COMEDY CENTRAL Records(R) to Release Maria Bamford's 'Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome' CD/DVD on Tuesday, April 21
NEW YORK, April 6 -- Maria Bamford is one of the most
uniquely talented comedians of her generation - master of voices and character
work, a lover of pugs and a very nice lady. Her new CD/DVD, "Unwanted
Thoughts Syndrome," will be released on COMEDY CENTRAL Records on Tuesday,
April 21.
Taped at the Upright Citzens Brigade Theater in Hollywood, CA last August,
Bamford has put together another album that showcases her life and overactive
imagination. The CD contains almost an hour of hilarious stories told with
characters in her inimitable idiosyncratic style and the DVD features 90
minutes of fantastic video shorts which originally appeared as "The Maria
Bamford Show" Web series on Super Deluxe.
Bamford is well-known from her two "COMEDY CENTRAL Presents" specials, two
critically-acclaimed and strong-selling earlier CDs, her starring role in "The
Comedians Of Comedy," Fox's new series "Sit Down, Shut Up," numerous
appearances on all of the major talk shows and from her extensive touring of
the country.
Previously released recordings by COMEDY CENTRAL Records include: Jim
Gaffigan's "King Baby, John Mulaney's "The Top Part," Mitch Hedberg's "Do You
Believe in Gosh?," Dane Cook's platinum-selling "Harmful If Swallowed" and
double-platinum "Retaliation," Grammy Award-winning "Lewis Black: The Carnegie
Hall Performance," Grammy Award- nominees' Steven Wright's "I Still Have A
Pony" and George Lopez's "American's Mexican," Bo Bunrham's "Bo Burhnham." Joe
Rogan's "Shiny Happy Jihad", Christopher Titus's "5th Annual End Of The World
Tour," Norm Macdonald's "Ridiculous," Demetri Martin's "These Are Jokes," "Jim
Gaffigan: Beyond The Pale," Mike Birbiglia's "My Secret Public Journal Live,"
D.L. Hughley's "Notes From The GED Section," and "Strategic Grill Locations"
and Dave Attell's "Skanks For The Memories."
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