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Brooklyn’s Got Two Weeks of Festivals with 2017 Cinder Block and Final Eugene Mirman Comedy Fests

September 4, 2017
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This weekend and next, Brooklyn will have two big comedy festivals that you might want to check out (there are some great LA comics paying a visit as well!).

The 2017 Cinder Block Comedy Festival will run this week Thursday 9/7-Sunday 9/10 in several venues throughout Brooklyn. 

On the line-up:
Janeane Garofalo
Jeffrey Joseph
Judy Gold
Nikki Carr 
Aida Rodriguez
Amy Miller  
Carole Montgomery
Jo Firestone
Shalewa Sharpe
Aaron Chasteen
Alex Fleming
Alison Klemp
Alvin Irby
Amanda McQueen
American Express (improv)
Amy Shanker
Arish Singh
Astronomy Club (sketch & improv)
Barbara Bush (sketch)
Bill Larkin
Brian Mitchell
Brian Parise
Caitlin Durante
Caitlin Peluffo
Cameran Hebb
Camille Theobald
Cara Connors
Carolyn Castiglia
Carter Deems
Cassandra Dee
Catherine Zini
Cathy Humes
Chloe McGovern
Christina Catherine Martinez
Christina Galston
Christopher Crespo
Coree Spencer
Danielle Thralow
Derrick Lemos
Drew Anderson
Ed Galvez
Elsa Waithe
Emily Winter
Emmett Montgomery
Erin Lynn O’Connor
Erin Spencer
Fantasy Grandma
Gastor Almonte
Gianmarco Soresi
Hana Michels
Harris Alterman
Irene Merrow
J Smitty
Ja-Ron Young
Jacky Beren
James Huessy
Jenn Wehrung
Jenn Welch
Jes Tom
Joanna Briley
Kara Buller
Kat Herskovic
Kate Willett
Katherine Jessup
Katie Barbaro
Katie Boyle
Kelli Dunham
Khalid Rahmaan
Kristee Ono
L Michelle
Laura Merli
Lauren Faber
Lauren Hope Krass
Lynn Bixenspan
Maddy Smith
Mamoudou N’Diaye
Marie Faustin
Marisa Douenias
Mark James Heath
Mark Pagán
Marlon Jean-Baptiste
Maurice Licorish
Molly Kornfeld
Mostly Sara(h) (improv)
My Dark Little Corner
Nanie Mendez
Nasser Khan
Nick Chambers
Nicki Wright
Nina Manni
Patrick Holbert
Pedro Gonzalez
Rae Sanni
Raghav Mehta
Raj Sivaraman
Rhonda Hansome
Riley Silverman
Rosa Escandón
Sam & Bill
Sammie James
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Sherman
Sharron Paul
Shelly Colman
Sonya Vai
Steven DeSiena
Steven Castillo
Stine An
Subhah Agarwal
Sydnee Washington
The Gay Trauma Archives (sketch)
The Unconventional Lesbians
Took Edalow
Tyler Snodgrass
Whitney Chitwood
Will Winner
Yogi Paliwal
Zack Hammond

More specifically, there will be an “Educated Guess Science Fair” and another round of “What a Joke!”, a comedy showcase that raises funds for the ACLU.

Get more details, schedule, etc. here.

The 10th and final Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival will run from Friday 9/15-Tuesday 9/19 at The Bell House, Union Hall, and King’s Theater. 

On the line-up: 
Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ian Black, Reggie Watts, Todd Barry, TJ Miller, Ira Glass, Michelle Wolf, Scott Adsit, Michael Showalter, Bobcat Goldthwait, Caroline Rhea, Jon Glaser, Mike Birbiglia, Janeane Garofalo, Robyn Hitchcock, Wyatt Cenac, Sarah Vowell, Ophira Eisenberg, Aparna Nancherla, Maeve Higgins, Derrick Brown, Joel Kim Booster, Kyle Ayers plus StarTalk Live with Neil deGrasse Tyson, career advice from a unicyclist, a Mike Pence look-a-like afterparty, and more. 

Also, part of Eugene’s signature hijinks, he’ll be doing a “A Day of Cardboard” where companies can choose to sponsor a box for hundreds or thousands of dollars where Eugene will write about that company on said box.

Get more details and tickets here.

Here’s a Nice Serving of TJ Miller Antics Including Him Taking Over Someone’s Tinder Profile and Cosplaying as the Iron Throne

July 30, 2017
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When it comes to antics, few are as committed to goofing around as TJ Miller is.

See the proof here and here. 

T.J. Miller’s HBO Hour Long Special “Meticulously Ridiculous” Premieres Tonight

June 17, 2017
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T.J. Miller is one of a handful of comedians that are expertly skilled in the art of controlled chaos. Tonight, Miller will be exhibiting said expertise in his brand new HBO special in the very appropriately titled, Meticulously Ridiculous.

You can see a bit of what we’re talking about in this preview clip. Also, take note and appreciate that T.J. has been laboriously honing how to drench himself in water for quite some time now. 

Catch the premiere of Meticulously Ridiculous at 10PM on HBO tonight.

As This Promo Shows, TJ Miller Will Not Be Dry for His “Meticulously Ridiculous” HBO Special

May 22, 2017
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When doing things live on stage, you’ve probably seen that TJ Miller is never afraid to get silly. 

This notion will especially be reinforced in his hour long HBO special aptly titled “Meticulously Ridiculous” as shown in this promo.

Look for the premiere on Saturday, June 17th at 10PM on HBO.

Silicon Valley Season 4 Premieres Tonight

April 23, 2017
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Just your friendly neighborhood reminder with this Daniel Clowes poster that one of HBO’s prestige comedies is returning for its 4th season tonight.

Tune in for season 4 of Silicon Valley tonight on HBO at 10PM (or stream it later on HBO GO or HBO NOW).

Late Night Gets Its First Blue Demon Host Tonight with The Gorburger Show with TJ Miller

April 9, 2017
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At the stroke of midnight this eve, a blue hairy, eldritch, yet somewhat friendly demon known only as Gorburger, voiced by TJ Miller, will descend upon an unsuspecting TV studio to host his own late night talk show. 

You’ll be able to see if his bloodlust overcomes his curiosity of celebrity guests and playing talk show games.

Again, the TV series premiere of The Gorburger Show with TJ Miller airs tonight at midnight on Comedy Central.

Trailer for The Gorburger Show Has Larry King, Rob Corddry, Tig Notaro, Reggie Watts, Kenny G as Guests for Complete Talk Show Mayhem

March 31, 2017
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With a new lease on life on Comedy Central, The Gorburger Show is looking to go for broke for how crazy the blue demon-hosted late night talk show will be. 

This trailer shows just insane it’s going to get with TJ Miller voicing the titular Gorburger and having his big time guests, which does indeed include the likes of Larry King and Kenny G, deal with Gorburger wishes. 

Look for the series premiere of The Gorburger Show with TJ Miller on Sunday, April 9th at midnight on Comedy Central.

Here’s the Full Trailer for Silicon Valley Season 4

March 29, 2017
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Just when you think the stakes couldn’t get any higher for a bunch of people that probably shouldn’t be handling high stakes at all, the trailer for season 4 of Silicon Valley has made that possible

Watch it here, then look for the season premiere on Sunday, April 23rd at 10PM on HBO.

The Gorburger Show Premieres on Comedy Central/Late Night Will Now Include a Monster Voiced by TJ Miller on April 9th

March 10, 2017
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The Gorburger Show Premieres on Comedy Central/Late Night Will Now Include a Monster Voiced by TJ Miller on April 9th

The Gorburger Show has TJ Miller voicing a blue demonic monster as a talk show host and will officially become a late night show next month.

April 9th at midnight on Comedy Central. You’ve been warned/notified of when you should tune in to watch the crazy, insane, fun show.

Salt Lake City Has a Pretty Swell Looking Golden Spike Comedy & Podcast Festival Kicking Off Tomorrow

March 8, 2017
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From March 8th (i.e. tomorrow)-Mar. 11th in Downtown Salt Lake City, The Golden Spike Comedy Festival will serve up a pretty a great offering of stand-up, podcasts, and more.

Just look at the flyer above.

There are individual tickets available as well as a pass for 20 shows for the nice price of $20.

Get more details on The Golden Spike Comedy Festival here.

The 6th Annual L.A Podcast Has Earlybird Tickets Now on Sale and Will Be in DTLA

February 15, 2017
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The LA Podcast Festival is now in its sixth year and, if you’ve ever been to it, you’d know that it’s an institution with a fiercely loyal following at this point. 

WTF with Marc Maron, My Favorite Murder, The Jackie & Laurie Show, The Dork Forest, The Dollop, Comedy Film Nerds, Bertcast, We Hate Movies, Mental Illness Happy Hour w/ Paul Gilmartin, & Cashing In w/ T.J. Miller and host Cash Levy are just a handful of the podcasts that are confirmed for this year’s LA Podcast Festival. 

Moving from Beverly Hills to Downtown LA at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, the festival will take place from Friday, October 6th-Sunday, October 8th.

Earlybird tickets are now on sale for $99, which you should get in on since you’ll save $50 from the regularly priced pass.

Pete Holmes’ HBO Series “Crashing” Gets a Full Trailer

December 16, 2016
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Crashing, as you’ll see in this trailer, will be a fun look into what Pete Holmes’ life was like and how desperate it was before he was flying high in his career with an HBO special and series under his belt.

Take note that 2017 might be a really good year for Jermaine Fowler too.

Crashing premieres on Sunday, February 19th at 10:30PM on HBO.

SNL, James Corden, TJ Miller, and Meryl Streep All Win Big at This Year’s Critics Choice Awards

December 12, 2016
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SNL, James Corden, TJ Miller, and Meryl Streep All Win Big at This Year’s Critics Choice Awards

FILM

BEST COMEDY
Central Intelligence
Deadpool *WINNER*
Don’t Think Twice
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
The Nice Guys

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Ryan Gosling – The Nice Guys
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins
Dwayne Johnson – Central Intelligence
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool *WINNER*

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
Sally Field – Hello, My Name Is Doris
Kate McKinnon – Ghostbusters
Hailee Steinfeld – The Edge of Seventeen
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins *WINNER*

TV

BEST COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta
Black-ish
Fleabag
Modern Family
Silicon Valley *WINNER*
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Tracee Ellis Ross, black-ish
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Constance Wu, Fresh Off the Boat

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Donald Glover, Atlanta *WINNER*
Bill Hader, Documentary Now!
Patrick Stewart, Blunt Talk
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Anna Chlumsky, Veep
Allison Janney, Mom
Jane Krakowski, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt *WINNER*
Judith Light, Transparent
Allison Williams, Girls

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson, Baskets *WINNER*
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Tony Hale, Veep
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live *WINNER*
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Larry David, Saturday Night Live
Lisa Kudrow, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Liam Neeson, Inside Amy Schumer

BEST ANIMATED SERIES
Archer
Bob’s Burgers
BoJack Horseman *WINNER*
Son of Zorn
South Park
The Simpsons

BEST TALK SHOW
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
The Late Late Show with James Corden *WINNER*
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Host TJ Miller both co-starred Deadpool and is part of the ensemble cast of Silicon Valley, which both took home Critics Choice Awards last night. This might make TJ the biggest winner of the evening.

The Late Late Show with James Corden also continues its ascent in late night by winning over all the satirical news shows and Fallon, which is pretty astounding considering that Fallon is still a ratings leader and Sam Bee, John Oliver, and Trevor Noah got special focus because of the election.

The election also put special focus on SNL with highlighting both Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin in their respective impressions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and resulted in their Critics Choice wins.

Meryl Streep continues her dominance with awards in general as she indeed play a historically bad singer perfectly in Florence Foster Jenkins. 

Don’t forget that FX has a nice showing here as well with wins for Louie Anderson on Baskets and Donald Glover on Atlanta. It’s further proof that FX’s programming line-up can stand with the premium cable and streaming networks. 

Also, we’re glad to see BoJack Horseman taking home Best Animated Series as the show continues to evolve and get more emotionally and satisfyingly complex.

See the full list of this year’s Critics Choice Awards winners here.

TJ Miller Will Be Hosting the Critics Choice Awards Live Tonight

December 11, 2016
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Actually, it’s in a few hours at 5PM PST/8PM EST on A&E.

Also, TJ has tweeted, “I will address the elephant in the room at @CriticsChoice on A&E. Tune in and find out.”

He may be referring Trump or his very recent arrest or something else altogether. Like he said, tune and find out. 

In any case, TJ will undoubtedly put on a show to remember.

TJ Miller Has Audience Members Dance Behind Him and Conan O’Brien During Interview

December 9, 2016
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TJ Miller has found a new way to get through the serious moments in a late night talk show interview. 

Taking a cue from being on set at Office Christmas Party, he really does have a dance party go on behind himself and Conan while talking about the times we’re living in right now. 

Watch it here.

Help Chicago Comedy Institution Lincoln Lodge Find a New Home

December 2, 2016
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TJ Miller, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Cameron Esposito, and so many more of your favorite comedians these days cut their teeth in comedy in Chicago and specifically did so at a place known as The Lincoln Lodge.

As it stands now, The Lincoln Lodge needs to find a new home to not only continue to be a pillar in Chicago comedy, but support gender equality in comedy and foster new talent like they’ve been doing so well for so many years.

Don’t take our word for it though. Let TJ Miller himself tell you why you should help find a new home for The Lincoln Lodge no matter if you live in Chicago or not.

Tight Five Productions, the team behind this whole operation, looking for an additional $30K after raising $50K for “permits, licenses and minimal resources we need to build out a facility with a 100 seat theater and classrooms” so they can open in July 2017.

You can donate to the crowdfunding campaign (complete with plenty of rewards) and find more details here.

November 28, 2016
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Mike O’Brien from 7 Minutes in Heaven with Mike O’Brien and SNL fame and Mark Raterman from one of the most respected improv troupes around, Cook County Social Club are putting on their own stellar night of comedy variety with The Go’Head Show featuring the likes of TJ Miller, Beth Stelling, and Chris Redd.

Tickets are $8 online and $10 at door at Nerdmelt. You can (and really should) get your tickets here.

TJ Miller Tells the Story of Being Shirtless with a Battle Axe and Then Tries to Burn a Trump Tie

November 1, 2016
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It’s yet another unforgettable TJ Miller appearance on Conan, the talk show where TJ probably gets the most free reign. All of what we wrote in the headline did really happen and it was an absolutely crazy delight.

Not much other context is needed for you to enjoy, so we’ll let you just watch the whole interview outside of the headline.

HBO Has New Specials Lined Up for 2017 from Jerrod Carmichael, TJ Miller, and Pete Holmes as Well as a New Sketch Comedy Series from Tracey Ullman

August 25, 2016
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Not that it should surprise you, but it looks like HBO has some pretty great stuff coming up.

Announced today, three hour specials from Jerrod Carmichael, TJ Miller, and Pete Holmes are coming to the premium cable network in 2017 as well as a brand spankin’ new sketch comedy show, Tracey Ullman’s Show that skewers life in the UK, premiering much sooner on Friday, October 28th at 11PM.

So adjust your expectations for the next calendar year accordingly.

TJ Miller Returning as Host of Critics Choice Awards in December

August 18, 2016
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TJ Miller Returning as Host of Critics Choice Awards in December

The Critics Choice Awards will not only be moving up the date to Sunday, December 11th (as opposed to going in January like they did this year) to make them kick off awards season, but they will also bring back dependable wild card, TJ Miller, to host the ceremony.

His opening monologue was enough for us to be glad that he has the gig again. 

Look for Miller and The Critics Choice Awards to air live on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 8PM EST/5PM PDT on A&E.

TJ Miller Tried Dancing with Paris Hilton and “Party Legends” Animated the Whole Story

July 28, 2016
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One of Viceland’s latest series is Party Legends, which captures the stories of crazy parties from the sort of folks that would go to said crazy parties and gives them a great animation treatment. 

This particular story comes from a man who is sort of his own party, TJ Miller, and recounts his attempt at dancing with the one and only Paris Hilton.

Watch it here.

TJ Miller To Do HBO Comedy Special After Nationwide Tour

July 18, 2016
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TJ Miller To Do HBO Comedy Special After Nationwide Tour

If you remember what TJ did as the latest host of The Critics Choice Awards, you’ll know that we’re all in for something special on both the tour and the special.

Silicon Valley Threw a Red Carpet Event Just for One Scene from the New Season

April 26, 2016
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The highly anticipated return of something like Silicon Valley on HBO wouldn’t be complete without a high profile premiere event. 

Because it’s Silicon Valley, they also can’t just throw any premiere event, which is why they pulled out a red carpet, a step and repeat, and rotating searchlights as well as have the cast and the creators gathered altogether to show a single scene from season 3 from the show.

Watch this silly event really happen here.

New “Silicon Valley” Season 3 Trailer Has Stephen Tobolowsky Becomes a New Concern for Pied Piper

March 18, 2016
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Once the nagging insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, Stephen Tobolowsky seems like he will be a thorn in the side of Pied Piper in the latest season of Silicon Valley as shown in this trailer. 

Thomas Middleditch/Richard Hendricks goes through a bit of an early Steve Jobs phase as well.

Catch the premiere next month on Sunday, April 24th at 10PM on HBO.

Stephen Colbert Discovers That One of the Mission to Mars Candidates Is a Disheveled TJ Miller

March 17, 2016
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TJ Miller appears on to Colbert again to bring a nice bit of weirdness to The Late Show, though as character who fits certain specific, unexpected, newly announced parameters for NASA’s Mission to Mars candidates. 

Watch it here.

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