SXSW gets a bigger comedy slate, podcasts galore

South By Southwest is almost upon us and its keynotes are going to be tremendous this year. Three weeks ago, the festival announced that the cast of Veep, Bob Odenkirk and Seth Rogen were among some of the speakers. They made good on their promise to announce more. Now funny people like Janeane Garofalo, Wyatt Cenac, and Michael Ian Black are joining the fracas. Additionally, all the podcasts like Comedy Bang! Bang!, improv4humans, and Hollywood Handbook will be there. The full line up can be found below and other details can be seen on the SXSW website.

“2017 SXSW Comedy Participants:

Al Madrigal, Andrew Santino, Big Jay Oakerson, Bob Odenkirk, Bonnie McFarlane, Brendon Walsh, Chris Hardwick, Dan Harmon, Dave Hill, Doug Benson, Doug Stanhope, Dulce Sloan, Glenn Wool, Eddie Pepitone, Guy Branum, Horatio Sanz, Janeane Garofalo, Jason Mantzoukas, Jessica McKenna, Joe DeRosa, Joel Kim Booster, John Hodgman, Jon Gabrus, Liza Treyger, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, Matteo Lane, Michael Ian Black, Morgan Murphy, Nate Bargatze, Nick Swardson, Nick Thune, Nicole Byer, Phoebe Robinson, Rich Vos, Robert Kelly, Sasheer Zamata, Scott Aukerman, Scott Thompson, Sean Patton, Shane Mauss, Shaun Diston, Tim Dillon, Tom Lennon, Wanda Sykes, Whitney Cummings, Wyatt Cenac, and more to come.

SXSW Comedy Festival Special Programs Featuring:

Above Average, @midnight, ASSSSCAT, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Doug Loves Movies, Doug Stanhope and Friends, HarmonQuest, Improv4humans, The Laugh Button Live w/ Gotham Comedy Club, My Wife Hates Me, Night Train, Talk Show the Game Show, What’s Your F@%kin’ Deal? and more.”

— SXSW

Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt & a whole bunch more are 'Freaks of Nature'

Horror-comedy movies are becoming more prevalent as seen in releases like The Final Girls, Hell Baby, and Hell and Back. The genre shows no sign of stopping, now, as Freaks of Nature releases a trailer full of zombies, aliens and laughs aplenty. The movie also features appearances by Bob Odenkirk, Keegan-Michael Key, Patton Oswalt, Ian Roberts, Denis Leary and others. Freaks of Nature looks to be more ambitious than many other horror-comedies out right now but you can cast your final verdict when the movie comes out on October 30th. 

The 'Mr. Show' revival now has a release date

Rejoice! Bob Odenkirk and David Cross's Mr. Show reuinion series With Bob and David now has a premiere date. A.V. Club revealed exclusively the show comes out on November 13. That's right. You get every single episode of the show on Netflix in one day. There's a teaser for the show as well. And Brian Posehn makes an appearance.

Bob Odenkirk thinks ahead, brings own interview questions to Kimmel

Bob Odenkirk is a smart man as evidenced by his comedy. Naturally, a smart person wants the right questions asked instead of pandering around with inane small talk. During his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, Odenkirk gave his own pre-prepared Emmy questions to the only host he thought could handle the job. He also reveals the Mr. Show spiritual successor on Netflix, With Bob and David, is slated to premiere this fall.

Bob Odenkirk, David Cross head to Netflix with new Sketch Series

The Mr. Show boys are back at it!

Bob Odenkirk and David Cross are making a sketch series for Netflix Deadline reports. A mysterious picture taken by Paul F. Tompkins featuring the likes of himself, Odenkirk, Cross, Brian Posehn, Scott Aukerman and others earlier this year made everyone feel the warm joy that we once felt with Mr. Show. The streaming service has ordered four half hour episodes of With Bob & Dave and an hour long "making of" special. 

According to Deadline, the show sounds like an instant classic already: "After being dishonorably discharged from the Navy SEAL, Bob and David are back serving our country the way they do best: making sketch comedy."

Famous friends are most likely going to appear too. Odenkirk and Cross are set to write, star, and produce the series in conjunction with Marc Provissiero and Naomi Odenkirk of Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, Tim Sarkes of Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Dave Kneebone, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. Did you read that correctly? Tim & Eric are along for the ride. 

This Mr. Show spiritual successor should satiate our appetite.