(via The Hollywood Reporter)
We’re glad to see the TV ecosystem act properly and giving more guest starring roles to Billy Eichner.
A guest starring role on New Girl coming up as an annoyed airline employee is exactly what should be happening for Eichner. We’re sure Billy screaming at an airport will be that episode’s highlight.
Richard Ayoade, director of Submarine and The Double, has just released a book, Ayoade on Ayoade.
It contains several interviews of the director, which is a sort of book that has become commonplace in the cinematic canon. However, they are interviews conducted by Ayoade himself of, as the title suggests, himself.
On top of that a description of the book says, “Over ten brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines himself fully and without mercy, leading a breathless investigation into this once-in-a-generation visionary”.
So, naturally, we’re on board for this ride that Ayoade is taking us on of himself. Get a copy of Ayoade on Ayoade here.
Every time Bill Murray comes on to The Late Show with David Letterman, it’s a pretty magical time.
Whether he’s merely telling true stories or thinking up of who should be in the female reboot of The Ghostbusters or “training for a marathon” or getting back from George Clooney’s wedding, Bill and Dave have some damn good fun.
Hopefully, Bill’s on a few more times before Dave leaves The Late Show.
(via The Wrap)
Saturday Night Live’s Chris Kelly is making a huge step forward with not only moving up to the director’s seat, but making his directorial debut one of a film following a gay SNL writer having to go home to take care of his ill mother and take care of other personal issues.
Jesse Plemons and Sissy Spacek are set to star in this film Other People. We’re not sure to what extent SNL is going to play into the movie, but this might be up the alley of all those still missing Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.
At the beginning of the year, Arsenio Hall was still on the air and Eric Andre was one of the guests and announced that Adult Swim was going to do a 3rd season of The Eric Andre Show.
Well, the date as to when the most awesomely chaotic late night talk show returns for a third go around is finally here. Andre tweeted out that season 3 will premiere Sun. Nov. 16th at 12:15AM.
You’ve been notified, so you have ample time to prepare for whatever Eric’s got in store for us.
ON THE HORIZON
The Imaginary Radio Program @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Oct. 28th 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Ron Funches @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Double-Barreled @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Garfunkel & Oates @ Avalon Hollywood 8PM $41.50
Straight White Males @ Club Fais Do-Do 8PM $5
Bright Colors and Bold Patterns by Drew Droege @ VS Theatre 8PM $15
Henry Philips 1 Hr. Special Taping @ Lyric Theater 8PM (stand by only)/10PM $8
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Bee Funny: Standup + Spelling Bee @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
The Night of Our Lives @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
One! @ Groundlings 10PM $10/$5 w/Goldstar
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/First come, first served/15 spots only/5 min./$3
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
THE MAN CAVE 3575 Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/5 min./Mixed mic/Hosted by Tahir Moore
COMIC BOOK HIDEOUT 215 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 9PM after booked show/Hosted by Danny Busch
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 Variety)
Paul Feig’s Other Space, his upcoming Yahoo series, is starting to shape up as it’s gathered up a great cast in Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu from a famous comedy series set in space, Mystery Science Theater 3000, in addition to a great bunch in Eugene Cordero, Neil Casey, Milana Vayntrub, Conor Leslie, Bess Rous, and Karen Soni.
Feig is going to delve into what it would be like if man explored most of the universe is the type, which leaves plenty of room for echoes of Undeclared and Freaks and Geeks.
We’re absolutely looking forward to this when it comes around next year.
It’s about time that one of the best awards show hosts in the business, Neil Patrick Harris, gets a crack at The Oscars.
Not only is it a perfect choice with all his ability to sing, dance, be funny, and poised, that might leave all those live-tweeting wanting to not be snarky, but, apparently, it’s been on his bucket list for quite some time now.
This year, Zach Galifianakis has covered quite a range going from doing an episode of his meta talk show Between Two Ferns with President Barack Obama to the upcoming, highly anticipated dark comedy Birdman from Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Zach gave a great inside look to both of those experiences during his interview at The Daily Show last night. Watch it here and beware if you’re a fan of Arby’s.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
FX’s latest addition to their development slate, they’ve picked up a script from comedians Tone Bell and Mark Agee for a sitcom following four guys from different backgrounds trying to live in peace.
There isn’t any word whether this would head towards FX or FXx or whether it’ll be single camera or multi-cam (with this premise, either could work), but we’re glad to hear that Bell and Agee have their own project possibly coming up for pilot season.
Metal Grasshopper is the latest thing with the amazing Dave Hill in it that you need to watch as soon as you get a chance.
Hill, wanting to be the baddest baddie in heavy metal, he looks to be a disciple of metal icon Philip H. Anselmo and the web series Metal Grasshopper ensues.
Also, please note that Dave Hill can shred on a guitar and be simultaneously hilarious.
Robin Thede, writer for Chris Rock at this year’s BET Awards and The Queen Latifah Show, has just landed the head writing gig at The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore.
Former Daily Show showrunner Rory Albanese and Larry Wilmore himself will be executive producing the show.
Now that all of this set, hopefully, we’ll get some sort of idea of the format of The Minority Report.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Many a friend, family member, etc. has begged other friends and family members for their HBO GO password over the last couple of years as HBO currently doesn’t not offer HBO GO by itself. In order to watch as much Veep, Girls, Silicon Valley, and, very soon, The Comeback whenever one pleased, one had to have an HBO subscription.
Well, that’s all changing as, sometime in 2015, HBO has just announced that they will indeed have that stand alone service that will go toe-to-toe with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and more.
With a veritable stand alone HBO GO, we’re not sure how anyone is going to get anything done anymore other than the people that make those shows.
Last year, Dan St. Germain did stand-up on Conan for the first time without a shirt and tie and it was pretty great.
For this second appearance on Conan, Dan donned an entire suit and absolutely made sure to comment how it doesn’t necessarily fit his particular brand joie de vivre and it went even better.
ON THE HORIZON
Garfunkel & Oates @ Avalon Hollywood Thurs. Oct. 16th 8PM $41.50
Schtick or Treat @ Taix Sun. Oct. 26th 9:45PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/7:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery 8PM $20 (4 ticket limit per customer)
Not Safe For Work @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
The Super Serious Show @ The Virgil 8PM $7 in adv., $10 at door
Brian Finkelstein’s First Day Off in a Long Time @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $12
Comedy Underground with Dave Attell @ The Comedy Store 8PM $20/2 item min. (stand by only)
Jermaine Fowler @ Irvine Improv 8PM $10/2 item min.
Weiscrack @ Continental Kitchen 8:30PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Extra Credit @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
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/For spot 7PM-8:30PM must sign up in advance at jaketaveren@monkeyheadconcepts.biz/For spots 8:30PM-10PM sign-up at venue before pre-booked show/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Danielle Arce
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser
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
JON LOVITZ COMEDY CLUB 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/3-5 min./1 drink min./$3 valet parking w/validation or take free tram from bottom of hill (Lankershim Blvd. x Universal Hollywood Dr.)/Hosted by Aaron Harvey
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
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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served./1 item min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 11PM/Lottery/5 min./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
If you live in LA, you’ve probably driven past the new Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and Training Center on Sunset Blvd. several times, wondering when it’s going to open.
Actually, you can go in right now as there’s a cafe called Inner Sanctum that’s been open for around a week already. However, according to LA Weekly’s interview with Matt Besser, the grand opening, complete with live performances will be on Nov. 1st.
We’re excited for this space and what it has to offer as, just from the naked eye, it looks bigger than the UCB Theatre on Franklin and it’s not that far at all from there either (5 min. drive). Also, this is only part of a new wave of comedy specific performance spaces that are just now opening throughout LA like The Clubhouse.
We’ll be sure to tell you when UCB Sunset’s schedule is up.
From across the Pacific, acclaimed Japanese director Sion Sono is bringing what looks to be a damn fun meta bloodbath of a film in Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
The films follows a rag tag film crew that gets to shoot a film around an “actual” Yakuza showdown.
Not hooked? Just watch the trailer and you’ll be sure to check your local theater on Nov. 7th to see if it’s playing.
If you had to pick a single episode to watch of Saturday Night Live thus far from this season to watch and could only watch that one, the upcoming episode on Nov. 1st might be the one that you would want to pick.
Former SNL cast member and renowned comedian, director, writer, actor, Chris Rock is hosting along with legendary recording artist Prince as the musical guest almost three weeks from now.
If you’re not marking this down on your calendar, then we don’t know what to do with you.
In case you haven’t heard, Stephen Colbert is set to leave The Colbert Show after almost a decade at the end of 2014 in order to replace David Letterman at The Late Show.
In fact, there’s only 32 episodes left of The Colbert Report as was announced last night by Stephen himself. They should all be a doozy or, as he says, “instant classics”.
So, on the final episode, you guess is as good is ours as to what might happen. We’re guessing something in the realm of the Colbert going to switch out his glasses, perhaps take off a espionage grade latex mask off his own face to signal the end of the “character” Stephen Colbert.
Andrew Orvedahl, 1/3 of the amazing Grawlix out of Denver, just made his very first TV appearance last night, on The Tonight Show no less.
We’re sure after a great stand-up set like this, that there will be more late night sets coming for Andrew and perhaps a residual check from companies that manufacture drinking flasks everywhere.
(via The Guardian)
With several movies already planned in the expansion of the film universe of LEGO, LEGO has now added a TV series on to that development slate.
There are plans now to make a reality TV style series that would track the lives of Master Builders, the LEGO characters that can supposedly build anything that they can imagine with whatever LEGO bricks they have around them.
We’re curious how to see all these sequels and especially this TV series will compare to how good the original LEGO Movie was considering that Phil Lord and Chris Miller aren’t directing every single one of these projects.
Adult Swim revealed a trailer for the highly mysterious, but intriguing Mike Tyson Mysteries at Comic Con earlier this year.
So, it’s only fitting that their next trailer came out at NY Comic Con last week.
Yes, to answer your question, there’s more wonderfully juxtaposed absurdity in addition to Norm MacDonald voicing a pigeon.
There won’t be a flurry of comedy albums/books/etc. coming out this week to snatch up like there was 7 days ago, but that doesn’t mean you should skip out at all on getting Jared Logan’s album My Brave Battle.
It’s Logan’s very first album and out from the good folks at AST Records and you can get a taste of it here. After that, do pick it up on iTunes or get an actual CD.
ON THE HORIZON
The Improvised Shakespeare Company @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Mon. Oct. 27th 8PM $30
Y2K Preparedness Meeting @ Northland Village Church Tues. Nov. 11th 8PM $12 in adv., $15 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
The Harvey Show! @ Nerdmelt Showroom 6PM FREE
Doug Loves Movies @ UCB Theatre 7PM FREE
Performance Anxiety @ The Pleasure Chest 8PM $7
Bright Colors & Bold Patterns by Drew Droege @ VS Theatre 8PM $15
Marc Maron @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $8
Peter Mehlman and Richard Kramer in Conversation @ Skirball Cultural Center 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Glendalia @ The Complex 8:30PM FREE
Blamblamblam!!! @ R-Bar 9PM FREE
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
An Evening with Tommy Johnagin @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $5
Roast Battle @ Comedy Store Belly Room MIDNIGHT FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Steve Hernandez and Paul Laier
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 5:45PM/Lottery/20 spots available
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
BERLIN CURRYWURST 1620 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/5 min. w/o drink/7 min. w/drink/Hosted by Sally Courtois
THE OTHER DOOR 10437 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/To get a booked spot, email mouthypants@gmail.com by Monday at 5 PM/20 names will be chosen at random/Sign-up for 20 lottery spots starts at 7:30 at the show/Go to facebook.com/mouthypantscomedy for more details
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’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
KIBITZ ROOM @ CANTER’S 419 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/Lottery/6 min. w/$5 purchase, 3 min./without/Hosted by Burt Teplitzky and Danny McDermott
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/5 min.
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-7min.
33 TAPS 6263 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/First come, first served/4-6 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Doug Dixon and April O’Connor
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM after booked show/Lottery
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min.
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Brian Moses and Rell Battle
VOILA ART GALLERY 518 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT/Follows booked show/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
(via Deadline)
Following Mad Men, many have pondered what Christina Hendricks next role would be. It seems that she’ll take after her co-stars Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss and more who have taken on more comedic roles outside of AMC.
Hendricks has just joined the cast of the faux reality show set in the 1900s Another Period coming to Comedy Central making a perfect addition to stars Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome.
We have no doubt that there will be side-by-side .gifs of Joan Holloway and Hendricks character on Another Period and what they would potentially think of each other.