The Definitive Guide to Comedy
You probably heard about, if you didn’t also already see, the hologram of the late Michael Jackson performing at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards, televised live to an audience of millions. The Billboard Music Awards are perhaps the least surprising awards of all in “Awards Season,” as each of the …
It’s not HBO, it’s IFC. That’s the great news for Garfunkel & Oates, the musical-comedy duo of Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, who now have a 10-episode series order from IFC. The series will debut in 2014. “We are huge fans of Riki and Kate; their humor is fresh and …
Garfunkel and Oates (Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci) are making a new pilot for IFC. But that’s not all. They also just released a new music video, directed by Lindhome, for their song, “The Loophole.” It’s based on the concept some Christian girls have about conception and about avoiding said …
Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome named their musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. So, wouldn’t you know, someday John Oates of Hall and Oates would find out about them. What happened next? Micucci and Lindhome share that story, lovingly animated by the team at UCB Comedy for their series, “Animated …
Garfunkel and Oates — the musical comedy duo of Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci — filmed a pilot for HBO that would have had them follow in the footsteps of Tenacious D and Flight of the Conchords as a musical duo destined for greatness, if only people would recognize them …
They may have taken on the monikers of the lesser-heralded halves of two famous musical duos, but don’t let their band name fool you. Garfunkel and Oates isn’t playing second fiddle to anyone. In fact, that’s a ukulele that Kate Micucci plays. Not a fiddle. And Micucci and her singing …
Comedy Central Presents is dead. Long live the new half-hour comedy special for the cable network, named, well, The Half Hour! And Comedy Central is heading up to Boston at the end of this month to tape them. But who will be featured in the inaugural season for 2012? Meet …
Ho ho ho and a bong for the holidays? Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome and Kate “Oates” Micucci sing about getting high on Christmas. Naturally, Doug Benson is in the picture, too, freaking himself out in a Santa outfit. Needless to say, “Scary F**ked Up Christmas” is not a safe for work …
At this summer’s Just For Laughs Montreal comedy festival, David Wain put on a special live edition of “Wainy Days” that included a custom-made song for him written and performed by Garfunkel and Oates. They had so much fun then that they decided to re-record the song for Internet posterity. …
That's the premise of Nick Thune's five-episode online series for Comedy Central's Atom.com, which means you better be buckling up for a bumpy ride, because Nick's Big Show is an anti-comedy comedy show. Nick Thune plays himself as a comedian who gets his hands on $10,000 and pays a camera crew …
