Paul Feig, creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of every-other-critically-acclaimed-show-that-the-cool-kids-love, came to bedazzle a number of extremely lucky panels at the Austin Film Festival this weekend. On top of marrying Jim and Pam on The Office a few weeks ago, Feig is currently directing Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and HBO’s Bored to Death in New York. Given that Feig’s X-Men ability is apparently multitasking (have you read his books or figured out that he’s a Twitter connoisseur yet), Austinist tracked the incredibly charismatic man down for a series of questions at the Stephen F. Austin hotel. Note: Paul was kind enough to provide actual detailed answers and anecdotes to each question, so we decided to forgo editing out...pretty much anything. In fact, scratch out interview because this is now deemed Storytime with Paul Feig. more ›

Maria Bamford is practically her own comedic brand: She headlined the Comedians of Comedy Tour (alongside Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, and Brian Posehn), she starred in her own sitcom on SuperDeluxe! called The Maria Bamford Show, and she’s part of the all-star ensemble assembled by Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz to star in the upcoming animated series Sit Down, Shut Up. So it’s no small miracle that Ms. Bamford will grace our fine city not once but twice in the next two months: at the Cap City Comedy Club next week (July 29-30), and again on August 26 to kick off the Out of Bounds improv festival. more ›