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Beards of Comedy Bid a Fond Farewell – Charlotte, Athens, Atlanta dates

Posted in Beards of Comedy, On Tour with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2013 by Joe Zimmerman

(Reposting our press release from BeardsOfComedy.com)

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After more than four years as a touring comedy collective, the Beards of Comedy – Andy Sandford (Adult Swim’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Rooftop Comedy’s Silver Nail), Dave Stone (Adult Swim’s Squidbillies, LA Weekly’s 12 Comics to Watch), TJ Young (UCBLA’sComedy Death-Ray“Stand Out Stand-Up” Laugh Your Asheville Off Festival) and Joe Zimmerman (Timeout NY, Laughing Skull Festival Finalist) – have decided to draw the curtains on their impressive group run in favor of pursuing new collaborations and individual projects. The Beards of Comedy part ways on good terms and with fond memories and gratitude for all they’ve managed to accomplish together.

Since forming in Atlanta, Georgia in 2008, The Beards of Comedy have performed hundreds of shows all across the country, bringing their mix of stand-up, sketch, music, and improv to countless comedy clubs, music venues, and theaters. Between performances at large colleges and headlining some of the country’s best clubs and comedy rooms, The Beards also released two albums (2009’s “Comedy for People” for Rooftop Comedy Productions and 2011’s “Cardio Mix” on Comedy Central Records), created and released several viral sketches on YouTube and FunnyorDie.com and their most recent web series “Beards Across America” (on MSN.com) has received over 1,000,000 views and counting.

The Beards of Comedy would like to thank all of the friends and fans who provided support and encouragement throughout this incredible journey.

Beards farewell tour dates, May 2013…

May 7th – Charlotte, NC
May 8th – Athens, GA
May 9-12 – Atlanta, GA

 
 

Beards Across America Web Series up on MSN

Posted in Video Clip, Beards of Comedy, On Tour with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 3, 2012 by Joe Zimmerman

In the past month the Beards of Comedy were commissioned by MSN to do a web series called Beards Across America. We traveled to eight cities with Matt Swinksy film videos on a wide variety of topics (Zombies in Atlanta, the mob in Las Vegas, privacy in New York, etc) and to my surprise, we pulled it off. The first five already have over 400,000 views and can be found here: http://www.bing.com/videos/browse/source?tag=msnentertainment%253abeards_across_america

The last three, yet to be posted, are shot in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas and will be up on MSN.com over the course of the next few weeks. I also posted a bunch of pictures of the filming process, which are available on instagram: @joezimmerman / hashtag #BeardsAcrossAmerica

Here is a list of the order we filmed in, and the topics we covered:

San Francisco: Bizarre Foods
New York: Privacy
DC: Currency
Asheville: Beer
Atlanta: Zombie Survival
Los Angeles: Tattoos
San Diego: How to be cool
Las Vegas: The Mob

Fail

Posted in Beards of Comedy, On Tour on May 18, 2012 by Joe Zimmerman

Okay, okay, so I can’t keep up with a daily blog.  I had a festival to participate in yesterday in NYC and then didn’t get it in before midnight.  I think that was seven days in a row, but I suppose I owe you five dollars now.  I’m going to plan on moving my blog schedule to Mondays & Thursdays.

Today I’m getting ready for a Beards of Comedy tour that will entail a solid amount of driving.  We’re leaving tomorrow and stopping by Morgantown to have dinner with my mom, and then hitting Urbana for the beginning of the tour on Sunday night.

Here is the schedule if you want to spread the word and help the Beards grow (get it?):

Sunday, May 20 – Urbana, IL – The Iron Post / 8 pm

Monday, May 21 – Madison, WI – Comedy Club on State /  8 pm

Tuesday, May 22 – Iowa City, IA – The Mill / 9 pm

Wed, May 23 – Saint Louis, MO – The Firebird / 8:30 PM

Thur-Sat May 24-26 – Bloomington, IN – The Comedy Attic (1 show Thursday, 2 Friday, 2 Saturday)

Beards hit the Gym (a new video short)

Posted in Beards of Comedy, Video Clip with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 17, 2011 by Joe Zimmerman

Beards of Comedy’s second album “Cardio-Mix”

Posted in Beards of Comedy with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2011 by Joe Zimmerman

11/22 update to this post from last week – “Cardio-Mix” is now available on Itunes
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Remember, every positive review on Itunes or Amazon saves a baby dolphin.

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Oh hey. Joe here. Just a little note from the Beard office – the Beards’s's second album “Cardio-Mix” will drop with Comedy Central records on November 22nd. It has been described as the comedy album of the year to work out to, which I agree with.

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Cardio-Mix is available for pre-order, which is neat.

Today it is ranked #4 of all new releases on rdio.com

Comedy Central did up a press release, if you want to get EVEN more excited.

Still not excited? Well Crave named it one of the top three comedy picks of November (Woh, November has thirty whole days in it!).

We are also doing a CD release tour right after Thanksgiving, so if you’re in any of these towns please come say hello, and we will give you thanks:

11/26-27 – The Laughing Skull – Atlanta, GA (four shows)
11/28 – TBA (possibly Asheville)
11/29 – The Caledonia – Athens, GA
11/30 – Rockey’s Dueling Piano Bar – Gainesville, FL
12/1 – Jack Rabbit’s – Jacksonville, FL
12/2 – Theater 99 – Charleston, SC
12/3 – TBA, USA

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