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Pick of the Day: Kwaczala-Palooza (in NYC) 10/25

October 21, 2021

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In the worlds of stand-up and sketch (and Rock N Roll Hall of Fame podcasts), Joe Kwaczala is favorite staple of the LA comedy scene for his sharply crafted and often collaborative absurdity (especially in his video short series that he’s done over the years, 31 for 31 and 21 for 21. His bringing that ingenious silliness to NYC next week at the one and only Union Hall along with many of NYC’s best that are artisans of the comedic arts themselves.

Called Kwaczala-Palooza (perhaps there will be a game with how many times fast you can say that?), Joe will be gathering the comedy stylings of:

Nick Ciarelli & Brad Evans

Tommy McNamara

Kenice Mobley

Irene Morales

Clare O’Kane

Jeremy Levick & Rajat Suresh

That’ll all go down in Brooklyn at Union Hall on Mon. Oct. 25th at 10PM ET and tickets are only $10. If you’re not going to our anniversary show in LA on 10/25 because you’re in NYC, you really ought to go to Kwaczala-Palooza.

Pick of the Day: An Evening with Butt & Friends 8/14

July 29, 2020

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If you’re looking for a hard break from reality right now and a nice cruise through the absurd, look no further than the sketch duo Butt (Joe McAdam & Chris Stephens). We feel lucky to have enjoyed some of the most brilliantly daft sketch comedy in person over the last few years and we have no doubt that they’ll cook up something as amazing and unabashedly silly for a live-stream.

Dynasty Typewriter, one of the main venues where they got to pull such shenanigans as introducing a dating app based off of different user-submitted pictures of Yoda and nothing else, is presenting a special virtual Evening with Butt & Friends next month, Fri. Aug. 14th at 7PM PT/10PM ET.

Joining Joe and Chris will be quite the very special handful of guests including Eddie Pepitone, Liza Treyger, and Tommy McNamara.

For all of this, tickets are only $5-$10, which is a steal if you ask us. Go get tickets for An Evening with Butt & Friends here.

Hulu’s The Great, Another Period Piece Comedy from Co-Writer of The Favourite Tommy McNamara, Gets a Teaser

January 21, 2020

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The Favourite really blew up the notion of what a period piece could be and how subversively comedic and raunchy you could be within what had previously be a very rigid sub genre of film and TV.

Tommy McNamara co-wrote The Favourite with Deborah Davis and is now at the helm of another satirical reimagining of a power female historical figure, Catherine the Great. The series is being called The Great and will definitely take liberties to twist the knife for comedy’s sake from moment to moment.

McNamara was careful to point out that The Great does play with facts, saying the show is accurate in various spots but, “we’re not trying to make a historically accurate document.” (via Deadline)

For now, there is only this announcement teaser, but you can get a sense of what McNamara has up his sleeve with Elle Fanning as Catherine the Great.

On a separate note, is this the start of McNamara creating various works that are titled only by superlatives and are dark comedies of historical figures, particularly of women?

Look for The Great to premiere on Hulu come Fri., May 15th.