One of the advantages of being up at 7 a.m. every morning, due to having a one year old?
You’re always one of the first people to find out when your favorite comedians turn up on Sesame Street. This morning the mighty World Champion Judah Friedlander graced my television set as Inspector 4, a dude who was charged with finding all the number “4s” on Sesame Street. He also started looking for the letter “R”; I think I may have missed why that was (it’s a difficult program to follow).
To my dismay, the video is not on Sesame Street’s site yet or on the old YouTube (but we do have a photo of his character above). But, the good news is that apparently, this wasn’t the first time the 30 Rock star appeared on the kids show. So below, check out Judah teaching the kiddies the meaning of the word “spectacular.”
And as a bonus, after the jump, check out Todd Barry’s now classic 2006 performance on Sesame Street as the number 7. Enjoy! Also related: Ricky Gervais terrorizes Elmo on Sesame Street.
Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Tim Heidecker, Tig Notaro, Neil Hamburger, Natasha Leggero and musical guests Issac Brock (Modest Mouse) and James Mercer (The Shins) will all join onstage at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on Feb. 11 to help raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphona Society. If you live in the area, we highly suggest you make it to the event, dubbed Defriending Cancer. Get your tickets here.
Producers of the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival announced their 2010 lineup this morning, which features some of our favorite Stateside comedians. Bill Burr, Todd Barry, Marc Maron and Stepen Lynch will all enjoy headlining spots at Europe’s biggest comedy-dedicated festival, which will run from March 11 – 28.
Rob Calder, marketing manager for Magners, told Chortle: “The line-up for this year’s festival programme looks excellent and will give audiences the chance to see some of the best comedy performers around. Festivals like this also help to provide a platform for up and coming comedians to showcase their talent to new audiences – which is vital to the future success of these events.” The festival is in its eighth year.
If you’ve been following Comedy Central’s 2010 Stand-up Showdown and/or spend any amount of time on Twitter and Facebook following your favorite comedians, you will have no doubt noticed a good many of said comics campaigning for your votes. We saw that he was for the first time, one of our favorite comedians, Todd Barry, was for the first time being vocal about getting votes for this year’s showdown; so we asked Todd if he wanted to make a video to that effect for Punchline Magazine.
On Dec. 21 we we posted that video. Just yesterday morning, we posted a second video Todd made for us– a concession video where he humorously bows out of the competition. Of course, there is no official bowing out since it’s not a real election. In response to that, a member of Todd’s Facebook fan page, who says he’s a software developer, claims he rigged his computer to vote for Todd 60-90 times every minute. Comedy Central encourages visitors to vote early and often on the official Showdown page on jokes.com.
This, by the way, is all documented on Barry’s Facebook fan page (or check out the image below). It looks as though this fan wasn’t lying and whatever he did to his computer, it’s working. As of this writing, Barry is winning the contest. Before Barry’s fan posted is declaration, Barry wasn’t even in the top 20. Barry, obviously, has nothing to do with this guy’s shenanigans. Also, this isn’t a shot against how Comedy Central is running their contest. We’re just laying out some observations.
But is Barry the only one seeing the effects of vote tampering? And is it really even tampering since you’re allowed to vote as much as you want? As of this writing, Tammy Pescatelli is right below Barry in the ranking. Comedian Doug Benson said this on Twitter at 2:52 pm EST on Dec. 22. “Tammy Pescatelli totally deserves the 42,000 votes she somehow got overnight. Robots love her!” We should note, just like in the Barry situation, this could be the result of a dedicated, yet ill-directed fan. We’re not saying that there is for sure some rigging going on in Tammy’s favor. And if there turns out there is, we’re not saying Tammy has anything to do with it.
Two days ago, Todd Barry was full of hope as he excitedly — for him, anyway — spoke directly to you, Punchline Magazine readers about winning over your votes for the Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown. Late last night, however, he recorded this video, which finds the veteran and much-respected comedian solemn and measured during his official concession speech.
As we’re sure you’re aware, the annual Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown is underway. If you’re still not too sure what this event is, each year the network runs a contest wherein people vote online and by text for their favorite comedian’s previously aired Comedy Central special.
And every year, many comedians take to the Internet to campaign for their fans’ votes. In the end, the 20 highest ranked comedians will have their special replayed on Comedy Central during the showdown day. This year, that day is Jan 31. We noticed that for the first time, our friend Todd Barry is actually campaigning a bit. So we asked him if he wanted to address Punchline Magazine readers directly to wrangle up some support. He said ok. Below is the proof.
Comedian Todd Barry is offering a unique bundle of holiday cheer this season. Barry has posted an eBay auction where the highest bidder will win one ticket to Comedy Death Ray’s Xmas Nativity Pageant and a personal phone call from Barry live on stage!
The Xmas Nativity Pageant takes place on Dec. 15 at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is Los Angeles, and the lucky bidder will publicly take a 5-7 minute phone call from the self-described “mega celebrity” during the show. All proceeds will support the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. Barry, who cannot attend the showcase, promises the phone call will be “friendly in nature.”
Todd also may be coming to your town this month. Check out the dates below and be sure to visit toddbarry.com to download full color, hipster tour posters.
Dec. 8 – New York, NY – Comix
Dec. 10 – Alston, MA – Great Scott
Dec. 11 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall
Dec. 12 – New Haven, CT – Cafe Nine
Dec. 13 – Providence, RI – Jerky’s Live Music Hall
Dec. 31 – San Francisco, CA – Palace of Fine Arts
Comedy Death Ray is an alternative comedy extravaganza that has been showcased at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles for the past five years. It has featured a wide array of comics, ranging from David Cross to Patton Oswalt. The Xmas Nativity Pageant is in its eighth year and is auctioning off countless donations from comics, including Lt. Dangle’s mustache from Reno 911!, all to support charity.
To start bidding on a ticket to Comedy Death Ray’s Xmas Nativity Pageant and a phone call from Todd Barry live on stage, go here. To see the wide host of hilarious stocking-stuffers being auctioned off by Comedy Death Ray, go here.
Dudes. Todd Barry is carting his ass around Texas, Toronto and New England bringing the finest damn stand-up available to the masses. Check out the details at his tour page. You can also download a tour poster here. Finally, Barry plays Carnegie Hall Nov. 5 with Ricky Gervais. Impressed yet, mofos?) The show’s sold out, so it’s not like you can do anything about it if you don’t already have tickets. We just enjoy typing.
Holy shit. This clip of Jimmy Kimmel one-upping Melissa Joan Hart made us squeal with delight.
Comedian Morgan Murphy performed at the first ever Bentzen Ball comedy festival in Washington DC last weekend. She also took a shit-ton of awesome photos while she was there. Here they are!
The folks at College Humor whipped out this video about manipulating one’s genitals. Yay!
In a Halloween-inspired Swiffer commercial spoof, Logo’s Big Gay Sketch Show paints a somewhat disturbing picture of the now-famous rejected mop.
If you’re in NYC, check out the comedy variety show Crime & Punishment every Tuesday at Cake Shop!
Barely Political, the folks behind the “Obama Girl” video, have made a music video tribute to trick-or-treaters. Warning: fake abs!
Have a link you want to share for our Friday links post? send to dylan@punchlinemagazine.com.
This year, Punchline Magazine is celebrating its four years online with an incredible show at Comix in New York City on Oct. 13. Lewis Black, Janeane Garofalo, Todd Barry, Christian Finnegan, Ted Alexandro, Pete Dominick and Robert Hawkins will all perform at the show, a one-night only event.
To help celebrate the anniversary, the first 75 people in the showroom will get Punchline Magazine sport bags filled with CDs from Co-sponsor Stand Up! Records, t-shirts from Rooftop Comedy and more. Tickets to this event are only $15 in advance and $20 the day of. Go here to get your tickets before they’re gone.
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One of the advantages of being up at 7 a.m. every morning, due to having a one year old?
Comedian Todd Barry is offering a unique bundle of holiday cheer this season. Barry has posted an eBay auction where the highest bidder will win one ticket to Comedy Death Ray’s Xmas Nativity Pageant and a personal phone call from Barry live on stage!
