PORTLAND -- My last stand at this year's Bridgetown Comedy Festival came via the world of long-form improv, a tightrope walk that can provide brilliance and failure in heaping helpings. Luckily, we were in the hands of a bunch of masters: Theme Park, the improv group that features Oscar Nunez of The Office, Michael Hitchcock (Best In Show, United States of Tara), and more...
The success of the Web-based Burning Love franchise continues to grow! Husband-wife writing team Ken Marino and Erica Oyama – the duo behind two seasons of Burning Love and Burning Love: Burning Down the House (premiering tomorrow on Yahoo! Screen) – has just inked a deal to adapt Go the Fuck to Sleep, the wildly popular satirical children’s book, into a feature more...
Come April 12, the comedy world will be gifted with new episodes from the folks who have lovingly brought us two seasons of Burning Love laughs. This time the show is called Burning Down the House and will satirize real-life reality show Bachelor Pad. We’ll get to see rejected contestants from the first two seasons played by the likes of Natasha Leggero, Abigail more...
Now that the second season of Burning Love has come to an end, we urge you, dear Laughspinners, to look to the future while being mindful of the past. So we’re here to tell you the third installment of Ken Marino and Erica Oyama’s parody creations will premiere April 12 on Yahoo! Screen. This time it’s called Burning Down the House and will satirize Bachelor Pad more...
AUSTIN -- Hoo boy, y’all. I know I’ve complained about the oddly-dressed masses who infiltrate the city for SXSW music, but I take it all back for a brief moment, because yesterday, my face was thoroughly rocked off at a kickass performance by the American heroes of Tenacious D: Jack Black and Kyle Gass. But I’m getting ahead of myself. The comedy day began with more...
AUSTIN -- Hey hey, everybody! I’m back for my third year of sharing some of the lovely comedic jewels of Austin, Texas’s South by Southwest with you friendly Laughspin readers. This year, the fest has bulked up its comedy offerings substantially: three different venues with simultaneous shows, podcast tapings, stand-up showcases, parties, mass hysteria. Get ready, more...
The wait is over! Burning Love's second season premiered today on Yahoo! Screen, boasting not one, but two episodes! For the uninitiated, Burning Love is a Bachelor-type parody created and written by Erica Oyama and directed by Ken Marino; the two are married in real life. While the first season (full season here) followed the Bachelor formula -- with Marino playing more...
We’re excited to announce that Laughspin is offering three lucky readers and their friends the chance to hang out with the stars of one of our favorite Web series—Burning Love! The Los Angeles premiere of Burning Love 2 goes down at the Paramount Theater on Feb. 5 at 7 pm. And if you’re in the area or can get yourself to the area, you might find yourself rubbing more...
It's been nearly two months since we heard that June Diane Raphael would be taking the lead on the new season of Burning Love-- only the funniest Web series of 2012. So we took great pleasure in watching the just-released trailer, wherein we find Julie Gristlewhite (Raphael) harnessing her womanly charms in order to woo one lucky (unlucky?) bachelor. Check it more...
