Comedians of Comedy ready to die in San Diego

Talk about a serious bummer: The Comedians of Comedy are calling it quits with a final show July 26. The shindig, called Death to the Comedians of Comedy, happens in San Diego.

However, what this really means is good news for its members: "...the whole reason for doing the tour in the first place was to give all of us wider exposure. And it worked," reads an explanatory COC MySpace blog entry.

The post also assures that none of the individual members will stop touring: "So think of this as the Comedians of Comedy tour splitting into four pieces, still wandering the countryside, just not as cramped when driving."

Fair enough. Now dry those tears and jot down these facts:

Death to the Comedians of Comedy
Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford
Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 8 p.m.
San Diego, Calif. @ Spreckels Theatre

In the mean time, Patton Oswalt is keeping busy with two tapings of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil July 8 and 15. You could go!

Zach Galifianakis will star in Visioneers, which had its world premiere June 12 at the Seattle International Film Festival, and later hit CineVegas on June 18 and 19. He also has various other projects in the works.

Maria Bamford is slated to lend her voice to a character on the Mitch Hurwitz (Arrested Development) animated Fox series Sit Down, Shut Up, based on the live-action Australian original series.

Brian Posehn, meanwhile, has this wacky comic book out. Santa and zombies? Cool deal.

See? It's not so sad after all.

Related links:
Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central
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