Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt

A crew of documentary filmmakers follows stand-up veteran Patton Oswalt (of "King of Queens" fame) and fellow "alternative comics" Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford on the Comedians of Comedy Tour. Along...( read more  read more... ) with clips of performances, the film offers a behind-the-scenes look at the comedians and the challenges of presenting material that's not necessarily "masses-friendly" and of playing rock clubs and indie venues rather than the usual comedy clubs.

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Unrated, 103 min.

Directed by: Michael Blieden

Release Date: December 31, 2005

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DVD Release Date: November 18, 2005

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  • August 13, 2008
    too stoned review: cant ber bothered typin right now just wasnr funny comedians r boring
    two days later review: This doc follows the comics it says it does only to reveal something most of us already know -comedians are fucking boring. Yeh, they're funny when they're paid to be, ...( read more)but when they're not on stage, they're not havin orgies and drum circles in the tour bus, they're just getting drunk, farting, and napping like a retirement home with the occasional injection of humor observed when the comedians are working on their act or engaging in comedian talk with one another (analyzing jokes, sets, shit like that).
    If you are a fan of Brian Posehn, Patton Oswalt, or Zack Galifianakis and you want to see their butts, watch this movie. Chubs Posehn and Oswalt strip down to nadda but their bullocks in hand, and cubby Galifianakis is eager to show off his hot rear on the tour bus. Thus ends the highlights of this movie - a weirdo piano playing cock tease is eager to show off his plump buttocks and two insecure bitchy chubs walkin around naked in the woods. And Maria Bamford's set. But you could just watch "The Comedians of Comedy: Live at the El Rey" and just see the standup bits rather than watch this, which has bits from that El Rey gig and a few others, but really only for CoC fans.
    Might be worthwhile for Galifianakis fans as he is not at the El Rey show, but I don't know his material, so I don't know if anything on here is unique.
  • November 29, 2007
    A great documentary about real comedians. Brian Posehn's explanation of Star Wars is one of the funniest bits I have ever heard.
  • September 30, 2007
    Kinda unfunny. I would give this a pass.
  • August 28, 2009
    I love live comedy, and these four are hilarious. Why don't they EVER come around my area? Back to the movie, it's a cool "on the road" documentary about the indie rock club tour Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifinakis, Maria Bamford, and Brian Posehn take. Showcases their individual ...( read more)sets and also shows them being goofy nerds in various restaurants/comic book shops/radio stations.
  • May 18, 2009
    4 of the best comedians you could find in an rv together...how could that not be awesome?
  • January 9, 2009
    follows some of my favorite comedians
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • April 27, 2008
    I don't care for these comedians.
  • April 21, 2008
    Patton Oswalt Zach Galifianakis Maria Bamford = spellls brilliant
  • January 6, 2008
    Entertaining documentary following four very funny comedians on an "indy comic tour". There's something exciting behind the ideas Patton Oswalt has for indy comics, namely that he and his compatriots are trying with this tour to get audiences to start following the progression o...( read more)f indy comics' careers much as you'd follow the progress of an indy rock band, watching as they experiment with new ideas and new material. Since it's a documentary following the actual tour, we don't get to see as much of the stage acts as I'd have liked, but what is shown is funny stuff. And it's interesting to listen to them talk about how they develop their materials, horror stories from their time on the road in dive clubs, and just watching them play off each other as they explore every facet of what "comedy" is.

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