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Posted Sep 28th 2009 11:35AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free
I've caught the first two episodes of HBO's
Bored to Death, and while I'm not totally in love with the show (yet), the cast is impressive enough to keep me coming back for more.
The three main characters are Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman), a struggling writer who leads a double life as a private detective; George Christopher (Ted Danson), the editor of
Edition magazine and Jonathan's sometimes employer (and pot supplier); and Ray Hueston (Zach Galifianakis), a talented cartoonist who's Jonathan's best friend.
There's plenty of street creds in the other players, too, including Kristen Wiig, Jenny Slate, Heather Burns, Olivia Thirlby, and Trieste Kelly Dunn. Based on all of these folks, as well as the quirky film noir vibe, it seems like a can't-miss TV series. Let's put it this way: I've enjoyed the first two episodes, and will tune in for more to see where it goes.
Anyone else watching
Bored to Death?
Posted Aug 26th 2009 5:04PM by Nick Zaino
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Adult Swim, Reality-Free
Season four of
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! has been over for months, and "Season Cinco," as season five has been dubbed on
the pair's Web site, has not yet started. But fans can bide their time with the
Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! S3ASON THR33, which was out earlier this month.
In season three, Tim and Eric took a step up. The shows got funnier and tighter, without losing any of the scattershot, what-the-hell-am-I-looking-at feel. They upped the ante on creepy and uncomfortable with the "Child Showcase" sketch, featuring Patton Oswalt and Rainn Wilson as children singing inappropriate songs while an approving host looks on. It's an immediately unsettling image (though nothing really tops Chippy for that so far), a seamless special effect that puts Oswalt's and Wilson's heads on a kid's body.
Continue reading Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! S3ASON THR33 on DVD
Posted Jul 31st 2009 11:53AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV Royalty, Interviews, Celebrities, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
I wanted to write about this panel last night. However, the cumulative effects of my afternoon sojourn to In-n-Out Burger to have a double-double and fries, both "
animal style," and the evening Food Network party that included a roasted pig, gourmet grilled cheese and other chef-created delicacies, caused me to collapse into a food coma at around 11 PM.
But l couldn't let two of HBO's panels go without comment. One was for the new comedy
Bored to Death, based on the writings of Jonathan Ames. Joining Ames on the panel were Jason Schwartzman (via satellite), Ted Danson, and the hot comedian of the moment, Zach Galifianakis. The other was Robin Williams, who was promoting his new HBO special,
Robin Williams: Weapons of Self-Destruction, which is set to air in December.
It wasn't surprising that Galifianakis' weird sense of humor dominated his panel; anyone who's seen him on the Comedians of Comedy tour or in
The Hangover would have expected that. The surprise was that, in his panel, Williams was more reflective and pensive than manic.
Continue reading Zach Galifianakis and Robin Williams are HBO's funny guys - TCA Report
Posted Jun 19th 2009 6:02PM by Mike Moody
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, Video, Celebrities, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
If you enjoyed the
Yo Teach ... ! clips Jason Schwartzman did to promote Judd Apatow's
Funny People, then you'll dig the following teaser for HBO's
Bored to Death. The upcoming comedy stars Schwartzman as a struggling writer who moonlights as a detective.
Writer Jonathan Ames is the man behind the series, which features an amazing cast including Zach Galifianakis (still riding a buzz from
The Hangover), Ted Danson, Parker Posey and
Saturday Night Live's Kristen Wiig.
Continue reading Check out a teaser for HBO's new comedy Bored to Death
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.
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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 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.
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