Funny Or Die Reteams With Baron Vaughn And Open Mike Eagle For ‘Call & Response’ Web Series
Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorFunny Or Die, which partnered with Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle to produce Comedy Central’s The New Negroes, is reuniting with the pair and Black millennial platform Blavity to launch Call & Response. The web series will debut June 16 on Funny or Die’s and Blavity’s YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Twitch channels, with fresh episodes debuting Monday through Friday at noon PT.On the new series, Baron and Mike will invite their favorite creators — comedians, musicians, actors, visual artists, novelists, educators, philosophers and more — to riff on current events, explore ways to utilize the momentum, and speak about their respective professions, work and struggles.