TBS Cancels The Pete Holmes Show After Two Cycles
Unable to convince TBS that enough people were watching with Conan as a lead-in, TBS has decided to cancel The Pete Holmes Show. The last episode will air on June 19th and there’s no word as to whether there will be another late night show or possibly something else to follow Conan on weeknights.
Though this is a living wake of sorts, RIP The Pete Holmes Show.
TJ Miller stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night and showed his wonderful hair and expressed his joy that he is finally on a show, Silicon Valley, that a network didn’t immediately ax.
Even though Conan O’Brien has played several video games in the Clueless Gamer series at Team Coco he still is not really that great at playing them.
However Conan is still great at making fun of them as you’ll see when he plays the new game Watch Dogs.
With just the cast of Klausner and Eichner, and now Rachel Dratch, Andrea Martin, and James Urbaniak joining in, we’d already be thrilled at the prospect of how good Difficult People could be.
What makes this even more exciting is that Amy Poehler is producing this, which it makes it hard for us to think that USA Network wouldn’t pick this up.
ON THE HORIZON
Illegal Acts: High School Grad Night @ UCB Theatre Sat. May 24th MIDNIGHT $5
Part Two! The Sequel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom Thurs. May 29th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Play by Play @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Ron Lynch @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM
Picture This! An Animated Comedy Show @ Steve Allen Theater 9PM $10
Seems Legit @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 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
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.
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Lottery/4 min./One item min.
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.
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/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover includes drink
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts 10:30PM after Manifesto Show/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
INSIDRE JOKES @ TCL CHINESE 6 THEATRES 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/4 min./No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery
Andy Haynes was a guest on The Pete Holmes Show/You Made It Weird while it stopped by SXSW this year and talked his current divorce, which should give you an insight to the few things you can take advantage of when you’re a recent divorcee.
Wonderful comedian and author Sara Benincasa is looking to go on a lovely tour that she is calling This Tour Is So Gay and in order to visit places far and wide include Denver, Asheviille, Chicago, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Houston, Toronto, New York, and more, she’ll need your help.
Specifically, she’s trying to raise $15,000 via Kickstarter and we think that you should help make this happen for how funny and great she is. She has just over a month left to reach her goal, FYI.
The very funny NYC based Mike Recine made his first stand up appearance ever on Conan this week and, along with that, we’re reminded of how ridiculous that Mrs. Doubtfire movie is as well as the harsh rules of The Special Olympics.
Jimmy Fallon is Taking The Tonight Show to Orlando For a Week
Jimmy Fallon has not only made Tonight Show history simply by being the new host, but he will be the first host to take The Tonight Show out of its home studio and shoot remotely.
In mid-June, he’ll be down in Orlando and will tape a week of episodes. Considering how almost every other late night show has done something like this over the years, it’s about time this happened at The Tonight Show.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee probably now stands as one of the most awarded comedy web series ever with its recent Webby Award win. Also, it’s in a rare 4th season.
Check out the trailer for this upcoming season with Jon Stewart, George Wallace, Robert Klein, the prison known as “Sing Sing” and more.
Get Your Weather From Now on From WeatherFrom.com
Remember when David Lynch used to report the weather every day? If you liked that even one iota, you’ll love the “weather reports” from WeatherFrom.com because there’s an old opinionated Jewish woman instead of Lynch giving you tangential feelings about the weather.
Enjoy however much time you’re going to spend on this. We’re guessing a lot.
In an effort to further his campaign to take over The Late Late Show next year when Craig Ferguson steps down, Norm MacDonald put together a “one-minute audition reel” while on Conan in addition to doing his routinely amazing panel interview with Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter.
There’s no way that CBS can completely ignore this.
ON THE HORIZON
Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins @ Largo at The Coronet Theatre Sat. May 24th 8:30PM $30
Tim Minchin @ Wilshire Ebell Theatre Thurs. May 29th 7PM $41.50
COMEDY CRAWL
JFL Montreal Character Showcase @ iO West 5:30PM FREE
Big Money @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Bob Odenkirk Amateur Hour @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $5 (stand by only)
Bill Cosby @ San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino 7:30PM $70.75
Thursday Night Booty @ Redwood Bar 8PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show: An Evening with Eddie Pepitone @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
JFL Montreal Showcase @ Comedy Store Belly Room 9:30PM/11PM No cover/2 drink min.
Stripped Stories @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Loud Village at the Improv @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $10/2 item min.
OPEN MIC RUN
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
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Lottery/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 http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedyfor 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 John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
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
LOADED 6377 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 8;15PM/15 spots only/5 min./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 LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
THE NUNNERY 131 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (in a house)/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/4 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Mt. Yanker and Chrysanthe
IT’S A GRIND 247 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served
THE CHATTERBOX 943 N. Citrus Ave., Covina, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Charlie Day went to his alma mater and gave a commencement speech that the graduates of more prestigious institutions should be absolutely jealous of.
Gillian Jacobs Joining Girls for Season 4
With Community gone, Gillian Jacobs will now have time to be popping up in several other shows, movies, etc.
We’re happy to hear that one of those things will be season 4 of Girls in a recurring role coming up on HBO next year.
Congratulations to Team Coco, Funny or Die, Badman from College Humor and Front Page Films, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and The Onion for all taking home Webby Awards this year and giving the Internet some damn good laughs over the last year.
Stream HBO Series on Amazon Prime Starting Today
Finally, you don’t have to have an HBO subscription in order to get HBO Go to stream some of your favorite HBO shows online. A whole load of HBO content just hit Amazon including Eastbound & Down, Flight of the Conchords, early seasons of Veep and Girls, and several comedy specials. You do however have to be an Amazon Prime subscriber, which might be bitter sweet, as you’ll pay $99 for one year of Amazon Prime.
However, that’s roughly around $100 cheaper than a year of HBO if it’s any consolation.
Bill Hader To Create & Star In HBO Series
HBO is really racking it up with their comedy slate. We’re already highly anticipating The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins and now we have an entire Bill Hader series to also look forward to.
Even if it’s Hader mostly doing obscure Star Wars impressions, we’d be cool with that.
NYC based Good Cop Great Cop mark this week’s 40th Anniversary of the Rubik’s Cube by going for a brand new record that we believe no one has ever tried for before.
“Coming this fall” Eddie Pepitone stars in Hoarder’s Hospital.
If only Conaco was in charge of making more shows, the world would be a better place.
Second City Inks Deal With Thruline Management/Tagline Pictures
The famous Second City has now signed a deal to develop content as partners with Thruline Management and Tagline Pictures. Comedy institutions like UCB, and now Second City, seem to be vertically integrating in order to expand their brand beyond the walls of their theaters and schools.
Warner Bros. Sets Lego Movie Spinoff ‘Ninjago’ For Fall 2016 Release
The Lego Movie will now have a sequel and a spinoff as Warner Bros. has just announced Ninjago in addition to the official sequel of The Lego Movie.
In case you’re wondering, Phil Lord and Chris Miller will be producing on Ninjago just like they are with the Lego Movie sequel. So, two Lego Movies are underway, hopefully, like the first one, to the delight of both children and adults.
ON THE HORIZON
Kibitz Room Comedy/Andy Haynes Album Release Party @ The Kibitz Rom/Canter’s Mon. May 26th 9PM FREE
The Last Show I Do Before I Go On Medication @ Double Decker Bus That Leaves From Pantages Theatre Sat. Jun. 14th 7:30PM $25
COMEDY CRAWL
JFL Montreal Character Showcase @ UCB Theatre 4:30PM FREE
Not Safe For Work @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
The Super Serious Show @ The Virgil 8PM $7 in adv., $10 at door
JFL Montreal Showcase @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 8PM/10PM $20-$30/2 drink min.
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
Apres Ski @ Three Clubs 8:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Extra Credit @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
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’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
CORKY’S LOUNGE 5043 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/No walk ins/Must sign-up in advance at jaketaveren@monkeyheadconcepts.biz/Starts 7PM/pre-booked spots 10-12 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Daniella Arce
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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served/1 item min.
HOUSE OF TACOS 5616 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
O’HARRA’S BAR 1000 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Justine Williams
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
For some of you obsessive comedy nerds out there, you might remember a great web series from years ago called Jason Nash Is Married. Written and directed by Jason Nash, it has now been adapted into an entire movie set for release by CC:Studios.
For those of you not familiar, it has echoes of Curb Your Enthusiasm and follows the struggles of comedian/actor/writer Jason Nash and being married. Also, Busy Philipps, Jerry Minor, Rob Corddry, Paul F. Tompkins, Patton Oswalt, TJ Miller, Matt Walsh, H. Jon Benjamin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Andy Richter, Paul Scheer, Casey Wilson, David Koechner, and way more co-star in case you needed a star-studed supporting cast to get you interested.
Jason Nash Is Married the movie comes out online via Amazon Instant Video, Vimeo on Demand, iTunes on Jun. 24th, but you can pre-order right now.
Last night, big stage production, dance numbers, comedy bits, sketches, singing, and more all got wrapped up in The Maya Rudolph Show. On top of good ratings, Rudolph and company showed that the old school format of a comedy variety show can work in 2014.
Watch the opening number and “small dancing” to what we’re talking about.