The Definitive Guide to Comedy
It Started As A Joke is not just a documentary, it’s also a love story. It’s a love story about Eugene Mirman and so-called “alt-comedy”; about Mirman almost singlehandedly moving that comedy scene from Manhattan’s East Village and Lower East Side over to Brooklyn’s Park Slope and Gowanus neighborhood after …
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival may now be The Janelle James Comedy Festival, but Mirman himself will appear and perform as part of the hand-off of the annual comedy celebration in Park Slope and Gowanus, Brooklyn. The inaugural lineup joining James from Dec. 4-6, 2018, also includes David Cross, Cristela …
Eugene Mirman has long flown the coop from Park Slope, and now, so too has his eponymous comedy festival. But he has bequeathed the Brooklyn comedy party to Janelle James. So, behold, the inaugural Janelle James Comedy Festival will take place Dec. 4-6 at The Bell House. “I am thrilled …
FOX’s Emmy-winning Bob’s Burgers will become a major motion picture. Twentieth Century Fox announced it’ll release the Bob’s Burgers movie on July 17, 2020. “We’re thrilled to be invited to bring Bob’s Burgers to the big screen,” show creator Loren Bouchard said. “We know the movie has to scratch every itch the …
OK. So I’ve only sat down to podcast with 28 of the comedians performing this week so far as part of the 2017 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. But that’s a start! Each of these fine, funny folks regales me (and now you) with inspirational stories about how they …
This is a banner week for Michael Ian Black. Black has a new children’s book that he promoted on Late Night with Seth Meyers (you can pre-order A Child’s First Book of Trump now), his latest stand-up special, Noted Expert, premieres this Friday night on EPIX, and he’s been announced as host …
Eugene Mirman is known for making his own path to success, all while maintaining a lovably absurd childlike view of the world, which serves him well as the voice of Gene on the Emmy-winning animated series, Bob’s Burgers, returning this September for a sixth season on FOX. You’ve seen Eugene previously on HBO’s …
The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival now is a recurring feature in both Brooklyn and Boston, with the fest now returning to the latter city for the third year this April. Highlights for the third Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in Boston, April 17-19, 2015, include: Star Talk Live! hosted by Mirman with …
The cast of Bob’s Burgers is heading back out on the road for a formal spring tour, with eight dates in eight cities lined up so far in mid-to-late March through the Midwest and Northeast Corridor. The fifth season began earlier this winter on Sunday nights, and FOX just renewed …
Mike Flinn (@realmikeflinn) isn’t just a podcast producer and engineer; he’s also an avid fan of the form. “My Pod Week” recaps and reviews the many varied comedy podcasts Flinn listened to or attended live tapings of during the previous week. Enjoy! YOU’RE THE EXPERT (Live at the Eugene Mirman …
