Laugh Your ASS Off in March

 09/03/2010

Australians all let us rejoice, Punchline this month is proud (I don’t think our chests could be any more puffed) to announce the new Comedy Central range to hit stores. With titles like Chappelle’s Show, Reno 911!, The Sarah Silverman Program, Drawn Together, Mind Of Mencia and Comedy Central Roasts: Flavor Flav you won’t know which to grab first. Also out this month is the half toff, half pike all comic Ed Byrne in his most successful show ever Different Class and Pete Correale in Things we do for Love.

Our calendar boy this month though is Dave Chappelle, with Season 2 of Chappelle’s Show sealed as one of the most influential sketch shows in TV history. With his portrayals of Rick James and Prince, parodies of Lil’ John and Samuel L. Jackson and a skit starring an against-type Wayne Brady, Chappelle’s Show became the stuff of legend.

Although if I was actually putting a calendar together it would be hard to go past the front cover of Ed Byrne: Different Class. You can’t get more Aussie/Pommy then a man in a singlet holding a beer with a thumbs up. Lauded by critics and audiences alike, this blistering one man show shows Byrne at the very top of his game and demonstrates why he really is in a class of his own.

You may have caught it on Channel 9’s GO! recently or seen the movie Reno 911! Miami, but if you haven’t been acquainted with the Reno Sheriff’s Department (home of the finest deputies in the Biggest Little City in the World) then it’s about time you do. Reno 911! Season 1 is the perfect place to start.

If you’re looking for some cheap thrills though head into JB HI FI, Sanity/HMV/Virgin, Video Ezy and other great retailers for our Laugh Your Ass Off specials, with 15 of our all time classic stand-up DVD releases at laughably low prices.

Once you’ve finished getting your dose of giggles at home, make sure you get down to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the biggest festival in Australia and one of the largest comedy festivals in the world. This year we are getting in on the action as Festival Associates, and with label mates Arj Barker, Akmal, Jimeoin, Kitty Flanagan, Mitch Fatel, Pablo Francisco, Tim Vine, Rich Fulcher, Heath Franklin’s Chopper and Tig Notaro all on the bill, there’s a host of Punchline artists to see. It’s not all about the big names though, make sure you go and see an un-discovered gem of the comedian world before they become stars!