tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23536669725750404422024-02-21T06:44:01.537-08:00Comedy Is DeadComedy Is DeadAdam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-34950874320221183282010-04-20T23:34:00.000-07:002010-04-20T23:47:07.277-07:00Comedy Death Ray This Week: Superb EditionBecause we needed to get out, we caught <b>Comedy Death Ray</b> in Los Angeles this week! The lineup was indeed fantastic. Statistically speaking, you missed the show, so here's who you didn't get to see (and the entire lineup meets our standards of worth seeing):<ul><li> <b>Hugh Moore</b> hosted the show and did a bang-up job at being exciting and low-key all at once. The man puts on a good set.<br /><li> The first comic was the delightful <b>Jen Kirkman</b> and she, in her own words, basically managed to turn what was essentially a "Cathy" strip into something funny. Rarely do comics bring visual aids to show how fat they have gotten, but hey, here it is. <li> Famed "Republican senator" and now tea party representative <b>Richard Martin</b> (also known as Paul Gilmartin) showed up, giving us our first in-person glimpse of the character. You may have heard his stints on various radio or podcast programs, and as a one-man act he managed to hold up quite nicely. If you're like us and listen to a lot of podcasts, odds are you'll want to be sure to seek him out just to see what he looks like.<li> From New York, <b>Jamie Lee</b> put on a too-short but great set. <li> Another too-short set from <b>Greg Behrendt</b> went amazingly well and his tone seemed different from some of his other performances. If you are ever in a position to make a request of him, his dissection of the GQ photo spread was well worth the price of admission.<li> Character genius <b>Paul Scheer</b> assembled a one-man show bit combining the boring life of a TSA worker and pretty much every stereotype you might expect from a pretentious one-man show. It was brilliant, the kind of thing you wish you saw more of on television but most likely won't since <i>Human Giant</i> is seemingly on permanent hiatus. With tons of musical and light cues, it went off seemingly perfectly. Genuinely great funny.<li> For fans of surprises, the unannounced <b>Patton Oswalt</b> brought in some new (to us) material as well as some dusted-off jokes which he self-consciously delivered. Can you trot out an <i>Avatar</i> joke at the end of your set if it has just been released on iTunes? The answer is yes, and it still works. Other material (for those of you comedy nerds wondering what may or may not make his next album) included a riff on babies pooping themselves and rich people. We dare not spoil it for you but in the off chance you're looking for evidence of great lost Oswalt bits, well, enjoy that last sentence.</uL> So there you have it! Another great week and $5 well spent.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-43600480296519632242010-03-25T19:46:00.001-07:002010-03-25T19:50:19.308-07:00David Cross: DVD+CD Bigger and Blackerer Coming Soon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvFY88ufeCa1DNuGxP-pr6NtjSl3FPINDvQa7kjFF2pkr9RniXNR_3HOZDDa0JfI2WDdC_SLe8QoMkPiT1rxNNljWtPkmKY31yA8sjXWgMQCNGuWNj6MakbmJWoz-LnX8bUA5drWIuhY/s1600/6612.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvFY88ufeCa1DNuGxP-pr6NtjSl3FPINDvQa7kjFF2pkr9RniXNR_3HOZDDa0JfI2WDdC_SLe8QoMkPiT1rxNNljWtPkmKY31yA8sjXWgMQCNGuWNj6MakbmJWoz-LnX8bUA5drWIuhY/s400/6612.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452769196087735586" /></a>Hitting stores or elsewhere May 25, 2010, "Bigger and Blackerer" is the latest effort-- and third proper album-- from the very recognizable and even more funny David Cross. It's coming from <a href="http://www.subpop.com/releases/david_cross/full_lengths/bigger_and_blackerer">Sub Pop Records</a>, like his previous recordings.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-22568634113305108032010-03-10T20:03:00.001-08:002010-03-10T20:05:32.041-08:00Brian Posehn's "Fart & Weiner Jokes" Out on April 27<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2wgbaeIYmf0fxsvRSZRlxePHsDdeIDKhinmqIhkfNoTq4ddobNqm5D20X4UX95wLm5rpwk5JxzYnSWZGaDi0OLJqlkvnUWpYVaoJxJnqluFRkEB_utaw25f1FdyAmSPYQA6hkMClNKM/s1600-h/7076_216.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2wgbaeIYmf0fxsvRSZRlxePHsDdeIDKhinmqIhkfNoTq4ddobNqm5D20X4UX95wLm5rpwk5JxzYnSWZGaDi0OLJqlkvnUWpYVaoJxJnqluFRkEB_utaw25f1FdyAmSPYQA6hkMClNKM/s400/7076_216.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447222358275205346" /></a>Brian Posehn's next album, <a href="http://shop.relapse.com/store/product.aspx?ProductID=37465">Fart & Weiner Jokes</a>, is up for pre-order on Relapse Records right now. It's $12 or available in bundles with his first album or one of two t-shirts. Since Posehn is a funny dude, odds are you'll want to go ahead and order this.<br /><br />Also, big points for making a nice retro metal album cover. We can't wait to hear it!Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-55644883977724732522010-03-04T09:11:00.000-08:002010-03-04T09:11:00.488-08:00Road Trip Album Picks: "Death of the Party" from Kyle Kinane<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7dQAE9-a38Yp6D4laFWhKAVW2xmWluXyBRpc4A9pEtQEjzoHuf_X7rpRNiR7Ez7xEKkRQIq19wHLLkGKxM_498ueFrIvGWVLkw_Cjy0fA2rIYJrR7lvZVm9TxMWYEFPt86WzukQC7NI/s1600-h/kinane.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj7dQAE9-a38Yp6D4laFWhKAVW2xmWluXyBRpc4A9pEtQEjzoHuf_X7rpRNiR7Ez7xEKkRQIq19wHLLkGKxM_498ueFrIvGWVLkw_Cjy0fA2rIYJrR7lvZVm9TxMWYEFPt86WzukQC7NI/s400/kinane.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443947353594232354" /></a><b>WHAT:</b> Kyle Kinane's first comedy album<br /><b>LABEL:</b> A Special Thing Records, 2010<br /><b>GOOD IF YOU LIKE:</b> Quality modern comedy albums, the world's finest bathroom joke<br /><b>WHERE TO FIND IT:</b> Online or bust<br /><b>LENGTH:</b> 65 minutes<br /><br />AST Records is fast becoming everything Comedy Central Records really needs to be. Which is, you know, relevant and cheap. While releases like Kyle Kinane's <b>Death of the Party</b> are unquestionably awesome, even on the label's home turf in Los Angeles, you won't easily find these recordings.<br /><br />We've often pointed to an album's ability to be easily heard as what makes it good for the road-- which this is-- but this also has that awesome "you must play this for everyone you visit" aspect. "The House Is Rocking" (track #3) is one of these tracks, and it's a marvelous tale of using a strange bathroom and the chaos that ensues shortly after, we presume, one gets the poop sweats. While not exactly what you would call high-brow, and the sort of thing that we're probably supposed to roll our eyes at, we found it gutbustingly fantastic and surprisingly quotable.<br /><br />The crazed mindset of insomnia is explored in new and exciting ways, plus you get the usual wonderment by way of Kinane's head. Like <i>Thin Pig</i> this is one of those albums you really ought to be ashamed of yourself for not having heard yet. While we haven't yet had the fortune of seeing Kinane in person, we hope to change this soon. Get this album.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-58673683456046869442010-03-01T18:03:00.000-08:002010-03-01T18:28:46.477-08:00Weekly Comedy: The Prodigal Shit Returns<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzkppZM9GDmy4Nzw3CtHx5b5wMMegRJE5hfmW8E2eD_DxVEbiBQzeuSyrwx-m5phpw-JHE0ghsZDG9eEa6ZkSckPFLXydFX_YPiLh1zTzvWMopYLLXzT-9AWvS6gDoYzlXTkiStzH1Ag/s1600-h/leno.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzkppZM9GDmy4Nzw3CtHx5b5wMMegRJE5hfmW8E2eD_DxVEbiBQzeuSyrwx-m5phpw-JHE0ghsZDG9eEa6ZkSckPFLXydFX_YPiLh1zTzvWMopYLLXzT-9AWvS6gDoYzlXTkiStzH1Ag/s400/leno.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443857777971453458" border="0" /></a>
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Set your Netflix queues!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gentlemen-Broncos-Josh-Pais/dp/B003498RT0/ref=sr_1_50?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1267494302&sr=1-50">Gentlemen Broncos </a>– Pretty much every single critic out there thought this thing – which is from the people responsible for <span style="font-style: italic;">Napoleon Dynamite </span>(is it time to start ironically wearing Vote for Pedro shirts yet?) – was a total disaster, and so 20<sup>th</sup> Century Fox actually cancelled its theatrical release. It also features Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement and Sam Rockwell, and that might be enough for some to roll the dice. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rifftrax-Double-Feature-Shorts-Living/dp/B00370IUGG/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1267495660&sr=1-16">Rifftrax Double Feature</a> – <span style="font-style: italic;">Best of Shorts</span> vol. 1 packaged with <span style="font-style: italic;">Night of the Living Dead</span> for cheap. THRILLING!</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">TV</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.spike.com/show/35512">Players</a> – A new comedy from Matt Walsh airing on Spike TV Tuesday night, Players is being advertised as kind of an obnoxious sitcommy spin on <span style="font-style: italic;">Waiting…</span>, set in a sportsbar. The commercials are probably not doing it justice based on the talent involved, but this is Spike, so who the hell knows. Check it out for yourself and judge away.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">Big Downer of the Week</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Tonight Show with Jay Leno returns March 1<sup>st</sup>, which is today. A nation mourns.</p> Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-81882151666122199782010-02-24T09:00:00.000-08:002010-02-24T09:00:03.065-08:00Road Trip Album Picks: "Thin Pig" from Todd Glass<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA5ScT_VN28U0HggdJ842bPWPSEGtLtIFamnzNj2rf8-1inx53lSEDIozUlKaEwAsgP4AgO7n1NkXAWfFRiAFgjErw9fxgXpun30Y1q423INOA0CMryyVYNyxwQT5iLxk5WN5WGCNNVE/s1600-h/51mU5UvzcTL._SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA5ScT_VN28U0HggdJ842bPWPSEGtLtIFamnzNj2rf8-1inx53lSEDIozUlKaEwAsgP4AgO7n1NkXAWfFRiAFgjErw9fxgXpun30Y1q423INOA0CMryyVYNyxwQT5iLxk5WN5WGCNNVE/s400/51mU5UvzcTL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440963825608243890" /></a><b>WHAT:</b> Todd Glass' first album of 100% stand-up<br /><b>LABEL:</b> Comedy Central Records, 2009<br /><b>GOOD IF YOU LIKE:</b> Quality modern comedy albums<br /><b>WHERE TO FIND IT:</b> Online or bust<br /><b>LENGTH:</b> 60 minutes<br /><br />Comedy Central Records should be ashamed of themselves for releasing this record. That is, they should be ashamed of releasing this album as a download-exclusive. Todd Glass' superb <b>Thin Pig</b> is one of the best albums we've heard in the past few years. Glass' second album, this release covers material from his whole career and a gag or two first shown on his original album which nobody ever heard in the first place. (Including you, our statistics show.) <br /><br />His former podcast <i>Comedy and Everything Else</i> does influence his material slightly, in between the bits going for big laughs are a few attempts at applause lines. For example, he has a marvelous routine about K-Mart and Target, pointing out that the former is, essentially, something of a shithole. (If you live in Los Angeles and can still find one, odds are you can verify this.) His outrage is real, and really funny if you, like Glass, understand the importance of things like clean floors. Spoiler: they're important.<br /><br />My one big beef with this release is that it wasn't put in stores. Comedy Central Records releases a ton of albums, many of which may sport bigger names but this is easily one of the funniest. Also, Glass has a fantastic voice which carries well in a car, which is the most important thing about a good road trip comedy album. Aside, you know, from being great. Get this one. Oh, and it was recorded at the Tempe Improv in Arizona, in case you were curious.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-29497402863711970572010-02-21T17:23:00.000-08:002010-02-21T17:48:00.188-08:00Weekly Comedy: Amazing News That Will Amaze You<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eAF8r5WmQ8bWoMIWezFALu_9zqd5l_Tmlvrg0gGDVSjI-N6uuK7uSc7wFoLoKL0ppsxik4Y3M_GbqYwDkSTxqhQKhaO2U4mYjwjyDT9tHstgdzKJznC7hi9C1qz-HVS9nAdkI2yKcK0/s1600-h/hg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7eAF8r5WmQ8bWoMIWezFALu_9zqd5l_Tmlvrg0gGDVSjI-N6uuK7uSc7wFoLoKL0ppsxik4Y3M_GbqYwDkSTxqhQKhaO2U4mYjwjyDT9tHstgdzKJznC7hi9C1qz-HVS9nAdkI2yKcK0/s400/hg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440878525111435890" border="0" /></a>
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But that's not why we're here today - there is some <span style="font-style: italic;">STUNNING NEWS</span> to be found at the end of this post!</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">IN THEATERS</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://copoutmovie.warnerbros.com/">Cop Out </a>– Kevin “Southwest Airlines” Smith is now directing movies he didn’t write, which could be a really good thing. The premise of this is simple: it’s a buddy cop movie where one of the cops is Tracy Jordan from <span style="font-style: italic;">30 Rock</span>, as portrayed by Tracy Morgan. Looks like it could be fun. We’ll have a review up on Friday.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">DVD</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Informant-Blu-ray-Matt-Damon/dp/B001PR0YGC/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1266801953&sr=1-15">The Informant! </a>– Easily the best thing out this week. This is a really unique comedy wherein Soderbergh has cast a bunch of recognizable comedians – Paul F. Tompkins, Patton Oswalt, Joel McHale – in serious roles as FBI agents and lawyers surrounding Matt Damon’s comic performance as a corporate whistleblower. There’s a lot more to this film than just that, though; it’s very entertaining and funny and ultimately a really fascinating true story. So go rent it already.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Superjail-Season-One-David-Wain/dp/B002VWNIDQ/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1266802070&sr=1-29">Superjail! Season One</a> - Superviolent abstract comedy from Adult Swim. This one doesn't seem to have nearly as many fans as <span style="font-style: italic;">Metalocalypse</span> or even <span style="font-style: italic;">Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!</span>, but hey, here it is on DVD if you're curious.
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HBO is doubling down on comedy programming and the winner is (potentially) us (maybe).</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">DVD</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Dynamite-Blu-ray-Michael-White/dp/B002BWP3WA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1266190641&sr=1-7">Black Dynamite</a> – Surely to be the most-played DVD in college dorms for the next 3 years, this blaxploitation spoof has gotten pretty mixed notices from critics. Basically, if you saw the trailer, you’ve pretty much seen the film. Or so I’ve heard.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Hair-Chris-Rock/dp/B002TOJOY8/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1266190656&sr=1-10">Good Hair </a>– Chris Rock’s amusing but admittedly thin documentary about the African-American hair industry. 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Hopefully there’s some original stuff in here and it isn’t 100 percent rehashed, but we’ll see.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.hbo.com/#/funny-or-die-presents">Funny or Die Presents</a> – This is the highlight of the week and is not to be missed by any discerning comedy fan. It’s not clear if this is going to be all original material – the trailers suggest it’s a mix of stuff from the website, with more new stuff than old – but it seems every talented comedian and comic actor is taking part in this sketch show, including most of Human Giant, Zach Galifianakis and more. It’s on at midnight on Friday after <span style="font-style: italic;">Real Time</span>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.hbo.com/#/the-life-and-times-of-tim">The Life and Times of Tim: Season 2 </a>– More of the somewhat-animated comedy series I haven’t seen nearly enough of to comment on. Time to rent season one! </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.hbo.com/#/real-time-with-bill-maher">Real Time with Bill Maher</a> – The world’s smuggest (and probably most entertaining and interesting) talk show is back after a long hiatus this week. Last season Maher experimented with his format a lot; sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t, and he seemed to be running low on interesting guests (every panel should probably have at least one person whose job it is to be entertaining), but it was certainly more hit than miss.
<br /></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">WHHHHHYYYYYYYY</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Small-Wonder-Complete-First-Season/dp/B00005JOQZ/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1266189241&sr=1-19">Small Wonder Season One </a>– Shout! Factory has given unto us many marvelous things on DVD; <span style="font-style: italic;">Mystery Science Theater 3000</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Freaks and Geeks</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Undeclared</span> and a whole bunch of other great, somewhat obscure shows.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">They have decided to abuse this magical power they have and are releasing the first season of one of the worst sitcoms of all time, <span style="font-style: italic;">Small Wonder</span>. Feel free to give this a rent at some point and make sure you have a stopwatch handy so you’ll know exactly how many minutes you were able to tolerate how horribly, embarrassingly bad this show is.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-18085103218782916702010-02-09T17:23:00.000-08:002010-02-09T17:36:27.810-08:00Weekly Comedy: A Rollercoaster of Quality<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoY4bIx9HRlFbMG12YRuI4KwiILK6aO8YAGwKYxI9A0j8L0T4N29kyvyrJ-6BWdxi7JD7QL8Go4TZXj03t-LhdskPTVj-FdsVrtmBgFQfWOHFMU81FJB6ez-wPuqhyphenhyphenuMeK5Nd6R4wZqw/s1600-h/vday.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoY4bIx9HRlFbMG12YRuI4KwiILK6aO8YAGwKYxI9A0j8L0T4N29kyvyrJ-6BWdxi7JD7QL8Go4TZXj03t-LhdskPTVj-FdsVrtmBgFQfWOHFMU81FJB6ez-wPuqhyphenhyphenuMeK5Nd6R4wZqw/s400/vday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436422395076057042" border="0" /></a>
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Fancy that!</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">DVD</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Serious-Man-Blu-ray-Michael-Stuhlbarg/dp/B002E2M5IC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1265765142&sr=1-2">A Serious Man</a> – Even though this black-as-pitch comedy was nominated for Best Picture, it still feels underappreciated. The Coens have constructed something special with this movie; it's structured almost like a traditional joke with a really hilarious punchline at the end. It’s probably one of the darkest comedies ever made, and it’s certainly not for everyone, but since you’re reading this on a site aimed at nerdy comedy snobs, odds are you’ll dig the hell out of it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Tim-Complete-Season/dp/B001JFKVHM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1265764460&sr=8-1">The Life and Times of Tim: Season One</a> – The barely-animated HBO series featuring the likes of Nick Kroll and Eddie Pepitone is out on DVD now, so if you missed the initial airing, here’s your chance to catch up. It’s definitely hit and miss, but there are some really funny episodes in here. Worth a rent, at least.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Silverman-Program-Season-Vol/dp/B002XKKX7A/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1265765165&sr=1-2">The Sarah Silverman Program: Season 2 Part 2</a> – Sarah Silverman’s sitcom had a pretty strong season 3 premiere last week, and the rest of season 2 is (finally) out this week, so there’s enough Silverman material for you to figuratively roll around in. If that’s your sort of thing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gary-Unmarried-Complete-First-Season/dp/B002W1HBIO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1265765199&sr=1-1-spell">Gary Unmarried Season One </a>– wait a second how did this escape the toxic waste pit</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">COMEDY TOXIC WASTE OF THE WEEK</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Valentine’s Day – Gary Marshall rises from his cursed crypt to once again inflict his particular brand of focus-group-tested “romantic comedy” treacle on the unsuspecting public, this time with every shiny-faced actor and actress accepted as “pretty” by empty-headed housewives who snap up new episodes of People Magazine as though its foul pages provide them with the very putrid nutrients they need to keep their black blood flowing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyway it looks pretty bad.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Couples Retreat – But it’s hard to tell if it’s as bad as this fucking nightmare, the latest from the now-untrustworthy Vince Vaughn –Peter Billingsley duo who are now responsible not only for this unfunny pile of laugh-free white bread bullshit but also <span style="font-style: italic;">Four Christmases</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Fred Claus</span>. Fuuuucccckkkk</p> Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-42028426842048052732010-02-04T23:38:00.000-08:002010-02-04T23:49:39.120-08:00Mike Birbiglia: Sleepwalk Unplugged<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmnng9aAFbMGjma4XK_y4ujjtlP55GnqMXyF9YLbg4uG24tT8Qmu59fK9eTV1AQgdOkX5d-gTLrVKNXN9GiM-c3OPOrzDdvZE_D0__MM2H88Yk9cTOP099dxdOP7S-56Nwkf7Jk-qtNw/s1600-h/0205cd.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmnng9aAFbMGjma4XK_y4ujjtlP55GnqMXyF9YLbg4uG24tT8Qmu59fK9eTV1AQgdOkX5d-gTLrVKNXN9GiM-c3OPOrzDdvZE_D0__MM2H88Yk9cTOP099dxdOP7S-56Nwkf7Jk-qtNw/s400/0205cd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434663286841960610" /></a><i>The show was held at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles on February 4, 2010. It was great.</i><br /><br />If you're a comedy dork and also an NPR dork, there's a very good chance you're already familiar with <b>Mike Birbiglia</b>. He frequently contributes to <i>This American Life</i>, and also has a couple of albums under his belt in addition to some Comedy Central specials. He's what you call "good." So good, in fact, Nathan Lane came along and saw some of his stuff and went on to finance a show in New York where he told the audience the perils of a sleepwalking disorder mixed in with tons of jokes. And tonight, he brought it to Los Angeles for five bucks a head.<br /><br />Having not seen the regular <i>Sleepwalk With Me</i> show, but having heard bits and pieces of it on the radio and elsewhere, I can't say how much this show is like the regular show, particularly because through an unfortunate directional issue we stumbled into the show just a couple of minutes late. For all I know, he said what was different, but the entire tale of woe and why you should date someone who will demand you go to the doctor when you have a potentially crippling sleep disorder were all here.<br /><br />Since he's based in New York and tours a lot, Birbiglia coming to your town is kind of like an eclipse. In that you probably won't know until it's too late, unless you're paying attention to this sort of thing, which you absolutely should. As one of the most likable comics working today, this is an act you can absolutely take your parents and, most likely, teenish or older kids to without fear of looking like a horrible, horrible parent. The audience was quite respectful and the show was excellent. If you have the means to see Birbiglia-- this show in particular-- let me suggest that you do so. (Unless there's like a DVD of it you can just score, in which case you can probably just go ahead and get that.)Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-18025204781830471202010-01-31T17:29:00.000-08:002010-01-31T17:37:52.330-08:00Weekly Comedy: Not Half Bad<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBucPigwK8f3Dn2mTilxqH9xx7OYOCrXC0jPZnfLEYzhfxa4gkrqJOVMstrVMLPc5iuPMx4zgSZ6IGS5uHCE70AXb-o000zetMG2ln1fGNtM313xYEqar2GYU7D4TkRddnQghcR0-xUlE/s1600-h/cable.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBucPigwK8f3Dn2mTilxqH9xx7OYOCrXC0jPZnfLEYzhfxa4gkrqJOVMstrVMLPc5iuPMx4zgSZ6IGS5uHCE70AXb-o000zetMG2ln1fGNtM313xYEqar2GYU7D4TkRddnQghcR0-xUlE/s400/cable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433083007899788818" border="0" /></a><br />Not a whole lot of stuff out this week but what is there is generally of high quality, which hey, let’s call that a win!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">DVD</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Zombieland-Blu-ray-Jesse-Eisenberg/dp/B002WY65W4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1264987793&sr=8-1">Zombieland</a> – This wasn’t really marketed as a straight comedy per se but it absolutely is, and it’s one of the funniest films of 2009 (not to mention it features one of the best cameo appearances in, uh, forever). Zombies are kinda played out these days, but this movie feels fresh and doesn’t pander too much to the nerd audience. Definitely worth a rent.<br /><br />Insert joke about Jesse Eisenberg amusement park movies here.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TV</span><br /><br /><a href="http://sarahblog.comedycentral.com/">The Sarah Silverman Program Season 3</a> – After what feels like a multi-year hiatus, Sarah Silverman’s sitcom is back. According to the many, many, many podcast interviews I’ve heard with the show’s cast since they wrapped filming last year, this is the best season yet! Also, there is apparently more screen time for Brian Poshen and Steve Agee, which can only be a good thing. Check it out at 10:30pm Thursday on Comedy Central.<br /><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/important_things/index.jhtml"><br />Important Things with Demitri Martin Season 2</a> – Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Mitch Hedburg hosted Chappelle’s Show? Now’s your chance!<br /><br />Seriously though, Martin’s show is a little hit-and-miss but generally the first season was pretty funny and had plenty of good material in it, so here’s hoping season 2 at least maintains that level of quality. Premieres at 10pm Thursday on Comedy Central.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TOXIC WASTE OF THE WEEK</span><br /><br />Larry the Cable Guy: Tailgate Party – If you actually know anyone who wants this, I pity you. My deepest sympathies.Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-32966690156326599232010-01-26T23:46:00.000-08:002010-01-26T23:59:26.360-08:00Comedy Death Ray This Week: Extra Awesome EditionThis was one of those shows you just wish you could see. In the Los Angeles Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, those that braved the weather-- which wasn't that bad-- were treated to one heck of a great set.<br /><br />The always delightful <b>Chris Fairbanks</b> held hosting duties, and did great. Really great. The musically inclined <b>Baron Von</b> (don't worry, we've never heard of him before either) extolled the virtues of a Christmas in Vegas when your mom and family live there, and <b>April Richardson</b> took a big ol' dump on Tori Amos, because, well, someone should. <b>Jerry Minor</b> appeared as his character "Cyber Thug," told some jokes, and sang along to a sideshow filled with raccoons-- some living, some roadkill, some taxidermy. Arguably, funnier than it sounded.<br /><br />The two highlights of the night were sets by some of the best comics working today. <b>Todd Glass</b> killed with new material and some great stuff which you may have heard on the Comedy Death Ray Podcast last week. He also had some great sound effect/song bits which are best left seen rather than described, plus his crazy rantings from the audience tend to bring in a lot of laughs. If he comes to your town, and we've said this before, you simply must see him.<br /><br />We put the same advice out to anyone given a shot to see <b>Patton Oswalt</b> who just flew in from Vancouver and let us all know about the trials of slowly getting old while first class is available on Alaska Airlines. Or rather, his brain slowly sabotaging himself. He also cribbed Todd Glass' CD, and did various bits on the fly with random tracks from the album to varying degrees of success. (That is to say, he didn't seem happy with it, but it was pretty damned funny.) Given the comedian's recent album, it's great to see this set of new (and possibly first-time-out) jokes, particularly with such a great group of people. And it was jam-packed too, so if you ever have the chance to come out to LA to see the show, you totally should.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-47459943842450055782010-01-25T22:58:00.000-08:002010-01-25T23:01:11.168-08:00PSA: Neil Hamburger's "Hot February Night" Available AgainIf you missed the greatest comedy album we've heard in years, Neil Hamburger's <i>Hot February Night</i>, then we have some good news for you. The comic's web store has the disc up for sale for a mere $10, and let us assure you, it is worth it. <a href="http://www.americasfunnyman.com/catalog.html">Click here to check availability</a> and <a href="http://comedyisdead.blogspot.com/2009/10/road-trip-album-picks-neil-hamburgers.html">click here for our review</a>. This is not a paid plug, we just loves us this album.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-54428828554165894692010-01-24T17:24:00.000-08:002010-01-24T17:35:14.119-08:00Weekly Comedy: Bad Things from Good People<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJvVhOii9SH0t2v08PoeJwWqXo5HzaToN1BHJ6hH2CtWvclzSAGNX-ZH3yKNYiThyphenhyphenhpVbWO8A2ny8T0bcpSx5B7cbrzXPq5zJpt9gDjLvknhoEUlDORg51ykaT8Gf1KA9mKlWLzRpdJyU/s1600-h/MAX.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJvVhOii9SH0t2v08PoeJwWqXo5HzaToN1BHJ6hH2CtWvclzSAGNX-ZH3yKNYiThyphenhyphenhpVbWO8A2ny8T0bcpSx5B7cbrzXPq5zJpt9gDjLvknhoEUlDORg51ykaT8Gf1KA9mKlWLzRpdJyU/s400/MAX.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430484794276251538" border="0" /></a>
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mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"MS Mincho"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">It isn’t listed here, but just in case you’re not sick of Tracy Ullman’s shtick, her Showtime series is back this week for a third season chock full of high-pitched impressions and fat suits. So yeah, that’s also happening.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">DVD</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rifftrax-Voodoo-Mystery-Science-Theater/dp/B0030VBGIQ/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1264382770&sr=1-11">A Boatload of Rifftrax </a>– A bunch of new Rifftrax DVDs are out this week, which include such gems from the public domain as <span style="font-style: italic;">Planet of Dinosaurs</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Voodoo Man</span> (featuring Bela Lugosi, who no one gives two fucks for) and yet another<span style="font-style: italic;"> Plan 9 from Outer Space</span> release, this time with the new “live” version from the theatrical events they held last year. There’s also a new DVD full of shorts, which are usually really good. In any case they’re all criminally cheap so there are worse ways to blow your money (although if there are honestly still people out there who want to sit through <span style="font-style: italic;">Plan 9</span> again regardless of new jokes, color me surprised).</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whitest-Kids-Know-Complete-Second/dp/B002SF9YSE/ref=sr_1_54?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1264381786&sr=1-54">Whitest Kids U Know Season 2</a> – The Whitest Kids U Know have had some absolutely stellar sketch material over the past few years, and if you completely ignore their theatrical disaster <span style="font-style: italic;">Miss March</span> (which you should), they’re still one of the most promising new sketch comedy groups to emerge in recent memory.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">That said, pretty much none of that great material can be found<span style=""> </span>in Season 2, which is out on DVD this week. If you’re looking to get in to the Whitest Kids, who are worth getting in to, check out season one or season three and skip this one completely. You’ll be much happier for it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Parker-Lewis-Cant-Lose-Complete/dp/B002NN7EYC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1264382741&sr=1-2">Parker Lewis Can’t Lose season 2 </a>– I find it completely amazing that enough people bought Parker Lewis Can’t Lose Season One on DVD to warrant the release of the second season. </p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">COMEDY TOXIC WASTE</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hope-They-Serve-Beer-Hell/dp/B002VPTJOK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1264382802&sr=1-1">I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell</a> – This dubious “comedy”, based on a book by the odious Tucker Max, was unceremoniously dumped into theaters at some point last year. Here’s the premise: unbelievably misogynistic douchebag Tucker Max, who sleeps with a ton of women because he treats them like shit and they just can’t resist him, fucks up his life by being a complete asshole to everyone around him. He is then redeemed at the end by saying “I’m sorry guys, aren’t I a lovable rapscallion?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The “comedy” in this movie is supposed to come from all the hyper-misogynistic dialogue about how all women are dumb skanky whorish sluts and aren’t really people and all that bullshit fratboy “humor” that isn’t funny if you’ve got more than two brain cells to rub together. <span style=""> </span>Avoid this shit like the plague it is and if anyone tells you it’s an undiscovered gem you just have to see, stop being friends with them.</p> Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-56726199179646494832010-01-19T23:22:00.000-08:002010-01-19T23:43:10.242-08:00Comedy Death Ray and I Love Movies This WeekBoy oh boy, did you miss a great night of comedy in Los Angeles! It may be cold and rainy, but the crowds certainly didn't seem to mind. First up, Doug Benson's <b>I Love Movies</b> podcast (which you will be able to hear on iTunes shortly) had special guests Sarah Silverman and Steve Agee, promoting the upcoming third season of <i>The Sarah Silverman Program</i> and doing their usual thing. You know, being funny. As always, the show was funny although significantly more... multi-directional than usual. Good times. It's still a crying shame this isn't videotaped and aired on TV.<br /><br /><b>Comedy Death Ray</b> had a fantastic lineup where everybody seemed to have a really funny set. Hosted by <b>Matt Ruby</b>, the brisk show went through a lot of comics really fast. <b>Gabe Liebman</b> and <b>Hannibal Buress</b> should be both added to your "go see these guys" lists if you keep one. The latter is an SNL writer with some fantastic material that he's clearly not sharing with the show this season. (Good on him.) <b>Matt Walsh</b> came out as "Tony Stella," an anti-intellectual comic character with a bit on how one might be an egghead. Great stuff, although the audience didn't seem to be buying it.<br /><br />Next up was <b>Jeff Garlin</b> (of <i>Curb Your Enthusiasm</i> fame) who riffed on important matters such as sparkly clean penises. There were other things as well, plus something to the effect of "you think I have an act? I just make this stuff up." Which, if true, means this person is far more gifted than any of us will ever hope to be. The reason we jumped at tickets this week was <b>John Mulaney</b>, whose album we looked at last year and who is also a writer on SNL. With tons of new (to us) material, as always, he was a lot of fun to watch. Headlining this week's show were the <b>Sklar Brothers</b> who, as far as we know, are the only funny folk working today with a bit about CJ from <i>District 9</i>. They just recorded a new Comedy Central special, and it's unknown to us if these bits will be in said show, but if they are you probably should make it a point to catch it whenever it airs. (Which, based on what we've seen as incubation times go, could be really late 2010.)<br /><br />So there you have it! Another fantastic week to remind you of just how spoiled you are to be able to see this kind of comedy for $5 in Los Angeles.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-86261643864533068732010-01-17T23:52:00.000-08:002010-01-18T00:29:14.659-08:00Hi-Def Comedy: This Is Spinal Tap (Blu-Ray, 2009)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxF8V9gCNbaebc4bI40zmNpiw7KjUOhxEA9TQJw-I2Nl46x6IPkhiX5Jip2uvJIZOjubRhNJYDA6bQq1tehJRPSytW4v24JQkeubcuJT2ZUz0bfCBBcxP2VMObpuYuBKY0jGMT8tGVEM/s1600-h/tap.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxF8V9gCNbaebc4bI40zmNpiw7KjUOhxEA9TQJw-I2Nl46x6IPkhiX5Jip2uvJIZOjubRhNJYDA6bQq1tehJRPSytW4v24JQkeubcuJT2ZUz0bfCBBcxP2VMObpuYuBKY0jGMT8tGVEM/s400/tap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427991675503125330" /></a><b>WHAT:</b> First (and only) Blu-Ray release of the movie<br /><b>GOOD IF YOU LIKE:</b> Comedy that ages well, Christopher Guest movies<br /><b>WHERE TO FIND IT:</b> Some smaller movie and record shops, online<br /><br />The 1984 movie is, without a doubt, one of the most enduring comedies of the 1980s. If you've seen it, you'll no doubt admire how rewatchable it is, and how the bulk of the film has actually aged quite nicely. Thankfully, the very marketable movie has made the transition to Blu-Ray and the good news is that it looks just as good as it ever has. More or less.<br /><br /><b>In short:</b> if you have never seen <i>This Is Spinal Tap</i> you are a bad person and may as well get this version to make amends. Comedy dorks will find a lot to like here, although it's not nearly as robust as the LaserDisc or Criterion DVD.<br /><br />On DVD, this was a pretty popular release as the Criterion release turned out to be quite rare, and the later release was sold for bargain prices at big box stores everywhere. This release picks up the latter of the two DVDs and runs with it-- the various Criterion-only commentaries and scenes aren't all here, which is unfortunate, as they were quite amusing. A commentary is present, as are a number of features and deleted scenes which seem to be a mix of previous releases.<br /><br />A suite of commercials for "Rock & Rolls" exist-- think Hot Pockets-- which are based off the scene in which they get lost backstage before a concert. While cute, these seem to have taken the place of any sort of theatrical trailer. Other existing extras come from the vault like "Catching Up with Marty DiBergi." It's a new (in 2000) interview with Rob Reiner's character from the movie, with lots of vintage footage of the band mixed in-- so deleted scene fans, you'll spot some new old stuff here. The vintage "Flower People" press conference is here, there's a Joe Franklin show interview, and a smattering of music videos. (Well, at least "Hell Hole" is a bit more than movie footage.)<br /><br />And there are <b>many</b> deleted scenes, some of which were not on the previous special editions.<br /><br />The one really strange thing about this Blu-Ray is the inclusion of a bonus DVD with new material-- a 2007 Live Earth concert with Rob Reiner and the group, plus a National Geographic interview with Nigel Tufnel, but focusing on Stonehenge. (Mostly the song.) Why this material was not included directly on the Blu-Ray itself, which has a number of low-resolution bonus features, is not known to us.<br /><br /><b>Is it worth the upgrade?</b> Basically, yes-- we got a copy (new, sealed) off eBay for $15. That was worth it, but we're also still holding on to our Criterion DVD because it still has exclusive features.<br /><b>Is it worth it as your only copy?</b> Yes. The main reason to get this is for the film itself, the extras are nice but all the best stuff made the final cut.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i8Df8YEBpgg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i8Df8YEBpgg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />(This is the "Cheese Rolling" trailer which is included in the SD aspect ratio on the Blu-Ray disc.)Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-49936067751125343722010-01-13T14:57:00.000-08:002010-01-13T14:58:30.576-08:00The Late Shift 2010: Kimmel does LenoLast night on ABC, we saw a delightful high-concept show from Jimmy Kimmel once again on his late-night gabfest <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live</i>. In the past he's had Quentin Tarantino as a guest director, and as late-night goes he's game for a lot. As you can see here.<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OMgPPJZfsCM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OMgPPJZfsCM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Kimmel did the <i>entire</i> show in-character as Jay, with his bandleader Cleto playing the role of Kevin Eubanks. The band's cues were spot-on to the point of preposterous, once again proving that the rule of threes isn't enough-- sometimes you need the rule of fourteens.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-43506755693194172772010-01-12T19:39:00.000-08:002010-01-12T19:49:39.493-08:00The Late Shift 2010: The Coco Letters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sirmikeofmitchell.com/imwithcoco/"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 365px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFLOvbx-N2FBr8UqBahb-PbPa2VpqnDX5tBV6c5aSHcClrCy5AcyKSBz31b5WlK3TcoWxRIMMqvTHlNKC4UsX_GWNYrHlV0MNlSDMIanRA76PYIw0Gzg76kHpZ535YskJF9qSq6wzA1TE/s400/imwithcoco.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426065154678592658" /></a>The continued shake-up/feud/brouhaha over at NBC concerning its Late Night Schedule continues, and today there was a pretty fantastic <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/conan-obrien-says-he-wont-do-tonight-show-following-leno/">statement appearing around the web</a>, which says:<br /><br /><i>"...I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is [the Tonight Show's] destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet, a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the “Tonight Show,” I believe nothing could matter more."</i><br /><br />In short, he won't take the 12:05 AM slot, which makes sense, as that's technically "The Tomorrow Show" and Tom Snyder already had that gig. Twitter and social media outlets erupted in support of Mr. O'Brien, and while you all know we're big fans, we can't help but wonder how many of these people actually watch the show given the reports of <i>Tonight</i>'s ratings as of late.<br /><br /><b>But Wait, What About Jay?</b><br />Over on <a href="http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/13/jay-leno-leaving-nbc/">The Naughty But Nice Blog</a>, Mr. Leno may also be considering departing NBC, which raises all sorts of questions. (For example, "is any of this true?") It's an exciting time for comedy gossip, is it not?<br /><br /><b>File Under Rumor Mill</b><br />Another rumor going around, one we have yet to find a credit for beyond it appearing on a single blog and being repeated, is that NBC is talking to possible "guest hosts" for <i>The Tonight Show</i> in the near-term, which is something we haven't seen since the Carson era.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-16266456748816221632010-01-10T15:11:00.000-08:002010-01-10T15:21:49.942-08:00Weekly Comedy is Back!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0QFa2wz6sy3fyF-VwXKTCGK1iW8vF5coL1v-F-xLCdHfI3TOUz-j4fEdr70vlFqJfm9GXeahBTrsF5tqQF_pmGAEmOo2eu9dXqqA26DsKwP-EBgz0ls1sCynIRN5ip52fh9UtdEII74/s1600-h/simpsons3qh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0QFa2wz6sy3fyF-VwXKTCGK1iW8vF5coL1v-F-xLCdHfI3TOUz-j4fEdr70vlFqJfm9GXeahBTrsF5tqQF_pmGAEmOo2eu9dXqqA26DsKwP-EBgz0ls1sCynIRN5ip52fh9UtdEII74/s400/simpsons3qh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425255083857606402" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Weekly Comedy hasn’t been around for a few weeks, but that’s because there really wasn’t anything out there to bother listing. This week is marginally better!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>DVD</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simpsons-Complete-Twentieth-Season/dp/B001L1S1PI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263164327&sr=8-3">The Simpsons: Season 20</a> – Released in time for the “official 20th anniversary of The Simpsons”, this is the first season of the show available on bluray and the first to have been animated in anamorphic widescreen. It’s really too bad there isn’t a single decent episode on the set, because it’s <span style="font-style: italic;">season fucking twenty </span>of a show everyone agrees stopped being funny 12 years ago. It also includes a “sneak peek” of the 20th Anniversary TV special, which will have aired before this set comes out. Lovely.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Loop-James-Gandolfini/dp/B002T4GXUG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263165249&sr=1-1">In The Loop</a> – A supposedly excellent war satire featuring James Gandolfini. Worth checking out according to everyone with decent taste.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Action-Blu-ray-Arnold-Schwarzenegger/dp/B002V9PEU4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263165272&sr=1-1">Last Action Hero (bluray) </a>– Speaking of satire, this much-maligned and yet woefully underappreciated movie is out on bluray this week. Sure, the comedy’s a little on the nose, but this was much sharper and funnier than anyone really ever gave it credit for.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>TV</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.fox.com/blogs/futurefox/2010/01/05/the-simpsons-20th-anniversary-special-in-3-d-on-ice/">The Simpsons: 20th Anniversary Special In 3D! On Ice!</a> – Morgan Spurlock talks about how great <span style="font-style: italic;">The Simpsons</span> is for an hour. And here I thought <span style="font-style: italic;">The Simpsons Movie</span> was supposed to be the official anniversary project and we wouldn’t have to really hear more about how influential the show has been. I was wrong!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/">Aziz Ansari: Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening</a> – Aziz’s new special airs Sunday, January 17th on Comedy Central, and then the DVD streets the following Tuesday. This will probably be a lot like Patton Oswalt’s last special, where the Comedy Central version was shortened and censored, so consider this a “preview” for when you buy the DVD.</div><div><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/john_oliver/index.jhtml"><br /></a></div><div><a href="http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/john_oliver/index.jhtml">John Oliver’s New York Standup Show</a> – This new weekly standup series debuted last week to little fanfare, but it’s pretty good. The premiere episode featured Maria Bamford, Nick Kroll (in character) and Eugene Mirman. Sure, they were all doing album material any comedy nerd likely has memorized by now, but this is high quality standup, vastly superior to the other standup series Comedy Central airs. John Oliver’s a good host, too.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>NOT A COMEDY BUT YOU SHOULD SEE IT ANYWAY</b></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Fan-Patton-Oswalt/dp/B002VJVCGY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263165501&sr=8-1">Big Fan</a> – Patton Oswalt’s dramatic debut is out on DVD this week (no bluray edition, sadly), and since you missed it when it was in theaters (okay, when it was in 3 theaters in LA and New York), now’s your chance to see it. It’s a great film – a 1970s style dark character piece – and a really brilliant performance from Oswalt. See this.</div><div><br /></div>Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-39800650644195071872010-01-08T16:27:00.000-08:002010-01-08T17:00:56.505-08:00Review: Youth in Revolt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2o3UxZwYHnbeZlLWf9MhTDMiHlq2mIS855_AZd3jfP1LxKJYMJB04wLBDQaC7bDBJRnVxMusfvpKlWWsCVkRXgoElhjJdAdMhbyShcsojPi1IuCvwR2PbjHtzrCJXlYHlQ-lP6QyH0No/s1600-h/youth_in_revolt.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2o3UxZwYHnbeZlLWf9MhTDMiHlq2mIS855_AZd3jfP1LxKJYMJB04wLBDQaC7bDBJRnVxMusfvpKlWWsCVkRXgoElhjJdAdMhbyShcsojPi1IuCvwR2PbjHtzrCJXlYHlQ-lP6QyH0No/s400/youth_in_revolt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424538731912604738" /></a><br />So the trailers for <i>Youth in Revolt</i> really didn't look all that appealing; Michael Cera playing "Michael Cera" in yet another <i>Superbad</i>-esque edgy teen comedy.<div><br /></div><div>As it turns out, <i>Youth in Revolt</i> is really nothing like that at all. In fact, given the amount of footage in the trailers that isn't in the film, it's no surprise; selling this film for what it is to its intended audience might not've worked. This is a very literary, deliberately-paced and surprisingly unique comedy from first-time director Miguel Arteta. It's tough to figure out what to compare it to, really.</div><div><br /></div><div>The film follows Nick Twisp, a nerd in the classical sense - he watches obscure foreign films, reads a lot of books, listens to Frank Sinatra on vinyl and is an aspiring novelist (of course). Naturally he is also desperate to lose his virginity, and so meets a rebellious girl name Sheeni who is trapped in a trailer park with her extremely religious family. Nick's personality is just too shy and quiet to truly attract Sheeni's affections, and so he develops a secondary persona named Francois Dillinger, who wears a pencil-thin French moustache, smokes, and is basically a complete sociopath. As you may have guessed, hijinks ensue.</div><div><br /></div><div>But while in the hands of another director - or perhaps with a less excessively mannered screenplay - this could've been yet another tiresome crude teenage sex comedy. Instead, <i>Youth in Revolt</i> feels a lot like reading an intelligent comic novel; most of that is due to the dialogue, which is written exactly as though you were reading a book rather than listening to people talk. Here's an example:</div><div><br /></div><div>Sheeni: "I'd invite you to go hiking with me, but you have no hiking boots or supplies or a compass..."</div><div><br /></div><div>Twisp: "Oh, that's okay; I do all of my hiking freeform. I'm like John Muir in that I enter the wilderness with only my journal and a childlike sense of wonder."</div><div><br /></div><div>Normally dialogue that obviously "written" would be both obnoxious and far too preciously pretentious to be funny, but the magic here is all in the delivery - Michael Cera is note-perfect in this role, and the uniformly excellent supporting cast (Cera is backed up by folks like Zach Galifianakis, Steve Buscemi and Fred Willard) is no slouch either. As a result, and perhaps most importantly, <i>Youth in Revolt</i> is hilarious.</div><div><br /></div><div>In fact, even if you're sick of Michael Cera's shy-awkward-teenager routine (which still feels diluted enough here to not be quite as much of a distraction as it's been in the past), this film proves that he definitely has acting chops. The Francois Dillinger character is really, really funny; Cera delivers all his lines with a low-pitched sense of nihilistic purpose. It's a home run, and the movie's biggest failing is that there simply isn't enough Francois. I'd watch an entire movie with this character as the star. Here's hoping there are more filmmakers out there willing to give Cera some real character work. He is clearly capable of more than looking uncomfortable while wearing a hoodie.</div><div><br /></div><div>So ignore the trailers and check this out. It is unlike any other mainstream comedy from the past few years. Attempts to compare it to anything else fall short; there are some obvious influences, notably Wes Anderson, <i>Freaks & Geeks </i>(which the director worked on) and perhaps <i>Ghost World</i>, but <i>Youth in Revolt</i> really is its own thing. It'll be very interesting to see what the director does next.</div>Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-9152521625764498012010-01-07T20:01:00.000-08:002010-01-07T20:08:26.549-08:00The Late Shift 2010: NBC Shuffles Late Night?A big bomb hit the web today with rumors of a big shakeup on NBC's late night roster. Would Leno be dropped, or replace Conan? Well, apparently one great thing about the internet is that rumors travel fast and NBC was quick to dispel the disinformation. That is, <a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/update-nbc-plans-leno-at-1130-conan-at-12/">if the New York Times</a> is on your list of reliable sources. Here's the scoop, and it's weird.<br /><br />Today:<br />Leno at 10:00 PM<br />Conan at 11:35 PM<br />Fallon at 12:35 AM<br />Carson Daly at 1:05 AM<br /><br />Soon:<br />Leno at 11:35 PM<br />Conan at 12:05 AM<br />Fallon at 1:05 AM<br />Carson Daly...???<br /><br />So basically, Leno gets his old slot back, Conan goes on later than now (but earlier than before), and Fallon and Carson Daly get pretty hosed. Will America stand for what might be about a sold hour of monologue and desk jokes each night?Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-89636960976653935222010-01-04T22:46:00.001-08:002010-01-04T22:51:01.073-08:00New RiffTrax DVDs Coming<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRSTNJUzr6F-9PNIGs-PuOeuh5aLZbbvIWKDPdmSGGVwZsYlzoAC03XggC7hbGGbDS8zcxHK0M50rV889IK2Rz6M1Xy7cq9Wfc4fog687VxMuXNznPdKujYoa4Og9geZMXnvkmpKVItw/s1600-h/liveplan9dv.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 112px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRSTNJUzr6F-9PNIGs-PuOeuh5aLZbbvIWKDPdmSGGVwZsYlzoAC03XggC7hbGGbDS8zcxHK0M50rV889IK2Rz6M1Xy7cq9Wfc4fog687VxMuXNznPdKujYoa4Og9geZMXnvkmpKVItw/s400/liveplan9dv.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423144571357096338" /></a>If you're as much a fan of physical media as we are, you'll be happy to know that Bill Corbett, Mike Nelson, and Kevin Murphy are releasing another batch of <b>RiffTrax DVDs</b> on January 26, 2010. These include:<ul><li>RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 From Outer Space<li>Planet of the Dinosaurs<li>Voodoo Man<li>Shorts-tacular Shorts-stravaganza<li>Wide World of Shorts</ul>Each is going to be about $10-$15, and most likely will not be available at a store near you. We suggest going online for these. It's worth noting a non-live <i>Plan 9</i> DVD is on the market already, however this "live" one has added extras and, we assume, different jokes.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-50284710878446440692009-12-30T20:16:00.000-08:002009-12-30T20:20:23.597-08:00News: The Jeff Dunham Show Not Picked Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/arts/television/30arts-COMEDYCENTRA_BRF.html"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 84px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRT9wp1sQ1c1cI-R7NCfBujheKE-ojNrsX3lDF68xsrqbvOwS0ypBzpesN6DNhLN3yiDaLu8seLSDoWgqWbn_ZmrnaUpy9Ghqj3yB39LXaH52ObIwJwoGI2hUPm41wk-NVX08xK_Sg4kU/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421249818177389202" /></a>Numerous media outlets including <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/arts/television/30arts-COMEDYCENTRA_BRF.html">the New York Times</a> confirmed that Comedy Central's <i>The Jeff Dunham Show</i> has not been picked up for a second season, or as the kids say it, "shitcanned."<br /><br />...not that any of our five readers watch the show that we know of anyway. The show, which had Comedy Central's highest premiere ratings in history, dropped off quickly and was also reportedly a very expensive show to produce. Hence, no more show. There will, of course, be additional TV specials and merchandise to ironically gift your relatives come the holidays, only for you to be shocked and saddened to discover they're actually quite happy with the gifts.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-15740776796822756142009-12-29T10:01:00.000-08:002009-12-29T10:40:03.129-08:00Review: The High Road with Doug Benson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95kDcS2DediUxOc0zUlZwd8IPu00avPmlytc7daffxkC87DkVvKV5h9yUIXJdyiO-YSLWRQyEbpDLJObSciN3hfVCifI3cSONVDKgf9gyQ0BHZ46CgyeiIL9yGYsdmSb79BJLxKptWjU/s1600-h/30-doug-benson1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95kDcS2DediUxOc0zUlZwd8IPu00avPmlytc7daffxkC87DkVvKV5h9yUIXJdyiO-YSLWRQyEbpDLJObSciN3hfVCifI3cSONVDKgf9gyQ0BHZ46CgyeiIL9yGYsdmSb79BJLxKptWjU/s320/30-doug-benson1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420729703162681330" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><b>WHAT:</b> Two episodes of a series bundled as a special<b><br /></b><b>GOOD IF YOU LIKE: </b>The comedy and twitter stylings of Doug Benson<br /><b>WHERE TO FIND IT: </b>G4TV, airing seemingly at random<br /><b><br /></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;">So the story behind <i>The High Road with Doug Benson</i> is that G4TV had been airing Benson's movie, <i>Super High Me</i>, nonstop for a few years and it generated decent ratings and feedback so they basically asked for more of that.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;"><i>The High Road</i> isn't really quite that; while <i>Super High Me</i> was a fairly focused documentary, this series just follows Benson and fellow (yet sober) comedian Graham Elwood on the road together. It's kind of an odd mashup of standup appearances and run-ins with the locals in the towns they're performing in, all punctuated by Benson's many tweets. As far as structure goes, it's kinda all over the place, but the whole thing is so laid back and easygoing it's difficult to fault it for lacking focus.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;">There have been many documentaries and miniseries about comedians on the road over the years -among them the now-classic <i>Comedians of Comedy, </i>the passable<i> </i><i>Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour</i>, Ray Romano's <i>95 Miles to Go</i> and the odious <i>Dane Cook's Tourgasm</i>; the appeal of these things seems to boil down to how interesting, funny and likable the comedian(s) you're following are. Nobody likes Dane Cook, for example, because he seems like he's kind of an asshole, and his road documentary just fuels that notion. Ray Romano seems sort of oppressively normal and sedate, and so his (very boring) road movie reinforces that. With <i>The High Road</i>, Doug Benson's half-lidded, witty appeal is what carries the entire thing and prevents it from being dull or uninteresting. If you like Benson's personality - which you have ample access to thanks to his many podcast appearances, his<i> I Love Movies</i> show or even just following his Twitter account - then this will feel very familiar and pleasant. There's very little about it that seems forced or gimmicky; it is very basic in premise and execution. And that's fine. The utter lack of pretension or "intensity" makes it a lot more palatable than many of the other "comedians on the road" projects out there.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:13px;">As this thing presently exists, it's 2 half-hour episodes of what is obviously intended to be a series, packaged together as one hourlong special. Notably they didn't edit out the "previously on" segment at the half-hour mark, and the second episode doesn't offer any sort of a "conclusion", you're just left waiting for more. Hopefully G4 will reach whatever ratings benchmark they're looking for with this and just air the rest of the episodes. <i>The High Road</i> isn't anything groundbreaking, but it is funny and entertaining and engaging in an easygoing way, and really that's all anyone could ever want.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></div>Zac Bertschyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10368015922390980581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2353666972575040442.post-90017615009898441022009-12-25T11:24:00.000-08:002010-02-21T23:32:32.067-08:00Road Trip Album Picks: "R.O. Magic: The Best of R.O. Manse"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG7Hw7toRElGdB_yL0TfSKsUEbwOJeXUiJcxBtAr7pP_X6Y3nMdYBPWEp_jWS43_VtGveIdlsdagpTeuKWR3S89U6TPnlEfZPbFhvE5Hp1H8wwB29GFca_4L_c_R5x3eUsdCRDw5Hi0U/s1600-h/romanse.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG7Hw7toRElGdB_yL0TfSKsUEbwOJeXUiJcxBtAr7pP_X6Y3nMdYBPWEp_jWS43_VtGveIdlsdagpTeuKWR3S89U6TPnlEfZPbFhvE5Hp1H8wwB29GFca_4L_c_R5x3eUsdCRDw5Hi0U/s400/romanse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419087306871542114" /></a><b>WHAT:</b> Comedy album with music and sketches<br /><b>LABEL:</b> <a href="http://www.aspecialthing.com/store/index.htm">A Special Thing Records</a>, 2008<br /><b>GOOD IF YOU LIKE:</b> 80s music, novelty albums, fighting<br /><b>WHERE TO FIND IT:</b> Online or bust<br /><b>LENGTH:</b> 63 minutes<br /><br />The novelty record is experiencing something of a revival. Every few years "Weird Al" Yankovic puts out something new that burns up the charts, and the Conchords had a great run on TV. Rather than go with parodies, <b>R.O. Manse</b> has some sketches, some faux interviews, some songs, and more to make what basically amounts to a pretty great CD of character development. We learn who this guy is, we hear some highlights from his career, we meet his ex-wife... this is a fleshed-out guy.<br /><br />With numerous special guests and all sorts of gags, this album is pretty all over the place. With 26 tracks spanning a variety of styles, there are a surprising number of great gags here-- the suite of 1980s movie theme songs, for example, are pretty fantastic. The album has a couple of songs which qualify as "hit singles" of sorts, awesome little ditties that work really well outside the context of the album. "Ladyboy" and "I Have a Synthesizer" are clearly the two shining stars of the album, were you to play them for a friend, the former of which is a surprisingly catchy song that-- unlike many novelty songs-- manages to play it straight. (As it were.)<br /><br />If you can pick up a few tracks odds are you'll enjoy this-- it's a few steps beyond the recordings from various tunesmiths you'd here on Dr. Demento, and while pretty goofy, tracks like "Ladyboy" take comedy songwriting in a direction where it's funny without being overtly jokey-- that's quite a challenge. Well done! Pick this up if you're looking for comedy mixed with 1980s synthesized new wave songs, because it manages to pull it off nicely.Adam16bithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17369348859276892966noreply@blogger.com0