"Very Funny" has been a tagline at TBS for a little while now. It's there to clarify for us that The Bill Engvall Show and Tyler Perry's shows are funny. And I'm glad they did, because I've caught snippets of both House of Payne and Meet the Browns and I swear I would have had no idea they were funny if TBS hadn't told me. That's a public service well appreciated.Now they're taking this one step further. TBS' The Very Funny Show will feature stand-up comedians being funny. And not just funny, but very funny. Tim Meadows who was the very funny on Saturday Night Live is pegged to host. And by very funny I mean that he was there for a long time. Actually, Tim can be funny in a stand-up environment, so he may do alright here. All of the footage for the November-bowing series will be filmed at a July event called "TBS Presents a Very Funny Festival: Just For Laughs." So at least the comedians on the very funny show will come from this very funny festival meaning it will be very, very funny. Right?
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5-29-2009 @ 5:13PM
Paul said...
That "July event" is actually the launch of the brand new Just for Laughs Chicago, following in the footsteps of the longtime Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, and its younger cousin, Just for Laughs Toronto.
There are some amazing stand-up and sketch performers appearing at this year's festival, but so far no word on who will be appearing as part of Tim Meadows' show.
(By the way, "The Ladies Man" is an incredibly underrated comedy, and Tim Meadows is an incredibly underrated comedian -- his occasional work on "The Colbert Report" and Ferguson are great.)
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5-29-2009 @ 6:23PM
Adam said...
Much offense meant Mr. Hughes but you're certainly aren't the target audience for any of Tyler Perry's work. Stick with the atrocious How Formulaic Can Our Show Be. Meet the Browns may not be my cup of tea, but House of Payne is funny as hell.
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