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Netflix boss Ted Sarandos said in January that the Internet network is aiming at offering as many as 20 original scripted series a year. The company is well on its way with a slew of new series pickups in the past few months. The latest is Lady Dynamite, a single-camera comedy starring actress-comedian Maria Bamford. It is executive produced by Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz who has a deal at Netflix and cast Bamford as Debris Bardeaux in the new installment of his cult comedy he did for the streaming giant in 2013.

Co-written by Hurwitz and South Park alumna Pam Brady and produced by Netflix, Lady Dynamite, which had received 13-episode order, “is based on what Bamford has accepted to be ‘her life.’ The occasionally surreal episodes, refracted across multiple periods inspired by the actor/comedian’s life, tell the story of a woman who loses – and then finds – her s**t.”

Brady, Hurwitz and Bamford executive produce, with Brady serving as showrunner.

This marks the latest comedy series order for Netflix, which recently picked up the single-camera Bob Odenkirk-David Cross sketch comedy With Bob And David and an untitled Aziz Ansari show, and the multi-camera Fuller House and The Ranch starring Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson, which is in the final stages of deal-making. Coming up are the Wet Hot American Summer followup series and the Judd Apatow-produced Love.

Bamford is the creator and star of cult web series The Maria Bamford Show and Maria Bamford: the special special special, which is available on Netflix. She is the first female comic to have two half-hour Comedy Central Presents specials and appeared in the Comedy Central series The Comedians Of Comedy and Netflix’s Comedians Of Comedy: The Movie. Bamford’s extensive voiceover work includes Netflix’s BoJack Horseman as well as Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time and PBS’ Word Girl.

 

[New002]

I love Maria Bamford. Definitely interested in this.

 

[ivysaur12]

Yup. Here for this.

 

[Sydle]

Got to see her live a few years ago and found out she's hilarious. I'm in!

 

[demon]

Cool, I've always enjoyed her standup although I haven't really seen/noticed her in anything in a while. Always thought she was really cute too...

 

[MichaelFassbender]

She's pretty great, and her standup is honest to a fault. I'll definitely go for this when it's out.

 

[Fury451]

She's always been pretty underrated IMO. Sounds interesting.

 

[King Of Fuh]

Fantastic! (4)

 

[anaron]

was ecstatic about Maria alone but Pam Brady, too?!


SWING ME HIGHER RICHARD

 

[big ander]

Hell yes! Bamford is one of the best comics around right now and has already shown that on top of having A+ stand-up material, she's eager to present them in weird and unconventional ways. The Special Special Special is probably the most unique filmed standup special of the past decade. (least until that Tig/Dore one comes out I guess)

 

[Gordon Shumway]

I'm down. She's quite entertaining.

 

[Crud]

N

 

[FlowersisBritish]

I love Bamford! She's fucking fantastic!

 

[SatoAilDarko]

I love Bamford. Super excited!

 

[Bacon]

Hm, I like bamford but I didn't really like her in the new AD season. Hopefully this is better

 

[Femmeworth]

Sounds like it's aiming for Louie fans. I'm interested.

 

[webkatt]

Can anyone give me a crash education on this comic? Like YouTube videos, stand-up specials, etc. I keep hearing of her but am not familiar with her.

 

[anaron]

Can anyone give me a crash education on this comic? Like YouTube videos, stand-up specials, etc. I keep hearing of her but am not familiar with her.

https://youtu.be/Z8BzxbA7O-4

 

[Mumei]

I love Maria. <3

 

[webkatt]

https://youtu.be/Z8BzxbA7O-4

So she is a cartoon voice actor?
In that case, count my interest in this meh.

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

So she is a cartoon voice actor?
In that case, count my interest in this meh.

why don't you try googling for like 5 seconds, it's a lot more efficient

 

[webkatt]

why don't you try googling for like 5 seconds, it's a lot more efficient

I did and all I could find was some a one woman web series "show" and a "Special" she did at her parents house?

Does she have any non self produced stuff? Are there recording of her doing stand-up in clubs?

 

[StopMakingSense]

I did and all I could find was some a one woman web series "show" and a "Special" she did at her parents house?

Does she have any non self produced stuff? Are there recording of her doing stand-up in clubs?

She's been around forever. I find it kind of weird you'd never even seen her if you even have a passing interest in comedy.

Also, googling should show you a ton of stuff, like "The Comedians of Comedy"

 

[Joe]

took me a while to tune my senses to her stage act, it's weird and she uses a lot of voices/personas but she really is one of the best

this is one of my favorite youtube vids of her https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZoDIIrp2r4

sex hole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldFWuPt5OM

 

[JCX]

Great creative pedigree. Mario Bamford is one of my favorite active comics. Great to see her getting her own show.

 

[big ander]

I did and all I could find was some a one woman web series "show" and a "Special" she did at her parents house?

Does she have any non self produced stuff? Are there recording of her doing stand-up in clubs?

looks like there's a pretty good playlist of her doing stand-up in clubs here.

The Special she did for her mom and dad is brilliant by the way, though it'd probably help to see some normal videos in clubs first. The jokes in it make for a great stand-up special, but her being in front of just her parents gives it a really weird energy.

 

[bounchfx]

Hell yes! good for her. She's freaking hilarious.

 

[Messofanego]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu

I love Maria Bamford so much! So underappreciated. Cannot wait.