We don’t have much details outside of this tweet, but thanks goodness that we will get a regular dose of the hysterical Norm MacDonald back in our lives starting March 25th at 6PM PST on Video Podcast Network. Perhaps, the Internet will show TV what it was missing (RIP Sports Show with Norm MacDonald).
Two Del Close Biopics Are In The Making
The legendary improv comedy guru, Del Close, has two different feature length films being made on the subject of him. We’re glad to see that he’s getting that much respect, but we wonder if this will play out like every duel between movies that were really similar (Capote & Infamous, Deep Impact & Armageddon, etc.)
ON THE HORIZON
The Blind Barber’s Secret Show @ Blind Barber Wed. Mar. 27th 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Neil Hamburger & Special Guests @ The Satellite LA Sun. Mar. 31st 8:30PM $8
COMEDY CRAWL
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 7:30PM FREE
Christina Pazsitsky @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
JFL Montreal Showcase @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM/10PM $10
Stampede! @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
The Talent Show @ Middle Theater Company 8PM FREE
Lebowski Movie Party @ Saban Theatre 9PM $20-$25
Don’t Stop or We’ll Die @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25
Hot Improv Nights @ Middle Theater Company 10PM FREE
The End of the World Show @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 10PM FREE
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
Guy Branum Presents Talk Show: The Game 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
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/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
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
IMPROV JAM @ MIDDLE THEATER COMPANY 6605 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, Ste. 110/Starts around 11PM after Hot Improv Nights/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery
Season 3 of NTSF:SD:SUV Will Premiere This Summer With New Cast Member Karen Gillan
Not that you weren’t going to watch season 3 of NTSF:SD:SUV on Adult Swim in a few months, but this probably makes you even more excited than you already are.
Some of you might know this and some of you might not, but that are a lot of hidden costs that go into making a documentary. A lot of those come unfortunately in the post production/distribution process as documentaries, at their outset, have little idea what the end result will be.
Such is the case with The Arrested Development Documentary Project as the project apparently has amassed a pretty big bill, $20,053, to pay for licensing for photos used in the documentary. Please donate so can we all see this film going behind one of the funniest series of all time.
America needs to understand that they should have as much Rory Scovel on their televisions as possible. We hope that everything Rory’s in gets picked up, cable, network, podcast, vine movies, and more.
Apparently, taking over a Japanese talk show set to host his own show wasn’t enough for TJ Miller’s blue demon Gorburger. He’s now expanded to having his own free zine that can and really should pick up at Amoeba Records in Hollywood.
Oh, you should be watching The Gorburger Show where TJ Miller plays a blue demon that has violently taken over a talk show and interviews recording artists, in case that wasn’t obvious in this post.
Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell Team Up Again For ‘Welcome To Me’
We can just imagine that there would be a big enough blooper and outtake reel from Will and Kristen alone that they could cut together a whole other movie.
Jon Daly To Star in Amazon Comedy Pilot ‘Betas’
We hope this series gets picked up to not only have more of the world be introduced to Jon Daly, but also, more specifically, get to know his beautifully absurd characters like Bill Cosby Bukowski.
ON THE HORIZON
Lebowski Fest @ Saban Theatre & Fountain Bowl Fri. Mar. 22nd-Sat. Mar. 23rd
It Happened One Night @ Egyptian Theatre Sat. Mar. 30th 7:30PM $11
COMEDY CRAWL
The Jeselnik Offensive @ Hollywood Center Studios 6PM FREE w/RSVP
Big Money @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Doug Benson Movie Interruption: Cloud Atlas @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $14 (stand by only)
The Super Serious Show w/Tom Segura @ Club Fais-Do-Do 8PM $15
Employee of the Month @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Loud Village at the Improv @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/2 item min.
The Business LA @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Super Kudzu at iO West Scripted Comedy Festival @ iO West DCT 8:30PM $10
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25 (stand by only)
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Captain Planet @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Hot House Comedy Show @ RZO 530 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA 9PM FREE w/RSVP
Terror Visions: Nick Ehart & Ben Seeder at iO West Scripted Comedy Festival 9PM $10
The Insanely Huge and Extreme Character Showcase @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM (stand by only)/11PM $5
100% Juice at iO West Scripted Comedy Festival @ iO West DCT 10:30PM $10
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/No purchase necessary
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.
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.
If you’ve ever thought that too many secretly filmed prank shows were just mean and not so much on the funny, you need to watch The Walsh Brothers Great and Secret Comedy at CC: Studios because it’s the exact opposite of that.
Ex.: Ep. 3 that you should watch as soon as you can.
Looks Like Enlightened Might Become One of Those Cult Hits on DVD After HBO Just Cancelled It
Incredibly low ratings seem to be the case for the axe here, but we wonder, especially with how fiercely loyal Enlightened’s fanbase was as well as the loads of critical praise, how the show would have done in a few years when TV ratings have fully integrated watching online.
If fans of Veronica Mars can demand a movie and get one, and Arrested Development go on Netflix, and so on and so forth, maybe something will happened for Enlightened.
What else can we say besides comedy legend Bill Cosby was on Letterman and you need to watch it even if you hate comedy.
As read above, The Scoomie Awards is a long running LA comedy tradition based out of one of the longest running open mics in LA at the Westwood Brewing Company, 1097 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA, on Tuesdays co-hosted by Vance Sanders and Robert Yasumura.
Next Tuesday at 8PM, categories, which you can vote on, such as Most Unsold Screenplays, Closeted Maroon 5 Fan, etc. will have awarded their winners during “Los Angeles’ Annual Comedian’s Award Show that celebrates/skewers our incestuous comedy scene”.
If you wish to vote (and you have until next Tues Mar. 26th), please message Westwood Brew Co. host, funny man himself Vance Sanders.
Funny or Die Now Has a Phone Hotline
Funny or Die has just set up a phone line where you can them leave a message like many radio and television shows have done before hand. We’re intrigued, to the say the least, to see what ends up happening with the voicemails as well as the person who will have to listen to all of these messages.
Also, they have Cedric Yarbrough singing the jingle/theme, so enjoy that.
NY based Veronica Osorio has the delightful, dark, but hilarious web series Kate’s Craft Corner wherein she shows people how to make both crafts and keep fueling the fires of your personal inadequacies.
See what we’re talking about with this episode on how to make a salt shaker.
5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week at Nerdist 3/19/13
Here are our week’s picks for the best-meant-to-be-funny sketches, clips, etc. from the Internet and they do not disappoint (not like there’s a week of 5 MIFV that disappoints). Included in this round are: fake arms with Steve Carell and Justin Timberlake at Fallon, bad dream giving at Above Average, Jess Lane and Lee Rubenstein’s Queer Bones, and more.
If you wish to be considered for a future 5 MIFV (they happen every week), please read the rules carefully before submitting
ON THE HORIZON
Underbelly @ Echoes Under Sunset Sat. Mar. 23rd 9:30PM FREE
The Walsh Brothers @ UCB Theatre Sat. Mar. 23rd MIDNIGHT $5
COMEDY CRAWL
JFL Montreal Showcase @ Hollywood Improv 6PM $5/1 item min.
Room 101 Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Stay at Home Wilburys w/Eddie Pepitone, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dana Gould @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Mar. 20th 8PM $25
Meltdown Presents Nerdist Stand-Up Cluster @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Nerdy Virgin Presents Taylor Williamson @ Flappers YooHoo Room 9:30PM $10/2 item min.
The Hoop Dreams Comedy Hour @ Neon Venus Art 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 1/2 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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/lottery/One item min.
REDWOOD BAR & GRILL 316 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA (Downtown)/Starts 6:30PM/No purchase necessary
CAPES OPTIONAL 11284 Washington Pl., Culver City, CA/Starts 7PM/End 9PM/lottery/3-5 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
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
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 11PM 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
Steve Agee, Kumail Nanjiani, and Steve Little Joining Craig Robinson’s NBC Pilot
Yet another great set of additions to another pilot. Would love to see Steve Agee, Kumail Nanjiani, and Steve Little as regulars on network TV.
The very funny Emily Heller has started a new web series at the great web series hub, Above Average, called “The Future”. Heller will try to read the future of her guests with supposed psychic skills.
See what is (or isn’t) in store for her first guest, Reggie Watts.
There’s plenty of hate on stand-up comedy classes, especially for the money they cost that ultimately will not let you skip open mics, but hilarious, veteran comedian John Roy (you’ve might have seen him be great on Conan or his AST Record taping) has thankfully circumvented the cost leaving just valuable lessons in starting out in stand-up comedy.
Over the last month or so, he has been writing what would basically make up the text book for a comedy class and posting it on his Tumblr weekly. This still won’t let you skip open mics, but it’s great advice from a great comedian that you can take at your own pace and you didn’t pay a month’s rent for, so you might want to check it out if you’re interested in trying/doing stand-up.
Here’s links to John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class Week One–Week Two–Week Three–Week Four–Week Five
Yes, Ryan Gosling has an actual range where you can learn all his acting techniques including staring into the distance.
Comedy partners Elisha Yaffe and Curt Neill made this great, funny short about being, perhaps, too good of a friend in keeping every promise, even the ones you made while in not so great a place.
Magnet Acquires Horror Comedy ‘Milo’ Starring Ken Marino
This just means we’re one step closer to seeing Ken Marino in a horror comedy or just Ken Marino, in general, on the big screen (remember how great he was in Wanderlust?)
Also, Gillian Jacobs and Stephen Root are also in the cast if all that isn’t enough for you.
ON THE HORIZON
Guy Branum Presents Talk Show: The Game Show @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Mar. 22nd MIDNIGHT $5/1 item min.
Kurt Braunohler’s Cloud Project Viewing Party @ Perch Sat. Mar. 23rd 2PM FREE
Poster by Dave Kloc
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 7:30PM FREE
Cat Video @ Hayworth Theater 7:30PM $5
TNT Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Director’s Cut @ Jumpcut Cafe 8PM FREE
Not That Other Show @ Blank Theatre 8PM FREE
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Comedy Living Room 8:30PM FREE
5 Second Films @ Mohawk Bend 9PM FREE
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
God Hates Figs @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
JFL Montreal Showcase @ Flappers YooHoo Room 9:30PM $10/2 item min.
Mondo News Night @ Cinefamily 10PM $12
Up Top @ Rush Street 10PM FREE
Bertie Stands Up @ The Palace Restaurant 10PM No cover/1 drink min.
Steve Benaquist’s Big & Tall Show @ Middle Theatre Company 10:30PM FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
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
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
THE MOTH @ LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts 7:30PM sharp/Stories only/Must be on theme of “busted”/5 min./10 spots only/lottery/$8 cover
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/lottery/One item min.
PALMS BAR 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Ends 7:55PM/5-7 min./First come, first served/One drink min.
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/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 8PM/Ends 9:15PM/5-7min.
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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
DAVE’S BAR 708 Broadway, Glendale, CA/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/one item min./8-10 min.
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/4 min.
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
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts 11PM after TNT Improv/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary