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Go See ‘It’s A Disaster’ Before You Have to Have a Real Life Apocalyptic Couples Brunch

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It’s A Disaster by Todd Berger welcomes a wondrously nuanced dark comedy right at the apocalypse, as opposed to so many that are post-apocalyptic and full of zombies, of what will actually happen when most people’s dreaded afternoon at couples brunch was interrupted by their world basically ending.

Think if Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia was incredibly hilarious and you actually liked/related/identified with some of the characters, you’d get It’s A Disaster. Once you’re done with that, go see it at Vintage Los Feliz 3 now or when it opens up wider on June 20th or, we guess, on the Vine app for Twitter @OscopeLabs (starting in chronological order here).

The NYTVF/Comedy Central Short Pilot Finalists Have Been Selected

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The NYTVF/Comedy Central Short Pilot Finalists Have Been Selected

Another round of congratulations today go to all the finalists in the NY TV Festival/Comedy Central Short Pilot Contest including the likes of comedy folks that have been featured on The Comedy Bureau before Michael Jonathan Smith, Grant Pardee, Matthew Hill, and Dave Child/Brooke Lenzi.

Get a complete list of the finalists at the link.

Watch All 8 Amazon Studios Comedy Pilots

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Amazon just released all of their pilots for your viewing pleasure. Included are Those Who Can’t from The Grawlix, Betas starring Jon Daly, Onion News Empire starring Jeffrey Tambor, and more.

We highly suggest that you watch all of these because there are so many very funny people working on them and IF YOU LIKE ANY OF THEM, LEAVE GOOD FEEDBACK as Amazon apparently is greenlighting off of that.

MTV Renews Nikki and Sara Live

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MTV Renews Nikki and Sara Live

Congratulations to Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer for getting a second season on their show and they found out as a surprise while on a talk show with Katie Couric.

LA Comedy Rundown 4/19/13

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ON THE HORIZON
Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath @ Fake Gallery Tues. Apr. 30th 8:30PM $10
Dylan Moran: Yeah Yeah @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Tues. Jun. 25th & Wed. Jun. 26th 8:30PM $30

COMEDY CRAWL
Brand New Ball @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 7:30PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
McGroundlings Irish Pub @ Groundlings 8PM $20
Ed Helms Presents The Whiskey Sour Radio Hour @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre $30 (stand by only)
Tony Baker @ Downtown Comedy Club 9PM $20/2 drink min.
The Ho Ho Show @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World @ New Beverly Cinema MIDNIGHT $8
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv MIDNIGHT $5/1 item min.

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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/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
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
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/Mixed mic/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./first come, first served/one drink min.
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

‘Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell’ Premieres Tonight on Adult Swim

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Adult Swim’s workplace comedy set in the depths of hell, ‘Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell’, premieres tonight at MIDNIGHT. Don’t miss out on all the hilarity to come from working a perpetually terrifying existence of fire and brimstone from Adult Swim favorites Chris Kelly and Dave Willis.

Also, we’re pretty sure Eddie Pepitone is yelling at some point here, which is awesome.

There’s a Lot of Great Nominees for The Webby Awards & Patton Oswalt Is Hosting

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Burning Love, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Clueless Gamer with Conan O’Brien, Funny or Die, The Onion, and more all garner nominations for the annual honors to the Internet Webby Awards. That’s the type of list of nominees we like to see, not to mention that none other than Patton Oswalt will be hosting the whole affair to be broadcasted Wed. May 22nd at webbyawards.com.

Brody Stevens Has a Lobster/Prune Juice/Champagne/Etc. Dinner with Nikki Glaser

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On this latest episode of Brody Stevens’ Push and Believe for CC:Studios, Nikki Glaser of Nikki and Sara Live joins Brody for a surprise dinner in his hotel suite. Much of the surprise comes from a pairing of flowin in lobster and prune juice, amongst other things.

Stephen Colbert Makes His Own Version of Brad Paisley’s “Accidental Racist” Feat. Alan Cumming

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Brad Paisley’s off-color “Accidental Racist” with LL Cool J made waves with how bizarre it’s stereotype reinforcing lyrics were. Many can’t help but laugh hard at how someone actually came up with this song.

Leave it to Stephen Colbert and “featured artist” Alan Cumming to one up Paisley and LL with his own version of an “awful song”.

Tig Notaro Calls a Friend to Chat During Conan Interview

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You’d wonder what Tig Notaro could possibly do on Conan after having a pushed a stool on national television and then talking about her bout with cancer.

Well, she was on Conan last night and she casually called a friend up during the interview and, of course, it was hilarious. Watch now.

Pre-Order Pete Holmes’ Next Album ‘Nice Try, The Devil’

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You know that you’re going to pick this up anyway because Pete Holmes is one of the funniest comedians working today. Why not pre-order the his next album, ‘Nice Try, The Devil’ due out May 14th?

Also, we have to say that Pete’s on a streak for comedy album covers.

LA Comedy Rundown 4/18/13

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ON THE HORIZON
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World @ New Beverly Cinema Fri. Apr. 19th MIDNIGHT $8
Hilarity for Charity House Party @ Avalon Thurs. Apr. 25th 7:30PM $150-$300

COMEDY CRAWL
The Jeselnik Offensive @ Hollywood Center Studios FREE w/RSVP
Big Money @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Steve Benaquist’s Big & Tall Show @ Rant LA 8PM FREE
The Business LA @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $5
The Evening Hour w/Sean Conroy @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Tommy Johnagin @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25
Captain Planet @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
Mapping the Heavens @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
The 11th Hour Show @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE

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
PALMS BAR 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/One drink min.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/$5 min.
COFFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA Suite 180/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Jason
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min.
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Lottery/20 spots only/5 min.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 12PM at FB page/First 23 spots guaranteed/Starts 7PM/5 min./lottery spots for walk-ins/one drink min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary
INDIA’S FLAVOR 156 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Hosted by Meline Tovmasian
PALMS BAR 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 11PM/First come, first served/One drink min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
CAFE AMERICANO 5770 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/5 min./First come, first served/1 item min.

The Writers of ‘Fashion Police’ Have Gone on Strike, So Don’t Scab

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The Writers of ‘Fashion Police’ Have Gone on Strike, So Don’t Scab

As reported by much bigger organizations than us, the writers of Fashion Police on E! have gone on strike for not being properly compensated in the overtime they’ve been working for the cable network program. The link above is a post by Fashion Police writer and great comedian Eliza Skinner urging aspiring writers and comedians to not scab during this strike, a message we definitely support.

Nathan Fielder Has The Idea to Come Underdressed to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

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Nathan Fielder Has The Idea to Come Underdressed to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Nathan Fielder of the very funny ‘Nathan For You’ on Comedy Central did a panel interview with Craig Ferguson last night.

It was pretty great, even though Nathan was wearing just a plaid shirt (as opposed to Selma Blair’s gorgeous black dress) and, as you guys might know, Nathan loves compliments.

Watch at the link.

Pre-Order Margot Leitman’s Book “Gawky” Tales of An Extra Long Awkward Phase”

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Not only is she a four time Moth Grandslam winner (that’s incredibly hard to do), Margot Leitman and her stories are so hilarious, poignant, personal that we are thankful that they are coming to book form in Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase.

You can pre-order the book here, which you should do in case it wasn’t obvious, and then make sure to attend the book release party at UCB in LA on Tues. May 7th at 9:30PM and/or book signing at Skylight Books on Thurs. May 9th 7:30PM.

Stephen Colbert Addressing Tragedy at Boston Marathon Is Pretty Much Perfect

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Whenever tragedy strikes, it’s a confounding position for all of comedy whether to address it or not and, if so addressing it, how to go about it. Many off-color, disgusting jokes are made, but it’s all out of this need to cope, to relate, a need for levity.

Fortunately, there are comedians like Stephen Colbert who know how to just comedically address such a thing as the tragedy at the Boston Marathon.

Watch him do so on the opening of last night’s Colbert Report.

Funny or Die’s Foray Into Feature Length Territory is Finally Here: Watch iSteve Now

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Funny or Die’s Foray Into Feature Length Territory is Finally Here: Watch iSteve Now

It’s been a long time coming, but the Funny or Die Steve Jobs biopic iSteve, written and shot in less than a month is now online. Also, you do know that Justin Long is playing Steve Jobs, right?

David Cope Tries to Reviews Video Games with His Web Series ‘Call of The Blade’

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As a video game enthusiasts, comedian David Cope thought it would be a great idea to start his own video game review web series. Though, having a bunch of guest comedians has made “Call of The Blade” about more than just Bioshock Infinite or what have you.

Give this episode with the very funny Ron Funches a watch and you’ll see what we’re talking about and laugh.

The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week at The Nerdist 4/16/13

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The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week at The Nerdist 4/16/13

Looking for meme impressions, sort of video game reviews, and more. Well, luckily, this week’s 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos at The Nerdist can fill your ultra specific comedy needs this time around. Check out those videos and our other picks at the link.

If you wish to be considered for a 5 MIFV, please read the rules carefully at the post before submitting.

LA Comedy Rundown 4/17/13

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ON THE HORIZON
Fortune Feimster @ Hollywood Improv Sat. May 11th 8PM $18/2 item min.
Writer’s Bloc Present Marc Maron @ Saban Theater Wed. May 15th 7:30PM $25

COMEDY CRAWL
Room 101 Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Smartest Man in the World w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Tig Notaro @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
Tommy Johnagin @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
Mike Birbiglia’s My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $25 (stand by only)
Vaudeville Comedy Show @ Home Silverlake 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Hoop Dreams Comedy Hour @ Neon Venus Theatre 10PM $3

OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./No purchase necessary
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 ½ James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3 min./$2 cover
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
REDWOOD BAR 316 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/lottery/One item min.
DAVE’S CHILLIN’ AND GRILLIN’ 2152 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM//First come, first served/No purchase necessary
CALIFORNIA COMICS & COLLECTIBLES 11284 Washington Place, Culver City, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/3 min.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary
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/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts 10PM after Room 101/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served

You Should Buy Jen Kirkman’s “I Can Barely Take Care of Myself” & David Huntsberger’s ‘Explosion Land’

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Finally, coming out today are two things we’ve been waiting awhile for. Namely, they are Jen Kirkman’s book about not planning on having kids, “I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids” and David Huntsberger’s latest comedy album, “Explosion Land”.

Both will make you laugh as well as give you something to think about that you might have not have thought about otherwise like how flies perceive time or being labeled ridiculously as “childless”.

Alison Brie’s Turns Out to Be Pretty Talented in Doing Meme Impressions

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While on Paul F. Tompkins’ classy fun of a show Speakeasy, Alison Brie does impressions of the Internet’s most popular memes and is pretty damn good at it. It will surprise us at all if this becomes a meme and no one writes in a college course about Postmodernism uses this is an example.

Also, Alison almost injures herself for this fun bit and your subsequent enjoyment. So, watch all the silliness here already.

Watch ‘Kings of Summer’ Full Length Trailer

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Watch ‘Kings of Summer’ Full Length Trailer

It has all the trappings you’d want in an indie comedy right now: a coming of age story, Nick Offerman/Megan Mullally/Alison Brie in the cast, and Jordan Vogt-Roberts directing.

Give it a watch at Apple Trailers.

Pete Holmes’ Batman vs. Patton Oswalt’s Penguin

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In this latest edition of the hilarious Batman parody by Front Page Films‘ Pete Holmes, Matt McCarthy, and Oren Brimer for College Humor, Batman goes against a Penguin played by special guest Patton Oswalt.

All of these are so great, maybe there should be a whole movie of them. Watch the ‘Badman’ latest now.

Showtime Will Air Richard Pryor Documentary “Omit The Logic”

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Showtime Will Air Richard Pryor Documentary “Omit The Logic”

Maybe this will be the jumpstart that the feature length biopic will need. Watch for this next month.