Fox's New Sunday Night Animated Show

In the tradition of The Simpsons and Family Guy, Fox’s new animated series Bob’s Burgers wrests its laughs from a madcap brood of irredeemably misguided goofballs. The midseason replacement, unveiled Monday at the network’s upfront presentation in New York City, is produced by Comedy Central’s by the same people that brought you Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.

In the series, the titular patriarch (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is married to the lovely Linda (John Roberts) and with her ahs three kids: Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Louise  (Kristen Schaal). As advertised, they own a burger joint. Hilarity, presumably, is served with a side of fries.

Fox released a clip of the show that you can watch below.

Comedy Central Shows in the Works - For Real

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Comedy Central is set to unveil an unbelievable television slate that is sure to offend nearly everyone with a television (cue the Tea Party protest).

The network has 22 projects in the pipeline ranging from script deals to pilots, with the usual formats of animated shows, sketch comedy and talk shows represented.

A few of the pilots or scripted projects are below. 

"Highdeas"

In this comedy reality show based on the Web site highdeas.com, our comedian co-hosts will explore the kind of mind-blowing questions that can only be posed by stoners.  By delving into concepts such as "white chocolate milk" and "hamster-sized rhinos," "Highdeas" will bring the highest ideas to light using a combination of field reports, prototype tests and, of course, black lights and lava lamps.  Executive produced by Embassy Row (Michael Davies, Jen Kelly and Dave O'Connor).

"JC"

A half-hour animated show about JC (Jesus Christ) wanting to escape his father's enormous shadow and to live life in NYC as a regular guy.  A lot has changed in 2000 years and he is the ultimate fish out of water.  Meanwhile his all-powerful yet apathetic father would rather be playing video games than listening to JC recount his life in the city.  JC is a playful take on religion and society with a sprinkle of dumb.  Executive produced by Reveille ("The Office"), Henrik Basin, Brian Boyle ("American Dad"), Jonathan Sjoberg and Andreas Ohman.

"A**Holes"

You know those people who cut you off in traffic, use their cell phone in the movie theater, and don't hold the door open for old ladies?  They're a**holes, and it's about time we find out what makes them tick.  "A**holes" is a scripted half-hour comedy series that tells the story of the two biggest assholes in the entire world…Jeff and Geoff.  These two twenty-something roommates spend their days scamming on girls, bilking Alzheimer's patients out of money, and generally being the opposite of model citizens.  You've never laughed harder at watching people be so bad.  "A**holes" is written and created by Steve Koren ("Saturday Night Live," "Seinfeld") and Nick Malis ("Tosh.0," "Mind of Mencia").

To see the full list head over to the Hollywood Reporters livefeed.

South Park Does Futurama

Gfest has always been a big fan of South Park and Futurama.  We watch South Park religiously because it is the best comedy on TV- hand down.  Yes, Seth McFarlane you heard Gfest correctly.

We still watch the reruns of Futurama for many of the same reasons and anxiously await the new series to start next month after a seven year absence.

Thanks to MooseCake at deviantART put together these awesome Futurama characters in South Park style.

McDux0r's over at YouTube put together this 30 second video of Futurama characters in South Park style. That is very enjoyable as well.

The Simpsons Ke$ha Tik-Tok Opening

Last night Matt Groening and the Simpsons crew replaced their traditional opening sequence with a rendition of Tik-Tok by the ever, under-talented Ke$ha.

This is only the third or fourth time the show has deviated from it's normal title sequence.

The song sucks (so does the artist) but the Simpson's make it rock!   Watch the opening sequence below.

Pineapple Express Director will have Two New Comedies on MTV

Deadline TV reports that MTV is adding two projects to its scripted slate. The cable network is close to a 12-episode order to Good Vibes, an animated comedy from The Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green.  Additionally, it has ordered a comedy pilot tentatively titled THAT Girl.  

Launching a scripted lineup of live-action and animated series has been a priority for MTV’s president of programming Tony DiSanto who recently hired veteran David Janollari to head the network’s scripted development.

Pianist Makes Music with iPad at Symphony Concert

There seems to be no shortage of real life people, at the top of there respective fields, jumping on baord with the iPad.  The latest is piano master Lang Lang performed a surprising, offbeat encore at a concert in San Francisco: the pianist played Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on the iPad.


Lang Lang used the iPad app Magic Piano, from Smule, to "play" his tablet.



Ge Wang, the co-founder of Smule, told the Wall Street Journal, "I've never seen the freestyle Magic Piano played like he [Lang Lang] did." Wang added that he believes the Chinese pianist "totally digs Magic Piano and the iPad."

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First YouTube Video EVER

YouTube.com has only been around for five years, yet it seems like its been a part of our life forever. 

And the first video to hit the site?  This 19 second clip from YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo uploaded on April 23, 2005 - roughly two months after the company was founded.



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