South By Southwest is almost upon us and its keynotes are going to be tremendous this year. Three weeks ago, the festival announced that the cast of Veep, Bob Odenkirk and Seth Rogen were among some of the speakers. They made good on their promise to announce more. Now funny people like Janeane Garofalo, Wyatt Cenac, and Michael Ian Black are joining the fracas. Additionally, all the podcasts like Comedy Bang! Bang!, improv4humans, and Hollywood Handbook will be there. The full line up can be found below and other details can be seen on the SXSW website.
TBS is getting in bed with the three guys behind 'Wet Hot American Summer'
Michael Ian Black, TBS and the men behind the Wet Hot American Summer show are teaming up for a Love Boat-esque space show. It's dubbed Moon Cruise and will star Black. That's pretty much all the news that is out right now, writes the Hollywood Reporter. But it is known that David Wain, Michael Showalter and Johnathan Stern are backing the series. Moon Cruise joins Showalter's other TBS comedy, Search Party, which was renewed for a second season.
Seeso just can't stop, orders Michael Ian Black hosted show
Having already ordered a bunch of other shows, Seeso decided to up the gamut by ordering yet another series, this time from Michael Ian Black. The show is called Debate Wars and six episodes are on the way. Splitsider reports that two teams made up of comedians and improvisers will enter the "Debatium;" one will leave. In said battle arena, topics will include cats vs dogs and babies vs old people. A live audience will watch as comics such as Janeane Garofalo, Judah Friedlander, Gilbert Gottfried, Eugene Mirman, Aparna Nancherla, and Todd Barry make jokes in an attempt to become the winning team.
The Second Season of Jim Gaffigan's 'The Jim Gaffigan Show' ft. Jim Gaffigan will premiere in June
TV shows based on comedians are the in thing and TV Land's The Jim Gaffigan Show is one of the best. The show features a top notch cast (Michael Ian Black and Ashley Williams stand out), a welcome atmosphere and fatty food jokes. One of the other great aspects is Gaffigan himself who goes to great lengths to make his dozen or so kids, friends and wife happy. Not so fun fact: the pilot was simulcast on all of Viacom's networks and new episodes subsequently appeared a few days after on the same network following the TV Land premiere. Anyways, Deadline reports season two will debut with back to back episodes on Sunday, June 19th which Father's Day.
Sara Benincasa Launches New Podcast Debuting in Your Orejas This Week
Comedienne Sara Benincasa is releasing her new podcast In The Casa this week on Cave Comedy Radio. Her first few guests on the show include John Hodgman, Michael Ian Black and Patton Oswalt. Benincasa has a Patreon up that will act as the podcasts' support beam.
And she's been in Playboy. That's the most important part of anything I write here.
But wait, there's more. Benincasa had a kickstarter up to raise money for her latest tour "This Tour Is So Gay." She raised her $15,000 necessary and then some. Now she's writing her next two books along with a TV show pilot. It seems like this woman can't be stopped.
Benincasa is better known as a veteran radio host. She's been featured on the Today Show, MTV News, and CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer as well as being praised by The New York Times, Wired and ABC News.
Check out Sara's Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. And go to her website. And support her damn Patreon so she can continues doing these amazing things.