(via Village Voice)
You might not know this, but Gary Gulman has been doing comedy for 20 years and has managed to perform stand up on every network late night talk show.
So, a fall tour and his third one hour special, both aptly titled It’s About Time, are what Gulman is very deservingly on to next and you should definitely be on the lookout for both.
Tickets for San Francisco’s upcoming Outside Lands on Aug. 8th-10th are already sold out. So, if you were somehow able to get tickets or somehow able to get tickets now, be sure to catch the live comedy at The Barbary Comedy Tent.
You’ll get to catch:
Lewis Black
Aisha Tyler
Stars of Silicon Valley
Garfunkel & Oates
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
improv4humans with Matt Besser and guests Chris Gethard, Lauren Lapkus, and Seth Morris
Rory Albanese
Matt McCarthy
The Chris Gethard Show
Aparna Nancherla
Ali Mafi
That’s sounds pretty great to us and you should really look into to getting in somehow if you can.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
AMC is dipping its toe into the waters of cable network comedy with their one and only comedy pilot, We Hate Paul Revere from Ethan Sandler and Adrian Wenner. Sandler and Wenner will play two brothers that are jealous of such heroes of the American Revolution as Paul Revere, who will be played by Ron Livingston.
Given how hard it is to hate Livingston’s face along with the premise, this could be a lot of fun at AMC, a place where period pieces normally turn very dramatic.
ON THE HORIZON
Monty Python Live (Mostly) @ Aero Theatre Wed. Aug. 6th 7:30PM $15
The Wahlberg Solution! @ UCB Theatre Thurs. Aug. 21st 7PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5 (stand by only)
This SHOW Will Require Dinosaurs @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Steve Benaquist’s Big & Tall Show @ The Lash 8PM FREE
Charlotte’s Shorts @ The Groundlings 8PM $20
Give It Up: A Stand Up Comedy and Magic Show for a Cause @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Good Looks in Arts District 8PM FREE
Mike O’Connell-Sad Songs and Cabbage Patch Kids @ Little Joy Cocktails 8PM FREE
Penthouse Comedy @ The Comedy Store 8PM $10/2 item min.
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
The Tinkle Twins @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Warp Zone Comedy @ The Virgil 9PM FREE
Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
10:15PM to Tuesday @ Neon Venus Art Theatre 10:15PM FREE
Roast Battle @ The Comedy Store 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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min./Hosted by Jenny Yang & Atsuko Okatsuka
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.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
MAL’S BAR 2331 Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/3 min w/o purchase/7 min. w/purchase/Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Martin Rizo
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
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
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
Yet another promising animated series trailer lands today. After the trailer for Adult Swim’s Mike Tyson Mysteries found its way from Comic Con to the Internet, Comedy Central just posted a trailer for their latest animated series, Moonbeam City.
Between the voices of Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, and Will Forte, and the spectacular neon color palate, over sized clothes, etc. Moonbeam City looks like everything you’d want an 80s animated procedural comedy to be.
(via Deadline)
Sony Pictures TV has gotten into the Nat Faxon and Jim Rash business by signing a two year deal to develop and produce TV series projects.
It’s about time Faxon and Rash had some sort of deal like this after proving their worth in features with Oscar winning The Descendants and The Way Way Back as well as currently being on FX’s Married and Community, respectively.
We’re curious to see what they come up with, possibly some promising dramedies, and where it might end up.
Another nice reveal from Comic Con this past weekend came in the form of a trailer for Adult Swim’s latest cartoon, Mike Tyson Mysteries with the actual voice of Mike Tyson.
There’s a lot to chew on here including its style as one of those classic 70s cartoons to a ghost being one of Tyson’s sidekicks as well as Norm MacDonald voicing a pigeon. That’s right; all of you what just read is absolutely true.
With the one and only James Adomian playing Chris Matthews, a franchised version of MSNBC’s Hardball in Canada would most certainly have an Ann Coulter played by Drew Droege, a Tegan and Sara played by Rhea Buthcer and Cameron Esposito, a Rob Ford played by Steve Agee, and a William Shatner played by Joe Roche.
See what could be very well be the future of Hardball on Funny or Die here.
The very funny Jamar Neighbors has been making his way throughout the entire LA comedy scene for a few years now and has just recorded and released his first album, Naked, independently.
You can get the album on Bandcamp now for only $2.50, which you should definitely take advantage of.
Russia’s been up to a lot lately, but, for the lack of its homophobia or relevance to Ukraine, you might have overlooked Russia losing contact with a space vessel that was housing mating geckos for observation.
Earlier this year, Fox announced the crossover of the two longest running animated series that the network has ever had, The Simpsons and Family Guy. While even the most casual fans of either series probably speculated what that might look like, you don’t have to speculate anymore as a preview at Comic Con this past weekend was screened.
Now, you can watch that 4:55 preview right here and find all the inside series crossover/network jokes you possibly can.
The long running monthly short form TV series competition, Channel 101, took June off, which left us all with two months with a Channel 101 void.
Fortunately, that void has now been filled as the latest installment of Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab’s Channel 101 just landed online and your favorite car jumping, fishbowl throwing, and “skateboarding” cops are officially back along with three new series.
Watch all of this wonderful madness here.
ON THE HORIZON
The Tinkle Twins @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Jul. 29th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Ugh… a Comedy Show @ Neon Venus Art Theatre Sat. Aug. 2nd 11PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
”@ midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
The Moth Grandslam @ The Echoplex 7PM $18
Greg Proops Film Club: Bull Durham @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $12
The Grand Budapest Hotel + Darjeeling Limited @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
The Business LA @ Little Joy 8:30PM FREE
Kibitz Room Comedy @ Canter’s 8:30PM FREE
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feilz 8:30PM FREE
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Round 2 @ El Cid 10:30PM $5
Fresh Out: Stand-Up Comedy @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Lottery/Special Playboy Jazz theme night-fancy wear, robes especially, encouraged/No purchase necessary
SARDO’S 259 N. Pass Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:30PM/7 min./First come, first served/1 drink min.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/1 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
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/No purchase necessary
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One 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
JIMMY’S PLACE 1623 N. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 9PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/Hosted by Nikki Wantz
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
Jim Tews, Andrew Short, and Reid Faylor are The Undone Sweaters, a Weezer cover band/a great web series.
Together, in this episode, they find that going to a “retreat” put together by the likes of the hysterical Nick Turner, Nick Vatterott, and Lyra Smith on a NYC rooftop is not a great idea or even a good idea. It’s, you might have guessed it, a bad idea.
Watch what happens and learn here.
Every year at the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy & Arts Festival, the hilarious Andy Kindler gives his famous State of the Industry Address, roasting the entire industry of comedy no matter how big, powerful, or famous anyone is.
Throughout JFL Montreal, one of the biggest comedy festivals in the world, it’s one of the highlights in the entire schedule and you can now listen to Kindler’s 2014 address here.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Whether it be watching something like Arrested Development, Netflix stand-up specials, Orange Is The New Black, etc. the subscribers of Netflix have grown in number all the way past 50 million. That’s 1.69 million subscribers added worldwide from the second quarter of this year alone.
In contrast, Nielsen reported recently that there are currently an estimated 115.6 TV households in the U.S., which comes out to a 1.2% rise from the last TV season.
While it seems unfair to compare worldwide Netflix subscribers to U.S. TV households, these numbers also don’t account for Hulu Plus subscribers, people watching HBO GO even with an HBO subscription, Amazon Instant, and more (i.e. the aggregate viewership of online streaming networks).
So, we wouldn’t be surprised to see, a few years down the road if Netflix commanded the viewership and produced the amount of content that a network does year round, which would be probably pretty great for comedy series/specials/movies/talk shows.
ON THE HORIZON
The Midnight Show Hosted by Steve Rannazzisi @ UCB Theatre Sat. Aug. 2nd MIDNIGHT $5
The Trip to Italy @ Cinefamily Sun. Aug. 3rd 7:30PM FREE w/RSVP
COMEDY CRAWL
Tom Segura & Christina Pazsitzky @ Ontario Improv 7PM $17/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
The Grand Budapest Hotel + Darjeeling Limited @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Human Communication Situation @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Sucker Punch @ The Improv Space 8:30PM FREE
Super Kudzu @ iO West 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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/8-10 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Amir Kalil
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/Starts 6PM-ish/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
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
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/3 min./No purchase necessary
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 IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Ends 11PM/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Amir Kalil and Wanjiko Eke
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
In the hiatus periods between seasons of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld has gotten various footage from the “cutting floor” and had it assembled for short “single shot” episodes to keep showing what the most successful comedians hanging out together is like.
Watch Brian Regan, Sarah Silverman, and Tina Fey hang with Jerry and go for different type of donuts.
(via Splitsider)
This is more than just an unusually long episode title for the FXx series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Charlie, Mac, Dennis, Sweet Dee, and Frank are indeed all putting together a book of advice, which will undoubtedly words to live by, so long as well all move to South Philly and work at a dive bar.
While they’ll cover such topics as varied as fashion and survival, we hope that the DENNIS system is broken down in even greater and more disgusting detail. The book is real and on pre-order.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Both Drunk History and Nathan For You just got picked up for their third seasons at Comedy Central only after a few weeks into their second seasons.
On their night, we’ll still maintain that Drunk History, Nathan For You combined with The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and “@midnight” is one of the most solid blocks of comedy on TV right now and will thankfully be that way in the future.
ON THE HORIZON
Kibitz Room Comedy @ Kibitz Room Mon. Jul. 28th 8:30PM FREE
Dead Authors w/Paul F. Tompkins & Special Guest Lennon Parham @ UCB Theatre Fri. Aug. 1st 6:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
The Last Show I Do Before I Go on Medication @ Double Decker Bus That Leaves From Pantages Theatre 7PM $25
Tom Segura & Christina Pazsitzky @ Ontario Improv 7PM/9PM $17/2 item min.
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM/10PM FREE
Cool Beans Comedy @ Ice House 8PM $15-$20/2 drink min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Fort Night in Highland Park 8:30PM FREE
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30
Surprise! w/Rob & Sofiya 9PM $5
Can I Kick It? @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Deon Cole @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $15/2 item min.
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
The Walsh Brothers Show @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch The Actual Anniversary Date & Going to Scotland @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
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
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/First come, first served/5 min./1 item min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Amidst announcing renewing several series such as Clarence (even after dismissing the series creator) and Regular Show, Cartoon Network is renewing their generation gap defying show and Emmy winning Adventure Time for its seventh season.
The news was announced at Comic Con during a panel and we’re sure this is just the start of a sea of big announcements this weekend.
The very funny Mick Betancourt is about to release an album soon entitled The Blackout Diaries featuring stories of, well, drinking and, as the title suggests blacking out.
It was recorded almost two weeks ago at Timothy O’Toole’s in Chicago and right now you can listen to it for free for a limited time, which we think you should take advantage of.
HBO’s Project Greenlight is back with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and looking for a brand new director. They are now taking submissions all the way until 8:59:59PM PST Aug. 8th.
Read all the details and rules here and then submit to hopefully be the next to direct, fingers crossed, another comedy or dramedy (Battle of Shaker Heights was the finished product of Project Greenlight). By the way, you can also submit to be part of the judging process starting Jul. 30th.
To our knowledge, no podcast network has gone to record a live album of its roster of podcasts.
That’s all changing next month as Feral Audio is taking Dan Harmon, Steve Agee, Johnny Pemberton, John Roy, Erin McGathy, Brody Stevens, Matt Dwyer, Little Esther Povitsky, Melissa Stephens, Duncan Trussell, and more to the Nerdmelt Showroom to do exactly that.
Podcast history is going to be made on August 5th 9PM and you should get your tickets now.