Josh Fadem & Dicker Troy (Johnny Pemberton as a truck driver/DJ/wiseman with a modulated voice) is one of the funniest things going on in LA right now (you can catch them at the end of the month in LA at The Satellite).
So, if you’re in SF, Portland, Vancouver or Seattle in February, do not miss a show that’s equal parts whimsy, chaos, tomfoolery, alternate dimensions, slapstick, and jokes.
One of our favorite comedy variety showcases around, The Super Serious Show, have their first show of 2017 stacked.
Brooks Wheelan, Pete Holmes, Johnny Pemberton, Amanda Seales, Ian Edwards, Anna Seregina, and a short film from Giancarlo Fiorentini and Jonathan Grimm are all lined-up for next week.
Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at door. Please get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Poster by Barry Blankenship.
In our opinion, one of the best and craziest iterations of the late night talk show format is The Jesse Miller Talk Show.
Imagine some wild dreamer from Cincinnati who seems to be aspiring to be Kenny Powers, but also has a boundless amount of pop culture knowledge and ability to make wordplay hosting a talk show and you’ll get some idea of the fun chaos that is going on with Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland).
In addition to his crew of his one man shredding house band Darryl and his girl Tanya, guests for this round include Johnny Pemberton and Kate Berlant.
Please get your tickets for The Jesse Miller Talk Show this Friday, Dec. 9th at 10PM at The Hollywood Improv here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com
Yes, this means you can go watch a great comedy show with the likes of Margaret Cho, Ian Edwards, Johnny Pemberton, Aparna Nancherla, Yvonne Orji, James Austin Johnson, and Eli Olsberg in an adult entertainment store AND support The Trevor Project.
Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Also, remember that Amy Schumer guest stars on the season openers of Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons, and Family Guy tonight.
Bob’s Burgers (season 7 premiere) 7:30PM
The Simpsons (season 28 premiere) 8PM
Son of Zorn (series premiere) 8:30PM
Family Guy (season 15 premiere) 9PM
Last Man on Earth (season 3 premiere) 9:30PM
Fox’s primetime Sunday comedy block, slowly, but surely, keeps growing.
Tonight, the live-action-animation hybrid Son of Zorn will follow a NFL doubleheader on Fox around 8PM and give you a taste of what the clashing of mythical and magical Zephyrian universe and the suburbs of Orange County is like.
Before that, you should really watch the creators and cast of Son of Zorn in a panel discussion of the series for this season. It not only gives a better sense of how the show works, but the panel really got fun, silly, and loose.
Again, the special preview of Son of Zorn is scheduled for 8PM on Fox, with exception to overtime during the NFL doubleheader.
It looks like Phil Lord and Chris Miller are really rubbing off on Fox in the best way possible.
Two of the new comedies that were announced at Fox’s Upfronts presentation have Lord and Miller’s hands involved and those just happen to be two very enticing high concept comedies.
One, Son of Zorn, puts an animated He-Man type, voiced by Jason Sudeikis, into the 9-5 grind in the real world with Johnny Pemberton as a son, Cheryl Hines as an ex-wife, Tim Meadows as the ex-wife’s fiance, and Artemis Pebdani as his boss. Here’s the trailer.
The other involves Adam Pally as someone who has a time machine and has abused it. Thus, he enlists an accomplished history professor played by Yassir Lester to fix something he might have screwed up in the American Revolution. Here’s the trailer for Making History.
Both make Fox’s live action comedy line-up have a certain high concept sheen already laid out by Last Man on Earth and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
To round out the new series, Fox has a show that is basically a Sweet Dee from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia standalone series. See for yourself in the trailer for The Mick starring Sweet Dee herself, Kaitlin Olson.
All in all, Fox has a lot of promise with this trio.
(via @johnnypemberton/EW)
As Phil Lord and Chris Miller are EP’ing on Son of Zorn, the mesh of live action and animation that the upcoming series is promising more than intrigued us.
The premise of a fantasy hero character having to scale down his epic life to a “9-5 grind” sounds fascinating, especially with hybrid aspect of the show.
Above, you can start to see how that’s going to work as Jason Sudeikis will voice Zorn and Johnny Pemberton is shown as a normal human being.
So far, this all works for us.
(via Deadline)
Given Fox’s track record with animated series and Lord and Miller along with Wilfred’s Reed Agnew and Eli Jorne, Son of Zorn has a whole lot going for it.
Jason Sudeikis will be the voice of Zorn in a comedy that follows a legendary warrior reconnecting with his family played by Cheryl Hines and Johnny Pemberton, but also having to settle down to the normal 9 to 5 like so many of the rest of us.
Hopefully, this will deliver on how promising it sounds.
(via Deadline)
The live action/animated hybrid series from Chris Miller and Phil Lord has quite the cast.
It was already exciting hearing about Miller and Lord developing their next high concept comedy at Fox involving an animated “fantasy warrior” dad dealing with home life, especially his son played by Pemberton.
Now, it’s even more exciting to hear that Jason Sudeikis, Cheryl Hines, Tim Meadows, and Artemis Pedbani have all attached themselves to the project, Son of Zorn.
At this point, we can only hope this gets picked up to series just so we can see what Miller and Lord have cooked up that we’re guessing is somewhere between Clone High and Last Man on Earth.