Morning Debriefing 7/10/11
1) Paul Provenza & the Art of Stand-Up Comedy on NPR.
2) Steve Martin & Ed Helms with banjos for Rolling Stone [via Comedy Nerds United]
3) Curb Your Enthusiasm returns for it’s last season (maybe) tonight. HBO. 10PM.
4) Many wonder what, “Carmeggedon”, the shutting down of the 405 Freeway on July 16th will look like. Tony Sam and Aparna Nancherla help give us an idea.
5) Craig Vanswers whether he likes dogs (sort of…)
7) ON THE HORIZON
6) COMEDY CRAWL
Set List @ Flappers YooHoo Room 7PM $10/2 item min.
8 Ball Stand-Up @ Westwood Brew Co 7:30PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Re-Animator: The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 8:30PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! w/Greg Proops @ iO West 9PM $5
BIFF’s Flappers Funny Film Fest @ Flappers Burbank 9PM $10/2 item min.
Hot Sauce @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Love Machine Comedy Show @ M Bar 10PM FREE/$10 min.
Skinny Sundays @ Hollywood Improv 9:30PM $14/2 item min.
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
7) 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
8) Oh yeah, go see Beginners as soon as possible. Maybe not alone while nothing but happy couples sit around you and you’re clearly on the verge of crying, but you guys should go see it the first chance you get.
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That’s right just added one of TigerLily’s favorite performers, the super awesome
STEVE AGEE!!!
&
Also your MC for the evening will be the always stellar
MATT PETERS!!
See them Monday July 11 @ What’s Up Tiger Lily? 8pm
along with : MARIA BAMFORD, TOMMY JOHNAGIN, NIKKI GLASER, KUMAIL NANJIANI, BARBARA GRAY, BARRY ROTHBART, MATT RITTER, DAVE CHILD, JOHN ROY!
Whats Up Tiger Lily? every MONDAY 8PM
@ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill
6122 Sunset Blvd in the Gower Gulch
FREE! & Free parking!
Free show. Free your mind.
FREEEEEEEEE
Hosted by Howard Kremer, the master of having a Summah, this all day affair will feature food, fun, booze, music, water guns, a bounce castle, and comedy. Featuring Steve Agee, Eli Braden, Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, music from The Manx, and too many fun surprise guests to count. It’s free, but only if you RSVP to summahfest@gmail.com.
This is a design I just finished for Howard Kremer’s SUMMAHFEST. I know the colors are a little hard to handle but hey – c’mon – whatever. Right?
The fest is the 16th – at 2 pm. There is a version with a ton of text all over it with the details and such. This is the version I will have for sale at the event. So put on your boat shoes – and I’ll s
#brainboxupdate: Okay. I can hear criticism. I’ve been hearing it for some time and I…
#brainboxupdate: Okay. I can hear criticism. I’ve been hearing it for some time and I…
Okay. I can hear criticism. I’ve been hearing it for some time and I know when it’s meant well, when it’s just meant to hurt; and now, as a grown up, I can even tell if it’s a good idea and act upon it. Most of you already do this and I don’t know if this will help with the perpetrators or not…
We are, after all, a bureau, Jackie, if you need us to take action, we can do so (I’m not really sure what that would entail, but I’m just saying YOU’RE FUCKING HILARIOUS.)
Morning Debriefing 7/11/11
1) Marc Maron’s upcoming CD “This Has To Be Funny” is available for pre-order on Amazon.
2) Just in case thought you this was a big put-on, it wasn’t. Ron Artest had his show at the Hollywood Improv.
3) The Earwolf Challenge is here. America’s First Reality Podcast.
“Earwolf announced ‘Project Tippy-Toe’ where we asked for comedy podcasters to send us applications for a ‘super secret Earwolf project’. We were inundated with podcasts; over 120 to be exact – and we listened to all of them. Needless to say, it took a long fucking time; emphasis on the ‘fucking’.
After we sifted through the silt and the shit (silt being the good ones), we found the ten best podcasts to compete in the challenge. Matt Besser graciously agreed to be the host of the show, and we flew the ten competitors to Los Angeles and put them up in a local mansion.* Thus is where we begin the show.”
First episode’s right here.
4) Kenny Powers is the MFCEO of K-Swiss.
Kenny Powers – The K-Swiss MFCEO (UNCENSORED) – watch more funny videos
5) Comedian Brady Novak crosses out Kim Novak and gets his own star on the Walk of Fame.
6) Long running independent stand-up comedy show What’s Up Tiger Lily? asks What’s Up James Adomian?
8) ON THE HORIZON
1st Edition of Laugh Revival @ Venice Stage Thurs. July 14th 8:30PM FREE
9) COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
The BEATdown: Los Angeles @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
The 4 & 20 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Brunch @ The Park Restaurant 9PM FREE
Rick Overton: Substitute Global Ambassador @ iO West 9PM $10
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Stand Up Saloon @ Old Towne Pub 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is lottery/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/bottled water and coffee provided
11) Transformers 3 becomes the highest grossing movie of 2011. You do know that means that the rights to Transformers 6, 7, 8, all the way up to Transformers 10 are probably locked down by Michael Bay? Thanks to everyone who watches shiny things shoved down your throat because it’s been marketed to you every second of your waking life, we’ll be watching 2 hour music videos on the big screen for years to come. Yes, I graduated from film school and am still somewhat pretentious and have most likely forgotten what childhood was like, but I’m OK with that.
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Andre Hyland Presents: The Jesse Miller Talk Show (VIDEO INVITE)
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 HEREFACEBOOK Event Page HERE
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ0UFcVQAd0
Here is an awesome video created by Dominic Moschitti, a NerdMelt intern, for Two Thumbs Way Down at Meltdown Comics w/me, Rory Scovel, TJ Miller, and Kumail Nanjiani. Tuesday, July 19th at 8pm, be there!!
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Morning Debriefing 7/12/11
1) Allan Herrrmerrn’s School of French Kissing for Dogs from the Midnight Show-not for the faint of gut.
2) Kurt Braunohler’s World Wild of Animals: Killer Whales-Yes, it’s another hilarious video about animals, but only because it’s educational in the way animal videos should be. Also, if you’re on Tumblr, follow kbwwa.tumblr.com for all past and future episodes.
Kurt Braunohler’s World Wild of Animals: Killer Whales – watch more funny videos
3) America’s Misguided War on Offensive Humor: an Interview with Paul Provenza on Salon.com
Provenza: And the true irony is, I have a friend who does a lot of business in Japan, and he said you go into any bar or nightclub in Japan, and everybody is making tsunami jokes. You deal with it! But Gilbert’s the bad guy. So what, is it timing? Well, whose timing?
4) Connected Comedy Interview with Levity Comedy Manager and Producer Reg Tigerman.
5) Larry David will do stand up again. [via Punchline Magazine]
6) Wondering what you missed at some of the biggest comedy events in LA? Check out photo albums for the Midnight Show hosted by James Van Der Beek by Liezl and the Everything is Festival by Konstatine Simakis!
7) Adam Sandler’s Jack & Jill… ugh.
8) SPOWAYT-Sad Picture of Weird Al Yankovic Tuesday [via HuffPo Comedy/willzone]
9) ON THE HORIZON
The Dork Forest Live w/Frank Conniff & Ben Schwartz @ Nerdist Theater Thurs. August 18th 8PM $10
10) COMEDY CRAWL
Everything I Do is Wrong @ Smashbox Studios West Hollywood 7PM FREE (for first 50)
Drunk on Stage @ Akbar 8PM $5
The Mixer @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
TV Ready @ The Palms Bar 8:30PM $10
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Blamblamblam!!! @ R-Bar 9PM FREE
Public School Stories @ M Bar 9PM FREE/$10 min.
Set List @ Flappers YooHoo Room 9:30PM $10
A Great & Terrible Thing @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
11) 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.
HIVE GALLERY & STUDIOS 729 S. Spring St./Starts 9PM/no purchase necessary
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
12) Stage time is stage time is stage time is stage time. Don’t ever think otherwise, especially in LA or NYC.
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Levels of Tumblr.
1 follower = Tumblr Newbie.
10-40 followers = Tumblr Beginner.50-99 followers = Tumblr User
100-349 followers = Blogger
350-500 followers = Dedicated Blogger.
501-799 followers = Tumblr Expert.
800- 4,999 followers = Tumblr Popular.
5000+ followers =Tumblr famous.
You have no idea how hard we worked to become popular. It’s like fucking High School in here.
I’m just dedicated for all of this. Fuck me.
In Brightest Day. In Blackest Night…Ugh! We saw The Green Lantern w/ Paul Rust & Now U don’t have 2 on a New How Did This Get Made Podcast
TOPICS INCLUDE:
How is Tim Robbins, Peter Sarsgaard Dad?
Why does everyone go back to their apartments after their fights?
I guess their are stereotypes in space.
Who cares about Hal’s nephew and his dumb planes.
Tonight we cast, Proopstyle.
Proopcast Live Tonight! Bar Lubitsch @ 7pm. 7702 Santa Monica Blvd. Vodka is served. Law laid down. Hearts filled. Minds blown. Aloha.
Louis C.K. Blog Archives
If you are as big a Louis C.K. fan as we obviously are and weren’t aware of this, then you may be inclined to check it out. Louis’ old blog archives from his site dating back to 4/3/2007. Some amazing and awesome entries.
Morning Debriefing 7/13/11
1) Big congrats have to go to the Comedy Garage and their documentary by Logan Leistikow for winning Best Documentary in the LA Cinema Fest!
2) Afro in the Cosmos-An Article about Reggie Watts in Playboy Magazine.
3) Rooftop Comedy “Silver Nails” Winners Interview w/Karl Hess, Ron Funches, Emily Heller and more!!!
4) What Comedy Careers Will Look Like in 10 Years from Connected Comedy. Most of this we can definitely see happening, but the live experience, we think, can never be replaced and how people will go out and see it a decade from now…. we don’t know.
5) The Finale of Just Above Sunset: Runyon Canyon w/Eddie Pepitone. It’s the fifth and sixth day of the expedition to “summit” Runyon. Watch and enjoy.
RUNYON: Just Above Sunset – DAY 5 & 6 – SEASON FINALE – watch more funny videos
6) If you’re not watching Jon Benjamin Has a Van, then you’ll have to watch this-Handini, then go watch Jon Benjamin Has a Van on Comedy Central tonight 10:30PM.
Jon Benjamin Has a Van: Handini – The Chain Escape from Jon Benjamin
7) Puddin’-Nap
8) ON THE HORIZON
Brave New Show @ iO West Fri. July 15th 11PM $5
The Ho Ho Show @ Hollywood Hotel Wed. July 27th 10PM FREE
9) COMEDY CRAWL
Smartest Man in the World LIVE! w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch 7PM FREE
Comedy Central Showcase @ Flappers YooHoo Room 7:30PM $10/2 item min.
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $8
The Wong Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $15
Storytellers Showcase @ Greenway Court Theatre 9PM $10
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Cafe & Bar 9:30PM FREE
The Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour @ Next Stage Theater 11PM $5
10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst, West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guarantee
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
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) Something is happening with Netflix apparently? Anyone wanna fill us in? We were too poor to afford it in the first place.
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Old Man Weldon: “I noticed you have the same shoes as I do. The logical conclusion: you must have stolen them from me.”
Preach it Will.
Today I read an AV Club article about a Cleveland based sketch troupe, Last Call Cleveland, who is all but accusing Conan of stealing a bit they’ve done a bunch of times in the past. Punchline rolled with it, and it all started here in the Cleveland Scene. Now, thankfully, there’s no…
Don’t miss this great special ONE NIGHT ONLY show with GREG PROOPS in the improvised stand-up show, SET LIST. Comics get a brand new “set list” as they walk onstage, and perform as if it is their own. Joining this special show: Jimmy Dore, Jackie Jones, Jake Kroeger, Eddie Pepitone, and Carrie Snow.
This is Greg’s last Set List show in Los Angeles before joining the show at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
This is going to be a fantastic show without regard to me being on it. Still, I’m on it and absolutely thrilled…. to connect a bunch of topics to my incredibly low opinion of myself. IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT!!!
LOUIS C.K. WORKING ON NEW SHIT DURING AN EVENING OF DISJOINTED COMEDY
LOUIS C.K. WORKING ON NEW SHIT DURING AN EVENING OF DISJOINTED COMEDY
That’s the actual name of the show, but that doesn’t really matter, does it?
Propcastillians you are the bueno-est.
Next Proopcast Live! July 20th Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson 6539 Santa Monica Bd @ 8:00pm Free!Must RSVP 323.960.5519
Morning Debriefing 7/14/11
1) Emmy nominations came out today and Louis C.K. is nominated four times (apparently he edited his own special, Hilarious.), Conan got nominated while Leno did not, Modern Family gets plenty of love (in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, they take 4 of the six nominations), and Futurama gets a couple a nods.
2) NSFW Hal Rudnick’s doing an interview on the XXX Parody of Anchorman. Well, actually, he’s doing it while the movie’s shooting.
Anchorman XXX Parody Set Visit – NSFW – watch more funny videos
3) Paul Scheer leads the way with National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego:: Sports Utility Vehicle or NTSF:SD:SUV premieres on Adult Swim next week! Saw a preview at Scheer and Rob Hubel’s live show Crash Test and it was hilarious. Check out the teaser now, then watch it on Adult Swim next Thursday July 21st.
4) HOLY FUCK! Dave Ross gets interviewed in Laugh Button!
5) If you feel like truly staying in because you want to catch Louie on FX at 10:30PM, don’t forget to catch the premiere of the 2nd Season of the Green Room with Paul Provenza on Showtime 11PM AND the legendary Don Rickles will be making an appearance on the Tonight Show on NBC 11:35PM.
6) If you thought you were going to fly from the Long Beach Airport to Burbank this weekend to beat “Carmeggedon”, forget about it because it’s already sold out.
7) Puddin’-Yawn
8) ON THE HORIZON
Louis C.K. @ Largo Fri. July 15th & Sun. July 17th 9PM $20 Sold Out
Reggie Watts @ Largo Mon. Aug. 15th & Tues. Aug. 16th 9PM $20
9) COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central Showcase Callbacks @ Flappers YooHoo Room 7:30PM FREE/2 item min.
Subversive Comedy w/Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $12/2 item min.
Joe Wengert’s Stages of Adulthood @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Merrill Davis & Friends @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $6
Laugh Revival @ Venice Sound Stage 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theater 9PM $25
Sappity Tappity: A Drunken Romp Through Liquor Forest @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Lopez Tonight Showcase @ Flappers YooHoo Room 10PM $10/2 item min.
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.
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary
TROPHALLAXIS @ HIVE GALLERY & STUDIOS 729 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 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) According to this chart, we’re only dedicated bloggers. Really? How are we not Tumblr Famous? Anyone care to change this? Please. (Don’t worry, we went back to hating ourselves for begging for followers right after we posted this)
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Charlyne Yi & Dave Horwitz Present: We Don’t Know!
Charlyne YI and Dave Horwitz have teamed to bring you… something?? They’re not quite sure, but here’s what they know: it will be a one act play, it will have live musical accompaniment, it’ll co-star some amazing performers, and it will be almost entirely improvised. That’s right, they’ll provide an outline, but the rest is up to fate! How exciting is that? Answer? Very.
Improvised music by:
Alex BurkeStarring:
James Pumphrey
Joe Hartzler
Stephanie Allynne
Dave Horwitz
and Charlyne YiWith special guest Nick Wiger
Thursday July 21, 8pm / UCB Theatre / $5 / Tickets