Garfunkel and Oates, from flat screen to big stage

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 As actresses, Riki Lindhome, 35, and Kate Micucci, 34, have plenty of television, film and commercial acting credits between them. But together they've hit pay dirt as the comedy-music duo Garfunkel and Oates.

The two teamed up in 2007. "We were always very happy with whatever success level we had," says Lindhome about the duo's climb from the Los Angeles comedy ranks onto the national stage. "Every single step (we've said to each other), 'Can you believe someone is paying us to do this?'"  Read more...

Garfunkel and Oates far from ‘second bananas’

With the voices of angels and the vocabulary of truckers, the women of music-comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates are the type who would make any self-respecting granny reach for her smelling salts.

To wit, their songs boast titles like Sex With Ducks, Pregnant Women are Smug, and Handjob, Blandjob, I Don’t Understand Job. But Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome say it’s that type of raunch that helped set them apart when they founded the duo six years ago.  Read more...

Hey, Ladies!: Achieving the Delightful, Dreamy Look on 'Garfunkel and Oates'

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Cinematographer Jay Hunter has served as director of photography on Garfunkel and Oates since its launch as a web series in 2013. Hunter met Lindhome while shooting Joss Whedon’s 2012 Much Ado About Nothing—on which she played Conrade—and the group became friends. While the black-and-white Shakespeare adaptation was shot with RED Epic cameras, Hunter selected ARRI Alexa for Garfunkel and Oates. “The Alexa is my go-to camera for just about everything,” he comments. “It’s the best looking, most stable, most user-friendly camera that exists right now. No matter what I’m shooting, it’s my number one choice of format these days.”   Read more...