Liam McEneaney, creator of Tell Your Friends! hosts the film version of his weekly comedy show, as well as interviews the film’s headliners; giving us a personal look of their transitions from bar basements to mainstream entertainment. Includes comedians Christian Finnegan, Leo Allen, Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal, Rob Paravonian, and Reggie Watts emerge from the dark and dirty rock clubs of Lower Manhattan to perform in this insider event. The film also includes music from A Brief View of the Hudson, TFY’s resident house band. The film offers a backstage pass to the show, including 'behind the scenes' footage and interviews navigating the unfamiliar routes these artists took to become breakout successes.
A causa de una depresión, Craig (Keir Gilchrist), un adolescente de 16 años, es ingresado en un centro psiquiátrico. Una vez allí, resulta que la sala para jóvenes está cerrada, de modo que no tiene más remedio que acudir a la sala de adultos. Bobby (Zach Galifianakis), uno de los pacientes, pronto se convierte en su mentor y protector. Contando con su apoyo, Craig podrá conocer a un buen número de personas con diversos problemas, descubrirá sus talentos ocultos y hará buenas migas con Noelle (Emma Roberts), una muchacha de su misma edad.
Caustic comic Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor, emceed by Jeff Garlin. Dishing out the insults are Christopher Walken, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, Michael J. Fox and more.
A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to follow her as she makes the circuit of auditions in L.A. as she tries to get a TV pilot. Unfortunately, she has failed to tell her boyfriend of this move. He decides he will trail her out west. There, the boyfriend runs into an old friend who has already made a break on a TV pilot. Seizing the opportunity, the actress turns her attentions to the established actor. However, the actress goes nowhere in auditions, but her ex-boyfriend is suddenly noticed and becomes the next hot prospect.
