Originally released as a web comic strip, CARTOONSHOW from Adventure Time artist Derek M Ballard is coming to print via an Oni Press graphic novel. It will be available in hardcover for $21.99 at Amazon.com on August 2, 2023. Cartoonshow follows the real-life challenges of being a single dad with insightful humor and satirical reflection of contemporary American life.
Derek is a solo parent raising three kids in the American South while trying to make art. Told in a series of free-flowing and often hilarious comic essays, Cartoonshow gets to the heart of the struggle to be a creative person in a society that doesn't value anything other than how much it can grind out of you. Covid, poverty, the failing social safety net, predatory lenders, and literal acts of God can't stop our hero!
“This book of cartoons is a whole slew of dumb, funny, embarrassing, and true things that happened to my kids and me. Stuff that befalls average families every single day,” Derek M. Ballard remarked to ageekdaddy.com. “Oni Press made it possible to support my family while I brought my uncompromised scribbly vision to the page. That's a big deal. Unbelievable really!"
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Ring in the holiday season and get ready to laugh-out-loud with an all-out prank battle the whole family can enjoy, in the hilarious comedy, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, now available to own for the first time on Digital on December 15, 2020 and on Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on December 22, 2020 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on Robert Kimmel Smith’s multi-award-winning beloved children’s book of the same name, the film follows a series of escalating shenanigans that ensue when a grandfather (Academy Award® winner Robert De Niro, The Irishman, Meet the Parents franchise) moves in with his daughter, forcing his grandson (Oakes Fegley, The Goldfinch, This Is Where I Leave You) to begrudgingly give up his bedroom. Packed with heart and hysterical hijinks from start to finish, THE WAR WITH GRANDPA is the perfect “family-friendly comedy” (Pete Hammond, Deadline) everyone can enjoy during the holiday and beyond.
Sixth-grader Peter (Fegley) is pretty much your average kid—he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved pair of Air Jordans. But when his recently widowed grandfather Ed (De Niro) moves in with Peter's family, the boy is forced to give up his most prized possession of all, his bedroom. Unwilling to let such an injustice stand, Peter devises a series of increasingly elaborate pranks to drive out the interloper, but Grandpa Ed won't go without a fight. Soon, the friendly combatants are engaged in an all-out war with side-splitting consequences.
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If you missed the most recent season of the HBO hit comedy series BALLERS when it was broadcast over the summer, you can catch up on Season 2 now as it will be available to own on Digital HD beginning Monday, October 24, 2016. The complete season download includes all ten Season 2
episodes, plus Inside the Episodes features at select retailers that take viewers
behind the scenes of the show. With Digital HD you can stream the show's episodes to your television, view them on a computer, or watch from a mobile device whenever is convenient for you.
The series revolves around former Miami Dolphins stand-out Spencer Strasmore, played by Dwayne Johnson (AKA The Rock from the WWE) who is coping with the realities of life after football. He reinvents himself as a financial manager for professional athletes in sun-soaked Miami. Drama and hilarity ensue as Strasmore mentors other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
In Season 2 of BALLERS,
things are getting more competitive and complicated for Spencer. As the lines
between professional and personal blur in his pursuit of lasting success and
glory, he must face demons from the past when he goes head-to-head with the
biggest business manager on the scene. Heralded by critics for Johnson’s “movie-star charisma” (The
Hollywood Reporter) and co-star Rob Corddry’s “hilarious” performance (TV
Overmind), BALLERS is a must-see
comedy for football fanatics and TV junkies alike.
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modern family one of my wife and I's favorite comedies on television right now but it seems as if we never get to watch it anymore because the show airs when we are busy getting the kids ready for school the next day and putting them to bed for the night. Is it just our family or if your children happen to still be up during prime time hours do they they hijack the television watching cartoons? So I hate to say it but we missed just about everything that happened during Season 6. Fortunately, our friends at Fox Home Entertainment hooked us up with the modern family Season 6 on DVD so we can get caught up with the series before Season 7 starts.
Don't worry we're taking care of our A GEEK DADDY blog readers too! If you want to relive your favorite moments from last season or are like us and want to catch up with what you might have missed before Season 7 starts just follow the following instructions for a chance to win a modern family Season 6 DVD box set. Must
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UPDATE (9/27/2015): Congratulations to Deanna from Orem Utah who was the winner of our Modern Family giveaway.
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So what did happen during Season 6 of MODERN FAMILY? Vote for your favorite family moment:
About Season Six of modern family
The honeymoon is over, but the laughs continue in Season Six of modern family, ariving on DVD September 22nd! As freshly hitched Cam and Mitch
acclimate to the realities of wedded bliss, Phil and Claire find their
marriage stressed by annoying neighbors, Thanksgiving dinner gone awry
and Claire’s online snooping. Meanwhile, a spy-camera drone wreaks havoc
in Jay and Gloria’s backyard and a close call on the highway leads to
amusing changes in various members of the Pritchett-Dunphy clan. It all
adds up to the funniest season yet of this brilliant and acclaimed
comedy.
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What do you get when a desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer in an attempt to prevent a diabolical global disaster? A hilarious spoof on secret agent movies starring Melissa McCarthy in the blockbuster hit SPY which film critic Leonard Maltin referred to as "her funniest movie yet." Jason Statham, Jude Law and Rose Byrne join McCarthy in delivering hysterical performances in SPY which earned more than $100 million during its theatrical run in the United States and a 95% fresh rating on RottenTomatoes.com. In anticipation of the movie's release on Blu-ray and DVD on September 29, 2015, A Geek Daddy is sharing a few fun facts about Hollywood's newest Queen of Comedy, Melissa McCarthy, and giving away a SPY Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.
Did you know Melissa is a Saluki? She studied fashion at Southern Illinois University (who are know as the Salukis from their school mascot). In fact she originally made her way to New York to be a fashion designer but after a fateful night at an open mic night decided to take a shot at being a stand-up comedian instead. Melissa s still very talented when it comes to fashion though and designed her own gown that the actress/comedian wore to the 2011 Emmys where she won the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
While Melissa McCarthy may be best know for her breakout role in the 2011 comedy hit Bridesmaids where she received an Academy Award nomination for her part in the film, she had already been acting for more than a decade at that point having a primary supporting role in the television series Gilmore Girls from 2000-2007 and Samantha Who? from 2007-2009. She currently stars in the CBS prime time sitcom Mike & Molly where she earned her an Emmy in 2011 for the role of Molly Flynn. One of my wife's all time favorite TV shows is Gilmore Girls. For a lot of yearsshe watched reruns of Gilmore Girls every afternoon when returning home from work and we had to make time to watch every new episode whenever they aired. So for our family Melissa McCarthy will always be Sookie from the Gilmore Girls.
Speaking of her big role in Bridesmaids - other than playing one in the movie, Melissa has been a bridesmaid in real life once - at her sister's wedding.
Melissa has a really sharp memory. When she has hosted Saturday Night Live she hasn't used cue cards. Melissa has memorized EVERYTHING for these "live" SNL performances. Wow! That's impressive! In fact, she's earned 2 Emmy nominations for hosting SNL (2012 / 2013).
What is the most embarrassing thing that happened to you as a kid? For Melissa who grew up in the rural farming community of Plainsfield, Illinois it was climbing up into a neighbor's silo and not being able to get back down. She had to be rescued by a friendly farmer who climbed up, got her unstuck and brought her down to earth.
Since Bridesmaids, Melissa has had roles in the films Spy, The Nines, The Back-up Plan, Life As We Know It, Identity Thief, The Heat, and The Hangover Part III. She will be starring in the upcoming Ghost Busters remake that is scheduled to be released in theaters across the USA on July 15, 2016. Ghost Busters is being directed by Paul Feig who also directed McCarthy in the movies SPY, The Heat and Bridesmaids.
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Blu-rayDVD combo pack of SPY. Must
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McCarthy
is armed and hilarious in this comedy from director Paul Feig.
Deskbound CIA analyst Susan Cooper is about to become the world’s
newest — and unlikeliest — secret weapon. When her partner (Jude Law) falls off the
grid and another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised, Susan volunteers to go
deep undercover and bring down a deadly arms dealer. Loaded with wise-cracking
action and adventure, SPY is a mission impossible to resist!
Of course the Blu-ray and DVD come loaded with a bunch of bonus features in addition to the movies:
SPY BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
Unrated Cut
3 Redacted Scenes
15 Classified Alternate
Scenes
Top Secret Gag Reel
Extra Top Secret Behind-the-Scenes
Gag Reel
Director of
Intelligence Feig Makes the Cast Do His Bidding
Susan and Her Men
Super Villain Rayna Can't Keep It Together
The Many Deaths of
Anton
The Trouble With Covers
The Great Rick Ford
For Your Eyes Only:
Jokes-A-Plenty
The Handsy World of
Spies
Speaking is an Art Form
Super Villains of the
Animal World
How Spy Was Made
The Filmmakers Tell You
How Spy Was Made While You Watch The Movie! aka The Commentary Track (Jessie
Henderson, John Vecchio, Paul Feig, Robert Yeoman, Walter Garcia)
SPY DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
Top Secret Gag Reel
Extra Top Secret
Behind-the-Scenes Gag Reel
Susan and Her Men
The Great Rick Ford
The Filmmakers Tell You
How Spy Was Made While You Watch The Movie! aka The Commentary Track (Jessie
Henderson, John Vecchio, Paul Feig, Robert Yeoman, Walter Garcia)
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for selecting the winner of this contest, but Fox Home Entertainment is
responsible for fulfillment and delivery of the prize.
By participating in this contest you waive any liability towards A Geek
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this promotion. If you win this prize on another blog, you will not be
eligible to win again. Winner is
subject to eligibility verification. Prize will be delivered by UPS or
FedEx so no P.O. Boxes are allowed as mailing addresses. A Geek Daddy
Blog did not receive any financial compensation but did receive
a review DVD for the blog and the prize that is being awarded to one of
our readers for this
contest. A Geek Daddy Blog is hosting this contest as a benefit to our
readers. Any opinions in this post are my own. #SpyInsiders
In Nickelodeon's newest live-action comedy series, GAME SHAKERS, which premieres on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 8:30 pm (ET / PT) a pair of 12-year-old girls from Brooklyn become unlikely moguls when their school project becomes the most popular mobile game online. Game Shakers was created by multi-Emmy nominated writer and producer Dan Schneider (iCarly, Victorious, Henry Danger) and revolves around middle school students Babe (Cree Cicchino) and Kenzie (Madisyn Shipman) that create a mobile game named SKY WHALE which quickly becomes a world-wide sensation.
Tying the show to today's kids' love of gaming and apps, the games created by Babe and Kenzie in the series will be made available to play on Nick.com and through the Nick app. The first game to be released will be Babe and Kenzie's initial creation on the show, SKY WHALE, which is featured in the premiere episode. SKY WHALE will be available for FREE in September to download via the Apple, Google, and Amazon app stores. This game challenges players to bounce through the sky and to keep a narwhal up in the air using clouds and crazy objects to go higher and farther, even into outer space or on an underwater adventure.
Game Shakers' premiere episode will also feature cameo appearances from YouTube pop culture comedians and gaming entertainers including GloZell, Lasercorn and ProJared. The debut episode of Game Shakers will be simulcast on cable television on Nickelodeon, TeenNick, and Nicktoons plus will be available at the same time on Nick.com and on the Nick app. Following this linear debut, the premiere episode will also be available for FREE on iTunes for one week.
In the premiere episode, after an app they create for their school science fair project turns into the biggest mobile game of the year, Babe and Kenzie use their profits to start Game Shakers, a super-cool gaming company based in Brooklyn, New York. Not realizing the game illegally sampled a song from superstar rapper Double G ( '90s Nick icon Kel Mitchell ) turn the performer from an antagonist into their new business partner. As part of the deal, Double G's son, Triple G ( Benjamin 'Lil P-Nut' Flores ), becomes the company's "gaming consultant." Hijinks follow as this team works to make Game Shakers a huge success and create their own gaming empire.
A few years
ago I was working 60 hour weeks and didn’t have time to watch much
television. My wife kept telling me
about this show that she thought was a hoot because it reminded her of many of
the funny geeky things in life she had been introduced to by marrying me. One night my wife heard me laughing while
watching television and asked me what I was watching. “Oh it’s this great new show called The Big
Bang Theory,” I told her. “That’s not new, I is the show I’ve been telling you to watch for a
few seasons now.” As usual she was
right, I love this show and have become a big fan. We bought the DVDs for the first few seasons
I’d missed that weekend and had a The Big Bang Theory viewing marathon. I’ve been watching the show ever since.
The show follows
the lives of Cal Tech scientist with a comedic focus on the scientific and geek
culture aspects of their lives. Over the
last few years, the characters have appeared in shows with comic book and
science fiction themes, sometimes even dressing in costumes associated with Star
Trek or Super Heroes.
This season,
The Big Bang Theory is going all out by creating an extensive replica of the
Empire Strikes Back Dagobah swamp set for a special episode to celebrate STAR WARS DAY “May the 4th”. The Proton Transmogrification episode of The
Big Bang Theory is an episode that any Star Wars fan isn’t going to want to
miss. It won’t be airing on May the 4th
though, but rather on the Big Bang Theory’s regularly scheduled broadcast night
of May 1, 2014.
**SPOILERS** I haven’t
seen the upcoming episode yet myself but have gathered the following information
from several sources about its script. In “The Proton Transmogrification” , while
planning Star Wars activities for May
the Fourth two of the show’s main characters Sheldon and Leonard discover their
childhood hero, PROFESSOR PROTON, has passed away. Bob Newhart played the role of Professor
Proton in an appearance last season which won him a Prime Time Emmy Award. Professor Proton’s (aka Arthur Jeffries Ph.D.)
funeral is going to be held on May the Fourth (be with you) Day. Leonard decides to put off his Star Wars
plans to attend the funeral while Sheldon says mourning for someone is a waste
of time and refuses to go to the memorial service.
While
Leonard is at Arthur Jeffries funeral, Sheldon is holding a Star Wars movie
watching marathon with his friends Amy, Bernadette, Howard and Raj. Sheldon becomes upset about Professor Proton’s
death as they begin to watch the movies and storms to his room where he falls
asleep. In Sheldon’s dream he is
transported to Dagobah where he encounters Professor Proton as Bob Newhart makes his third and possibly last guest appearance on the show. I hear that The Big Bang Theory’s producers
teamed up with Disney’s LucasFilm division
to go all out in recreating the original movie set. Bob Newhart appears in normal clothes, but
when questioned by Sheldon on whether he is supposed to be his mentor “like Obi
Wan”, his clothes transform into Jedi robes. A funny sketch comedy scene is supposed to
follow involving Professor Proton and a light saber. I was somewhat surprised with the Obi Wan
outfit as with the Dagobah set and Bob Newhart involved I’d thought they would
portray Dr. Proton as Yoda. Maybe
Newhart vetoed that idea as he didn’t want to be too silly in his
appearance.
Sheldon starts to talk with Professor Proton about death and how he lost his father. Professor Proton tells Sheldon that people may leave us, but he should cherish and appreciate those who are still with us. Sheldon says he does appreciate his friends, but the Professor questions him on whether that really is true.
When Leonard
returns from the funeral, he wakes up his friend. Sheldon gives Leonard a big hug. They proceed to watch their Star Wars movie
marathon. The show wraps up with a final
appearance by Bob Newhart giving Sheldon some Professor Proton sage words of
advice. With this episode ending the Bob
Newhart Professor Proton story arc and including a Star Wars theme it looks to
be one of the best shows yet. The Big
Bang Theory showrunner Steve Molaro seems to agree telling CNET that LucasFilm
contacted the show about doing a May Fourth themed show and saying “We knew
that Bob (Newhart) was coming back and LucasFilm called us, and we realized
that this might be an opportunity to mix both stories and come up with
something special.” Molaro added that Lucasfilm’s own SFX company Industrial Light
& Magic will be recreating the “Star Wars” swamp planet of Dagobah where
Yoda hid from the clutches of Darth Vader and the evil Empire. “Bob is going to be swinging a lightsaber
around and they sent us a real one to use.
They’re going to help make it look and sound right. It’s an amazing crossover for us.”
I’m going to
be watching to see how closely the spoilers I found actually pan out and will
also be on the look out to see what other future May 4th’s may hold for
us. With LucasFilm reaching out to
promote the day with The Big Bang Theory and new Star Wars movies in the future
it looks like May the Fourth may become a regular franchise promotional tool supported
by Disney. We’ll have to see if it eventually hosts annual events and promotions as interesting and fun as Free Comic Book Day has become.
I really appreciate how The Big Bang Theory makes geek jokes and references without really making fun of geeks. You can laugh at the geeky culture rather than degrade it which this comedy does a nice balancing act with. I enjoy lots of things about the show, its comedy, references to comic book and science fiction, and that its theme song is sung by one of my favorite bands. Did you know it was written and performed by The Bare Naked Ladies? Check out this surprise performance of the theme song by the band at Comic Con a few years ago:
The Force is
with us all too because a few weeks ago it was announced The Big Bang Theory
was renewed for 3 more seasons.The Big
Bang Theory airs at 8pm EST Thursdays on CBS: http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theoryEnjoy May the Fourth my friends!
My generation grew up watching Neil Patrick Harris as Doogie Howser and Jim Henson’s Muppets on television. Things are a little different now with Harris’s
breakout role being the womanizer Barney Stinson on the CBS comedy “How I Met
Your Mother” and the Jim Henson Company has a division called “Henson
Alternative” that provides puppet productions for “adult” entertainment. This transition has led us now to Neil Patrick Harris and Henson Alternative teaming up with the Nerdist youtube channel to create a new edgy puppet
show that you definitely shouldn’t watch with your kids – but which is a hilarious time
out for us grownups.
NEIL’s PUPPET DREAMS takes you into the mind of Neil Patrick
Harris when he falls asleep. In the
show, his “dreams” all take place in a puppet world, animated by the Jim Henson
Company, and involve raunchy humor, sex jokes, and slapstick antics. New episodes are posted on Tuesdays by the
Nerdist Channel that can be viewed via youtube:
In 2004, the Jim Henson Company sold the rights to the Muppets
to the Walt Disney Company, who now own all Muppet-related trademarks including
the word “Muppet.” Henson has been
working to continue its puppetry and animation history by developing new brands
to entertain both children and adults.
For younger audiences they have reinvigorated Fraggle Rock and created
new shows such as Dinosaur Train, Sid the Science Kid, Pajaminals, Unstable Fables, and TheDoozers. They’ve also expanded with “Henson
Alternative” to utilize puppetry to provide mature comedy content to audiences
who grew up watching Sesame Street. They
have produced Puppet Up! – Uncensored
a live improv show which has also been
featured on a television special and web-series on TBS.com. During the 2012 elections, Henson Alternative
was the puppet master behind the third-party presidential candidacy of Marvin
E. Quasniki ( which I wrote about in an earlier post ) the Turquoise farmer from
Tonopah, Nevada.
Now, Henson Alternatives has teamed up with Neil Patrick
Harris, who displays his Harold & Kumar side in this production, and The
Nerdist (which features all things involving geeky entertainment through their website
Nerdist.com, a premium YouTube channel (youtube.com/nerdist),
the Nerdist News daily e-newsletters, 1.7 million Twitter fans and a podcast
network which is also produced as a TV show on BBC America) for this wacky
carnival side show of a web-series called NEIL’S PUPPET DREAMS. Check out this episode which features Neil
falling asleep at a diner and how the puppets take over the joint in his
dreams:
If you enjoy old-school Eddie Murphy standup and Three
Stooges comedy skits than you’ll probably get a chuckle from this new
puppet-based web show. I just wouldn’t
watch it with the kids around!
