Sentences with phrase «up comedy group»

SL: Broken Lizard started off as a stand - up comedy group.

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Born in Toronto, she grew up watching the Canadian sketch - comedy series SCTV and performed with an all - female improv group, the Atomic Fireballs.

While they did not study this research question, [63] found that people smiled and laughed more and rated an audiotaped stand - up comedy routine more positively when they listened to canned laughter that they thought came from members of their in - group rather than their out - group.

Although Robinson says his field «has a large number of people who don't like computers,» and who are suspicious of the analysis, he says others are picking up the technique, including a group in Germany hoping to analyze 5000 copies of the Greek New Testament, and another group working on Dante's Divine Comedy.

In this comedy, a group of ex-husbands rally together to protest having to pay exorbitant amounts of alimony and wind up in «alimony - jail.»

Knocked Up (2007) Knocked Up was the original grouping of the Apatow comedy dream team that came before This Is the End.

A comedy about a group of inmates who stage a musical to cover up their escape, it was treated with eager expectation by fans of the Cattaneo's previous work.

The film benefited by the group's additional comedy categories where Keaton was able to pick up his two acting awards.

All three of the critics» groups named her Best Actress (though the L.A. critics ended up with a tie; see below), and she won the dramatic Golden Globe as well, with Tandy taking Comedy / Musical.

And yet, watching her latest effort The Party — a tight, bitter, and very funny 71 - minute dark comedy about a group of old friends who come together for a dinner party and realize just how utterly screwed up their lives are — it's hard not to sense Potter's sensibility and presence throughout.

«The Slammin» Salmon» is far from the comedy troupe's best work (that remains a toss - up between «Super Troopers» and «Beerfest»), but it shows a hint of maturation from a group that usually specializes in more lowbrow humor.

Inspired by true events, the action - comedy follows David (Galifianakis), a disgruntled armored car driver who teams up with a co-worker (Wiig) and a group of inexperienced criminals to steal nearly $ 20 million from a bank vault.

Made up of British TV comedy favourites, most of whom feature in this list, they eerily mirror Shaun's own group.

Sande Alessi Casting is casting extras for «Grown Ups 2,» a sequel to the 2010 comedy starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Maya Rudolph, David Spade, Rob Schneider, and Salma Hayek as a group of childhood friends who reunite years later.

Those signature bits of wordplay are all but guaranteed to show up in this third installment in the surprisingly successful comedy series about all - female a cappella group the Barden Bellas, who reunite for a USO tour hoping to recapture some of their former glory after failing in their initial attempts at post-college life.

The 1970s comedy - drama about a tight - knit group of struggling stand - up comedians returns for a second season in May.

Set in 1970s Los Angeles, «I'm Dying Up Here» follows a group of aspiring stand - up comedians and the comedy club where they work out their setUp Here» follows a group of aspiring stand - up comedians and the comedy club where they work out their setup comedians and the comedy club where they work out their sets.

Per Showtime's official synopsis: ««I'm Dying Up Here» delves into the inspired, damaged and complicated psyches of a fictional group of competitive but close - knit comedians mentored by Goldie (Leo), a brassy comedy club owner who rules over her business with an iron fist but nurtures her comedians with tough love.

This Mad Men — like ambition — to explore the professional conflicts of a group of highly creative people, the sweeping changes in society they're reflecting and responding to, and the conflicted genius suffering from imposter syndrome at its center — might have been better fit for the length of a series, and indeed series like Showtime's I'm Dying Up Here and HBO's classic The Larry Sanders Show convey the combination of internal competitiveness and group cohesion that powers comedy scenes like the Lampooners» more effectively than AFASG's scattershot approach.

Before Wright wowed the world with The Cornetto Trilogy and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, he was fresh off his brilliantly irreverent comedy series Spaced and wound up directing a music video for Manchester - based group Mint Royale's tune «Blue Song» in the early 2000s.

It's a comedy about a group of live - action roleplayers (LARPers) who mistakenly conjure up a demon from hell and must deal with the consequences.

McCarthy started her career as a stand - up comic but quickly found more of her footing as a member of The Groundlings, the sketch - comedy improvisation group in L.A.. There, she worked with the likes of Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, and as we know, the three found themselves launched into comedic stratosphere with their 2011 massive hit Bridesmaids — but more on that in a minute.

We had the first trailer for Whiskey Tango Foxtrot a few weeks ago — catch up by clicking here — and now we've got a more «group» photo for the upcoming comedy - drama set on the front line of journalism in Afghanistan.

The «70s - set, stand - up comedy - centric series «delves into the inspired, damaged and complicated psyches of a fictional group of competitive but close - knit comedians mentored by Goldie (Melissa Leo), a brassy comedy club owner who rules over her business with an iron fist but nurtures her comedians with tough love,» per Showtime's synopsis.

Ball Of Fire — This Howard Hawks screwball comedy stars Gary Cooper as the head of an eccentric group of brainy encyclopedists made up of some of the best character actors of the 30s and 40s.

After studying the Revolutionary War through the novel, Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, fifth grade students collaborated in groups and chose from a project «menu» of arts - integrated options, including drama, poetry, illustration, and even stand - up comedy, to convey their understanding of events.

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Most recently, he teamed up with a group of community college art students in New Orleans for the tongue - in - cheek «The Comedy of Craft,» an 18 - by - 21 inch foam and rubber recreation of George Washington's nose, taken from a mold of the president's Mount Rushmore likeness.

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This new performance was initiated by an invitation to community activist groups across London to attend a series of free stand — up comedy workshops led by professional comedian Logan Murray.

Working within the networks of local community and activist groups, including Indoamerican Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IMRO), Migrants Organise, The Independent Workers Union, the Latin American Women's Rights Service and X — Talk — which supports the intersection of sex workers» and migrants» rights — They Are Here have circulated an invitation to a series of free stand — up comedy workshops led by professional comedian Logan Murray.

On Saturday The Hunter Center at MASS MoCA will host «John Hodgman's Big Time Comedy Thing» with an astounding line - up of amazing comedy acts including Hodgman himself and Tig Notaro, Jessica Williams, improv group Superego and Paul F. TomComedy Thing» with an astounding line - up of amazing comedy acts including Hodgman himself and Tig Notaro, Jessica Williams, improv group Superego and Paul F. Tomcomedy acts including Hodgman himself and Tig Notaro, Jessica Williams, improv group Superego and Paul F. Tompkins.

Participating artists: Photo Guild, Julia Vrolyks, Noah Kay, Roxanne Corbin, Mario Rodriguez, Dirty Brushes, SJSU Spartones, Spartan Stellas, Film Production Society, Center Stage Productions, Printmakers Guild, SJSU Comedy Club as well as live bands, stand up comedy, a cappella groups and short films all playing throughout the Comedy Club as well as live bands, stand up comedy, a cappella groups and short films all playing throughout the comedy, a cappella groups and short films all playing throughout the night.

For example, he's involved in (and even founded) a number of groups that involve performing stand up comedy for charitable purposes.

The standing room only crowd took a break from the dozens of committee meetings and CLE presentations to laugh it up with Chicago's very own iO Comedy Group performing an Improv act called Whirled News Tonight.

Mumbai, India About Blog SnG Comedy are a group of professional stand up, improv and sketch comedians from Mumbai, India.

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