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The Grawlix Make Their TV Debut Together Tonight with “Those Who Can’t”

February 11, 2016

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10:30PM on TruTV.

Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl, and Ben Roy have made a name for themselves by virtue of their own stand-up as well as being part of their comedy group, The Grawlix. TruTV’s latest series Those Who Can’t is the culmination of all the years that they’ve spent making their bones in comedy packed into a really hysterical half-hour sitcom about teachers who don’t really have it together.

After having seen a handful of episodes, it’s definitely more than worth your while to catch this premiere. See why it already got renewed it for a second season tonight at 10:30PM on TruTV.

On The Horizon: Twelve. Twenty. Forty Five. 2/16

February 11, 2016

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Twelve. Twenty. Forty Five., hosted by Ahamed Weinberg and Joshua Turek, is part of a new wave of showcases here in LA that give deserving comedians bigger chunks of time. The next edition of this show on Tues. Feb. 16th is one to not miss.

Again, We Still Have Thorough Listings of LA Comedy Shows and Open Mics

February 11, 2016

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This is just a friendly neighborhood reminder to those of you that aren’t visiting our full site of the embedded Google calendars that exhaustively lists shows and open mics for tonight, this week, and beyond as well as have corresponding maps for said shows and mics.

“This Is Not Happening” Season 2 Trailer Runs Deep with Comedians Getting in Over Their Heads

February 11, 2016

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Comedy Central’s storytelling series, This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir, is returning soon and promises more tales of the absolutely ridiculous from great comedians and raconteurs.

This season, you’ll be getting true stories from Henry Rollins, Artie Lange, Sean Patton, Randall Park, Kate Willett, Nicole Byer, Mike Lawrence, Mark Normand, Solomon Georgio, Ron White, Joe DeRosa, Ben Roy, Nick Swardson, Joey Coco Diaz, Andrew Santino, Steve Simeone, Moshe Kasher, Kyle Kinane, Al Madrigal, Felipe Esparza, Jim Breuer, Kurt Metzger, Annie Lederman, Christina Pazsitzky, Dan Cummins, and Bret Ernst.

Get a taste of what sort of nonsense they got into in this trailer.

Look for the second season premiere of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir on Tues. Feb. 23rd at Comedy Central.

Hey, We Still Have Exhaustive, Thorough LA Comedy Listings

February 11, 2016

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If you’re one of the thousands upon thousands of people that follow us on Tumblr and think we’ve hung our hats for good because we stopped posting the daily LA Comedy Rundown, please note that we’re most decidedly not done and are very much keeping our hats on.

Go to our full site version to check all of our listings that are conveniently located on embedded Google calendars that are to the right (or at the bottom if you’re on the mobile version-just hit “Scroll to Info & Navigation” at the top if you’re annoyed with scrolling to the bottom every time).

We also have corresponding maps for shows and open mics that show pins and details of every single listing we have for the current day.

Again, we repeat, we still have all the same comedy listings that you know and love. They’re just over here.

John Oliver’s Thoughts on The Super Bowl and the New Season of “Last Week Tonight”

February 10, 2016

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Last Week Tonight finally returns this Sunday on HBO, so host John Oliver stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers.

On top of previewing what the gang at Last Week Tonight will be up to now that the 2016 Presidential Race is well underway, Oliver gives a great outsider perspective of how transcendent the Super Bowl is as well as questioning why Coldplay was there.

Thank goodness Sunday is only a few days away.

Second City Is Starting a Harold Ramis Film School

February 10, 2016

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We’re kind of surprised that it took this long to have a comedy specific film school.

After surviving a fire last year, Second City in Chicago are expanding their operations to include a comedy film school program. They’re going to dedicate it (appropriately, we think) to the late Second City alumnus Harold Ramis and the one-year program promises to cover every bit of comedy in film from theory to history to practice.

We’ll be curious to see what Harold Ramis Film School alumni will crank out after they got their certificates and how it’ll stack up against top film schools across the country as well as what students of UCB, iO, etc. will be putting out.

Watch Adam Cayton-Holland Return for 2nd Set on Conan

February 10, 2016

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Conan remains a champion of a stand-up comedy on late night where it’s sparing elsewhere. The other time honored late night tradition of having comedians return to perform is something else that Conan and company thankfully hold up.

Sharp, seasoned veterans like Adam Cayton-Holland make it worth Conan’s while.

Watch his 2nd Conan set here.

Trailer for “Broad City” Season 3 Put Us All on Notice That Abbi and Ilana Are Back in Town

February 10, 2016

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Broad City is almost back. Season 3 premieres next week on Wed. Feb. 17th at 10PM.

From the looks of this trailer, Abbi and Ilana aren’t slowing down in their positive message-tinged hijinks.

In Solid Premiere, More Watched “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” on Adult Swim Than TBS

February 10, 2016

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Turner made a smart bet by airing their new late night show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee on all of its TV channel properties. However, they probably didn’t guess that more viewers would watch it on the niche network, Adult Swim, over TBS, where Full Frontal will reside.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, about a million watched it on Adult Swim versus the 600,000 that watched it on TBS. While that metric is telling of plenty in what Full Frontal’s initial audience will be, Turner should be happy with a solid debut of 2.2 million viewers on basic cable in the overnight ratings.

One should note how Samantha Bee covered the election as well as, if not better than other hosts in the late night club.

Following other late night launches at TBS over the years, including The Pete Holmes Show, Lopez Tonight, and Deon Cole’s Black Box, the fate of Full Frontal definitely seems hopeful right now.

Focusing less on interviews and more on innovative taped segments and Daily Show-esque ribbing of video packages worked for Last Week Tonight and Bee made it work in her inaugural episode.

Also, the ridiculing of the media for their often incorrect focus on her being a woman should prove for a good running gag for quite some time.

On The Horizon: Tomorrow! with Ron Lynch presents A Special Valentine’s/Anniversary Hook-Up!

February 10, 2016

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One of LA’s longest running midnight comedy shows hosted by one of LA’s comedy treasures, Ron Lynch, does a delightfully mutated version of The Dating Game in Hook-Up!

Whether you’re into Valentine’s Day or believe that it’s a corporate mandated holiday that constricts us all into the idea of monogamy, it’s great to see a dating game that pits someone looking for love around a bunch of crazy people.

Catch it this Saturday night at midnight, Feb. 13th at Trepany House @ Steve Allen Theater. $8.

For complete LA comedy show listings and corresponding maps, please visit www.thecomedybureau.com

Based on Their Kickstarter Video Alone, You Should Back the Kickstarter for Literary Humor Magazine “Janice”

February 10, 2016

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Sure, Janice is a humor magazine that has the likes of writers and editors (specifically, Matthew Brian Cohen, Ryan Haney, Maëlle Doliveux, Bradford Evans, Nick Ciarelli, Langan Kingsley) that have been featured frequently across the comedy universe including SNL’s Weekend Update, McSweeney’s, NY Times, and much much more and that should be enough to back their crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.

However, this video made for this campaign is a whole other reason that you should help them reach their $5K goal over the next two weeks to Feb. 24th.

So, what we’re saying is support a humor print magazine based on how great they make videos. It really does makes sense.

Watch Teaser Promo for George Lopez’s “Lopez” Coming to TV Land

February 9, 2016

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After stand-up, a multi-cam sitcom, and a late night talk show, George Lopez is now on to his own single camera “docu-follow” comedy series that follows his trials and tribulations, perhaps taking a couple of cues from Louie and Master of None, as one of the biggest Latino comedy stars that there has ever been.

Watch the very first teaser/promo here, then look for the series to premiere Wed. Mar. 30th on TV Land.

Jermaine Fowler to Star in CBS Comedy Pilot “Superior Donuts”

February 9, 2016

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Jermaine is also going to be co-executive producer.

CBS is making good on their development deal with Jermaine Fowler and ordering a multi-cam sitcom pilot where he starts working at a donut shop in a neighborhood being gentrified.

We’re going to keep our fingers crossed as long as we can that this goes to series just so we can see Fowler on TV on a regular basis.

This Year, Both David Cross and Kyle Kinane Are Taping Brand New Comedy Specials

February 9, 2016

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If you’re having a bad 2016 thus far, look forward to these.

If you don’t have a chance to catch either David Cross on his Making America Great Again tour or Kyle Kinane while he tours across the country this spring (and making a stop in Australia), fret not. At the end of each of their tours, they’ll be taping a brand new comedy special.

Cross will be taping his Making America Great Again special while at Austin’s Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival in The Paramount Theater on Fri. Apr. 22nd. Tickets go on sale Thurs. Feb. 11th here.

Kinane will be taping his latest special at The Metro in Chicago, IL on Sat. May 21st. Tickets for the 7:30PM and 11PM are now on sale.

OK, that should be enough advance warning to be able to catch both.

All of Season 2 of Colin Quinn’s Cop Show Now Streaming

February 9, 2016

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Colin Quinn pulled a Netflix move by releasing all the episodes of the second season of Cop Show.

Now, you don’t have to wait a week to see how else Colin is going to up end the TV genre that has somehow been oversaturated and yet still has new shows coming in every year.

Get into season 2 of Cop Show over at L Studio Presents’ YouTube Channel here.

Conan Does Pitch Perfect Parody of Cam Newton’s Abrupt Press Conference Exit

February 9, 2016

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Honestly, we’re surprised that Carolina Panthers QB Cam Netwon walking out of the post Super Bowl press conference after his defeat isn’t more of a meme that the Internet has reveled in.

Either way, Conan does a pretty great job of sending up Newton and walk out that will probably haunt him forever.

The Series Premiere of ‘Not Safe with Nikki Glaser’ Airs Tonight

February 9, 2016

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10PM on Comedy Central tonight, Nikki Glaser will go as blue as she can at 10PM on basic cable with her new show Not Safe with Nikki Glaser in its premiere.

Get a taste of what you’re in for in this preview featuring Rory Scovel and Rachel Feinstein reading your unfortunately all-too-common Tinder conversation.

On The Horizon: Guy Branum Presents Talk Show: The Game Show 2/12

February 9, 2016

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Guy Branum Presents Talk Show: The Game Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Feb. 12th 7PM $8 in adv., $10 at door

Guy Branum’s beloved hybrid of America’s two least respected forms of television returns! Three guests face off to prove who’s the best talk show guest by plugging, name-dropping, and anecdoteing their way to victory.

With Kyle Kinane, Debra Di Giovanni, Dave Ross, and Judges Emily Heller and Danielle Koenig!

Reggie Watts Interrupts James Corden’s Post Super Bowl Interview with Peyton Manning for a “Halftime Show”

February 9, 2016

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This is one of the best running gags that The Late Late Show has going right now.

May Reggie live long and keep interrupting James whenever he can.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog’s Election Special 2016 Is Now Streaming at Hulu

February 9, 2016

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If you don’t have Hulu or a Hulu password, this might a pretty good reason to get one.

Along this 2016 election’s campaign trail, the presence of a certain Yugoslavian Mountain Hound, his precarious cigar, and razor sharp tongue come in at a kind of a perfect time.

Robert Smigel’s Triumph the Insult Comic Dog went and made an election special that’s not streaming on Hulu and might be as productive as watching some of the debates.

If you have Hulu, you can stream the election special right now, right here.

Andy Richter to Host Jimmy Kimmel-Produced Game Show “Big Fan”

February 9, 2016

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Maybe Andy Richter will shine like Steve Harvey does as a game show host on Family Feud?

The idea stemmed from a game that Jimmy Kimmel plays on Jimmy Kimmel Live where a celebrity is challenged to a trivia match against one of their own super fans. Kimmel has now gotten it to be its own series, not unlike Fallon has done with Lip Sync Battle, at ABC.

It’s a weekly game show, so we’re going to assume Richter will retain his role as Conan’s sidekick.

Watch Trailer for “Creative Control” a Film About Possibly Going Too Far with VR

February 8, 2016

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In keeping up with Netflix, Amazon is keeping both their original series and features slate running and this latest offering, Creative Control from Benjamin Dickinson and Micah Bloomberg, seems very intriguing.

The film follows how the implementation of VR and how it might get a little crazy and then some. Comedy fans might recognize Reggie Watts and Dan Gill who are in the ensemble cast.

Watch the trailer here, then look for it in theaters Mar. 11th.

February 8, 2016

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Here’s a Free Stand-Up Contest Where You Could End Up Performing on Daytime Talk Show “The Real”

February 8, 2016

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You could perform on The Real as well as a chance to open up for Loni Love in Vegas.

Have a two minute clip of original, daytime TV appropriate material? You can enter it into Loni Love’s Laugh Off and potentially get your first TV credit by performing on The Real. The deadline is Feb. 14th (Valentine’s Day) and it’s free to enter.

Find out more details and submit here.