R.I.P. Alison Rich, Nicole Byer, and Jessica McKenna’s sketch series that we wish had more time to get on its legs because there was definite promise in the show.
We’re sure that you’ll be seeing the three of them elsewhere on big and small screens very soon. In fact, Nicole already has her own show coming out on MTV, Loosely Exactly Nicole.
Regardless of what might have been planned for the new season of You’re The Worst, we were still planning on tuning in to the critically acclaimed, addicting, edgy, dark romantic dramedy from Stephen Falk.
That being said, all these details, which somehow promises to organically delve even further into the flaws that make Jimmy, Gretchen, Edgar, and Lindsay great, make us even more on board for new episodes that start airing on Wednesday, August 31st on FXX.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Will Go Live Again After Presidential and VP Debates
So, if Colbert and company are going to follow the model that brought them up during the RNC and DNC, expect more Colbert Report-ish elements cleverly renamed for legal reasons. Since they’re spaced apart rather than day-after-day, we’d bet The Late Show team will have the time to put together song and dance numbers, elaborate pre-taped segments, etc.
You should definitely expect to see Stephen Colbert’s identical twin cousin, Stephen Colbert in one of, if not all of, these three live episodes.
BitTorrent’s New Discovery Fund Is Offering $2500-$100K to Artists for Marketing and Distribution
If you know how the entertainment biz works, you might be well aware that one of the major elements that keeps something ‘indie’ as opposed to ‘mainstream’ is a budget for marketing and distribution. Often times, indie comedies that get lauded over and over at film festivals will have limited runs in art house cinemas around the country, but would rarely, if ever, find their way to your local multiplex simply because there is no budget to reach further with the movie.
BitTorrent is looking to turn the tides in this regard with their newly launched Discovery Fund initiative that is empowering artists to be able to reach further than their limited resources of favors and grassroots campaigning can afford them.
Based on the scope of the project and if they’re into it, they’ll offer up $2500-$100,000 to boost the marketing and distribution of an artist’s work with the artist maintaining the rights to the work itself.
This includes anyone who can fit under the description of “awesome storytellers and outside voices”, which is well within the umbrella of comedy.
Sounds pretty good, right?
Find out more details at the link above.
‘Better Things’ Sheds Some Light on Characters and Plot at TCA Panel
Notably, Pamela Adlon will be playing a single mom/working actress named Sam, which means she’s a completely different working single mom than the one on Louie just named Pamela.
From what we’ve seen so far, Better Things does look like a spiritual sequel to Louie and Adlon added that “I feel that everything is funny in my life and there is a lot of funny in the darkness…I don’t like anything that’s dark without heart.”
SNL Vets Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah Not Returning for Season 42
Each had six seasons of Saturday Night Live under their belt and are now free to explore other projects like Killam was already doing with a movie he was directing.
We’re guessing that Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah might take a slightly different route post-SNL given their specific comedic skill sets as compared to recent SNL alums like Kristen Wii and, Fred Armisen. That being said, we can see Killam follow the model of Jason Sudeikis’ very successful film and TV career that now spans comedy and drama given that filled a very similar role on Saturday Night Live.
Remember, You Can Apply to Comedy Binge for $5 Because You’re a Comedy Bureau Reader
The very first online live comedy festival, Comedy Binge, is giving our readers a nice discount to apply to perform. Since you’re reading these words, that includes you.
Just make sure to enter the promo code ‘bureau’ at the checkout.
Brie Larson Making Directorial Debut, Starring in Comedy ‘Unicorn Store’
From Scott Pilgrim vs. The World to 21 Jump Street to dazzling dramatic performances in Room and Short Term 12, Brie Larson has carved out a niche that allows her to exquisitely play a wide range of roles.
Now, she’ll be expanding that niche to include her first film, Unicorn Store, where she’ll do almost everything except write.
So far, it’s a bit vague on its premise of a woman moving back home only to be invited to a unique store that “will test her ideas of what it really means to grow up,” but we’re guessing that the mention of unicorns here might be less figurative and more literal in this case.
We know that we’ll have to probably wait awhile, but we can’t wait to see a trailer, teaser, etc.
‘The Simpsons’ To Air First Hourlong Episode, Taraji P. Henson & Keegan-Michael Key Guest Star
After 28 seasons, a full-length feature movie, and a theme park, The Simpsons will have somehow aired its first hour long episode at the beginning of 2017.
This kind of makes you wonder what else is on The Simpsons’ bucket list. Bart and Lisa growing up over the course of a season? Another whodunit?
Hulu Shifting Its Free TV Offerings to New Yahoo View | Hollywood Reporter
If you’ve been enjoying a free ride of the five latest episodes of Black-ish, Fresh Off the Boat, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Last Man on Earth a few days after they air or were looking forward to streaming new network comedies like The Good Place, Making History, or Speechless, know that you’re going to probably have to make sure to do so at Yahoo View, the new TV and Hulu distribution partner site from Yahoo.
This is all now happening because Hulu is going to be a full subscription service.
Open Mic Run Updated for Next Week
From 8/8/16 through 8/13/16, we got all the listings for open mics for stand-up, sketch, improv, and more all around LA.
Please Support the Return of Echoes Under Sunset
Echoes Under Sunset was as DIY of a place as you could get and both figuratively and literally an underground venue, but it still managed to get voted as one of LA Weekly’s Best New Comedy Club and had a hell of a run over four years.
It gave a stage to open micers, up and comers, people who just got their break and pros and was definitely addition to the LA comedy scene.
After unceremoniously being shut down, Christian Chavez, the owner and proprietor, has been eyeing a return for Echoes in the already cool, but still booming neighborhood of Little Tokyo, just a couple miles of away from Echo Park, the original home of Echoes Under Sunset.
He’s already got a space picked out, but he needs help with making the space into the wondrous comedy venue that he once had including sound equipment, lighting, flooring, furniture, stage, etc.
This new Echoes has a GoFundMe set up for $50K and we highly urge you to contribute and donate at the link above.
New ‘Lucy’ Bronze Sculpture in Lucille Ball’s Hometown Captures the Lucy Everyone Knows and Love
As denizens of the Internet, you might be aware of a certain bronze likeness of comedy legend Lucille Ball in her New York hometown of Celeron referred to as ‘Scary Lucy’.
Since that’s been the case for years, a new bronze statue of Lucille Ball was commissioned and sculptor Carolyn Palmer just unveiled it this week.
You’ll agree, after getting a glimpse of it, that it’s a far cry from any sort of ‘scary’ description and much more fitting of the star of I Love Lucy.
Netflix Accidentally Mashes Aziz Ansari Comedy Special Subtitles With ‘Planet Earth’ Docu-Series
Did this “accidentally” happen or is someone at Netflix just having the right amount of fun making a feature length meme montage?
Comedy Binge Is Offering a Special $5 Application Fee for Comedy Bureau Readers
Currently, if you want to apply to Comedy Binge, the first live online comedy festival, it costs $25.
However, the fine folks at Comedy Binge are allowing you fine folks that keep your tabs open to The Comedy Bureau to apply for $5 until the deadline on August 31st. All you have to do is be sure to enter the promo code “bureau” at the checkout.
Looks like learning how to spell ‘bureau’ will literally pay off now.
Preview Rhea Butcher’s “Butcher” Coming Out This Month at Kill Rock Stars
Rhea is the co-host of Put Your Hands Together, the co-creator/star of upcoming Seeso series Take My Wife, and has been a great transplant for the LA comedy scene from Chicago.
Naturally, we’re excited about her first album coming out very soon as well as the above preview clip.
Specifically, Rhea Butcher’s debut comedy album Butcher will be coming on Friday, August 19th off of Kill Rock Stars, but you can pre-order it now and in on a sweet t-shirt and baseball cap.
HBO Orders Duplass Brothers Chain Hotel Anthology Comedy Series ‘Room 104’ | Deadline
FYI, all Togetherness fans, Mark and Jay Duplass are back at HBO. You can rest slightly more easy now.
Also, as this will be an anthology set at a chain hotel, this will be a fascinating, possibly more free sandbox for the Duplass brothers to play in.
We can’t wait to see what they come up with in 2017 when the series is set to debut.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Is Getting Female Led Remake with Rebel Wilson Starring
Hopefully there are no Ghostbusters-like fanboys that Hollywood will have to pay attention to or attempt to satisfy for this particular female-led remake of a comedy classic.
Also, assuming that Rebel will be taking on the Steve Martin role, Cate Blanchett should be the other ‘dirty rotten scoundrel’ that was played by Michael Caine, right?
Lily Tomlin Will Receive SAG Life Achievement Award
Now would be a good time to look at Lily Tomlin’s filmography, catch up anything you’ve missed from her long and storied career, and really get into why she absolutely deserves a SAG Life Achievement Award.
Hopefully, you watch her latest great performance in Grandma.
‘Stan Against Evil’ to Have Special Halloween Debut
Last Halloween, we got Ash vs. The Evil Dead premiering on Halloween and, for 2016, it looks like we’re going to get a world premiere of what could be another great comedy horror series with Dana Gould’s Stan Against Evil.
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee to Do Hour Long Election Specials and Up Digital Presence
That’s all good with us.
Samantha Bee and Full Frontal have not let us down with their election coverage, especially after buying a Herman Cain bus to travel to the RNC and putting Sam’s face over Herman’s.
We can’t wait to see what Sam does with these upcoming specials and mid-week segments.
If you’ve seen any of Jon Stewart’s recent appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, you can reasonably assume that Jon will be coming back to having his own show with full force.
Also, the fact that he’ll be on HBO and it’ll be animated satirical parody of cable news would make us guess that Jon is definitely not sparing any of his well-channeled, honed, sharpened comedic verve (i.e. business as usual).
This series can’t come soon enough.
‘The Larry Sanders Show’ Coming to HBO Go and HBO Now in September
You’ve got a month to get HBO GO or an HBO subscription that would get you HBO Now so you can revel in the wonderment of The Larry Sanders Show. It’s probably the pinnacle of Garry Shandling’s comedy legacy and it’d be a shame if you didn’t have access to it.
Looks Like Masterminds Will Be Finally Coming Out After All September 30th
The trailer is evidence of Masterminds finally coming out (it had been in limbo forever because of Relativity’s bankruptcy) and let’s hope that sticks this time as this seems like a welcome break from franchise sequels and nostalgia baiting.