This “Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up For The First Time” Trailer Means Rory Scovel’s Hour Is Coming Very Soon
Basically, Rory Scovel is one of the best out there in comedy right now. Even if this upcoming special claims that he “has never tried stand-up before”, he is still one of the best.
You’ll see with this trailer and then when Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up For The First Time starts streaming Tuesday, June 20th next week.
HBO’s Silicon Valley Made a Whole Site and Registration Page for “Hoolicon 2017″
In satirizing the real Silicon Valley as much as they can, HBO’s Silicon Valley (in the same spirit as the faux sites for the characters of Veep) has extended their fictional world further into the real world with a Hoolicon event, complete with a site and registration page allowing for you to sign up.
Of course, Hoolicon is a big event along the lines of something like WWDC put on by Pied Piper’s nemesis, Hooli. If you like up the address, you’ll find that it’s on the campus of Cal State LA, which conveniently looks nothing like the screen grab of the landing page above. Also, we love Hooli CEO Gavin Belson’s quote in the about us page, “I don’t want to live in a world where someone else makes the world a better place better than we do.“
The cost of actually “registering” is several hundred dollars. We don’t have the sort of wallet to see how fun that part of the Hoolicon rabbit hole is, but we appreciate the attention to detail.
See all of this for yourself at the Hoolicon page here.
You’ve Got to Hear the Unbelievable Stories of Jeff Simmermon on His Album “And I’m Not Lying”
Lots of people start bands. The one that Jeff Simmermon started involved chickens and typewriters. That may sound crazy, but it’s just one of the many fantastic, hilarious, well-crafted, true stories encapsulated on his new album And I Am Not Lying (plus there’s proof to back it up).
Get a taste of what we’re talking about with this clip.
Then, get your own copy of And I Am Not Lying to hear Simmermon tell the rest of his tales that almost sound like tall tales, but is just another point for truth being stranger than fiction.
Here’s a Montage of Some of Billy on the Street’s Best Prizes
For years now, Billy Eichner has not only run up to strangers to aggressively ask them about pop culture trivia, but he has also given out some of the most bizarre prizes in the history of game shows including a poster for LEGO Manchester by the Sea and marionettes of the cast of Transparent.
The Billy on the Street prop department must have a lot of fun making these fever dreams that Eichner and co. come up with.
See some of the best ones in this montage.
Hey Downtown LA, you’re getting a new indie stand-up show. It’s monthly and starting up at The Escondite by lovely LA transplants Troy Walker, Caleb Synan, Adam Christie, and Steph Tolev.
It’s free, has a great line-up, and there are $2 tacos.
Their inaugural show is this Tuesday and you can get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
We’ve got all of your comedy listings needs (comedy shows, events, open mics, etc.) for the Greater LA Area are covered for this week and beyond covered.
Get a full look at the Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run calendars at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The Viceland series, Party Legends, where some of the craziest party stories get the animated treatment as directed by the one and only Lance Bangs, is having a premiere screening tomorrow at Cinefamily coupled with a stand-up show with some of LA’s best.
If you wanna go (and we have a feeling that you just might), just RSVP over here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The World of Desus & Mero and Late Night with Seth Meyers Overlapped This Week
Late Night with Seth Meyers represents a pretty traditional version of a late night talk show whereas Desus & Mero on Viceland throw out nearly every late night talk show convention that you could think of right out the window.
This week, the old and the new crossed path as Desus Nice and The Kid Mero came on Late Night as guests and talked shop about how much nicer Meyers’ set is, etc.
Watch the whole interview here.
The Super Serious Show, one of the classiest variety (stand-up, characters, short films, etc. etc.) shows in town, is back for their June edition with none other than the joy that is Josh Fadem hosting/headlining.
Also, from the UK, James Acaster will be a guest as well as Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson and Superior Donuts’ Jermaine Fowler.
Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door (cash only). Save a few bucks and get tickets in advance here.
Also, you can enter to win a pair of tickets via our friends at DoLA.
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Get a Look at Mike Myers as “British TV Personality” Tommy Maitland, the Host of Revived ‘Gong Show’
It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen Mike Myers play a character in a sort of lead role outside like he did for the Austin Powers franchise.
Yet, with a sequel in the works and him donning a virtually unrecognizable get up to be the new host of the brand spankin’ new Gong Show, Tommy Maitland.
The Gong Show is already a bit chaotic as is, but we’d hope that with Myers playing the character of a renowned UK comedian and Will Arnett attached as EP, that some rather more insane stuff will happen to set it apart from America’s Got Talent and other reality competition shows.
In any case, you can get a taste of what Myers is like as Maitland in this teaser, then catch the series revival premiere on Thursday, June 22nd at 10PM on ABC.
Watch Laurie Kilmartin Kill It on Conan, Then Go Buy the Album Version of Her Special “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad”
Laurie Kilmartin absolutely lit it up last night during her latest late night set on Conan.
If you’ve seen her special 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad, you’d probably know that she was going to kill it. If you didn’t get a chance to see it because you never got Seeso, you can now get it as an album off of Tunes thanks to AST Records.
Basically, just budget an hour and change to enjoy some fantastic work by Laurie Kilmartin.
Alamo Drafthouse Is Officially and Finally Coming to DTLA in 2018
Alamo Drafthouse Is Officially and Finally Coming to DTLA in 2018
Of the indie/arthouse theater chains around, the Alamo Drafthouse has seen success where many others have struggled. Moving to LA was part of a nationwide expansion enacted over the last few years due to their popularity in their original locations.
Though a ballpark timeframe for when Los Angeles would get its very own Alamo Drafthouse has been foggy for quite some time now, 2018 is the target for when Alamo Drafthouse will join the shopping/dining/working complex known as The Bloc in DTLA’s Financial District.
As Sundance Sunset Cinemas was recently given up to AMC, this announcement couldn’t come any sooner as you’ll now have an indie theater on the Eastside of town to watch those darling indie comedies and dramedies rather than hustling over to any of the ArcLights or The Landmark in West LA.
Also, Alamo Drafthouse does happen to have some of the best introductory videos that warn to not talk or text that get updated quite often as opposed to by the decade like most other theaters.
If you’re really jonesin’ for some nostalgia, the Animaniacs Live is coming to the Regent in DTLA later this Summer on Saturday, August 5th at 5:30PM. Original voice talent Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, and Jess Harnell will perform together once again as Yakko, Wakko, and Dot.
Tickets are $24.50-$74.50 and just went on sale. So, get them right now, right here.
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Dr. Katz Officially Lives on Audible Comedy Series “Dr. Katz: The Audio Files”
After over 15 years, the beloved series Dr. Katz has gotten revived thanks to Audible.
Jonathan Katz and Laura Silverman reprise their roles and are joined by a cavalcade of your favorite comedy folks including Dana Gould, Eddie Pepitone, Weird Al Yankovic, Maria Bamford, Emo Philips, Ron Funches, and much more in a possibly more addicting format as an audio series, Dr. Katz: The Audio Files.
Through Audible, there are 15 episodes of Dr. Katz: The Audio Files for you to listen to every week when they release new episodes. In fact, three episodes are up right now for free with guests Andy Kindler, Sarah Silverman, and Ray Romano.
If you have an Audible subscription or Amazon Prime, you can go ahead and listen to the whole series, as it comes out, for free. You can also subscribe to Audible Channels for premium original audio series as well as Dr. Katz for $4.95 a month.
If it’s any indication of what you might be in for, we went to the live taping of this revived Dr. Katz this past week with guests Paul F. Tompkins, Jon Hamm, Kristen Schaal, and Al Madrigal and it was every bit as charming as we remember the series being all those years ago.
Norm Macdonald Is Still One of the Best at Pulling Hijinks on Late Night
For decades now, one of the best guests in the whole world of late night is Norm Macdonald.
You can lose a whole afternoon, evening, and more going down a rabbit hole looking up all of his appearances on Conan, Letterman, etc.
This latest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is just another nice milestone in just this one particular facet of his monumental comedy career.
“Landline” Trailer Promises a Delightful, Very 90s, Dysfunctional Family Comedy
Director Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate proved to be a winning combo on Obvious Child three years ago.
The two thankfully teamed up again along with writing from Elisabeth Holm with a fantastic cast of Edie Falco, John Turturro, Abby Quinn, and Jay Duplass for Landline.
The trailer shows this movie is as much of a 90s period piece on top of following the lives of what looks to be a very well-crafted, fully realized dysfunctional family.
See for yourself in the trailer.
Landline will have a limited theatrical release on July 21st, then expand to theaters everywhere on August 4th.
Please Enjoy Yet Another Great Mark Normand Late Night Set
Mark Normand and his style of comedy are almost tailor made for late night. That’s probably why he keeps getting to do it on a pretty regular basis.
See what we’re talking about with his latest set from last night’s Conan.
Somehow, John-Michael Bond will magically mash the worlds of stand-up and D&D together this Sunday at Nerdmelt in Hollywood. Also, the presence of the likes of Jared Logan, Chris Estrada, Grant Gordon, and Kate Willett make for just a great show on its own.
Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Oh, Here’s the Trailer for “Oh, Hello Broadway”
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney have taken their characters, Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, to a proverbial mountaintop. From sketches to the hallowed streets of NYC’s Broadway, Faizon and St. Geegland have slyly goofed their way to the brightest spotlight.
Now, for all of us who can’t get tickets to anything on Broadway, we’ll get to see just how much they went overboard with the tuna in their Netflix special, “Oh, Hello Broadway”.
Here’s the trailer to whet your appetite.
Look for the special to start streaming next Tuesday, June 13th on Netflix.
Rachel Bloom Makes a “Non-Emmy Campaign” Emmy Campaign Music Video
We’re pretty sure that if Rachel Bloom got to release her music videos in the heyday of TRL, she’d make into the top ten with probably every one of them.
Watch her latest music video that’s “not for your Emmy consideration” (but really is for Emmy voters).
Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis Will Reprise Their Famous Role as the McKenzie Brothers from Strange Brew for Benefit for Thomas’ Family Member and Spinal Cord Injury Ontario
Apparently, Dave Thomas reached out to Dan Aykroyd, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Dave Foley, and Martin Short as well making quite the comedy benefit for Jake Thomas and Spinal Cord Injury Ontario that’ll take place in Toronto this July.
If you’ve got a few grand in spare change (tickets are currently going for $2850), you can snag one of the few hundred tickets available here.
John Early Examines His “Crucial” Role in ‘Beatriz at Dinner’
We’ve known about awhile, but it now seems that the rest of the country is catching on to the rise of John Early.
Watch execute this fun, little late night bit flawlessly.