Listen to Daily Show writer JR Havlan talk to Chappelle’s Show co-creator and Inside Amy Schumer director Neal Brennan on the latest Writers Bloc podcast.

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The Comedy Directors of Comedy panel was great!

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In one week, Comedy Central and Twitter will launch the first ever #ComedyFest, a five-day celebration of comedy taking place on Twitter and featuring Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Judd Apatow, Gabriel Iglesias, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, The Cast of RENO 911!, Amy Schumer, Jeff Ross, Doug Benson, Steve Agee, Paul Feig, Neal Brennan, Al Madrigal and many others! The festival kicks off next Monday with the one and only Mel Brooks joining Twitter. His first tweet will be a live-stream of an event at LA’s Paley Center with Brooks and Carl Reiner, moderated by Judd Apatow. Altogether, #ComedyFest will include 16 programmed events featuring more than 50 comedians. Be sure to follow @ComedyCentral on Twitter for updates. Click through for the full lineup. #COMEDYFEST EVENT LINEUP #ComedyFest lineup subject to change - additional talent and events to be announced . Monday, April 29 5:00 p.m. Mel Brooks Joins Twitter With the help of Carl Reiner and moderator Judd Apatow, and in front of a live audience, the legendary Mel Brooks will join Twitter, answer questions and discuss his life and work. Watch the livestream on Twitter! Talent: Carl Reiner @carlreiner, Judd Apatow @juddapatow, Mel Brooks @melbrooks 11:00 p.m. Ben Hoffman Tweets on Ambien Ben Hoffman will take you inside the medication-addled mind of… Ben Hoffman, as he live tweets himself on Ambien. You’re going to want to tune in, because most likely you’re going to need to take over for him at some point. Seriously.  Talent: Ben Hoffman @thebenshow Tuesday, April 30 1:00 p.m. I Figured Out the Internet: Secrets of My Twitter Success In this half-panel, half-discussion, some of Twitter’s funniest, most-loved celebrities meet like some sort of bizarre Avengers to talk about what it’s like to be big on Twitter.  Talent:  Moderator: Jake Fogelnest @jakefogelnest; Amber Earnest @rare_basement, Shelby Fero @shelbyfero, Julieanne Smolinski @boobsradley, Ted Travelstead @trumpetcake 6:00 p.m. Vine Dining with Steve Agee You might say it’s impossible to tell a compelling story in six seconds, but these comedians will prove otherwise. Join Steve Agee as he hosts a Vine party with contributions from his Vine friends.  Talent: Steve Agee @steveagee, James Urbaniak @jamesurbaniak, Marlo Meekins @marlomeekins 9:00 p.m. What’s Newsing? Working from the weirdest and most relevant headlines of the day, some of the hottest comedians on Twitter will come up with tweets about them. You may not become more informed, but you will laugh.  Talent: Moderators Jared Logan @jaredlogan & Matt Braunger @braunger and Al Jackson @aljaxn 10:30 p.m. Tweeting All Up Inside Amy Schumer During the premiere of the new COMEDY CENTRAL series “Inside Amy Schumer”, Amy Schumer herself will be livetweeting—giving you the inside scoop, telling you things that went right and wrong during shooting, and more! Talent: Amy Schumer @amyschumer Wednesday, May 1 12:30 p.m. The Comedy Directors of Comedy: A Panel This panel gathers some of the best comedy directors out there—Paul Feig, Lance Bangs, Neal Brennan, and more—and gets them to discuss the ins and outs of directing comedy successfully.  Talent: Moderator: TBD, Jordan Vogt-Roberts @vogtroberts, Lance Bangs @lancebangs, Rob Schrab @robschrab, Paul Feig @paulfeig, Neil Brennan @nealbrennan 2:45 p.m. Reno 911! Movie! Reunion! Stars Tom Lennon and Kerri Kenney-Silver livetweet their opus, “Reno 911!: Miami”, with the help of Kumail Nanjiani. Watch the movie with them and get lots of behind-the-scenes stories. Talent: Tom Lennon @thomaslennon, Kerri Kenney-Silver @kerrikenney, Moderator Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack 4:00 p.m. The Comedy Central “Half Hour” Daytime Drinking Game 17 comedians, who recorded episodes of “The Half Hour” with COMEDY CENTRAL, have gathered all in one place: Twitter. For a half hour, while a sneak peek of their specials is being broadcast, they’ll participate in a massive daytime drinking game.  Talent: Erik Griffin @erikgriffin, Jonah Ray @jonahray, Sean Patton @mrseanpatton, Sean O’Connor @seanoconnz, Baron Vaughn @barvonblaq, Dan Soder @dansoder, Nikki Glaser @nikkiglaser, Lil Rel Howery @lilrel4, Gabe Liedman @gabeliedman, Mike Lawrence @themikelawrence, Andy Haynes @imandyhaynes, Ben Kronberg @benkronberg, Dan St. Germain @dsgermain, Jared Logan @jaredlogan, Joe DeRosa @joederosacomedy, Cristela Alonzo @cristela9, Brody Stevens @brodyismefriend Thursday, May 2 2:00 p.m. Encino Man Livetweet with Doug Benson Doug Benson, king of movies, livetweets one of the most important movies of our time: “Encino Man.”  Talent: Doug Benson @dougbenson  6:00 p.m. Writers’ Room: A Panel Comedians aren’t just doing stand-up, they’re also writing some of the TV shows you love. #ComedyFest has gathered a few of them for this show about what it’s like to be in a writers’ room, how they do both stand-up and TV writing, and more!  Talent: Moshe Kasher @moshekasher, Dominic Dierkes @dominicdierkes, Sean O’Connor @seanoconz, Megan Ganz @meganganz,  Mike Drucker @mikedrucker, Jess Dweck @thedweck and Albertina Rizzo @albz 9:00 p.m. What’s Newsing? A second edition of What’s Newsing, because apparently the news changes from day to day Talent: Jared Logan @jaredlogan and Al Jackson @aljaxn 10:00 p.m. Roast Me with Jeffrey Ross Roast Master Jeffrey Ross unleashes his infamous insult comedy on a few lucky (and willing!) Twitter users. @ComedyCentral will invite brave souls to submit their profiles for Ross to get familiar with and then rip to shreds during this hilarious event. Talent: Jeffrey Ross @realjeffreyross Friday, May 3 11:00 a.m. Al Madrigal: Behind the Stand-Up Remember Pop Up Video? Now you can experience it on Twitter when Al Madrigal, along with a friend, livetweets his hour long special, “Why is the Rabbit Crying?” Madrigal gives fans an inside look into the mind of a comedian. How did he get started? What bizarre shows has he done along the way? Find out!  Talent: Al Madrigal @almadrigal and Steve Rannazzisi @steverannazzisi  5:30 p.m. Road Warriors Comedians spend a lot of their time touring, and they’ve amassed a ton of weird stories about touring. Join these comics—some of whom will be on the road that day—for a discussion of the ins and outs of being a touring comic.  Talent: Brendon Walsh @brendonwalsh, Tommy Johnagin @tommyjohnagin, Matt Braunger @braunger, Hannibal Buress @hannibalburess, Eugene Mirman @eugenmirman  12:00 a.m. Nikki & Dan: Behind the Stand-Up Remember Pop Up Video? Now you can watch it on Twitter when Nikki Glaser and Dan Soder livetweet the premiere of their COMEDY CENTRAL “The Half Hour,” and give you an inside look into the mind of a comedian. How did they get started? What bizarre shows have they done along the way? Find out!  Talent: Dan Soder @dansoder, Nikki Glaser @nikkiglaser

In one week, Comedy Central and Twitter will launch the first ever #ComedyFest, a five-day celebration of comedy taking place on Twitter and featuring Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Judd Apatow, Gabriel Iglesias, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, The Cast of RENO 911!, Amy Schumer, Jeff Ross, Doug Benson, Steve Agee, Paul Feig, Neal Brennan, Al Madrigal and many others!

The festival kicks off next Monday with the one and only Mel Brooks joining Twitter. His first tweet will be a live-stream of an event at LA’s Paley Center with Brooks and Carl Reiner, moderated by Judd Apatow.

Altogether, #ComedyFest will include 16 programmed events featuring more than 50 comedians. Be sure to follow @ComedyCentral on Twitter for updates.

Click through for the full lineup.

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Comedy Central is coming to New Orleans in April for three great shows! Click here for tickets and more information.

Comedy Central is coming to New Orleans in April for three great shows! Click here for tickets and more information.

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Tuesday, April 2, Comedy Central & CleftClips will present Not Safe For Work, a night of stand-up hosted by Baron Vaughn at The Del Monte Speakeasy at Townhouse in Venice, CA. Check out this lineup: Alice Wetterlund Andrew Norelli Christina Pazsitzky Jay Larson Neal Brennan Rob Delaney Rory Scovel T.J. Miller Doors are at 7, show is at 8, and admission is FREE! Click here for more info.

Tuesday, April 2, Comedy Central & CleftClips will present Not Safe For Work, a night of stand-up hosted by Baron Vaughn at The Del Monte Speakeasy at Townhouse in Venice, CA.

Check out this lineup:

Alice Wetterlund

Andrew Norelli

Christina Pazsitzky

Jay Larson

Neal Brennan

Rob Delaney

Rory Scovel

T.J. Miller

Doors are at 7, show is at 8, and admission is FREE!

Click here for more info.

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thecomicscomic: Hey! Remember that time Dave Chappelle, Questlove and Neal Brennan partied all night with Prince? It happened not long after Chappelle and Brennan spoofed Prince on their hit sketch show for Comedy Central, Chappelle’s Show. Brennan recounted the tale for ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons, and now the folks at Grantland.com have animated it for all of us to put pictures to words. WATCH IT, plus the ORIGINAL CHAPPELLE’S SHOW PRINCE SKETCH and OUTTAKES

thecomicscomic:

Hey! Remember that time Dave Chappelle, Questlove and Neal Brennan partied all night with Prince? It happened not long after Chappelle and Brennan spoofed Prince on their hit sketch show for Comedy Central, Chappelle’s Show.

Brennan recounted the tale for ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons, and now the folks at Grantland.com have animated it for all of us to put pictures to words.

WATCH IT, plus the ORIGINAL CHAPPELLE’S SHOW PRINCE SKETCH and OUTTAKES

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Artforum has more photos from last week’s Just for Laughs along with a blow-by-blow of the festival.

Artforum has more photos from last week’s Just for Laughs along with a blow-by-blow of the festival.

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Neal Brennan: The Half Hour premieres tonight at 11:30/10:30c. Click the image to watch a clip.

Neal Brennan: The Half Hour premieres tonight at 11:30/10:30c. Click the image to watch a clip.

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Pras (from the Fugees) on The Champs with Neal Brennan, Moshe Kasher and DJ Douggpound »

somuchfunithurts:

One third of the legendary hip-hop group sits down with The Champs to discuss how The Fugees got started, how Wyclef and Lauryn Hill’s relationship undid the band, and the time he got kidnapped by Somali Pirates in 2008.

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