Hopefully, you know who writer/comedian/Twitter extraordinaire Megan Amram is by now. If not, maybe you will when her book that she’s writing, “Science… For Her” comes out as she got a deal for it to get published.
Keep tabs on this one folks.
Actually, the hilarious Jay Larson scheduled today to both do Conan and a benefit for Boston later at The Comedy Store, neither of which you should miss. This should make you forget the rain LA.
It’ll be on TBS 11PM.
The hysterical sketch group Dead Kevin has been picked up by Comedy Central to produce more episodes to be posted at ComedyCentral.com. This starts on Wednesday, specifically this Wed. May 8th and is weekly, which we hope you don’t forget.
Here’s a little announcement video from Dead Kevin to make sure you’ll remember.
Myq Kaplan Returns to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
It’s good to see and hear Myq Kaplan doing stand-up once again on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson after being bumped a few weeks ago. Sometimes, guests do go too long and it’s just happenstance why we’ll have to wait to see Kaplan do another nice late night set.
At some point recently, Kyle Kinane was pitching a show where he traveled across this great land of ours and finding all the fascinating folks/possibly misrepresented subcultures that populate it. That show was “Kyle Kinane’s Going Nowhere”, which, unfortunately didn’t get picked up.
Watch the pilot presentation for yourself where Kinane is dressed up in BDSM wear, goes to meet a wizard, and hope this gets made into a show someplace soon.
ON THE HORIZON
Margot Leitman’s “Gawky… Tales of an Extra Awkward Phase” Book Release Party @ UCB Theatre Tues. May 7th 9:30PM $5
Prompter! @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. May 17th 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Patton Oswalt @ Irvine Improv 8PM $22/2 item min.
Benefit for Boston Marathon Victims @ The Comedy Store 8PM $20/2 drink min.
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5
Monday Night Improv @ The Clubhouse 8:30PM FREE
Dat Shit @ Westwood Brew Co 8:30PM FREE
Drunken Tales of Shame and Glory @ Monty Bar 9PM FREE
Countdown Comedy @ Bru Haus 9:30PM FREE
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Improv Roulette w/Frankenmatt @ Second City Hollywood 10PM $10
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/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.
HAPPY HOUR STORY EXPERIMENT @ HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL 6122 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Storytelling only/One item 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.
CAFE BOOGALOO 1238 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/5-8 min./Booked show in middle/No purchase necessary
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/5 min.
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL 9015 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up before 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/$2 cover/mixed mic
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/25 spots only + 5 spots for following week/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/15 5 min. spots/15 3 min. spots/One item min.
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA (Los Feliz)/Sign-up 8:15PM/Starts 8:30PM/lottery/No purchase necessary
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM after booked show/First come, first served/3-5 min./No purchase necessary
OUTPOST 1624 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 12:30AM after booked show/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
Here’s the full, uncensored roundtable discussion for The Hollywood Reporter’s comedy issue between Anthony Jeselnik, Ceciliy Strong, Rob Delaney, Kristen Schaal, and Nick Kroll where they dip in and out of talking offensive jokes/Twitter/networks not taking risks and Kroll getting emotional about The Tonight Show.
For those of you not in LA or NYC to see Zach Galifianakis going up lately and doing stand-up, here’s what you probably jonesing for.
Robot Chicken Doing The Simpsons Couch Gag Tonight
It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with and if it takes up way more time than the usual couch gag on The Simpsons. We also wonder when a Simpsons Museum comes around, will there be a whole gallery dedicated to the couch gag.
Check it at 8PM on Fox.
Benefit for Boston Marathon Victims @ The Comedy Store Mon. May 6th 8PM $20/2 item min.
Al The Bum Hannah Gansen Album Release @ The Lexington 8PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Lost Moon Radio: America @ South Coast Repertory 3PM $20
Crashbar Improv @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Catsby @ Asylum Lab 8PM Donations accepted
Lucha VaVoom @ The Mayan Theatre 8PM $45
UnCabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$55
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Morgan Murphy @ Ice House Stage 2 8PM $10/2 drink min.
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Powerviolence @ Strait Jacket Society 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly w/Baron Vaughn @ iO West 9PM $5
Gravid Water @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
Wrangle Indie Improv Cagematch @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/4 min./No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/5 min./One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Anna Land and Kim Douglas
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/15 spots only/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS CLAREMONT 532 W. 1st St., Claremont, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107-A El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 9:45PM after Crashbar/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
QUE SERA 1923 E. 7th St., Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
In case you’re not aware, there’s a whole scene worth of indie improv in LA as evidenced by the annual LA Indie Improv Festival. It’s pretty huge with the amount of teams they have performing and if you want in, there’s still time to submit (deadline is May 8th).
MTV has put up the first episode of ‘Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous’ starring Bo Burnham online for free. Give it a watch, that is, if you feel like laughing pretty hard right now.
The Beards of Comedy Are Going Solo
The very funny facial hair themed comedy quartet of Andy Sanford, Dave Stone, Joe Zimmerman, and TJ Young, better known as The Beards of Comedy, are parting ways amicably to pursue solo projects. However, they have a last few dates if you want to catch them before any of them will possibly go beardless (and you happen to be in North Carolina or Georgia).
Either way, you should check The Beards of Comedy and Andy, Dave, Joe, and TJ separately where you can.
Do you like your alien invasion movies to include the plot twist of invaders starting a folk band rather than destroy everyone? Well, just you wait for ‘History of Future Folk’ to come out, which is exactly that.
From the trailer, it seems like a little bit of A Mighty Wind and Tenacious D in the setting of an alien movie. Give it a watch and see for yourself and see it when it comes out in limited release in LA on June 7th.
ON THE HORIZON
The Fringe Riders @ UCB Theatre Mon. May 13th 5:30PM $5
Entitlement: A Comedy Show Brought to You By The Comedian Writers of Vice @ Los Globos Wed. May 22nd 9PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Lost Moon Radio: America @ South Coast Repertory 3PM/7PM $20
Minor League Harold Night @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Nerdterns @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM FREE
Shits and Giggles @ Bar Lubtisch 8PM FREE
Two Headed Beast: A Storytelling Show @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Brian Posehn @ Hollywood Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
The Brendon Small Experiment @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
The Sklar Brothers @ Ice House 8PM/10PM $25-$32/2 drink min.
Theme Party Presents Bluthfest @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $7
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Cossbysweater Album Release Party @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM FREE w/RSVP
The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $25 (stand by only)
Girth @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
The Midnight Show w/Drew Droege @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOOHOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 4:30PM/First come, first served
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 1/2 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3-5min./$2 cover
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-up (lottery) 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/no purchase necessary/4 min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery
Given that Marc Maron’s brand new IFC series ‘Maron’ premieres tonight with an episode that wasn’t the one uploaded to YouTube and the very funny Dan Soder and Nikki Glaser’s half hour Comedy Central specials are premiering tonight, maybe you should stay in or don’t feel so bad for staying in if that’s your normal routine on Friday night.
The season premiere of Maron is at 10PM on IFC and The Half Hour season premiere is at 12AM on Comedy Central.
The very funny Tone Bell and Shane Mauss both got to perform stand-up last night on late night talk shows. See their sets on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson where Bell got called over to the couch and Conan where Mauss got a nice amount of applause breaks.
For those who have been waiting years for the seemingly improbable return of Arrested Development, the wait is almost over with a premiere of a new season on Netflix soon. As that’s the case, the anticipation is incredibly high so much so that we’re glad a full documentary about Arrested Development just got released to buy/download to tide us over.
Here’s a trailer for The Arrested Development Documentary Project to refresh your memory.
For Alex Mann’s innovative web series Conversations With A Twitter Feed where comedians respond to tweets from various Twitter accounts with real life responses, Mike Lawrence combats the haunting memories that have come with working at McDonald’s for several years while responding to McDonald’s social media person’s sort of generic tweeting just about their food.
Give it a watch now.
Zach Galifiankis sat down with Jimmy Fallon last night and recounted his very short stint writing at SNL, consequently creeping out Britney Spears when she was hosting, and the upside to hitchhiking.
All in all, it’s the type of stories we’d like to hear more of on late night.
Bill Tull, Conan O Brien’s prop master, has returned to give more tips for the upcoming celebrations surrounding Cinco De Mayo. Of course, as with all Tull’s suggestions, while they do save you money, it’d probably be best to not do them around children or small animals.
ON THE HORIZON
Maria Bamford @ Flappers Burbank Fri. May 24th & Sat. May 25th 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
The Walsh Brothers @ UCB Theatre May 29th 8PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
House of Blues Comedy @ House of Blues 7PM FREE
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Ari Shaffir @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $20
Lost Moon Radio: America @ South Coast Repertory 8PM $20
SuperEgo Live @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Simon Amstell @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Fri. May 3rd 8:30PM $25
Whiz Bang @ The Capri 9PM FREE
Deathsquad @ Ice House Stage 2 10PM $10/2 drink min.
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-5:40PM/Starts 6PM/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.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
BOB’S ESPRESSO BAR 5251 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/5 min. with 3 min. work-in’s/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ CLUBHOUSE 1107 N. El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts around 10:30PM after Manifesto Show/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery
Specifically, the scripted “trying to be a reality show star” starring Bo Burnham Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous premieres tonight at 10:30PM over at MTV. From the clips we’ve seen, this looks like it could be pretty great, so make sure you have your home by 10:30PM, set your DVR, or whatever you do to make sure you don’t miss shows.
The long awaited series of half hour Comedy Central specials, The Half Hour, returns this Friday, tomorrow, May 3rd at MIDNIGHT. Starting it off are Dan Soder and Nikki Glaser, respectively. So, don’t wait until last call to go home or make sure the bar you’re at stops playing music and puts on Comedy Central at 12AM.
For The Hollywood Reporter’s new Comedy Issue, they had a roundtable discussion with Anthony Jeselnik, Cecily Strong, Kristen Schaal, Rob Delaney, and Nick Kroll. In this clip, Jeselnik explains his strict no-apology policy when it comes to his jokes/comedy.
Watch it here.