After “The Minority Report” has been renamed “The Nightly Show”, it has now gotten an official premiere date of Mon. Jan. 19th at 11:30PM following The Daily Show.
Thus, the changing of the late night guard in 2015 begins with Larry Wilmore in mid January, then James Corden following on The Late Late Show set for Mar. 9th, and then Stephen Colbert at The Late Show at a TBD date.
When Jerry Seinfeld was going to have Bill Burr on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, it was probably clear what car he was going to drive Bill around in the moment he thought of bringing Bill on as a guest.
So, Seinfeld drives Bill around LA in a classic muscle car, a Ford Mustang Boss 302, and they have coffee, talk about the quiet rage of Seinfeld, and smoke cigars in the daytime.
Watch all of that here in the latest episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Renowned rappers Killer Mike and Action Bronson got a chance to duke it out in a rap battle on The Eric Andre Show. However, they had to do so while running on treadmills.
Watch and enjoy over and over right here.
(via Deadline)
At 92 years old, the legendary Norman Lear may be bringing his transformative sitcom “All in the Family” back to television.
While being interviewed by Netflix’s Ted Sarandos, he revealed that he has toyed with the idea that a reboot of the show might center on a Latino family this time around. In fact, it was Sony Pictures TV that was asking about possibility of this All in the Family reboot happening with Lear.
While there are no more details as to how and when this would all happen if it were to even happen (Lear seemed to be leaning towards not making much more than conjecture), the thought of All in the Family and Norman Lear mixing in with the current crop of family sitcoms is an enticing one. Maybe he’ll talk about this a little more when he’s on Letterman tonight.
ON THE HORIZON
Thanksgiving Feast Show @ UCB Franklin Wed. Nov. 26th 8PM $5
Jackie Kashian @ Flappers Burbank Fri. Nov. 28th & Sat. Nov. 29th 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Play by Play @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
ANIMATION BREAKDOWN 2014: David Silverman’s Cartoon Favorites @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $12
Ronna & Beverly LIVE podcast @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $10
Set List @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Re-Animator The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $25/$12.50 w/Goldstar
Ron Funches & His Ladies @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
UnCabaret: Noir-vember @ Skirball Cultural Center 8PM $15
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Last Book Review @ The Last Bookstore 8:30PM FREE
Whatever @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 9PM $5
Gangbusters @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/First come, first served/must improvise set of never before seen provided set list/No purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 5:45PM/Lottery/20 spots only/3 min./No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5;30PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/Hosted by Megan Koester & Alison Stevenson
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 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
We reported recently that Key & Peele director Peter Atencio has wrapped his last season on the show. In the four seasons at the helm, Atencio says that this sketch might be one of his favorites out of everything he’s done on the show.
Just watch it and you might agree with him.
Whether you believe it or not, we are all on the verge of a fifth season of Portlandia.
Come Thursday, Jan. 8th at 10PM on IFC, this latest season will premiere and “Jeff Goldblum, Kumail Nanjiani, Ed Begley Jr. and Mayor for Life Kyle MacLachlan — over the season’s ten episodes, Portlandia will welcome SNL star Vanessa Bayer, Steve Buscemi, Shepard Fairey, Greta Gerwig, Peter Giles, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Anna Gunn, Justin Long, Jane Lynch, Natasha Lyonne, Seth Meyers, Brigitte Nielsen, Parker Posey, Paul Reubens, Paul Simon, Olivia Wilde and Oscar the Grouch."
You’ll get a better idea of what’s in store by watching this fancy, new "epic” trailer.
We shouldn’t really need to say anything beyond the headline. You’re just going to watch Jim Gaffigan do stand-up on The Tonight Show because he’s Jim Gaffigan.
So, without further adieu, here’s his set from last night.
(via Deadline)
For the last year, rumors of a Zoolander 2 being in the works have been floated around. In the 13 years that have passed between the original Zoolander and now, many of us have learned to not hold our breath for the sequel.
However, Will Ferrell saying that a script is in the works and that his character Mugatu is returning gave us hope and, today, learning that Penelope Cruz, who wasn’t in the first movie, has joined the cast gives us even more of that hope to see Derek Zoolander and Blue Steel once more on the big screen.
This now makes us wonder what geopolitical situation are they going to try tie into Zoolander’s world? North Korea? The Middle East?
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Almost a year ago, we wrote a piece about how Conan O’Brien’s remote segments throughout his tenure as a late night host are some of the funniest things to be done on TV and there should be an entire show dedicated to just that. That includes Conan visiting places around the world, dealing with Jordan Schlansky, Clueless Gamer, and more.
Well, it just so turns out that we spoke something into the ether (along with millions of other people most likely) and TBS will air an entire primetime special on Thurs. Dec. 18th at 10PM of the best of these remotes.
We don’t believe in the power of attraction necessarily, but this special happening doesn’t help our case.
(via Oh My Disney)
Disney Pixar’s latest original, non-sequel film, The Good Dinosaur, is coming almost a year to the day from now (more precisely a year and 5 days on Nov. 25th, 2015).
The voices of Neil Patrick Harris, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Frances McDormand, and more will all play out the story of a dinosaur befriending a human. It undoubtedly will, like most of the Disney Pixar canon, make us all laugh and tug at our heart strings.
Just check out the first image of Arlo the Apatosaurus (i.e. “The Good Dinosaur”) above and try to be cold and heartless.
Last night on The Daily Show, the newest correspondent to the best f*cking news team ever, the wonderful Hasan Minhaj, made his very first appearance on the show.
Hasan was in a debate segment regarding treatment of pigs used for meat against Jordan Klepper and brought a great sense of gravitas to contrast Jordan. We cannot wait to see more from Hasan very soon.
(via ABC News)
He’s half of the legendary comedy duo of Nichols and May, director of The Graduate, a rare EGOT winner, and so much more that you probably know or have just seen mentioned today. He, being Mike Nichols, and his body of work spanned throughout comedy and drama and everything in between effortlessly.
We posted this Nichols and May sketch when Elaine May was Awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2012, but we’re posting it again for you to remember the great Mike Nichols who passed away yesterday.
Whenever Jimmy Pardo is on anything, it’s worth watching, listening to, etc. However, it’s especially worth investing time when Jimmy goes from warming up the crowd at Conan to sitting down with his boss Conan O’Brien on camera and have a chat.
This time around, Conan and Pardo hash out Jimmy joining Twitter and the aftermath of all of that.
ON THE HORIZON
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 Sun. Nov. 23rd 9:30PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil Presents: Al Jackson @ Westside Comedy Theater Fri. Dec. 5th 8PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
Double-Barreled @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
John Oliver @ City National Grove of Anaheim 8PM $45
Sit n’ Spin @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Straight White Males @ The Copper Still Bar 8:30PM FREE
Kinda Sketchy Comedy Show @ Hyperion Tavern 8:30PM FREE
Fresh Out: Stand-Up Comedy @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Set List at The Studio Sessiosn @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
The Reckoning @ iO West 10PM $10
OPEN MIC RUN
THE COMEDY STORE PATIO 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Josh Martin
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./First come, first served/25 spots only/counts as audition/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery/Hosted by Sara Mostajabi
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./Lottery
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Nick Costas
VILLA CATRINIA 251 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/Only 20 spots available/5 min./Hosted by Paula Johnson
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alibi-Open-Mic-at-the-Hotel-Hollywood/545741885530183 for more info and to sign up/First 23 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Starts 7PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by Paco McCauley & Evan Kessler
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min.
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/Starts 7:30PM/10 spots/Lottery/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Scott Luhrs
THE BALL ROOM 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/5-8 min./First come, first served/Hosted by Israel Carrasco/No purchase necessary
THE CHATTERBOX 934 N. Citrus Ave., Covina, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Steve Hernandez & Ellie McElvain
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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
IT’S A GRIND 247 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Logan Guntzelman & Rachel Maczuzak
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
In order to avoid “brand confusion”, Comedy Central’s replacement for The Colbert Report will no longer called The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore.
Rather, it will now be called The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, which is fitting in the sense that it’s following The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and preceding @midnight with Chris Hardwick,
The “brand confusion” supposedly refers to having the show be more about underdogs as opposed to just minorities. However, it also clears up any confusion it would have with Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report from 2002.
There have been a number of iterations of a JASH variety show now known as Rubberhead over the last year including the period of time it was a show for XBox.
After jumping through, in, and out of hoops, JASH’s Rubberhead with Sarah Silverman as the host is now available to watch for $5 over at Vimeo.
There is a trailer that would you give sort of an idea of what’s going on in the show (appearances from Todd Glass, Natasha Leggero, Nathan Fielder, Shelby Fero, and way more for starters), but there’s also a very NSFW (and we really stress that this time) sketch “Cops Cum Dicks and Flying” starring Silverman and Seth Rogen that gives you an even better idea of how crazy and funny Rubberhead is.
(via The Washington Post)
While The Colbert Report comes to a close on Dec. 18th, you’ll have a chance to see Stephen Colbert host once more not too long after that. Of course, Colbert is set to take over The Late Show, but he’s also now going to host the annual Kennedy Center Honors set to broadcast on Dec. 30th on CBS after taping on Dec. 7th.
Lily Tomlin and Tom Hanks are among the honorees and will undoubtedly be fun to see next to or around Colbert, post-Colbert Report.
Since Jules Winfield suggested that he was going to simply walk the earth in Pulp Fiction 20 years ago, we’ve always wondered what a living person like that would actually be like.
Well, comedian Glenn Wool just happens to be such a person that has traded a home for doing comedy all over the world, wherever he can. Also, you should note that you have to be one hell of a comedian that walks the earth from gig to gig and Wool definitely fits the bill.
Get his brand new album out from Stand Up! Records "No Land’s Man“ (incidentally the same title as Aasif Mandvi’s new book that you should also get) and you’ll see why we say that. Here’s a clip to give you a bit of preview.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Well, that didn’t take long.
Earlier today, Netflix postponed their plans to release Bill Cosby 77 due to the rape allegations that are now coming out of the woodwork left and right, and now NBC is following suit by tossing the untitled series project that they were developing with Bill Cosby.
Currently, Cosby has tour dates lined-up through May 2015 as well as three appearances in documentaries according to his IMDB profile. Again, we wouldn’t be surprised if all of these got nixed/postponed too.
The Baltimore Media Blog has reported a sighting of Hugh Laurie on the set of HBO’s Veep dressed very much in the mileu of Veep.
We can only hope that not only that Laurie has indeed returned to a pure, full on comedy after all those years of A Little Bit of Fry and Laurie as well as Blackadder, but that he would be on the show for a long arc, if he doesn’t get a spot as a cast regular. It would be one great thing that would have happened today in the world of comedy.
Conan O’Brien and one of his associate producers Jordan Schlansky have gone on many “delightful” escapades over the years.
Conan dealing with Jordan in going coffee tasting at Intelligentsia in Silverlake is yet another example of how funny two people getting on each other’s nerves can really be.
(via Deadline)
Netflix has apparently felt enough of the heat for Bill Cosby’s increasing number of rapist allegations. They had scheduled the release of his latest comedy special “Bill Cosby 77” for Nov. 28th, but have indefinitely postponed releasing it in light of more allegations, including one from model Janice Dickinson, just in the past few days.
Netflix hasn’t permanently nixed the special and NBC hasn’t cancelled their project with Cosby, but it would come as no surprise if both those things happened soon.
While Cosby has still maintained silence on all of this, save for some dismissive statements from his lawyers, many people feelings are probably in line with this tweet from Patton Oswalt:
You were the first reason I wanted to do comedy. I’ll always marvel at your genius onstage. But here’s where we say goodbye, Bill Cosby.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 19, 2014
ON THE HORIZON
Don’t Stop or We’ll Die @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
Warp Zone Comedy 2 Year Anniversary @ The Virgil 9:30PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/7:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Not Safe For Work @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
Pints & Puns @ Angel City Brewery 8PM FREE
The Super Serious Show with Paul F. Tompkins @ Caviar LA 8PM FREE w/RSVP (RSVP full)
Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Julian McCullough @ Irvine Improv 8PM $10/2 item min.
American Town Hall @ The Copper Still Bar 8:30PM
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
Backyard… a comedy show @ The Backyard 8:30PM FREE
Lush Hour One Year Anniversary @ Melody Lounge 9PM FREE
The Down Low Comedy Show @ 55 Degree Wine 9PM $5
Facebook @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Extra Credit @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
Lip Service @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $5
Big Grande’s Freaks on a Leash @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
THE COMEDY STORE PATIO 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Josh Martin
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./No purchase necessary
ICE HOUSE STAGE 2 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/4 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
SAL COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
CORK’S LOUNGE 5043 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Danielle Arce
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served./1 item min.
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser
PHO KING DELICIOUS 9350 Corbin Ave., Northridge, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by David Relyea
OPEN MICHELLE @ WILDE THISTLE 3456 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Female performers only/5-7 min./One item min.
THE GRANDVIEW MARKET 12210 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/Mixed mic/4 min. for comics/1 song musicians/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Monika Scott and Morgan Jay
ZOEY’S CAFE 185 E. Santa Clara, Ventura, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/10 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Samantha Ross
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/mixed mic
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM w/one drink min./Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
THE OYSTER HOUSE 12446 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA/Starts 10PM/Ends 1AM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Gary Carver
THE WINCHESTER ROOM 6522 San Fernando Rd., Glendale, CA/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/7 min./Hosted by Anthony Mojica and Nikki Wantz
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/4 min. or 2 short songs/First come, first served/One item min./Hosted by Adam Feuerberg and Tim Delone
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 11:30PM after booked show/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Geoffrey Feldman
HOUSE OF TACOS 5616 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
O’HARA’S BAR 1000 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Justin Williams
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are teaming up again in the Paramount comedy “Daddy’s Home” and have very smartly added Hannibal Buress to the cast.
Whether it be on Broad City or in Neighbors or in Kings of Summer, Hannibal has crushed his guest starring roles thus far. Naturally, we can’t wait to see what will be quoting non-stop from him after seeing in this movie.