Jimmy Dore Light Box for sale to benefit 1736 Family Crisis Center
Jimmy Dore Light Box for sale to benefit 1736 Family Crisis Center
Do a good deed and get a cool light box with a great comedian on it? WHY NOT?
BRUNCH BRUNCH BRUNCH BRUNCH!
Next Monday:
Jarrod Harris (Action Figure Therapy)
Erin Lampart (THE 2 & 45: POSEY/GRAY 45 MINUTES EACH.)
Kate Berlant (Crime and Punishment, NY)
Andy Wood (Bridgetown Comedy Festival)
Barbara Gray (One-Two Punch, LA)
Mike Phirman (Hard & Phirm)FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!
9 PM!
Plus, there will be beer/wine/soda for sale! AND CHIPS TO SOAK UP ALL THAT DELICIOUS BOOZE!
(Cash Only)REMEMBER: Drink sales will keep BRUNCH alive so please come ready to drink!!
Morning Debriefing 7/18/11
1) Laughter Against the Machine (W. Kamau Bell, Janine Brito, and Nato Green) are trying to go on tour to some of the most politically charged cities in the U.S. and want to make a documentary. Please donate as this will be something that you’ll want to see (we hope).
2) Howie Mandel’s developing a reality stand-up comedy competition with only celebrities. Why do we need to convince more people that watching stand-up comedy isn’t their thing? [via Laughspin.com]
3) Twitter Feed Theater with Paul Cibis-#Legal Tip
4) Nominations for The Annual iO West Del Close Awards are now open!
5) Riki Lindhome of Garfunkel & Oates has a new podcast coming out this Wednesday!!!
6) You’ve probably already shared this, but just in case you haven’t-Megan Amram’s Favorite Harry Potter Spells.
7) Andrew Dice Clay seemingly humbled in interview in the LA Times. Maybe the Sklar Brothers got to him.
9) ON THE HORIZON
Bill Burr @ Irvine Improv Thurs. July 21st-Sun. July 24th $25/2 item min.
Ed Helms & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sat. July 23rd 9PM $25
Greg Proops @ Flappers Burbank Sun. July 24th 9PM $20/2 item min.
10) COMEDY CRAWL
The 2 & 45 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Doug Loves Movies w/Edgar Wright & Jordan Brady @ Jon Lovitz Podcast Theater 8PM $10/2 drink min.
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Jamie Kilstein-One Night Only @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
11) 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
12) Why isn’t there an Eddie Pepitone alarm clock? Someone please tell us.
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Two Headed Beast. August 6th. with Pete Holmes and more!
Another great show coming up! With Pete Holmes of Comedy Central Presents, Conan, Ugly Americans, and pretty everything else on television, Bryan Safi of CurrentTV’s That’s Gay, MOTH and UCB extraordinaire Margot Leitman, and hometown comic heroes Abbey Londer and Andrew Solmssen!
Should be a fun one. Get there early for hugs.
UCB-LA | Celebrity | 07.17.11
I have to sort through a couple hundred shots this weekend including shots from last night’s Celebrity game show, the Harry Potter Talent show, The PFT show, and Summah Fest…. but in the meantime, here’s a shot of Julie Bowen, who plays Claire on Modern Family.
I admittedly haven’t watched the show, but holy shit is she a quick and funny lady on stage.. she also knows her pop culture. Also, incredibly nice.
Hand Shucked w/ Jimmy Pardo, Matt Braunger
Hand Shucked w/ Jimmy Pardo, Matt Braunger
Line-Up:
Jimmy Pardo
Matt Braunger
Brooks Wheelan
Johnny Pemberton
Barbara Gray
Eli Olsberg
Eric Dadourian
Rob O’Reilly“Hand Shucked”
Saturdays 8pm
Moving Arts Theater*
1822 Hyperion ave
Los Angeles, Ca 90026
$5 w/ free beer (or byob – bring any beverage – wine, etc)
Free parking (across street at the key shop 1831 Hyperion)*The theater is hard to find b/c there’s no sign. If going east on Sunset, turn left on Fountain. And right after Fountain curves north into Hyperion, the theater is the BLUE building on the right. Parking is to the left (at the corner of Hyperion and Fernwood Ave – 1831 Hyperion)
New TDF 51 – Andrew Solmssen coming round the mountain. Think you love computers? Andrew LOVES computers. www.dorkforest.com or iTunes or RSS feed of your choice.
The next Public School is Tuesday, August 9th at 9pm. You need to RSVP now.
M-Bar 1253
Vine, Los Angeles
Hosted by known rascal Stephen Falk.
The 11th Hour Show: GRAPHIC DESIGN OPPORTUNITY
The 11th Hour Show: GRAPHIC DESIGN OPPORTUNITY
Greetings creative people!
Do you design posters?
Do you ever look at our posters and think “I could do better”?Now is your chance! We are looking for any interested people who may have some graphic design experience. What we hope to do is get a different person each week to design the poster…
Morning Debriefing 7/19/11
1) Paul Scheer’s NTSF:SD:SUV was interviewed by AOL TV and there’s a preview available on iTunes!!! Don’t miss the premiere this Thurs. at 12:15AM!
2) Funny or Die and/or Earwolf-FOD and Earwolf join in partnership!
3) Humblebrag’s monthly power list is out on Grantland!
4) The Comic’s Comic pointed out yet another random joke stealing accusation today. Hey people excited to be whistleblowers only for the sake of being a whistleblower, realize that there are plenty of incredibly creative and imaginative people not just in comedy, but the entirety of the entertainment industry, and that the possibility of someone coming up with very similar to what someone else came up with is very likely. In fact, it happens every single day.
If I had a nickel for every time I nearly had an aneurism when I read a log line for movie that just sold that’s basically what I’ve spend the better part of a year writing or hearing a similar joke that’s on an extremely esoteric topic to one that I have by a much more famous comedian than me, well, I would never ever work again. There’s a reason several intellectual property cases get thrown out every year because they are baseless and more often than not, the accusers care less about what they’re creating and more about the end result of trying to get rich quick.
Our advice: Think very carefully before you throw around the label of a “joke thief” around because it’s very hard to get rid of even if has no foundation in fact.
5) Watch Current TV’s Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi’s hilarious take on the Bachmann’s take on homosexuality.
Michele and Marcus Bachmann on Homosexuality – watch more funny videos
6) Kurt Braunohler’s World Wide of Animals: Seahorses. The funniest show about animal facts that did absolutely no fact checking whatsoever.
Kurt Braunohler’s World Wild of Animals: Seahorses – watch more funny videos
7) Amazing print comedy magazine RE:COM that’s distributed NATIONALLY is looking for photos from comedy happenings in the LA area. E-mail hi-res (300 dpi or better) pics to recomag@gmail.com if interested.
8) Maria Bamford interviewed in Midnight Poutine!
9) Connected Comedy interviews comedy booker Eric Yoder
10) Don’t know what photobombing is? Here’s an almost too perfect example from Ken Jeong in GQ (or from model Kate Upton depending on how you look at it)
11) Lighten up people, dark comedy is STILL comedy-a piece we wrote for Laughspin.com
12) Jesse Miller has a new client!!! (it’s his brother, Troy Miller, and he’s hard as hell with a Bo Staff)
14) ON THE HORIZON
The 3rd Annual High School Talent Show @ Hot House Thurs. July 21st 9PM FREE (invite only)
Super Serious Show One Year Anniversary @ Smashbox Studios Thurs. July 21st 7PM $10 presale/$15 at door
Don’t Stop or We’ll Die LIVE @ UCB Theatre Sat. July 23rd 10PM $10
One Last Try for Comedy (Show) @ Fake Gallery Thurs. July 28th 8:30PM FREE
15) COMEDY CRAWL
The Good Luck Show @ Good Luck Bar 8PM FREE
Two Thumbs Way Down @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Pizza Party Comedy @ Westside Comedy Theater 8:30PM $8
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre $5 (stand by only)
Nick Thune & Friends w/Maria Bamford & Harland Williams @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $20
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
16) 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
17) Was asked if I was human last night because of constantly overloading my plate with work by somehow finishing it? To be honest, I had a moment of doubt of whether I was indeed human or not. Even at this moment, there is a twinge of uncertainty only dismissed by the fact that it’s almost 1PM when I posting the Morning Debriefing.
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PERFORMANCE ANXIETY @ THE PLEASURE CHEST!!!
Performance Anxiety is back again, as it is customary for bi-weekly comedy shows to re-appear once every two weeks. For $7 you get FREE BEER, FREE PARKING (which is practically TV-credit worthy in LA) and this fantastic line-up:
Eli Olsberg & TJ Miller Present
Chelsea Peretti
Brendon Walsh
Melissa Villasenor
Ryan Singer
Jarrod Harris
Rob O’ Reilly
Greg Barris
Morning Debriefing 7/20/11
1) Comedy on Late Night TV Rundown: Eddie Izzard on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Marc Maron on Conan, and Rich Fulcher on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
2) Because we don’t have the time or budget to even go down to San Diego, check out Laugh Button’s guide to comedy at Comic-Con!!!
4) Watch Josh Fadem go overboard on nerding out about Harry Potter on Conan.
5) If you told someone there was a comedy show on a rooftop, most would correctly assume it would probably take place in NYC, but LA’s now has it’s own rooftop comedy show, “It’s A Long Way Down”, and here’s the proof.
6) Puddin’-“Flowers” w/guest Laura Silverman
7) ON THE HORIZON
Cartoon Dump’s 4 Year Anniversary @ Steve Allen Theater Mon. July 25th 8PM
8) COMEDY CRAWL
Smartest Man in the World w/Greg Proops LIVE @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE (RSVP at 323-960-5519)
Eddie Izzard: Stripped to the Bowl @ The Hollywood Bowl 8PM $32.50-$100
Talk It Up (And Then I Wasn’t Killed) @ Zephyr Theater 8PM $5
Comedy Slice @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
Frolic! @ Far Bar 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Bar & Cafe 9:30PM FREE
9) 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
10) Open mics are open mics and are open for experimentation with little pressure or expectation. However, I will tell you with certainty an experiment that fails every time is shitting on the comedian that you’re following, especially if the only thing they did was told jokes that weren’t funny.
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Janeane Garofalo Light Box for sale to benefit 1736 Family Crisis Center
Janeane Garofalo Light Box for sale to benefit 1736 Family Crisis Center
You know you want to buy it. Go ahead and splurge.
The Imaginary Radio Program Should Take Over the Actual Radio
Ever hate what’s broadcast on terrestrial radio these days?
Did you know that terrestrial radio even existed still?
Did you ever just enjoy switching between the radio stations on Grand Theft Auto?
Do you live anywhere near the LA area and need to see something both hilarious and groundbreaking?
Whatever your answers to these questions were, every single one of you reading this should just go and see Drennon Davis’ rehashing of what radio should be, the Imaginary Radio Program as quickly as you can touch the dial on your car radio, which you probably never use anymore.
The Imaginary Radio Program, as a live comedy show, not only lives up to its name, but exceeds expectation in what you could possibly think it is. Producer and host, Drennon Davis takes the audience on a journey through airwaves of his own brilliant comedic mind via innovative beatboxing/singing and a whole host of characters, voices, and impressions. At a given moment, one can be getting into heavy metal song that Drennon samples all from his own voice and efforts, then witness the channel “change” to talk radio of someone who just can’t stop talking about how much they love their cats to a channel that plays every Red Hot Chili Peppers song ever. Despite the interrupting various “radio programs”, Drennon’s highly seasoned skills as a performer both comedically and musically allow for the live show to appear seamless.
Here’s a solo version of the Imaginary Radio Program done at the Meltdown Show a few weeks ago.
As if Davis’ beatboxing a ZZ Top song then turning the dial to the Mexican Hat Dance to Aboriginal music wasn’t amazing enough, the Imaginary Radio Program also includes some of the best comedians, not only in LA, but some of the funniest people working today. Already, Brent Weinbach (Lopez Tonight), Moshe Kasher (John Oliver’s NY Stand-Up Show), and Aisha Tyler (Archer) have been worked into a few of the hilarious “stations” during the show. For the next edition of the program, Davis has enlisted the help of none other than the fantastic and amazing Maria Bamford, who has entire cadre of wildly original and hysterical characters to make for a whole separate edition of the Imaginary Radio.
With a stellar line-up of comedians as mentioned, the more amazing thing to watch is to see them in a whole different element outside of stand-up or sketch or anything that you’ve really seen before. Though having just started it’s run here in LA, it’s one of those comedy shows that push the art form of comedy to places where laughs happen at the most wonderfully unexpected times and places. That’s why we think it should take the place of what’s actually on the real airwaves.
Though Davis has performed around the country, his show, the Imaginary Radio Program takes place monthly at the Nerdist Theater in the back room of Meltdown Comics. For those that frequent the Nerdist Theater for their insanely popular Wednesday stand-up show Meltdown, be aware that other sensational shows like the Imaginary Radio happen on other days of the week. In fact, you can catch the Imaginary Radio tomorrow on July 21st at 8PM for $10 with Maria Bamford, DJ Douggpound, and more. If you can’t catch this one, check back at the Comedy Bureau for details on the next episode.
Another LIVE The Dork Forest! Meltdown and Nerdist found the first one entertaining and so we’re doing another. If you’re in LA… come! If you know people in LA repost this so they can come! Facebook Event info… http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=244201032271058&pending#!/event.php?eid=244201032271058
NTSF:SD:SUV:: Premieres Tonight!
NTSF:SD:SUV:: Premieres Tonight!
Get mentally punched in the brain balls and watch.
Tonight 12:15am after Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim (aka Cartoon Network)
WATCH IT. If you forget about this 5 seconds from now, don’t worry. We’ll tell you to watch NTSF:SD:SUV again (like we just did) and again in the Morning Debriefing.
Morning Debriefing 7/21/11
1) WTF! w/Marc Maron IS GOING TO BE ON THE TERRESTRIAL AIRWAVES!!! KCRW 89.9FM THIS SUNDAY 11AM!!! (Yes, we are indeed shouting this bit of news)
2) On the small screen tonight, there’s of course Louie on FX 10:30PM, but there’s also, of course, the Green Room w/Paul Provenza on Showtime 11PM, and Nate Bargatze on Conan on TBS 11PM, but let’s not forget the PREMIERE of NTSF:SD:SUV on Adult Swim 12:15AM (which is technically tomorrow morning, but who really buys into that)
3) Ron Babcock is awesome at making people laugh. When it comes to birdhouses… well, it got him into this reality competition, which you should really vote for him (just give the video a thumbs up)
4) The Ballad of Louis C.K. and Sarah Palin-an excerpt from the August issue of GQ
5) Yesterday’s best hashtag game on Twitter was possible names for a Chris Brown inspired romantic comedy: #chrisbrownromcom
“@dubouchet-Shut The Fuck Up Bitch! Met Sally”-Andrés Du Bouchet
“@kevingchristy-Don’t Say Anything”-Kevin Christy
“@shanenickerson-He’s Just Not That Into Punching You. Just Kidding, He Is.”-Shane Nickerson
“@stvschndr-I Think I Love My Wife (Dead)”-Steve Schnieder
“@remainchampagne Something’s Gotta Give (Like Her Jaw)”-Matt Champagne
6) Do Steve Carell and Jon Stewart really miss each other?
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7) Fortune Feimster gets interviewed by Advocate Magazine!
8) If you have no idea who Drennon Davis or what the Imaginary Radio Program is, here’s an article to help you out (i.e. he’s a hilarious comedian and it’s his live show you should go see)
9) People believe in comedy-even if the show’s double booked and you have to get chairs from business in the immediate area and do it on the roof, people believe in it and here’s photographic proof from Ahm Mingus when weekly live comedy show Holy Fuck had to do exactly that..
10) The Compatish and Chubby Bunny-Grown men, stuffing marshmallows in their mouth, and trying to say Chubby Bunny (just in case you were wondering…)
11) Puddin’-“Porn” w/guest Laura Silverman
12) ON THE HORIZON
Todd Glass Taping @ El Rey Sat Aug. 7th 7PM/10PM $27
13) COMEDY CRAWL
The Super Serious Show 1 Year Anniversary @ Smashbox Studios 7PM $15
Charlyne Yi & Dave Horowitz Present: We Don’t Know @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
The Imaginary Radio Program @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Bill Burr @ Irvine Improv 8PM $25/2 item min.
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The 3rd Annual High School Talent Show @ Hot House 9PM FREE (invitation only)
Mapping the Heavens @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Live at Carnegie Hall* @ Hollywood Hotel 10:30PM FREE
14) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/20 spots available/5 min.
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
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
15) It’s funny how we give advice about performing comedy here at the end of Morning Debriefing sometimes (yesterday) and then someone tries to disprove it and then fails miserably (also, yesterday). It’s hilarious.
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Merry Little Blog: “I’m Not Myself” Update
Merry Little Blog: “I’m Not Myself” Update
Hey there guys,
Sorry to say that my one woman show, “I’m Not Myself” is on hold right now, as much as I wanted to have the preview at the Improv Lab on July 30th and August 6th, I have other projects at hand that need my attention and energy right now. Ron Lynch and I are so proud of this and…
