Kenny and Keith Lucas, better known as The Lucas Brothers, are having quite a week as the sketch show they star in, Friends of The People, premiered on truTV and, last night, they got to perform stand-up on The Tonight Show.
Watch their set and also learn an interesting fact about Space Jam we bet that you didn’t know here.
As of late, the best episodes of Saturday Night Live seem to come around when they have a host that has such a strong voice comedically and in many different disciplines (i.e. writing, stand-up, acting, directing). Both times Louis C.K. has hosted, for example, have been pretty great.
We think that Chris Rock might have a similar result having acted on Broadway, produced TV shows, and made his own highly anticipated movies like Top Five in returning to the SNL stage tonight as the host, so you should check it out at 11:30PM on NBC.
Also, it’s another rare chance to get to watch Prince perform live.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Viacom has opted to increase their offerings with Hulu and in doing so has given them streaming rights for The Ren & Stimpy Show, Hey Arnold!, Key & Peele, Drunk History, Ridiculousness, Tosh.0, Kroll Show and Inside Amy Schumer.
Hopefully this month, episodes will start popping up on Hulu and you can binge watch away.
It’s officially the first day of November as well as the day after Halloween as well as Saturday morning and we think it’s a pretty great way to start all of that with Brian Regan’s appearance on Letterman from last night.
There’s a stand-up set as well as his bit part in Chris Rock’s upcoming movie Top Five.
(Just so you know, watching Brian Regan is good start to pretty much any day.)
ON THE HORIZON
Backyard… A Comedy Show @ The Backyard Wed. Nov. 5th 8:30PM FREE
Nikki Glaser @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Nov. 14th 10PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Jimmy Pardo Hosting Charity Auction @ Amoeba Records 4PM FREE
Baby Talk with Dan Levy @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Bobcat Goldthwait @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $20/2 item min.
Jerry Rocha @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
An Evening with Dylan Brody @ Beyond Baroque 7:30PM $20
Detroit Party, A Benefit @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $40
Fresh Fish Variety Hour @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Greg Fitzsimmons @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
Ithamar Has Nothing to Say @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10/$5 w/Goldstar
Karen Rontowski @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Re-Animator The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $25/$12.50 w/Goldstar
Surprise w/Rob & Sofiya Present 2nd Annual Freakshow in Echo Park 9PM $5
The Wheel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Higgs Weldon @ Neon Venus Art Theatre 9:30PM FREE
Ugh… A Comedy Show @ Neon Venus Art Theatre 11PM $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch Presents Tomorrow! Tonight @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 2PM/Ends 4PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Trina Roderick
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/First come, first served/5-10 min./Hosted by Marty Wurst and Jeanne Whitney
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOOHOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 4:30PM/First come, first served
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/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Kasey Koop and Jenny Young
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 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 BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
This January, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will have taken the stage at The Golden Globes as the evening’s host for the third time. According to Poehler in a recent interview on The Today Show, she’s leaning towards the idea of it be the duo’s last go around for the gig as she’s worried that it might be going “downhill” if she continues.
The two have been the best hosts of an awards show in quite some time and it would be sad for them to stop. Still, just because she and Tina won’t host The Golden Globes again, doesn’t mean they couldn’t host any number of other awards shows including The Oscars, Emmys, MTV Movie Awards, etc. etc.
Let’s hope that happens.
Jon Stewart’s directorial debut Rosewater would be remiss without some sort of event attached to the movie’s premiere.
Luck would have that on Nov. 13th at 7:30PM EST (and tape delay for 7:30PM MT/CT/PST), Stewart will be chatting with his satirical news program cohort Stephen Colbert and it will be broadcast into theaters via Fathom Events.
While Rosewater isn’t at all a comedy, we’re sure that Stewart and Colbert in conversation will be a whole lot of fun, perhaps reminiscent of John Mulaney recently interviewing Dan Mintz.
The line between watching a web series online and watching your favorite TV show online is continuing to blur. Of course, you probably knew that having binged watched any number of hit TV series online as well as watch a run of a successful web series like This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.
Knowing this, Warner Bros. has launched into the realm of content online with a division that will be called Blue Ribbon Content (H/T The Hollywood Reporter) that will feature such things like a series from the creators of Mike Tyson Mysteries centered on bad TED Talks. It’s appropriately called RejecTED.
Paramount is continuing their path of great, bizarre parody web parodies like Burning Love with Beef featuring Christopher Meloni as a sort-of-daytime-TV-judge that hears people’s “beefs” in the butcher shop that he owns. If you think it might be as awesome as it sounds, the trailer will not disappoint (cast and guest stars include Michael Ian Black, James Pumphrey, Joe Lo Truglio, Angela Trimbur, Betsy Sodaro, Beck Bennett, Michael Cera, FYI). Beef is set for a release in just over a week on Nov. 11th.
So, basically we’re saying get ready for all of this.
The NY Times is now expanding their profiles of comedians to actual video segments that delve deeper into the relevance of an individual comedian’s work, specifically in regards to race and ethnicity.
The new web series “Off Color Comedy” will feature funny people such as, in their first episode, Hari Kondabolu and how they touch on issues surrounding one’s race, ethnicity, culture, and more and make it funny like he does in his latest album Waiting For 2042.
(via Deadline)
Two weeks ago, Stephen Colbert announced that they were 32 episodes left of The Colbert Report. Unless we’re miscounting a pre-empted episode we forgot about, that means there are 24 more episodes at Comedy Central left as of the post being written.
More specifically though, The Colbert Report and the character Stephen Colbert plays on the show will retire on Dec. 18th in order to take over for Letterman next year. So, mark your calendars.
Hopefully, something involving a fight for power with Jon Stewart will be involved when that happens.
(via Deadline)
E! has just extended Joel McHale’s contract to be the host of The Soup through 2016, which might have a little bit to do with the McHale so readily shooting down the idea of him replacing Craig Ferguson at The Late Late Show all those months ago.
With Community returning on Yahoo as well, McHale will definitely get to have fun continuing to have his cast mates on The Soup.
If you’re like us and obsessively checking show listings and postings, you might have noted that the UCB website has gotten a makeover recently, specifically the addition of a brand new calendar page for the brand new UCB Sunset.
They’ve got a plethora of comedy goodness coming your way for November including ASSSSCAT, Feral Audio Live, The Wahlberg Solution, The Midnight Show, Church, Lady to Lady LIVE, A Josh Fadem Show, and way more.
This may be redundant to say, but make sure to bookmark this.
ON THE HORIZON
Dan Telfer Album Recording for AST Records @ Nerdmelt Showroom Sat. Nov. 15th 9PM FREE w/RSVP
Brent Weinbach @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Nov. 29th 10PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Mystery Mansion Murder-prov! @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
The Lego Movie @ Aero Theatre 7:30PM $11
Bobcat Goldthwait @ Irvine Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
Re-Animator: The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $25/$12.50 w/Goldstar
Jerry Rocha @ Flappers Claremont 9:30PM $20
Karen Rontowski @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/$10 w/Goldstar + 2 item min.
The Tulsa Skull Swingers @ R-Bar 10PM $5
The UCB Psycho-Billy Gore Circus @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
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
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
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
BOB’S ESPRESSO 5251 N. Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/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.
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
(via Variety)
When you have an incredibly successful day time talk show, are a beloved actress and comedian, a winner of The Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and more, what is left for someone like Ellen DeGeneres to accomplish?
Launching her own version of YouTube is apparently on that list.
So, Ellentube will be her own exclusive video platform that will post content from her show and otherwise as well as inviting users to submit their own videos that could be featured on the air on Ellen.
Though it was just launched, Ellentube might end up being an intriguing contrast of the same model from Funny or Die, originally launched by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
Andy Peters has been, for a long time, one of our favorite comedians to watch around LA and we’re so thrilled that you’ll all get a chance to soon to experience the same fast and loose wonder that we’ve got to enjoy time and time again on Peters’ debut album “!?” (note that it does not read interrobang, but rather “Exclamation Mark Question Point”).
!? is on pre-order from AST Records now and comes out Nov. 11th and we highly recommend grabbing it and listening to it repeatedly.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
After nicely delving into the dramatic with films like Men, Women, and Children, Jason Reitman is now taking a step into the new territory of the episodic as well as the digital realm.
Hulu has just ordered “Casual” from Reitman who is set to produce and partially direct. While there’s a lot of directions that a dysfunctional family comedy with a bachelor brother and a divorced sister can go, we’re sure Reitman will steer it in a good one like he’s done with Up In The Air or Thank You For Smoking.
The comeback of “The Comeback” at HBO is less than two weeks away and many of you still might be wondering how the show was revived after being canceled several years later, just out of the blue.
In doing the rounds on the talk show circuit, Lisa Kudrow revealed on Kimmel that there was a whole younger generation that was into The Comeback that she had no idea was around until the last couple years.
Thus, Nov. 9th 10pm will see the return of The Comeback seemingly thanks to a lot of ardent fans.
(via Uproxx/Pretentious Film Majors)
Season 4 of Arrested Development had to deal with a lot of obstacles, one of them being the shooting schedules of its all star cast of Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Will Arnett, David Cross, Portia De Rossi, Jeffrey Tambor, Alia Shawkat, and Jessica Walter that after season 3 had launched into a multitude of other successful projects. Thus, many scenes in season 4 did not include the entire Bluth family together like season 1-3 and accordingly had a much different feel with many episodes focusing on a different character’s perspective in the same timeline.
Series creator Mitch Hurwitz revealed in an interview that he is now trying to recut season 4 to flow more chronologically smooth, which would presumably resemble more of the original series. However, when we’d see that on Netflix has yet to announced.
Bill Burr, Amy Schumer, Fred Armisen, Kevin Hart, Jimmy Fallon, and more will all be driving and grabbing in coffee in style with one Jerry Seinfeld in the fifth season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Just check out the trailer and watch Fallon be astonished, Burr smoke cigars during the day, and Hart be hesitant about getting in a fast car.
Season 5 of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee premieres Nov. 6th.
Bob Odenkirk is currently on a book tour for his new book A Load of Hooey and if you want a little preview of what you might see at one of the tour stops, just watch Odenkirk do a reading on Conan.
Then make sure you catch Bob reading it around the country including here in Los Angeles at Skylight Books tonight.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
The Coen Brothers’ Hollywood-set-1950s period comedy “Hail Caesar!” following a “fixer” has drummed up excitement ever since it was first announced.
Taking a cue, perhaps, from the rising trend of announcing release dates years in advance, Hail, Caesar! has just locked a release date for Feb. 5th, 2016.
Fortunately, 2014 is almost over, so it’s closer to a year and a half that we’ll have to wait rather than two years for this.
ON THE HORIZON
Anthony Jeselnik @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Nov. 12th 8:30PM $30
Picture This! Brickleberry Edition @ Nerdmelt Showroom Thurs. Nov. 13th 7PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
All Things Comedy Podcast LIVE @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Bob Odenkirk “A Load of Hooey” Book Release @ Skylight Books 7:30PM FREE
Lucha VaVoom-Night of the Vampire @ Mayan Theater 8PM $40
Bobcat Goldthwait @ Irvine Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
Cristela Alonzo @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
VHS 80’s Horror Prom @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Demetri Martin’s Infrequent Show with Uncommon Guests @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
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
LOADED 6377 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:15PM/5 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Joe Basla
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
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Ken Garr/No purchase necessary
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
HI DE HO COMICS 1431 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Lottery/Hosted by Jeff Sewing & Tom Seiniger
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
VOILA ART GALLERY 518 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM/Lottery/3 min./Hosted by Brad Silnutzer and Hunter Hill
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
The confusion and rush of a midterm election can rival that one of a presidential one, you shouldn’t worry about what mudslinging ad campaign you’ll side on this year.
The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are set to air live on Nov. 4th, the fateful day of this latest midterm election to make, at the very least, you laugh and hopefully understand some of what’s happening along with a chat between Jon Stewart and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus.
Also, the aptly titled “Democalypse 2014: America Remembers It Forgot to Vote” and “Midterms ‘014: Detour to Gridlock: An Exciting Thing That I Am Totally Interested In—Wait! Don’t Change the Channel. Look at this Video of a Duckling Following a Cat Dressed Like a Shark Riding a Roomba! ‘014!” should be enough to already make you feel good about the 4th that has no fireworks.
Comedy Central has been killing it on their channel as well as in the digital arena with CC:Studios, but they’ve got two albums line-up for release of their Comedy Central Records label that should make sure they’re doing quite well on that front well.
Come Nov. 4th, Cristela’s Cristela Alonzo will release “Some of the Hits” and the great Nick Vatterott will release “For Amusement Only”. Be sure to grab these up next Tues as we suspect that you won’t regret one bit.
(via Deadline)
It turns out that Project Greenlight is only one of the projects that’s bringing Matt Damon and Ben Affleck back together again.
Fox has just bought a comedy project from 30 Rock writer/producer Colleen McGuinness that will have Damon and Affleck serving as producers. The “supernatural” element here is that a twentysomething woman discovers that she’s telekinetic.
Make whatever “how do you ‘dem apples?” joke you want here, but this should be very intriguing in this upcoming pilot season, especially with all the other high concept comedies currently in development.