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Rachel Bloom Makes a “Non-Emmy Campaign” Emmy Campaign Music Video

June 7, 2017
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We’re pretty sure that if Rachel Bloom got to release her music videos in the heyday of TRL, she’d make into the top ten with probably every one of them.

Watch her latest music video that’s “not for your Emmy consideration” (but really is for Emmy voters).

Above Average Goes Meta For New iPhone Parody Sketch

September 8, 2016
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The style of Apple announcements and ads are so well defined and have been around for so long, especially when it comes to the iPhone, that a plethora of parodies have been made over several years from virtually every facet imaginable.

That’s why Above Average decided on a new approach in parodying the announcement of the iPhone 7.

What approach is that, you ask? Well, making fun of the iPhone parody sketch itself.

Watch it here.

Colin Quinn’s Meta Police Procedural Series “Cop Show” Is Back for Season 3

August 21, 2016
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Colin Quinn has been expertly dissecting every single trope of every police procedural/detective TV series with Cop Show.

In fact, Quinn has done it so well with showing how overdone so many cop shows are, but pointing out their fallacies with “behind-the-scenes” footage and interviews with a mysterious European journalist, that he’s made it to a 3rd season over at L Studio. 

Get into season 3 of Cop Show here.

ABC Is Developing a Meta Family Sitcom from Modern Family’s Danny Zuker

October 14, 2015
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(via Deadline)

It’s being touted as a Larry Sanders Show for family sitcoms, which is a welcome change of pace.

Veteran sitcom writer Danny Zuker not only works on Modern Family, one of the most critically and commercially successful comedies on TV right now, but is now developing his own sitcom that shows a TV family and the not-so-rosy underbelly of that same family in real life called Family Show. 

While you get to see a bit of that on shows like BoJack Horseman, seeing a high concept like that at ABC, where Modern Family happens to also be, is very intriguing to see.

Luckily, it has a put pilot commitment and we’ll get to see what Zuker is cooking up.

Watch a Really Fun Trailer For Meta Horror Comedy “The Final Girls”

August 24, 2015
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Do not confuse this with the recent thriller Final Girl.

The Final Girls, from director Todd Strauss-Schulson and writers M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller, looks a damn good time that both celebrates and simultaneously pokes fun at the genre tropes of so many cheesy horror movies from decades past.

From the looks of it, the cast of Thomas Middleditch, Alia Shawkat, Malin Akerman, Adam Devine, Angela Trimbur, Nina Dobrev, and Taissa Farmiga bring the crazy premise of being transported into a cheesy horror movie and trying to survive really well.

See what could be a very welcome load of wonderful madness in the trailer for The Final Girls here.

Paul Rudd Describes What a Risk Doing They Came Together May Be

June 21, 2014
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In promotion of the meta romantic comedy They Came Together, Paul Rudd, frequent non-meta romantic comedy star, revealed that he was a little nervous about burning bridges with taking on a role in the film.

See him explain further on The Late Show with David Letterman.

“Dre” (Andre Hyland) Interviews Andre Hyland For His Short Film Sundance

January 13, 2014
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We’d put money on the hilarious Andre Hyland interviewing himself as a character in promotion of his short film Funnel screening at The Sundance  Film Festival better than most interviews at Sundance.

Unfortunately, I don’t think there are any bookies that would take a bet like that.

Watch the interview here.

Grant Pardee Thought He Wasn’t in An Internet Sketch…

January 2, 2014
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You probably watch so many internet sketches, web videos, etc. that it’s feasible that your whole reality has been altered and you wouldn’t know the difference. 

Or maybe that’s just what happened to Grant Pardee one day (this is the part where you watch)…

Brody Stevens on Brody Stevens on Push and Believe with Brody Stevens

December 18, 2013
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CC:Studios’ Push and Believe with Brody Stevens was released earlier this year in tandem with their half hour specials.

One episode that didn’t get release until now was one with Brody Stevens and Brody Stevens. That wasn’t a typo. Brody interviews himself on his own show, which actually seems normal and, of course, hilarious and perfect for his series airing now on Comedy Central on Sunday nights, Enjoy It!

Watch Brody and Brody here.

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Eddie Pepitone: Live from the Bunker (Livestream)

January 28 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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The Ted Alexandro Show (YouTube Live-stream)

January 28 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Elsewhere Sound Space (Twitch Live-stream)

January 28 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Faded Comedy’s Virtual Happy Hour (Twitch Live-stream)

January 28 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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The Second City Happy Hour (Live-stream)

January 28 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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The Squirrel Comedy Theatre: Borabish (Twitch Live-stream)

January 28 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Tom Thakkar & Friends (Live-stream)

January 28 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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My First Livestream Show with Marina Franklin (Live-stream)

January 28 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Ga’riffs with Gareth Reynolds (IG Live-stream)

January 28 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Team Coco Live: Moses Storm & Friends (Live-stream)

January 28 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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The Side Hustle (YouTube Live-stream)

January 28 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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E! Fake Hollywood Stories with Chrissy Shackelford (Twitch Live-stream)

January 28 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Dykevice with Robby Hoffman (Live-stream)

January 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Avail Yourself (Zoom Live-stream)

January 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Downtown Stand-Up: Comedy Benefit Show (Live-stream)

January 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Pick Your Poison (Zoom Live-stream)

January 28 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Convoy (Twitch Live-stream)

January 28 @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Hot & Rich (Twitch Live-stream)

January 29 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Fri 29

DeAnne Smith & Acquaintances! Tender comedy for tough times. (Zoom Live-stream)

January 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Comedy Trash to Treasure (Twitch Live-stream)

January 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Zoom Comedy Show with Natalie Cuomo (Zoom Live-stream)

January 30 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Sat 30

The Midnight Movie Players Present: Eggs at Midnight (Live-stream)

January 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sat 30

Who Framed Roger Rabbit Entirely From Memory (Live-stream)

January 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Talk to Strangers Live (Live-stream)

January 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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What’s Your Problem, Sir? A night of Vulnerable Comedy w. Ever Mainard (Live-stream)

January 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Mary Lynn Rajskub (Zoom Live-stream)

January 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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Normalize Everything (Live-stream)

January 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Channel 101 (Twitch Live-stream)

January 30 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
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Channel 101 (Twitch Live-stream)

January 30 @ 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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Tight Five with Blaire Postman (Zoom Live-stream)

January 31 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Syd Can Cook The Birthday Show (IG Live-stream)

January 31 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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The George Lucas Talk Show (Live-stream)

January 31 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

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