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produced by funny or die. mike farah, funny or die’s president for production; billy eichner and krysia plonka, executive producers .
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edition with the headline: funny or die web site makes a steve jobs movie .
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’s upcoming miniseries produced by funny or die, continues to add to its already starry cast. joining
some of funny or die’s down periods happen when we’re feeling that shift in what the internet is .
maybe you can get obama to do a funny or die web series…when he gets some free time .
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ifc president jennifer caserta (pictured right) will join the funny or die board following the investment. “both ifc and funny or die have a proven track record of producing breakout content, ” she said .
the gorburger show aired two seasons and 19 episodes as a live - action funny or die digital series .
to strip naked to promote voter registration. and really, she did—though because this is funny or die ,
funny or die on twitter :
congrats to the trump administration on a memorable 100 days. …
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the late - night show is based on the podcast of the same name and produced by funny or die .
obama pitched health care enrollment in the interview, which was posted to funny or die' s website tuesday morning .
funny or die was created by will ferrell, adam mckay and chris henchy and has received funding from sequoia capital .
funny or die eventually became the home for ferns, which has aired more than 20 episodes in the past decade .
funny or die hosted an internal “hackathon” of sorts to synthesize the design, as well as providing engineering resources. funny or die also uses pitch for content on its website and social channels to help get the app on its feet .
funny or die on twitter :
pretty much sums up the current @ coachella ticket situation on craigslist. urltoken
josh sharp and aaron jackson embrace the comedy of the trump family in funny or die' s jared & ivanka .
new eps of throwing shade pop up wednesdays on funny or die. to download the full podcast or get tickets to live events, head to urltoken .
at midday tuesday, white house adviser tara mcguinness tweeted that funny or die was the no. 1 source of traffic to urltoken
funny or die alum kellyn parker has been hired as comedy central ’s vice president, original programming and development, west coast .
in case you have you’ve been living under a comedic rock the past few years, funny or die is the premier comedy production company that was started by will ferrell and adam mckay. hundreds of well known actors and musicians have appeared on the funny or die website that provides an accessible comedic outlet for anyone and everyone that has a funny bone. so, these comedians provided to timf by funny or die aren’t any slouches .
tickets for funny or die presents the oddball comedy & curiosity festival 2014 are available beginning saturday, june 28 at 10 a. m. at urltoken or urltoken .
backed by funny or die, the app is free for contributors and charges a subscription fee to publishers based on their content needs .
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: jack black, john c. reilly and more in funny or die skit (video )
among funny or die' s trump - related material, comedians josh sharp and aaron jackson do a spoof called jared & ivanka .
the viacom - owned cable network has ordered a pilot based on the funny or die series throwing shade, the hollywood reporter has learned .
comedy website funny or die announced this morning their first - ever live tour, called
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jarrod carmichael hbo / funny or die comedy special, behind the scenes photographed by jessica chou at the comedy store on may 7th in hollywood .
comedy website funny or die is cutting approximately 37 staffers and closing their san mateo, calif. , office, a company spokesperson said tuesday .
some of the best funny or die videos produced from 2007 through 2014, including will ferrell, jack black, zach galifianakis and many more .
funny or die on twitter :
. @ hillaryclinton sits down between two ferns with zach galifianakis for her most memorable interview yet. …
funny or die let us do an american sniper trailer parody that was out - of - date like, immediately. we still loved it .
funny or die & tv land present throwing shade! the extremely popular podcast is now on television and you can be in the studio audience .
kanye' s former bodyguard steve stanulis is bidding to make funny or die with a spoof video on his time with kim and the rapper .
funny or die is beating aaron sorkin and ashton kutcher to the punch with their own steve jobs biopic, according to the new york times .
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charlton heston (jim carrey) shoots his foot off on a parody of
hee haw
in a new
funny or die
video .
tig notaro: boyish girl interrupted airs saturday, august 22 at 10 p. m. on hbo. watch the funny or die clip below :
amy poehler, lena dunham, seth meyers, paul rudd, and more join billy eichner on funny or die' s billy on the street .
tv land has given a pilot order to “throwing shade, ” the podcast and funny or die series hosted by comedians erin gibson and bryan safi .
the funny or die video opens with a young woman and a young man facing the camera, dressed in black, sporting tattoos and powerful handguns .
funny or die edited the video and waited to make it public on a day that didn' t conflict with the white house' s schedule .
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“we always love to push the comedy boundaries at funny or die and this festival will do just that, ” said dick glover, ceo of funny or die. “it’s the perfect blend of comedy and crazy that will for sure resonate with comedy fans looking for a one of a kind experience. ”
sorry to burst your high - flying dreams, but funny or die is behind huvr, the mysterious tech company claiming to have invented the first hoverboard .
but as will lowell illustrates in his parody public service announcement from funny or die, not all opinions are equal, and some are just plain wrong .
the pair will now work on “larger business and creative initiatives that leverage ifc’s strength in the linear space and funny or die’s powerful digital and social presence” .
tickets range from $ 30 - $ 75 with proceeds going to the aclu. the event will be livestreamed nationally with funny or die and facebook live .
sponsors of the oddball fest include redd’s apple ale, a sponsorship sold by turner broadcasting system, which handles ad sales on behalf of funny or die .
sports sketches are tough ,
alex richanbach, a producer assigned to create a new vertical called funny or die sports, told me one afternoon .
the world’s biggest comedy tour is back: funny or die presents the oddball comedy & curiosity festival starring aziz ansari with very special guest star amy schumer .
as you professionally enter the comedy world, there' s so much political comedy out there. it runs the gamut, from john oliver' s activism to the funny or die drumpf video. do you veer toward one end of the spectrum? what' s your aim when joining funny or die ?
“i think we made the right call here, ” carney said, after noting that funny or die was the no. 1 referrer to urltoken today .
billy on the street with first lady michelle obama, big bird, and elena! !! from funny or die click here to view related media .
it got a little spread out and hard to know what everyone was doing, and the creative center of funny or die maybe got diluted a little bit. the recent move actually harkens back to those early days of funny or die, when it was eight of us in a room, deciding what to do .
this will likely mean funny or die - branded programming blocks on ifc, and original content development for television and digital platforms, plus new ad sales opportunities .
“we’re very excited to bring kellyn into our fold, and hopeful funny or die doesn’t find out, ” said alterman. “they will be very disappointed. ”
if you love to laugh then treasure island 2015 is the spot, because funny or die presents the blah blah blah comedy tent lineup at treasure island 2015 .
“we always love to push the comedy boundaries at funny or die and this festival will do just that, ” funny or die topper dick glover said in a statement. “it’s the perfect blend of comedy and crazy that will for sure resonate with comedy fans looking for a one - of - a - kind experience. ”
, but this new
funny or die
clip is sure to stand out with its
biting social satire
as carrey himself calls it in the parody .
10: 47 p. m. funny or die tweets a photograph of carmichael in the main room wearing headphones with a glass of wine on a bar stool .
funny or die put together a trailer for a faux tv movie about the counselor to the president' s rise to fame called
the kellyanne conway story .
carney said in the daily press briefing that funny or die was the no. 1 referrer to urltoken on tuesday, but he didn' t give specific numbers .
i hear i love you, america stems from marrying an idea silverman had in the space with one the funny or die team, led by will ferrell and adam mackay, had been working on. funny or die has experience in the comedy comedy / talk show arena — the company produces comedy central’s @ midnight with chris hardwick .
“he’s funny, clearly much smarter than all of us and bears a striking resemblance to ‘tommy boy’ - era david spade, which means a lot to us, ” said mike farah, president of production for funny or die .
the video, in which clinton withstands a series of awkward and often insulting questions from galifianakis' wacky talk show host, broke funny or die records after it appeared online on sept. 22. the video was viewed more than 30 million times in its first 24 hours, the highest first - day viewership in funny or die history .
funny or die' s andrew steele, anna wenger and joe farrell will exec produce with charlie siskel (' review'), who will also serve as showrunner .
this will be the first year treasure island has officially offered a comedy tent during their festival, and they’ve partnered up with funny or die to make sure everything is great. they’re calling the comedy stage “the blah blah blah comedy tent presented by funny or die” and they’re going to be filling the tent / stage with some pretty spectacular talents .
billy eichner is the host of
funny or die' s billy on the street
on fuse on thursday nights at 11, eastern and pacific times; 10 central .
update at 8: 46 a. m. pt: funny or die has confirmed the deal, but did not give specifics on how large an investment has been made .
matt klinman, pitch ’s creator, was a writer at funny or die when he conceived pitch and partnered with its other creators, designer brad mahler and engineer yin zhu .
it should go without saying, but funny or die also wanted to make it clear that
kellyanne conway is in no way affiliated with
the kellyanne conway story .
erin and bryan met at the upright citizens brigade theatre in los angeles and fell in friend love at funny or die. watch and pretend you’re a part of the friendship .
there are 80 original episodes of “throwing shade” available on funny or die ’s website. last summer, the stars completed their third sold - out 17 - city live tour .
started in 2008, funny or die is a comedic video website where users can vote on a video' s funniness. both celebrities and users produce content for the site .
johnny depp is blowing our minds with his take on republican candidate donald trump. [ credit: funny or die ] in a funny or die mockumentary, depp plays trump in a fake 1980s tv movie based on trump’s book
the art of the deal. ” the 50 - minute film, which was kept under wraps for months, was shot in december. watch! once the movie was posted, funny or die wrote ,
with donald trump somehow still in prime - position to become the next president of the united states, funny or die has released what might end up being the most politically important film in american history. well, certainly since dave .
the film also stars alfred molina, stephen merchant, patton oswalt, jack mcbrayer, andy richter, michaela watkins, paul scheer, and rob huebel. [ credit: funny or die ] this isn’t the first time that funny or die has poked fun at the donald. the site also released a funny video called
mexican donald trump ,
which had george lopez playing the role of the former host of “the apprentice. ”
“brockmire, ” from funny or die, is based on a character long - nurtured by azaria and previously featured in a 2010 funny or die short video. azaria plays a veteran baseball announcer who returns to the booth for a minor league team 10 years after he suffered an on - air meltdown. joel church - cooper (“undateable “) is writing with tim kirkby directing. azaria, church - cooper, kirkby and funny or die’s mike farah and joe farrell are exec producing. “brockmire” is targeted to debut early next year .
president obama is the latest guest on the funny or die web series hosted by zach galifianakis. yes, he' s there to promote his healthcare plan, and make jokes .
funny or die’s founders are gary sanchez productions — will ferrell, adam mckay and chris henchy — caa and michael kvamme. judd apatow is also a principal partner in the company .
the paris hilton video is the one that changed everything for funny or die. we moved from making small videos for ourselves to realizing, “we can have a huge platform. ”
to illustrate the scale of the challenge, comedy central uk' s youtube channel had just under 5, 000 subscribers last week; funny or die had 1. 2 million .
david litt, a former speechwriter for president barack obama, is joining funny or die as head writer and producer of the comedy site’s washington, d. c. , operations .
sometimes, two people just need a little push to realize they’re meant for each other, and sometimes those people are actually a tv network and a website. we’re specifically talking about ifc and funny or die, which are being brought together under one roof thanks to the cupid - like machinations of ifc’s parent company, amc networks. according to a press release, amc has now purchased a minority ownership stake in funny or die, which will “allow two strong, leading comedy brands to expand their collaboration and create smart, culturally relevant comedy across television, digital, and social platforms. ” the goal is to have ifc expand into funny or die’s online presence while also introducing funny or die - branded programming blocks on ifc .
comedy website funny or die is breaking beyond the internet into flesh - and - blood antics, teaming with live nation to stage a 13 - city summer tour headlined by dave chappelle and flight of the conchords. funny or die’s oddball comedy & curiosity festival will kick off aug. 23 at austin360 amphitheatre in austin, texas, and run through sept. [ … ]
erin gibson and bryan safi host this late ­night series from funny or die based on their hit podcast, bringing their unique perspective on everything from politics to the latest pop culture nonsense .
brad: funny or die rented out a restaurant and we just shot that. scott gairdner directed that and he’s the funniest. nathan davis jr, who is one of dem watercup boyz, is like an actual musician. the other guy is bill kottkamp, he’s in a bunch of funny or die stuff. that was based on this duo called these white kids .
it went so well, in fact, that funny or die' s mike farah and joe ferrell saw the live show, met with with the duo and immediately greenlit a series .
david litt, a former speechwriter for president barack obama, is joining funny or die as head writer and producer of the comedy site’s washington, d. c. , operations. litt will report to brad jenkins, managing director and executive producer at funny or die dc, which has done creative campaigns for organizations such as the american heart assn. , [ … ]
the sketch - comedy web site
funny or die
makes the transition to tv series, with a list of comic actors that includes will ferrell, don cheadle and rob riggle .
funny or die ’s founders are gary sanchez productions — will ferrell, adam mckay and chris henchy — caa and michael kvamme. judd apatow is also a principal partner in the company .
funny or die released the video like it would any episode of between two ferns, but farah believes it took off in part because of how pervasive the 2016 presidential election has become. even donald trump supporter kid rock tweeted that the video was funny .
about funny or die? funny or die launched in april 2007 and has become an award - wining top destination for comedy on the web. the site has over 19 million unique users per month, over 60 million video views per month, and has grown into a vertically integrated 21st century digital studio that produces high quality content over numerous platforms, operating a social media and marketing division with over 8 million twitter followers approximately 8. 5 million facebook fans (# 1 comedy brand on both twitter and facebook), and devoted followers on numerous social networking and sharing sites. funny or die has become the
place to be seen
for comedic celebrities, and the obvious destination for a daily comedy fix. funny or die' s founders are gary sanchez productions (will ferrell, adam mckay and chris henchy), creative artists agency (caa), and michael kvamme. judd apatow is also a principal partner in funny or die .
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funny or die let us do an american sniper trailer parody that was out - of - date like, immediately. we still loved it. urltoken urltoken
on feb. 24, zach galifianakis and the crew of his funny or die interview series set up their spartan black backdrop in the white house diplomatic room and then waited for their guest .
on tuesday, funny or die debuted the latest episode of galifianakis’ spoof of celebrity interview shows, “between two ferns, ” which passed more than 2 million views after about three hours online .
' s proposed budget cuts to the environmental protection agency, calling the reductions in epa funding
f - - - ed up
in a new video for
funny or die .
though celebrity - and headline - driven videos kept funny or die in the news—and helped usher us into an age of diy - friendly celebrities—the site had also become a hub for oddball experimental sketches, both from the site’s creative teams and from users worldwide vying for attention from funny or die’s now - huge audience. out of that daily deluge came some surprising successes—and some new comedy stars .
for the fourth consecutive year, live nation and funny or die announce the return of the world’s biggest comedy tour. funny or die presents oddball comedy & curiosity festival tour 2016 features performances by the world’s greatest comedians including: dane cook, sebastian maniscalco, tom segura, iliza shlesinger, bobby lee, ali wong, jermaine fowler, big jay oakerson and hosted by roastmaster jeff ross .
as of 5 p. m. tuesday, 32, 000 referrals came from funny or die, with a total of 575, 000 visits to the site, according to a urltoken tweet .
funny or die is again betting aziz ansari and amy schumer will draw crowds of stand - up fans this summer, bringing the two popular comics back to headline its third annual comedy festival tour .
funny or die ceo dick glover has no idea what shows his site will be featuring when you read this. “unless you tell me bp’s going to do another oil spill, ” he says .
that’s right, this year at treasure island you can get your comedy from the guys at funny or die, who will be curating a comedy tent for the first time in the festival’s history .
we talked with rae einerson who has had a hand in the booking of the comedians along with funny or die about setting up a first time comedy tent at a festival that has been building up for nine years. einerson told us she’s always been a huge comedy fan and so when the opportunity arose to suggest a comedy tent in conjunction with funny or die, she jumped at it .
“the man who spray - tans the president is just too crazy to be a feature film (or is it ?), ” mckay added. “luckily, funny or die has a history of doing short films, so it was perfect. ”
the videos produced by funny or die tend to be, you know, funny — but its latest mashup, titled
trump' s the handmaid' s tale ,
shows the frightening parallels between america' s current political climate and the dystopia created by atwood .
funny or die’s billy on the street with billy eichner is a pop culture game show that follows unfiltered and unapologetic comedian billy eichner as he hits the streets of new york city to test unsuspecting passersby .
gibson is also known for creating and writing funny or die’s “game of thrones” recap show, “gay of thrones. ” her acting credits include lending her voice to the comedy central animated series “triptank. ”
a couple months later, singer and actress jennifer hudson teamed up with funny or die to release a video on the eve of the obamacare website rollout, parodying the popular abc program
scandal .
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last month, litt left the white house to become head writer and producer of funny or die’s new office in washington d. c. he tells the frame that it was when funny or die collaborated with the white house on the president' s episode of
between two ferns
with zack galifianakis that he realized the power of comedy to promote an issue — in that case the affordable care act .
at the time, the mission wasn’t just funny or die, it was a model: user - generated content plus a voting mechanism plus celebrity shareholders who were vested in its growth. we were going to try to put that chemistry together with other topics. we got tony hawk to do an action sports thing called shred or die. we did a deal with tom colicchio, one of the top chefs on tv, to do a thing called eat, drink, or die. we had pwn or die. others were being developed—we were looking at weddings and pets and negotiating deals with people .
in the new
funny or die
sketch, carrey plays both heston and a member of a twisted country music band performing on
hee haw ,
the popular cbs variety show from the 1970s .
funny or die’s oddball comedy & curiosity festival will kick off aug. 23 at austin360 amphitheatre in austin, texas, and run through sept. 22 in phoenix, ariz. , at desert sky pavilion .
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funny or die, which counts will ferrell and adam mckay among its co - founders, was founded in 2006 as a comedy website, and has grown to include producing or co - producing tv shows, such as
funny or die presents ,
and films, such as
tim & eric' s billion dollar movie
( with more on the way). this project, however, will be the biggest project they' ve undertaken on funnyordie. com .
tour contact: ashley hamilton, spinlab communications, ashley @ spinlab. net, 818 - 763 - 9800 or john vlautin, spinlab communications, jv @ spinlab. net, 818 - 763 - 9800; or funny or die: carolyn prousky, prousky pr, carolyn @ prouskypr. com, 323 - 656 - 8047; or live nation: victor trevino, victortrevino @ urltoken
they don’t really get to be the place where the celebrities are anymore, because that’s everywhere. funny or die predates twitter. it predates instagram and snapchat and all these outlets where, like, “oh, this is so weird. i’m watching taylor swift just mess around and make funny faces at her house. ” that didn’t exist when funny or die happened. it opened up this area of seeing celebrities online in a new light—and now that is a raging beast that’s completely out of control .
the 51 - year - old hollywood actor appears in a new skit for the sketch comedy web site
funny or die
satirizing
planet of the apes
star charlton heston' s love for firearms .
comedy website funny or die is breaking beyond the internet into flesh - and - blood antics, teaming with live nation to stage a 13 - city summer tour headlined by dave chappelle and flight of the conchords .
the series was created by the website funny or die and “the geniuses behind years of living dangerously, ” as franken describes the producers of the emmy award - winning climate change series in the hilarious first video .
really driving home the similarities between the truth and fiction is a brand new video released by funny or die over the weekend that combines footage from the handmaid’s tale with clips of president trump and his wife melania .
deuteronomy 18: 10 - 12 – “let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. anyone who does these things is detestable to the lord. ”
by the end of tuesday, more than 54, 000 referrals had come from funny or die, and the site was the top referrer for the day, according to an email from aaron albright, hhs spokesman .
amc has long history of collaborating with funny or die through its us cable channel ifc on series such as the forthcoming brockmire and 2014 miniseries spoils of bablyon, and has now taken a seat on the platform’s board .
brad: funny or die put on a screening where we played all of them back - to - back at the vista theater and a line that he improvised got one of the biggest laughs of the whole night .
sarah silverman’s hbo special, sarah silverman: we are miracles, will be coming to hbo this fall. the program will be taped in los angeles in may and will be presented in association with funny or die .
( cnn) – anyone who' s watched funny or die' s interview segment ,
between two ferns
with comedic actor zach galifianakis, knows the interviewee is in for a few minutes of sheer awkwardness .
whether you think we’re headed for the future atwood described or you believe the comparisons are too ludicrous to be taken seriously, this funny or die video that imagines trump and melania in gilead is so well - edited that you still may not know whether to laugh or shudder. (just make sure you stick around for the ending. )
spike lee needed only three video clips of jerrod carmichael to be sold on directing the young comedian' s first special for hbo and funny or die .
we were ready to do the song and dance and it wasn' t necessary ,
says anna wenger, funny or die' s vp of production and one of the executive producers on the carmichael standup show .
spike immediately got it that he was a major rising talent .
funny skits and more. based on the hit youtube channel
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the
funny or die
video ends with heston accidentally shooting his foot off, much to the amusement of lonesome earl' s band - mates (among them abraham lincoln) and the
hee haw
studio audience .
gibson and safi are exec producing along with charlie siskel and funny or die’s andrew steele, anna wenger and joe farrell. siskel, whose credits include comedy central series “tosh. 0” and “review, ” will serve as showrunner .
“ tig notaro: boyish girl interrupted” was filmed in front of a live audience in the wilbur theatre in boston and will debut august 22 on hbo. it is co - directed by notaro and produced by funny or die .
president obama, in the latest unconventional appearance to promote signups for health insurance under the affordable care act, defended his interview with funny or die ’s “ between two ferns ” host zach galifianakis as in keeping with presidential tradition .
to raise awareness for her
eat brighter
campaign, mrs. obama joined zany quizmaster billy eichner for a special edition of his
billy on the street
comedy game show, posted on the funny or die website .
the campaign names states it want to shame with a “criminals choice” award, or a place in the “traffickers top ten”. the lineup includes louisiana, virginia, kentucky, florida, arkansas and others, in addition to arizona and nevada which are singled out in the funny or die video .
the shakeups at the company capped off a year of uncertainty for funny or die. earlier in the year, the company — which has taken investments from hbo, caa, sequoia capital and sv angel — considered selling, including one option that ultimately did not pan out that would have seen it rolled up into viacom. tuesday' s layoffs would help to make funny or die a more attractive acquisition target and could be indicative that sale talks will continue .
funny or die, created by farrell and his long - time collaborator adam mckay through their gary sanchez production company in 2007, launched a uk version of the site backed by hat trick a year later but it closed in 2010 .
funny or die' s billy on the street is a music and pop culture game show that invites you to join comedian billy eichner, unfiltered and unapologetic, as he hits the streets of new york city to test unsuspecting passersby .
exclusive: hulu is entering the comedy / talk / variety show arena in a major way with i love you, america (working title), a weekly half - hour topical show starring sarah silverman, from funny or die .
fast forward to late february: a funny or die team came to washington to film the segment. with the march 31 deadline to enroll in obamacare fast approaching, farah said the president wanted to get
more personally involved .
i think we simply need to get back to creating funny and topical stuff that forces people to say, “did you see that piece that funny or die did? ” we need to focus on the blocking and tackling, if you will, of what led to the success of the site in the first place .
this week funny or die started posting a video version of the podcast. (gibson and safi also write for fod .) it' s a condensed version of the regular podcast, which makes it perfect for lunchtime viewing / listening .
ifc president jennifer caserta noted that this also brings her closer to her “ultimate goal, ” which is to appear on a between two ferns video, and funny or die ceo mike farah added that caserta has been sending him “really nice shirts” since this deal started getting worked out. meanwhile, funny or die founders will ferrell and adam mckay made the same joke we made above, explaining, “we met on tinder, things moved fast, and now we’re getting married. ”
that' s the premise behind funny or die' s latest series tween fest, developed from a popular upgrade citizens brigade (ucb) sketch show in los angeles. (mashable debuts an exclusive clip of the latest episode above) .
funny: isis attempts to shoot down russian jet and see what happens ...
and the u. s. hysteria was also addressed in another funny news segment .
so yeah, it’s not so much funny as it is incredibly bleak and upsetting .
funny or die is not just the name of the website co - founded by will ferrell. it is also the challenge facing comedy central, which last week announced its intention to create a british rival to the much - garlanded us website .
tig notaro: boyish girl interrupted is produced for hbo by funny or die; executive producers, mike farah, anna wenger, betsy koch, tig notaro, hunter seidman; directed by tig notaro, jay karas; written by tig notaro .
it’s the age of social media stars — so much so that they’ve targets for parody. that’s exactly what funny or die is out to do with tween fest, one of their two new eight - episode original series created in partnership with go90 .
set to premiere early next year, the series is written by joel church - cooper and will be directed by tim kirkby. it will be executive produced by azaria, church - cooper, kirkby and funny or die’s mike farah and joe farrell .
within a year, with comedy videos bringing in eight - figure view counts, the company launched noncomedy sites, hoping that the funny or die formula—big names + good videos + crowdsourced meritocracy = gold—could work in other arenas. but not everything stuck .
sarah silverman is set to headline her first hbo comedy special. taped in los angeles in may, the exclusive presentation' sarah silverman: we are miracles' will be presented in association with funny or die. let' s enjoy the film .
correction: march 19, 2013 an earlier version of this post included an erroneous reference to a parody of “zero dark thirty. ” while funny or die did make a movie parody of that film, mr. perez was not involved with it .
funny or die’s top post is its ferrell - starring “landlord, ” in which the star begs his toddler landlord for a few more days, attracting 48 million views since april. a minute - long, paris - poking “sex tape” shot in night vision with eva longoria has garnered another 3 million in recent weeks. but the question remains whether funny or die can sustain itself on user - generated clips, which to date have attracted only thousands, in between ferrell appearances and apatow - produced spots .
urltoken gets traffic boost after obama' s' funny or die' video president obama pitched enrolling on urltoken on the parody web talk show
between two ferns
with the host, comedian / actor zach galifianakis. check out this story on urltoken urltoken
the paris hilton video is a crystallization of a kind of sensibility that i think was very much funny or die in the beginning: “let’s do relevant topical comedy and see if we can find people interested in helping us make that in the hollywood world. ”
in addition to starring, gibson and safi will executive produce the series alongside funny or die' s andrew steele, anna wenger and joe farrell, with charlie siskel (review) set as showrunner. the pilot for throwing shade was picked up in december .
website funny or die is bringing back its in - real - life oddball comedy festival for a second year, produced with live nation entertainment, with a lineup of comedians that includes amy schumer, aziz ansari, louis c. k. and sarah silverman .
the inevitble avalanche of accessories meant to maximize the experience of apple' s new smart watch has already begun, but funny or die takes the icake with the 33 ideas they suggest in a new video satirizing the apple watch' s dramatic unveiling on monday .
what also helped is that the white house was familiar with funny or die, which had done topical political satire and humorous videos about healthcare reform, including one featuring jennifer hudson. “we built a great working relationship with the white house, ” farah said .
keeping in touch with the white house, farah said obama senior adviser valerie jarrett flew out to los angeles in september for a meeting with funny or die, where they floated the idea of doing an episode of
between two ferns
with the president .
billy eichner from the hit tv show
funny or die' s billy on the street
on fuse, talks to people on the streets of new york about the major issues of the day. follow billy on twitter @ billyeichner or add him on facebook for updates on live shows and new videos! ! thanks for watching !
all criminal against humanity deserves to die from the most horrid, slow and painful death as possible .
i love that picture ,
farah says, gazing fondly .
that’s what an academy award - winning actress should do: put fake tits on her forehead in the name of workplace equality. i just think that’s what funny or die can be .
i can assure you that the funny or die video will be one of the reasons we get young americans to healthcare. gov, one of the reasons we get young americans to enroll in health insurance programs, but not the only one ,
carney added .
to raise awareness for her
eat brighter
campaign, mrs. obama joined quizmaster billy eichner for a special edition of his comedy game show, posted on the funny or die website. obama competed with big bird and past
billy on the street
guest elena in a supermarket contest called
ariana grande or eating a carrot ?
seth meyers to replace jimmy fallon? meh. how about one of these funny ladies instead ?
“while funny or die has grown as a company over the last several years, we’ve remained committed to creating premium comedy. as we move into the future, we' ve decided to double - down and re - focus on making the kind of content that made us a
there was no upside to doing it back then—it’s not like your manager was saying, “oh, you should get on funny or die. ” i think that actually exists now, where you can see people on there that are trying to boost their cred in some way .
litt will report to brad jenkins, managing director and executive producer at funny or die dc, which has done creative campaigns for organizations such as the american heart assn. , urltoken and the league of conservation voters. the d. c. office was launched in april .
come on out as funny or die and nextgen climate bring comedy and democracy together in a historic fashion. they are bringing some of the biggest comedians in the world to berkeley and other colleges in california for free to promote voter registration and getting out to vote this november .
the fake website is “promoted” in an accompanying spoof video made by a team at the comedy website funny or die, showing two “criminals” boasting about where to go in america to buy guns, which the company created for national lobbying group the brady campaign to prevent gun violence .
but it turns out there was also a joker in the deck nobody knew about: funny or die, the comedy web site, said over the weekend that it had made its own jobs movie — “isteve” — and planned to unveil it online on april 15. a biopic poking fun at biopics, “isteve” stars justin long (“new girl, ” “dodgeball: a true underdog story”) in the title role. at 60 to 75 minutes, the movie is the longest project to date for funny or die, which generally features bite - sized videos .
the treasure island music festival in san francisco will be the latest big time music and arts festival to add a comedy tent to its line - up. on oct. 17th and 18th, funny or die will host a comedy tent called the blah blah blah featuring performances by :
creators gibson and safi will star in and executive produce the pilot presentation, which goes into production thursday in los angeles. funny or die' s andrew steele, anna wenger and joe farrell will exec produce with charlie siskel (review), who will also serve as showrunner .
“i think most americans would flip out if they knew just how ridiculously easy it is for criminals to buy and carry guns in some of these states, ” said adam mckay, the writer, director and producer who made the video in conjunction with a funny or die team .
halloween is right around the corner, which means the horror movie marathons have begun. but do your psyche a favor and take a break with 16 minutes of spooktacular laughs from funny or die. everyone’s favorite mistress of the dark, elvira, has teamed up with the comedy site to host four sketches guaranteed to send shivers down your spine as well as tickle your funny bone .
parker moves to comedy central from funny or die, where he worked for over five years and served as vice president of partner content. during his tenure, he managed their award - winning partner content department and executive produced over 150 branded entertainment campaigns with brands such as fiat, universal pictures, adidas, microsoft, pepsi, sony electronics, among others. he also led the creative development and production for funny or die d. c. including the everybody votes! project executive produced by judd apatow and the jokes for votes comedy tour headlined by sarah silverman .
i think that people who don' t live near d. c. , when hearing that funny or die is opening up a d. c. branch at the end of the obama presidency, it might seem like we' re preparing for the end times. like things are about to get much funnier or darker. does the office feel that way ?
i think it went really well. just yesterday the president announced that 20 million people have been insured under the affordable care act. that' s a success. and it was amazing to see how something funny could help drive people to the website, change the narrative around the law. and that' s what we' re trying to do at funny or die d. c.
funny or die is a comedy video website and film/tv production company founded by will ferrell , adam mckay and chris henchy . the website funny or die contains exclusive material from a regular staff of in-house writers , producers , and directors , and occasionally from a number of famous contributors like judd apatow , james franco , and norm macdonald . the production company makes tv shows like trutv 's billy on the street , comedy central 's @midnight , and zach galifianakis 's popular emmy-winning web series between two ferns . many videos on the site feature well-known actors ( examples include steve carell , charlie sheen , ryan gosling , patrick stewart , daniel radcliffe , sophia bush , mila kunis , annasophia robb , hilary duff , adam west , james van der beek , jim carrey , ariel winter , and selena gomez ) . michael kvamme , an aspiring young comedian who is also the son of mark kvamme , the venture capitalist who funded funny or die , came up with a concept for a new kind of comedy site ; and the site was developed by randy adams . funny or die launched on april 12 , 2007 with the site 's first video , " the landlord " . " the landlord " has received over 84 million views and features ferrell confronted by a swearing , beer-drinking two-year-old landlord . in june 2007 , they received venture capital funding from sequoia capital , and in june 2008 , they announced a partnership with hbo . on august 3 , 2016 , funny or die shut-down one of its california offices , reducing its headcount by 30 % to 95 employees , with the announcement coming just two month after the new ceo , mike farah , took office
funny or die is a comedy video website and film/tv production company founded by will ferrell, adam mckay and chris henchy. the website funny or die contains exclusive material from a regular staff of in-house writers, producers, and directors, and occasionally from a number of famous contributors like judd apatow, james franco, and norm macdonald. the production company makes tv shows like trutv's billy on the street, comedy central's @midnight, and zach galifianakis's popular emmy-winning web series between two ferns. many videos on the site feature well-known actors (examples include steve carell, charlie sheen, ryan gosling, patrick stewart, daniel radcliffe, sophia bush, mila kunis, annasophia robb, hilary duff, adam west, james van der beek, jim carrey, ariel winter, and selena gomez). michael kvamme, an aspiring young comedian who is also the son of mark kvamme, the venture capitalist who funded funny or die, came up with a concept for a new kind of comedy site; and the site was developed by randy adams. funny or die launched on april 12, 2007 with the site's first video, " the landlord ". " the landlord " has received over 84 million views and features ferrell confronted by a swearing, beer-drinking two-year-old landlord. in june 2007, they received venture capital funding from sequoia capital, and in june 2008, they announced a partnership with hbo. on august 3, 2016, funny or die shut-down one of its california offices, reducing its headcount by 30% to 95 employees, with the announcement coming just two month after the new ceo, mike farah, took office
funny or die is a comedy video website and film/tv production company founded by will ferrell, adam mckay and chris henchy. the website funny or die contains exclusive material from a regular staff of in-house writers, producers, and directors, and occasionally from a number of famous contributors like judd apatow, james franco, and norm macdonald. the production company makes tv shows like trutv's billy on the street, comedy central's @midnight, and zach galifianakis's popular emmy-winning web series between two ferns. many videos on the site feature well-known actors (examples include steve carell, charlie sheen, ryan gosling, patrick stewart, daniel radcliffe, sophia bush, mila kunis, annasophia robb, hilary duff, adam west, james van der beek, jim carrey, ariel winter, and selena gomez). michael kvamme, an aspiring young comedian who is also the son of mark kvamme, the venture capitalist who funded funny or die, came up with a concept for a new kind of comedy site; and the site was developed by randy adams. funny or die launched on april 12, 2007 with the site's first video, " the landlord ". " the landlord " has received over 84 million views and features ferrell confronted by a swearing, beer-drinking two-year-old landlord. in june 2007, they received venture capital funding from sequoia capital, and in june 2008, they announced a partnership with hbo. on august 3, 2016, funny or die shut-down one of its california offices, reducing its headcount by 30% to 95 employees, with the announcement coming just two month after the new ceo, mike farah, took office