Stand-up Sean Patton is the subject of the latest episode of Scott Moran's documentary web series "Modern Comedian," which is now produced by PBS. In his "Modern Comedian" installment, Patton leads us on a tour through America's two biggest cities (and two biggest comedy cities), L.A. and New York. Sean Patton seems to like New York a hell of a lot better than L.A., that's for sure.
This is a clip from the upcoming Steven Feinartz documentary about Eddie Pepitone, which sadly won't be completely animated. It would've been like Watlz With Bashir but (only slightly) less depressing. The film is supposed to come out later this year, so check back in more clips where people are drawn with incredibly dark eyes, giant torsos, and legs that look like candlestick bowling pins.
This month marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and the release of The Voice of Something, writer and director Jodi Lennon's 18-minute look into Marc Maron's experience just four days following the attacks in 2001. Shot from his then-home in Astoria, Queens and on to The Comedy Cellar in Manhattan, the film gives a raw glimpse into Maron's ability to find strength and some solace in comedy during a time when many of us were not ready to laugh.
Maron tells me by phone, “Obviously we were all horribly angry and upset and devastated. We were victimized in the eyes of the rest of the country and New York [...]
The latest episode of Scott Moran's excellent web series "Modern Comedian," in which he makes a short documentary about a different comedian each week, focuses on Power Violence, an L.A.-based group of comedians/skatepunks who make videos and run on a terrific weekly comedy show. This is the first episode of "Modern Comedian" that's produced by PBS Digital, which is a pretty exciting development for Moran and his web series. In their "Modern Comedian" installment, you get to see the Power Violence guys' intense pre-show ritual, the giant mansion they all live in together, and some haircut tomfoolery at a Wal-Mart. Doin' PBS proud.
Here's a pretty cool Kickstarter video for the Improv Everywhere movie, a feature-length documentary about the people and process behind the no-pants subway ride, the tuxedo-ruining Black Tie Beach, Mall Santa Musical, frozen Grand Central, and approximately one kagrillion other heart-warming and day-making pranks. The movie also features Aubrey Plaza and Nick Kroll and, if it's like this trailer, will probably make you feel good about art and comedy and humans. You can donate to get the project off the ground here.
Screening this month in NYC and LA, director Jodi Lennon's documentary Marc Maron: The Voice of Something follows the WTF host as he ambles around New York on September 19, 2001, during which he visits memorials, performs at the Comedy Cellar and basically tries to grapple with the aftermath as a comedian who tells it like it is, when "telling it like it is" is a deeply sad prospect.
Awash in the excesses of Las Vegas during the economic crisis, Joseph Garner was working on The Hangover as the assistant to director Todd Phillips. It was there he thought to do the above documentary. Also, it was there he met Zach Galifianakis. Zach decided to help out as an executive producer because: “I really liked the heart of the movie. We are so inundated with films that are loud and over the top I thought, ‘What a nice little film’ … it is a movie that has some real warmth to it.” "Loud and over the top" films? I wonder what The Hangover trilogy star might be referring to…
Did all of your relatives who know you like comedy tell you to make sure to watch the Woody Allen documentary on PBS this Thanksgiving? Every one of them? Multiple times? Well, now it's even easier to give in to their annoying, persistent demands while also eating leftover pie for dinner in your pajamas, because the whole thing is online. We should all probably watch it because he's a comedy legend and near-disturbingly prolific and also maybe we'll get to see that HOT BOD we've heard so much about. Part 2 is below.
