Delve Into the World of Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel at Akademie Zubrowka
In promotion of Wes Anderson’s latest Grand Budapest Hotel, there’s a whole interactive website AkademieZubrowka.com where you can basically get as Wes Anderson-y as you want with the world of this movie.
So, prepare to lose a few hours wandering around reading every wondrous little detail like you do for every Wes Anderson movie.
Jon Daly and Cyrus Ghahremani Prank Everyone With Fake Red Hot Chili Peppers Song
Abracadabralifornia is so spot on that several radio DJs were fooled into thinking that it was a real song.
The likes of Jon Daly, who previously has pulled pranks like dressing up as a golfer John Daly because his name is so close to his, and Cyrus Ghahremani who produces so many comedy music projects expertly pulled this off like few others can.
No details on what Daly will try to prank/parody/replicate next, but while you’re waiting on that you can always watch one of our favorite things from him, BillCosby Bukowski.
Eddie Izzard Touring with His Show ‘Force Majeure’ to 30+ U.S. Cities
From May to July this year, you’ll have plenty of chances to catch the brilliant Eddie Izzard take his latest show Force Majeure across the States (i.e. something you shouldn’t miss).
That’s a pretty big tour and tickets are on sale now, so we suggest you find the city closest to you on the tour and snag some seats.
Here’s Preview of Portlandia Season 4/Prairie Home Companion Tailgating
Season 4 of Portlandia is officially less than a month away (10PM Feb. 27th on IFC) and to get you further in the spirit, there’s an exclusive preview over at EW of Portlandia’s “Prairie Home Companion Tailgating”.
It’s not like we need an excuse to post a Portlandia preview, but this is delightful.
Matt Damon Will Be on Jimmy Kimmel Live vs. Leno’s Final Night at Tonight Show
While NBC is sure to grab ratings from their late night succession coming up, Jimmy Kimmel isn’t going to just let that night slide.
On Jay Leno’s final night of hosting The Tonight Show, Matt Damon will return, “in theory”, to Jimmy Kimmel Live in a much less “King-of-Comedy-esque” way.
Of course, Kimmel and Damon have something planned, as one of the best guest-hosts bits on late night, but, who knows, they may just “run out of time”.
Jerry Seinfeld Confirms Seinfeld Reunion of Sorts
Something is happening where Seinfeld characters will be involved with Jerry Seinfeld and what it exactly is has yet to be announced.
Based off of the lack of details being released, we’re thinking that Jerry really enjoys the ambiguity that these headlines and stories have to read with.
‘Broad City’ Sets 18-City U.S. Tour
From Philadelphia to Chicago to Austin to Denver to Seattle to LA and so many other places in between and beyond, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson of Broad City are touring live throughout the U.S.
As far as comedy tours go these days, that’s pretty extensive and it leaves little reason to not catch one of these shows (i.e. they’re really funny and one of the cities on the tour is probably reasonably close to you)
Watch The First Two Seasons of The Eric Andre Show on AdultSwim.com
One of the craziest and best and funniest shows on television in The Eric Andre Show is now conveniently located at AdultSwim.com for your viewing pleasure.
Get settled in for both seasons (that’s right both are at AdultSwim.com) because you will be binge watching it.
Casey Wilson To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot ‘Marry Me’ From ‘Happy Endings’ Creator David Caspe
So, this is tangentially a spin off from Happy Endings? That would probably be a good thing.
Hannibal Buress’ New Hour Special Premieres on Comedy Central March 29th
As part of his deal at Comedy Central, the hysterical Hannibal Buress will be premiering his brand new hour in a couple of months. If you’ve seen Hannibal around recently, just like you might have seen him over the last few years, the hour is probably going to be pretty great.
Also, this means we’re going to get a special from Todd Barry and Hannibal Buress in the same month, so look out for that.
Louis C.K. To Release Todd Barry Crowd Work Tour Off His Website
We should have also mentioned that while on The Daily Show, Louis C.K. announced that The Todd Barry Crowd Work Tour will be released off a LouisCK.com in March.
January isn’t even over yet and C.K. is poised to be on top of everything again with his movie, Louie coming back, and now with releasing The Todd Barry Crowd Work Tour.
SXSW To Have Panels with Seth Meyers, Portlandia, Pete Holmes, and More
The soon to be newly minted Late Night with Seth Meyers as well as the still brand spanking new Pete Holmes Show as well as Portlandia will all be making an appearance at SXSW this year in panel form.
That means that this is only the tip of the iceberg and you should probably get a badge ASAP before this happens in March.
The Daily Show Promotes Three To Executive Producer
As Rory Albanese and Tim Carvell have left The Daily Show for a development deal and showrunner of John Oliver at HBO respectively, there was room for EPs there.
So, The Daily Show went internally and hired three of their long time staffers in Steve Bodow, Jen Flanz, and Adam Lowitt.
Crom Comedy Festival Bringing Kinane, Kronberg, The Grawlix & More to Nebraska
That’s right, Kyle Kinane, Ben Kronberg, Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy, Andrew Orvedahl (otherwise known together as The Grawlix), Women comedy, Power Violence, Will Weldon, The Puterbaugh Sisters, and a whole other stack of funny people we like from around the country are coming to Omaha, NE from May 23rd-25th.
If you’re in or around Omaha then, you probably want to go ahead and make this your weekend.
College Humor Moves from NY to LA, Starts ‘Big Breakfast’ Production Company
NYC gets The Tonight Show and LA gets College Humor and their new production company Big Breakfast, so we’re even steven?
Cameron Esposito To Have Column at The A.V. Club This Week
Who In The World Is Cameron Esposito? will be a weekly column at The A.V. Club starting this Friday. Put it on your required reading list as soon it starts as Cameron, in addition to being a great comedian, writes beautifully on her blog.
In addition to this good news, we had a good laugh what the name of this column would sound like with the Carmen Sandiego theme.
Obvious Child Starring Jenny Slate Acquired by The Exchange & A24
We had a good feeling about Obvious Child directed by Gillian Robespierre that is faring quite well at Sundance when we saw the Kickstarter for finishing funds months ago.
Thanks to The Exchange and A24, the whole world will potentially see the release of a film starring the amazing Jenny Slate playing a stand up comedian in Brooklyn also featuring Gabe Liedman and Gaby Hoffman.
Rest assured, we’ll be looking for a release date like the rest of you.
Jay Leno on Leaving ‘The Tonight Show’ Twice on 60 Minutes
Jay Leno and his wife Mavis sat down with 60 Minutes recently and chatted about his second departure from The Tonight Show, largely giving his final word about both transitions and that he’s OK with it. He also claims, in regards to what he’ll do post-Tonight Show, that he is done as a late night talk show host.
It’s a fascinating watch at this moment in time where the late night talk show batons are being handed back at NBC.
The latest edition of Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab’s monthly short form series collective, Channel 101 is here, which you should go watch and enjoy ASAP.
This month marks the 14th episode, which is well over a year of Car-Jumper, a series about a man solving crimes by jumping cars, which is impressive considering shows at Channel 101 are voted on or off by a live audience.
Marc Maron To Direct His Own Episode of ‘Maron’
In this upcoming season of Maron on IFC, one episode will have been directed by Marc Maron himself.
So, for that episode, you could say Maron starring Marc Maron based on the life of Marc Maron will be directed by Marc Maron, which we thought was already happening anyway.
Fusion Having ‘No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins’ Cover State of The Union Address
Yes, Paul F. Tompkins and a myriad of a puppets, together known as Fusion’s No, You Shut Up, some of which are animals and aliens, will be responsible for the coverage and analysis of President Obama’s upcoming State of the Union Address this week.
Finally, this will be some live State of the Union analysis that we care about. Smart move, Fusion.
Stephen Colbert Wins Best Spoken Word Album at The Grammys
Despite what you might have seen online, The Grammys were more than just Pharrell’s hat.
In fact, Stephen Colbert’s America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren’t
Then, they were some other things that weren’t Pharrell hat related, but Colbert’s win is the main thing that happened for us.
Veep Season 3 Premiering on HBO in April
April 6th is specifically when you need block out your evening to watch one of the best comedies on television in Veep.
If you don’t know about it or haven’t seen it, then also mark the date because you need to watch the comedic genius of Armando Ianucci.
Margaret Cho to Co-Star in Tina Fey/Matt Hubbard Comedy at Fox
FX/FXx Orders Series With Nat Faxon/Judy Greer and From Stephen Falk
The next round of highly anticipated scripted comedy at FXx will be Married starring Judy Greer and Nat Faxon and You’re The Worst from Weeds/Orange Is The New Black‘s Stephen Falk.
One exciting thing to note here is that Married will also co-star the amazing Brett Gelman and Jenny Slate.