2 posts tagged “comedy”
Mike Schmidt, one third of the first season of the very successful podcast "Never Not Funny" has started his own podcast, called "40 Year Old Boy". NNF features three extremely quick-witted gentlemen (with occasional guests), sharing anecdotes about their pasts and their lives in the world of stand-up comedy. Mike left the show unceremoniously but apparently not acrimoniously at the end of season one (well, his leaving ended season one really). In any case, he's a genuinely funny, quick-witted man. Give him a listen!
And NNF Primo is awesome too! Well worth $20 a season.
Sci-Fi channel (U.S.) just broadcast the pilot of the animated version of Mike Mignola's one-shot comic, "Amazing Screw-On Head". Okay, sure; just == two nights ago in this context, but I just watched it last night.
I've not (yet) read the comic, but the animated show captures Mignola's graphical style perfectly. Beautifully drawn and colored, with superb voice acting (most notably excellent turns from Paul Giamatti, David "Mr." Hyde Pierce, and Patton Oswalt as the loyal Mr. Groin), "Amazing Screw-On Head" is on one level a parody and satire of steampunk, Victorian horror, Indiana Jones, U.S. jingoism, with a smattering of Lovecraftian purple prose. But there's also some wonderfully unexpected flashes of comedic genius which make it something new and worth watching.
If you missed it, or you're not from around here, you can catch the entire ep at SciFi.com. And then you should complete the survey, so they'll produce/broadcast more eps for me to enjoy. Me! Yes, me.
And if you're in the states, you can now enjoy "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace", a cult horror/sci-fi/comedy spoof from Channel 4 getting it's first (?) U.S. showing. It's being shown just before "Amazing Screw-On Head" on Thursday nights.
