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Emily Heller and Karen Kilgariff Added to Our 4 and 5/12th Anniversary

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So, you’re not going to miss this right?

A stacked line-up of our favorites including Maria Bamford, Baron Vaughn, Joe Wagner, James Austin Johnson, Candice Thompson, and Drennon Davis has just officially got even more stacked for The Comedy Bureau 4 and 5/12th Anniversary.

The fantastic Emily Heller and Karen Kilgariff have been added. Heller will bring her sharp, smart stand-up and Kilgariff will be joining Drennon Davis for some of the best musical comedy around right now.

Again, it’s this Fri. Apr. 3rd at Echoes Under Sunset, doors at 10PM, start at 10:30PM. Don’t miss out like we did on celebrating four years on the actual day we turned four years old!

The “No, You Shut Up!” App Pick Of The Week Is Apparently Always “Ham Horn” and Paul F. Tompkins Can’t Seem To Do Anything About It

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For weeks now, No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins has been trying to keep as current as possible by having a segment reviewing apps.

That should be a simple, easy review of a new app every week. It should be…

Something afoot here as Ham Horn, more commonly referred to as Rap Air Horn, keeps getting picked for every single week while Paul as the host finds himself “unable” to do anything about it or “discover” a different, new app.

Is it a 21st comedic version of Sisyphus?

Watch it here and see for yourself.

What Will Meerkat, Periscope, Etc. Do For Comedy?

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Chances are that you’ve probably seen the words ‘meerkat’ and ‘periscope’ somewhere in one of your social media or news feeds recently. If you’re wondering, there isn’t a new meme with Timon from The Lion King or some brand new theme park on a submarine.

Meerkat and Periscope are two mobile apps designed for live streaming and broadcasting video. For both audiences/fans and comedians, there is a lot of potential for such technology in so many different ways.

The coming months will only show whether those ways are a net positive or negative.

As an upside, comedy folks of all types can live stream whatever funny thing they’re doing just from their phone. Already you have the likes of Paul Feig, Jim Gaffigan, Judd Apatow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Hart, and Jimmy Fallon already on Periscope or Meerkat or both.

We’ve even heard of a podcast, Dad Jeans, doing Meerkat broadcasts on top of recording the audio of their podcast for people to download and listen to later.

It won’t be too long before someone uses either app to live stream an entire live comedy show or event. There have been various desktop platforms including methods on YouTube and Dailymotion to live stream shows in the past, but doing so from a mobile device has to potential to be way bigger then all of those.

However, the ease of this live streaming technology presents a new problem for comedians.

Already, using your phone to illegally tape a performance can be an issue at many live shows, making many bigger name performers tense to go to shows where they don’t have complete control of the audience. With Meerkat and Periscope, any audience member with the app can live broadcast exactly what’s going on stage. There’s no being able to tell them to delete it later in order to prevent the Internet from seeing undeveloped material or an uncharacteristic subpar performance or, perhaps, a meltdown.

While that could capture great moments that wouldn’t exist again such a comedian handling a heckler or Bill Burr’s rant against Philadelphia, a line is blurred when it comes to things like Katt Williams fighting audience members or Hannibal Buress making the whispers of Bill Cosby’s rape allegations into something that the whole world can’t ignore.

Are you illegally recording or doing something that you think is a civic duty?

Imagine how many people would have out their phones out when an audience member went into a disgusting rape story at ASSSSCAT four years ago if Meerkat and Periscope existed then?

How about someone working out jokes for one of Comedy Central’s roasts that gets taken out of context?

So many words have been written about how comedy needs to cross lines of taste and decency in order to make fun of many unquestioned institutions. That’s just how it works.

Hell, when comedians start out, they say and do all sorts of awful things because they’re figuring out how to do comedy. It’s one of the most painful things that exists among all art forms. We’ve personally seen and heard so many awful things at open mics that could spark outrage online but were only meant to be tested at open mics. Then, if they fail, they are most likely never done again.

Given how the Internet is always at-the-ready with torches and pitchforks for the slightest hint of something to get mad at, people “Meerkat-ing” or “Periscoping” a bit, again, out of context might make doing comedy live harder and more frustrating than it already is.

Of course, this is all new technology and maybe none of this will happen.

Maybe all of it will happen.

It’s honestly too early to tell.

We definitely would like to see comedians being able to Periscope or Meerkat into a show or festival half way across the globe.

Certainly, we can be sure that comedians on stage will be a lot more jumpy when they see a phone out for a long time.

SNL Makes Trailer for Gritty “Bambi” Reboot with Dwayne Johnson as Bambi

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If they can make a gritty Snow White remake, why not a gritty update for Bambi?

That’s what SNL was thinking lat night when they made a trailer for something that’s a Fast and Furious 7 meets a live action Bambi with The Rock wearing deer ears and a fur vest and Taran Killam in a muscle suit and bunny ears.

Yes, they have plenty of pun “kill lines” too.

LA Comedy Rundown 3/29/15

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ON THE HORIZON
An Evening with Sara Schaefer @ Nerdmelt Showroom Mon. Mar. 30th 9PM $5
Silicon Valley Live @ UCB Franklin Sat. Apr. 11th 10PM $10 (stand by only)
The Comedy Bureau 4 and 5/12th Anniversary @ Echoes Under Sunset Fri. Apr. 3rd 10PM Donations accepted

COMEDY CRAWL
Doug Loves Movies @ Nerdmelt Showroom 4:20PM $10
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Sunset 7PM FREE
Extreme Gaming Championship @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5
Sunday Wrestling Federation @ The Groundlings 7:30PM $16
UnCabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$30
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Rendezvous @ Artisan House LA 8PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Pointless Comedy @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Power Violence Goodbye @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5
Tulsa Skull Swingers @ Five Star Bar 10PM
Search History @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedy for more info and to sign up/Starts 5PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Miranda King and Kat Yeary
THE PIG & WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/20 spots only/$5 cover/5 min./Hosted by Sally Mullins
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
COCK N BULL 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Dave Nieker
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses

Yeah, We’re Throwing a “4 and 5/12th” Anniversary Celebration Because We Just Got Around To Doing It Now

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The short of the long of it is that not that “we’re” vastly understaffed.

On Oct. 25th, 2014, The Comedy Bureau turned 4 years old. Most of you don’t know that because “we” really didn’t say anything. So, almost half a year later, “we’re” making up for that by throwing a belated anniversary show.

So, on Fri. Apr. 3rd, The Comedy Bureau we’ll be approximately 4 and 5/12th years old and we’ll be celebrating that exact time in our history at one of our favorite venues, Echoes Under Sunset.

With special guests:
Maria Bamford
Baron Vaughn
Joe Wagner
James Austin Johnson
Candice Thompson
Drennon Davis
Presented by Jake Kroeger and Brad Silnutzer

Doors 10PM
Starts 10:30PM
Echoes Under Sunset
1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Donations graciously accepted

Please Support Making of Patrice O’Neal Documentary

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Of the documentaries that focus on the life of a single comedian that could be made, one of Patrice O’Neal definitely needs to be made.

As the art form of comedy moves forward, truly unique, trailblazing voices become rarer and rarer. Patrice O’Neal was one such comedic voice that we unfortunately lost too early.

Now, such a documentary, Better Than You, is being made by his fiance Von Decarlo and veteran producer/director Mark Farrell. They’re looking to crowdfund it so they can do it exactly how they want to do it and honor Patrice properly.

So far, they’ve raised $54,889 on Indiegogo out of their $125,000 goal with one month to go.

Support Better Than You here.

Watch Aasif Mandvi at the RTCA Dinner

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Even though it’s “The JV squad” to The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Aasif Mandvi still makes it quite the night.

You probably weren’t watching C-Span this week, which means you missed Aasif Mandvi at The Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Dinner. That means you missed plenty of great digs at Congress and C-Span and Islamophobia and more.

Watch all of that here.

Reggie Watt’s Question For Will Ferrell on “The Late Late Show”

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If this keeps going, this will make for a pretty fun montage or, as the Internet says, supercut.

For how supremely talented and mastered Reggie Watts is, we can’t even imagine all the ways that he could potentially be utilized as the bandleader and a sidekick for The Late Late Show with James Corden.

So far, Reggie asking a question, seemingly off the top of his head, to guests is a great start.

Just check this latest query he posed to Will Ferrell.

LA Comedy Rundown 3/28/15

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ON THE HORIZON
Power Violence Goodbye @ Theatre 6470 Sun. Mar. 29th 9:30PM FREE
Super Secret Comedy Show Two Year Anniversary @ The Lyric Theatre Wed. Apr. 1st 8PM $10-$20

COMEDY CRAWL
1st Annual Nerdist School Assembly @ Nerdist School 12PM FREE
Comedy Living Room LIVE @ Mobli Beach House 4:30PM $10
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 7PM FREE
Jeff Ross @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $25/2 item min.
Matt Kirshen @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Set LIst @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Channel 101 @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM/10PM FREE
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Groundlings: Dead or Alive @ The Groundlings 8PM/10PM $20
Jackie Kashian and Her Gentlemen Friends @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Ithamar Has Nothing to Say @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10
Yellahammered! 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Nick Kroll & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30 (stand by only)
Scott Adsit and Holly Laurent at LA Scripted Comedy Festival @ iO West 8:30PM $10
Surprise! with Rob & Sofiya 9PM $5
Heart of Darkness @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $15/2 item min.
Middleditch + Schwartz @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
Fresh Fish Variety Hour @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tomorrow with Ron Lynch Presents Crapshoot! @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8

OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 2PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 4:15PM/Lottery
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Sign-up 5:45PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Graham Rodgers and Scott Schnurr
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton and Katie Valelly
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/https://www.facebook.com/ComedydeBasement/First 20 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Hosted by Pablo Avion & Eric Bustamante/5 min./1 drink min.
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./One item min.

Showtime Airing “HAPPYish” Pilot After “Shameless” Finale

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The premiere of HAPPYish isn’t until Apr. 26th on Showtime, but you can get a preview next Sun. Apr. 5th.

Following the finale of Shameless, which is Sun. at 9PM, Showtime will air the pilot of HAPPYish starring Steve Coogan. After that, you’ll have to wait three weeks for the actual series premiere, but it’s better than watching a trailer over and over.

Jason Jones Ended His 10 Year Run at “The Daily Show” Last Night

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With Samantha Bee, Jason Jones, and soon, Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show, the end of one and the beginning of a new era are coming soon.

Last night marked the final episode of The Daily Show for longtime correspondent Jason Jones and along with it came a great retrospective of Jones’ time there going all the way back to when he started in 2005.

His exit comes at the same time with his wife Sam Bee’s and will precede Stewart’s departure later this year, leaving a Daily Show that’s largely new correspondents and a brand new, yet to be announced host. The individual projects that Jones and Bee have going over at TBS should be fun to look forward to.

In many ways, it’ll be like when Stewart first took over The Daily Show all those years ago.

Kyle Kinane Going on a “Meat and Cheese Tour”

We hope that Kyle commemorates each stop on this tour by getting local cheese and/or meat and making a bit out of it, perhaps like this brilliant pizza bit.

From Mar. 28th (that’s tomorrow) to Jun. 5th, Kyle Kinane will be hopping around from Athens, GA to Chattanooga, TN to Madison, WI to Portland, OR, to St. Louis, MO to Omaha, NE to Ames, IA to Minneapolis, MN to Milwaukee, WI to Chicago, IL to Ft. Wayne, IN to Grand Rapids, MI to Lansing, MI to Detroit, MI to Cleveland, OH to Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH to Cincinnati, OH to Bloomington, IN.

Get more details as well as your tickets here.

Watch Sir Patrick Stewart at His Craziest in “Blunt Talk” Trailer

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If you wish there was less histrionic ranting and more fun had with The Newsroom, this might be for you.

The only other time that Sir Patrick Stewart seems as off the wall as he will be in the new Starz’s series Blunt Talk from Jonathan Ames and Seth MacFarlane was his great appearance in a Colbert Report bit.

Just check him as a cable news anchor going about the gig like a veteran rock star in this trailer.

George Carlin Gets Site Relaunch Today and Portrait in The Smithsonian

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As promised, the new GeorgeCarlin.com is a virtual Carlin museum.

On top of that, the legendary George Carlin is getting a portrait of him placed in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery’s “Recognize” space.

Between the two, you can take note of how important Carlin was, is, and will still be to political and cultural discourse as well as look at galleries of personal pictures, performance clips (including some that are taken from performances that got him arrested), and animated shorts.

Whether you were around for Carlin’s lengthy, historic career or not, take some time to look around.

Will Ferrell Apparently Had Nothing Perched on His Shoulder During His Interview on Conan

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If Will Ferrell says he doesn’t know what you’re talking about when you ask about the bird on his shoulder, there is most certainly a bit at hand.

There was a time where Ferrell used to pull bananas from the guest couch that he would eat and try not to address at late night talk shows and now Will has upgraded to birds that may or may not be named “Professor Feathers” on his shoulder, “allegedly”.

Watch Will avoid talking about what’s on his should here, then talk about a cowbell album and again try to avoid talking about the bird.

Here’s Will again explaining why he’s foregoing on the Zoolander sequel that has to do with a certain “friend of his”.

Once more, Will doesn’t talk about the bird, but instead addresses John Madden’s criticism of Ferrell’s spring training charity stunt.

This is just more proof that Ferrell is one of the best late night guests in the late night game

Colin Quinn Tries to Explain How Jim Norton Isn’t Quite Like a Rat in New “Cop Show”

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Not only is there some fun had between Quinn and Norton and Keith Robinson, but you also know that you’ve seen some over-the-top moments like these on any and all procedurals.

Jim Norton guest stars on the latest episode of Cop Show with Colin Quinn where he confronts Colin about the notion that he’s being portrayed as a rat. Colin does his best to tip-toe around it. By “tip-toe”, in this situation, we mean not really avoid it at all.

LA Comedy Rundown 3/27/15

comedy shows, los angeles, open mics

ON THE HORIZON
An Evening with Chris Fairbanks @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Apr. 14th 9PM $5
The Super Serious Show @ The Virgil Wed. Apr. 15th 8PM $7 in adv., $10 at door

COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Matinee: Outside Dog and Solid Gold Forever @ UCB Franklin 4:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Brand New Ball @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Gloria @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $10
Jeff Ross @ Irvine Improv 7:30PM/9:45PM $25/2 item min.
The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail Season 2 Tapings @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7:30PM/9:30PM FREE w/RSVP (stand by only)
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Winslow Presents Humiliated @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10
Groundlings: Dead or Alive @ The Groundlings 8PM $20
Lachlan Patterson @ The Ice House 8PM $20-$27/2 drink min.
Matt Kirshen @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $20
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Hat Trick @ Goorin Bros. Pasadena 9PM FREE
Your F’ed Up Family @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9PM $10
Comedy Noise @ Pehrspace 9:30PM $8
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
A Josh Fadem Show @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5 (stand by only)
JV Presents #Throwback Friday @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
Icky Pepe Boogie Basement @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5

OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./One item min.
IMPROV JAM @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can perform/Hosted by Mano Agapion
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 min.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./First come, first served
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5;30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery35 spots only/Hosted by Megan Koester & Alison Stevenson
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
THE IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ibo Brewer
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
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.

If You Don’t Understand Settlers of Catan, Maybe You’ll Understand Above Average’s “Settlers of Brooklyn”

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As far as board games go, The Settlers of Brooklyn is decidedly less of an escape from your everyday life and more of foretelling of how an up and coming neighborhood comes about.

What better way to explain gentrification than through a complex board game meant for adults with way too many rules and conditions? That’s why Above Average parodied the popular Settlers of Catan and made The Settlers of Brooklyn.

Maybe they’ll make a “Dungeons and Your Credit Score” next?

Jason Alexander To Step In After Larry David Leaves His “Fish In The Dark”

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Perhaps, you didn’t need more links between George Costanza and Larry David, but this one’s pretty big.

Larry David has himself booked in his hit Broadway play Fish In The Dark until June. However, the play will continue to run after his exit with Jason Alexander coming in place of David starting Jun. 9th.

On Seinfeld, George Costanza played by Alexander has been linked to Larry David as a sort of an extension of David. So, naturally, Alexander is the perfect person to fill in for David in David’s play.

We imagine whenever tickets are available, they’ll sell out fast.

James Corden Describes What It’s Like To Be a Late Night Talk Show Host For The First Time

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In addition to doing his own program The Late Late Show, James Corden stopped by Warner Bros. to have a late-night-talk-show-host-to-late-night-talk-show-host chat with Conan O’Brien.

One of the more nerve racking things you can do is be the of host a late night talk show for the first time and walk through the curtain when your name is called. Only a few of us get to go through such an experience, so Corden describes in detail to Conan what is what like for him.

NBC Schedules “Mr. Robinson” and “The Carmichael Show” For Aug. 5th Premiere

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

So, both Craig Robinson’s Mr. Robinson and Jerrod Carmichael’s The Carmichael Show could be the next big wave of comedy at NBC.

At the crossroads of Parks and Recreation ending, nixing Must See TV, selling Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt to Netflix, and One Big Happy not getting off to a hot start, NBC is trying hard to figure their next move with comedies.

There are plenty of pilots on the development slate, but they’ve got two series that have been stuck in their pocket, in one way or another, for awhile now.

So, at 9PM on Aug. 5th, Mr. Robinson and The Carmichael Show will have their series premiere and then have the potential to be the next thing that the peacock was looking for in their comedy department.

We’ll have to wait more than a few months to see.

Jake Johannsen Makes His 46th Appearance on Letterman

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It just wouldn’t be right if Jake Johannsen didn’t get in another set on The Late Show before Letterman exits.

46 appearances on one late night talk show is a number that almost requires you to read again to be sure you read it right.

However, the renowned comedy stylings of Jake Johannsen definitely warrant being one of Letterman’s go to stand-ups. In fact, we wouldn’t be surprised at all if Johannsen gets a 47th appearance in before May.

Watch his set from last night here.

Humble Bundle Doing Another Comedy Release With Hicks, Maron, Stanhope, Birbiglia, and More

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Last year, Humble Bundle let you support charity and get a whole bushel full of great comedy albums and specials including Louis C.K. and Maria Bamford.

Their latest stand-up comedy bundle has just released and includes two Bill Hicks specials, Marc Maron’s Thinky Pain, Doug Stanhope’s Beer Hall Putsch, and way more.

For the price of pay-what-you-want, you can get:

Comedy Specials
Bill Hicks “One Night Stand”
Bill Hicks “Totally Bill Hicks”
Marc Maron “Thinky Pain”
Mike Birbiglia “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”
Doug Stanhope “Beer Hall Putsch”
Iliza Shlesinger “War Paint”
Brian Posehn “The Fartist”

Comedy Albums
Bill Hicks “Arizona Bay”
Bill Hicks “Rant In E Minor”
Mike Birbiglia “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend”
Doug Stanhope “Beer Hall Putsch”
Iliza Shlesinger “War Paint”
Brian Posehn “The Fartist”
Dr. Katz “Live” (with BJ Novak, Eugene Mirman, and Andy Kindler)
Brooks Wheelan “This Is Cool, Right?

Proceeds go to supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is fighting the good fight against patent trolls and such for digital rights and Watsi that provides direct funding for medical care to those in need.

Like Michael Scott would say, this is a “win-win-win”. Go get this bundle quickly because you have less than a week to snatch it up.

IFC Developing Jake Fogelnest Father-Son Comedy From Ben Stiller’s Red Hour

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Immediately, a Jake Fogelnest father-son comedy conjures up a conversation between father and his son about how sea punk isn’t a thing.

IFC is beefing up their new development slate and have added to it a comedy from Jake Fogelnest that centers on an author who is trying to keep up with the times and his son. The project is coming from under Ben Stiller’s Red Hour banner and given the way Fogelnest deals with the Internet on a daily basis on Twitter, Tumblr, etc., we can definitely see potential here.