Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Scott Aukerman & IFC Present Comedy Bang! Bang! Live! Multi-City Tour Starts During SDCC

Scott Aukerman and IFC Present Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE!

Multi-City Tour Will Visit New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, Minneapolis,
Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San Diego and Vancouver

Tickets Go On Sale Today - Monday, June 18, 2012 at 12PM EST*

New York, NY – June 18, 2012 – Following the successful premiere of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC, Scott Aukerman will be embarking on a multi-city tour bringing his brand of comic absurdity to fans across the country. Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE! will feature a mix of live stand-up, character cameos, and improvisational games along with sneak peek clips from the series. Also, parts of each performance will be taped for Scott’s popular Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. Joining Scott will be a rotating cast of Comedy Bang! Bang! regulars including comedians James Adomian, Tim Heidecker, and Paul F. Tompkins as well as special guests along the way. Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE! begins in San Diego, CA at Comic Con on July 15, 2012 and picks back up in Minneapolis, MN on July 29, 2012; tickets go on sale Monday, June 18 at 12PM EST.* For more ticket information, visit:

Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE! Dates and Venues:
Sunday, July 29                                   Cedar Cultural Center               Minneapolis, MN
Monday, July 30                                  Logan Square Auditorium                     Chicago, IL
Wednesday, August 1              Neptune Theater                                   Seattle, WA
Thursday, August 2                              Aladdin Theatre                                    Portland, OR
Friday, August 3                                  Herbst Theatre                         San Francisco, CA
Saturday, August 4                              First Unitarian Church               Los Angeles, CA         
Monday, August 6                               Royale                                                  Boston, MA
Tuesday, August 7                               Highline Ballroom                                 New York, NY
Wednesday, August 8              Howard Theatre                                   Washington, D.C.
Thursday, August 9                              Trocadero Theatre                                Philadelphia, PA
Friday, August 10                                TBA                                                     Vancouver, B.C.*
*Please note Vancouver ticket information will be announced at a later date.

Comedy Bang! Bang! LIVE! is in support of Comedy Bang! Bang! which airs Friday nights at 10pm ET/PT on IFC. Cleverly riffing on the well-known format of the late night talk show and based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, Comedy Bang! Bang! infuses celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal, as if Fernwood Tonight had Hollywood’s A-list of the day and mixed in the dream sequences and talking inanimate objects of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by musical cohort Reggie Watts (Conan), to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches, games, abrupt dream sequence detours and talking set pieces, Comedy Bang! Bang! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games), Michael Cera (Arrested Development), Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Helms (The Office), Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation), Seth Rogen (50/50), Paul Rudd (I Love You, Man), Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation) and “Weird Al” Yankovic (comedian/musician) all sit down on the couch with Aukerman on IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! to discuss everything from their hair and recent vacations to their love of mime and their ability to make animal noises. Other guests this season include Will Arnett (Up All Night), David Cross (Arrested Development), Tenacious D (Jack Black & Kyle Gass), Will Forte (SNL), Topher Grace (Valentine’s Day, Spiderman 3), Colin Hanks (Dexter), Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), Gillian Jacobs (Community), Nick Kroll (The League), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult), Chris Parnell (Archer), Andy Richter (Conan), Paul F. Tompkins (Mr. Show with Bob and David) and many more.

For continued updates on the new season and the tour check out:
Twitter: @ifctv/@scottaukerman/#cbbtv
Online: www.ifc.com/shows/comedy-bang-bang/tour

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