Bluth Banana Stand and the cast of Arrested Development

“There’s always money in the banana stand.” – George Bluth

The Bluth Frozen Banana stand*, long time fixture of the Bluth Company, will be at Yankee Stadium today from 3:30 – 8PM. Stop by before the game for a photo and a frozen banana. In conjunction with the banana stand, the Yankees are running a half price ticket offer for tonight’s matchup against the Mariners (May 15).

* The Bluth company has also owned and run a frozen banana stand started by George in 1953 on the Newport Beach boardwalk on Balboa Island. The stand was a popular meeting place for the buying and selling of marijuana in the 1970s. As the stand itself was built to resemble a large yellow banana, it was commonly known as “the big yellow joint”, and became the topic of a hit song by the same name. [arresteddevelopment.wikia.com]

The banana stand, is of course, an ingenious promotion for the highly anticipated premiere of Season 4 of Arrested Development on May 26 on Netflix.

Watch the trailer for Season 4 of @arresteddev after the jump.

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Maron on IFC (05/03/13)

Marc Maron’s new eponymous series, Maron, premieres this Friday (May 3) on IFC. If you’d like a little sneak peek of the show, you can stream Episode 102, “Dead Possum”, on YouTube or at IFC’s Stream Room right now. Marc’s new book, Attempting Normal, also comes out today (April 30) via Spiegel & Grau.

Watch the full “Dead Possum” episode of Maron after the jump.

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Garfunkel & Oates

I am very excited that the multi-talented Garfunkel & Oates are coming to the Gramercy Theatre on April 22 (Buy Tickets).

Garfunkel & Oates are a unique musical comedy duo comprised of actresses Kate Micucci (Raising Hope, Bored to Death) and Riki Lindhome (Enlightened, Fun Size, Last House on The Left). They’ve been featured in Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch and their very own HALF HOUR Special just premiered on Comedy Central. They’ve appeared on The Independent Spirit Awards, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Attack of the Show, Last Call with Carson Daily and their videos have been featured on CollegeHumor.com and FunnyorDie.com. Their album All Over Your Face was #1 on itunes comedy the week it was released and their NEW album Slippery When Moist was just released!

If you’d like a chance to win a pair of free tickets to Garfunkel & Oates at the Gramercy Theatre, then please fill out the contest entry form after the jump. Contest ends on Monday, April 15 at midnight ET. One entry per person, US residents only.

Video for “The College Try” and contest entry form after the jump.

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Kristen Schaal: Live At The Fillmore Extended And Uncensored DVD

Actress, comedian and much missed fixture of the New York comedy scene, Kristen Schaal, had her very first one hour special premiere on Comedy Central last week. The extended and uncensored version is now also available on DVD.

Kristen Schaal unleashes her unique point of view and unconventional delivery upon San Francisco in the world premiere of her first original one-hour stand-up special, Kristen Schaal: Live at the Fillmore, debuting on Comedy Central on Monday, April 1 at midnight ET/PT. One of Rolling Stone’s “50 Funniest People Now,” Schaal is not afraid to go blue in front of a live audience at the historic San Francisco venue. She will talk about taints. She will perform her magician’s assistant audition and she will share personal insights and stories, all adding up to a hilarious hour of comedy.

While she told her longtime collaborator Kurt Braunholer that it “went badly,” I think most folks here will probably still get a kick out of it. If you’d like a chance at winning your very own copy of Kristen Schaal: Live At The Fillmore on DVD, fill out the contest entry form after the jump. Contest ends on Friday, April 15 at midnight ET. One entry per person, US residents only.

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TYF! Live at The Bell House w/ Hannibal Buress, Todd Barry, Nikki Glaser

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Liam McEneaney‘s weekly Tell Your Friends! show (which had a long run at Lolita Bar) has turned into a semi-regular big thing at The Bell House. Tonight’s show (Feb 13) is actually the Fifth Annual Tell Your Friends! With Benefits Show and it features the comedy stylings of Hannibal Buress, Todd Barry, Nikki Glaser, Liam McEneaney, Carla Rhodes and musical guest Eden & John’s East River String Band (Buy Tickets). As with all such shows like this, there is of course, always the possibility of Special Guests.

In addition to planning big comedy shin digs, Liam is also keeping himself busy with his modestly named podcast, TELL YOUR FRIENDS! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT MATTERS!. This week’s episode features Kambri Crews, Christian Finnegan, and bumpershine favorite, Stephen Tobolowsky. Stephen, as you recall, is appearing the 92Y Tribeca on Saturday night (Feb 16) reading stories from his book, The Dangerous Animals Club (Buy Tickets) and also introducing the classic film, Groundhog Day (Buy Tickets). Come on out, it’s going to be a great night of movies and storytelling!

Eugene Mirman: An Evening of Comedy in a Fake, Underground Laboratory

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Ah, Eugene…

Popularly known as the voice of “Gene Belcher” on the animated comedy “Bob’s Burgers,” Eugene was named America’s #1 Noticer by Standup Magazine four years in a row (not true he made up that magazine). In his first one-hour Comedy Central special, Mirman tells stories, holds up pieces of paper, and gets people in the audience to pee on each other with a simple glance (this is the second and last lie). He doesn’t care what it says here and is wiggle wiggle poddle wee wee lollipop. “Your mind g-spot will love Eugene’s hour special!” Ronald Reagan, right before he died. [Amazon.com]

As you might have guessed by reading the above paragraph, Eugene Mirman has a new 1 hour comedy special, which came out this week on CD & DVD via Comedy Central Records. If you’d like to own your very own copy of Eugene Mirman: An Evening of Comedy in a Fake, Underground Laboratory, you could always go out and buy one, or possibly ask Eugene to give you one if you see him on 7th Ave, or you could head over to www.bumpershine.com/eugenemirman and try your luck at winning one. No purchase necessary. Contest ends on Feb 14 at 11:59 59 PM ET, 1 entry per person.

Eugene Mirman tour dates and video clip from Eugene’s special after the jump.

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Nikki & Sara Live (Tuesdays @ 11 on MTV)

The new show from comedians, Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer, Nikki & Sara Live, premieres tonight at 11PM ET on MTV. I know it’s a talk show, and I know it’s live (like Andy Cohen live I believe), and Ke$ha is the first guest, but other than that, I’ll be tuning in to find out more just like you. Huge congrats again to Sara & Nikki on the premiere, break a leg guys!

PS Back in the day, when I used to hang out at Union Hall at way too much, Sara once told me that her goal was to get her own talk show. I always remembered that, so it’s pretty awesome that this show is actually happening.

Kroll Show

Good news comedy fans, if you’re handy with a computer, you can watch a sneak preview of Nick Kroll‘s eponymous Kroll Show right now. The full first episode is currently available for stream/download via comedycentral.com, hulu, itunes, amazon instant and xbox live. Based on the uninspired commercials, I had a few doubts about Nick’s new show, but I just watched episode 1 and it’s actually pretty hilarious. The Degrassi inspired “Wheels Ontario” was far and away my favourite skit of the episode. (The “pasta” line was so regional and classic, they must have ex-pats on the staff.)

TYF! Winter Carnivale with Gilbert Gottfried (01/05/12)

Some of you may remember that comedian Gilbert Gottfried was originally scheduled to play a TYF! show at The Bell House around Halloween 2012, but that show was preempted due to Hurricane Sandy. Well, the good news is that Gottfried along with Liam McEneaney, Myq Kaplan, Reza Zager and musical guests Mike Doughty and Kill The Band are all appearing tonight (Saturday, Jan 5) at The Bell House at TYF!’s Winter Carnivale. Tickets will be available at the door.

In other related news, like some of his comedy brethren before him (Marc Maron, Pete Holmes, Sara Schaefer and others), TYF host Liam McEneaney has started a podcast. The modestly named, Tell Your Friends! The Only Podcast That Matters!, just debuted on iTunes with guest Eddie Pepitone:

It’s going to be an audio magazine, featuring the best of NYC’s indie culture, with regular interviews with some of the city’s best comedians, musicians, writers, and so on. In addition, we’re going to have music, readings, and storytelling from some of the city’s best.

Upcoming guests include Mike Doughty, W. Kamau Bell, Bryan Tucker, Christian Finnegan, Todd Barry, Baratunde Thurston, A Brief View of the Hudson, Victor Varnado, Catherine Popper, and many many more.

Caroline Creaghead in repose

Tearing The Veil of Maya/Pretty Good Friends has had a good long run at Union Hall, but starting this weekend (Jan 6), Eugene Mirman will be passing the Sunday Night Comedy torch to Comedy Booker/Producer extraordinaire, Caroline Creaghead. Since Caroline has been booking Pretty Good Friends, The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival, and a million other things, for the last few years, you can still expect Sunday night’s at Union Hall to be the best comedy value in NYC.

Having booked Pretty Good Friends for the past few years, Creaghead is continuing to bring the brightest, funniest, friendliest folks to Brooklyn’s longest-serving, most beloved comedy venue on Sunday nights. Eugene Mirman (who will still be frequently found there) is handing over the reigns to Creaghead & Company starting this Sunday, January 6th.

Creaghead & Company
Sunday, Jan 6th at Union Hall
with Dave Hill, Jessi Klein, Ted Travelstead and Nick Turner

Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8pm
Tickets are $7 and available at the door, cash only