Day: January 17, 2017

Netflix nabs Seinfeld for new stand-up special plus new seasons of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Netflix nabs Seinfeld for new stand-up special plus new seasons of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Posted by | Jan 17, 2017 | , |

Netflix has new stand-up specials already this month from Jen Kirkman, Jim Gaffigan, Neal Brennan, Cristela Alonzo and Bill Burr, with specials forthcoming in 2017 from Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Amy Schumer and Louis C.K., who taped his over the weekend in D.C. So why not Jerry Seinfeld, too!?! Netflix announced a deal late today that not includes two new stand-up specials from Seinfeld, but also poached his award-winning webseries away from Crackle. While the ninth season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is putting out new episodes this month on Crackle, Seinfeld’s 24-episode 10th season later in 2017...

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Comedy Dynamics spun off from New Wave Entertainment and into new Nacelle Company

Comedy Dynamics spun off from New Wave Entertainment and into new Nacelle Company

Posted by | Jan 17, 2017 | |

In recent years, New Wave Entertainment has shifted its focus, expanding and begetting new divisions. A production arm called New Wave Dynamics has since redefined itself as Comedy Dynamics, and today, NWE announced it had spun off Comedy Dynamics as part of another company entirely: Nacelle Company. Brian Volk-Weiss, CEO of Comedy Dynamics, becomes CEO of Nacelle. Comedy Dynamics is behind such shows as History’s Join or Die with Craig Ferguson, Animal Planet’s Animal Nation with Anthony Anderson and History’s newly announced two-hour special Kevin Hart Presents: The Black Man’s Guide to History. Nacelle will operate with multiple departments including...

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Dan Nainan booked to perform for Donald Trump’s “All-American Inaugural Ball”

Dan Nainan booked to perform for Donald Trump’s “All-American Inaugural Ball”

Posted by | Jan 17, 2017 | |

With all of the talk about President-elect Donald J. Trump having so many problems booking entertainment for his Inaugural Balls, who’d have the balls in comedy to take him up on an invite? Dan Nainan. Of course. Nainan, the Intel engineer who continues to lie about his age when he’s not lying about his comedy credits or punching hecklers, will perform at “The All-American Inaugural Ball” on Thursday night. His bio for the ball includes all of the Nainan mythos, plus suggests “Dan continues to tour with Russell” Peters. Which should be fun news for Peters. Nainan, who was...

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Fred Armisen remembers “Sgt. Fred,” his first TV credit on Late Night with Conan O’Brien

Fred Armisen remembers “Sgt. Fred,” his first TV credit on Late Night with Conan O’Brien

Posted by | Jan 17, 2017 | |

Before IFC’s Portlandia, and before NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Fred Armisen showed up on your TV screens in unusual ways and sometimes even without credit. Armisen performed a number of short videos for HBO in the late 1990s, for instance, that ran as interstitials between movies. He’d take one of his characters there, “Sgt. Fred,” to Late Night with Conan O’Brien in 2000/2001 for a stand-up set in character as well as his first TV credit. Some 16 years later, Armisen just turned 50 and could laugh with O’Brien on Conan on Monday, reminiscing about his TV debut and...

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