1) The Sklar Brothers’ United Stats of America is on the History Channel tonight 10PM and The NY Times approves.

2) NBC appearing to get ready to make a wholesale change with their comedy line-up with the slew of shows they just picked up and giving short episode orders to fan favorites that get .gifs.  

3) Chris Gethard is hitchhiking to Bonnaroo without a bindle. He’s going to need your help.

4) Tonight on late night:
Casey Wilson on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC 12AM)

Last night on late night:
Matt Walsh expounded on the history of monkeys in comedy on Conan
Admiral General Aladeen checked Jon Stewart’s bush on the Daily Show

5) Pre-order Jonah Ray’s Hello Mr. Magic Plane Person on 10” white vinyl here.

6) Don Draper raps about his love of Taxi with Reggie Watts on Comedy Bang Bang.

7) The very funny Matt Dwyer is going to have a podcast where he doesn’t interview comedians, but rather interesting people like Marijuana Defense Lawyers.

8) Applications for the LA Improv Comedy Festival are due this Friday…

9) The Super Serious Show went to the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival and Austin loved it again.

10) Rory Scovel’s Half Hour is happening this Friday on Comedy Central at 11PM despite what this promo with Todd Glass might lead you to believe.

11) If Vegas took odds on such a thing, the odds would most likely be that whatever jokes trying to tie MCA’s and Maurice Sendak’s death together aren’t going to be funny. 

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1) Umm, you guys know that This American Life will be performing an episode this Thursday in movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada and Australia, right? 

2) Episode 1 of Paul F. Tompkins uber-classy interview with cocktails show Speakeasy with guest Ty Burrell.

3) Following his Between Two Ferns special that aired last night (which you can now watch online), Zach Galifianakis is now in a political smear-off with Will Ferrell…

4) Tonight on late night:
Admiral General Aladeen (Sascha Baron Cohen) on The Daily Show (Comedy Central 11PM) 
Matt Walsh on Conan (TBS 11PM)
5 Second Films on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC 1:35AM) 

5) Girls’ Lena Dunham on her critics on NPR…

6) Sketch group Dead Kevin doesn’t know how to not do an interview, maybe, right, OK?

7) Comedy abroad-ish:
Dan Telfer @ The Comedy Attic May 10th-12th $12

8) In addition to comedians releasing their own specials, comedy albums on vinyl seem to be taking off as Hannibal Buress will be joining Kyle Kinane and Jonah Ray in releasing his latest special Animal Furnace also on vinyl.

9) On today’s Puddin’, Eddie Pepitone + lemons + Patton Oswalt trying not to break + cameo by David Koechner = a better May 5th, 2012.

10) If you think you have writer’s block, you probably just don’t give a shit about what you’re writing/don’t think what you’re writing is funny.

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1) The 2nd Annual Comedy Awards airs tonight on Comedy Central at 9PM (meaning you’ll see snarky tweets at 6PM EST) following the Between Two Ferns Special 8:30PM (with celebratory tweets at 5:30PM EST)

2) Get a look at tonight’s Comedy Awards red carpet with Julie Klausner…

3) ALSO, if you wanted a program even though you’re not attending The Comedy Awards tonight because it’s already taped, here’s Laughspin’s liveblog and a list of winners from the Laugh Button

4) Freak Dance the movie is taking the nation by storm…

5) Claudia Cogan is taping an album at the The Little Modern Theater in June. Translation: Please attend for great amounts of laughter.

6) Comedy abroad-ish:
Sean O’Connor & Nick Turner @ Starline Performance Venue (Fresno, CA) TONIGHT 8:30PM $10
The Walsh Brothers @ The Gothic Theatre (Denver, CO) Thurs. May 17th 8PM $12
Pete Holmes @ Wiseguys Trolley Square (Salt Lake City, UT) Sat. May 19th 7PM $18/1 item min.

7) Jesse Popp’s The Half Hour will air Fri. June 15th on Comedy Central

8) There will be a live premiere party for BOTH The Eric Andre Show and Hannibal Buress’ upcoming special Animal Furnace at the Knitting Factory in NYC. You can’t look at the poster and not go…

9) Really disappointed in not finding any amazing Super Moon jokes on Twitter last night, which really means I’m disappointed in myself for yet again not talking to a real person.

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1) Not to worry (or think that you’re petition on Facebook really had anything to do with it) NBC’s bringing Best Friends Forever back June 1st. Maybe NBC brass just get a real kick out of torturing kids on the Internet?

2) Late World with Zach Galifianakis 3.0?

3) The Midnight Show album ”Wow, Whaddya Know!” is here… 

4) Brendon Walsh’s The Half Hour will air Fri. May 25th 11PM on Comedy Central.

5) A new promo for Bunk with Kurt Braunohler on IFC in which Kurt touches the faces of contestants and more.

6) Advanced screenings of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America playing at the Downtown Independent Theater on May 11th-17th and a TBD free screening on May 9th at the New Beverly Cinema

7) Comedy abroad-ish:
Ron Funches @ The Comedy Underground May 11th-12th 8:30PM $20
Chris Fairbanks in Denver May 23rd-25th
Hari Kondabolu in the Pacific Northwest throughout May
Stripped Stories @ Union Transfer (Philadelphia, PA) Tues. Jun. 19th 8PM $15 

8) What’s What’s Monty (Davey Johnson) shows that we’re celebrating the wrong Cinco De Mayo.

9) Jonas Polsky, known to many for arguing with Myq Kaplan about how to create jokes, wonderfully defends nothing being off limits on comedy… 

10) At an open mic at a bar, few things are funnier than the faces of non-comics that walk in at the sound of “I’m going to rape you unless you say no.”

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1) Pete Holmes was on TMZ. Is that what qualifies making it in Tinseltown now? Also, does anyone still call it Tinseltown? ALSO, is TMZ going to ambush Drew Carey at UCB tonight? These are questions we want answered.

2) Last night on late night:
Stephen Colbert worried about Lena Dunham
Colbert talked Super PAC with Letterman 

3) Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus chatted with NPR and HBO Connect…

4) The hilarious Jackie Kashian simultaneously gave all the answers to most interviews that she’ll get as well as laying some wonderful truth about comedy including a great answer for what she would do if she wasn’t doing comedy. Please read.

5) Greg Barris imagines his ideal of real love in this completely sincere web video…

6) When Set List: The Improvised Stand-Up Show is over, it still isn’t over as Kumail Nanjiani tried to do an interview following his set, while “no one”, possibly Reggie Watts, was watching him.

7) There’s a trailer now for the Feelings Comedy Tour with Dave Ross, Jake Weisman, and Matt Ingebretson.

8) Ep. 15 of Louis vs. Rick, the story of a man who taught his cat to use instant messaging.

9) If you’re wondering what the latest emoticons that kids are into these days, let Jake Weisman fill you in.

10) I’d like to think there’d be a day where they will be nothing more to adapt into a movie, but originality without a built-in market is always a risky business model, right Hollywood?

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1) Tenacious D’s music video for their first single from their new album “Rize of the Fenix” got an applause break from us.

2) Jonah Ray is releasing his new album, Hello, Mr. Magic Plane Person, Hello, on 10” white vinyl with dropcard for a free digital download on May 15th. Better beat everyone else to the flea markets for a record player over the next two weekends.

3) A preview of the Between Two Ferns special this weekend with Jon Stewart…

4) Apparently, TMZ thought it was really cool when Robin Williams dropped in at the Nerdist Theater, “a small comedy club on Sunset Blvd.”, last night, but didn’t bother with Patton Oswalt dropping into the Best Fish Taco in Ensenada on Tues.

5) Tonight on late night:
Lena Dunham on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central 11:30PM)
Stephen Colbert on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 11:35PM)

Last night on late night:
Amy Poehler played 5 Second Impression or Die with Jimmy Fallon 

6) A big congratulations goes to one of our favorite funny people, Erin Gibson, on becoming a writer for Funny or Die!

7) Horatio Sanz dressed up as a luchador tries to fight drogas in NYC in his new web series Espanto. That’s all we need to say besides WATCH.

8) Ashton Kutcher dressed up as a Bollywood director for Pop Chips and it didn’t work out nearly as well…

9) There is a thing called Network Awesome and they’re looking for ‘video people’.

10) Long-ish reads on comedy:
Serial Optimist interview with Ian Edwards
“Say It One More Time and See What Happens” our latest essay at the Nerdist
““YOUR REVIEW OF THAT REVIEW OF THAT REVIEW OF “GIRLS” WAS AWESOME!” by Matt Champagne

11) Comedy abroad-ish:
In Arizona: Marc Maron TONIGHT, Taylor Williamson this weekend, and Jen Kirkman.
Baron Vaughn TONIGHT at Acme Comedy Co. in Minneapolis, MN
Harland Williams at the Jukebox in Peoria TOMORROW 
The Beards of Comedy in Iowa 

12) I wonder who would get more heavily criticized this weekend: the person who writes how they thought the Avengers “suckd ballz” or the comedian who tries to make Junior Seau jokes?

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1) You can feed the hysterical star of Puddin’ Eddie Pepitone today at the Arby’s just west of the 101 on Sunset Blvd. Just check out today’s episode…

2) Stream Tenacious D’s Rize of the Fenix RIGHT F’N NOW! Then read Jack Black’s AV Club interview discussing the rise of the D…

3) Air Dates:
Hannibal Buress’ Comedy Central Special ‘Animal Furnace debuts May 20th 11PM
The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim premieres May 20th 12:30AM (which Hannibal is also on)

4) Ken Marino does a pitch perfect send up of the Bachelor in Burning Love…

5) Following their doc on Woody Allen, PBS lines up one for Johnny Carson…

6) Comedy abroad-ish:
Jim Jeffries and Eddie Ifft’s Talkin’ Shit in Las Vegas in June
Paul F. Tompkins in Minneapolis and Austin
Hannibal Buress in London
The Feelings Comedy Tour with Jake Weisman, Dave Ross, and Matt Ingebretson
TJ Miller Taping at the Comedy Attic in Bloomington, IN
The Midnight Show around the U.S.

7) Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World with Steve Carell to premiere at The LA Film Festival.

8) Tonight on late night:
Amy Poehler on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC 12:35AM)

9) Genius comedy writer Armando Iananucci confirmed Alan Partidge movie with Steve Coogan…

10) All that you need to know about this video is that Jon Dore and Maria Bamford are in it. Now watch.

11) Our picks for the 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week for the Nerdist.

12) Amazon is looking to make some comedy…

13) I literally made someone roll on the floor laughing last night. It was a sight to see especially considering it was a filthy carpeted floor. I don’t think I’ll ever be funnier than that.

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1) HBO renewed Girls and Veep for another season!

2) Comedy getting its props:
Bridesmaids and 21 Jump Street round up nominations at the MTV Movie Awards
Funny or Die and Louis CK win big at Webby Awards

3) Tonight on late night:
Seth Meyers on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 11:35PM)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Lennon Parham on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35AM)
Jim Gaffigan on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC 1:35AM)

Last night on late night:
Steve Martin does the best self-promotion ever on Leno 

4) Kyle Kinane’s Death of the Party is officially on vinyl through Stand Up! Records today…

5) Paul F. Tompkins will be chatting with comedians/celebrities in a new web series, Speak Easy, on MadeMan.com

6) Check out the first look at the return of Futurama on Comedy Central.

7) A new issue of very funny nerdy, comedy quarterly magazine, Devastator, is out!

8) Comedy interviews:
Lizz Winstead in Vulture
Jon Daly in Serial Optimist
Steven Wright in Esquire

9) Comedy abroad-ish:
Tickets are still available for MaxFunCon in June
James Adomian in Atlanta this weekend

10) Our contributions beyond the Bureau:
Part 2 of our interview with Janeane Garofalo for HAHAJK.com at Bridgetown
Recap of Days 3 and 4 of the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival

11) This probably sounds horribly self-centered and reinforcing of that SNL sketch about Californians, but today’s general strike also means no traffic, right?

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1) Jimmy Kimmel and Barack Obama put in solid sets at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

2) Eric Andre knows how to do promos as evidenced by this one for his upcoming Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim.

3) Comedy Bang Bang, the podcast, celebrates their 3 year anniversary with, none other than a bang featuring Paul F. Tompkins, Nick Kroll, Harris Wittels, James Adomian, and even St. Vincent. Comedy Bang Bang, the show, got this awesome double-team billboard in NYC…

4) The results of last night’s Channel 101 Screening are in…

5) Tonight on late night:
Don Rickles on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 11:35PM)
Steve Martin and Mario Joyner on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC 11:35PM)
Jim Gaffigan on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35AM)

6) Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival coverage from Laughspin:
Nick Offerman
Seth Meyers 

8) The hysterical sketch group, Dead Kevin, demonstrating the art of vomiting.

9) Comedy abroad-ish:
Jarrod Harris in Mississippi TOMORROW 
Iron Comic at the Punchline in SF with Kyle Kinane, Guy Branum, and more TOMORROW 

10) Check out our monthly column at the Serial Optimist, This Is What You Need To Know About Comedy in [Current Month], and us interviewing Janeane Garofalo for HAHAJK at Bridgetown

11) 3 min. or less is a great length for a comedy short film/sketch/web video for anyone wondering.

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1) The Comedy Awards taped last night and both Laughspin and Deadfrog liveblogged it.

2) Louis CK in front of the press after the Comedy Awards and winning his multiple awards…

3) PETE HOLMES IS A JEOPARDY CATEGORY!

4) Days 1 and 2 of the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival.

5) Steven Wright chatted with the Austin Chronicle while down at Moontower…

6) McSweeney’s got an open letter about “respecting” the audience during an improv show.

7) Jeff Dye’s Money From Strangers to feature Kurt Braunohler, Eric Andre, and more to make people in NYC do their bidding for a cash prize. This comes just in time for all who are grieving the loss of Cash Cab.

8) Comedy abroad-ish:
Reggie Watts around the U.S.
The Jon Hodgman/Kasper Hauser Reunion Special at Cobbs TONIGHT

9) Comedians Davey Johnson and Curt Neill supported the National March Against the War on Women yesterday…

10) Of course, you can joke about people who just died, but just know that you’re going to seem like a real piece of shit if it isn’t funny.

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