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See Jim Carrey Lose Himself in Playing Andy Kaufman in “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond”

October 19, 2017

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1999′s Man On The Moon, which had Jim Carrey star as legendary comedian and performer Andy Kaufman brought Carrey to whole new level of method acting where he, seemingly, never stopped being Andy Kaufman whether on camera or off.

This documentary, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond shows never before seen behind the scenes footage from the making of Man On The Moon spliced with interviews from modern day Jim Carrey commenting on what was going in his head.

For comedians, comedy fans, film buffs, actors, and more, this documentary gives a look, like you very likely have never seen before, of what really disappearing into playing someone else is like in real life.

See for yourself in the trailer.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond starts streaming on Netflix on Friday, November 17th.

If You’re Obsessing Over Rick and Morty’s “Pickle Rick”, Here’s a Whole “Ricking Morty” and a Behind The Scenes Featurette

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All of you watched last night’s Rick and Morty’s Pickle Rick episode last night, right?

If you haven’t, stream it (while you can) at Adult Swim here and be stunned at what might end up being one of the show’s most daring and ambitious episodes ever.

Then, watch the episode’s writer Jessica Gao, Kumail Nanjiani, and Brandon Johnson talk it out with Sam Jay on the latest Ricking Morty.

On top of that, here’s an inside look that went into what designing “Pickle Rick”, the rats, and more.

Hopefully, that’ll satiate you for now.

By the way, has anyone made a connection that “Pickle Rick” is literally about getting out of a pickle (other than the woman who points that out at the end of this Ricking Morty)?

Here’s a Behind the Scenes Look of “Rick and Morty” Season 3 Premiere and “Mad Max” Episode

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The season 3 premiere of Rick and Morty is just a few days away and, we thought, what might be nice to get you in the mood is some of these inside looks to specific episodes coming up this season.

Harmon, Roiland, and company talk the motivations behind the premiere episode as well as the design of a Mad Max parody that they’re doing.

Keep in mind that you only have to wait until Sunday night on Adult Swim before season 3 arrives.

See What Rules The Duplass Brothers Set Up for Themselves While Making “Room 104″

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As The Duplass Brothers first Sundance short film that got that attention was shot as lo fi as possible with no crew and in one day, you might know that some of Jay and Mark Duplass’ best work comes out of having restrictions.

With their upcoming HBO anthology series, they have a lot more resources at their disposal, but made sure to stay true to their roots by imposing a handful of rules in making and shooting each episode. Based off how the show looks and feels already, we think this was probably a pretty good call on their part.

See what the rules are here, then look for the series premiere of Room 104 on July 28th.

“The Art of Rick and Morty” Book Coming Out Soon

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“The Art of Rick and Morty” Book Coming Out Soon

Tweeted out a few days ago, “Coming soon from dark horse…”.

As you can see, it’ll be a behind the scenes book focusing on not only the art of the celebrated series, but the process of how Rick and Morty is exactly made and details behind their many wondrous characters.

There is no official release date yet, but, if it comes out before or during this year’s holiday season, we’re guessing it’ll be one of the more popular gifts that people will be buying up.

Rick and Morty Co-Creator Justin Roiland Shows How to Prepare to Voice “Drunk Rick”

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Few get to pour so much of their blood, sweat, tears, and soul into their show quite like Justin Roiland does with Rick and Morty.

Just watch this behind the scenes clip where Justin, who voices both Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith, go method with getting into the mind of a “drunk Rick” in order to properly voice the character.

Get a Look Behind the Scenes of Stan Against Evil Before Tonight’s Premiere

November 2, 2016

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Cable TV is getting another horror comedy this evening with the series premiere of Dana Gould’s Stan Against Evil. If you’re missing Halloween already, this might just be for you.

The show officially kicks off at 10PM, but you can peer into the creepy world the show is set in with all the off-kilter characters (aside from the demons that is) that inhabit it right now.

Seeso Orders a ‘Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ Behind The Scenes Series from Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon

October 11, 2016

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Seeso Orders a ‘Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’ Behind The Scenes Series from Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon

Called “There’s Johnny!”, one will probably wonder how it stacks up next to The Larry Sanders Show.

Paul Reiser and David Steven Simon who worked together on Mad About You are teaming up again to write a show that focuses on what happened with the legendary Johnny Carson behind the scenes of his run at The Tonight Show.

David Gordon Green, who Reiser works with on Red Oaks, is set to produce with both Paul and Simon and might bring some very intriguing comedic flavor to this show.

We’ll find out what this ends up being on 2017 when it starts streaming on Seeso.

Take a Behind-The-Scenes Look of Tig Notaro’s One Mississippi

September 7, 2016

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One Mississippi, the dramedy series that fictionalizes Tig Notaro’s life, will start streaming on Amazon in two days.

According to Tig in this behind-the-scenes look, you think you might know what’s going to happen, but you really don’t.

Watch it here.

Pamela Adlon Gives a First Look of Her Series “Better Things”

September 2, 2016

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Better Things star and co-creator Pamela Adlon has got a lot of buzz built around her series premiering next week.

In this first look, she gives a tour of sorts as to what to expect from what seems simultaneously like the spiritual successor to Louie and it’s own separate, very personal show.

Look for the series premiere of Better Things on Thursday, September 8th on FX.

High Maintenance Invites You Behind-The-Scenes at The HBO Version of Their Show

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The lauded web series High Maintenance from Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld is well under way in production of the TV adaptation of the show that’s coming to HBO.

You can see what they’re up to and get a sense of how they’re going to expand the show now that they have the latitude of being at HBO in this behind-the-scenes featurette.

Get a Look Behind “BrainDead” Before the Series Premiere Tonight

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Part dark political comedy, part sci-fi thriller, BrainDead will have a timely premiere tonight at 10PM on CBS.

The show explores the notion that the insanity in Washington might be explained by alien bugs eating politicians’ brains. Seems like a rational explanation these days.

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look to prep you for what’s to come.

Get a Look Behind the Scenes of Season 5 of “Veep”

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April 24th, the premiere date of season 5 of Veep, is still over a month away.

However, if you’re jonesin’ for any bit of new Veep, you can check out this behind-the-scenes look of this new season guided by Selina Meyer herself, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Sacha Baron Cohen Tells The Story of a Deleted Scene of “Borat” That Involved a Disastrous Porno Shoot

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For some reason, upsetting a real porn director on a real porno shoot where you’re a porn star seems like a relatively normal day in the life of Sacha Baron Cohen.

Watch the full story told on Conan here.

Watch a Mini Doc on What’s Going on with Brent Weinbach’s “Gangster Party Line” Two Years After It Went Viral

February 26, 2016

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Scott Moran, the man behind the brilliant docu-series Modern Comedian, has a new mini-documentary at JASH that delves into what came after Brent Weinbach’s viral hit video Gangster Party Line.

Two years later, the video has a sort of website spin-off GangsterPartyLine.com featuring the voicemails that people would leave when calling the real number from the video.

Every once in awhile, Brent and friends like the brilliant Moshe Kasher will actually pick up and, you know, talk some shit.

Get into the doc here and give Gangster Party Line another watch or two because it definitely still holds up.

Nathan Fielder Shows What He Went Through to Pull Off His Season Finale Stunt on “Nathan For You”

December 11, 2015

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Even when behind-the-scenes, when one would supposedly let their guard down and show what was going on when none of us were looking, Nathan Fielder is still pretty damn funny.

Watch his rigorous training that he went through to be able to pull off the big stunt that he had on last night’s Nathan For You finale.

Sculptor Carol Koch Details Her Thought Process in Working on “Anomalisa”

December 9, 2015

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Variety’s Artisans web series visited Starburns Industries where Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa was made to get in on the inner workings of how a character is sculpted for a nuanced, layered, complex dramedy.

They chatted with sculptor Carol Koch and, as you might imagine, there was a great, insightful collaboration between her and Kaufman & Johnson.

Watch This Anomalisa Featurette That Shows Painstaking 3 Year Process That Went Into Making the Movie

December 1, 2015

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Already, Anomalisa is racking up awards buzz before its hit limited release.

As you might know by now, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s latest film takes stop motion animation to a whole new level by making an all out dramedy.

The subtlety involved in such a project is staggering as is showcased in this behind-the-scenes featurette.

If you’re already hooked, fortunately, you won’t have to wait to much longer to see it as Anomalisa will start playing in select cities on Dec. 30th.

Go Behind the Audio and Watch Superego at Work

October 7, 2014

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While the sounds of the absurd stampede of fun that is Superego might sound like they are indeed concocted in a secret laboratory, the podcast is often recorded in a living room.

You can watch here and see what’s really going on during a recording of a sketch featuring Andy Daly as the infamous Don Dimello (i.e. all of them can’t help but bust up).

Good Cop Great Cop Give an Insight Into Their Weird, Wonderful World They’ve Created

August 23, 2014

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We feature Good Cop Great Cop (Matt Porter and Charlie Hankin) and their absurdly wonderful stuff here quite a bit. Just watch this video or this one.

Now, Matt and Charlie sat down with the New Worlds documentary series to give a greater explanation of the what and the how and the why of what they do as Good Cop Great Cop. Watch it here.

Go Behind The Scenes of The Thrilling Adventure Hour

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The long running hit old time radio show/podcast known as The Thrilling Adventure Hour has been doing a Nerdist web series going behind the scenes. This is especially nice if you’re not able to go to Largo where Acker & Blacker‘s Thrilling Adventure Hour normally calls home because of price or it not being anywhere near where you live.

See what goes on beyond the high society casual ghost hunters Frankie and Sadie Doyle, how the show develops, and more.

Get A Little More Insight on Why You Should See Richard Ayoade’s The Double

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This in-depth behind the scenes segment from The Creators Project really details what The Double starring Jesse Eisenberg is really about and how the great Richard Ayoade and his crew amazingly pulled it off.

Also, it will definitely get you more excited to see The Double than you already are.

What It’s Like Being Reggie Watts For a Few Days Pt. 1

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Oh, it’s no big deal doing a residency at SF Sketchfest, improvising with Michael Winslow, and curating a collection of awesome sweaters, right? Well, check it out for yourself in Reggie Watts latest JASH video following him on tour doing exactly what we just said.

Watch now.

The Making of I AM COMIC

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The Making of I AM COMIC

Director Jordan Brady shares the behind the scenes “going-ons” with Antithesis Comedy.

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THUR May 5: Jason Nash

Dave and comedian Jason Nash go way back, all the way back to the 90s… Jason shares embarrassing stage moments, Andy Dicks road to a comeback, and tidbits about his podcast and web series. Don’t miss this one, there are tidbits in here.

More about Jason? yes.

Jason Nash is a comedian, actor and writer, who created the web series “Jason Nash is Married” for Atom.com, which was based on Jason’s one-person show “In The Land of Tall Buildings and Red Fire Engines.” In 2010, Jason was a semi-finalist on “Last Comic Standing” and he developed a sitcom for CBS Television.

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Guys With Feelings podcast
Jason Nash Is Married
Jason’s Twitter
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