The Comedians of Comedy is an occasional stand-up comedy tour featuring Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn and Maria Bamford that was documented in a 2005 film and 2005 Comedy Central television series of the same name, both directed by Michael Blieden. The legendary Richard Pryor hits the money line To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Patton Oswalt (born January 27, 1969, in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA) is a comedian, actor and writer who first began headlining comedy clubs in 1996. ... Zach Galifianakis or Zacharius K. Galifianakis (aka Baklava Rodriguez) is an American actor and comedian. ... Brian Posehn is an american actor and comedian. ... Maria Bamford Maria Bamford (born Maria Elizabeth Sheldon Bamford on September 3, 1970), who grew up in Port Hueneme, California at the Naval Base, is an American observational stand-up comedian. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Comedy Central is a cable television channel in the United States. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...

The idea behind The Comedians of Comedy — its name a play on The Original Kings of Comedy and similar tours — involves the comedians performing at smaller indie rock venues instead of comedy clubs. Both the movie and TV series alternate between footage of the comedians on stage and other aspects of their lives on the road. The Original Kings of Comedy is a 2000 stand-up comedy film, directed by Spike Lee, and features the comedy routines of Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ...

The movie The Comedians of Comedy, shot during the fall of 2004, had its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival in March 2005. It is one of the first films to be financed by DVD-rental service Netflix, also the film's distributor. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc. ... Headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Netflix NASDAQ: NFLX is the first and largest major online DVD rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers in the United States. ...

The film inspired Comedy Central to commission a six-episode Comedians of Comedy TV series, this one involving a six-city tour during the summer of 2005; the show premiered in November of that year. The episodes were shot in Maryland, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Boston and Martha's Vineyard. Motto: The Greatest City in America (formerly The City That Reads; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Nickname: Charm City Mob Town B-more Location in Maryland Founded 30 July 1729 Incorporated 1797 County Independent city Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Martin J. OMalley... The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ... Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... Motto: Nickname: Map Map of Atlantic City in Atlantic County Political Statistics Founded Sister Cities {{{sister cities}}} Incorporated March 1854 County Atlantic County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Bob Levy Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Water 44. ... Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... Map of Marthas Vineyard. ...

Links

• The Comedians of Comedy (movie) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Comedians of Comedy (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database
• Comedy Central page for the TV series
• Comparison of the tour, movie and TV show, from Patton Oswalt's Web site