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Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast Reaches 400 Episodes and Is Going on a Big North American Tour

February 8, 2016

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We’re sure someone is working on a graph how their quality of life has improved since CBB started to its quadricentennial.

For years, Scott Aukerman and a horde of special guests that include some of the funniest people around have brought hours and hours of unfiltered silliness in the form of Comedy Bang! Bang! Today, they’ve reached their 400th episode, which features CBB favorites Jason Mantzoukas and Andy Daly,

They don’t look they’re going to slow down either as Comedy Bang! Bang! is going on a tour across North America including stops in Toronto, Austin, Boston, D.C., Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, San Francisco, Philadelphia, NYC, and more throughout May.

Frequent CBB guests like Paul F. Tompkins and Lauren Lapkus will be featured on the tour.

Go here complete listings of dates and tickets,

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Nails an Anthem for Your Own Self-Doubt, “You Stupid Bitch”

February 8, 2016

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Whether you’re able to sing or not, your own self-doubt has one hell of a voice (on top of no regard for your well being).

Watch and listen to the song, You Stupid Bitch from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, that you’ve heard in your head more times without even knowing it.

“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” Premieres Tonight

February 8, 2016

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Tonight, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has its series premiere tonight and will then air right before Conan on Mondays on TBS.

Catch it at TBS at 10:30PM.

RIP Our Daily ‘LA Comedy Rundown’ (Don’t Worry-We’ve Still Got the Same Great, Daily Comedy Listings)

February 8, 2016

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That’s right. We’re nixing our daily comedy rundown that you’ve probably come very acquainted with, especially if you’re following us on Tumblr. Because we’ve still got a sliver of a staff here at The Comedy Bureau, we need to allocate our time as best as we can, which involves other Comedy Bureau functions outside of typing up the listings that we’ve already typed up.

That’s also right. Full listings of LA comedy shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are all available (and have been available this whole time) over at www.thecomedybureau.com.

So, bookmark www.thecomedybureau.com to get the same great comedy listings for the Greater Los Angeles Area that we’ve brought you over the last five years.

Also, take a moment of silence for the LA Comedy Rundown since we’ve spent countless hours doing that every single day.

Apparently, Jim Gaffigan Is Now KFC’s Colonel Sanders

February 7, 2016

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Just over the last few months, KFC has been up to something besides chicken.

Every time you look, they have a new comedian playing the iconic Colonel Sanders. First, it was Darrell Hammond, then it was Norm MacDonald, and now, in the short span of a few months, Jim Gaffigan is now the Colonel.

Something, really meta and absurd is going on here as evidence by this kind-of-farewell by the Norm version of Colonel Sanders.

Whatever it is, we’re really into it and wish it would get even weirder.

Veep, Tonight Show, and SNL 40th Win at DGA Awards

February 7, 2016

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If there were odds on Vegas on the DGA Awards, we’re sure that these might be the favorites.

The Directors Guild of America Awards were handed out last night and Veep’s Chris Addison took home the award for Comedy Series, The Tonight Show’s Dave Diomedi took home the one for Variety/Talk/News/Sports-Regular Scheduled Programming, and SNL 40th Anniversary director Don Roy King took home the honor for Variety/Talk/News/Sports-Specials.

Get a full list of the winners here.

Is it just us or is this awards season have the most different results between every awards show ever?

SNL’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Parody with Larry David Might Be the Closest Thing to New ‘Curb’

February 7, 2016

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With Larry David hosting last night’s SNL, it’s imperative that the show do something involving Larry’s HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm and/or Larry as Bernie Sanders, since he was such a hit doing it the first time this season.

Thus SNL checked off two boxes with one Bern Your Enthusiasm.

It definitely plays more like an episode of Curb than a Bernie Sanders sketch, but, ehh, you’re probably ok with that.

LA Comedy Rundown 2/7/16

February 7, 2016

comedy shows, los angeles, open mics

*Listings for the rest of the week and beyond atwww.thecomedybureau.com

ON THE HORIZON
Pierrot Le Fou @ Cinefamily Mon. Feb. 8th 10:15PM, Tues. Feb. 9th 10:30PM, Wed. Feb. 9th 10:15PM $12
Daniel Sloss: Dark @ Westside Comedy Theater Tues. Feb. 16th 8PM $5 (sold out)

COMEDY CRAWL
An Act of God @ Ahmanson Theatre Sun Feb. 7 1pm $25-$115
Doug Benson Watches the Super Bowl @ Cinefamily Sun Feb. 7 2pm FREE
An Act of God @ Ahmanson Theatre Sun Feb. 7 6:30pm $25-$115
Ha Fidelity @ High Fidelity Sun Feb. 7 7pm FREE
Gravid Water @ UCB Franklin Sun Feb. 7 7:30pm $5 (stand by only)
Hurt White Feelings @ The Lost Knight Sun Feb. 7 8pm Donations accepted
UnCabaret @ Au Lac Sun Feb. 7 8pm $10-$30
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West Sun Feb. 7 8pm $5
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom Sun Feb. 7 8pm $10
Tenants of the Trees: Stand-Up & Vinyl @ Tenants of the Trees Sun Feb. 7 8:30pm FREE
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge Sun Feb. 7 9pm FREE
The Faculty @ Nerdist School Sun Feb. 7 9pm FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin Sun Feb. 7 9:30pm $5 (stand by only)
Search History @ UCB Franklin Sun Feb. 7 11pm $5

OPEN MIC RUN
BLACKLIGHT DISTRICT LOUNGE 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA/Starts 12PM/Ends 4PM/First come, first served/10-20 min./Hosted by Spencer Kalander
VENICE GRIND 12224 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/5 min./Mixed mic/2-3 songs for musicians/Hosted by Shanon O’Donnell/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ NERDIST SCHOOL 7518 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Michelle Christine
THE ARSENAL 12012 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/7-10 min./Hosted by Caesar Lizardo/1 item min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/mixed mic/No purchase necessary
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
M-BAR 1846 ½ E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Tony Alfieri and Steven Moreno/1 item min.
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA (tre stage)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9:30PM/Following booked show/Hosted by Laura Colquhoun
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/3 min./1 item min./Hosted by Ashley Hamilton, Joel Jimenez, Roman Fraden, and/or Kat Yeary
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/First come, first served/6 min./$3 cover/Hosted by Tarikh Joseph

*There are also maps for today’s shows and mics.

RIP The Voice Behind Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck and Bob from ‘Bob and Ray’

February 7, 2016

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This week, the comedy world lost Joe Alaskey and Bob Elliott.

Alaskey was most noted for voicing some of Warner Bros. most beloved characters after the legendary Mel Blanc including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat, and Tweety Bird as well as voicing roles in Rugrats and Tom and Jerry just to name a very few. He passed away at 63 this week.

Bob Elliott, father to Chris Elliott and grandfather to Abby Elliott, was one half of one of the longest running duos in the history of comedy. With his partner Ray Goulding, Bob has performed on radio, TV, movies, and Broadway all the way back to the 1940s. It’s hard to think of such an achievement ever being bested these days. As noted above, Bob Elliott heads a sort of comedy dynasty. Bob passed away at 92 at the beginning of this week.

May the memory of their comedy live on as you’re probably looking both of them up on Wikipedia and YouTube right now.

Tom Segura Tells the Story of That One Time He Met Mike Tyson

February 7, 2016

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We swear that Tom Segura can make a great story out of almost anything.

Watch him recount a rare sort of an encounter with Mike Tyson from this week’s Conan.

The Rest of the Folks on Fox’s New Variety Show “Party Over Here” Are Pretty Great Too

February 6, 2016

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(via Splitsider)

Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger, Ryan Perez, Marques Ray, Danny Jelinek…

…Lauren McGuire, Yamara Taylor, Carl Tart, and Rachel Lee Goldenberg are the additional writers/directors/cast of Party Over Here on top of The Lonely Island, Paul Scheer, and Nicole Byer/Alison Rich/Jessica McKenna.

That’s some of UCB and Funny or Die’s best that make this new late night sketch series at Fox even more enticing.

Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele Are Doing Live Game Commentary Tomorrow, in Character, for Squarespace

February 6, 2016

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Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele got some ridiculous get-ups, ridiculous hair-dos, and plenty of top notch riffing coming during Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow.

This whole “Real Talk” event is in promotion of website building platform Squarespace (they made a whole website for this whole promotional stunt), which might be better than dropping several million for 30 seconds of commercial air time.

So, maybe mute the TV except for the commercials and have this running over the game instead?

Watch an Extended Preview of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog’s 2016 Election Special

February 6, 2016

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Regardless of party lines or candidate affiliations, no one is safe from the roasting of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog/Robert Smigel.

Just take a look at the havoc that they wreaked on the floor of a recent democratic debate.

Triumph’s 2016 Election Special starts streaming on Hulu this Monday on Feb. 8th.

LA Comedy Rundown 2/6/16

February 6, 2016

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*Listings for the rest of the week and beyond atwww.thecomedybureau.com

ON THE HORIZON
Rod Stewart Live Presents: Uncomfortable at Best Record Release Show @ La Cuevita Mon Feb. 15th 9PM FREE
The Greg Proops Film Club: Sideways @ Cinefamily Mon. Feb. 22nd 7:30PM $12

COMEDY CRAWL
An Act of God @ Ahmanson Theatre 2pm $25-$115
Stonecutters LA @ Nerdmelt Showroom 4pm FREE w/RSVP
Charity Auction with Andy Kindler @ Amoeba Records 4pm FREE
Stripped Stories @ UCB Sunset 7pm $5
Luck of the Draw @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7pm $8 in adv., $10 at door
Sentimental Lady: Guilty Pleasures @ UCB Franklin 7pm $5
The Original Room @ The Comedy Store 7:30pm $10/2 item min.
Savoir Faire @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8pm $8
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8pm $10 (stand by only)
The Lampshades @ iO West 8pm $10
Groundlings… Come Out to Play-aaay! @ The Groundlings 8pm $20
An Act of God @ Ahmanson Theatre 8pm $25-$115
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8pm FREE
Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30pm $30
Comedy in English @ Hostelling International Santa Monica 8:30pm FREE
The SWARM @ UCB Sunset 9pm $10
Stand-Up and Dance (in DTLA) 9pm FREE
Can I Kick It? @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9pm $10
BeerSharkMice @ iO West 9pm $10
Wild Horses present: The Perspective @ UCB Franklin Sat Feb. 6 10pm $10 (stand by only)
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10pm $12
The Armando Show @ iO West 10pm $10
We Still Like You: LA (in East Hollywood) 10pm FREE
The Original Room @ The Comedy Store 10:30pm $20/2 item min.
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30pm $12
The Midnight Show @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch presents Tomorrow! Tonite: Ron’s Birthday! @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8

OPEN MIC RUN
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (In alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 5:45PM/Lottery/Starts 6PM/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Graham Rodgers and Scott Schnurr
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends at 9 PM/Rolling lottery/4-5 min./Hosted by Benjamin Allen Avery and Devan Costa/1 item min.
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 5PM/Ends 6:30PM/5-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Part of RIOT LA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton & Katie Vallely
DAYS INN BAR GLENDALE 450 Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 11PMFirst come, first served/Hosted by Bruce Gray and Joseph P. Larkin
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up in advance by liking this page: https://www.facebook.com/ericbcomedy/First 28 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Hosted by Todd Smith, Matt Robinson, and Eric Bustamante/5 min./1 drink min.
THE NOVEL CAFE 2507 Main St., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Mixed mic/1 item min./Lottery/10 min./Hosted by Gabby Tary
BOAT MIC IN MARINA DEL REY 14015 Tahiti Way, Marina del Rey, CA/Takes place on actual boat that leaves from the marina in Marina Del Rey/Sign-up 8PM/Starts/Departure 9PM/Ends 10:30PM/When you get to Tahiti way TAKE A RIGHT (onto a weird one way street that takes you into the neighborhood you can park in for free)/Hosted by Tim Spencer/Call (407) 864-9090 for entry, etc./More details at https://www.facebook.com/events/1735590599996221/
RINCON OAXAQUENO 6655 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Elijah Wise
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 11PM/Sign-up 11:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./One item min.

*There are also maps for today’s shows and mics.

Watch Paul F. Tompkins Interview The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) as Andrew Lloyd Webber

February 6, 2016

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We know Paul F. Tompkins already has his own show, but this, along with everything else he’s doing right now, is proof he could have his own damn TV channel worth of content.

Watch Paul as Andrew Lloyd Webber interview with Aimee Mann and Ted Leo as real band, The Both, here.

“Hail, Caesar” in Theaters Today (You Should Go See It)

February 6, 2016

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The Coen Brothers’ latest offering Hail, Caesar! has just made its way into theaters today and it really is (and we’re not saying this lightly) one of their best.

Every bit of their signature dry humor that has found its way into even their grimmest dramas served itself very well throughout and the Coens spectacularly reveled in Hollywood’s Golden Age, lavish musical numbers, warts, and all. The stellar ensemble cast lives up to expectations including a nimble Channing Tatum in an intricate, decidedly non-Magic Mike dance routine.

Woven through all of that is some pretty great socio-economic, political, and spiritual commentary that puts Hail, Caesar! up there in the Coen Brothers canon with The Big Lebowski.

If you wanna catch it in LA, here are LA showtimes.

Brooks Wheelan Heads To Germany for “Laughs in Translation” to See What’s Up with Germany’s Sense of Humor These Days

February 5, 2016

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Germans are still very efficient and productive like much of the world thinks they are.

However, as Brooks Wheelan finds out in his latest episode of Laughs in Translation, the stereotype of Germany and humor (or lack there of) doesn’t quite hold up in 2016.

Watch Featurette of HBO’s “Animals” Before Tonight’s Premiere

February 5, 2016

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Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano, The Duplass Brothers, and dozens of guest stars are set to bring to life human problems, more specifically New Yorker problems, hilariously to animals in a few hours. See what the process was really like in the recording studio was like in this featurette.

Animals premieres tonight at 11:30PM on HBO and, if you’re in LA, you can actually watch this premiere with Phil and Mike at The Lost Knight in Echo Park.

“Orange Is The New Black” Gets 3 More Seasons at Netflix

February 5, 2016

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(via E! Online)

Following their recent wins this awards season, Orange Is The New Black is going to stick around as a perennial awards season favorite.

Months before season 4 of Orange Is The New Black starts streaming on Netflix, seasons 5-7 have just been ordered, which is pretty much unprecedented for TV series these days. In fact, it’s often news if a TV series makes it to the end of a TV season without incident (i.e. getting cancelled, having showrunners switched out, etc.).

While the issue of what Netflix’s metrics are for ratings are still up for debate amongst the viewing public (mainly competing linear TV networks), a 3 season pick up should be a pretty good indication that a show is doing well.

Wild Horses (Lauren Lapkus, Mary Holland, Stephanie Allynne, and Erin Whitehead) Do Their Best to Try to Start a Legal Meeting with Judge Jenna Elfman

February 5, 2016

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This is what probably happens in all judges chambers between all prosecution and defense teams.

Also, if you’re not following what comedy super group Wild Horses with Lauren Lapkus, Mary Holland, Stephanie Allynne, and Erin Whitehead are up to, please start doing so now.

Hannibal Buress’ “Comedy Camisado” Is Now Streaming on Netflix

February 5, 2016

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You’ve got time for Hannibal’s latest hour special today, right?

The brand new hour of stand-up from Hannibal Buress is finally here. Comedy Camisado just started streaming at Netflix a few hours ago.

If you have a Netflix account and/or password, watch it here. If you don’t, it would be a good time to get one.

LA Comedy Rundown 2/5/16

February 5, 2016

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*Listings for the rest of the week and beyond atwww.thecomedybureau.com

ON THE HORIZON
Bill Burr: A Benefit for a Friend @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Feb. 10th 8PM $50
The CrabFeast with Ryan Sickler and Jay Larson @ Hollywood Improv Tues. Feb. 16th 8:30PM $10

COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Fridays @ UCB Franklin 6:30pm $5
Cook County Social Club @ UCB Sunset 7:30pm $10
Brooks Wheelan @ Hollywood Improv 8pm $15/2 item min.
The PEANUT GALLERY: A Charlie Brown Themed Art Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8pm FREE
Bangarang! Presents: The Weekend @ UCB Franklin 8pm $10
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8pm $12
Soda Jerk & Friends @ iO West 8pm $10
Groundlings… Come Out to Play-aay! Opening Gala @ The Groundlings 8pm $20
An Act of God @ Ahmanson Theatre 8pm $25-$115
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8pm $5 suggested donation
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30pm $30 (sold out)
REUNITED: Fake Sitcoms, Real Comedy @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30pm $5
My Brother’s House (in Echo Park) 9pm $3 suggested donation
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9pm $10
High School Girls – A Comedy Experience @ Basic Flowers 9pm $5
Reggie Watts @ Teragram Ballroom 9pm $25
Whiz Bang @ The Capri 9PM FREE
Best of UCB Sketch @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Soundtrack @ UCB Franklin 9:30pm $10
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10pm $12
Underbelly @ Echoes Under Sunset 10pm FREE
Roped @ UCB Sunset 10:30pm $5
Orpheus Roy & Friends @ iO West 10:30pm $10
JV Presents: #ThrowbackFriday @ UCB Franklin 11pm $5
Animals Premiere Live Watch @ The Lost Knight 11:30PM FREE

OPEN MIC RUN
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 3PM/Ends 4:30PM/6-8 min./No purchase necessary/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come first served/Set list of topic provided to improvise off of/No purchase necessary
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery/35 spots only/Hosted by Megan Koester and Alison Stevenson
IMPROV JAM @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANTCUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can perform/Hosted by Mano Agapion
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 12PM at Facebook page/See www.facebook.com/bombsheltercomedy for more details and to sign-up/Starts 7PM/Ends 11PM/5 min./Lottery/Hosted by John Silver and Ryan Pfeiffer
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
TAO COMEDY STUDIO 7466 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA #201/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover/includes drink/Hosted by Bobbie Oliver
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/6-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 9:30PM/Ends 11PM/6-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 10:45PM after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.

*There are also maps for today’s shows and mics.

Nicole Byer, Jessica McKenna, and Alison Rich Will Star in a New, Lonely Island-Produced, Paul Scheer-Directed Sketch Variety Series “Party Over Here” at Fox

February 5, 2016

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Though it’s going to air on Saturdays, it’s not going against SNL.

Party Over Here, which is also the name of The Lonely Island’s production company, will be the new late night sketch show that will run on Fox’s schedule. For years, Fox didn’t have any late night programming to really speak of and let their last sketch series, Mad TV, live in the shadow of what all its cast did after the show ended (i.e. Key & Peele).

This time around, Fox has plenty of comedy fan buzzworthy talent in the ranks of Party Over Here. Not only are The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer) executive producing the series, but Paul Scheer is directing and the aforementioned Nicole Byer, Jessica McKenna, and Alison Rich, who have all gained comedic notoriety on their own over the last few years, are headlining the cast.

The series is set for a Sat. Mar. 12th premiere at 11PM and will very notably not air against Saturday Night Live. Party Over Here will only be a half hour and also not broadcast live.

All of those moves are probably for the best.

BriTANick Releases Their First Video in 3 Years and It Looks Like They Still Got “It”

February 5, 2016

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Yep, Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, better known as BriTANick, are back.

Here’s their latest sketch, which has cameos from Stephen Root and John Milheiser. By the way, by “it”, we mean get exquitely, really absurd, then go even further than that.

Will Ferrell Opens Up, Not in Character, with Jerry Seinfeld in Latest “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”

February 4, 2016

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This is 100%, unfiltered Will Ferrell and, as you might imagine, he’s really nice.

Normally, in interviews, Will Ferrell is usually trying to do some crazy, hilarious bit, be some sort of character, etc. When cruising with Jerry Seinfeld around LA in a Plymouth Roadrunner, Ferrell simply is himself, hanging with Jerry, and, well, doing a few bits here and there (nothing like when he’s on late night).

Watch the whole interview here.