By Dylan P. Gadino | March 19, 2013 at 1:52 pm | No comments
Lucky comedy fans in Austin will get to peep Maron a full week before its official debut on IFC. As part of the second annual Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival, Marc Maron will be on hand to screen a full episode of the show based on his life as a successful podcaster and...
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By Carrie Andersen | March 13, 2013 at 11:07 am | 2 comments
AUSTIN -- Sweet fancy Moses, we’re halfway into SXSW! This whole week is a marathon of networking, alcohol and hearing the words “innovation” and “creative flow” so many times you’ll probably have an aneurysm, so think happy thoughts for those of us who continue...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | February 10, 2013 at 10:46 am | 2 comments
Furthering its commitment to progressive comedy programming, the brass at IFC has renewed Scott Aukerman's brainchild Comedy Bang! Bang! for a second season and has doubled the series order from its first season! It's true. Production has already begun on 20 new episodes of the...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 5, 2013 at 10:29 am | One comment
We'll have to wait until Spring for the first episode of Maron, IFC's semi-autobiographical, single-camera series starring Marc Maron, comedian and podcast giant. But the network who has brought us great pleasure via Portlandia and Comedy Bang Bang (among others), has gifted us...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | January 3, 2013 at 4:53 pm | One comment
As if he wasn’t busy enough with the current season of Saturday Night Live and the third season of Portlandia (premiering tomorrow!), Fred Armisen has added another project to his schedule-- the animated IFC series Out There.
Megan Mullally, John DiMaggio (Futurama), Kate...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 11, 2012 at 12:02 pm | No comments
Before the proper third season of Portlandia premieres Jan. 4 at 10 pm on IFC with two back-to-back episodes, we'll be treated to a special, never-before-seen episode called "Winter in Portlandia!" It goes down this Friday at 10:30 pm ET and will feature guest stars Jim Gaffigan...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 27, 2012 at 1:07 pm | No comments
As I said on the latest episode of the Laughspin Podcast, writers, producers and directors are, more and more, utilizing the it-takes-a-village approach to creating quality comedy television. In other words, there’s seems to be an increasingly inflated number of guest stars,...
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By Dylan P. Gadino | November 12, 2012 at 1:36 pm | No comments
Though Marc Maron has officially wrapped shooting 10 episodes of his semi-autobiographical series Maron for IFC, comedy nerds nationwide will have to wait until June of 2013 to see the first episode. Maron sent out the heartfelt and sentimental announcement today to those on his...
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By Laughspin Staff | November 8, 2012 at 3:50 pm | No comments
We'll have to wait until Jan. 4 to bask in the glory of Portlandia's absurd sketch comedy, but today we get our first look at season three! In the clip below, we find our heroes Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein playing yoga devotees enjoying a peaceful session, wherein they're...
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