Paul F. Tompkins Movies

A seventies-looking news broadcast sets up several "Mr. Show" (1995) clips for the upcoming season. Only these newscasters aren't the professionals...

When most people think of the Muppets, they think of the colorful characters made out of fleece and foam. But as with every movie, it all starts on...

A live special successor to the "Dr. Katz" TV show, produced and taped by Comedy Central, and included on the 2007 "Dr. Katz Professional Therapist -...

In the 21st century, audio storytelling, one of the oldest forms of entertainment, experienced a remarkable resurgence, giving birth to the new...

A semi-scripted, semi-improvised, ensemble mockumentary about the passions that burn bright when we're young and how those glory days shape who we...

Brian Dilks is an Office Drone. He spends his days at OmniLink in comforting monotony: facilitating the movement of product around the country,...

Derek Rillix is a Nerd Hunter, a special officer assigned to hunt down and delete anyone engaged in illegal "NERD" activities. Rillix knows that the...

Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino create a completely improvised musical in an attempt to combat the notion that musicals should be “carefully...

Brainwarp, the world's dumbest supervillain, attempts to make rent ($200) for his studio apartment hideout through a combination of foul language and...

A successful, but unhappy man tries to be himself.

The crew of The Adventures of Pete & Pete gets back together for the 20th anniversary.

Paul F. Tompkins tells tales of haunting one’s own house, disastrous attempts at pretend fatherhood, carrying a learner’s permit to kill,...

A grad student's confounding holiday week

When it comes to odd jobs, Paul F. Tompkins has experienced them all, stand-up comedian included. In this extended and uncensored stand-up special,...

Fantasia in Best Show Minor is the first and only ever Best Show on WFMU DVD Release! It features stuff you’re never going to believe, puppets....

A father moves his family to new England to operate vacation getaway cabins for tourists.

In this (mostly) one-man show, comedian Paul F. Tompkins holds forth on alcohol, pretension and Hollywood, managing to drink four full pints of...

Bill and Kevin are joined onstage by the great Paul F. Tompkins, and together they host and riff an amazing set of bizarre short films. The shorts...

A throwback musical comedy set in 1943, where clueless radio stars, The Apple Sisters botch a chance of a lifetime by forgetting their movie pitch to...

Hate Mail is an epistolary play something like Love Letters, with two actors reading letters and other correspondence, but it's a little wilder and...