Sarah Silverman at Union Hall (10/05/08) From about 2007 to 2009/2010, I was a pretty regular attendee at the Tearing The Veil of Maya comedy show (currently known as Pretty Good Friends) on Sunday nights at Union Hall. Throughout that time period, I also maintained the show’s now defunct MySpace page where I kept track…
Tag: Michael Showalter
Showalter Says ‘Wet Hot American’ Sequel Is “Go”, MIB Disputes It
Last night on Andy Cohen‘s celebrity gabfest, Watch What Happens Live, Michael Showalter mentioned that a Wet Hot American Summer sequel was a “go” with the whole original cast on board. This seemingly off the cuff remark caused a bit of a twitterquake and eventually prompted Michael Ian Black to tweet that, “it probably wasn’t…
Big Comedy Update: Year End Edition
It may be December, but there’s still a lot quality comedy left before we close out the year. Here’s what I found interesting this month for one reason or another: PS According to their Twitter, The Bell House has a big comedy announcement coming this morning at 10AM. (Could it be another set of surprise…
Comedy Calendar Update: July 2011 and Beyond
2011 Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival Hey, in case you haven’t been religiously following the Bumpershine Comedy Calendar, here are a bunch of shows that I intend to add to the calendar when I start updating it again. (Note: This post is chronological by venue, but venues are not listed alphabetically.) THE 4TH ANNUAL EUGENE MIRMAN…
Wet Hot American Summer 10th Anniversary Tour (MHOW)
Wet Hot American Summer 10th Anniversary Shows In 2001, most of the cast from The State, plus Amy Poehler, Christopher Meloni, David Hyde Pierce, Elizabeth Banks, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Rudd and an unknown young actor named Bradley Cooper got together to make a little movie called Wet Hot American Summer. Not originally a box office…
March 2011 Bookstore Events (Amy Chua, Ted Danson, Sarah Vowell, Wesley Stace, Dan Savage, Sheryl Crow, Neil Strauss and More)
March 2011 NYC Bookstore Events Wow, this has to be one of the most amazing months for bookstore events in recent memory. Here’s a list of a bunch of things I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble March 2011 03/01 Alan Paul: Big In China (Tri) 03/01 Gabrielle Hamilton, Anthony Bourdain:…