Posts with tag Zach Galifianakis
Posted Aug 6th 2007 8:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities
Some of us here are big fans of the Comedians of Comedy, a collection of various comedians (the core group consists of Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, Eugene Mirman and Zach Galifianakis) who play small rock clubs and similar venues rather than the usual comedy clubs.
Patton Oswalt recently posted on the comedy site A Special Thing that a brand new DVD, The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the Troubadour, would be released on October 2. What's even cooler, or maybe just equally as cool, is that the entire concert will be shown on Comedy Central's Secret Stash, completely uncensored and uncut, on September 29.
Continue reading Comedians of Comedy special hits Comedy Central next month
Posted Jul 29th 2007 11:45AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities
After sitting through hours of spoilerific, carefully-calibrated marketing presentations, there's nothing quite as bracing as the inspired lunancy of Sarah Silverman and friends. The entire cast of
The Sarah Silverman Program gathered at this year's Comic-Con to share clips from their second sesaon and a tape of Steve Agee masturbating, or as the moderator, comedian Zach Galifianakis, put it "alphabetizing his testicles." (He was alphabetizing for comedic purposes, of course.) Needless to say, it was an R-rated evening all around.
Continue reading Comic-Con: The Sarah Silverman Program panel report
Posted Jul 26th 2007 9:01AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Comedian Zach Galifianakis has outdone himself this time. First, he appeared in the Fiona Apple video, "Not About Love." Now he's lip syncing in Kanye West's new music video for "Can't Tell Me Nothing". We know Kanye's in on it because it's posted
here on West's official website.
I don't know if you guys saw the
Fiona Apple video, but I found it hilarious because it just seemed to come out of left field. Fiona seems like she takes herself so seriously, so having Zach appear with her and do the lip syncing in the video was surprisingly amusing.
The idea of doing this kind of thing again for a different singer seemed a little lame... until you see the video. Zach is bad assing as some sort of Amish farmer on his own farm in North Carolina. He's spitting on people and humping farm equipment. He's accompanied by
comedian musician Will Oldham and a troupe of dancing girls dressed like they came out of the movie
Heidi.
Warning: Song includes some profanity.
Posted Feb 13th 2007 3:41PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Comedy Central, Pickups and Renewals, Ratings
The Sarah Silverman Program debuted with
great numbers for Comedy Central last week. They are understandably pleased about that, but this announcement came as a bit of a surprise to me. The network has already picked up a second season, after just two airings of the show. That seems to be a bit of a gamble.
I watched the first two episodes, and they weren't bad. There were some genuinely funny moments in both of them. My favorite parts were the scenes with Zach Galifianakis, but I always like him.
In watching it though, I got the feeling that this could grow old rather quickly. Sure, it could be a break out hit. It's hard to predict what is going to catch on. And because it's so hard, giving it a little time to prove itself might have been a wise move. Nobody wants to be stuck with the last season of Drew Carey, long after fans have quit watching.
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Posted Feb 12th 2007 9:26AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Video, Celebrities, VH1
Did you know that comedian Zach Galifianakis and Kevin Federline have a history? Oh, it's not nearly as sordid as the Britney-Kevin history, but in some ways it's much more entertaining and a lot less pathetic.
On
his website, Zach recently posted a link to
this video on YouTube that shows Kevin Federline as one of the dancers on Zach's
short-lived show,
Late World with Zach. Why were there dancers on Zach's show? Well, it was all part of a sketch to announce the cancellation of Zach's show. I've posted the video after the jump. K-Fed is the dancer with the hat on and is pretty easy to recognize. This was back in 2002, before anyone even knew the guy. Back then, K-Fed was much less of a punk and more graceful.
Continue reading Zach Galifianakis dances with KFed - VIDEO
Posted Nov 2nd 2006 1:01PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Celebrities, Dog Bites Man
The furriest member of the
Comedians of Comedy and
Dog Bites Man team
Zach Galifianakis is embarking on a fall tour.
If you've missed out on Galifianakis' more recent outings, you may remember him from the short-lived VH1 talk show
Late World with Zach.
If you haven't seen Galifianakis live, you're in for some of the most experimental stand-up to hit the stage since Andy Kaufman took Carnegie Hall out for milk and cookies.
Continue reading Zach Galifianakis on tour
Posted Jul 29th 2006 12:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Animation, Adult Swim, Tom Goes to the Mayor
(S02E09) This is an early review courtesy of Adult Swim Fix, so don't read if you want to wait until Sunday night to see the episode.
I love Michael Ian Black, but I'm not in love with him. You know what I mean? A person can have everything you want in a comedian, but somehow he just can't turn you on the way you need. You end up having to sneak out at night to get your comedy satisfaction elsewhere, or even worse, you sneak off to the bathroom after he's finished his routine and he walks in and catches you reading a joke book. With a look of mortification and deep personal shame he shouts, "What, I'm not enough for you?!"
Continue reading Tom Goes to the Mayor: CNE
Posted Jul 1st 2006 5:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Web, Celebrities
Some of us here at TV Squad are big fans of comedian Zach Galifianakis, but while I always find him entertaining whether he's acting on a show or just doing stand-up, I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to see him interview a porn star. Thankfully, YouTube has filled this particular void in my life with a clip of Galifianakis interviewing porn vixen Monique Alexander for XXX Comedy Night in Los Angeles. I've placed the video after the jump. The sound quality isn't the best, but you can still make out what's being said. Galifianakis gets some great questions in, but I found it amusing that while he's always great at thinking on his feet, Galifianakis actually becomes tongue-tied a couple times thoughout the video. Anyway, take a look:
Continue reading Zach chats with a porn star
Posted Jun 26th 2006 10:10AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV Royalty, Talent, Web, Celebrities, Comedy Central
Fiona Apple is known for her moody, haunting, and often angry lyrics. A few months ago, I saw her video for "Not About Love", which featured comedian Zach Galifianakis lip-synching to her lyrics. It completely surprised me because "funny" is not something that I'd normally associate with Fiona's music. I thought this might have been just a sort of one-time thing, but it looks like Galifianakis and Apple have done it again!
They did a duet called "
Come On And Get It (Up In 'Dem Guts)" and it's absolutely
ridiculous (in a funny sort of way). Zach -- sorry, his last name is exhausting -- used it in the latest episode of
Dog Bites Man (although Apple didn't make an appearance). Anyway, I was completely shocked when I heard the full song because I never, in a million years, would have thought it was Apple. As for Zach... well, it's pretty much the craziness I've come to expect from him.
Posted Jun 15th 2006 10:32AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Comedy Central
My home state of Oregon is awfully pissed off at Comedy Central's new mockumentary,
Dog Bites Man. The show stars former
The Daily Show correspondent Matt Walsh and comedian Zach Galifianakis, among others, as a morning news team. Apparently, the 'team' told the state it was making a documentary when it filmed at Portland State University earlier this year (why didn't anyone ask what Comedy Central is doing making a documentary?). At one point during filming, a student recognized Matt Walsh from
Old School, but he and the crew lied and said he's always mistaken for that guy. The University says it's fine with the humor, but not the deception. The state of Oregon is asking that Comedy Central not air any of the footage filmed at PSU.
Already, Comedy Central pulled footage from another episode of
Dog Bites Man where a professor at Chapman University in Texas thought he was part of a panel discussion on media, but ended up being the butt of a joke.
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Posted May 31st 2006 11:04AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Scrubs, Comedy Central
And you thought there wasn't anything to watch on television this summer. Well, I thought that anyway. But, Comedy Central kindly reminds us that it is still around and is premiering all sorts of promising (and proven) comedy this summer.
Dog Bites Man premieres on June 7th and looks promising. It stars Matt Walsh, formerly a correspondent for
The Daily Show, and comedian Zach Galifianakis, and parodies local news. A whole bunch of returning programs premiere on July 9th, starting with
Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes, where writers from the show will introduce sketches that never aired. It's also coming to DVD on July 25.
Reno 911! and
Mind of Mencia premiere on July 9th. What's missing?
Stella. *sigh*
Comedy Central also announced the premiere date for season 10 of
South Park: October 4th. The network also will launch
Scrubs into syndication in September.
Posted May 15th 2006 6:00PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Celebrities, Comedy Central, Dog Bites Man
As soon as I started seeing the commercials for this new Comedy Central series, I was thrilled. First of all, the series will spoof local news, which is ripe for spoofing, I must say. Most spoofable is the local news, that's what I'm getting at. Also, the new series will feature Matt Walsh (the reporter) of
Upright Citizens Brigade, and one of my favorite funny people of the moment, Zach Galifianakis (who will play the director). Andrea Savage and A. D. Miles will round out the cast. The series is produced and written by Dan Mazer of
Da Ali G Show. I can't believe this show won't be hilarious with this crew behind it. The series debuts June 7 at 10:30 p.m.
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