Norm MacDonald is doing four shows at the Irvine Improv on the first weekend of 2018. Need we say more (besides tickets being $25 w/2 item min.)?
Get tickets here.
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It seems that there is legal precedent under California law for this suit to exist (the story would likely be much different if it was a private party or, perhaps, a free show), but this also looks like a very twisted, flawed understanding of how to bring about equality between the sexes by the men suing Shlesinger.
Men just can’t have enough, can they?
Whatever happens will be an important distinction for live entertainment, especially, in regards to comedy shows going forward.
You, however, can take a tiny sliver of solace in the fact that the plaintiff’s name is George St. George.
If you’ve been enjoying Kate Berlant and John Early on your televisions throughout 2017, you might want to get in on the first Super Serious Show of 2018 that they will be hosting/headlining (not to mention that the rest of the line-up is pretty stellar too).
Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 (cash only) at door. Please get tickets in advance here.
Poster by Barry Blankenship
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See a bit of what Guy and company have in store in this promo and look forward to Talk Show the Game Show’s return on Thursday, February 1st on TruTV.
Really, Margot Robbie continues to dazzle here in the states as an Aussie actress who loves and excels at playing complex, conflicted women. Allison Janney notches in what will undoubtedly be one of her most memorable performances in her career as Tonya Harding’s tough love obsessed mother. By the end, you very likely might have a lot more sympathy and empathy for Tonya Harding.
Also, screenwriter Steven Rogers’ decision to tell the story from everyone’s side (as they all seem to disagree wildly on how things happens) really made this one hell of a biopic and a reminder of truly crazy this whole affair was. Director Craig Gillespie gives a stylish panache with quick, swooping camera making the whole film a real ride through Harding’s unfortunately rough and tumble life.
With all of that said, I, Tonya stands alongside with The Disaster Artist, Lady Bird, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as one of the strongest classes of comedy in an awards season in a very, very long time. It’s at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes if you rely on that score more than what we say.
Anyhow, go see I, Tonya ASAP if you haven’t already. Check showtimes here.
Looking forward to next year, this comedy benefit show for Ivannhoe Elementary and Public Education is one of the most stacked line-ups in Jan. 2018. They’ve got comedy power couples Tom Segura & Christina P. and Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher as well as the fantastic comedic stylings of Rob Corddry, Kyle Kinane, and Moshe Kasher AND hosts The Sklar Brothers.
Whether it be $50, $100, or $250, it’s worth the money (especially as it’s for a good cause). Get tickets here.
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The Four “2 Dope Queens” Specials Start Airing on Feb. 2nd at 11:30PM
Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, or better known to podcast fans as the 2 Dope Queens, have not one, not two, not three, but four comedy specials coming to HBO in February 2018 (specifically Friday, Feb. 2nd at 11:30PM). Both Williams and Robinson along with some of their favorite comedians will be featured throughout the four specials in what should make for a better February next year than last year.
Here’s a teaser complete with some dope thrones.
Upset with what you got for Christmas or with Christmas in general?
Whatever the case may be, Todd Barry’s brand new stand-up special Spicy Honey should make up for whatever your sour about. It’s another hour of his expertly crafted wry observations, dabbed with Barry’s finely tuned, whipsmart crowd work.
Watch a trailer for it here, then look for Spicy Honey on Netflix.
As a result of being publicly tagged as an abuser and corroborating the story posted by an ex-girlfriend, Feral Audio founder Dustin Marshall has decided to end the independent podcast network he created in order to check into a rehabilitation facility.
(You can read the statement from Abby, lead singer of Potty Mouth and Dustin’s ex-girlfriend, about the abusive relationship and Dustin’s response here and here respectively.)
As Feral Audio is now being dissolved and its employees let go, the fate of such podcasts like Harmontown, Dumb People Town, Suicide Buddies, and more were up in the air.
However, Starburns Industries has decided to step in and create SBI: Audio, a new podcast network where, it would seem, podcasts that were on Feral will get to live on.
This was posted earlier today from Starburns Industries FB page:
“Starburns is excited to announce the launch of SBI:Audio! SBI: Audio is the new podcast venture from #Starburns Ind.
#Harmontown, #DumbPeopleTown, #DuncanTrussell’s Family Hour, & more, will be migrating to the new service along side a bunch of amazing new offerings.
Stay tuned, more to come in 2018!
More details on the newly formed SBI: Audio (and what they have planned and which other podcasts will hop over there) will undoubtedly be coming soon and we will report on them as soon they come out.
The newly minted Hayworth Theater with the keys in the hands of its new stewards Dynasty Typewriter will be having its very first show this New Year’s Eve.
They a variety of wonders and delights in the form of comedy, games, music, etc. etc. and, at $5, it might be your best deal in LA for NYE.
Get tickets here.
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For us, it’s just as reliable as A Christmas Story.
Here’s a clip from the more twisted version takes on A Christmas Carol and only part of why we love Blackadder’s Christmas Carol so much. It’s currently not streaming anywhere big, so far as we know, but it’s undoubtedly somewhere online in some sort of form. It’s worth the search.
Hope you’re getting through this mandatory day off OK everyone!
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Honestly, all things considered, there probably has never been a better time to watch the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special than this 2017 holiday season.
So, catch it in an actual theater, The Pack Theater, with other folks the day after Christmas (kind of neat, belated Christmas present, right?).
Get more details here.
On this Christmas Eve 2017, let Anthony Atamanuik and his President Show gang give us a nice “Christmas carol” to lead us into the actual day of Christmas.
By “Christmas carol”, we mean a darkly funny rendition of Aimee Mann’s “Wise Up”.
Watch, enjoy, and get into the “spirit” here.
If you’re looking for a bit more existential/nihilist comedy to balance out the forced-upon-you holiday cheer, The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana will be screening one of the best dark comedies of all time, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for most of next week.
Tickets are $10. Get more details and tickets here.
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If you hate the holiday season as much as we do (everything stops and we’re not fans of that), this “War on Christmas” edition of Dark Matters this Saturday night might just be for you. They’re going to have “Three hardcore Christians compete against three hardcore Satanists to answer the question [of whether their is a War on Christmas] once and for all!” plus other holiday surprises like doppelgänger piñatas and “Chanukah Chorror Stories”
Get more details here.
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Rather than just having it playing the background during the holidays, go watch the seminal holiday classic film A Christmas Story as intended in a movie theater on the Eve of Christmas Eve Eve in West LA’s Nuart Theatre at midnight.
Tickets are $12 and you can (and should) get them here.
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A few things to get really excited about here is that the one and only David Wain is at the helm, the cast includes all of your favorite comedy stars (Matt Walsh, Will Forte, Jon Daly, Rick Glassman, John Gemberling, etc.) and they have Martin Mull playing a modern day Doug Kenney, the co-founder of National Lampoon, that is a bit argumentative throughout the telling of the story of National Lampoon’s rise to prominence.
See for yourself in the trailer for A Futile and Stupid Gesture, then look for it on Netflix on Friday, January 26th.
Yep, Muppets are headed to the Middle East.
Together, The MacArthur Foundation, The Sesame Workshop, and the International Rescue Committee are aiming to provide entertaining and educational children’s TV to Syrian refugees as well as kids in all across the Middle East (including Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq).
Notably, it will be made just for them and the lives they lead, which will undoubtedly make for one of the most fascinating corners of the Sesame Street/Muppets universe in addition to providing valuable edutainment.
The very first preview clip released of Chappelle’s new special, Equanimity, has Dave talking about voting in what is one of the most infamous American elections in U.S. history last year.
Hopefully, that’s a good hint of what’s to come. Watch it here.
Look for Equanimity on Netflix on New Year’s Eve.
Tickets are still available for Womp It Up! Live with Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham (as well as Jason Mantzoukas, Brian Huskey and many more from the Wompler Universe!). If you really miss Playing House and get to the LA area, specifically, Largo at the Coronet Theatre, on Tuesday, January 9th at 8:30PM, you better get in on this quick.
Tickets are $30 and you can get them right here.
Broad City Capsule Collection at Wildfox Will Partially Benefit LGBT Community Center in NYC
Here is just a nice bit of good news that you might desperately need.
Broad City has more than 20 pieces of apparel in their Wildfox Capsule Collection, which feature plenty of Abbi and Ilana’s favorite sayings.
Also 100% from two of the designs will go to benefit NYC’s LGBT Community Center in case you needed more of a good reason to pick up some new Broad City merch.
While ISIS is supposedly having its last breaths in the Middle East, Conner O’Malley or, rather, “Scott Andrews” is standing up to them by keeping an outlet mall in Wisconsin safe.
Rest assured that there are folks like this making sure discount factory sales are safe from terrorists.
Also, Jo Firestone has a wonderful cameo in this.
Watch and enjoy it here.
HBO Developing Male Bisexual Dating Comedy from Travon Free with Issa Rae as EP
Issa Rae is becoming a power player over at HBO as this is one of two shows in development at HBO that she will be executive producing on top of cranking out her own show Insecure.
“Him or Her” comes from Travon Free and focuses on what life is like for a bisexual black man in this day and age. The subject matter will undoubtedly be eye-opening and possibly a great window into intersectionality for those who are still struggling with the term.
Simply put, great new music will be celebrated, great comedy will be had, and a great cause (The Downtown Women’s Center) will be supported, all at the ultra hip Zebulon in Atwater Village/Silverlake.
Please get tickets here (they’re only $10 too).
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