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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Stand Up It's Miller Time Finals Tonight

Stand Up it's Miller Time Contest finals Hosted by Kevin Hart go down in Vegas tonight August 30. Watch the fun stream live at www.standupitsmillertime.com

Finalists were chosen after facing off in various cities. The finalists competting tonight are:
ATLANTA: Landry
CHARLOTTE: Burpie
NEW ORLEANS: Lavar Walker
CHICAGO: Willie Lynch, Jr.

Look for interviews with all finalists in the upcoming issue of COMIC BIBLE MAGAZINE
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Klondike Comedy Winner

Earlier this summer, Klondike (@Klondikebar) invited Twitter users nationwide to participate in the first-ever Klondike Comedy Showcase, a joke writing competition hosted on Twitter by stand-up comedian/ Twitter phenom Rob Delaney (@robdelaney). After 11 hilarious weeks and nearly 10,000 entries, Pauly Casillas (@PaulyPeligroso) has been named champion.

Casillas won the Week 5 joke category, “Worst Pick-Up Lines,” to achieve finalist status and go head-to-head with the nine other weekly finalists from across the nation. It was Casillas’ joke in the final round – ”What would you do for a Klondike bar?” – where he claimed his title as the Klondike king of 140-character comedy. Though not a comedy pro quite yet, Casillas is well on his way to making a name for himself as an established comedian. Well known in the online comedy space with nearly 90,000 Twitter followers, Casillas also performs stand-up comedy, taking the stage to hone his skills as often as he can.

As part of the grand-prize package, Casillas will receive an all-expense-paid VIP trip to the New York Comedy Festival in November, where he’ll get to hang out with Rob Delaney, who will be performing at the Festival. Delaney’s show starts at 7:30 p.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 12 at the NYU Skirball Center in lower Manhattan.

For sll comedy news pick up a copy of COMIC BIBLE MAGAZINE

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Daily Show & Colbert Report at Urban Outfitters

COMEDY CENTRAL® INKS EXCLUSIVE RETAIL PARTNERSHIP WITH URBAN OUTFITTERS
TO LAUNCH PRODUCTS FROM “THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART,” “THE COLBERT REPORT” AND “INDECISION 2012” IN STORES NATIONWIDE AND ON URBANOUTFITTERS.COM
STARTING ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15

This Marks the First Time “The Daily Show,” “The Colbert Report” and “Indecision 2012” Merchandise Will Be Available at Retail Locations


“Indecision 2012” Collection is Urban Outfitters’ First Exclusive Product Collaboration with a TV Network

Products Include an Assortment of Graphic Tees, Mugs, Tumblers, Posters and Buttons

Sweepstakes Running from 8/15-9/15 via urbanoutfitters.com for One Lucky Fan and a Guest to Win a Trip to New York City and Attend COMEDY CENTRAL’s “Indecision 2012” Election Night Party.

For all comedy news pick up a copy of Comic Bible Magazine. www.thecomicbible.com

Monday, August 13, 2012

New ComedyGOradio Launch & Seeks Comedy Talent!

ComedyGOradio launches to promote rising comedy stars

Comedy Guy Entertainment, the company responsible for the Iowa Comedy Festival, the Cross Country Comedy Competition, CornStar Comedy Records, and more, has announced the arrival of comedyGOradio to their website, comedygo.co.

Joel Fry, president of Comedy Guy Entertainment, describes comedyGOradio as a 24-7 online comedy radio station that will feature primarily up-and-coming comedians from across the country, not just in the state of Iowa where Fry resides.


You can check out the station on the "Listen" tab at www.comedygo.co. Comedians interested in having their material featured on the station can submit clips or mp3's to info@comedygo.co.

Read more about it from Joel Fry in the upcoming issue of COMIC BIBLE MAGAZINE

Friday, August 10, 2012

Broadway Video Launches new Comedy Channel

BROADWAY VIDEO LAUNCHES ABOVE AVERAGE NETWORK ON YOUTUBE

Above Average is Broadway Video’s newest venture, bringing original comedy content to any screen with an internet connection. Above Average will create short form comedy content and release it via the Above Average Network on YouTube.

Above Average will produce and distribute original content with talent and writers associated with Broadway Video and its various productions. In addition, Above Average will also collaborate with a network of partners to add to its original slate of programming.

Above Average has built a network of top YouTube comedy channels including The Lonely Island, BriTANicK, Those Lil Rabbits, Harvard Sailing Team, and Paulilu among others. The network currently accounts for over 3 million subscribers making it a leading premium comedy network on the web.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ABOVE AVERAGE, VIEW THESE SELECT CLIPS FROM THEIR SERIES:

Above Average Highlights: http://youtu.be/jXcgDC9oQOU

“The Front Desk” featuring Bill Hader: http://youtu.be/EFJOr2G0Tw4

Broadway Video produces award-­‐winning, critically acclaimed comedy including “Saturday Night Live”(television’s longest-­‐running late night program and most nominated series in Emmy history), “30 Rock,” “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” “Portlandia,” and “Up All Night”.

Above Average: http://www.youtube.com/AboveAverageNetwork

Subscribe to Above Average Network: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=aboveaveragenetwork

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AboveAverageProductions

Twitter: @AboveAv

Tumblr: aboveav.tumblr.com


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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Jeff Ross Roasts Roseanne Uncensored & America

PREVIEW JEFF ROSS' ROAST OF ROSEANNE BARR

JEFF ROSS ROASTS AMERICA UNCENSORED DVD RELEASED ON AUGUST 14th

One-Hour Special Premieres on Comedy Central August 11th

Ross has become a prominent part of Comedy Central’s Roasts series, having publicly lampooned the likes of Charlie Sheen, Joan Rivers, Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff and Donald Trump.

This weekend, Jeff Ross taped a much-buzzed about appearance at The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne. Before he even got into the building, Ross was stirring things up showing up on the red carpet dressed as Penn State coach, Joe Paterno. Before the roast airs this weekend, August 12 at 10pm take a sneak peek at the roastmaster general in action.

Preview of Jeff Ross at roast of Roseanne (uncensored)




Also premiering this weekend is his new one-hour show Jeff Ross Roasts America on Saturday, August 11th which will be released on DVD and be sold exclusively through Amazon.com

Jeff Ross Roasts America features Ross traveling across the country to get residents from each town to volunteer in special “speed roasts.” In addition to pleasantly insulting his way through cities including Seattle, Toronto, Las Vegas, Miami and Madison, Ross roasts a statue of Abe Lincoln in Washington D.C., gets ripped a new one by John Rich in Nashville, and brings an old friend onstage in Minneapolis to tell a very intimate story the way only Jeff Ross can. The uncensored DVD will include the one-hour special and uncut audience speed roasts from the Minneapolis, Seattle, and Nashville shows.

Check out preview clips from Jeff Ross Roasts America at
http://comedians.jokes.com/jeffrey-ross/videos/jeff-ross---rubbing-bellies

PRE-ORDER JEFF ROSS ROASTS AMERICA at:
http://www.amazon.com/Jeff-Ross-Roasts-America/dp/B008S41INS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344007633&sr=8-1&keywords=jeff+ross+roasts+america

In addition to the TV special and its complementary DVD, Ross will also be premiering a new weekly half-hour series, The Burn with Jeff Ross, on Tuesday, August 14 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. The Burn with Jeff Ross will feature the comedian and a panel of in-studio guests skewering the week’s pop culture topics along with regular segments that exemplify the “Meanest Man in Comedy” title given to Ross by New York Magazine.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Roseanne Roast Clips



Roast Master Jane Lynch notices a similarity between the #RoseanneRoast and Chick-fil-A.

Jeff Ross wanted to see someone bigger than Charlie Sheen at this Roast.

Amy Schumer points out the similarities between the ladies on the dais and the women’s Olympic gymnastics team.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Comedy Central Roseanne Roast Details

ROSEANNE BARR IS THE GATEWAY DRUG FOR UNACCEPTABLE ISSUES ON TV (GLBT, FAT, DYSFUNCTION, PRO-MARIJUANA) WOULD SHE DO THE SAME FOR THE COUNTRY IF SHE WERE PRESIDENT?

before the action
Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne was Live at the Hollywood Palladium August 4, 2012. Comic Bible Host Tamara Henry covered the event.

The red carpet was packed with stars out to roast or see Roseanne be skewered with laughs. On the red carpet roasters prepared; the running joke was "WHAT THE HELL IS THE COMIC BIBLE!!??"

Inside, the stage was set to look like the house on "Roseanne". Roseanne, who wreaked of marijuana, looked simply stunning in her silver chiffon and frosted silver hair, and her smile was magical throughout the entire show.
Sharon Stone was a no show, Ellen Barkin was her replacement.
 "Sons of Anarchy" Matriarch Katy Sagal, Alicia Goranson gave a great display of comedic timing and the use of orchestrated silence. The brunt of the lowest and meanest jokes fell on Wayne Brady and Amy Schumer and Carrie Fisher. At the end Tom Arnold made a surprise appearance after not being in the same room with Roseanne for 18 years. Tom's voice sounded like David Letterman and he told Roseanne she was his Johnny Carson. The show ended with a climactic comical ending from Gilbert Gottfried and a standing ovation as a redemptive Roseanne successfully sang the last two lines of the National Anthem. 
The last roast was Charlie Sheen and this roast was like Politically Incorrect meets the Vagina Monologues. A must see show on Sunday August 12th at 10pm on Comedy Central.

Look for more from the red carpet on Comic Bible TV and more details of the event in the next issue of COMIC BIBLE MAGAZINE.
http://www.thecomicbible.com



Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Comedy Festivals & Comedian Competition Entry Forms

Comedy Festivals cont 
See the last post and also Click to find a List of Comedy Festivals and competitions now taking submissions and direct links to entry forms for comedians.


Also find more complete lists of comedy festivals contests and all comedy news in every print issue of The Comic Bible Magazine. Available in Barnes & Noble on Newsstands and through subscription at www.thecomicbible.com - and new now get the magazine on your phone!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Fox Short-Com Comedy Hour Means New Opportunities for Comics

FOX will launch THE SHORT-COM COMEDY HOUR in Summer 2013, building on television’s rich past to reinvent comedy for the future. Both a contemporary spin on multi-camera comedy and an alternative development platform, THE SHORT-COM COMEDY HOUR will feature four unique short-form sitcoms – or “short-coms” – in a fast-paced hour-long broadcast. Each short-com will feature both established and up-and-coming actors and comedians in one-act scenes, creating a comedy showcase brimming with today’s best, brightest and freshest voices.

“We are basically ripping open the traditional scripted comedy development process with THE SHORT-COM COMEDY HOUR,” said Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. “Our end goal is to provide distinct comedy voices with a world-class platform to experiment, grow and perfect their ideas and to hopefully build them into mainstream comedy hits in the future. We’re looking forward to seeing what the untapped comedy community has to offer.”

The short-com development process will be as distinct as the end result, featuring hand-picked talent from the world of stand-up comedy. In an effort to open up the traditional development process, FOX will facilitate a creatively open environment for comedy talent to hone their voices and material within the context of their self-produced short-coms.

In addition to airing them as part of THE SHORT-COM COMEDY HOUR, FOX will commission the most fully realized of these scripted vignettes to series, helping to seed the future of the FOX multi-camera brand.

They are currently scouting in Montreal at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.

For all comedy news pick up a copy of THE COMIC BIBLE MAGAZINE

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Seinfeld Announces NYC Tour

JERRY SEINFELD BACK ON THURSDAY NIGHTS THIS FALL
A SPECIAL NEW YORK CITY FIVE-BOROUGH TOUR
Tickets on Sale Monday, July 30 at 10 am
Special Guest Colin Quinn

For the first time in 14 years, Jerry Seinfeld is presenting full performances of his signature stand-up comedy in New York City.  Seinfeld will perform five stand-up shows – one in each New York City borough – on five Thursday nights this Fall.

Seinfeld, a New York native, got his start as a comedian in the City in the 1970s, but other than appearing at benefits and occasional short sets at local comedy clubs, he has not performed a full show in a NYC theater since his sold-out Broadway engagement, “I’m Telling You For The Last Time,” at the Broadhurst Theater in 1998, shortly after the final episode of his iconic TV show, Seinfeld.

" I was born in Brooklyn, went to school in Queens and started out as a comedian in Manhattan. I feel like New York City taught me how to be funny. I'm so excited to perform a special series of shows for my beloved home town," said Seinfeld.

Seinfeld’s five-borough performances will all fall on Thursday nights – the same as the television show that bore his name – and will feature special guest Colin Quinn, who Seinfeld directed in the hit Broadway show “Colin Quinn: Long Story Short” at the Helen Hayes Theater in 2010-11.

Tickets for all five-borough shows go on sale to the general public on Monday, July 30 at 10 am. All performances begin at 8pm.

PLAYING SCHEDULE:
Manhattan
Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 8pm
The Beacon Theatre located at 2124 Broadway
Tickets are available online at www.BeaconTheatre.com or by calling 866-858-0008

Bronx
Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 8pm
Lehman Concert Hall located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West
Tickets are available online at www.LehmanCenter.org or by calling 718-960-8833

Queens (Flushing)
Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 8pm
The Colden Auditorium at Queens College located at 65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Tickets are available online at www.KupferbergCenter.org or by calling 718-793-8080

Staten Island
Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 8pm
The St. George Theatre located at 35 Hyatt Street
Tickets are available online at www.TicketMaster.com or by calling 718-442-2900

Brooklyn
Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 8pm
The Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College located at 2900 Campus Road
Tickets are available online at www.BrooklynCenter.com or by calling 718-951-4500

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Benefit Shows for CO Comedian Caleb Medley

The comedy community is rallying behind their own and offering support to comedian Caleb Medley and his family. Caleb is a comedian who went to see the Dark Horse Movie in Aurora and was shot. His is in a medically induced coma, has lost his right eye and has some brain damage. His wife gave birth to a baby boy, Hugo yesterday.

They have no health insurance and are in need of assistance.
Donations are being accepeted through the website. www.calebmedley.com/help
 Comedians around the country are holding benefit shows with proceeds for the Medley family.

In Colorado"
This Friday and Saturday at the Down Under Comedy Club in Greeley, CO 9pm showtime with headliner Chris Fonseca
Aug. 4 at The Impossible Playhouse in In Pueblo Co. 8pm showtime all proceeds go to the Medleys.

In Florida:
Benefit for Caleb Medley in St. Augustine Florida this Friday

Friday at 8:00pm at OLD CITY COMEDY, St. Augustine, Florida.

In Georgia:
Tuesday August 31st The Punchline in Atlanta. Show is at 8


If you know of a show plese leave a message here and we will post it. Thanks!
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Comedy Bang! Bang! Near You!

Scott Aukerman (Comedy Bang! Bang! Podcast of the same name, co-creator / director / producer, Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis) is taking his unique brand of comic absurdity on the road this summer in Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE! The Multi-City Tour Will Visit New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, Minneapolis,Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San Diego and Vancouver. The show will feature a mix of live stand-up, character cameos, and improvisational games along with sneak peek clips from the series. The tour kicked off in San Diego at Comic Con on July 15 to rave reviews. It picks back up in Minneapolis, MN on July 29, 2012; For ticket information, visit:
www.ifc.com/shows/comedy-bang-bang/tour.

Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE! Dates and Venues:

Sunday, July 29 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
Monday, July 30 Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, IL
Wednesday, August 1 Neptune Theater Seattle, WA°
Thursday, August 2 Aladdin Theatre Portland, OR°
Friday, August 3 Herbst Theatre San Francisco, CA°
Saturday, August 4 First Unitarian Church Los Angeles, CA°
Monday, August 6 Royale Boston, MA°
Tuesday, August 7 Highline Ballroom New York, NY°
Wednesday, August 8 Howard Theatre Washington, D.C.°
Thursday, August 9 Trocadero Theatre Philadelphia, PA°
Friday, August 10 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, B.C.
°Kurt Braunohler, the star of IFC’s improv comedy series Bunk, will be the opening act on these dates.


Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE! is in support of Comedy Bang! Bang! which airs Friday nights at 10pm ET/PT on IFC. Cleverly riffing on the well-known format of the late night talk show and based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, Comedy Bang! Bang! infuses celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal, as if Fernwood Tonight had Hollywood’s A-list of the day and mixed in the dream sequences and talking inanimate objects of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by musical cohort Reggie Watts (Conan), to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, film shorts, sketches, games, abrupt dream sequence detours and talking set pieces, Comedy Bang! Bang! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games), Michael Cera (Arrested Development), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Helms (The Office), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Seth Rogen (50/50), Paul Rudd (I Love You, Man), Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation) and “Weird Al” Yankovic (comedian/musician) all sit down on the couch with Aukerman on IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! to discuss everything from their hair and recent vacations to their love of mime and their ability to make animal noises. Other guests this season include Will Arnett (Up All Night), David Cross (Arrested Development), Tenacious D (Jack Black & Kyle Gass), Will Forte (SNL), Topher Grace (Valentine’s Day, Spiderman 3), Colin Hanks (Dexter), Jon Heder(Napoleon Dynamite), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), Gillian Jacobs (Community), Nick Kroll (The League), Thomas Lennon(Reno 911!), Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult), Chris Parnell (Archer), Andy Richter (Conan), Paul F. Tompkins (Mr. Show with Bob and David) and many more.

Auckerman promises a mix cast and special guest in each city of the tour. Parts of the live show will also be taped for the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast.


For continued updates on both shows and the tour check out:

Twitter: @ifctv/@scottaukerman/#cbbtv
Facebook: facebook.com/ifccomedybangbang
Online: www.ifc.com/shows/comedy-bang-bang/tour



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