NEWS: SEINFELD REUNION

It's a reunion! It's a reunion! Look everybody, it's a reunion!

There’s been talk about this for awhile now, but finally we’ve got some info straight from Larry David’s mouth.

Looks like the Seinfeld cast will be appearing on the upcoming season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and not only that, but the season will focus on Larry putting together a Seinfeld reunion show.

“We’ll see writing, see aspects of the read-through, parts of rehearsal, see the show being filmed, and see it on TV,” says David.

I am plotzing over here, Jerry. Terminal Laughter will be holding a few live screenings of the episodes at my parent’s house! They have cable! We can even watch Mad Money or Hannity and Colmes afterwards. Plus my Dad has plenty of Lakeports.

Read the full article here

NEWS: Funny People in theatres today

Judd Apatow’s latest romp, Funny People, hits Canadian screens today. If you’ve already seen the trailer or any of the promotional viral videos, you’ll know that the movie stars Adam Sandler as a successful comedian coming to grips with the fact that he might be dying. Funny People also boasts a cast that includes Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, Aziz Ansari, and Aubrey Plaza. You can check out this recent interview Judd Apatow did for the A.V. Club or this review that TL’s own John Semley penned for Exclaim magazine (or this one, for Maisonneuve).

VARIETY’S 10 COMEDIANS TO WATCH

This story’s about 10 days old, but it’s still got some interesting stuff.

Read for yourself:

CLICK HERE

The List:

Matt Braunger
Wyatt Cenac
Jon Dore
Donald Glover
Ken Jeong
Kumail Nanjiani
Nick Kroll
Ellie Kemper
Aubrey Plaza
Kristen Schaal

TL was completely snubbed.

Be on the lookout for interviews with some of these guys in the future. Also, we’ll be making trading cards and devising a Magic-like game with yuks instead of mana. Who’s YOUR favourite?

And if you haven’t seen this before, you gotta watch this music video with Ken Jeong.

What’s It Gonna Be? from Mike O’Connell

NEWS: Tim and Eric host free party in NYC tonight

It may be a long distance from our Montreal home-base, but interested parties should take note in an interesting party happening tonight in the Big Napple. Tim and Eric are hosting some party thing at a place called Santos Party House. According to a reliable NYC insider, the night will consist of “them doing some jokes and then a few bands i guess?” So to all our reader in New York City, make sure you check this out tonight, even though this message is entirely redundant as you told us about this thing in the first place.

NEWS: Michael and Michael have a Twitter Party tonight at 9:30

Hey, you guys know Twitter? It’s a pretty funny joke, right? A while back we posted about Michael Ian Black’s Twitter interview (or Twitterview) that was held to promote his then-upcoming tv series Michael and Michael Have Issues.  Well now that Comedy Central is airing the show, the Twitter promotion (insert appropriate portmanteau here) is back. Recently, Esquire.com ran a feature called Michael and Michael have issues with Twitter. Tonight, during the broadcast of the new episode, Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black will be hosting a party over Twitter.

Check out the party invite after the jump. No trailers for the show seem to be available in Canada.

ATTN: Local Residents

ATTN: All Residing In and About the Intersection of Euclid and Bloor, Toronto ON

FROM: John Semley, Chief Scout in Charge of Locations, PUNNY TALKS PRODUCTIONS LTD.

RE: Taping for upcoming season of CTV’s POKERFACE

Dated: 07/29/2009

Attn: Residents,

This is just a friendly notice that your neighbourhood is being used as a filming location for the upcoming season of the CTV’s new crime drama POKERFACE. Filming will be taking place in the surrounding of the intersections of Bloor St. and Euclid Ave, from approx. 07/31/2009-08/06/2009 including filming in local Korean Yum-E BBQ restos. While we, the producers, apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, we invite you to come out and enjoy the filming of POKERFACE.

NEWS: Comedy Death Ray Graphic Novel in the Works

Scott Aukerman’s Comedy Death Ray is being turned into a graphic novel, according to an article posted by Variety. The live show plays host to a number of established as well as up-and-coming comedians on a weekly basis in Los Angeles. So far, the project boasts a long list of impressive names, including Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, B.J. Novak, Patton Oswalt, Paul Scheer and Janeane Garofalo. Each comedian will contribute a comicbook. Check out the Comedy Death Ray podcasts here.

News: Louis C.K. to bring new stand-up special to the silver screen

Writer, director, and all around hilarious dude Louis C.K. has revealed his plans to premiere his latest stand-up special, Hilarious, to film festivals. The comedian, who recently sold out a string of high profile shows at Just For Laughs, divulged the info in an e-mail to online comedy community A Special Thing:

“The new special, “Hilarious” I shot in Milwaukee back in March, or was it April? In any case, I shot it on RED cameras with 35mm movie lenses and directed myself, with the intent to release it as a theatrical film. It’s about 85 minutes long. The plan is to begin at film festivals. It might start at Sundance which isn’t till January. If we don’t get theatrical distribution, then it will just go on Comedy Central, who advanced the TV licence fee to us so we could shoot it. In any case I don’t think anyone will see Hilarious until 2010.”

Terminal Laughter Webcast Issue #1

You'll go ape, so to speak, for TL's new comedycast!

Recorded live in our state of the art Ha-ha-bratory, the Terminal Laughter Webcast represents the cutting edge in Online Joke Delivery System Technology (OJDS Tech). Using wires, microphones, the Internet, Whoopie-brand flatulence simulation cushions and MP3 audio technology–offering compression that accommodates the maximal Joke Per Second (JPS) and Laugh Per Joke (LPJ) ratios–Terminal Laughter is now able to download humour directly onto your flashdrive or Zune.

The TL Webcast offers everything you love about Terminal Laughter, in easily-downloadable audio form! Get ready to hear all your favourites, including…

• Jokes about recently deceased celebrities
• Fart of the Week
• The wry back-and-forthisms of Frank and Beanz
• ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: “How to use comedy as a crutch”
• A hilarious visit from the improvisational comedy duo the Malleables
• Tips on how to guarantee twenty extra yards on your drives
• KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE SEMINAR: When is it appropriate to use the word “Chinaman”?
  
• Selections from our file of drunk, cynical e-mails to ex-girlfriends saved in our Drafts folder
• HOW TO: Execute a joke in the “Knock, Knock” style
  
• And PUNS, PUNS, PUNS!!!

So set your volume to high-larious and enjoy the inaugural Terminal Laughter Webcast. Check it out HERE.

Raaaaaaaandy

Aziz Ansari is doing a show at Just For Laughs tonight. If you live in the Montreal area, you should go see him, even though you will never get a ticket because it is almost sold out. You can check out Parts 1 & 2 of the hilarious Randy documentary as part of the promo for Funny People. (Click the image for the video)