Take a gander at this photo of Jeff Goldblum proudly wearing the Ruxin family bathrobe to play Rodney's father Rupert on the Thanksgiving episode of The League. Here's hoping his vocabulary is as filthy as his son's, and that the two of them spend the entire episode in those bathrobes.
Season Two of The League ends in an ominous darkness. Ruxon (Nick Kroll) won the league and blacked out the Sun. Holding the Shiva over his head, he taunts the losers with his masturbation fantasies. Taco (Jon Lajoie) cries out, “The league is doomed.” This could have meant a myriad of things but at the time it felt like an allusion to the looming NFL Lockout. Tomorrow night, The League is set to premiere its third season with the NFL season very much happening; however, I can’t help but think about how great the show would be if it wasn’t.
Heads up to the weak! Seth Rogen joins The League as Dirty Randy in the season premiere, finally putting a face to the heretofore unseen scumbag friend of Jason Mantzoukas's Rafi. "It's official! Dirty Randy will be played by Seth Rogen this season on @theleaguefx," Paul Scheer tweeted on Saturday. Creator Jeff Schaffer explained, "As the legend of Dirty Randy grew among our fans — is that Dirty Randy? Is that a shot of Dirty Randy? — we realized we really have to step up here. We started talking about who the funniest people we know who aren't on the show already, and [Rogen] was at the [...]
Hey, comedy nerds: You should be watching The League. I have a feeling not all of you are, and that's a problem. Some of you tuned in last season, sure–the show did get picked up for a second season (premiering tonight on FX), after all. But it seems like the show has been slipping under the radar, which is too bad, because it just might have been the best new comedy of last year.
I might describe The League as the first half-hour of an Apatow film, with all the slightly bro-ish but very funny dick-joke ratatat that implies. It's only the first half-hour, though–there's no real sentimentality or, [...]
The League is welcoming a couple of extended family members this holiday season: Sarah Silverman and Jeff Goldblum. Silverman will play Andre's (Paul Scheer) sister and Goldblum will play Ruxin's (Nick Kroll) father. They'll both be coming for Thanksgiving dinner, which will have the dudes' fantasy football league gathered around the festive table, as is tradition.
Here's the first promo for the upcoming season of The League, which shows Seth Rogen's Dirty Randy character taking some cheesecake photos and generally being, well, dirty. Also: a reenactment of the Super Bowl Shuffle, which I can definitely get behind. Fair warning, this 30 second ad has a 15 second ad tacked onto the front of it and a popover ad on top of it. It is what it is. Stupid internet.
FX, which is quickly becoming the AMC of comedy with it's almost universally awesome original comedy programming, has just released its Fall premiere schedule. Here's what's going down: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia starring Fat Mac comes back Thursday, September 15th at 10PM, The League comes back Thursday, October 6th at 10:30PM and Archer is coming back for a "special 3-week run," whatever that means, on Thursday, September 15th at 10:30PM.
In other FX-related news, IFC is planning to air a marathon of the original Aussie version of Wilfred on July 31st at noon. Set your DVRs and you'll have the full eight-episode run all to yourself. [...]
We recently found a venn diagram showing how the casts and guest stars of Arrested Development, Parks and Rec, and 30 Rock intersect. It was very cool, but also it made us think: we can go crazier with this. So allow me to present you with the Parks and Rec/Party Down/Childrens Hospital/The League cast and guest stars venn diagram, showing just how incestuous our favorite comedies really are. It also notes which people are involved with UCB, Earwolf, The State and Human Giant, showing even more overlap and cross-pollination.
I only worked in the public library system for a short time, but let's just say this photo seems about right. Entertainment Weekly has the first look at Seth Rogen as The League's Dirty Randy, the oft-mentioned, never-before-scene porn directing buddy of Jason Mantzoukas's character Rafi. Turns out, Randy was busy staring off into the middle distance while insisting that he re-shelve all the books himself. Just let him, you guys. He's got scorpions all over his shirt.
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Just got word @theleaguefx has just been picked up for a 3rd Season. McGiblets lives to see another day!less than a minute ago via webPaul Scheerpaulscheer
From Paul Scheer comes the good news that FX's The League is coming back for season three. Huzzah for good shows not getting canned!
