Sentences with phrase «sketch comedy as»

The film dips dangerously close to sketch comedy as we weave between different film sets that all provide different giggles, but never move the thematic dial.

Not just in the style of his gaming videos, but in actual sketch comedy as well.

Not exact matches

The extent of her contributions as producer - writer - director, for which she's gained respect within the industry, is still unknown to the general public — not to mention her talent for sketch comedy, which is on view in her movies.

As in the classic British comedy sketch by Rowan Atkinson playing the Devil at the Gates to Hell:» Welcome to Hell.

As you can see from the portraits below, artist Alex Kelly takes a very literal approach to sketch comedy.

The breakthrough in Sally's own TV career began as corpsing Travel Tavern receptionist Sophie opposite Steve Coogan in I'm Alan Partridge, later followed by her all - female comedy sketch show Smack the Pony with Fiona Allen and Doon Mackichan.

In short, everyone in the stalls and circle thought they were turning up to the politics show but instead found themselves rolling in the aisles as the comedy sketch played out.

Lastly I'm watching / re-watching Baroness Von Sketch, Bob's Burgers and Broad City as well as as much political comedy as I can stomach (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, SNL and Seth Myers «Closer Look» pieces are my favourites).

Speaking to Business Insider, Alper spoke about the viral success of the app, which started as an idea for a comedy sketch and became serious after the entrepreneur discovered a study that said people «bond over the things they hate more strongly than over the things they love».

When jobs became scarce in films for highly specialized character actors in the 1950s, Pangborn thrived on television, guesting on a number of comedy shows, including an appearance as a giggling serial - killer in a «Red Skelton Show» comedy sketch.

Jones finally got to act as well as write when he was cast in Fox's sketch comedy show Mad TV in 1995.

Along with attracting fans as a member of Canada's famed sketch comedy troupe the Kids in the Hall and for his stint on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, Scott Thompson has also made his comic presence felt in the movies.

Where you can pay $ 10 a ticket to see sketch comedy in a movie theatre that's not as funny as sketch comedy you can see on Youtube for free... The world is imploding.

No prizes for that observation, but as we all know from countless comedy sketches (and not the porn itself because we don't watch that), porn isn't below adding a plot itself.

Schumer's career has been skyrocketing lately, as she's hosted the MTV Movie Awards, made Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the year, and won a Peabody Award for her Comedy Central sketch show Inside Amy Schumer.

As with so many movies that would be written and starring SNL alums, Dragnet is a case of a very funny sketch comedy idea dragged out beyond its ability to truly entertain in a feature film.

Among the great events lined up is a little, short comedy sketch «To Have or To Hold», already written By Katie, and to be performed by herself and fellow local thesp James Fogerty as part of the Variety Concert in the Marian Hall on the Sunday night.

Stewart decision to make a drama about the imprisonment of Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari — who fielded questions alongside him, as did the Mexican actor who plays him, Gael Garcia Bernal — was instigated when an appearance Bahari made in a filmed comedy sketch on «The Daily Show» was used against him when the Islamic regime accused him of being a traitor and American secret agent.

Peele, known for satirizing America's social landscape as one half of the sketch - comedy duo Key & Peele, makes his directorial debut with the tale of an African American man («Black Mirror»» s Daniel Kaluuya) heading upstate to meet his white girlfriend's parents for the first time.

It was McKay's prompting that eventually found Fey hired as a writer for the enduring sketch comedy series.

Sadly, these are the only highlights in «The Incredible Burt Wonderstone,» a slow, humdrum comedy that would have worked better as a 10 - minute sketch than a feature film.

Amy Schumer can do no wrong, and if Trainwreck is half as funny as her sketches on Inside Amy Schumer, this will be the comedy of the summer.

She would leave the show only to become a bigger star in her own right, creating, writing, and starring in the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, which she both wrote and starred in as the head writer for a popular sketch comedy series.

Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael - Key are gifted comedic performers, as often evidenced from their often - brilliant sketch comedy show Key & Peele.

The Artist wins three Golden Globes: actor, score and best motion picture musical or comedy and countless more Oscars, but the absence of a script that does more than sketch faintly Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's 1952 Singin» in the Rain pushes Jean Dujardin's performance as George Valentin to centre stage to fill the void.

Just as Peele and partner Keegan - Michael Key found clever ways of dealing with racial issues on their sketch - comedy TV show, this movie turns clichés and social metaphors inside out.

Less noble are the aptly - named Sleaze Brothers (Joe Flaherty and Dave Thomas of Canadian sketch comedy «SCTV»), who see the missing yellow one as the type of funfair attraction that could make them rich.

Glover started out as a sketch comedian before landing Community, and he's since shown off his visionary flair on his award - winning FX comedy Atlanta.

This time, the creative drivers are Trevor Moore, Sam Brown and Zach Cregger, known collectively as comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U'Know, who had an eponymous sketch show on Stateside screens on different channels between 2007 and 2011.

Judging the film's log line — a bored Silverlake couple hires a stripper to be their nanny — you would think you might be in for a broadly sketched comedy, as we did when we sat down for the film's Sundance premiere.

From his early days in sketch comedy with Elaine May to his career as a theater director and his prolific output as a filmmaker, his work continuous...

The 29 - year - old Wayans appeared in a plenty of his father's work as a younger man: he played the younger version of David Alan Grier in his father's film «Blankman,» and would later appear in a recurring role in his sitcom «My Wife And Kids,» as well as being a regular on his short - lived Showtime sketch comedy series «The Underground.»

The son of comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, he first gained fame with his acclaimed TV sketch - comedy series, The Ben Stiller Show, which launched such performers as Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, and Bob Odenkirk.

Earning back its budget several times over, the much - watched, much - quoted film quickly etched a place in the cultural zeitgeist alongside Animal House and The Blues Brothers as modern marvels taking funnymen from «Saturday Night Live» to heights and distances that weekly sketch comedy TV couldn't.

As a buddy comedy it is undernourished, making only feeble efforts to draw out the humour of the situation and allowing the characters to flounder as vague sketches of classically comic opposites — Alvin, somewhat repressed and uptight; Lance, libidinous and irresponsiblAs a buddy comedy it is undernourished, making only feeble efforts to draw out the humour of the situation and allowing the characters to flounder as vague sketches of classically comic opposites — Alvin, somewhat repressed and uptight; Lance, libidinous and irresponsiblas vague sketches of classically comic opposites — Alvin, somewhat repressed and uptight; Lance, libidinous and irresponsible.

PAUL SCHEER is most known as a star of the FX series «The League» and also as the co-creator and one of the stars of the cult MTV sketch series, Human Giant as well as the Adult Swim action - comedy series NTSF: SD: SUV::.

Well known to fans as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, Scott Thompson is anything but your average comedic talent.

Rick Moranis will reunite with his sketch comedy partner Dave Thomas as the two reprise their roles as Canadian duo Bob & Doug McKenzie.

That's why it's so exciting to hear that he'll be returning as one of his most beloved characters from his days back on SCTV, the Second City sketch comedy TV series.

It explores the plight of American Indians, celebrates the counter-culture and promotes peace through communication and comedy (Howard Hesseman and Alan Myerson, of the San Francisco improve troupe The Committee, perform satirical sketches as part of the community drama program).

«Get Out» is a compelling, crowd - pleasing horror satire that draws as much from «The Stepford Wives» as its director's sketch comedy series «Key & Peele» to reflect on the insidious nature of contemporary racism, in which the ostensibly tolerant are outwardly accommodating but inwardly desire to control and commoditize black lives.

Get Out is the directorial debut of Jordan Peele, a man most of us know as one half of the sketch comedy duo Key & Peele.

and the director of Animal House is an irreverent sketch comedy that misses as often as it hits, but probably makes for a pretty good midnight movie.

Amy Schumer, who lost out to Louis - Dreyfus in the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series category, emerged victorious nonetheless, as her Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer was named the winner for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.

One notable subtle shift in 2017: There seems to be a little more sketch and improv than in recent years, a nod to the roots of SF Sketchfest, which began in the early 2000s as an outlet to showcase those forms of comedy.

If you forced me to answer under oath, I'd probably select the Stormy Daniels «Update» segment as the «better» one, whatever «better» means in the subjective world of sketch comedy.

How much you enjoy Anchorman will probably be directly tied in with how funny you find Will Ferrell, and especially his style of humor as it played out in sketch comedy.

With Chadwick Boseman hosting the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, it should come as no surprise that the sketch comedy show would skewer Marvel Studios» latest blockbuster Black Panther.

But this isn't a sketch comedy on the television set; it's a big screen film that is supposed to tell a story with a beginning, middle, and end, and plot gets all but lost as director Raja Gosnell goes from vignette to vignette.

His comedy manifesto has always tilted at harvesting truth over triviality and his framing of lifelong relationships splintering and fraternal bonds fracturing creates a heartrending account of the invoice of self - interest as a group of comic friends / collegaues infight to land a gig on an intellectually - bankrupt SNL - type sketch show.