Movies and TV shows like The UCB Show
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The UCB Show (2016)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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A weekly variety showcase for the best sketch, characters and stand-up homegrown at the UCB Theatres in LA and NYC. Hosted by Upright Citizens Brigade co-founders Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh and filmed with a live audience at UCB Sunset in Hollywood.
Style:
sketch comedy, parody, spoof, black comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick, dark comedy, alternative comedy, live comedy
Plot:
sketch, politics, celebrity, comedian, impersonation, absurd humor, joke, surrealism, satire, monologue, improv, pop culture, political satire, stand up comedian, irreverence, sexual humor, absurdism, social satire, comedy team, live performance, stand up comedy, masquerade, farce, stand up, duo ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out parody, sketch comedy, spoof and humorous films and TV series with plots about satire, joke, comedian, social satire, sketch, absurd humor and pop culture mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like The UCB Show: Kroll Show (2013), Upright Citizens Brigade (1998), Asssscat (2008), Exit 57 (1995), Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Kroll Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by and starring comedian Nick Kroll. Kroll, John Levenstein, and Jonathan Krisel serve as the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 16, 2013, on the ...
Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, parody, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sketch comedy, funny, surreal, independent film, not serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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54%
274
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
On the heels of their enormously popular TV show, the Upright Citizens Brigade (Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh) bring you Asssscat - an unparalleled improv comedy juggernaut. Beginning with a suggestion from the audience, a guest ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, clever, parody ...
Plot:
improv, stand up comedian, satire, silly humor, disorder, artists and showbiz, live performance, comedian, joke, monologue, social satire, absurd humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The New Show is a NBC sketch comedy show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, which ran for only one season from January 6 to March 23, 1984. Apart from being 60 minutes in length and entirely pre-recorded, the show is similar in ...
Style:
sketch comedy, parody
Plot:
variety show, sketch, satire, behind the scenes, sex, sexual humor, stand up comedian, monologue, comedian, guest, social satire, absurd humor ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Important Things with Demetri Martin is a sketch-variety show that aired on Comedy Central starring comedian Demetri Martin. Each episode examined a single theme, the "important thing", such as timing, power, control and money. All ...
Style:
realistic, witty, humorous, not serious, clever ...
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comedian, pop culture, absurd humor, stand up comedian, singer, musician, artists and showbiz, society, talented, actor, sketch, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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34%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Mr. Show with Bob and David is an American sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Saturday Night Live writer/actor Bob Odenkirk and stand up comedian/actor David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995 to December 28, 1998.
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Style:
sketch comedy, sitcom, surreal, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sketch, satire, nihilism, variety show, comedian, silly humor, disorder, workplace, performer's life, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, lifestyle ...
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Place:
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33%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Richard Pryor Show is an American comedy variety series starring Richard Pryor. It premiered on NBC on Tuesday, September 13, 1977 at 8 p.m. opposite ABC's popular television shows Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days.
The show was ...
Style:
sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, biting, exciting ...
Plot:
sketch, variety show, black, urban, satire, disorder, society, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, media, interracial relations ...
Time:
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32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Viva Variety is an American sketch comedy series that aired on Comedy Central from April 1997 to December 1999. The series satirizes European variety shows.
Style:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.
Style:
parody, sketch comedy
Plot:
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30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Plot:
sketch, satire, fictional city, impersonation, absurd humor, irreverence, social satire, joke, celebrity impersonation, entertainment, beer, sex ...
Place:
canada
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30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.
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sketch comedy, parody, humorous, retro, cult classic ...
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sketch, satire, comedy team, man with glasses, joke, guest, absurdism, absurd humor, celebrity, showbiz, celebrity impersonation, social satire ...
Time:
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29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 306 min.
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The Ben Stiller Show is the name of two sketch comedy television shows that aired on MTV from 1990 to 1991, and then on Fox from September 1992 to January 1993. The Fox show stars Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo and Bob Odenkirk. Character ...
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sketch comedy, sitcom, parody, spoof, slapstick comedy ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 44 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Chocolate News is a satirical news show hosted and head written by David Alan Grier with an emphasis on African American culture. The show aired on Wednesday nights at 10:30 PM on Comedy Central as a lead-in to their other news satire programs, The ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, surreal, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
toronto ontario canada
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26%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series based on Mad, and contained animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts as well as images of Alfred E. Neuman. Its first TV broadcast was on October 14, 1995. The one-hour show aired ...
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, live performance, comedian, sketch, guest, pop culture, singer, musician, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, actor, television ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Steve Martin's fourth NBC special was in the spirit of his previous association with Saturday Night Live. It was broadcast live from Studio 8H, produced by Lorne Michaels and featured some original cast members of the show.
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sketch comedy, parody, absurd, slapstick, offbeat ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Mind of Mencia was an American television comedy series on the cable channel Comedy Central. Hosted by Carlos Mencia, it aired from 2005 to 2008.
Style:
sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, witty, parody ...
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stand up comedian, pop culture, performer's life, disorder, society, social relations, couples, celebrity culture, interracial relations, stereotypes, satire, vulgar ...
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Place:
usa, mexico
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.
Style:
humorous, witty, parody, biting, talky ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, politics, journalism, media satire, celebrity culture, state affairs, society, social satire, live performance, celebrity, political satire, interview ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Funny or Die Presents is a half-hour sketch comedy show that spawned from the comedy website Funny or Die, created by Will Ferrell & Adam McKay. It premiered on HBO on February 19, 2010. It is also currently being broadcast in the UK on Sky ...
Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, not serious, parody, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stand up comedian, media, artists and showbiz, disorder, silly humor, actor's life, friends, sketch, comedian, television, joke, satire ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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A sketch-comedy variety show.
Style:
sketch comedy, parody, fast paced, surreal, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
variety show, satire, irreverent, young adult, political satire, stand up comedian, comedian, absurd humor, sketch, sexual humor, farce, costume
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, husband wife relationship, mayor, housewife, spring break, political unrest, politics, humour, political intrigue, midlife crisis, party, female empowerment ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Not Only... But Also was a popular 1960s BBC British television series starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.
Style:
sketch comedy, absurd, black and white, sarcastic, cult classic ...
Plot:
satire, improv, pun, deadpan, social commentary, anti establishment, cabaret, political satire, working class, sketch, absurdism, singing ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
Story:
Aziz Ansari presents his highly anticipated debut hour long stand-up special. The critically acclaimed stand-up and actor (Parks and Recreation, Funny People) discusses topics ranging from sheets with fraudulent thread counts to the chubbiness of ...
Style:
witty, realistic, humorous, talky, not serious ...
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stand up comedian, comedian, ethnic humor, satire, pop culture, performer's life, religions or cults, stand up comedy, television, absurd humor, celebrity, stupidity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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24%
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