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November 16, 2015
Published by Jeffrey Gurian at November 16, 2015

Oh Hello! and More Big News From the New York Comedy Festival Including Judd Apatow, The Tonight Show and More!

Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey covered the New York Comedy Festival!
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November 16, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 16, 2015

Big Jay Oakerson Tapes New Crowd Work Series; Get Tickets

NBC Universal is launching a brand new streaming service in January just for comedy. It's called Seeso and it will house a ton of NBC comedy content as well as a slate of comedy original series. Big Jay Oakerson's all crowd work stand up show What's Your Fucking Deal is one of the first original series that will air on the service.
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November 15, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 15, 2015

Oakerson, Burr, Hannibal and More Rock Out Gramercy Park for the New York Comedy Festival

Friday night Bill Burr, Hannibal Buress, Big Jay Oakerson, Matteo Lane, and Iliza Shlesinger all took to the stage for the Josh Adam Meyer's Goddamn Comedy Jam as part of the New York Comedy Festival. The theater was jam packed, with seats in back and a General Admission floor packed shoulder to shoulder with some pretty drunk fans excited to see their favorite comics rock with the GDCJ's live band.
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November 13, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 13, 2015

Tracy Morgan In Talks To Play Comedy Icon Redd Foxx

Tracy Morgan is in negotiations to join an already impressive cast in the Lee Daniels Richard Pryor biopic that is in the works. Morgan will reportedly play comedy icon Redd Foxx in the film if talks pan out. Before starring in the hit sitcom Sanford and Son, Foxx owned the local comedy club that gave Pryor his first stage time.
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November 12, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 12, 2015

Annie Hall Tops the List of 100 Funniest Screenplays Ever

The Writers Guild of America announced their awards for the top 101 funniest screenplays of all time revealing Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman's Annie Hall topped the list. Annie Hall won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1977.
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November 11, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 11, 2015

Moonbeam City Creator Scott Gairdner Aims for Giddy Pointlessness with Rob Lowe Led Series; Scores That and More

Comedy Central's new animated series Moonbeam City is described as many things--visually stunning, absurdist, retro-futuristic, 80's inspired, neon soaked, a Duran Duran album cover come to life, smart, and packed with laughs. We talked with creator and showrunner Scott Gairdner about the series.
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November 11, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 11, 2015

Watch Amy Sedaris Navigate a Shondaland Obstacle Course

Amy Sedaris needs to navigate a Shondaland obstacle course to become the Mayor of Shondaland on Billy on the street. Will she be able to burst through the ABC glass ceiling, fuck a male nurse in Grey's Anatomy-ville while lying on an unimportant patient?
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November 10, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 10, 2015

Enjoying the New York Comedy Festival: The Definitive Guide

We cover the country, but New York's our home, so it's an exciting week when the New York Comedy Festival comes around. It's unlike any other festival in the country. It's gigantic, but it's also decidedly unfestival-like because it's spread out through the entire city without a central focal point. Any week of the year there is a massive festival-worthy list of great comedy happening in New York City so by the time you add in a few extra headlining events, what you really have is a gigantic list of impossible choices and tough decisions.
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November 10, 2015
Published by Interrobang Staff at November 10, 2015

Smoking with Chris Periscope Show Breaks Some Comedy News From Dan Soder and Big Jay Oakerson

It's an exclusive! The Smoking with Chris Show, exclusively available on our very own Periscope Channel, broke some comedy news yesterday with special guests Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder.
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