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Portlandia returns to IFC, along with innovative comedy

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“Portlandia,” the sketch comedy show set in Portland that features odd- ball characters and bizarre catchphrases like: “Put a bird on it” and “We can pickle that” is the most viewed series ever to be featured on The Independent Film Channel. The second season of Portlandia had 13.5 million viewers, a 150 percent increase in viewership from its debut season in 2011.

The success of “Portlandia” has inspired IFC; they are renewing the show for a third season and are preparing to release a wave of new and exciting original programming.

IFC’s slogan, “Always on. Slightly off.”, reflects the unique programming that it is promising to release in 2012 and 2013. Shows include “Comedy Bang Bang,” which is based on a stage show and a podcast and features host Scott Aukerman and one-man band Reggie Watts twist the late night talk show format. They interview celebrities but the show meanders off on absurd tangents and sketches. The show is set to premiere June 8.

Another new program that is adapted from a podcast is “Maron” based on the popular podcast “WTF with Marc Maron,” where the veteran comedian interviews famous comedians and other pop culture figures with a unique honesty. The show will be based on Maron’s life and will include the podcast. It is set to premiere in 2013.

The reality facial hair competition show, “Whisker Wars,” is also returning to IFC for a second season. It follows men with facial hair as they travel around the U.S. competing in facial hair competitions. IFC has also announced “Bunk,” a comedy game show that forces comedians to participate in bizarre challenges will premiere on June 8 and “Out There,” an animated comedy program is set to premiere sometime in January 2013.

Perhaps the most exciting announcement of the bunch is the continuation of the musical-opera-drama-comedy “Trapped in the Closet” starring R. Kelly. More installments are set to come out during the winter of 2013.

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Charlie Craft, Arts and Culture Editor
Hand-delivering a golden owl to one of your heroes may seem like an impossible dream, but for Charlie Craft, senior, this is a dream come true. Craft’s favorite band, My Morning Jacket, announced a tour before his recent trip to Japan in the summer of 2012. Knowing the band has an obsession with owls and bears, he made it his personal goal to find an item to give to the band. While scouring various markets in Tokyo, Kobe and Osaka, Japan, Craft found the perfect golden owl. Craft was luckily able to obtain sound-check tickets where he met the singer, Jim James. After briefly talking, he handed James the owl and in return, received an owl of his own. Star-struck, he could do nothing but say “thank you.”

“Owls are my favorite animal,” Craft said, “Because they look funny and are silent killers.”

For now, Craft has to worry about repaying his parents for his Japan trip. Craft works at Bellagio’s Pizza where he is a self-proclaimed “Pizza Insider.”

“A Pizza Insider does everything short of delivering pizzas,” Craft said.

Being stuck in a terrible job is Craft's greatest fear, which is not the current case. Craft plans to work at Bellagio’s until college. He hopes to attend the University of Oregon, ideally majoring in media studies but he admits it could change at any moment.

The college search process has been “weighing down on” him for a while and Craft is ready to finalize his future plans. Until then, he plans on protecting his coveted owl from his three cats and golden retriever and also “loving” his cat Curry.

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