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LA Comedy Rundown 12/15/14

December 15, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
Baked @ The Baked Potato Tues. Dec. 16th 8:30PM/10:30PM $15
Sean O’Connor’s Christmas is Cancelled @ UCB Sunset Sat. Dec. 27th 9PM $10

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE wRSVP
UCB Winter Showcase @ UCB Sunset 8PM $5
Cindy Crawford Comedy Show @ MiMoDa 8:30PM $10 suggested donation
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
The Black Version @ Groundlings 8PM $17
Final Drunken Tales of Shame & Glory @ Monty Bar 8:30PM FREE
Behind the Bookcase with Jay Larson @ Bar Covell 8:30PM $5 w/password (Password: fondue)
Tim Minchin @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $70
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/3 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/End 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up at evan@dudelyjones.com/4-5 min.
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
THE GOOD NIGHT 10721 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Ever Mainaird, Lisa Laureta, Ryan Walker, and Caitlin Bergh
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/3 min.+/Optional heckling after set where you can gain more time/1 item min./Hosted by Galit Levi
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Jay Weingarten
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/3 min./Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Meg Swertlow, Wanjiko Eke, Chloe McGovern
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary

Matt Braunger’s Latest Special “Big Dumb Animal” Premiering on Comedy Central in Feb.

December 15, 2014
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My new hour special “BIG DUMB ANIMAL” will premiere Feb. 6th on @ComedyCentral. #BigDumbAnimal

— Matt Braunger (@Braunger) December 12, 2014

2015 is still a few weeks away and Comedy Central already has a great line-up to kick off the year. Broad City and Kroll Show return and The Nightly Show w/Larry Wilmore and This Is Not Happening have their series premiere in January. 

Kyle Kinane’s brand new special “I Liked His Old Stuff Better” is also coming next month to Comedy Central.

On top of all of that, Matt Braunger’s latest special “Big Dumb Animal”, shot earlier this year in NYC, directed by one of our favorites Steve Feinartz (Eddie Pepitone: In Ruins, The Bitter Buddha), will make its premiere after on Feb. 6th.

Braunger details it all in the latest episode of his Ding-Donger podcast.

In short, watch for all of this in a couple of weeks.

JB Smoove Goes Full Bore in Doing The Tango with Conan O’Brien

December 15, 2014
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When JB Smoove, who you might have seen in Chris Rock’s Top Five this weekend, does the tango, he puts his heart, soul, and shouting all into it. 

Conan O’Brien found this out when Smoove during his interview at Conan and showed O’Brien a little bit about really taking the “it takes two to Tango” saying the most serious it has ever been taken.

Watch it here.

SNL Did a Fine Mash-Up of The Office and The Hobbit

December 14, 2014
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As Martin Freeman was the host of last night’s episode of SNL, it would almost seem obligatory that they do something combining the worlds of Wernham Hogg Paper Company from the original UK version of The Office and Middle Earth from The Hobbit.

So, of course they did and it was pretty damn good. Watch it here. 

Tickets Now on Sale for 2015 SF Sketchfest

December 14, 2014
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Between now and when we posted about the line-up for the 2015 SF Sketchfest, we’re assuming you’ve been at refreshing your the SF Sketchfest schedule page with credit card at the ready to get your tickets.

Even if that’s not the case, you probably still want to go the gigantic going through Jan. 22nd all the way to Feb 8th next year. So, you can get, as of a few minutes ago, can buy as many SF Sketchfest tickets as your heart desires. 

Here’s a fun promo to remind you of how amazing the line-up is. 

LA Comedy Rundown 12/14/14

December 14, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Sunset Tues. Dec. 16th 8:30PM $5
Guy Branum Presents Talk Show The Game Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom
Fri. Dec. 19th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door

COMEDY CRAWL
Geeking Out @ Westside Comedy Theater Sun. Dec. 14th 7PM $5
Wendy Liebman @ Ontario Improv 7PM $20/2 item min.
Monty Python’s Meaning of Live/Monty Python and the Holy Grail @ Egyptian Theatre 7:30PM $11
Ronna & Beverly @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5
Harry Shearer and Judith Owen Present Christmas Without Tears @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $50-$75
UnCabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$30
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
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
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Miranda King and Kat Yeary
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
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 8:45PM/Lottery/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Harry Moroz, Pedro Salinas, and Sarah Morisano
COCK N BULL 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
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

Watch Music Video for 2776’s Holiday Song “ForGiftness”

December 14, 2014
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The holiday track, ForGiftness, off this year’s comedy music epic of an album 2776 gets to one of the many true meanings of this season: making up for all the awful things you did this year by giving great gifts. 

Watch the likes of Matt Walsh, Susanna Hoffs, Jordan Black, Brendon Small, Josh Fadem, Right Said Fred, and more in the music video for ForGiftness right here.

Ian Karmel and Sean O’Connor Writing for The Late Late Show with James Corden

December 14, 2014
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I will do anything that @IanKarmel does. That’s why, I am writing for the new Late Late Show with James Corden.

— sean oconnor (@seanoconnz) December 12, 2014

This week has seen a lot of exciting developments for the upcoming Late Late Show with James Corden. The veteran producing team is set to perform and the amazing Reggie Watts is going to by Corden’s side as bandleader.

Additionally, the writing staff, so far, will have Sean O’Connor whose written at at Sports Show with Norm MacDonald, The ESPYs, and MTV Video Music Awards and Ian Karmel whose written at Chelsea Lately at its table. Both are also pretty damn funny stand-up comedians. With those two and probably more fine comedy folks to be announced, Corden’s era of The Late Late Show looks is going to have a nice kickoff. 

That Rap Comedy Project from Donald Glover Finally Got a Pilot Order at FX

December 13, 2014
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(via Deadline)

A couple of TV seasons ago, it was announced that Donald Glover was developing a music industry centric comedy series at FX.

Nothing was heard about the project for awhile, but, luckily, FX has ordered a pilot of Glover’s “Atlanta” this week. It’ll focus on the rap scene in Atlanta, GA and the crazed life that goes with it.

If this goes to series, it’ll be fun to compare Atlanta and Empire on Fox. 

Mel Brooks HBO Special “Live at The Geffen” Premiering Jan. 31st

December 13, 2014
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(via Zap2It)

So, the legendary Mel Brooks did a one man variety show at The Geffen Playhouse and it will now be a comedy special for HBO.

Stories, bits, and musical numbers are all part of Mel Brooks Live at The Geffen and you should make a reminder, or even your New Year’s Resolution, to watch its premiere on Jan. 31st 9PM on HBO.

Watch Kyle Dunnigan’s Magical Talent and Stand-up on Late Night with Seth Meyers

December 13, 2014
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Not only is Kyle Dunnigan a very funny comedian, but he has a secret “magical” talent that he’s apparently been hiding from the late night audiences of America.

All that changed this week when he performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers this week. Watch his set here. 

LA Comedy Rundown 12/13/14

December 13, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life/Monty Python and The Holy Grail @ Egyptian Theatre Sun. Dec. 14th 7:30PM $11
I Am The King Sweater @ Nerdmelt Showroom Sat. Jan. 17th 7PM $8 in adv., $10 at door

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COMEDY CRAWL
Can I Kick It? @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Jamie Kaler @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Women of UCB Holiday Extravaganza @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 7:30PM $10 suggested donation
Dazed and Confused @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Ithamar Has Nothing to Say @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10/$5 w/Gold star
Harry Shearer and Judith Owen Present Christmas Without Tears (aka: Does This Tree Make Me Look Fat?“) @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $50-$75
TJ Miller @ Hollywood Improv 8PM/10PM $18/2 item min.
Tony Baker @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Brew Haha in Marissa’s Backyard 8:30PM Donations accepted
Chatterday Night @ The Chatterbox 8:30PM FREE
Old School! Hosted by The Swarm @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Hello Giggles Presents @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10
A Josh Fadem Christmas Special @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5 (stand by only)
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch presents The Time Machine Show @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8

OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/5 min./First come, first served/Hosted by Joe Shelby
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
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
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOOHOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 4:30PM/First come, first served
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Kasey Koop and Jenny Young
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.
GROUNDWORK COFFEE 1501 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/5 min./One item min./Hosted by Raab
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Jason LaCour/1 drink min./Audience vote at end of mic for funniest and winner takes home cash prize
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./One item min.

“Still Punching The Clown” Cast to Include Sarah Silverman, J.K. Simmons, Mike Judge, Doug Stanhope, More

December 13, 2014
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(via Deadline)

The sequel to Henry Phillips’ Punching The Clown has moved forward very quietly. We heard that it was going into production and then, just over two weeks ago, Phillips himself tweeted that it was “in the can”.

Punching the Clown 2 is now in the can. Look out for it next year! pic.twitter.com/joR73mq8xI

— Henry Phillips (@Henlips) November 25, 2014

So, not only do we have to look forward towards a release, perhaps, sometime next year, but, the cast for Still Punching The Clown is pretty damn great. J.K. Simmons, who you probably saw get sociopathic in Whiplash, Sarah Silverman, Jim Jefferies, Tig Notaro, Doug Stanhope, Mike Judge, Drunk History’s Derek Waters, Nikki Glaser, and more are all being featured in the film.

Hopefully, the news of a release date and the actual release date itself will come soon.

Apparently, Chris Rock and David Letterman’s Kids Aren’t Their Biggest Fans

December 13, 2014
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Many children are often very revere the occupation of their parents. If a parent is something like a pilot or an engineer, etc., their kids will more than likely give a lot of respect to what they do.

However, when it comes to being a comedian, even one of the most successful ones around, it’s kind of a different story. Just check out Chris Rock and David Letterman dish about how their kids are less than impressed by their respective comedic works.

Here Is The Massive and Great Line-up for 2015 SF Sketchfest

December 12, 2014
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Near the start of every year, one of the world’s most massive comedy festival assembles in San Francisco, The SF Sketchfest. For 2015, it’ll run Jan. 22nd-Feb. 8th and tickets go on sale this Sun. Dec. 14th at 10AM.

Per usual, SF Sketchfest has a tome’s worth of amazing comedy acts and in attempting to even truncate their line-up to show you what you could be in for in a more reader-friendly way, the list of shows/performers is still pretty damn long.

So, here’s the abbreviated, slightly, line-up of 2015 SF Sketchfest (i.e. there are way more shows/performers not listed):

-SF Sketchfest Tribute: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer
-SF Sketchfest Tribute: “Weird Al” Yankovic in conversation with Chris Hardwick with musical performances by Hard ‘n Phirm and Garfunkel & Oates
-SF Sketchfest Tribute: Marc Maron
-SF Sketchfest & Noise Pop Tribute: Scharpling & Wurster: Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster in conversation with Andy Kindler with musical guests John Darnielle and Bob Mould
-Judge John Hodgman
-Nerdist Podcast with Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray and Matt Mira
-Princess Plays Purple Rain: Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum in an evening of the music of Prince
-StarTalk Live with Bill Nye the Science Guy and Eugene Mirman
-The Benson Movie Interruption with Doug Benson: “Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Parts 1 & 2”
-“But I’m A Cheerleader”: The Peaches Christ Experience with special guest Natasha Lyonne

-“Groundhog Day” on Groundhog Day with special guest Stephen Tobolowsky in a live Tobolowsky Files
-RiffTrax Night of the Shorts V: A Good Day to Riff Hard with Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy & Bill Corbett
“Animaniacs” with Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille and Randy Rogel
-“Dr. Katz Professional Therapist” 20th Anniversary Show with Jonathan Katz, Tom Snyder, Jon Benjamin and guest patients
-“Futurama”: Still Canceled with John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr, Lee Supercinski and Billy West
-“Another Period” with Natasha Leggero, Riki Lindhome, Paget Brewster, Beth Dover, Jason Ritter, Armen Weitzman and Moshe Kasher
-“The Hotwives of Orlando” with Tymberlee Hill, Angela Kinsey, Dannah Phirman, Andrea Savage, Kristen Schaal, Danielle Schneider and Casey Wilson
-“Better Off Dead” 30th Anniversary Live Read with writer/director Savage Steve Holland, actors Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, Amanda Wyss and guest understudies
-Thrilling Adventure Hour with Paget Brewsterupto, Busy Philipps, Paul F. Tompkins, The WorkJuice Players, Scott Adsit, Scott Aukerman, John Hodgman, Mike Phirman, Melanie Lynskey, Jason Ritter and more
-Uptown Showdown Debate: Are We Getting Dumber vs. Are We Getting Smarter? with Maria Bamford, W Kamau Bell, Jeff Garlin, Dave Hill, T.J. Miller, Aparna Nancherla, moderator Jared Logan and more
-Totally Looped with Maria Bamford, Joe Liss, Laraine Newman, Oscar Nunez, Rick Overton, Gary Anthony Williams and more
-Cultivated Wit’s Comedy Hack Day Finals with judges Scott Aukerman, Natasha Leggero, Jonah Ray and more
-Iron Comic with Nato Green and Moshe Kasher
-Gravid Water with Scott Adsit, Lauren Lapkus, Ian Roberts and more
-The Groundlings: The Black Version

-The Improvised Shakespeare Company
-Prompter
-Shitty Jobs
-Theme Park Improv with Ian Brennan, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jessica Makinson, Oscar Nunez, Cole Stratton and Janet Varney
-Upright Citizens Brigade ASSSSCAT with Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh and more
-The Writers of Key & Peele Improv Show
-Eli Braden

-Garfunkel & Oates
-Imaginary Radio with Drennon Davis
-The Dana Gould Hour
-Dead Authors with Paul F. Tompkins
-The Harland Highway Podcast with Harland Williams
-Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher
-improv4humans with Matt Besser
-Jonah Raydio with Jonah Ray
-Jordan, Jesse, Go!
-Ronna & Beverly
-Superego
-The Todd Barry Podcast
-The Todd Glass Show
-Who Charted? with Kulap Vilaysack and Howard Kremer
-You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes
-BriTANick
-Good Neighbor with Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Nick Rutherford and Dave McCary
-Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction
-Mortified

-RISK! with Kevin Allison
-Aparna Nancherla & Guy Branum: Diversity Quota: A Night of Comedy with an Indian Lady and a Gay Jew
-BAKED with Brendon Small & Steve Agee

-Brent Weinbach: Appealing to the Mainstream
-Brian McCann’s Leisure Hour
-Come Laugh With Us with Lance Bangs
-Eddie Pepitone
-Edinburgh Fringe International Spotlight: Wil Anderson, Maeve Higgins, Matt Kirshen, Daniel Sloss and host Janeane Garofalo
-Emily Heller
-Emo Philips
-Erin Foley
-James Adomian
-Jenny Slate & Friends
-Jon Benjamin’s “Night of Not Interested in Hosting This Show”
-Jon Daly
-Kristen Schaal & Friends
-Leo Allen
-Maria Bamford
-Matt Braunger
-Max Silvestri
-Meltdown with Jonah Ray & Kumail Nanjiani
-Morgan Murphy
-Night Train with Wyatt Cenac
-The Onion Past Bedtime
-Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher
-Rory Scovel
-Set List
-Smug Shift with Moshe Kasher and Brent Weinbach
-Stand-Up Spotlight: Mike Lawrence & Dan St. Germain
-Tinkle Twins with Dana Gould & Arden Myrin
-T.J. Miller
-Van Jam with the Spanglers
-The SF Sketchfest Dozen, the Next Wave of Stand-Up Comedy Stars: Sean Donnelly & Maronzio Vance, Andy Haynes & Christina Pazsitzky, Maeve Higgins & Beth Stelling, Randy Liedtke & Alice Wetterlund, Jared Logan & Eliza Skinner, Mark Normand & Michelle Wolf

The Late Late Show with James Corden Has Premiere Date Moved and Gets Reggie Watts to Leave Comedy Bang! Bang! To Be Their Bandleader

December 12, 2014
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(via Deadline/@scottaukerman)

Originally, James Corden was supposed to take over The Late Late Show from Craig Ferguson on Mar. 9th, but CBS has opted to move the start date two weeks back to Mar. 23rd.

We’re not sure the exact reasoning behind that, but, perhaps, it might have something to do with getting the one and only Reggie Watts, who is the current bandleader on Comedy Bang! Bang! at IFC, to come over to pair up with Corden.

At first, we thought that he might split his time between the two shows like Fred Armisen does at Late Night with Seth Meyers, but Comedy Bang! Bang! host Scott Aukerman confirmed in a series of tweets that Watts will be leaving as his bandleader in the second half of 2015.

Reggie is sticking around thru the first half of 2015, during which he have planned a very fitting goodbye for him.

— Scott Aukerman (@ScottAukerman)

December 12, 2014

Aukerman also added that we all should be listening for shouting in the streets in regards to who the exciting new bandleader for Comedy Bang! Bang! will be soon.

Who will be the new bandleader? I can’t say yet but it’s very exciting. Please listen for newsies shouting on street corners in early 2015.

— Scott Aukerman (@ScottAukerman)

December 12, 2014

On top of all of that, Corden has gotten a team of veteran producers who have run the gamut in late night including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with David Letterman, Last Call with Carson Daly, Lopez Tonight, and more. One of these producers, Mike Gibbons, has even been noted to be the co-creator of Tosh.0.

All of this makes for a much more intriguing beginning to Corden’s start at 12:35AM here in America.

“The Jim Gaffigan Show” Will Be Happening Next Year at TV Land and Comedy Central

December 12, 2014
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Next year. pic.twitter.com/rdqlRQkKs3

— Jim Gaffigan (@JimGaffigan)

December 12, 2014

In another case where broadcast networks let a huge comedy star and their show go to cable, Jim Gaffigan got a series order for The Jim Gaffigan Show at TV Land and Comedy Central a few months ago. 

Given the nature of how unstable TV is these days, you can never be too sure (like Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt that was already ordered as a series by NBC then sold to Netflix) if anything is going to make it on air until it actually makes it on air.

However, Gaffigan tweeting about his show, complete with a title card where he’s attempting to deal with his kids, happening next year both at TV Land and Comedy Central is most reassuring.

Stephen Colbert Interviews Smaug The Dragon on The Colbert Report

December 12, 2014
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There’s only a few more episodes of The Colbert Report left and they’re not sparing any expenses before Steve goes off to The Late Show. They already went to Washington D.C. and had Barack Obama as a guest this week and they capped the week off with inviting Smaug The Dragon from The Hobbit trilogy to chat with Stephen Colbert.

Watch it all happen here and wonder how long the flight, even for a dragon, was from Middle Earth to Manhattan. 

“Nick Offerman: American Ham” Now on Netflix

December 12, 2014
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Whether it’s because it’s raining today in LA or that it’s Friday and the weekend has started for you or the fact that Nick Offerman’s comedy special just hit Netflix, all the reasons to go watch Nick Offerman: American Ham directed by the fantastic Jordan Vogt-Roberts right this moment are completely valid.

So, go watch right now and maybe even order one of his wood emojis while you’re at it.

Mo Mandel Reveals What It’s Like Performing with Julio Iglesias

December 12, 2014
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Mo Mandel returns to Conan for a third time and tells us all about one of his favorite gigs of all time, opening for Julio Iglesias, which has less to do with the music and more with “antics”. 

Watch the story and Mandel’s latest set here.

LA Comedy Rundown 12/12/14

December 12, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
Sara Schaefer & Brooke Van Poppelen @ Oh My Ribs! Entertainment Tues. Dec. 16th 8PM $7
Naked Comedy Toys For Tots Charity Show @ Hollywood Improv Sun. Dec. 21st 9:30PM RSVP and bring 1 unwrapped, unopened toy (no toy weapons or food) OR $10/2 item min.

COMEDY CRAWL
Brand New Ball @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Seems Legit @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Dazed and Confused @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Best of Quick & Funny Musicals @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $10
Rudy Casoni: The Chrismas Shitbird Sings His Songs From His XXX-Mas Record S’No Balls @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Jamie Kaler @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $20
Tony Baker @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Chinatown Bust @ The LOFT Ensemble 8PM $10
Bitchface @ Jones Coffee 8:30PM $5
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TruTV Taking Submissions on Tumblr for Unscripted Comedy Series For Their Big Deal Contest

December 12, 2014
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Taking some cues from Amazon, the newly rebranded TruTV has teamed up with Tumblr to find their next unscripted comedy series.

The Big Deal Contest is taking on 2-3 min. video submissions for an unscripted comedy that include a 1-page treatment featuring likable, authentic characters.

TruTV is currently taking submissions all the way until Jan. 8th, 2015 and will announce two winners later that month.

Get more details and enter here.

Here Are the Comedy Nominees for 2015 Golden Globes

December 12, 2014
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As we said earlier today, we’re in the thick of awards seasons with nominations rolling in from all sides. The SAG Awards nominees were announced this week and just this morning, the announcement for the nominees of The 2015 Golden Globes was made.

Looking over the HFPA’s list of their favorites this year, It seems as if The Grand Budapest Hotel was straddling a lot of awards deadlines getting nominated in several awards last year and still gaining a lot of attention this year with four Golden Globe nominations. Birdman continues to get its due as comedy’s frontrunner for awards this season with 7 nominations and Transparent is starting its inevitable run for getting honors on the TV side with two.

You can see the rest of the comedy nominees below (Note: due to the HFPA’s insistence on genre category juxtaposition-i.e. “Musical or Comedy”-as well as the overall lack of comedy in general categories, we omitted listing certain nominees as they aren’t comedies)

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St. Vincent
Pride

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Julianne Moore-Maps To The Stars
Amy Adams-Big Eyes
Helen Mirren-100 Foot Journey

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Michael Keaton-Birdman
Bill Murray-St. Vincent
Ralph Fiennes-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cristoph Waltz-Big Eyes
Joaquin Phoenix-Inherent Vice

Best Animated Feature Film
The LEGO Movie
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls

Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure (Turist)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Emma Stone-Birdman

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Edward Norton-Birdman

Best Director-Motion Picture
Alejandro González Iñárritu-Birdman
Wes Anderson-The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Screenplay-Motion Picture
Wes Anderson-The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo-Birdman

Best Original Score
Antonio Sanchez-Birdman

Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Orange Is The New Black
Girls
Jane The Virgin
Transparent
Silicon Valley

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Veep
Edie Falco-Nurse Jackie
Gina Rodriguez-Jane The Virgin
Lena Dunham-Girls
Taylor Schilling-Orange Is The New Black

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy
Don Cheadle-House of Lies
William H. Macy-Shameless
Ricky Gervais-Derek
Jeffrey Tambor-Transparent
Louis C.K.-Louie

You can see the full list of 2015 Golden Globes nominees here and watch the ceremony on Jan. 11th, 2015 on NBC.

Hasan Minhaj on CIA Torture Report on The Daily Show

December 12, 2014
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Hasan Minhaj makes his latest appearance on The Daily Show as the “Senior Senate Intelligence Report Correspondent” to remark on the recently released CIA Torture Report. 

Minhaj makes an “awesome” case, albeit a paradoxical one, for us to not feel so down on ourselves as a nation. Watch it here. 

Daniel Van Kirk Becomes Chili’s New Spokesperson Off of Sklarbro Country Twitter Campaign

December 11, 2014
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Daniel Van Kirk has never been coy about his love of Chili’s. He mentions it all the time on The Sklar Brothers’ Sklarbro Country to the point where listeners of the podcast were urged and followed through with a Twitter campaign to get Van Kirk to be the new spokesperson for Chili’s.

Just check out the thousands of tweets for the hashtag #DVK4Chilis to see what we’re talking about. 

So now, Daniel Van Kirk has indeed been made into a Chili’s spokesperson and will be even taking over their Twitter account tomorrow Dec. 12th at 1PM PST.

From the guy who does a myriad of amazing characters on so many of your favorite podcasts, the best impression of Mark Wahlberg and web series DVK, perhaps Old Navy has a new rival for funniest spokesperson.

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