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» Jeffrey Ross in No Offense: Live from New Jersey premieres on Comedy Central tonight
August 22, 2008 2:26 PM - by Jouster
Fresh from a strong performance on the Roast of Bob Saget, tonight sees the premiere of a brand new one hour special from Jeffrey Ross on Comedy Central. Watch the "Roastmaster General" from the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City tonight at 11:30PM or pick it up on DVD on October 14th.
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» Stuff to look forward to in September
August 21, 2008 7:02 AM - by BillBrasky
Ok, summer's winding down and September is almost upon us, and a lot's going to be happening next month. Here's a handy checklist. If anyone has anything to add to this list, feel free.

Sep. 2nd- Office Season 4 on DVD

Sep. 7th- Brian Regan Comedy Central special
MTV Video Music Awards (Russell Brand hosting)

Sep. 9th- Mitch Hedburg album- Do You Believe in Gosh?

Sep. 10th- Do Not Disturb premieres on FOX (Ok, not that exciting, but I'm going to stick with this show and see if it gets any better)

Sep. 12th- Burn After Reading (new Coen Bros. movie)

Sep. 13th- SNL season premiere

Sep. 16th- Duckman Season 1 & 2 on DVD

Sep. 19th- Ghost Town

Sep. 22nd- New Chris Rock special on HBO

Sep. 25th- The Office Season 5 premiere

Sep. 28th- Simpsons/King of the Hill/Family Guy/American Dad season premieres
Little Britain USA season premiere
The Life and Times of Tim season premiere

We've got a bit of a wait for 30 Rock; it doesn't premiere until October 30th.
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» AST Faves Star in Political Spoof "McCaingels"
August 19, 2008 3:32 PM - by isoS
'Tis the season: as the Presidential election heats up, look for more and more comedians to set their sights on the candidates and the issues. On atom.com, Michael Addis delivers a send-up of "Charlie's Angels" that uses real John McCain sound bites as the jumping-off point for a crazy right-wing chick mission. With AST friends and faves Natasha Leggero, Kulap Vilaysack, Ron Lynch, Michael Busch and special guest star Maria Bamford in the cast, it's a fast-paced filibuster of funny!

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» Matt Besser CDR Residency Announced
August 14, 2008 12:26 PM - by isoS
Over in the LA Show Listings forum, Scott Aukerman has unveiled a new Comedy Death Ray residency: starting next Tuesday, Matt Besser will perform at CDR every week for ten weeks. The best part (for you out-of-towners, at least) is that every performance will appear on UCBComedy.com the very week it happens. Almost like being there! If you are in LA, reservations for Comedy Death Ray can be had at losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/745.

READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE
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» Comedy Central Presents tapings: Free Funny for NYC
August 13, 2008 5:23 PM - by isoS
If you've been scared to enter the New York subforum of Show Listings and Recaps, now's a good time to overcome your fears: Doug Benson has dropped a link for free tickets to his Comedy Central Presents taping on Wednesday, August 27th at the Hudson Theater with Anthony Jeselnik, and John Mulaney has done the same for his Friday, August 29th taping with Kristen Schaal. Four AST faves in one week, and all you have to do is wait in endless lines during work hours to get in! (If that's not enough TV taping action for you, the always entertaining Jasper Redd is also taping a CCP on the Monday of that week -- for more on that, visit OACTV.com).
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» Goodbye, Bernie Mac
August 9, 2008 4:06 PM - by isoS
As AST and the rest of the world mourn the loss of Bernie Mac, I'd like to join The Sound of Young America's Jesse Thorn (aka YoungAmerican) in remembering him at his finest:


Jesse wrote a nice thing about Bernie on his blog, maxiumumfun.org. Click to check it out.
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» Brasky reviews "Pineapple Express"
August 8, 2008 1:20 PM - by isoS
The Old Faithful of AST movie news, BillBrasky, has now seen "Pineapple Express" twice, and has shared his thoughts on it in the Comedy forum. Read what he (and to a lesser extent everyone else) thinks of the latest Seth Rogan joint (get it?) here.

(In case you missed the fog machine-equipped billboards, "Pineapple Express" opened Wednesday nationwide.)
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» The Passing of Bernie Brillstein
August 8, 2008 11:30 AM - by Nizzles
This made me really sad this morning. This was the man who did the dirty work to make successes of both the Muppet Show and Mr. Show. I had the chance to meet/be around him several times and I have never felt more star struck, or satisfied that this iconic figure was before me and had exceeded every expectation. The video "Bob Pitches a Movie" that I made with Bob Odenkirk was shot in Bernie's office at Brillstein Grey, and it was like being in the Museum of Awesome. He had leather-bound scripts of his client's projects, like Gary Shandling's Show, The Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, The Cable Guy and the Run Ronnie Run script that I had been tasked to make for him as a production assistant nine years ago. He also still used this giant 1960s style phone box on his desk, that had a tiny LED scroll that would display messages from his assistant about who was calling, and below that were four giant buttons labeled "take a message" "i will return the call" and things like that. Why fuck with something that works? He took that philosophy into the developing of comedy, and for that, all the Mr. Show/Tenacious D fans should be grateful.
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» Okay, here's the "Situation"
August 7, 2008 10:20 AM - by isoS
Bob Odenkirk has confirmed on the Bob and David website that the HBO sitcom pilot "David's Situation" will not be going to series. Given the low success rate of pilots, this shouldn't be too surprising, but in a somewhat unique turn of events, it seems the decision to abort the series was made not by some mustache-twisting network executive, but by Bob and David themselves. After describing the pilot taping as "inspiring," Bob writes that he and David "just lost interest in the overall concept," adding that "the sitcom framework really felt like a drag on our energy and sensibility."

The good news is it sounds like HBO is still interested in a new Bob and David TV show, and Bob and David are clearly still interested in doing one, albeit with fewer (if any) structural limitations. Bob concludes his post on this uplifting note:

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It's really crazy of us not to create something, and it's also crazy to lay a framework of any kind over our voice that slows it down. Not many people can do what David and I can do...suggest a show that is mostly free-form, chasing ideas, and have that ambiguous description make perfect sense.

So we are working on it. Not sure where it will go, or how we will put it together. But it all comes from having done "David's Situation", and I do hope our fans will get a chance to see it one day. You fantastic, amazing, wondrificul comedy nerdles.
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» Super Deluxe uses last breath to cough up new comedy
August 6, 2008 4:58 PM - by isoS
When the axe fell on Turner's quirk-o-matic comedy content site SuperDeluxe.com, the big question was: what would happen to all the great stuff they paid comedians to produce that hadn't yet seen the light of day? At this point, the answer seems to be that they'll just keep throwing stuff up there until someone in Atlanta turns the lights out. Good news for us, since there are plenty of great clips left in the SD vault. Avert your eyes from the Navy.com ads and check out these stellar examples:

Brent Weinbach's "Weinbach in Wonderland"

Klausner & Kupperman's "What's What"
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» Doug Benson - Professional Humoredian
July 11, 2008 1:02 PM - by isoS
ASPECIALTHING RECORDS is proud to present the debut solo CD from Mr. Doug Benson!



Whether you know him from VH1's "Best Week Ever," NBC's "Last Comic Standing" or his documentary "Super High Me," chances are Doug Benson has made you laugh before. Now he will make you laugh again, repeatedly, with his first full-length solo comedy album, "Doug Benson: Professional Humoredian." Recorded live at the world-famous Hollywood Improv, "Professional Humoredian" catches Doug at his loosest, silliest and most hilarious. Playing to a rowdy sold-out house on 4/20, Doug tears through his set with wild abandon, delivering material on such wide-ranging topics as movies, politics, relationships, anti-drug campaigns and the miracle of modern science known as McGriddles. A perennial favorite among comedy aficionados, Doug placed sixth on Season Five of "Last Comic Standing" and was named "Stoner of the Year" by High Times Magazine in 2006. Patton Oswalt calls him "prolific ... a resin-scented miracle." One listen and you'll understand why Doug has won such acclaim: witty, charming, relentless and irrepressible, Doug Benson is a Professional Humoredian.

DOUG BENSON: PROFESSIONAL HUMOREDIAN will be released on July 15th. Come celebrate the occasion at a very special Comedy Death Ray that night!

ORDER NOW FROM THE AST STORE!
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