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In the mid-aughts, Chuck Norris was having a moment. Following the conclusion of his melodramatic cop western Walker, Texas Ranger in 2001, Norris did pretty much the same kinds of stuff he’d been doing for the previous three decades — starring in low-budget action movies with lots of martial arts.

But then, Norris became one of the very first internet memes, in large part thanks to Conan O’Brien and his writing staff. That’s because, in May 2005, Conan introduced the Walker, Texas Ranger lever on Late Night, a bit that featured O’Brien pulling on a lever that would play an out-of-context clip from Norris’ CBS series. Once that gag had run its course a few years later, two veteran Conan writers developed a TV show that began as a loose parody of Walker, Texas Ranger. They even got genuine comedy royalty, Chris Elliott, to star in it, along with then up-and-comer Brett Gelman.

Your browser does not support the video tag. Famke Janssen & Brett Gelman bring depth to their villainous roles in Boy Kills World, finding humor & pathos. Janssen advocates for a female Bond, while also humorously suggesting Gelman as her sidekick. Janssen also relished getting to reunite with Hemlock Grove's Bill Skarsgrd, feeling that it added "ammunition" to their characters' relationship.

Famke Janssen and Brett Gelman are a villainous family in Boy Kills World. After finding international success with her role as Bond Girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, Janssen has become well-known for her turns as Jean Grey in Fox's X-Men franchise, as well as in the Liam Neeson-led Taken trilogy and Netflix's Hemlock Grove. Gelman, meanwhile, is better known for his work in the comedic field, having starred in everything from Adult Swim's Eagleheart to the BBC/Prime Video's Fleabag, as well as the past three seasons of Netflix's Stranger Things.

"Welcome to Redville" trailer reveals a supernatural twist to the crime thriller genre, reminiscent of "Twin Peaks" and "Wayward Pines." The movie keeps the central couple trapped in a mysterious loop within the town, adding a fresh take to the robbers-on-the-run story formula. Chris Elliott's appearance as the straightforward sheriff provides an interesting blend of genres, with moments of comedy and bizarre situations.

Chris Elliott is a more straightforward lawman in a very bizarre town in an exclusive Welcome to Redville trailer. Led by The Order's Jake Manley and The Brothers Sun's Highdee Kuan, the mystery-thriller revolves around two robbers who attempt to lie low in a small desert town after a botched robbery, only to find themselves in a bizarre situation with the local residents and a promising final heist. Alongside Manley, Kuan and Elliott, the movie stars Deadpool's Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Moxie's Sabrina Haskett,...

Comedian Jonah Ray discusses his favorite year in cinema (1994) with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Airport (1970)

Airport 1975 (1975)

Airport ’77 (1977)

Airplane! (1980)

Basket Case (1982)

Destroy All Neighbors (Tbd)

Satanic Hispanics (2022)

Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)

Black Christmas (1974) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s franchise power rankings

Tales From The Crypt (1972)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Pooka! (2018)

Pooka Lives! (2020)

Harvey (1950) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary

Ed Wood (1994)

Black Dynamite (2009)

Bride Of The Monster (1955) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s review

Glen Or Glenda (1953)

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Frankenweenie (2012)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Dumb And Dumber (1994)

Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

The Mask (1994)

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Scream (1996)

Evil Laugh (1986)

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Clerks (1994)

The Search For One-Eye Jimmy (1994)

Cabin Boy (1994)

Scary Movie 2 (2001)

Scary Movie 4...

Brian Reich, a veteran comedy writer known for his work on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, where he created such memorable characters as Masturbating Bear and Pimpbot 5000, died September 12 in Los Angeles. He was 53.

Reich, born April 5, 1969, was a Harvard Lampoon alum. His first job out of college was as a writer on NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman at the end of its run. He then segued to Late Night with Conan O’Brien when the former Saturday Night Live writer took over the late-night talk show. During his five-year tenure, Reich helped establish the show as one of its key writers and creator of several signature characters.

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“I am so saddened by the news that we’ve lost the hilarious Brian Reich,” O’Brien wrote on Twitter. “He was such an inventively funny and daring comedy writer and he gave...

“Station 19” is elevating Merle Dandridge, Josh Randall and Pat Healy to series regulars for Season 6.

Healy has been with the cast since Season 4, while Dandridge and Randall joined during Season 5.

Dandridge plays Chief Natasha Ross, whose personal life became messy in a way that could damage her career at the end of Season 5 when someone threatened to out her romantic relationship with her subordinate, Lt. Robert Sullivan (Boris Kodjoe).

Randall plays the role of Captain Sean Beckett, a career firefighter with a drinking problem and a sense of humor that is usually only funny to him.

Healy plays former chief Michael Dixon, who has a history of undermining the crew at Station 19 and is currently running for mayor.

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Dandridge is known for her previous roles in HBO’s “The Flight Attendant,...

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to Jason Woliner for an untitled project in the style of his work on “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.”

While plot details remain under wraps, the project is described as “mix[ing] fact and fiction to tell a bizarre and incredible tale.” Woliner, who directs and executive produces the project, has been shooting it for over a decade.

Executive producers also include Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver and Loreli Alanis for Point Grey Pictures; Megan Ellison for Annapurna; and Michael Sagol and Bert Hamelinck for Caviar. Tyler Ben-Amotz also produces for Caviar. The series will be produced by Caviar and by Rogen and Goldberg through their overall deal with Lionsgate.

“We can’t wait to dive in with renowned filmmaker Jason Woliner, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and our partners at Lionsgate for this truly unique series that begins with betrayal and quickly becomes an epic, hilarious,...

Jason Woliner, director of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, has scored a straight-to-series order for a mystery project in the vein of the Sacha Baron Cohen film from Peacock.

The NBCU streamer has ordered the untitled project, which comes from executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and Caviar, the company behind Netflix’s Cheer and Riz Ahmed film Sound of Metal.

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There’s few details about the series, although Peacock calls it a “mind-bending project” that “mixes fact and fiction to tell a bizarre and incredible tale.” Woliner, who has directed episodes of The Last Man on Earth and Nathan for You, apparently has been shooting for more than a decade.

The series will be produced by Caviar and Rogen and Goldberg’s Point Grey Studios, via their overall deal with Lionsgate.

Woliner will direct and exec produce. Exec producers also include Rogen, Goldberg, James Weaver, Loreli Alanis,...

Former longtime Conan O’Brien PR exec Drew Shane has joined Ranker as VP of communications. At Ranker, he’ll report to CEO/founder Clark Benson and oversee publicity efforts for the company’s portfolio.

Ranker, which attracts more than 30 million unique visitors worldwide each month, is known for fan-powered rankings on various topics, including TV shows, films and music. The company’s Ranker Insights, which has amassed more than a billion votes, focuses on psychographic correlation data that delivers personalized consumer recommendations, and also audience insights to marketers, studios, and platforms seeking a deeper understanding of consumer tastes and preferences.

Ranker Insights also last year launched Watchworthy, a crowd-sourced TV recommendation app.

Shane was most recently VP of communications for Conan O’Brien’s Conaco production company, overseeing PR for all Conaco and Team Coco. He helped launch TBS’ “Conan” talk show, and was also involved in the premiere of...

The Neighborhood is keeping it in the family.

The CBS comedy has cast Beth Behrs‘ real-life husband Michael Gladis (Mad Men) in an upcoming episode, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Gladis is set to play Calvin’s “personable and dryly funny” physician, Dr. Fisher. After Dave learns that Calvin hasn’t seen a doctor in nearly a decade,...

Marsha Kramer, a theater and television actress who most recently played Margaret an assistant to Ed O’Neill’s character on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, has died. She was 74.

Modern Family director Jeff Greenberg shared the news of Kramer’s death Friday on Twitter.

“So sad to hear that my long time friend, Marsha Kramer passed away yesterday at the age of 74,” Greenberg began. “She was so delightful in the 14 eps she shot as Margaret on Modern Family over the last 7 yrs, but I’ll always remember her soaring aloft as Wendy to Sandy Duncan’s Peter Pan. #Rip.”

So sad to hear that my long time friend, Marsha Kramer passed away yesterday at the age of 74. She was so delightful in the 14 eps she shot as Margaret on Modern Family over the last 7 yrs, but I’ll always remember her soaring aloft as Wendy to Sandy Duncan’s Peter Pan.

There's a saying: just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you. Enter Murray Bauman, a former journalist who has been following the events of Stranger Things very closely, coming to Chief Hopper with all sorts of ideas about Eleven and Barb and a vast government conspiracy over the years. And he's not wrong, though Hopper can't tell him that (at least at first).

Now that we've reached season three and Murray is practically an integral part of the group, it's time to ask: who plays this bearded believer? It's Brett Gelman, one of those quintessential "Hey, it's that guy!" actors.

Gelman got his start doing improv and stand-up comedy in New York City. He quickly developed improv group Monkey D*ck, which went on to be developed into a limited-release TV show for the Upright Citizens Brigade. He also developed a character called Rapzilla for a couple of...

Shadowhunters may have come to a bittersweet conclusion, but another one of its actors had landed a new TV role.

Dominic Sherwood, who played Jace on the recently canceled Freeform drama, has joined the cast of Showtime's Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.

He is one of six new additions, joining the series alongside Adam Rodriguez, Michael Gladis, Lorenza Izzo, Thomas Kretschman, and Ethan Peck.

The new series is set in 1938 Los Angeles, and focuses on Det. Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto), who becomes embroiled in an epic story following a murder that shocks the city.

It quickly paves the way for Tiago and his family “grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart,” according to the official logline.

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Sherwood will play Kurt, the chauffer and bodyguard for Richard Goss (Kretschmann). There's more to Kurt than meets the eye: an unexpected depth and surprising background.

Brett Gelman has never been one to shy away from stranger material. In fact, he dives into it—most often with projects of his own creation, like Brett Gelman’s Dinner In America, but also playing odd-duck characters in series like Eagleheart or Another Period. He’s also shown range as more buttoned down and grounded people in things like Fleabag and Married. His new film, Lemon, looks to combine those two skill sets, taking a distinctly unusual character and plunking him down in the middle of real-world situations, and letting the awkwardness unfold.

Co-written by Gelman and director Janicza Bravo, the movie stars Gelman as Isaac Lachmann, a 40-year-old man with a stalled career, a girlfriend on her way out the door, and a difficult family. And it only seems to get worse from there—“he just watches as his life unravels,” is how the film’s press notes...

Exclusive: Debut feature, starring Brett Gelman, Michael Cera and Judy Greer, to get international premiere at Rotterdam.

Us comedy-drama Lemon by writer-director Janicza Bravo will open the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam (Iffr) on 25 January.

Bravo’s debut feature will get its international premiere at the festival following its world premiere in Sundance.

Lemon tells the story of Isaac, a gawky forty-something from Los Angeles, whose life is not going as he would like. Accepting things doesn’t come naturally to him, he has to face the fact that his girlfriend has left him and his acting career mostly consists of commercials about diseases.

Co-writer Brett Gelman (of Adult Swim series Eagleheart), Bravo’s husband, plays the lead role alongside Judy Greer (Ant-Man), Nia Long (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) and Michael Cera (Juno).

Both Gelman and Bravo are set to attend the screening.

The film is produced by Burn Later Productions, Killer Films and [link...

Actor and comedian Brett Gelman, former star of Adult Swim series 'Eagleheart', has just signed up for a role on the second season of Netflix's highly anticipated sci-fi horror series 'Stranger Things'. The forthcoming season is set to premiere on the streaming network in June 2017 and already it has managed to acquire a fresh ensemble ready to join the nostalgic action. Dacre Montgomery, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Matthew Modine, Cara Buono, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, and Noah Schnapp are all set to return and the series already has another couple of 80's icons joining the show in the form of 'Goonies' star Sean Astin and funnyman Paul Reiser. Gelman is set to play a new character in the second season called Murray Bauman. Bauman is 'a disgraced journalist-turned-conspiracy theorist who is investigating a cold case in Hawkins....

Brett Gelman claims the reason he cut off contact with Adult Swim was due to the adult animation programming block’s lack of female creators. Gelman, an actor and comedian who worked on Adult Swim shows “Eagleheart” and “Hot Package,” posted a write up of a recent reddit post from Adult Swim creative director Mike Lazzo discussing comments he made about women. Gelman captioned the tweet with, “This is the reason I have severed ties.” Adult Swim's Mike Lazzo Takes to Reddit to Defend Lack of Female Creators https://t.co/fjxE8FYx7z This Is The Reason I...

The new workplace comedy series, Those Who Can't, premieres February 11, 2016 at 10:30 Et/Pt, on truTV. A 30-minute sitcom, this show is truTV's first full-length scripted comedy.

Here's how truTV describes it: "The half-hour show follows three trouble-making teachers, played by show creators Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl and Ben Roy of the Denver-based comedy troupe The Grawlix. More inept than the kids they teach, they're out to beat the system as they struggle to survive each day on their own terms. Joining them is Maria Thayer (Eagleheart) as the school librarian with an insuppressible passion for life."

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For the duration of the back half of the second half of Mad Men season seven, viewers didn't know where Don was going, what he was doing, and whom he would meet. Still, fans (especially comedy fans) weren't expecting to see Brett Gelman, the comedic actor best known for his podcast appearances and roles on Eagleheart and Married. There, he sat in group therapy, looking not too far off from the character he played on Go On. Vulture caught up with Gelman (who will be performing at Vulture Festival's Comedy Night) to talk about getting the role, getting naked, and watching Jon Hamm shoot that final shot.What was the audition process like for getting this role? [Laughs.] It was all very secretive — always. I did a thing for a character and then Matthew Weiner had me read for a different character, which was the character I ended up playing.

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Jason Alexander voiced a foul-mouthed duck for four years on Duckman... and it was one of the greatest animated programs of all time.

You’ve seen that show, right? That duck detective show? That show where the duck detective is super horny all the time and has difficulty with his messed up family at home because he misses his dead wife? It has a stupid title like “Duck Person” or “Duckguy” or something like that. His catchphrase was “What the hell are you staring at?” That guy from Seinfeld voiced him…

This isn’t some fever dream or drug trip but in fact one of the greatest shows of all time. Its name is Duckman, and if you haven’t seen this program, where have you been? Off having a fever dream or drug trip or something?

Duckman was ahead of its time and incredibly ambitious, taking...

When Sam Raimi talked about the possibility of an Evil Dead TV series last year, there were many who thought the project would never see the light of day, but it became official late last year. Bruce Campbell is returning for Ash vs Evil Dead, a new TV series that will premiere later this year on Starz and we have the names of two people that will be joining Ash in his fight.

“Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) will play the role of Pablo Simon Bolivar and Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) will play Kelly Maxwell in the Starz original series “Ash vs Evil Dead.” The series is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film franchise The Evil Dead and is set to film on location in New Zealand this spring and premiere on Starz in late 2015.

Pablo Simon Bolivar is an idealistic immigrant who...

The New Yorker Presents, Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”

Directed by Jonathan Demme

Released January 15, 2015 by Amazon

Of all the recent pilots released by Amazon, The New Yorker Presents is easily the most interesting. A half hour smorgasbord of content, this first episode is completely fascinating in terms of its form and what that could mean for both Amazon’s original series and television in general going forward.

The conceit of The New Yorker Presents is simple: a little bit of this, a little bit of that. This first episode contains a short film, a conversation/interview with an artist, a short documentary and a recorded performance of a poem. The ultimate success of a series like this is similar to that of a sketch comedy in that episodes and individual segments will be hit or miss week-to-week. Obviously, the goal becomes bringing together a collection of talent that is of...

San Diego Comic-Con has released the full schedule of events for Friday, July 25, following the Thursday schedule that was released yesterday. You can clickHere to view the lineup in its entirety, which includes numerous comic book panels and events, but we have pulled out all of the movie, DVD and TV-related panels for your convenience.

Friday, July 25

10:00am - 11:00am - Cartoon Network: Uncle Grandpa & Clarence

Good mornin'! What's better than a panel of one Cartoon Network Comedy? Two cartoon network comedies! That's right fans, prepare yourself for double the comedy, double the fun and double the friends with Uncle Grandpa and Clarence! Join the always-entertaining cast and crew for a behind-the-scenes look at two of the newest hit shows on Cartoon Network. It's woooooorth it. Appearing from Uncle Grandpa are creator Peter Browngardt (Uncle Grandpa), Kevin Michael Richardson (Mr. Gus), and Eric Bauza (Belly Bag). Appearing from...

There was a certain point in history, somewhere between The Simpsons and Daria, when TV animation ceased to be the sole provenance of kids drooling over their morning bowls of Lucky Charms. These days, cartoons for grown-ups are not only ubiquitous, but hilariously twisted and high-quality to boot — and that's due in large part to a phenomenon called Adult Swim. What began as a freaky little block of late-night programming has evolved into a vast, even-freakier universe of animated and live-action series with a sardonic, absurdist sense of humor that's...

Adult Swim has made a stir attracting quality guest stars for special event programs of late, including Jon Hamm, Paul Rudd, and Amy Poehler -- and that's just for Adam Scott's "The Greatest Event in Television History." Now, they'll be broadcasting their first celebrity dinner party with a late night twist. "Dinner With Friends With Brett Gelman and Friends" premieres Thursday, April 24th at midnight, and Indiewire has exclusive photos as well as the full list of cast members/dinner guests.  Joining Gelman for the half-hour special he co-wrote with director Jason Woliner ("Eagleheart") are Dale Dickey ("Justified," "True Blood"), Gilbert Gottfried, Fred Melamed ("A Serious Man," "In a World..."), Alison Pill ("The Newsroom"), Lance Reddick ("The Wire," "Fringe"), Anthony Atamanuik ("30 Rock," "Broad City") and Alex Karpovsky ("Girls").  The scripted comedy special invites guests to "a lively night of dining, showbiz chit-chat, and psychological torture." Gelman, a...

It appears we'll once again have a place to regularly see Judy Greer. FX announced today that they've ordered ten episodes of Married, a comedy from Andrew Gurland about a couple who gets along famously in all ways, except the sexy way. Greer plays the wife to Nat Faxon's husband. The show will also feature noted funny people Jenny Slate (SNL, Parks and Recreation) and Brett Gelman (Eagleheart, Go On). FX is also giving ten episodes to You're the Worst, a comedy from former Weeds and Orange Is the New Black writer Stephen Falk, about two self-destructive people who fall in love. Both shows will premiere in July. Who needs summer love when you can watch comedically bad love?...

To me, there is no more rewarding and consistently, hilariously wacko comedy on TV than Eagleheart, which wraps up its third season this Thursday night at midnight on Adult Swim. Based on its original logline, it was always a weird fit for a network that is the dominant late-night destination for young viewers: Chris Elliott in a Walker Texas Ranger parody — two early nineties comedy touchstones that probably seem perplexingly dated (and therefore easily shrug-offable) to Swim's core audience. (What, Weird Al wasn't available to do the theme song?) Yet Eagleheart gradually ditched the ultraviolent-cop-in-a-cowboy-hat easy laughs and this season threw Elliott's U.S. marshal Chris Monsanto into a MacGuffin of a mythology (simultaneously a parody of serialized cop shows and Bad Robot series) that has given its creators an excuse to veer in more surreal directions than any ten-minute episode should be able to contain. A recent episode, "Spats,...

A new clip for Adult Swim’s Eagleheart finds Marshall Chris Monsanto (Chris Elliott) and his partner Susie (Maria Thayer) running from an angry mob.

Watch the exclusive clip from season 3, episode 8 of Eagleheart before it airs tonight at midnight below:

Thursday’s episode finds Chris and Susie stumbling upon a town ravaged by a mysterious lack of shoeshine boys. When they attempt to help, they uncover a secret that will change their lives forever.

The clip above shows Chris and Susie escaping into the undergrounds of the city, which is inhabited by the mysterious shoeshine boys who don’t...

"Community" has cast Chris Elliott ("Eagleheart") for Season 5 of the comedy. But Elliott is not alone -- of the many guest stars announced for the upcoming season, who is the most anticipated of all?

For the record, Elliott will be playing Russell Borchert, the legendary founder of Greendale Community College. He went missing many years earlier, following a strange sex scandal. According to EW.com, the episode telling the tale of Borchert will most likely air in May of 2014.

But where does Chris Elliott rank when it comes to anticipated guest stars on "Community." Check out our list of 10 of the other big stars and then vote for your most-anticipated actor below!

1. Nathan Fillion

His role on the show is not entirely clear. But it's Nathan Fillion -- how could "Community" go wrong with that?

2. Jonathan Banks

Probably the first guest star we'll see, Banks is taking up the mantle of "crazy,...

The man behind all (kooky) things Greendale will make an appearance in Community‘s upcoming fifth season, courtesy of funnyman Chris Elliott.

TVLine has learned that the Saturday Night Live alum will guest-star in a spring episode of NBC’s cult comedy (returning Thursday, Jan. 2 at 8/7c), playing the eccentric founder of Gcc.

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No word on why Elliott’s Russell Borchert resurfaces; we only know that he vanished off the face of the planet Greendale campus decades ago, following a bizarre sex scandal.

Season 5 of Community already boasts an impressive...

The Eagle(heart) has landed at Greendale.

Eagleheart star Chris Elliott will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Community, EW has learned. The veteran comedic actor (Get A Life, There’s Something About Mary) assumes the role of Russell Borchert, the quirky founder of Greendale Community College who went missing many years ago after a bizarre sex scandal. His episode will likely air in May.

Elliott joins a long list of famous folks who will grace this fifth season of Community, including Nathan Fillion, Walton Goggins, Jonathan Banks, Vince Gilligan, David Cross, Robert Patrick, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Rob Corddry,...

"Eagleheart" is Adult Swim's series about of group of crime-fighting U.S. Marshals that stars Chris Elliott (also known as Not Timothy Olyphant). The very funny show is in its third season, which means that there have been a Lot of antics, you guys. Although it just might have outdone itself in terms of absurd deaths in this here clip, from an upcoming episode that stars Chris, Maria Thayer, and new Marshal Mark Proksch. Antics! Follow Riot on Twitter...

Chris Elliott has gotten to goof around for the last two seasons of his Adult Swim show Eagleheart (which returned at midnight last night), but the new season sees the show break from form, with Elliott's U.S. Marshal character on a mission to solve a deep-rooted conspiracy. This tears apart the show's previous fifteen-minute sketch structure and allows Elliott to stretch as an actor: For the first time on this show, he finds himself looking for his character's motivation. ("I sound like an obnoxious actor now!" he laughed. "But I was hesitant to call myself an actor before. I can now.") Elliott chatted with Vulture about drama, his assessments of Bill Murray and Rob Lowe, and his man crush on Hugh Grant.While I was on hold, instead of hold music, it was a news report about the Philippines, so my mind wandered away from comedy for a moment.

According to Chris Elliott and Maria Thayer, acting on "Eagleheart" is no cakewalk. Elliott has to constantly figure out if he's happy, sad or mad. Thayer's relationships with her co-stars apparently resemble the contentious interactions she shares with them on screen, as Elliott and fellow cast member Brett Gelman regularly give her shit. "It's a hard job," she insists. But all of that effort is worth it -- to viewers, at least: "Eagleheart" is one of the funniest shows on television, and as it embarks on its third season, which kicked off last night on Adult Swim, the show makes a transition from single-serving episodes to something more ambitious -- a season-long narrative which, according to Elliott, you could edit into a feature. Elliott and Thayer sat down with Indiewire earlier this week to discuss their work on the show from its earliest days until now, when it not only...

Watch out, bad guys and lovers of incredibly surreal comedy: Adult Swim's Eagleheart will be returning for its third season on November 14. Unlike the first two seasons' weird-ass-case-of-the-week formula, this season's ten episodes will tell one long serialized tale called "Paradise Rising." It's hard to describe based on this brand-new promo, but it seems to involve time travel, gunning down Martin Sheen, and Chris Monsanto hooking up with bearded deputy Brett (Brett Gelman). There's also ... well, better you just watch and try to make sense out of it yourself. But it certainly looks promisingly loopy in the best Get a Life tradition.

Chicago – Charlie Kaufman (“Adaptation,” “Being John Malkovich”) once wrote for a TV sitcom so odd that its network and most of the U.S. had no idea what to make of it. Without question, “Get a Life” was ahead of its time. So much of the twisted comedy of 2012 owes a debt to this true oddity from two decades ago, a unique gem that is finally getting a complete series release years after fans started clamoring for it.

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Was it worth the wait? First and foremost, the show is much funnier than I remembered. As the audio commentary points out (and there’s one on every episode), the series premiere of “Get a Life” was a relatively straightforward comedy about a man-child. It wasn’t nearly as dark and twisted as it would later become. Quickly, “Get a Life” turned more into a show about a demented loner and...

I've been a fan of Adult Swim since Cartoon Network launched the platform in 2001 (believe it or not, it really is that old), and have witnessed the programming block go through lots of changes -- first adding high-profile off-network acquisitions like Futurama and Family Guy, and making a notable transition away from animated programming. With the second change, Adult Swim has become one of the most significant television venues for American comedy, all the while establishing itself as a meta-spoof on the formal constraints of TV networks, right down to its most recent live-action series, each of which employ genre parody in some very novel ways.

As Adult Swim has matured, it has positioned itself as a broken mirror version of a television network, with skewed detective dramas (Eagleheart), reality fare taken to its most absurd extreme (Delocated), and even a bizarre riff on late night talk (The Eric Andre Show...

Louie, Season 3, Episode 8: “Dad”

Written by Louis Ck

Directed by Louis Ck

Airs Thursdays at 10:30pm Et on FX

After last week’s mostly “off” outing, Louie comes back swinging with one of its most brazenly cinematic episodes, a 22-minute whip-pan through a wide variety of topics and moods that feels very much like a dry run for Ck’s theoretical return to feature-length filmmaking. (Ck has stated that he’s considering running a Kickstarter-esque campaign to raise the funds to independently produce another movie, hoping to dodge the stdio interference that he feels doomed his surreal comedy Pootie Tang.)

“Dad” ostensibly follows a single plot thread for its entire duration, but it does so through a series of otherwise disconnected vignettes, all of which work, which is a relief after the draggy last two thirds of “Ikea/Piano Lesson.” “Dad” also opts out of the traditional Louie opening,...

Conan O'Brien's production company is developing a pilot for a new late night program hosted by comedian Pete Holmes intended to follow "Conan" on TBS, reports Vulture citing sources close to the show.

Holmes, 33, was named one of Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2011, and has hosted the popular interview podcast "You Made it Weird" since October of last year. Audiences may know his face best from VH1's "Best Week Ever" and for his Comedy Central appearances, but many are already familiar with what he sounds like -- he voices the eTrade baby in the company's popular commercials.

HuffPost Comedy named Holmes as a standout performer at this year's South By Southwest festival, largely due to a live "You Made it Weird" featuring Judd Apatow, so we're pretty pleased to hear this news. (Also, we take issue with Vulture describing Holmes' comedy as "cynical," which we all know is Conan's least favorite quality.

If you're gullible enough to believe that Matthew Weiner has written the series finale of "Mad Men," which will air in the summer of 2014 at the very earliest, then we hear that Jon Hamm wants your number to give you a big smooch.

Jason Woliner, a comedy writer and director best known for directing "Human Giant" and "Eagleheart," emphatically posted this "leaked" "Mad Men" finale to his Twitter last night. "Holy Shit i was right!! Leaked Final Page Of Mad Men Finale Script," Woliner tweeted. The page of the script took the Internet by fire after it was retweeted by Woliner's "Human Giant" colleague Aziz Ansari.

But reading the script, it's immediately obvious that it's less authentic than (Spoilers) Pete Campbell's marital vows. Although we're not going to lie, we'd love to see the series end this way. Read the script and let us know if you agree.

Exclusive: On the heels of TBS picking up Conan O’Brien’s late-night talk show for two more years, O’Brien is renewing the production deal for his Conaco Prods banner at TBS sibling Warner Bros TV. O’Brien’s first signed a two-year overall deal with Warner Bros TV in 2010, shortly after the comedian inked a pact with TBS for a late-night show following his exit from NBC. Before that, Conaco had been based at NBC since its launch. In addition to O’Brien’s TBS talk show Conan, Conaco produces another series, Eagleheart, which airs on Turner-owned Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. The Wme-repped company, which is run by David Kissinger, recently produced TBS comedy pilot Bff and has another comedy pilot, Super Fun Night, in contention at CBS.

It's definitely slim pickings on DVD and Blu-ray this week with even fewer new releases than usual, but at least there's a power trio of family films that includes Steven Spielberg's War Horse, Cameron Crowe's We Bought a Zoo and the acclaimed documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey. Beyond that we've also got Paddy Considine's bleak directorial debut Tyrannosaur and the first season of Chris Elliott's Adult Swim series Eagleheart, which I have heard good things about. As for Blu-ray, it's all about Roman Polanski's Chinatown and Madonna: Truth or Dare, a movie that remains to this day one of the highest grossing documentaries of all time. What will you be buying or renting this week? Check out the full list of releases after the jump. Amazon.com Widgets

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Everyone has their little show that they love to death. On the TV.com writing staff, Price loves Everyone Must Love Cats and Suze Orman, Seth has a thing for infomercials, and Lily really enjoys settling in with The 700 Club. But for me, the show I can't get enough of is Adult Swim's Eagleheart starring Chris Elliott.

There's 12 minutes of madness in each teeny-tiny episode that airs in the unforgiving hour of midnight on Thursdays. Elliott stars as Chris...  More >>...

Jenny Slate is set to have a Super Fun Night. The Saturday Night Live comedian has joined the CBS comedy, centered on three nerdy female friends on their “funcomfortable” quest to have “super fun” every Friday night. The project hails from writer, co-executive producer and star Rebel Wilson. Slate will play Helen-Alice, best friend to Wilson’s Kimmie, in the multicamera comedy from Conan O’Brien’s Conaco in association with Warner Bros. Television. In addition to Wilson, she joins the previously cast Alan Ritchson and Kevin Bishop. The half-hour project counts O'Brien, Jeff Ross (Conan) and David Kissinger (Eagleheart, Andy Barker, P.I.) as

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It looks like Conan O’Brien is going to get his own show (well another one).

CBS just greenlit a pilot for Super Fun Night, starring and created by Bridesmaids actress Rebel Wilson. The show will center around three girlfriends with a nerdy streak who make it their goal to have as much fun as possible every Friday night.

As self-fulfilling as the title is, the show has brought on a pretty powerful group of comedians to back it. Conan’s television firm Conaco will be producing the show alongside executive producers Jeff Ross (Conan, Kids In The Hall) and David Kissinger (Eagleheart). O’Brien is also signed on as an executive producer, though it is unknown whether or not he will star. Still, I’m sure we can expect to see a bit of his signature on it.

Wilson is certainly no stranger to TV, starring in mostly indie...

CBS is looking to Conan O'Brien for laughs. The network has ordered a pilot for Super Fun Night, a multi-camera comedy that revolves around three nerdy female friends on their "funcomfortable" quest to have "super fun" every Friday night. Photos: 17 New Shows Premiering in 2012 The series, from O'Brien's Conaco shingle in association with Warner Bros. Television, will count Bridesmaids' Rebel Wilson as its star, writer and co-executive producer. O'Brien, along with Jeff Ross (Conan) and David Kissinger (Eagleheart, Andy Barker, P.I.), are attached as executive producers. Fun Night joins a handful of comedy pilots set up at

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Ellie Kemper will soon be taking on a new role - a wife!

"The Office" star is engaged to writer Michael Koman, the actress announced during an appearance on Wednesday's "Conan."

"The guy you got engaged to is a very talented writer who worked for me for many, many, many years," Conan O'Brien told Ellie during the show.

In addition to the late night host's approval, Ellie said her fiance - who currently serves as co-creator of Adult Swim's "Eagleheart" -- has won over her family.

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My second day at Nycc started off with a 25-minute wait on a line that wrapped almost entirely around the Javits Center. I later found out there was a separate press / VIP entrance I could have used but the volunteer I asked apparently did not know about it either. The line wasn’t too bad though considering how many people in awesome costumes I got to see while I waited.

Once inside the convention, I saw the reason for the massive lines. The place was packed. Some aisles on the show floor were impossible to navigate and even the press rooms were full. I knew Saturday would be the biggest day at the con but I just was not prepared. The massive amount of foot traffic made taking decent pictures of people in costumes much more difficult but I still managed some decent shots.

After a quick hello with some fellow press,...

New York Comic Con officially kicked off yesterday for press, professionals and anyone with a 4-day pass. In a few hours I will be heading to the Javits Center to attend the first full day of the convention. Contrary to the event name, Nycc has a lot more to offer than just comics. Below are just a few of the movie / TV related panels, screenings, guests and booths that we recommend checking out. Be sure to keep checking back on Wamg for more Nycc coverage. And follow me on twitter (@GetStuck) for some tweets and pics from the show floor.

Panels

Comics, Hollywood – What Creators Need to Know

Friday, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Location: 1A03

Description: More comics are being turned into films, & creators have important questions about how Hollywood works. Get actionable information from top creators who have navigated the TV & movie business. Featuring special guests: Jimmy Palmiotti . Comic...

The New York Comic Con will soon be upon us. Here is our first bit of information we have recieved about the panels and signings from the Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. That means that shows like Robot Chicken, The Venture Bros., Eagleheart and much more.

Here is a description of the con from www.newyorkcomiccon.com:

New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market place, bringing together the major players in the entertainment industry.