The cast of “The State” reunites on “RISK!” for its 300th episode
RISK! releases its 300th episode with an epic podcast featuring true, uncensored stories from every single member of cult comedy troupe The State. You’ll hear David Wain, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Kerri Kenney, Michael Showalter, Todd Holoubek, Michael Patrick Jann, Robert Ben Garant, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, and RISK! creator & host Kevin […]
Watch Taran Killam’s “Brother Nature” trailer that boasts an SNL cast
Roger (Taran Killam), a straight-laced politician has big plans to propose to his dream girl (Gillian Jacobs) at her family’s lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd (Bobby Moynihan): a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger’s best […]
Festival Supreme to host Music of “Wet Hot American Summer” with actors from the film
On October 29th, Tenacious D’s Festival Supreme will kick off at Los Angeles’s Shrine Expo Hall & Grounds. We previously reported the likes of Flight of the Conchords, Weird Al Yankovic, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Tim Heidecker, Eric Andre, Jenny Slate, Mac DeMarco, and Garfunkel & Oates will all […]
David Wain posted a brand new Stella short (sort of)
Yesterday, David Wain made millions of comedy fans’ dreams come true when he Tweeted out a brand new short from Stella, the sketch comedy group he’s in with Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. Shot in a hotel while the trio were getting ready for a recent SF Sketchfest performance, the sketch – titled “Rip […]
A Futile and Stupid conversation with director David Wain
Doug Kenney was the face of the cultural comedy shift of the 70s and 80s, without 90 percent of people ever knowing whose face that was. Doug Kenney was the founder of the National Lampoon magazine, formed The National Lampoon Radio Hour, staged National Lampoon’s Lemmings, and wrote only two movies in his life span: National […]
The Cast of “The State” Took Over SF Sketchfest 2024
The State at SF Sketchfest 2024. SF Sketchfest is always a fun way to kick things off in the comedy community every year, and 2024 was no different. Last weekend, the cast of the cult 90’s comedy troupe The State reunited in San Francisco for two fun events. First up at Cobb’s Comedy Club, there […]
The State Is Reuniting For One Night Only Next Month
Fans of The State rejoice. It’s been announced that there’s going to be a reunion show next month. The State is a sketch comedy troupe that had a show – also titled The State – that aired on MTV 30 years ago. To celebrate the anniversary, David Wain, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas […]
David Wain’s National Lampoon movie, “A Futile And Stupid Gesture” coming to Netflix in January
David Wain has been hard at work making a movie about National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney for a while now. The project, announced back in 2016, stars Will Forte as the title character – a tragic figure who not only was a large part of the creative force behind National Lampoon magazine but also co-wrote […]
Look it’s the trailer for season 3 of “Another Period”
It appears to be the same shit, another period. Today, Comedy Central released the trailer for season three of Another Period. The Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome starring show is set to premiere on January 23rd at 10:30pm following the new season of Drunk History. As with every season of the show, there are a […]
The trailer for “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later” has finally arrived
Get ready to head back to camp: Netflix has finally released a first look at Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later follows Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Netflix’s second original film in the Wet Hot franchise, which began with the David Wain-directed 2001 […]