Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim team up for a Super Bowl level ad for GE’s Link LED Light Bulb. They present Jeff Goldblum as lavish as he has ever been presented as he shows off this light bulb in a hot tob next to a grand piano.
So, unless you’re tugging at our heart strings with clydesdales and dogs playing together, please let commercials be more like this.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
The Tonight Show is going to take a week and come back to the West Coast next February. Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, and company will first tape an episode in Phoenix right after the Super Bowl on Feb. 1st and will then head to Universal Studios Hollywood from Feb. 2nd-5th for a week of shows here in LA.
Fun fact: While The Tonight Show hasn’t been in LA since Jimmy Fallon took over as the host earlier this year, The Tonight Show hasn’t been on the Universal Studios backlot since The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.
Perhaps, there will be some fun crossover, rivalry bits between Conan and Fallon and Kimmel?
This past Sunday, The Simpsons returned for their 26th season as well as had their highly anticipated crossover episode with Family Guy.
So, The Simpsons made sure that there couch gag on that night would be like nothing we’ve seen before. So they enlisted award winning animator and filmmaker Don Hertzfeldt to make an uber-futuristic couch gag and he did not disappoint.
If you have Hulu Plus, you can watch “The Simpsons Guy” right now and get your fix for meta Simpsons/Family guy jokes all in a few clicks.
(via Variety)
The reboot of the Vacation franchise by New Line was already pretty enticing with Ed Helms as a grown up Rusty Griswold.
Now, Keegan Michael-Key and Regina Hall have gotten added to the cast as the heads of a perfect family in contrast to the oft-dysfunctional Griswolds.
So, this reboot just keeps getting better and better.
ON THE HORIZON
Smartest Man in the World w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch Wed. Oct. 1st 8PM FREE
Little Esther Goes Through Your Stuff @ UCB Theatre Thurs. Oct. 2nd 9:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Doug Loves Movies @ UCB Theatre 7PM FREE
Hari Kondabolu @ The Troubadour 8PM $14
Bay Hilarea @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $10/2 item min.
Comedy Central Showcase @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
Funny or Die Presents Jerrod Carmichael @ The Comedy Store 8PM $8/2 item min.
Good Looks in Arts District 8PM FREE
KCRW’s Unfictional Live @ Mack Sennett Studios 8PM $40
Marc Maron @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $8 (stand by only)
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Can I Kick It? @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
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
DAVE AND BUSTER’S 6081 Center Dr., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/6 min./$2 cover/2 drinks or 1 entree for audience/Hosted by Suhail Khan
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
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
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
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.
VOILA ART GALLERY 518 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT/Follows booked show/No purchase necessary
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Roast battle between 2 comedians at end/Hosted by Brian Moses and Rell Battle
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
The month that Moses Storm had set out to live and breathe in his performance art installation entitled Modern Millennial is almost coming to a close. We got a chance to visit and it does not disappoint in being the wonderfully and comedically self-aware contemporary art exhibit that is lacking in nearly every contemporary art gallery around.
It’s also a great, funny distillation and examination of the idea of being that older generations refer to in disgust as “millennial”.
More people definitely should get a chance to check Modern Millennial out and that’s only going to happen if Moses’ Kickstarter for $500 gets funded by 10PM tomorrow. He’s at $160 as of this post being written.
Please keep #ModernMillennial alive here.
(via Variety)
While in conversation with David Steinberg last night at the Ace Hotel in Downtown LA, Larry David was hounded about the future of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
David already has his upcoming Broadway play Fish in the Dark on his plate and admitted that he isn’t quite sure where he’d take the series, but he’s not closing the door on Curb yet. To Steinberg and the crowd, David commented, “I haven’t given up the hope.”
Though it’s sort of off-brand for HBO, if Curb Your Enthusiasm intended on returning for another season, a crossover episode with The Comeback might be a good starting point.
Though it was made more than a few years ago, James Franco’s in-depth look into what goes into a week at Saturday Night Live in his documentary Saturday Night is finally available to more than a film festival crowd to watch.
You’ll get to take a look at Franco following the real life happenings of all the stories that you hear of SNL players and writers talk about in interviews of no sleep, the boatloads of sketches that don’t make it, and more.
Watch Saturday Night on Hulu Plus here.
For a while, 1107-A El Centro Ave. #110 was the spot for independent improv, sketch, and variety that really let its shows and performers spread their wings as they pleased. That spot was aptly called The Clubhouse, which has now upgraded, thanks to Kickstarter, to a better, safer location at 1607 N. Vermont Ave. with lots of free parking (a premium here in LA, especially in their new neighborhood of Los Feliz).
As you can see from these pictures, the new space has undergone a lot of work and still has a bit more construction to do, but the Fresh Fish Variety Hour is scheduled for a show this Sat. at this new location.
They’ll be in full swing very soon, so be sure to check their calendar for show listings.
The promos for Jerrod Carmichael’s HBO special “Love at the Store” just get better and better. First, he sponsored a Peewee football team, and now he’s taking the opportunity given at a LA City Council hearing for the public to speak on specific issues to get the word out about Love at the Store.
Watch it here and be sure to watch the special on Oct. 4th at 10PM on HBO.
One of our absolute favorites, Tony Sam, is releasing his first comedy album Scaredy Cat from Stand Up! Records on Oct. 7th.
Just check out the awesome cover art above and this free track. After that, we’re sure you’ll get your copy of Scaredy Cat next Tues.
Car-Jumper making its 21st episode, another episode in the little known life of a sign-spinner, and more are all part of the Sept. 2014 edition of Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab‘s Channel 101.
Just in case you weren’t aware of the status of drone strikes and how they’re carried out these days, John Oliver and the crack team at Last Week Tonight not only will fill you in on what the situation is, but present to you, and lighten some tension from what you’ll learn about drones, the funniest drone fail they could find.
ON THE HORIZON
Harmontown Screening + Podcast Recording @ Vista Theater Thurs. Oct. 2nd 7:30PM $20
Re-Animator The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater Fri.-Sun. Oct. 10th-Nov. 2nd $20-$25
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Comedy Central Showcase @ Westside Comedy Theater 7:30PM FREE
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
An Evening with Nate Bargatze @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $5
Kibitz Room Comedy @ Kibitz Room at Canter’s 9PM FREE
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Round 2 @ El Cid 10PM $5
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/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
SARDO’S 259 N. Pass Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:30PM/7 min./First come, first served/15 guaranteed spots/1 drink min.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/End 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3-5 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
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
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./Hosted by Pamela/1 item min.
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
While you’ve probably, off the cuff, in jest, mime sex, you’ve probably have yet to simulate sex like they do in the Air Sex Championship, which tours all around the country. Yes, there’s competitive erotic miming and it’s honestly pretty damn fun.
Well, there’s going to be a documentary coming next year and here’s the trailer for it. It should be no surprise that comedians, like host Chris Trew are really good at this and win often with all that practice of humping stools.
John Mulaney and Paul F. Tompkins have a nice long chat that almost goes 25 min. on Tompkins one-on-one talk show Speakeasy.
So, rather than offer more description and keep you from watching, enjoy two of the funniest people around in conversation here.
While on The Late Show with David Letterman this week, Jerry Seinfeld announced the premiere date of the brand new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Come Nov. 6th, Seinfeld will unveil new episodes with new cars with the likes of Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, and more. An episode of Joan Rivers was planned, but, as you well know, she passed away less than a month ago.
Also, note that this will be the 5th season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, which makes us wonder if Jerry will keep this show running as long as the 9 seasons of Seinfeld.
ON THE HORIZON
Funny or Die Presents Jerrod Carmichael @ The Comedy Store Tues. Sept. 30th 8PM $8/2 item min.
Newreaders @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Oct. 7th 9PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
The LA Podcast Festival Day 3 @ Sofitel LA 12PM $49
Adult Swim Presents Things You’ve Maybe Never Seen @ Electric Dusk Drive-In 7:30PM $5
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Dirty Birdie Story Hour @ Eros Station 8PM FREE
The Tinkle Twins @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Neil Hamburger with Special Guests @ The Satellite LA 9PM $8
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Church @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 5PM/Ends 7PM/5-7 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Chris Gardener
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
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Mark Alexzandr
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
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
(via Entertainment Weekly)
One of most popular Key & Peele’s sketches, Substitute Teacher, might go the way of an entire feature length film. Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele are in talks with Paramount to make a film based on the veteran sub Mr. Garvey and, seeing how Key & Peele has grown, we’d be surprised if this didn’t get officially greenlit soon.
So, Key & Peele is at the level of popularity where SNL was when they were cranking out movies like Night at the Roxbury.
On top of just dropping the fantastic new album “Perfect Hair”, Busdriver enlisted the comedic stylings of Brent Weinbach to direct his music video for the bangin’ and wonderfully subversive single “Eat Rich”.
Watch it right now for some bizarre tomfoolery here (it might be a little NSFW, but it’s the weekend and if you’re working, you’re probably watching a bunch of NSFW videos at work anyway).
Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp’s most adorable seashell, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, has a follow up book to Things About Me.
Announced yesterday, The Most Surprised I’ve Ever Been is set to come out Oct. 21st. It’s on pre-order now for yourself as well as the bundle you should get as a great gift throughout the holidays.
Chelsea Peretti got to sit down with Conan this week and revealed that she had encountered an Internet troll face to face, found that you can get the voice of her Brooklyn Nine Nine co-star, Terry Crews, on the Waze app, as well giving Conan and the rest of us a nice crash course in emoji vocabulary.
We’re guessing the underlying issue with that specific Internet troll is that she’s probably upset because she couldn’t get the Terry Crews voice on her Waze.
ON THE HORIZON
Literary Death Match @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Oct. 1st 8:30PM $30
The Claudia O’Doherty Experience @ UCB Theatre Thurs. Oct. 2nd 7PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
The LA Podcast Festival Day 2 @ Soiftel LA 12PM $59-$99
Step and Repeat @ Geffen Contemporary at MOCA 6PM $20
Laurie Kilmartin @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Cool Beans Comedy @ Ice House 7:30PM FREE/2 drink min.
Set List @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Big Comedy Night 2014-Fundraiser for YWCA Preschool @ YWCA Cooperative Preschool 8PM $25
Channel 101 @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM/10PM FREE
Ithamar Has Nothing to Say @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10
Yellahammered! 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
The Comedy Garage in Echo Park 9PM FREE
Clownvis & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $10/2 item min.
The Get Go: The Happiest Bit Show on Earth! @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
The Walsh Brothers @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch Presents Five Minutes or Die @ 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
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.
Jill Soloway’s series Transparent centered on a family and their recently come out transgendered parent amazingly played by Jeffrey Tambor, hence the title, has been getting nothing but buzz, especially since the first clips of it arrived online.
Well, all ten episodes have just hit Amazon Prime today and as long as you have a subscription, you can get on the latest binge worthy series, though you can still watch the pilot for free.
You might notice in this delightful music video for Tweedy’s new single “Low Key” there are a few familiar faces like John Hodgman, Michael Shannon, Conan O’Brien, and Andy Richter amongst many others.
Well, that’s no coincidence as the one and only Nick Offerman was the director.
Please do watch until the end to enjoy the full comedic brilliance on display here.