The Grawlix (Adam Cayton-Holland, Andrew Orvedahl, and Ben Roy) plus Rory Scovel and Maria Thayer really do make for a great ensemble cast for TruTV’s latest and greatest series, Those Who Can’t.
See for yourself in this featurette. then tune into the premiere on Thurs. Feb. 11th.
Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have a whole separate universe for their season 3 promos that just happens to feature the best ring announcer in the business, Michael Buffer.
Get ready for season 3 of Broad City, set to premiere on Wed. Feb. 17th on Comedy Central.
ON THE HORIZON
BeerSharkMice @ iO West Sat. Feb. 6th 9PM $10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind @ The Palace Theatre Sat. Feb. 13th 7PM $25-$50
COMEDY CRAWL
@midnight w/Chris Hardwick @ Hollywood Center Studios 2:45pm FREE w/RSVP
Jeff Foxworthy Tours the Universe @ UCB Sunset 5:30pm $5
The Smokes @ UCB Franklin 6:30pm $5
Everybody’s Great @ The Clubhouse 7pm FREE
The Secret Show @ The Blind Barber 8pm FREE w/RSVP
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8pm $5 in adv., $8 at door
That’s Gold @ The Bootleg Theater 8pm FREE
Harold Night @ UCB Franklin 8pm $5
Cool Thanks @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 8pm FREE
In Vino Veritas @ Colorado Wine Company 8pm FREE
F*cking Identical Twins @ UCB Sunset 8:30pm $5
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30pm FREE
An Evening with Arden Myrin @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9pm $8 in adv., $10 at door
The Business LA @ Little Joy 9pm FREE
Harold Night @ UCB Franklin 9:30pm $5
FRINGE w/JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10pm FREE
An Sho(w) @ UCB Sunset 10:30pm $5
Huebel and Scheer Present Crash Test @ UCB Franklin 11pm $5
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
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/3 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
OH, HEY GUYS @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Storytelling only/8 min./4-5 slots only/Lottery/No purchase necessary
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/2-5 min./Hosted by Jason Van Glass
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up at evan@dudelyjones.com
THE PIG & WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/$5 cover (cover counts for additional set on different week)/5 min./Hosted by Sally Mullins and Jud Travis
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 8:40PM/First come, first served/6 min./1 item min./Hosted by Du Kirpalani
THE WAREHOUSE LOUNGE 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 7:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./8 spots only/No purchase necessary
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 for performers/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
THE GOOD NITE 10721 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:20PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/1 item min./3-5 min./Hosted by Ever Mainard, Lindsay Adams, and Caitlin Bergh
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery at start for first 20 spots/Rolling lottery after that/One item min.
GROUNDED CAFE 6715 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/Rolling lottery/5 min./Hosted by Aubrey Jacobwitz and Philip Binder
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 10:40PM/First come, first served/6 min./1 item min./Hosted by Du Kirpalani
RINCON OAXAQUENO 6655 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Geoffrey Feldman
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 for performers/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
MELODY LOUNGE 939 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Terrence Newman and Alex Hanna
BIG WANGS 1562 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/1 item min./First come, first served
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/Ends 12:30AM/First come, first served/6 min./1 item min./Hosted by Du Kirpalani
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/$1-2 donation/First come, first served/Hosted by Jasmin Leigh
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around MIDNIGHT after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
After his latest trip abroad along with his show, Conan O’Brien fielded questions from his studio audience, which largely focused on where he was going next.
From the looks of it, Conan enjoys stepping away from the desk and going across the globe as much as we do and aims to do these special travel episodes of Conan far into the foreseeable future.
Honestly, the idea of an Anthony Bourdain of comedy is good enough for a spin off as far as we’re concerned, if Conan can fit it into his schedule.
Of the three wins for comedy at The SAG Awards this year, two went to Orange Is The New Black.
Transparent’s Jeffrey Tambor did take home the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series. Yet, Uzo Aduba nabbed Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series and the whole cast of Orange Is The New Black took home the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Take note how both series stream exclusively online and beat out all linear TV comedy series.
Get a list of all this year’s SAG Awards winners here.
Super Deluxe’s latest web series Future You comes from Augie Praley and shows a very possible, not so distant future where you might have to go through an existential crisis on the government’s terms, especially if you’re all about that weed and gamer life.
Watch what Turning 30 might be like later this century, featuring Elisha Yaffe, Teagan Rose, and Joel Murray.
ON THE HORIZON
Funny or Die and TruTV Present An Evening with The Grawlix @ UCB Sunset Tues. Feb. 2nd 8:30PM $5
REUNITED: Fake Sitcoms, Real Comedy @ Hollywood Improv Lab Fri. Feb. 5th 8:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Sean Hayes in “An Act of God” @ Ahmanson Theatre 1PM $25-$115
2016 Riot LA Comedy Festival Day 3 in Downtown LA 3pm $110 for Superfan Pass, $375 for VIP Pass, Individual ticket prices vary
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Sunset 7pm FREE
Bear Down Podcast @ UCB Franklin 7:30pm $5
The Master Cleanse @ Boardner’s 8pm FREE
Bee Funny @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8pm $5
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8pm $5
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8pm $10
FrankenMatt @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10
Neil Hamburger with Special Guests @ The Satellite LA 8:30pm $8
Tenants of the Trees: Stand-Up & Vinyl @ Tenants of the Trees 8:30pm FREE
Church @ UCB Sunset 9pm $5
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9pm FREE
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9pm $8
The Faculty @ Nerdist School 9pm FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30pm $5 (stand by only)
Search History @ UCB Franklin 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
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
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
IMPROV JAM @ WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign up in advance at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 7PM/Ends 8PM/For improvisers only/No purchase necessary/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/mixed mic/No purchase necessary
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign up in advance or attend as audience at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 8:30PM/Ends 10PM/6-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink 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
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV LAB 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Leah Kayajanian and Avery Pearson
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
Google isn’t going away any time soon and neither is one of College Humor’s best web series “If Google Was a Guy” featuring Brian Huskey as the embodiment of frustration that would be your researching all your search queries.
Watch the latest installment of it here.
Well, this might make up for not knowing when the next season of Louie is coming around.
Big names seem to be into dropping their new projects with no promotion whatsoever. Louis C.K.’s latest ‘brand new thing’, as he e-mail sent this morning was labeled, had a link to a new web series Horace and Pete that follows C.K. and Steve Buscemi running a bar together.
According to Gothamist, Alan Alda, Kurt Metzger, Jessica Lange, Steven Wright, Nick DiPaolo, Rebecca Hall, Edie Falco, and Aidy Bryant all co-star in this first episode.
It’s $5 to buy just this first episode, but it is over an hour long and is essentially premiering on LouisCK.net. We’re guessing that you’ll cough that up, especially since it’s unsure when the next project, whether it be a show or stand-up special, with C.K. in it will come about (save for his role in The Secret Life of Pets).
ON THE HORIZON
Stripped Stories @ UCB Sunset Sat. Feb. 6th 7PM $5
I Stand with Planned Parenthood @ Nerdmelt Showroom Sat. Feb. 13th 7PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
2016 Riot LA Comedy Festival Day 2 in Downtown LA 1pm $110 for Superfan Pass, $375 for VIP Pass, Individual ticket prices vary
“I Blame Dennis Hopper” Reading @ Samuel French Theatre & Film Bookshop 3pm FREE
Sargasm @ Grounded 6pm FREE
Foxworthy & Friends @ UCB Sunset 7pm $5
Jerry Rocha @ Flappers Claremont 7pm $20
Norm MacDonald @ Irvine Improv 7pm $25/2 item min.
Sentimental Lady: Guilty Pleasures @ UCB Franklin 7pm $5
Super Tight (in Hollywood) 8pm FREE
Wrigley Comedy Chew (in Long Beach) 8pm FREE
Comedy Night @ Hotel Cafe 8pm $10
Talking Heads @ Echoes Under Sunset 8pm FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8pm $10 (stand by only)
Set List @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8pm $8 in adv., $10 at door
Baked with Brendon Small & Steve at Night on Broadway @ Tower Theater 8pm FREE
The Black Version @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30pm $30
Surprise w/Rob & Sofiya (in Atwater Village) 8:30pm $5 donation
Class Clowns @ The Improv Space 8:30pm FREE
Comedy in English @ Hostelling International Santa Monica 8:30pm FREE
Attitude Error with Jensen Karp @ UCB Sunset 9pm $10
Don Rickles @ Saban Theatre 9pm $79-$150
Jerry Rocha @ Flappers Claremont 9pm $20
Norm MacDonald @ Irvine Improv 9pm $25/2 item min.
The Armando Show @ iO West 9pm $10
Bible Study @ Church of Fun 10pm FREE
The Gil Ozeri Brilliant Blue Pig Chunk Brunch @ UCB Franklin 10pm $10
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10pm $12
Reggie Watts at Night on Broadway @ Tower Theater 10pm FREE
Boat Goes Electric @ UCB Sunset 10:30pm $5
The Long Shot Podcast @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30pm $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30pm $12
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch presents Crapshoot! @ 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
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Part of RIOT LA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 4:30PM/3 min./Lottery
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./First come, first served/10 min./Hosted by Gabby Tary
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 8:30PM/Ends 10PM/5-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
RINCON OAXAQUENO 6655 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Elijah Wise
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at Aaron@WorldComedy.Club/ Starts 10PM/Ends 12AM/5-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 11PM/Sign-up 11:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
(via NY Times)
No matter how you feel about SNL these days, Lorne Michaels changed comedy forever and definitely needs a book written just about him.
While there are plenty of books that give the back story and ins and outs of SNL, there isn’t really a proper, in-depth biography of Michaels who not only is the driving force behind SNL, but also Kids in the Hall, Late Night, and more as well as an entire generation of comedy whose effects will be felt for many years to come.
A biography on Lorne Michaels has finally been set to be written by The New Yorker’s Susan Morrison and published by Random House.
Whenever it comes out, we’re sure it’ll feature plenty of stories that have yet to be told in full on comedy podcasts.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
So, at least we’ll get a chance to see Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig rob an armored car.
When Relativity Media went spiraling out of control last year, the fate of the heist comedy Masterminds starring Galifianakis and Wiig was unsure and the release date went from being pushed back a few months to being postponed indefinitely.
The dust is starting to settle after Relativity filed for Chapter 11, pending some objections from specific creditors, and their slate of films are getting back on track. Specifically, Masterminds is now set for a release on Sept. 30th, which is well over a year after it was initially supposed to come out.
At the very least, if everything goes according to plan, that means we get both Baskets and Masterminds from Galifianakis this year.
The History channel should be quite the show come Thursday, Feb. 18th at 11PM. That’s when Join or Die, hosted by Craig Ferguson, premieres.
For a while, we haven’t had a glimpse of what a sort of rogue, history focused talk show what might look like, but here is your very first glimpse of what Craig has been up to and what we have to look forward to next month.
We’d be in for a Hannibal Buress travel show. Just watch this clip from his interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night if you’re not already convinced.
Conan O’Brien delivers yet another classic remote segment where he actually goes to TBS’ head of Standards and Practices to see what might and might not get censored on the show.
Of course, Conan mines every bit of comedy gold out of this and then some. Watch it here.
Ever the clever trickster of a comedian, the UK’s Peter Serafinowicz has painstakingly dubbed various Trump interview and speech clips with both cockney and posh British accents, showing that he sounds ridiculous no matter how you spin it.
It could be a hardened cockney accent…
…or one that is quite refined sounding and it still sounds like there’s good grounds to ban Trump from the UK.
ON THE HORIZON
Roped with Josh Fadem and Johnny Pemberton @ UCB Sunset Fri. Feb. 5th 10:30PM $5
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind @ The Palace Theatre Sun. Feb. 13th 7PM $25-$50
COMEDY CRAWL
Failing Up @ Hollywood Improv Lab 6pm FREE
Harold Fridays @ UCB Franklin 6:30pm $5
The Wheel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7pm $8 in adv., $10 at door
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World @ Egyptian Theatre 7:30pm $11
Norm MacDonald @ Irvine Improv 7:30pm $25/2 item min.
Cook County Social Club @ UCB Sunset 7:30pm $10
2016 Riot LA Comedy Festival Day 1 in Downtown LA 7:30pm $110 for Superfan pass, $375 for VIP Pass, Individual Ticket Prices Vary
Jerry Rocha @ Flappers Claremont 8pm $20
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
Melissa Villasenor @ Hollywood Improv 8pm $15/2 item min.
Bangarang! Presents: The Weekend @ UCB Franklin 8pm $10
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8pm $12
What Now? @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30pm $5
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30pm FREE
The Higgs Weldon @ Grounded 9pm Donations accepted
Best of UCB Sketch @ UCB Sunset 9pm $10
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9pm $10
Norm MacDonald @ Irvine Improv 9:30pm $25/2 item min.
Soundtrack @ UCB Franklin 9:30pm $10
Jerry Rocha @ Flappers Claremont 10pm $20
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10pm $12
Orpheus Roy & Friends @ iO West 10pm $10
The Hella Show @ The Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30pm $5/2 item min.
Big Grande presents A Noche of Improv @ UCB Sunset 10:30pm $5
Stampede! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30pm $8
JV Presents: #ThrowbackFriday @ UCB Franklin 11pm $5
We’re Gross with Gilli Nissim @ UCB Franklin 11:30pm $5
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
TIMEWARP RECORDS 12204 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Mixed mic/Lottery/4 min. or 1 song/Hosted by Shanon O’Donnell/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.
Got my Super Bowl squad ready. Hey Tina Fey, @MargotRobbie, Will Ferrell, @KeeganMKey, and @JordanPeele: Aim for the knees! #LSSC
Tina Fey, Will Ferrell, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Margot Robbie should make for a pretty special episode of The Late Show after this year’s Super Bowl. We mean, that’s in addition to whatever ultra clever stuff Colbert has up his sleeve on his own.
Oh yeah, you should check out what Stephen is up to at The Late Show these days. It’s pretty great and showcases how many gears, both comedic and emphatic, Colbert can shift in and out of even though he’s not in character.
Eric Andre pulls some pretty unbelievable stunts on his eponymous Adult Swim show. So, you can imagine the notes of what he can and can’t do from Standards and Practices are pretty outrageous as well.
Andre shared some of them while on last night’s Conan.
Brooks Wheelan has started a brand new web series, Laugh in Translation, at Above Average that takes him all over the world and see what makes for humor over there.
His first stop is Denmark, which has been noted to be ranked as the happiest country on earth and here are his bizarre, yet enlightening findings.
For years, we’ve had these two maps embedded at The Comedy Bureau that were supposed to show the locations of comedy shows and open mics in LA. For reasons that mostly have to do with one person running this whole operation for years, those maps were unfortunately never updated until now.
Thanks to the great Shahruz Shaukat, The LA Comedy Show Map and LA Open Mic Map show all the shows and mics for the current day as well as give all the details that you would need to go out and see or do comedy here in LA.
It really makes finding live comedy so much easier to the point where we hope you have ran out of excuses to go see it.
Carol Burnett has such an illustrious comedy career for several decades. Any collection of stories from any of those years will give you proof of just how illustrious and great that career really was and why Burnett is revered as she is (getting a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award this weekend for example).
On last night’s Conan, her particular collection of stories focused on how she learned her own stunts, her obsession with soap operas, and how she handled bombing on stage.
She could start her own podcast with all of the stories she has.
For those that want a sarcastic geriatric in their greeting cards, Hallmark has kept the sassy and somewhat unfiltered character Maxine going for quite some time.
In the style of a gritty real life adaptation of a comic book, Natalie Palamides and Drew Spears, who continue to keep it delightfully weird in their comedy, have brought Maxine to life and, guess what, she’s still not to jazzed about anything.
Watch nine short episodes of Maxine here.
Jenna Fischer, Rob Lowe, and Megan Mullally all in an apocalyptic comedy sounds just fine to us.
Though it has a collection of sitcom stars from NBC’s own fold, You, Me and the Apocalypse has already premiered on the UK’s Sky 1 and is only making its way to the States starting tonight.
Watch a first look featurette here, then catch the premiere at 8PM on NBC.
ON THE HORIZON
2016 Riot LA Comedy Festival Fri. Jan. 29th-Sun. Jan. 31st $110 for Superfan Pass, $375 for VIP Pass, Individual Ticket prices may vary
Bear Down Podcast @ UCB Franklin Sun. Jan. 31st 7:30PM $5
Neal Brennan “3 Mics” @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Thurs. Feb. 4th 8:30PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Magic To Do: Musical Improv @ UCB Sunset 7pm $5
Big Money 3 Year Anniversary @ The Virgil 7:30pm FREE
High Spirits @ The Rose Room 8pm $15 in adv., $20 at door
Ronna & Beverly @ UCB Franklin 8pm $5 (stand by only)
Speechless @ Hollywood Improv 8pm $15/2 item min.
Dummy @ iO West 8pm $10
Cookin’ With Gas @ The Groundlings 8pm $18
Noble Experiment @ The Open Space Theatre & Cafe 8pm Donations accepted
Penthouse Comedy 2 Year Anniversary @ The Comedy Store 8:30pm $20/2 item min.
Fresh Out: Stand-Up Comedy @ UCB Sunset 8:30pm $5
Comedians You Should Know @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30pm $10
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30pm FREE
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9pm $30 (sold out)
Very Forward @ Flappers Burbank Yoo Hoo Room 9pm $10/2 item min.
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9pm $8 in adv., $10 at door
Quartet @ iO West 9pm $10
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9pm FREE
The Grind @ Westside Comedy Theater 10pm FREE
The Reckoning/Cook County Social Club @ iO West 10pm $10
Harold Late Night @ UCB Sunset 10:30pm $5
NerdMelt After Hours Movie Night: After Hours @ Nerdmelt Showroom 11PM FREE
The Last Day of School: The Txt Message Show @ UCB Franklin 11pm $5
OPEN MIC RUN
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 3PM/Ends 4:30PM/6-8 min./No purchase necessary/No walk-ins for audience/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
OPEN SPACE THEATRE & CAFE 457 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/3-5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Mallie McCown
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/3 min./25 spots only/counts as audition/No purchase necessary
HOLY GROUNDS COFFEE & TEA 5371 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/1 item min.
ICE HOUSE 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/4 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ken Garr
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/4 min/One item min./Hosted by Valerie Tosi
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:15PM/Ends 9:30PM/Mixed mic/4-6 min. for comics or 6 min. for musicians/First come, first served/One item min./Hosted by Jacob Bunney and Brendan Cooney
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by WIll Giblin
THE SMOG CUTTER 864 N. Virgil Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:30PM/3 min./Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Rachele Friedland and Robyn Morrison
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary
UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/5 min./Lottery/10 spots only/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Gilli Nissim/Mary Sasson/Mel Stephens
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Booked spots throughout/Hosted by Jay Light and Tyler Meznarich/No purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up athttps://www.facebook.com/getaroomwithdomandmatt/ Lottery for remaining spots/Starts 7PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by Domenic Padulo and Matt Brousseau
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min.
BLU ELEFANT CAFE 2024 Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/20 spots/5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Jessica Wellington
FANATIC SALON 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9:30PM/$5 cover/7 min./water and coffee provided/Hosted by Lydia Robinson
RAFA’S LOUNGE ART GALLERY 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/15-20 spots/Lottery/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Scott Luhrs
SCALLYWAGS 1950 N. Placentia Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/Hosted by Israel Carrasco
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
THE CHATTERBOX 934 N. Citrus Ave., Covina, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Steve Hernandez & Ellie McElvain
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/6-8 min./$5 cover/No walk-ins for audience/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
CLEO KINGS OPEN MIC @ TWO ROADS THEATER 4348 Tujunga Ave., Studio City, CA/Sign-up 7:20PM/Starts 8PM/Lottery/15 spots only/5 min./$5
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8:30PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Todd Smith and Eric Bustamante
THE HEADQUARTERS 9348 Artesia Blvd., Bellflower, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One item min./Hosted by Malcolm Hall
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 9:30PM/Ends 11PM/6-8 min./$5 cover/No walk-ins for audience/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
MURDER ROOM 241 N. Lake St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/3 min./Lottery/Donations accepted/Hosted by Brian Biancardi
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery
IMPROV JAM @ WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Starts 11PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Cole Stratton and Morgan Christensen