Forum: AST: Comedy

hey guys. new to the board. i love doing stand up comedy. i thought it'd be cool to compare favorite standup specials/ albums with other comedians/comedy fans. heres mine (in no particular order) -steve byrne:happy hour -katt williams: its pimpin pimpin -dane cook:rough around the edges (it...

ABC just announced some more series pickups for midseason, and one of them is a sitcom from Victor Fresco, who was the creator/executive producer of "Andy Richter Controls the Universe". I've always had a soft spot for ARCTU and its quirky sense of humor, and this show sounds similar in style: ...

Comedy Central announced a premiere date for the debut of "Mash Up", an experimental comedy show, which will air at midnight Friday, March 11th. TJ Miller hosts, with featured performances by Matt Braunger, Hannibal Buress, Kyle Kinane and Kumail Nanjiani- stand-up, sketches and other weirdly...

Here's another movie where initially I wasn't that interested, but now the cast has me interested. Justin Timberlake has joined the cast of Columbia Pictures' comedy Bad Teacher starring along with Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, and Lucy Punch, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt...

No Titus general thread so I just felt like throwing this out because I hadn't heard about this till I saw a commercial today. Christopher Titus' new standup special "Neverlution" will be airing this Sunday on Comedy Central at 9/8 central. I was also unaware of his podcast which you can find at...

First off, sorry if this has come up already. I've searched and not found anything relevant. Given Southwest's fare sale going on, I've been thinking about a weekend "comedy tour" of some of the NYC comedy clubs. I'll be the first to admit that I don't know NYC or the comedy scene there, but I...

The Laugh Factory just started an official channel on Turntable.FM... Check it: http://turntable.fm/the_laugh_factory2 Playing some really great comedy right now. Love to get ASTers in there to guest DJ.

You can get it on amazon, Itunes or where ever digital music is sold! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgalvez/5695988429/" title="Ed Galvez Album &quot;Why Are Things Weird?&quot; by edgalvez, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5264/5695988429_cca5eed6e9_z.jpg" width="640"...

Hey folks - Just did a short (1:30) music video with up-&-coming director Andrew Furtado - A tribute to everybody's favorite trio of Armenian princesses. Even if you don't think it's FUNNY, you'll have to admit I made a TOTAL ASS of myself on camera... Features a cameo by the AMAZING SETH...

Hey, all. Similar to the PFT300 shows (in fact, exactly like that), we're trying to get a list of people together to bring Jimmy Pardo to Toronto. We've set up a page to track attendees. We'd love for you to help make this happen. Remember, don't sign up unless you are going to attend. I...

Warm n' Fuzzy- It's like a cuddle for your giggles. (it's stand up and sketch and fun) At The Lab at the Hollywood Improv. 8:30 PM. Hilarity from: Pete Holmes Lindsey Jacobson Eric Dadourian Chase Darren

NEW YORK, December 1, 2010 -- Sports are finally about to get the attention they deserve, courtesy of The Onion. America's most trusted news source is teaming up with COMEDY CENTRAL to bring viewers the most intense televised sports news program in recorded human history. "Onion SportsDome," a...

Hello, AST people! We wanted to post a brief hello note. We're a relatively new site/blog focusing on comedy podcasts. We have a directory of some of the best and most popular shows right now. We also post updates on new shows and other happenings in the comedy podcast realm. Our aim is to help...

New Funny or Die video from Brent Weinbach & Rob F: The Legacy Music Dance Party! <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="ordie_player_3cf17c057c" height="328" width="512"> <embed flashvars="key=3cf17c057c" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"...

She's a Russian madam pimping out herself and her daughters in L.A. Hilarity ensues. http://www.svetlanasworld.com/ OK, so I've heard Iris Bahr interviewed on two podcasts recently (WTF and Second Column) and after seeing her in this clip from Kevin Smith's Jay & Silent Bob Get Old I was...

Curtain Jerks Veteran improv comedians Marc Warzecha, Scott Narver, Brett Guennel, and Steve Sears have over 50 years of combined wrestling obsession between them. Those obsessions came together and had a baby called "Curtain Jerks." Each episode features in-depth pro wrestling analysis...

I'm not sure how this happened, but my original thread for this appears to be gone. I've looked over and over for it and tried searching for it various ways, but I can't find it. So since April is over, I'm just going to make a new thread for May and June, and then I'll do one for...

I am in Oklahoma City. A day early. My shows begin tomorrow and right now I'm just alone in a comedy condo with no car and nothing to do. Is there an open mic to do? And someone with a car who'd love to get me there for the reward of me buying them beers all night? And trying my best to not...

A little early I know, but I'll be adding things to this list as I discover them. Feel free to contribute. JANUARY 3- Comedy Death-Ray on IFC premieres- Arrested Development, Larry Sanders 4- The Ricky Gervais Show Season 1 on DVD ...

A home for all things State related.. Starting with this: This Friday night at the Laemmle Sunset 5 here in Los Angeles, Ben Garant and Tom Lennon are screening the never-before-seen Reno 911! pilot episode, and its precursor: "Hey Neighbor!" ...

http://www.youtube.com/user/sadsadconversation Is anyone else following this? I'm hopelessly addicted to it / them.

I guess it started on September 7th, but 7 episodes are already up and more will continue to be put up until September 24th. with Jon Dore, Kaitlin Olson, Steve Agee, Tig Notaro and more http://www.crackle.com/c/Held_Up <embed src="http://www.crackle.com/p/Held_Up/Pilot.swf" quality="high"...

I'm currently listening on Earwolf and it's amazing, one of the best podcasts out there. I went to AST to read the thread and didn't see one, so I may as well start one. Anyways, your thoughts? Edit: Just finished. Amazing. I listen to a lot of podcasts, and this might be one of my...

Not too many comedians can say they had the shit kicked out of them by Frank Sinatra's mobster goons. Not too many comedians can say they stomped on Buddy Hackett's trachea while he was waving a gun at them. in fact, only one comedian can say all that. New article up at WFMU: The Myth and...

Am I right? Is there really no Julie Klausner thread? Well... Julie will be on The Best Show Tonight! 8PM EST at http://wfmu.org/ I'd imagine she'll be talking about her new book, which I can't wait to read when it comes out on February 2nd:...

Just wanted to give this a thread. I enjoy it, blah, blah, blah. So you might too... BillBurr.com and the link to the podcast is right there. I subscribe via iTunes for ease and comfort, and so should you! (or not) It's Bill essentially phoning it in! Usually around 40 minutes of...

Here is a cool article about a very influential open mic in Chicago that people like myself, Matt Braunger, Kyle Kinane, TJ Miller, Kumail, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Mike Bridenstine, and many others will always find important to our comedy careers. I'm in the article but I'm really not trying...

So I'm looking to get a bunch of his stuff but only "41st Best Stand Up Ever" is available via iTunes, and the DVDs on Amazon are listed as import/PAL format. Besides torrents, what are my options?

Time for Barry Sobel 'Did you know?' Did you know that Barry Sobel has a whole bunch of animation on YouTube that was produced by TOM HANKS? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3fSIKtMbq8&feature=channel Did you know that Barry Sobel is making a comeback and will be doing shows in San Fran,...

<center><a href=http://www.pardcast.com/><img src=http://pardcast.com/images/NNFs8_onlinelogo.jpg></a> <a href=http://pardcast.com/blog/?p=282><font color=ffffff size=5><b>Episode 826 - 5.25.11</b></font></a> <font color=b8dcff size=3><i>Spinning the wheel with Scott Aukerman.</i></font> ...

Hello All You Sexual PodKatzers Out There In PodKatzland, We Proudly Present a New Episode: On this historic PodKatz, Dan examines prostate-induced orgasms. Carlos gets really bad at shutting the fuck up. Jeremy joins old school slavery for his birthday. Special Guest/Poor Man’s Kiefer...

From the Hollywood Reporter: Universal is getting into the Broken Lizard comedy business, picking up "Rogue Scholars" and an untitled project from the comedy group. Motion Picture Corporation of America has partnered with Broken Lizard on the pictures and will co-finance both projects through...

i know there used to be a lonely island thread, but not anymore. anyways, to prepare for the album or their other work maybe, this thread. also, a really good long interview about it and other stuff, via pitchfork: ...

This hasn't even started filming yet, so it'll probably be a while before we get a trailer, but it's still exciting enough to warrant its own thread. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1509788/ This is Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael's girl buddy comedy, directed by "Strangers With Candy"'s Paul...

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So I have only seen the DVD's of this show, until recently I discovered that the first 3 seasons are up on Youtube as well as Crackle. http://www.crackle.com/c/The_Larry_Sanders_Show http://www.youtube.com/show/thelarrysandersshow The quality is better on Crackle, but still this is...

So I'm looking at options for an independent comedy album, and I wanted to see if anyone has used either of these sights, if so what are your thoughts on them.

Season Premiere, Current Season Episodes of IFC Original Series 'The Whitest Kids U' Know' Available for Watching Instantly at Netflix Day After Telecasts LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX), the world's largest online movie rental service, today announced that the season...

I was reading The Comic's Comic and came upon his post about Patton revisiting the Stella D'oro cookie ad and comparing it to his joke about the ad...and I was struck by this paragraph that Sean wrote. And I'm definitely the same way. "False Premise Denial" is a big thing with me--can't...

I heard the Laugh Factory is coming to Chicago, but I can't find anything about it online. Can anyone confirm or deny this crazy rumor?! :football: