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Just for Laughs Montreal: hotel deadline day!
Just a quick PSA to all the industry types, visitors and/or artists who aren’t getting their hotels paid for:
Today (May 30) is the final day for the cheap rate at the official Just For Laughs hotel, the Hyatt. Rooms start at $179, which is as low as you’ll ever get it for during the Festival. Reservations don’t require payment in advance, but must be booked through the JFL Comedy Conference site.
There are plenty of more cost-efficient alternatives in the general area, but the closer you are to the Hyatt, the easier life will be for you.
30 Rock Live Episode: 5 Differences Between the East and West Versions
30 Rock aired their second-ever fully-live episode on Thursday night, with the help of a slew of guest stars including Jon Hamm, Donald Glover, Amy Poehler, and Jimmy Fallon.
The entire show was performed live twice, once for the eastern timezone and once for the west. The plot was the same on both coasts: the staff debated whether TGS would continue to air live or not, throwing to flashbacks to the historic live television moments that had come out of studio 6H.
But there were some changes between the two airings. Which one was better? This calls for an east coast / west coast battle!
1) Surprise A-List Walk-Ons
Paul McCartney in the east, Kim Kardashian in the west.
Winner: East.
READ MORE: Original Article
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Chris Hardwick, a TARDIS, and a Tale of Four Cities
When Chris Hardwick says he appreciates a fan’s gift, he means it.
Third Beat’s recap of Hardwick’s visit to Toronto last month mentioned a few of the offerings lavished upon him by fans, including “a homemade TARDIS”.
Turns out, this particular TARDIS has legs…
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Colbert Addresses Absence Upon Return to Report
Stephen Colbert returned to the set of the Colbert Report Monday after two abruptly-cancelled tapings last week, addressing his real-life family emergency at the top of the show.
Deadline Hollywood reports today that a pilot written by Louis C.K. and Spike Feresten, originally conceived 13 years ago, has been dusted off and picked up by CBS.
Fun fact: before C.K. became a certified Huge Effing Deal, he contributed to comedy-related newsgroups on Usenet (remember that, kids?). He offered up info on everything from how to select the right management, to how to edit your own video (“nothing beats a Mac and Final Cut Pro” - 2001), to… what it’s like to get a pilot made.
A taste:
The first step is to meet with a development executive at the network or studio and pitch them the general idea of the show. Usually you do this with several companies over a week or so, sometime in July or August. Then the agent fields the offers from the interested people, and you weigh the offers and decide which network/studio to go with according to three criteria: Who really gets your show and will let you do it without fucking it up. Who is actually most likely to pick up the show. Who is paying you the most money (the worst reason to go with anyone). If no one has made an offer, you just go fuck yourself.
Even if you have no dreams of primetime stardom yourself, C.K.’s non-sugarcoated account of the process is a great read. Trust C.K. to make a painful experience so thoroughly entertaining.
Read the whole Original Article on Third-Beat.com!
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Todd Glass’s coming out party: the online reaction
When’s the last time the anonymous internet masses made you proud?
Now that we’re past the 24 hour spoiler alert buffer, it’s safe to say that most plugged-in comedy nerds are aware that comedian Todd Glass came out as gay on Monday’s episode of WTF with Marc Maron.
It was an emotional hour, and the revelation came as a big surprise to most of the comedy community.
Eddie Brill Does Not Hate Women
When the New York Times published its profile of Eddie Brill yesterday, I learned about it on Brill’s Facebook page, alongside some commentary that suggested he found an out-of-context quote rather irksome.
Not knowing what Brill’s specific concern was, I read through it, and sure enough I had some issues with how he was portrayed. What is with all this stuff about conflict of interest and misusing his power as the show’s booker? He’s very well-respected in the industry, I can’t believe they’d imply these things, and I —
— Wait, no, that wasn’t the contentious issue.
What’s proven to be a problematic quote is something that didn’t even jump out at me on first read.
Third Frames: Chris Hardwick in Brooklyn
Chris Hardwick landed in hipsterville to play 2 shows at Littlefield in Brooklyn, NY on May 20, which came complete with a crowd-pleasing bonus set of Hard ‘N Phirm songs with opener Mike Phirman.
JFL Toronto: Noel Fielding @ Comedy Bar
Luckily for us, the concept of “truth in comedy” is a foreign one to Noel Fielding.
In front of his second of three packed houses at Toronto’s intimate Comedy Bar, the uber-popular Mighty Boosh star wove fantastical tales out of small granules of reality. He took us on adventures though having a flamingo as a roommate after a zoological “adoption” program gone awry, the inner dialogue of a fly trapped indoors, and his relationship with his freaky neighbor dubbed “Monkey Edwards”. It all starts innocent enough, but before you know it you realize Fielding has sneakily led you down a dark path of make-believe.
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