A Set of Seinfeld Emojis Are Coming To iPhones Soon
That’s right, a big set of Seinfeld inspired emojis will be free to download on your iPhone soon. Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer along with plenty of other iconic Seinfeld things (hopefully Newman) are included in the emoji set.
We’re not surprised at all that Shahruz Shaukat, a guy behind the genius Podbay.fm co-developed this.
Get The Entire Monty Python Album Catalog with Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection
Monty Python has released a boxed set of all nine of their albums on your choice of CD or vinyl in the Total Rubbish: The Complete Collection.
If you couldn’t make it out to their O2 Arena shows or get to a live broadcast of the performances in a theater, maybe this will tide you over while waiting and hoping that it their latest run of shows will be on DVD.
The Streamy Awards Are Taking Submissions
The Streamy Awards is in its 4th year in recognizing excellence in online streaming content, given how wide and varied it is. In fact, as online video is so expansive, they will be taking submissions for nominees in addition to choosing some via panel.
Submissions are open from now until July 27th and yes, there’s a Vine Comedian category.
Taking from 1964’s The Incredible Mr. Limpet that had Don Knotts turn into a fish and help hunt Nazi U-boats, director Richard Linklater is going for a remake and lining up a pretty great cast. Zach Galifianakis is attached to play Mr. Limpet, the role Knotts played, and there are no Nazis in this one.
However, Jon Hamm, Sarah Silverman, Danny McBride, Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Jordan Peele, and Keegan-Michael Key are all in talks to join the cast. With Linklater at the helm and this cast, this might be one of the more fascinating, possibly great remakes in a long time.
Geoff Tate’s 2nd Album ‘Just Another Clown’ Out Now
The next week or so is turning out some nice stand-up releases. Stand Up Records has just released the second album from the very funny Geoff Tate, Just Another Clown.
If you enjoyed his first album I Got Potential like we did, you should do yourself a favor and pick up this second one.
Mark Normand’s Debut Comedy Album ‘Still Got It’ Now on Pre-Order
We’ve been waiting awhile for some sort of album or special from the hysterical Mark Normand and finally, “Still Got It”, his very first comedy album, is coming out July 15th from Comedy Central Records.
It’s available on pre-order and we highly suggest you take advantage of that.
DJ Douggpound, Andre Hyland, and Mikey Kampmann Are Going on Tour in The South
Hailing from LA, DJ Douggpound, Andre Hyland, and Mikey Kampmann are bringing their comedic stylings to The South from New Orleans to Atlanta later this month as part of the Triple Dippers South American Tour.
If you’re in or around any of their stops, don’t miss out.
Lewis Black Will Be Taking Topic Suggestions to Rant On For This Weekend
Lewis Black is holding an exclusive performance at a winery in Napa Valley this weekend that will also be livestreamed. Those in attendance as well as those watching online (you have to a member of The Lewis Black Fan Club or pay $10 to watch the stream of the event) will have the chance to give Black topics to rant on as he is known quite well for.
Of course, this event is being called Lewis Black: The Rant Is Due.
Clerks 3 Will Have to Wait as The Weinstein Company Has Reportedly Passed on It
Kevin Smith was just about to get around to doing a third installment of Clerks when the whole project was brought to a screeching halt. The Weinstein Company, the owners of the franchise rights, have passed on it according to Smith based on the budget being too high for their liking, which was $6 million.
There’s no further word on the fate of Clerks 3, but we’d bet this is probably isn’t the end of the road just yet.
Steven Soderbergh and David Gordon Green Comedy Pilot “Red Oaks” Coming to Amazon
Amazon Studios have added their latest comedy pilot to their upcoming slate of shows that will be put on display for viewers to watch and decide which goes to series.
That comedy pilot is a coming of age comedy from producer Steven Soderbergh and director David Gordon Green entitled Red Oaks set in 1985. Soderbergh and Green collaborating on a comedy series at Amazon has us thoroughly intrigued.
Weird Al Yankovic Announces Track List for Mandatory Fun
While we’re still a week away from the release of Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album, Mandatory Fun, the track list has been announced as Mandatory Fun is currently up for pre-sale.
Sure, you can try guessing which popular songs Weird Al will be parodying, but we can’t wait to hear “NOW That’s What I Call Polka”.
‘They Came Together’ Is The Meta Romantic Comedy You’ve Been Waiting For
David Wain’s satirical romantic comedy that pokes fun at the very motifs and conventions that define romantic comedies as a genre is pretty damn hilarious.
Please go watch it while you still can (showtimes are at the link above).
IFC Orders Sequel to ‘Spoils of Babylon’, ‘The Spoils Before Dying’
Will Ferrell will again don a fedora and a giant beard as Eric Jonrosh to bring another tale of America’s past that’s wonderfully ridiculous as IFC has just ordered a follow up to the Spoils of Babylon mini series.
The cast has yet to be set for The Spoils Before Dying, but they’ll undoubtedly get an amazing ensemble cast like they did the first time. The loose description seems to be much more noir-ish than Spoils of Babylon.
Summer 2015, when this will premiere, can’t come soon enough.
The Brooklyn Cyclones Went For The Fences Celebrating 25th Anniversary of Seinfeld
Between temporarily changing the name of the stadium to Vandelay Industries Park, having the Soup Nazi in attendance, and doing a Elaine Benes style dance contest, the minor league baseball team known as The Brooklyn Cyclones probably had the best celebration of Seinfeld’s 25th Anniversary this weekend.
Watch An Episode of The Meltdown with Kumail and Jonah Now
Before the premiere on Wed. Jul. 23rd on Comedy Central, you can now preview an episode of The Meltdown with Kumail and Jonah on Amazon Instant for free featuring Steve Agee, David Koechner, Neal Brennan, and Moshe Kasher.
We highly recommend that you do that at some point today or as soon as you can.
Some Versions of ‘Modern Family’ Around the World Have A Few Big Differences From The Original
Currently, Iran, Chile, and Greece have or are working on their own versions of ABC’s hit sitcom and perennial award winning series Modern Family.
In Iran and Chile however, same-sex marriage is not legal and thus, Cam and Mitchell are not adapted into the Iranian and Chilean versions of the show titled as “Haft Sang” and “Familia Moderna” respectively. Even more perturbing is the idea that producers for Haft Sang have not gotten rights to adapt Modern Family.
Jerry Seinfeld Hangs Out with His Old Friend George Wallace and His Hero Robert Klein
The latest two episodes of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee has Jerry Seinfeld take a ride and grab a cup of coffee with two comedians that he has known the longest. Seinfeld and George Wallace not only came up together at the same time, but think of each other as brothers. Robert Klein, throughout the entire canon of stand-up comedy, is one of Seinfeld’s absolute heroes.
It’s fascinating to see Wallace rib Jerry a little and Klein talk about stand-up in the 60s.
A New George Carlin Album of Unreleased Material Might Be Posthumously Released
It’s been over 6 years since the legendary comedic force known as George Carlin passed away. Along with a new website to commemorate Carlin, an album of previously unreleased material might be on the way as well.
Let’s hope all of this does indeed happen soon.
Salt Lake City’s Comedy Carnivale Is Back and Taking Submissions
From July 1st to September 5th, Salt Lake City’s Comedy Carnivale, it taking submission for its second year. You can submit for stand-up, improv, sketch, and film with the small submission fee of $25. The festival itself will take place in late September, specifically the 25th-28th.
Sounds like a pretty good deal to us.
There Are Plenty of No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins Clips on YouTube Now
While Fusion is still gaining its footing as a brand new cable channel, there was previously only few ways to watch the wonderful puppet panel debate show No, You Shut Up with Paul F. Tompkins, one of them being going to Fusion to watch their clips on their own media player.
Now, there’s a decent amount of clips you can and should watch over and over on YouTube at the link.
There Might Be a New Video Service From a Former Hulu CEO, Jason Kilar
Vessel is the name of a start up company focused on video that’s being fronted by Jason Kilar who used to be a CEO at Hulu. The details aren’t clear as to what or how extensive the service will be, but with the founders’ mission being “to delight consumers and content creators alike”, their must be something here along the lines of what Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon are doing right now.
This might mean more opportunity for great original comedy series without the hassle of dealing with TV.
Fox and NYTVF Announce Comedy Script Alumni Competition for Pilot Development
If you’re an alumni of Fox’s annual Comedy Script Contest at the New York Television Festival, you have a chance to submit to a special alumni competition that will promise a commitment to a pilot presentation to the winner.
The stakes are thankfully higher than they have been in the past, but you also have to be alumnus of the contest in years previous.
Man Seeking Woman Starring Jay Baruchel Gets Series Order at FXx
FXx finally gets a new comedy series following the last few series pick ups of FX including Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. Jay Baruchel will star in this series that extolls the horrors of dating based on the book The Last Girlfriend on Earth by Simon Rich.
Given the subject matter, we wonder if FX and FXx will have a crossover episode with You’re The Worst or Married.
2776, The Comedy, Music, Historical Retrospective Extravaganza for Charity Is Here
The Levinson Brothers and Rob Kutner’s compilation album, 2776: A Millennium of American Asskickery spanning the world comedy and music to tell the “story” of the U.S. of A. is now available for you to buy and listen to.
Not only will you get the sounds of Reggie Watts, Aimee Mann, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Patton Oswalt, Aubrey Plaza, Maria Bamford, Alex Trebek, Paul F. Tompkins, Yo La Tengo, Will Forte, and more, you’ll also be supporting OneKid OneWorld. So, go support, listen, and enjoy like you know you’re going to.
The Approval Matrix, The TV Show, Will Premiere on SundanceTV in August
SundanceTV is going ahead with the TV adaptation of the popular magazine feature The Approval Matrix in New York Magazine. Hosted by Neal Brennan, pop culture will be broken down according to a matrix approving or disapproving of its existence or happening.
While sketches and interviews suggest a more traditional talk show format, it’s going to have panelists such as Hannibal Buress, Julie Klausner, Judah Friedlander, Kurt Metzger, Rob Delaney, and more.
The Approval Matrix premieres Aug. 11th.