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TCB Debriefing 9/29/23: Joe Zimmerman, Sean Patton, Toxic Avenger, Invisible Fight, Perfect Amount of Wrong

September 29, 2023

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1. Without a doubt, Joe Zimmerman has one of the best comedy specials of this year with Cult Classic. In 2023, believe it or not, Zimmerman achieved that on the strength of classical joke writing/telling/delivery alone. The most stodgy old guard comedy snobs and modern day comedy fans alike should love this special. We’ll leave our thoughts at that for now and expound how much we dig Zimmerman’s latest hour for later. For the time being, just enjoy Cult Classic, free of charge and streaming service on YouTube right here.

2. Rain, sleet, or snow, we’ll probably endure any conditions to go see the brilliant Sean Patton, a master of both tall tales and hysterical, heart-wrenching true stories. He’s on tour come November across the U.S. of A. You need to go tickets now at meseanpatton.com and plan accordingly on how to get to any of these cities if you don’t already live relatively close to them.

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3. The Troma classic The Toxic Avenger from Lloyd Kaufman is getting a modern/actually budgeted update with a star-studded cast that includes Peter Dinklage in the title role, that includes Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Julia Davis, Jonny Coyne, Elijah Wood, and Kevin Bacon. It almost feels like part of the Suicide Squad Universe derived from the DCEU with its plethora of delightful viscera. Take a gory gander here.

4. Mike Bridenstine’s Perfect Amount of Wrong, a wondrous detailed chronicle of the rise of alt comedy in Chicago’s North Side (that includes the ascent of Pete Holmes, John Mulaney, Kyle Kinane, Cameron Esposito, and Kumail Nanjiani) is out now. Go get a copy for yourself or as a present for the holidays for family or friends or, again, yourself.

5. We’ll leave you with this: Some folks might have taken the advice of the screenwriting how-to book Save the Cat a little too literally?

TCB Debriefing 9/22/23: Kyle Kinane, Bumper in Berlin, Mean Girls, Kidnapping of a President, Toxic Avenger

September 23, 2023

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1. The great Kyle Kinane has just lined up his fall and winter dates. Go buy tickets immediately at kylekinane.com and think of going to see his truly beautiful comedy as an early holiday present for yourself or someone else.

2. The latest casualty of the strike is Bumper in Berlin, which has now been canceled at Peacock (Deadline). That’s after it already got an order for a second season, which means that your show isn’t safe until all episodes of your show have been written, shot, edited, and most importantly, aired.

3. The movie version of the musical adaptation of the 2004 comedy classic Mean Girls has gotten an upgraded release as it’ll now play in theaters near you as opposed to just Paramount+ (THR). Will Lindsay Lohan be part of the inevitable 20 year retrospective of the movie that will be made just to promote Gen-Z’s(?) Mean Girls.

4. There is a Finnish dramedy in the works about the very real kidnapping of a former Finnish president aptly titled The Kidnapping of a President (Variety). If it’s a hit and there’s an interest in a U.S. adaptation, interested parties could just do a mini-series about the idiots that tried to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

6. Heads up to all the midnight movie buffs out there, a remake of Troma shlock classic, The Toxic Avenger has been remade with Peter Dinklage and Elijah Wood (Indiewire). If remaking Troma movies becomes a thing, now would be a pretty great time to take a stab at rebooting Surf Nazis Must Die.

7. We’ll you leave you with this: big theaters need to do better with bike storage/parking (i.e. don’t force folks to either risk their bike getting stolen on the street or having to pay $10 to lock it up safely in a parking garage, which is completely a thing we did when going to see Please Don’t Destroy).