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ON THE HORIZON
Late Night with Howie Kremer 1 Year Anniversary @ Second City Hollywood Fri. Mar. 30th 11PM $5
826LA Charity Auction Hosted by Bob Odenkirk @ Amoeba Records Sat. Apr. 7th 4PM FREE

Stripped Stories @ Lola’s Martini Bar Thurs. Apr. 19th 8PM $5

COMEDY CRAWL
Gallows Humor @ Vlad’s The Retailer 7:30PM $5
Live Reading of the Big Lebowski @ LACMA 7:30PM $10 (stand by only)
Marc Maron @ Ice House 8PM $20/2 item min. (stand by only)
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Odd Thursdays @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Conspiracy Theory Live @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Mo Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/3 min./Counts as audition/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.
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.
COFFEE BEAN 12930 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/lottery/No purchase necessary
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item 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
DOWNTOWN COMEDY CLUB 114 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up 8:30PM/lottery/host picked from lottery/mixed mic/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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT

Morning Debriefing 3/29/12

March 29, 2012

1) Apparently, we’ve become a horde of classless degenerates because Ron Burgundy is back for an Anchorman sequel…

2) Andrés Du Bouchet is a brilliant comedian. Just watch his video on how to properly draw forehead penises for proof.

3) Aziz Ansari is putting on a contest on Facebook to see what city wants a free show from him. Also, he discussed what might happen if he doesn’t get the money back from his online special on Fallon.

4) Tonight on late night: Kristen Schaal on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC 12AM)

5) Industry news a-plenty:
Cartoon Network is going back to their roots, reviving some of their most beloved programs from the 90s…
Paul Feig set to direct Ronna & Beverly across the pond for Sky…
Clerks 3 to be a stage play?
SNL to possibly feature a new female cast member.
Paul F. Tompkins will be playing a bit part on a new dramatic series, The LA Complex, on the CW. WHAAA????

6) Manos: The Hands of Fate will be coming to theaters in August, yet again, how it was meant to be with people commenting on it while it’s playing thanks to Rifftrax.

Goat-man eff tee double-u! kwmurphy: Thats right. RIFFTRAX LIVE. MANOS THE HANDS OF FATE. In theaters nationwide. August 16th. Mark your calendars. Be there. Aloha. Youre in good hands with MANOS. Other cheeky sixties TV references.

7) LA Comedy “abroad”:
Comedy at Bonnaroo
The Nerdist podcast in TX
Jen Kirkman, also, in TX
Justin Ian Daniels in Washington DC

8) LA comedy got heavily profiled on lists yesterday from Splitsider’s huge guide to LA comedy where we got several very wonderful mentions and Mashable made their picks for the best comedy podcasts.

9) The Spit Take highly recommended Moshe Kasher’s Kasher in the Rye. You should listen to them.

10) Congratulations to the San Francisco Comedy & Burrito Festival for making their Kickstarter goal. However, sketch series Creepy Caress still needs your help and now Jesse Thorn’s MaxFunCon is now going on a donation drive (of which you can support via buying an awesome lightbox).

11) Keep in mind: No one is asking what’s unfunny.

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LA Comedy Rundown 3/30/12

March 30, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Art Lounge Sat. Mar. 31st 9:30PM FREE
The Super Serious Show @ Club Fais-Do-Do Thurs. Apr. 19th 7PM $13 in adv., $20 at door

Weird Al Yankovic @ The Pacific Amphitheatre Sun. Aug. 12 8PM $20

COMEDY CRAWL
“Kasher in the Rye” Book Release @ Book Soup 7PM FREE
An Evening with James Adomian @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $8 in adv., $10
Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17/2 item min.
Ronna & Beverly w/Julie Klausner @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Tom Segura & Christina Pazsitzky @ Ontario Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Ryan Stout @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
Oh My Ribs! @ The Complex 8:30PM $8
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
Comedy Night Cap @ ACME Comedy Hollywood 9:30PM $12
The Dope Poets Society @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
Late Night with Howie Kremer 1 Year Anniversary @ Second City Hollywood 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
ACME COMEDY HOLLYWOOD 135 N. La Brea Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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
LITTLE MODERN 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/lottery/10 spots only/5 min./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
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/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
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
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/5 min./first come, first served/one drink min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery

Morning Debriefing 3/30/12

March 30, 2012

1) Despite being flour-bombed on Letterman recently, Chris Elliott still looks badass in Season 2 promo of Eagleheart.

2) Kristen Schaal had a sincere moment and is in a movie with John Claude Van Damme last night on Kimmel.

3) Tonight on late night: Megan Mullally on The Late Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 11:35PM)

4) Moshe Kasher was on KCRW to talk about his book Kasher in the Rye, which again you all should buy.

5) Mermates. Two roommates. One thinks he’s a mermaid. The other has to stay because he has nowhere else to go. Watch and enjoy.

6) Beck Bennet of Good Neighbor got a child’s take on the GOP bid (i.e. what every political analysis show should be like)

7) You can enter your shorts, sketches, web series etc. NOW into the HollyShorts Film Festival.

8) Interviews, profiles, a-plenty:
Matt Groening interview with Metro UK
Profile of Margot Lietman in Chutzpah Mag
Girls’ Judd Apatow and Lena Dunham chat in Heeb Magazine
Jon Hodgman talks to 77 Square

9) Comedy that you should be seeing that’s not in LA:
Christian Finnegan at the Cleveland Improv this weekend
Geoff Tate Recording in Cincinnati next week

10) Jon Daly is bringing his back Rafflecast podcast and is taking ideas….

11) Someone is making a Niggas in Paris remix of Rick Santorum calling Obama an “anti-war government nig-” right?

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How a Comedy Show on a Roof Gets Shut Down

March 31, 2012

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Photo by Tyler Ross

One of Los Angeles’ delightful cultural veins is the weird places that it chooses to do comedy. Often marginalized by traditional venues and even cliques of performers as well, Los Angeles’ resident comedy folks have sought out movie theaters, Chinese restaurants, laundromats, video rental stores, and even their own garages/living rooms/roofs to put on their own brand of comedy on their own terms.

Yet, there is a risk to be run as many people that are uninitiated in the world of comedy at all cannot simply compute that someone can be made to intentionally laugh in a space that wasn’t originally purposed for laughter. Specifically, they’ll call the cops for disturbing the peace because your rooftop stand-up show with a packed crowd and some of the city’s, and even the country’s, best comedians and you’ll have to end what you’ve worked so hard to build.

Such a thing happened to Alex Hooper’s and Eric Sheffield’s Long Way Down, a show that was just mentioned in Splitsider’s Guide to the LA Comedy Scene. Before you get too worried, Alex and Eric weren’t arrested or charged and they intend to relocate the show and bring the same amazing DIY comedy spirit to wherever that may be.

For now, here’s Alex Hooper’s personal account of what happened:

Last night was our one year anniversary party for Long Way Down-Comedy With a View. For those not familiar, it is a comedy show that Eric Sheffield and myself (Alex Hooper) throw monthly on the roof of our house. For 8 shows, we never had an issue. Everyone loved what we were doing and every show was more fun and special than the next.

Ricky Carmona-Photo by Tyler Ross

Last month, at our 9th show, the police showed up. They were very understanding (particularly because we lied and told them there were 30-40 people upstairs, when in fact it was closer to 150.) They let us finish the show, James Adomian handled it like the true pro he is. We wrote letters to our neighbors trying to explain our cause, we bought them chocolates, we thought we would be OK this month. Even Still, we started at 7:30 to be sure we would be done before 10.

The Roofies (our first annual award show for our audience) was going swimmingly. It was smaller, about 90 people and mostly a core group of the people who have come since the beginning. As Josh Androsky was on stage, JC Coccoli, our last comic to perform, showed up, but unfortunately not alone. Three members of the LAFD were with her.

Fire Chief: “You guys really know how to piss off the neighbors.

Androsky: Can I put that on my resume?

I went downstairs with the fire department. They weren’t angry about the show. They actually thought it was really cool. Their issue was the roof collapsing or a fire starting. Understandable. We never set out to be the Great White of Comedy. We like our audience alive.

LAFD and I exchanged information. They left, and they were very cordial to myself and Eric. JC went on stage, and told the story of her letting them in as if it were a polished bit she had been working on for weeks. "I’m tired of all you kids laughing, like we are the town in Footloose.” I’m obviously paraphrasing because we all know JC is more lyrical than that, but I was drunk and deal with authority.

Show ends. Everyone takes their gift bags, and either continues to party or goes home. We laugh, Its Silly. As Jesse Case said, “The LAFD came and Lafd. (Does that translate in writing? I hope so).

2 hours later the cops show up. I go downstairs to deal with it and I am immediately put up against the wall and handcuffed. My crime: running an illegal comedy show. Not gonna lie, my first thought after "Holy Shit!” was that this would be exactly what I needed to make it to the top! Lenny Bruce and George Carlin went through my head. Comedians who had been arrested for their art. Then my delusions of grandeur slowed as I realized I was in cuffs (cherry popped on that front), and I could go to jail. I was searched for narcotics but thankfully I had used them all. Long story short, the neighbors are pissed. Cops are tired of coming back to the same house, because “we apparently never learn."

Oh, I learned Officer Ballerina, and i get your whole good cop/bad cop routine you are doing with this clearly closeted homosexual officer/buddy/whatever, but you have no idea what you are taking away from us. It isn’t just myself, Eric, or the people who live here. Its the friends, family, and amazing audience members this show has entertained for a year. People love this. It was described as magical. If you were here, you were doing one of the coolest things in LA that night. One good friend said "It’s completely original in a town full of recycled ideas."

Long Way Down has become one of my favorite things. Its my favorite stage in the world. Over 60 comics have had killer sets. The audience didn’t care who was on stage. To us comedians, having murderers like Kinane, Andre, Brody, Adomian, etc is a treat. We know we are privy to some of the best LA has to offer. But my friends, and the people who attended this show, had pretty much never heard of anyone. They just knew, you came here to laugh. The people we put up were continually great, whether they had credits or not.

Long Way Down is on hiatus. It saddens me to say. One of my favorite things in the world is being stripped from me because of one stupid neighbor who is against laughter. But, we are not dead. This show stands for something. It stands for freedom in comedy. Freedom from rules, clubs, drink minimums, pressing bookers and promoters. Long Way Down is special, and everyone who has ever been here knows that they were part of something great.

Eric Sheffield & Alex Hooper-Photo by Tyler Ross

I stress, we are not dead. We will come back bigger and stronger than ever. As soon, as I talk to the cops and/or find a new roof. I love you all. Thank you for your unparalleled support of this underground movement. Its all been worth it.

Alex Hooper

LA Comedy Rundown 3/31/12

March 31, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
Reggie Watts @ The Fonda Theatre Wed. May 30th 8PM $40
Lost Moon Radio Hosts the LA Weekly Theater Awards @ Avalon Mon. Apr. 2nd 6:30PM $25
The Mixer 1 Year Anniversary Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab Mon Apr. 2nd 8PM $

COMEDY CRAWL
Tom Segura & Christina Pazsitzky @ Ontario Improv 7PM/9PM $20/2 item min.
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM/10PM FREE
Handshucked @ Moving Arts Theater 8PM $5
Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
The Anytime Show @ Little Modern Theater 8PM $5
Nick Offerman’s American Ham @ Largo at the Coronet Theater 8:30PM $25 (stand by only)
The Great Depression Happy Hour @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Art Gallery Lounge 9:30PM FREE
Magic Bag @ Little Modern 9:30PM $5
Bachelorette Party @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $10
Seth & Ed’s Puppet Talk Show @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
The Tomorrow Show Presents: Hook-Up! @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
The Walsh Brothers Show @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5

OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
DAILY GRIND 109 E. Union St., Pasadena, CA/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/5 min.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/One drink min./First come, first served
THE LITTLE MODERN 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Sign-up 6:15PM/lottery/10 spots only/5 min. each/No purchase necessary
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.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery

Morning Debriefing 3/31/12

March 31, 2012

7) The full teaser for Season 2 of Eagleheart!

1) From Megan Mullally’s story of how Nick Offerman proposed on Letterman last night, he’ll be hard to top.

2) @ApocalypseHow, @EliBraden, @ShelbyFero, @MeganAmram, @RobDelaney, & @KellyOxford star in an animated murdery “mystery”…

3) Louis CK’s Live at the Beacon Theater to air on FX…

4) We don’t personally know a person who is a fan of Downton Abbey, Arby’s, Skyrim, and Hoarders, but Downton Arby’s from Yahoo’s SketchY & Skyrim Hoarders from College Humor are just right up your alley, whoever you are.

5) The SAG-AFTRA merger just passed in case you were wondering what up and comedians will be referencing now in audition/casting/etc. jokes.

6) Venture’s Brothers’ James Urbaniak got profiled in Slate’s Browbeat…

8) If this was is a magazine ad for a Dork Forest podcast T-shirt, how could you not buy one?

9) Anthony Jeselnik revealed what he felt worst for laughing at to Denver’s Reverb…

10) How a Comedy Show on a Roof Gets Shut Down-the story of why, perhaps, we need a Los Angeles Comedy Preservation Society.

11) I haven’t watched all the late night monologues this week, but many writers must have written the joke for the headline “Reuters Loses Iranian Credentials After Female Ninjas Suit” to be, at least at first, this is a thing that really happened in real life.

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LA Comedy Rundown 4/1/12

April 1, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
Eagleheart Season 2 Preview @ Cinefamily Tues. Apr. 3rd. 10:15PM $12
Mash-Up Tapings @ El Rey Theater Apr. 3rd & 4th 7:45PM & 9:45PM FREE w/RSVP

Rockhouse! @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill Fri. Apr. 6th 8PM FRE
The Midnight Show with Brandon Johnson @ UCB Theatre Sat. Apr. 7 MIDNIGHT $5

COMEDY CRAWL
Tom Segura & Christina Pazsitzky @ Ontario Improv 7PM $20/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Matt Portman’s Comedy Extravaganza @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $10
Un Cabaret @ Bar Fedora 8PM $20-$55
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 9PM $5
Gravid Water @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)

OPEN MIC RUN
DANGERFIELD’S 3 4547 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 3PM/$1 donation/5 min.
RAFAS LOUNGE 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/No purchase necessary
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/3 min./No purchase necessary
PARADISE PERKS 15475 Jeffrey Rd., Irvine, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/only 10 spots available
NERDIST THEATER 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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
THE BARREL 4547 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./one item min.
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 9:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./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/multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee available

Morning Debriefing 4/1/12

April 1, 2012

1) Buzzfeed is on an April Fool’s Watch for what sites are doing to “commemorate” today…

2) However, they have seemed to have forgotten about Funny or Die hacking Charlize Theron’s phone and getting her kinky sex tape…

3) Channel 101 Results! (insert bracketology joke here)

4) Congratulations to Adam Yenser for emerging as the 2012 LA March Comedy Madness Champ.

5) Paul F. Tompkins has not said otherwise, so make sure, if you’re watching Game of Thrones, to follow @pftompkins as he’ll be live-tweeting the season premiere tonight.

6) “Let’s all fall in love with Aubrey Plaza again when Safety Not Guaranteed comes out.” That’s what we thought when saw the Safety Not Guaranteed trailer this week.

7) Assuring that it’s not a prank as it will be on April 2nd and not the 1st, the Nerdist Channel on YouTube will launch tomorrow.

8) In honor of April Fool’s Day, The NY Post compiled over 100 comedians favorites jokes…

9) Whether you’ve watched Dr. Who or not, Peter Serafinowicz found a great Dalek relaxation tape…

10) There will be a year that the Mega Millions lottery will fall on April 1st, which they should really take advantage of.

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LA Comedy Rundown 4/2/12

April 2, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
Performance Anxiety 1 Year Anniversary: The Morning After Podcast/Storytelling Edition @ The Pleasure Chest Tues. Apr. 10th 8PM FREE

Tony Zaret & David Lyons Present “Tommy” @ The Blue Star Sat. Apr. 14th 9PM

COMEDY CRAWL
Lost Moon Radio Hosting the LA Weekly Theater Awards @ Avalon 6:30PM $25
Sad People Talking @ Royal/T 8PM $5
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
The BEATdown Los Angeles @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
The Mixer 1 Year Anniversary @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $5
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5

OPEN MIC RUN
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
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/5 min.
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA (Los Feliz)/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/No purchase necessary
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL 9015 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up before 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/$2 cover/mixed mic
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
GROUND ZERO USC 615 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA (USC Campus)/nestled between three adjacent dorms approximately one block N. of Figueroa & Exposition/USC student sign-up 9PM/Non-USC student sign-up 9:15PM/first come, first served/7 min./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

Morning Debriefing 4/2/12

April 2, 2012

1) Check out the awesomeness that will be the Bridgetown Comedy Festival this year now that their calendar is updated…

2) The Nerdist YouTube Channel has gone LIVE! In case you we were wondering what the programming schedule was kind of like, Chris Hardwick gave us one…

3) Congrats to LA’s own Jen Murphy and Andrew Sleighter for finishing in the top four in the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival!

4) Tonight on late night:
Kate Miccuci on Conan (TBS 11PM)
Moshe Kasher on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC 1:35AM)

5) Jon Daly’s Rafflecast has finally made it’s return with Megan Amram, Rob Huebel, and Brandon Johnson as guests!

6) Not that it should be a surprise to any of you, but Alf Lamont’s article about the lack of right-wing comedians has sparked a response from a right-wing comedian on Breitbart.com.

7) We have no idea what Jason Segel and Kelly Oxford are concocting, but whatever it is, even if it’s set at the bowling alley where this Instagram was taken, we’re excited.

I throw peace signs much harder than the bowling balls Jason Segel throws. FYI- We’re now writing partners and are going to destroy everything in a way that will make you feel whole again.

8) Ladies and Gentlemen, Michael Scott’s Threat Level Midnight as a Criterion…

9) Tracy Morgan can’t speak in tweets. Here’s the proof.

10) At this year’s Comedy Awards, Don Rickles will be honored with the Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence. Also, you all still have time to vote for the 6 Viewer’s Choice categories for The Comedy Awards.

11) In case you missed it last night, #PFTGOT (Paul F. Tompkins live-tweeting Game of Thrones Season Premiere)

12) Did you ever hear what the real person said to the alt comic? “What the hell is an alt comic?”

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LA Comedy Rundown 4/3/12

April 3, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
Comedy is Dead @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery Thurs. Apr. 5th 8PM $15 Sold Out
KROQ April Foolishness @ Gibson Amphitheater Sat. Apr. 7th 7PM 8PM $25-$99
Playin’ With Micucci @ Steve Allen Theater Sat. Apr. 14th 8PM $10

COMEDY CRAWL
The Naked Truth Taping @ Hollywood Center Studios 4PM FREE w/RSVP
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 7PM FREE
Mash-Up Taping @ El Rey Theater 7:45PM/9:45PM FREE w/RSVP
The Good Luck Show @ Good Luck Bar 8PM FREE
The 4 & 20 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Bruin Up Some Laughs @ Kerckhoff UCLA 8PM FREE
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
This Is New… @ Lulu’s Beehive 8:30PM FREE
Geekscape Presents @ Michael’s Bar & Grill 9PM FREE
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Eagleheart Season 2 Sneak Preview @ Cinefamily 10:15PM $12

OPEN MIC RUN
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
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts 5:30PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/One item min./5 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/No purchase necessary
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 9:15PM/5-7min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
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
DAVE’S BAR 708 Broadway, Glendale, CA/Starts 10PM/first come, first served/one item min./8-10 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/bottled water and coffee provided

Morning Debriefing 4/3/12

April 3, 2012

1) Comedy Central is rolling out the hour comedy specials like nobody’s business today. On Apr. 21st, Paul F. Tompkins’ storytelling special Laboring Under Delusions on Apr. 21st right after Patton Oswalt’s Finest Hour makes its network TV debut. THEN, Hannibal Buress’ Animal Furnace will debut on May 20th. All we can say is, damn.

2) Woody Allen is continuing his “European Comedy Film Tour” with his next film To Rome With Love. Here’s the trailer.

3) Want a preview of Jim Gaffigan’s upcoming special Mr. Universe? Jim Gaffigan’s got you covered.

4) Watch Keith Apicary/Nathan Barnatt straight-up fuck up everyone at a music video audition while wearing a fanny pack.

5) The Letterman-Ferguson late night duo will stay at CBS through 2014…

6) Weird Al Yankovic just premiered his web interview show, Face to Face, on the Nerdist Channel.

7) Tonight on late night:
Chris Elliott and Cy Amundson on Conan (TBS 11PM)
Maya Rudolph on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC 11:35PM)
Rachel Dratch on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC 12:35AM)
Ted Danson on The Late Late, Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35AM)

Last night on late night, Kate Miccuci showed Conan their “beach date”.

8) Patton Oswalt will be hosting this year’s Webby Awards and should set the standard for awards hosting in 2012.

9) Carol Hartsell of Huffington Post Comedy personally responded to Two & A Half Men creator Lee Arohnson’s comment about their being “peak vagina on television”.

10) On our latest episode of This Better Be Funny, we try to come up with the grittiest TV shows for children and pitch the worst movies ever with hysterical guest Andy Peters.

11) HEY! If you want to laugh at something, then laugh. Don’t let the fact that you’re the only one laughing stop you from doing so. Especially when it comes to a live comedy show, your laugh might just save a comedian’s life. (I am the Comedy Bureau and I approve this message).

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April 4, 2012

Already having fun waiting in line at the Mash-Up tapings…

LA Comedy Rundown 4/4/12

April 4, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
Sappity Tappity: A Drunken Romp Through Liquor Forest @ UCB Theatre Sat. Apr. 7th $10
Tim Minchin @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Apr. 9th 8PM & Apr. 10th 9:30PM $30 (stand by only)
Costume Trunk Characters Only Open Mic @ Little Modern Sun. Apr. 15th 5PM FREE

COMEDY CRAWL
First! @ Silverlake Lounge 7PM $8
Mash-Up Taping @ El Rey Theater 7:45PM/9:45PM FREE w/RSVP
A Kiss From Daddy/The Birthday Boys @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Hour Comedy Time @ Atwater Crossing 8PM $7
Therapy! @ Blue Monkey Lounge 8:30PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
Venice Underground @ Townhouse & The Del Monte 9PM FREE
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Bar & Cafe 9:30PM FREE
Hamclown! @ Little Modern 9:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)

OPEN MIC RUN
ACME COMEDY HOLLYWOOD 135 N. La Brea Ave., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/3 min./No purchase necessary
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst, West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
CLUB FORBIDDEN 8512 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/One item min.
REDWOOD BAR & GRILL 316 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA (Downtown)/Starts 6:30PM/No purchase necessary
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 7PM/lottery/No purchase necessary
DAVE’S CHILLIN & 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., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/5 min./first come, first served/one drink min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
THE MOTH @ ZANZIBAR 1301 5th St., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 7:30PM sharp/Doors at 6:30PM/$8 cover/5 min. stories only/theme: duped
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/4 min./No purchase necessary
THE BLUE MONKEY LOUNGE 5521 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 11PM after show/First come, first served/One drink 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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT

Morning Debriefing 4/4/12

April 4, 2012

1) What’s that? You want to see Marc Maron, Johnathan Katz, and Maria Bamford in a web sitcom-ish cartoon set in Noah’s Ark? OF COURSE YOU DO.

2) Last night’s Conan had Chris Elliott discover the best way to drink when you’re depressed and Cy Amundson make his late-night stand-up debut.

3) Perhaps the Peabody Awards get comedy more than the Golden Globes for not having a comedy and/or musical category and just giving awards to Portlandia, Parks and Recreation, and The Colbert Report.

The Colbert Report Wins Second Peabody! Who’s not nothonoring Stephen Colbert now? It’s the Peabody Awards, who just announced that The Colbert Report is among this year’s recipients. Click the image to watch Stephen react to the first one back in 2008, then tune in to an all-new episode tonight at 11:30/10:30c. (Photo by Will Ragozzino/Getty Images)

4) Tonight on late night:
Jeffrey Tambor on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35AM)
The Moth on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC 1:35AM)

5) Wayne Brady will replace Louis CK at the RTCA Dinner and likely does away with all the good will that Chappelle Show sketch did for him unless he will be that Wayne Brady.

6) Meet the cast of the In Living Color reboot…

7) You’ve seen the conclusion to the Channel 101 series Intimate Indiscretions, right? Simply put, it’s fucking amazing.

8) To submit to:
Mondo Media wants ideas for animated short series…
Feel Good Film Festival
Top Story Weekly is looking for writers…

9) Live comedy abroad-ish:
Scott Pilgrim screening at the Brattle Theatre
Doug Stanhope UK Tour
Drew Carey and the Midnight Show in Phoenix

11) On today’s Puddin’, it’s a completely normal first day for Dana Gould as shown by David Koechner and Eddie Pepitone.

12) At this point, we feel obligated to link to Dan Harmon apologizing to Chevy Chase for playing his angry voicemail at Harmontown, but, for the record, for about 95% of this story, in our opinion, this has been unnecessary gossip.

13) After being goaded to impress a slutty looking girl who I don’t want to go out with because a comedian asked me to, I get why some people hate seeing comedy.

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LA Comedy Rundown 4/5/12

April 5, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
Set List @ Nerdist Theater Fri. Apr. 6th 8PM $8 in adv., $10

SOS!!!-Rent Show @ Prestwick Palace Fri. Apr. 6th 9PM Donations Accepted
The Frolic Show at the VOICED Women’s Festival @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre Sun. Apr. 8th 7PM $5

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy is Dead @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery 7PM $15 Sold Out
The Eddie Pepitone Bloodbath @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
Odd Thursdays @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Nick’s Big Talk Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Comedy Juice @ Ice House 10PM $10/2 drink min.
Sweet, Sweet Stand-Up @ M Bar 10PM FREE

OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/3 min./Counts as audition/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.
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/20 spots available/5 min.
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.
COFFEE BEAN 12930 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/lottery/No purchase necessary
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item 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
DOWNTOWN COMEDY CLUB 114 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up 8:30PM/lottery/host picked from lottery/mixed mic/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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT

Morning Debriefing 4/5/12

April 5, 2012

1) Drunk History might become a show on Comedy Central. Cue celebratory expletives galore!

2) James Adomian is about to record his first comedy album up in Portland next week, Wed. Apr. 11th 7PM & 9:30PM at Helium Comedy Club leading into Bridgetown. Translation: Do not miss a historic night in comedy.

3) Janie Haddad Tompkins should introduce every show ever (not Laura Linney), like she did with Masterpiece Theatre.

4) Tonight on late night:
Aziz Ansari on Conan (TBS 11PM)
Anthony Bourdain on The Daily Show (Comedy Central 11PM)
Judd Apatow on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC 12:35AM)

And recently on late night: Jeffrey Tambor on Ferguson.

5) In comedy books news:
After this review, we may be coming around on David Rees’ How to Sharpen a Pencil
The Spit Take decodes Rick Shapiro’s Unfiltered
A clip of Moshe Kasher reading Kasher in the Rye

6) Jesse Case should educate everyone on how to send e-mails, both kids and adults, as well as how to handle your emotions.

7) Comedy abroad-ish:
Ryan Singer will be recording Comedy Wonder Town tonight in Cincinnati at Go Bananas
Tickets for Greg Proops in Mesa, AZ have gone on sale
Set List will be playing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

8) The Moontower Comedy Festival gave a lovely spotlight on Maria Bamford…

9) Check out our picks for this week’s 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos. Also, we’re now taking submissions for it.

10) On today’s Puddin’, Dana Gould shows Eddie Pepitone a thing or two about the many uses of dirty rags.

11) Most poignant thing I’ve heard all week from a passerby on their phone, “Oh yeah, I forgot there was a comedy show tonight, ummmm…”

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April 5, 2012

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The tapings for the upcoming stand-up, animated hybrid show Mash-Up on Comedy Central just finished here in LA and without any hesitation whatsoever, we’ll tell you that it was astounding. Perhaps the title of this post isn’t much a surprise to you because you saw the pilot.

Yet, based off what we got to see at the El Rey Theater (and we had seen almost everyone run their sets before hand and still laughed hard), hardcore comedy fans to people that just want to laugh, but do not know where to look are absolutely in for a treat when it airs on Comedy Central.

Here’s a list of reasons why Mash-Up needs to be on your to watch list even before there’s an air date:

–The performances were the most natural that we’ve ever seen be taped. All the comics did their ultra-tightened A-material, but were incredibly loose with it; the way you might see them if you were to see them do it live (i.e. how a stand-up set should feel)

–“All the comics” included Tom Segura, Nick Vatterott, Reggie Watts, Chris Hardwick, Pete Holmes, Jon Dore, Hannibal Buress, and more along with TJ Miller hosting. This is the comedy people should be seeing.

–The sets were around 10 min., which is significantly longer than most late night TV sets and the segments that make up a half-hour special, giving anyone watching a much better sense of the comedian

-Throughout each episode, TJ gave a shout out to the comics that were on the show that he came up with in Chicago. Such camaraderie in comedy is a beautiful thing to be seen.

–We’re already thrilled at just the stand-up sets that we saw and we have only a little idea what the visualized parts of the jokes/bits look like. Creator, Director, and Producer Jordan Vogt-Roberts has been nothing short of amazing since his work as part of the Blerds, arguably, the inception of what is now this show.

-Lastly, the stage is amazing. There’s a recreated Mario Bros. 2 select screen as a back-drop and, as TJ Miller commented at the taping, those are the world’s biggest tassels.

LA Comedy Rundown 4/6/12

April 6, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
Open Mic @ Rockpaper Coffee Co
Sun. Apr. 8th/Sign-up 5:30PM/lottery/one item min.
Open Mic @ Dangerfield’s 3
Sat. & Sun. 3PM/lottery/3-5 min./$2 cover
Tim Minchin @ Amoeba Records Tues. Apr. 10th 6PM FREE
Fresh from Figment: Young Writers’ Work Read by Comedians @ LA Times Festival of Books at USC Sat. Apr. 21st 1PM FREE

COMEDY CRAWL
Barely Legal @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7PM $10
Rockhouse! @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Love Good Variety Show @ Little Modern 8PM $5
Carlos Alazraqui @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
Set List @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Frankenmatt @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
SOS!!!-Rent Show @ Prestwick Palace 9PM Donations Accepted
Duke Fightmaster: The Comeback Show @ Encore Dinner Theatre & Club 10PM $10
First Friday Funnies @ Serenity Hall 10PM FREE
First Fridays with the Weekend Pilots @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $10
Steel Chair @ Straight Jacket Society 11:30PM $5

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
LITTLE MODERN 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/lottery/10 spots only/5 min./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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/one item min.
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/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
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
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/5 min./first come, first served/one drink min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery

*If you are run an open mic and are taking this Easter Sun. off, please let us know @thecomedybureau@gmail.com

Morning Debriefing 4/6/12

April 6, 2012

1) Paul F. Tompkins, Andy Daly, Eddie Pepitone, and Jason Nash go at each other in a Bill Cosby impression contest for Guys With Feelings TV.

2) Bobcat Goldthwait chatted with CNN Comedy and how he is not dead, but not who he was from the 80’s.

3) Comedy Central’s “The Half Hour” will return Fri. May 11th at 11PM and 11:30PM and continues every Fri. at the same time.

4) The Ventura Comedy Festival in October is now taking submissions…

5) Last night on late night:
Judd Apatow expounded on his jealousy of Jimmy Fallon on Fallon
Aziz Ansari gave Seal a great intro at a benefit on Conan

7) Things are definitely happening for Kyle Kinane as the vinyl release of Death of the Party is marked for May 1st AND he just got Humblebrag’d.

8) Ladies and Gentlemen, Brody and Cody Stevens…

9) Missed Lost Moon Radio at the LA Weekly Theater Awards? Here’s a recap.

10) We went to the Mash-Up taping for Comedy Central this week and, well, the comedy world is in for something special…

11) Many are the days that homeless people make more money than many comedians.

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LA Comedy Rundown 4/7/12

April 7, 2012

ON THE HORIZON
The Hackit Howfin Jakey Show @ Tam O’Shanter 9:30PM FREE
Harmontown @ Nerdist Theater Mon. Apr. 16th 8PM $10
Laughter Against the Machine @ Hollywood Improv Lab Mon. Apr. 30th 7:30PM $10

COMEDY CRAWL
826LA Charity Auction Hosted by Bob Odenkirk @ Amoeba Records 4PM FREE
Two Headed Beast: A Storytelling Show @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Carlos Alazraqui @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
KROQ’s April Foolishness @ Gibson Ampitheater 8PM $25-$99
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
The Armando Show @ iO West 9PM $10
Sappity Tappity: A Drunken Romp Through Liquor Forest @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
The Long Shot Podcast @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch Presents: WEIRD! @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
The Midnight Show @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5

OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 ½ James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 3PM/$2 cover/lottery/3-5 min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
THE ICE HOUSE 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Starts 4PM/lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/One drink min./First come, first served
THE LITTLE MODERN 6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Sign-up 6:15PM/lottery/10 spots only/5 min. each/No purchase necessary
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.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery

Morning Debriefing 4/7/12

April 7, 2012

6) Comedy Central expanded the comedy line-up at Bonnaroo…

1) Thank you to The Nerdist YouTube Channel for bringing back Kids in the Hall!

2) The Moth got a lovely feature on Last Call with Carson Daly…

3) The Sklar Brothers “non-debate” sports on their web series, Point/Point.

4) The Nerdist YouTube Channel will be doing a live taping of Tournament of Nerds Sat. Apr. 14th at Fastlane Studios in Burbank, CA. Want to be part of the studio audience? E-mail tournamentofnerds@gmail.com with your name, number of people in your party, email address, phone number, and what taping you would like to attend, the 11AM, the 4PM, or both.

5) Greta Gerwig has been killing it when it comes to rom-com-ish indie flicks, which makes us excited for Lola Versus.

7) You know that you can preorder Paul F. Tompkins’ Laboring Under Delusions on DVD/do what you were already planning to do this Saturday?

8) Comedy abroad-ish:
Chris Fairbanks in Montana at the end of this month
Jen Kirkman in Arizona in May
James Adomian across America through May
Todd Barry in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. through June

9) Payman Benz, director of many hilarious sketches/web videos, was listed as a reference for an apartment, then was called and asked if webisodes were a real thing as well as being a terrorist.

10) Can we make live existential meltdowns it’s own art form please, so I don’t have to see it in live comedy anymore?

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LA Comedy Rundown 4/8/12

April 8, 2012