Conan O’Brien, who can’t leagally be on TV till September, has decided to take his show on the road. Not much is known about the format of this show, but it’s Conan O’Brien so it’s gonna be funny regardless. Did your town make the list, find out below and for more information you can check out teamcoco.com. Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.com.

Eugene, OR Hult Center For the Performing Arts, April 12

Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre, April 13

Spokane, WA INB Performing Arts Center, April 16

Enoch, AB River Cree Resort & Casino, April 17

Seattle, WA Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, April 18

San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic Center, April 22

Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheater, April 24

San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre, April 29

Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre, April 30

Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theatre - Palms Casino, May 01

Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino - Grand Theatre, May 04

San Jose, CA San Jose State University Events Center, May 05

Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, May 06

Boulder, CO Mackey Auditorium, May 09

Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium-SMU Campus, May 13

Austin, TX Austin Music Hall, May 14

Tulsa, OK Brady Theater, May 15

Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre, May 16

Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre, May 18

Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre, May 19

Toronto, ON Massey Hall, May 22

Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Resort - Event Center, May 30

New York, NY Radio City Music Hall, June 01

Boston, MA Wang Theater, June 04

Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena, June 06

Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre, June 07

Washington, DC Constitution Hall, June 08

Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival, June 11

Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre, June 14

Friendly reminder to watch SNL this weekend as funny man Zach Galifianakis is hosting. I know you are probably still laughing from last weeks J.Lo hosted episode, so keep the laughter going this Saturday as well.

¡Hola mis amigos nerdy!  How about some comic-book-turned-movie news, yes?

Captain America:  (here), (here), and (here)

Green Lantern:  (here)

Superman: (here)

Daredevil: (here)

That was fun, no?  Until next time, ¡Ruego para que usted pierda su virginidad!

At least according to his “official” twitter page he is. Yesterday a post on his twitter page, which is not ran by him but linked from his official website and newsletter, stated that Zach would be hosting on March 6th. Unfortunately at this time NBC has not made any formal announcements about hosts that far in advance but if this is true, it should make for some interesting TV. I’m not sure how Zachs humor would transfer over to sketch comedy but I’m sure it wouldn’t be that bad. I still enjoy SNL so it’ll be good to have another good host after this weeks horrible selection of Ashton Kutcher (what does that guy do no anyway besides star in camera commercials with Fisher Stevens)

Check out this hilarious prank… I don’t think the pizza dude expected this.

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After the glut of recent comedies that have merely juggled the same actors around (Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Zach Galifiniakis, Paul Rudd, etc., etc.) until every funny actor has acted with every other funny actor in a totally unfunny movie, the pieces finally seemed to have fallen into the right place. The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is a new sitcom for the BBC, and it stars David Cross as the titular character, alongside Will Arnett and Spike Jonze. Arnett is the new owner of an American company and mistakenly thinks Cross is a killer salesman, when in reality he is just some invisible, meek schlub. Cross plays it up, though, and acquires a promotion and pay raise when he is sent over to England to sell energy drinks. The whole episode has aired over in Britain, but for now all we get is this teaser clip. And it looks good.

While @ Chicago Comics, I snagged the first two issues of  “Beasts of Burden” from Dark Horse Comics, and I gotta tell you, they rule.

Written by Evan Dorkin (of Milk and Cheese fame), it’s the story of talking dog and cat supernatural investigators, who solve other-wordly mysteries when their owners are not around. Seriously.This book is really, really, really cool. It’s creepy, and interesting, and funny. The second issue in particular is super haunting.

I had first heard about the book @ Dark Horse’s panel @ NY Comic Con, and I’ve been looking forward to the release since. This is another amazing release from a truly awesome publisher, and it will fit seamlessly in to their already uber-impressive catalog.

Get your copy of Evan Dorkin’s “Beasts of Burden” @  Chicago Comics.

I recently got a chance to check out The Room @ a midnight screening @ The Music Box, and it was awesome. The audience participation alone is worth it. And although I didn’t stay until the end (some of us have jobs, people), I heard I missed the most unintentionally funny ending of all time.

Look for The Room in your town, and for those who have never heard of it, check out the preview for a documentary about the movie from our friends @ Mimoco here.

Tracy Morgan is set to release his first book detailing his life and current career. We all know how funny this man is so I assume his book will be the same. Word is that he will also be reading the audio version of the book, which would be even more entertaining. Below you can view a video of Tracy talking about his book and if you are intereseted in buying it do so right here at amazon.

For more great reads by comedians I recommend:

Artie Lange: Too Fat to Fish (order here)

Don Rickles: Rickles’ Book (order here)

Steve Martin: Born Standing Up…A Comics Life (order here)

Funny photoshops showing video games realistically (cracked.com)

12 greatest entertainment themed cereals (gunaxin.com)

I didn’t know this cartoon existed!  MARVEL ZOMBIES! (toplessrobot.com)

Modern takes on old comic book covers (coveredblog.com)

Attention nerds: caffeinated beef jerky (perkyjerky.com)

If He-Man were a hipster… (behance.net)

Superhero Facebook (comicsalliance.com)

Top 10 movie drinks.  You make a mean Caucasian, Jackie (askmen.com)

Possible the coolest t-shirt ever? (deezteez.com)

For the home brewers, 13 creative home brews (sloshspot.com)

HBO provided information today about their upcoming fall schedule and series renewals. First of all Hung, True Blood and Entourage have all been renewed for additional seasons. But the big news is that the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm is set to begin on Sept 20th. This will be the 7th season for Larry David’s hit show and will feature the whole cast returning from last season along with many guest stars including the full cast of Seinfeld. This will mark Michael Richards first appearance on the series. On top of that HBO provided information on the upcoming new series, Bored to Death, starring Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson And Zach Galifianakis. Full Press release and info after the jump.

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So now that MTV’s “The State” is finally out on DVD, I can take a moment to gush about just how fucking sweet this show is.

For those younger Nerd Citizens. “The State”, a sketch show with an eleven member ensemble,  debuted on MTV in January 1994. The cast included Michael Showalter,  David Wain, Michael Ian Black, Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney, Ken Marino, and Joe Lo Truglio. Sketches included such memorable characters as “Doug”, “Louie: The guy who comes in and keeps saying his catchphrase over and over again”, and “The Jew, The Italian and The Red Head Gay”.

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Collectively since their appearances on the show, the cast has been responsible for an astounding amount of awesome material including, but not limited to “The Baxter“, “Wet Hot American Summer“, “Stella“, “Role Models“, “Reno 911“, “Viva Variety“, “The Ten‘, “The Michael Showalter Showalter“, as well as memorable appearances in “Pineapple Express“, “Superbad“, and “I Love You Man“.

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Basically, these are some of the funniest motherfuckers alive, and this is an awesome collection of their hilarious early work. This is a must-buy for any self-respecting comedy nerd. Get it here.

NES-rockers I Fight Dragons recently stopped by Piece Brewery to record an episode of Nerd City, and in our beer-fueled conversations, lead singer Brian mentioned “The Guild“.

Admittedly, I didn’t really know much about it. Then, today, I received an email from Dark Horse saying they will be publishing a “The Guild” comic book. My curiousity finally piqued (it takes a lot), I decided to check it out for myself. A very funny online video series created by Dr. Horrible/Buffy alum Felicia Day, The Guild is a sort of World of Warcraft “The Office“, and has become one of the most successful internet series of all time. With Day’s success in both this and Dr. Horrible, she has demonstrated a true knack for the medium, and it’s very exciting to see her involved with one  of, if not the, coolest comic publishers in the universe.

Although comedy comics can be hard to pull off, it is possible, (see The Clerks comics), and Day’s sense of humor seems like it could translate very well. Although no release date or artist has been announced, this is definitely a book to check out, (at least once), when it does come out.

Upon watching this, I thought it was almost a joke.  Like a prank.  But it’s not.  It’s just probably one of the strangest studio films in many, many years.  This little gem, Hot Tub Time Machine, stars John Cusack, Crispin Glover, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Chevy Chase (!), and Clark Duke (from Clark and Michael).

I’ll say this: the redband trailer HERE isn’t really funny…at all.  But just the concept combined with those actors - it has to turn out hilarious, right?  I’m keeping my fingers crossed.  Could be the new stoner hit.

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Pretty funny.