HOW DID THIS GET MADE: SUCKER PUNCH
HOW DID THIS GET MADE: SUCKER PUNCH
I feel like a lot of people are finally watching Sucker Punch now that it’s on DVD. So take a listen back to the HDTGM podcast with Chelsea Perretti.
Hilarious stories told from the intersection of Great and Terrible. Hosted by Lindsay Katai and featuring stories from your favorite funny people.
This month’s theme: White Whales – stories about obsessions.
With stories from:
Erin Gibson
Dave Horwitz
Joe Hartzler
Emily Maya Mills
Erin McGathy
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Michael Bay’s Next Movie Will Be a $20 Million Dark Comedy | Vulture
Michael Bay’s Next Movie Will Be a $20 Million Dark Comedy | Vulture
Does Michael Bay even know how to make a movie for $20 million?
OK, so it’ll be a dark comedy with explosive farts made on After Effects?
Morning Debriefing 6/30/11
1) Watch comedic brilliance by Jon Dore & Rory Scovel on Conan. Oh yeah, they might do the same thing at Meltdown Comics on August 11th.
2) Want to be on a “High School Talent Show”?
Hot House, which normally hosts a fantastic “secret” comedy show, is putting the 3rd Annual Hot House High School Talent Show. Already, it’s half booked, but if you’re interested, the show is on Thurs. July 21st 8PM and they’re looking to book all types of variety/comedy/character acts of varying lengths – but – no stand up (unless it is part of a larger character piece).
The basic theme of the night is the show takes place in a High School Auditorium hosted by the Vice Principal of Affairs. Talent must decide up front whether to play a Student or an Administrator. And all acts should be between thirty seconds to three minutes (five if there is a real need) And let us know the general concept beforehand.
Nothing is too small or too stupid. Please email mariecolette24@gmail.com if interested.
3) So Café Muse, to those comedians that put up with its open mic or shows, is now gone. No more comedy will take place within its walls despite it being next door to the Comedy Central Stages. We’re frankly surprised that it lasted this long as every time we’ve been there something along the lines of a frustrated white kid in his late 20’s would ask anyone who was black to be his black friend 5 minutes over the light would happen.
4) Don’t follow @MitziShore. It’s not her. Besides, gaining favor with her and an audition to be passed at the Comedy Store is a whole lot harder than just getting a fake account of her to follow you on Twitter.
5) Compatish goes cup stacking…
6) Weird Al Yankovic writes/confesses lyrics for the Conan theme.
8) ON THE HORIZON
California for Alabama Benefit @ Meltdown Comics Wed. Aug. 3rd, 6:30PM $10
The Business @ Nerdist Theater Fri. July 15th, 8PM $10
9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Conan O’Brien Writers Retrospective @ Cinefamily 7:45PM $12
Comedy 90210 @ Roxbury Cafe 8PM $5
1642 Comedy Social Club @ 1642 Beer & Wine 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Mr. Napkins Big Show @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM FREE
Loose Meat @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Persona! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10PM $5
Love Machine Comedy Show @ M Bar 10PM $5
Paul Danke & Cornell Reid Live Tweet a Movie @PaulDanke & @Corneezy 10PM FREE
10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
COFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA, Suite 180/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/no purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/10 min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available
11) I tried defending Tree of Life to my sister and mother who sat through it with me and the best I could come up with was, “Well, it’s best if you don’t try to figure it out.” Now, if I only could write jokes that work like that.
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Joke Stealing Gets Litigous
The best comedy in Los Angeles will not be heard at The Comedy Store, but rather a federal court as the Wayans brothers face down a former assistant who charges that Keenen, Shawn and Marlon ripped off jokes for their book, “You Know You’re a Golddigger When…” (Edited for space and content from The Hollywood Reporter Article)
Andre Hyland Presents: The Jesse Miller Talk Show
FRIDAY July 15th 2011See some great comics & guests perform, then be interviewed by self described media mogul Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland). Along with some video and musical gems.
GUESTS:
Howard Kremer (MTV, Kimmel, Comedy Central)
Erin Gibson (Current TV, Parks & Rec)
Benjamin Berman (Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Tim & Eric)
Michael Palascak (Letterman, Leno)Hosted by- Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland) (Fuel TV’s Stupidface & The Daily Habit)
Co-Host-Daryl (Paul Oyen) (HBO’s Funny or Die)
Dancer-Tanya (Anna Lee Lawson) (HBO’s Funny or Die, Stupidface)
Doors @ 10pm – Show @ 10:30pmThe Improv Comedy Lab
8162 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, California
only $5
Purchase tickets in advance HERE
I am so delighted to confirm that I was right and you were wrong. From now on when you say something which hurts me, I will remember to read your early Bridesmaids opinions and predictions and that will soothe me.
Judd Apatow, in an e-mail to Nikki Finke. Finke had derided Bridesmaids upon its release, and yesterday, Bridesmaids surpassed Knocked Up as the most successful Apatowian venture to date.
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Morning Debriefing 7/1/11
1) I can think of at least 5 places off the bat where you could do this… [via IHateComedy]
EMBED-Standup Anywhere: A Holy Taco Contest – Watch more free videos
2) Kelly Oxford on Last Call with Carson Daly.
3) Weird Al Yankovic made music videos for his whole new album and they’re all right here like Party in the CIA.
4) RT @MarcMaron For those asking: My New CD, ‘This Has to be Funny’, will be out in August.
5) Megan Amram at the Cheesecake Factory
6) Jackie Kashian in LA Weekly.
7) Last night, we went to the vintage video game arcade Ground Kontrol for the first edition of Ron Funches’ No Pun Intendo and to show you how packed it was, the picture below was literally the best picture we could take of Mike Drucker killing it and dispatching a heckler wearing an Effin Vodka shirt (at a vintage video game arcade no less).
Most amazing part to us was that hipsters wanted to see the show, believed in comedy so much that they stopped playing X-Men to watch comedy.
8) Puddin’-“Question” (This is their 100th episode!)
9) ON THE HORIZON
Laugh Revival @ Venice Sound Stage Thurs. July 14th 8:30PM FREE
10) COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
LETTUCE Entertain You (With Stand-Up) @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Re-Animator the Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
The Tulsa Skull Swingers @ Redwood Bar & Grill (316 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA [Downtown[) 9:30PM
First Friday Funnies @ Serenity Hall (7212 Chapman Ave., Garden Grove, CA w/Jesse Case, Eli Olsberg, Johnny Gold, and Kerry Arnold Stevens) 10PM FREE
Kate Micucci @ Steve Allen Theater (opening for Re-Animator Benefit) 11PM
Re-Animator Cast Benefit @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $15
11) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/$3 min./mixed mic/booked show in middle around 8PM
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served
TRINITY CHURCH 1015 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 8PM/must work clean/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available
12) Anyone who says that they’re legitimately enjoying Transformers 3 needs to read Orwell’s Animal Farm again and specifically the parts about how the animals on the farm were fooled into thinking that they tyranny they lived under was somehow better than before.
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New Proopcast Declares Independence
New Proopcast Declares Independence
Join me for free. Freedom isn’t free but you may join me live or download me free. We will join minds in the ether. I need you and I do not mind telling you.
Happy Canada Day
Happy Independence Day
New Park in downtown LA…
is going to go here.
SPRING STREET PARK READIES FOR LATE AUGUST 2011
If downtown LA keeps up at the rate it’s going, I’m actually going to want to live there in a year or two. Now if we can just get Hollywood on board for their Hollywood Central Park – a plan which would cap the 101 freeway and put a park over it in between Hollywood and Santa Monica Blvd. It would take a long time but the plan is so fucking cool. Also in the works – a plan to turn the LA River back into a (gasp) River.
I love how LA is trying to create more public spaces. Griffith park is great, but there’s few green public spaces interspersed throughout the city. I love LA, but it’s a city you have to learn to love. If some of these plans actually materialize, LA can truly become an amazing city with a high quality of life.
I’m sorry everyone. I read this and thought, “So there will be more places where we can do a comedy show, right?”
Morning Debriefing 7/2/11
1) “@WKamauBell Comedians apologizing is the new black.” We agree 100%.
2) Jorge Garcia from Lost apparently tried out stand-up at the Laugh Factory. [via BTNPR]
3) Davey Johnson is really one of the funniest people we know. Watch ‘What’s What?’
4) Ben Schwartz interviewing Garry Shandling over Twitter.
5) Riki Lindhome of Garfunkel and Oates lands role in “Fun Cast”.
6) MLB blocks Chapter 11 Dodger Jerseys from being sold. Come on, Selig… that’s really funny.
7) ON THE HORIZON
Return to Babylon (babble on) @ Dark Horse Saloon Wed. July 6th 9PM
8) COMEDY CRAWL
Jimmy Pardo Hosting Charity Auction @ Amoeba Records 4PM FREE
Everything is Festival: Schrab & Harmon’s Found Crap V @ Cinefamily 4PM $10
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Two Headed Beast @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Re-Animator the Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Magic Bag @ Underground Annex Theater 10PM $5
The Sklar Brothers @ Irvine Improv 11PM $10/2 item min.
The Midnight Show w/James Van Der Beek @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 (stand by only)
Tomorrow!!! Presents 5 Minutes or Die @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
9) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
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.
10) So according to their posted calendars, the Comedy Store and Sal’s Comedy Hole will still be having their open mics run on the 4th of July. Anyone else running their mics/confirming they hate their families, don’t have friends? (Because no one hates fireworks and the taste of BBQ unless you’re a pinko commie)
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Morning Debriefing 7/3/11
1) OK, so the Comedy Garage is coming to the UCB on July 16th; I think enough is said.
2) The Reggie Watts Show Pilot. Hopefully, it’ll stay up this time.
3) We’re leaving Portland today, but we had a great time here. Catching No Pun Intendo at Ground Kontrol, a comedy show at a video arcade, and the Suki’s open mic only scratched Portland’s lively and growing comedy scene. If anyone reading gets a chance to go (even if it’s not time for the Bridgetown Comedy Festival), please comedy in Portland. Now, we’re back on our way to LA where we’re spoiled comedy wise.
4) The Everything is Festival at Cinefamily is streaming live in case you’re broke, a cheap skate, or can’t your budget approved.
5) Watch full episodes of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 because it’s not on DVD yet [via 247comedy.com]
6) The Pardo Patrol with Tom Hanks-Point-Hanks?
7) ON THE HORIZON
Charlyne Yi & Dave Horowitz Present: We Don’t Know @ UCB Theatre Thurs. July 21st 8PM $5
Audition @ UCB Theatre Sat. July 23rd 10PM $10
8) COMEDY CRAWL
Everything is Festival: Neil Hamburger Presents a Tribute to Dora Hall @ Cinefamily 2:30PM $10
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Everything is Festival: Found Footage Battle Royale @ Cinefamily 9:15PM $10
Gravid Water @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
9) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
NERDIST THEATRE 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (back room of Meltdown Comics)/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/lottery/30 spots available/no purchase necessary
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee available
10) Yes, we will be post tomorrow on the 4th of July, though nearly everything comedy wise is shut down. We’re just that dedicated/unable to define our lives very well outside of this.
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4th of July DUI Checkpoints Waiting For You in L.A.
4th of July DUI Checkpoints Waiting For You in L.A.
July 3, 2011 (Sunday) – DUI Saturation Patrol from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. in LAPD’s Foothill Area
July 3, 2011 (Sunday) – DUI Saturation Patrol from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. in LAPD’s Harbor Area
July 4, 2011 (Monday) – Sobriety Checkpoint from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. in LAPD’s West Los Angeles Area on Pacific Coast Highway at Temescal Canyon Road
Be safe out there, and happy 4th!
Tommy Johnagin (Late Show W/ David Letterman)
Matt Knudsen (Late Late Show)
Chuck Watkins (Comedy Central’s Live @ Gotham)
Ali Wong (FOX’s Breaking In)
Liz Stewart (Frog Island Comedy)
Annie Lederman (Trainwrecks)
Adam Hammer (The Improv)
Ed Galvez (The Fort Podcast)
Host: Sara Jo Allocco (Comedy Central)
Morning Debriefing 7/4/11
1) Happy 4th of July Everybody!!! May you celebrate your nation’s history like this… (they didn’t have 4th of July one, sorry)
Drunk History Vol. 5 w/ Will Ferrell, Don Cheadle & Zooey Deschanel from Will Ferrell
2) Are You Getting the Maximum Value Out of Your Material via Connected Comedy-I wish Louis CK’s technology bit would have been used as an example instead of Anjelah Johnson, but some good points are made.
3) TJ Miller doing crowd work at a kid’s show.
5) COMEDY CRAWL-No shows worth going to tonight. Save your energy for tomorrow…
6) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
7) Anyone feel like they’re should be a post July 4th Resolution? Anyone keeping up New Year’s Resolution up to this point? Yeah, I think they’re stupid to, especially when BBQ tastes soooooo good.
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Morning Debriefing 7/5/11
1) So roasts have indeed lost class, like I said so, as Comedy Central announced it will be roasting Charlie Sheen in LA in September.
2) Keep watch close for this: “@JenKirkman If you guys are wondering why I am on Twitter all the time, I’m writing a book, due out in 2012. I’m alone all day, need constant breaks.”
3) Greg Proops Interview by us for Punchline Magazine.
4) Neil Hamburger continues his march against Corporate America on Viceland.com
5) The Sunset Grill Open Mic in Hollywood is back. Thurs-Sun. around 7PM, if you can put up with it, at 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., a few other open mics are within walking distance of it.
“It’s a good sign that people trust comedians more than journalists.”-Paul Provenza on In the Arena’s blog on CNN.com
7) Writing Movies for Fun and Profit with Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.
Writing Movies For Fun and Profit from Thomas Lennon
8) ON THE HORIZON
Return to Babylon w/Birds of Prey @ Dark Horse Saloon Wed. July 6th 9PM FREE
The Super Serious Super Bonus Show @ Smashbox Studios West Hollywood Tues. July 12th FREE w/purchase of ticket to July 21st edition of Super Serious Show
Heart of Darkness w/Andrés Du Bouchet, Ron Lynch, Jon Dore & Rory Scovel, and more @ Nerdist Theater (back room of Meltdown Comics) Sat. July 30th 8PM
9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Good Luck Show @ Good Luck Bar 8PM FREE
Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge @ Red Rock 8PM FREE
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Geekscape Presents: The Good, The Bad, and The Geeky @ Michael’s Bar & Grill 9PM FREE
Lower Crust Comedy @ Genghis Cohen 9PM $6
10) OPEN MIC RUN
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/6 min./first come, first served/no purchase necessary
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/$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
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided
11) If you’re still putting Best Comedy Show (or Comics) in Southern California on your comedy flyer, you need to think of a new comedy flyer.
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Despite Record-Breaking Year for Comedies, Studios Are Still Slashing Comedy Budgets | Vulture
Despite Record-Breaking Year for Comedies, Studios Are Still Slashing Comedy Budgets | Vulture
And you have Hollywood’s reliance on foreign markets and DVD sales to thank.
Clark Gregg and Rachel Bilson Join Amazing Cast of THE TO DO LIST | Collider
Clark Gregg and Rachel Bilson Join Amazing Cast of THE TO DO LIST | Collider
Who makes up said amazing cast?
Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Alia Shawkat, Mae Whitman, Johnny Simmons, Donald Glover, Connie Britton, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Scott Porter, D.C. Pierson and Dominic Dierkes.
Not to mention the picture’s leading woman Aubrey Plaza.
Monday July 25, 2011 marks a special day for the Comedy Store . Writing the names of comics on the walls of The Store has always been tradition and this year we will be adding some well known names as well as some soon to be known names to our walls
Among the 20+ names being added will be Sarah Silverman, Tony Clifton, Moshe Kasher, Nick Kroll, Chelsea Peretti, Judah Friedlander, Melissa Villasenor, and long-time Comedy Store manager, Dean Gelber.
Names Night solidifies the place of honorees at The Comedy Store and is physical proof of the great efforts they have put into their careers and the art of Stand up Comedy. Among the performing arts, only Stand up is comprised mostly of soloists, making it a unique journey of personal discovery for audiences and performers alike and it is our honor to share in this journey with such talented people.
To mark the occasion, The Comedy Store will have comics performing in the Original Room and a private reception for the honorees in the Main Room with floating photographers, food, and comic interviews. We hope to be having some BIG guests swing by for the evening, and a few special surprises.
The reception for honorees in the Main Room that night is private, but the general public is welcome to attend the show in the Original Room for free*
Come on out for a landmark evening at The Comedy Store and join us in celebrating some incredible talent !
Largo | Paul F. Tompkins Show | 06.18.11
To get in the spirit of the live recording of the Pod F. Tompkast, Paul dressed himself and the stage in a nautical theme, complete with what looked to be a diving helmet on top of the piano, while Eban dressed in a knit cap, a’la Jack Cousteau.
Check out the episode here!