Aasif Mandvi’s Halal in the Family recently brought an activist twist to the “satirical family sitcom” format, but the Daily Show correspondent’s web series isn’t the only one drawing some laughs from repressed suburban emotions. On the IFC’s Comedy Crib destination, viewers can find The Fergusons, a series of short snippets set at a family dinner table.
In each episode of The Fergusons, the titular family holds a conversation that slowly devolves into a ridiculous outpouring of repressed emotion. In the first installment, the mother (played by Very Mary-Kate’s Elaine Carroll) discusses the sensual touch of her former pottery instructor. This revelation drives her husband (Upright Citizen’s Brigade co-founder and Key & Peele showrunner Ian Roberts) up the wall.
In an e-mail, series creator Mitch Magee (who we’ve discussed a number of times in this space) describes The Fergusons as “a skewed family sitcom.
In each episode of The Fergusons, the titular family holds a conversation that slowly devolves into a ridiculous outpouring of repressed emotion. In the first installment, the mother (played by Very Mary-Kate’s Elaine Carroll) discusses the sensual touch of her former pottery instructor. This revelation drives her husband (Upright Citizen’s Brigade co-founder and Key & Peele showrunner Ian Roberts) up the wall.
In an e-mail, series creator Mitch Magee (who we’ve discussed a number of times in this space) describes The Fergusons as “a skewed family sitcom.
- 5/12/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Saturday Night Live bosses are reportedly on the hunt for more female stars amid uncertainty over Kristen Wiig's future on the show. Kate McKinnon of The Big Gay Sketch Show is to make her debut on the April 7 episode of the NBC series, which will Jessica Joy (The Playboy Club), Lauren Lapkus (Are You There Chelsea), Elaine Carroll (Very Mary-Kate) and three male performers have also taken screen tests in front of SNL creator Lorne Michaels, (more)...
- 3/29/2012
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
With several members of the cast expected to depart at the end of this season, "Saturday Night Live" is recruiting reinforcements. Deadline.com reported on Wednesday that seven performers have auditioned for "SNL" creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels in the past several weeks, and one has already been hired as a featured player for an episode of the long-running NBC sketch show this season.Kate McKinnon, who has been performing sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York since 2008, will make her "Saturday Night Live" debut on Saturday, April 7 in an episode hosted by Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family"). Jessica Joy ("The Playboy Club"), Lauren Lapkus ("Are You There, Chelsea?") and Elaine Carroll ("Very Mary-Kate") have all reportedly auditioned for the show, as well.In addition to her Ucb experience, McKinnon starred in three seasons of "The Big Gay Sketch Show" on Logo TV and has provided voiceover.
- 3/29/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
Only four members of Saturday Night Live's thirteen-person cast are female, and two of those — Kristen Wiig and Abby Elliott — may not be much longer for the series, as each has been booking extracurricular projects (though Elliot just fell out of the Fox pilot she'd booked a starring role in). With that in mind, Deadline reports that Lorne Michaels has been auditioning new women for the sketch show, and Big Gay Sketch Show veteran Kate McKinnon will join the cast for the next new episode. Other comediennes who've been in the mix include Jessica Joy, Lauren Lapkus, and Elaine Carroll, and yes, the latter is from your favorite web series Very Mary-Kate, and yes again, Michaels still seems unable to find a single funny black woman. Maya Rudolph guest appearances only go so far, guys.
- 3/29/2012
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
Exclusive: With the future of its biggest female star, Kristen Wiig, up in the air, NBC’s Saturday Night Live is moving to add reinforcements. I hear that in the past several weeks, seven comedy performers tested for SNL honcho Lorne Michaels, including the following four ladies: Kate McKinnon (The Big Gay Sketch Show), Jessica Joy (The Playboy Club), Lauren Lapkus (Are You There Chelsea) and Elaine Carroll (Very Mary-Kate). I hear one of them, Ucb’s McKinnon, will make her debut on SNL‘s next show next Saturday hosted by Sofia Vergara. It is unclear if Michaels would try out more new performers this season in preparation for locking in the cast of NBC’s late-night sketch comedy series for next season. As for Bridesmaids star Wiig, whose contract is up at the end of the season, a final decision about her future on SNL is expected in the summer.
- 3/29/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
There's a rash of new content heading toward the Web. Two new episodes of Lionsgate's first web series from producer Hud:sun Media’s Max Benator and creator Todd Goldman, the raunchy animated Trailer Trash, debuted exclusively on Hulu this week (clips below). The hope, always, in this transmedia age, is to capture enough attention from viewers that the real revenue producing venues--television and movies--come calling. Also online this March are a new Michael Cera CollegeHumor.com web series Bad Dads and a new twist on gender-bending, The Girls on Film (videos below). The dark comedy series Bad Dads, which launched March 2, showcases new comedy work from Cera, who is supported by Will Hines (Upright Citizens Brigade), Elaine Carroll (Very Mary-Kate), and Brian Gallivan (Sassy Gay Friend). ...
- 3/30/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Here is the trailer and the first two episodes for a web series called Bad Dads from CollegeHumor. The series features improv-based comedy sketches directed by Derek Westerman and stars Michael Cera (Superbad, Scott Pilgrim) and Will Hines (Upright Citizens Brigade, Very Mary-Kate) about “a son tries desperately to form a relationship with his chronically absent father.”
Here is the trailer and the first two episodes of the five-part series. Episode 3 will be released next Wednesday. Check them out below and share your thoughts!
Michael Cera and Will Hines in Bad Dads (trailer) from Derek Westerman on Vimeo.
Episode 1: Will, meet Michael. Michael, meet Will.
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Episode 2: Will and Michael brainstorm a vampire saga.
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Michael Cera is hilarious, what are your thoughts?
Source: /Film (http://www.slashfilm.com/bad-dads-starring-michael-cera-hines/?utm_source...
Here is the trailer and the first two episodes of the five-part series. Episode 3 will be released next Wednesday. Check them out below and share your thoughts!
Michael Cera and Will Hines in Bad Dads (trailer) from Derek Westerman on Vimeo.
Episode 1: Will, meet Michael. Michael, meet Will.
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Episode 2: Will and Michael brainstorm a vampire saga.
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
Michael Cera is hilarious, what are your thoughts?
Source: /Film (http://www.slashfilm.com/bad-dads-starring-michael-cera-hines/?utm_source...
- 3/11/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
This month CollegeHumor [1] launched a new web series titled Bad Dads, starring Michael Cera (Superbad, Scott Pilgrim) and Will Hines (Upright Citizens Brigade, Very Mary-Kate). The series of improv-based comedy sketches directed by Derek Westerman feature "a son tries desperately to form a relationship with his chronically absent father." After the jump you can watch the first two parts of the five-part series. I've also included the trailer teasing the whole series. Episode 3 will be released next Wednesday. Trailer: Episode 1: Will, meet Michael. Michael, meet Will. Episode 2: Will and Michael brainstorm a vampire saga. Poster: [2] [1] http://CollegeHumor.com [2] http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/ZZ43C878D3.jpg...
- 3/10/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Indie darling and current comic-book movie icon Michael Cera (”Superbad”, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”) is now a part of CollegeHumor.com! The site has launched a new webseries starring Cera and Will Hines (”Upright Citizens Brigade”, Very Mary-Kate”) called “Bad Dads”. The web show, which consists of five episodes in all, is based on a series of improv comedy-based sketches and airs each Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern Time . Episode 2 aired today. CollegeHumor.com was founded in 1999 by then-high school students who went to different colleges and used the website to share pictures and funny stuff their friends had sent them. Now the site is the number one humor site [...]...
- 3/10/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
CollegeHumor has made the transition from the internet’s online video hit factory with a batting average that makes Ichiro Suzuki look like Casey at the Bat, to the internet’s online video hit factory with a success rate approaching 1.000 and a stellar lineup of fantastic web series. The company launched its Fall programming slate last October, which signaled a slight change in direction from its normal college-coed and twentysomething-oriented viral video fodder. CollegeHumor co-founder and CEO Ricky Van Veen told Mike Shields at MediaWeek his production team was “trying to shift from one-off viral videos to a full slate of shows.” That strategy saw the launch of programs like Full Benefits, Hello My Name Is, Very Mary-Kate, and the celebrity-studded Star of the Week. You should give all those titles a watch. They’re as entertaining as they are popular, and they’re very popular. Their productions also forced CollegeHumor to dive into,...
- 2/25/2011
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
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