Comedy Bang! Bang!: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Comedy Bang! Bang! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, Comedy Bang! Bang! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

Series details

• Title: Comedy Bang! Bang!
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2012-06-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-12-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: IFC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 753

Cast and credited roles

• Scott Aukerman — Host
• Reggie Watts — Co-Host/Band-Leader
• Kid Cudi — Co-Host/Band-Leader
• "Weird Al" Yankovic — Co-Host/Band-Leader

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-06-08; final listed air date 2012-08-10.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-07-12; final listed air date 2013-12-20.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-05-08; final listed air date 2014-12-19.
• Season 4: premiered 2015-01-09; final listed air date 2015-12-10; episode order: 40.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-06-03; final listed air date 2016-12-02; episode order: 20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Comedy Bang! Bang! on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.