broken down in such colorful ways that you probably weren’t even aware of like feeling bad for not killing yourself.
Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood is a strange, confusing, and unavoidable part of life.
Refinery 29 is expanding beyond being an online cultural destination for women by getting into making their own online content. Amidst developing short films, channels, etc., Refinery 29 has also launched an online comedy channel on YouTube called Riot. It’ll give a platform to many of the best female voices in comedy.
Already, they have some great content from Aparna Nancherla, Jo Firestone, Jacqueline Novak, Phoebe Robinson, and Shannon Coffey.
Specifically, absurdist puberty tips from Aparna and Jo and an intimate conversation about depression and anxiety between Jacqueline Novak and Lena Dunham are two you definitely want to watch.
So, keep an eye on Riot or subscribe to make that way easier.
Fox’s Live Improv Game Show “Riot” Premieres Tonight
From Steve Carell’s Carousel Television, Riot will be a brand new live improv show hosted by the very funny Rove McManus premiering tonight on Fox.
Cast regulars including John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo, Brian Palermo, Jordan Black, Jessica McKenna, Meryl Hathaway and Rob Gleeson will improvise in games with celebrities including Jason Alexander, D.L. Hughley, Cheryl Hines, Tom Green, Chris Kattan, Mayim Bialik, David Arquette, Oscar Nunez, Andy Dick, Orlando Jones, Nicole Sullivan, Michael Ian Black, Will Sasso, Andy Buckley, and Rob Delaney.
So, just to be clear, Steve Carell will be doing improv games and all of this goes down for the first time at 9PM tonight on Fox.
Fox’s is joining in what might be a resurgence of improv of television. Starting next month, Riot will have feature improv from what will be the show’s regulars in John Ross Bowie, Jamie Denbo, Brian Palermo, Jordan Black, Jessica McKenna, Meryl Hathaway, and Rob Gleeson as well as the great Aussie comedian Rove McManus hosting.
They’ll also have Steve Carell, Jason Alexander, Michael Ian Black, Cheryl Hines, Oscar Nunez, Rob Delaney, Will Sasso, Chris Kattan, D.L. Hughley, and much more guest starring.
It’ll be interesting to see how this stacks up against America’s longest running televised improv show, now on the CW, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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