THE COMEDIANS OF COMEDY, the critically acclaimed documentary which became the critically acclaimed Comedy Central six-episode series, The idea behind The Comedians of Comedy — its name a play on The Original Kings of Comedy and similar tours — involves the comedians performing at smaller indie rock venues instead of comedy clubs. Both the movie and TV series alternate between footage of the comedians on stage and other aspects of their lives on the road. The movie The Comedians of Comedy, shot during the fall of 2004, had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival in March 2005. It is one of the first films to be financed by DVD-rental service Netflix, also the film's distributor. The film inspired Comedy Central to commission a six-episode Comedians of Comedy TV series, this one involving a six-city tour during the summer of 2005; the show premiered in November of that year. The episodes were shot in Baltimore, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Boston and Martha's Vineyard. The show was notable for providing some publicity for Robert Kirkman's comic book Invincible, which Oswalt spoke about during the first episode while shopping at a comic book store.
will be continuing to tour the country this fall. The Comedians of Comedy will once again be bringing their risk-taking comedy out of the typical stale comedy clubs and into rock clubs, theatres, and other indie venues. Most recently, they played to a packed tent of fans as the first comedy show to be asked to be a part of the world-famous Coachella Music Festival. Created by Patton Oswalt in a fit of rage and optimism, and consisting of a core of comedians — Maria Bamford, Zach Galifianakis and Brian Posehn — all of whom have gained greater national exposure through the CoC film and TV show.
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