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Morning Debriefing 5/2/12

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1) You can feed the hysterical star of Puddin’ Eddie Pepitone today at the Arby’s just west of the 101 on Sunset Blvd. Just check out today’s episode…

2) Stream Tenacious D’s Rize of the Fenix RIGHT F’N NOW! Then read Jack Black’s AV Club interview discussing the rise of the D…

3) Air Dates:
Hannibal Buress’ Comedy Central Special ‘Animal Furnace debuts May 20th 11PM
The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim premieres May 20th 12:30AM (which Hannibal is also on)

4) Ken Marino does a pitch perfect send up of the Bachelor in Burning Love…

5) Following their doc on Woody Allen, PBS lines up one for Johnny Carson…

6) Comedy abroad-ish:
Jim Jeffries and Eddie Ifft’s Talkin’ Shit in Las Vegas in June
Paul F. Tompkins in Minneapolis and Austin
Hannibal Buress in London
The Feelings Comedy Tour with Jake Weisman, Dave Ross, and Matt Ingebretson
TJ Miller Taping at the Comedy Attic in Bloomington, IN
The Midnight Show around the U.S.

7) Woody Allen’s To Rome With Love and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World with Steve Carell to premiere at The LA Film Festival.

8) Tonight on late night:
Amy Poehler on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC 12:35AM)

9) Genius comedy writer Armando Iananucci confirmed Alan Partidge movie with Steve Coogan…

10) All that you need to know about this video is that Jon Dore and Maria Bamford are in it. Now watch.

11) Our picks for the 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week for the Nerdist.

12) Amazon is looking to make some comedy…

13) I literally made someone roll on the floor laughing last night. It was a sight to see especially considering it was a filthy carpeted floor. I don’t think I’ll ever be funnier than that.

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LA Comedy Rundown 5/3/12

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ON THE HORIZON
Set List @ UCB Theatre Fri. May 4th 8PM $10
Delight and Destroy Presents: Comedy Influential @ Mint LA Sun. May 6th 8PM $7
The Super Serious Show @ Club Fais Do-Do Thurs. May 17th 8PM $13 in adv., $20

COMEDY CRAWL
Jimmy Pardo Needs Jokes @ Hollywood Center Studios 6:15PM/7:30PM FREE w/RSVP
Comics on Comics @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $10
Justin Willman’s Magic Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Kurt Braunohler in Cool Bird Squirt @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Michael Kosta & Maronzio Vance @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
Sessions with Scott @ Dangerfield’s 3 8PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Odd Thursdays @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Ben Schwartz Presents Snowpants @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)

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
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/20 spots available/5 min.
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
NOVEL CAFE 3760 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/Lottery/3-5 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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT

Morning Debriefing 5/3/12

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1) Tenacious D’s music video for their first single from their new album “Rize of the Fenix” got an applause break from us.

2) Jonah Ray is releasing his new album, Hello, Mr. Magic Plane Person, Hello, on 10" white vinyl with dropcard for a free digital download on May 15th. Better beat everyone else to the flea markets for a record player over the next two weekends.

3) A preview of the Between Two Ferns special this weekend with Jon Stewart…

4) Apparently, TMZ thought it was really cool when Robin Williams dropped in at the Nerdist Theater, “a small comedy club on Sunset Blvd.”, last night, but didn’t bother with Patton Oswalt dropping into the Best Fish Taco in Ensenada on Tues.

5) Tonight on late night:
Lena Dunham on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central 11:30PM)
Stephen Colbert on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 11:35PM)

Last night on late night:
Amy Poehler played 5 Second Impression or Die with Jimmy Fallon

6) A big congratulations goes to one of our favorite funny people, Erin Gibson, on becoming a writer for Funny or Die!

7) Horatio Sanz dressed up as a luchador tries to fight drogas in NYC in his new web series Espanto. That’s all we need to say besides WATCH.

8) Ashton Kutcher dressed up as a Bollywood director for Pop Chips and it didn’t work out nearly as well…

9) There is a thing called Network Awesome and they’re looking for ‘video people’.

10) Long-ish reads on comedy:
Serial Optimist interview with Ian Edwards
“Say It One More Time and See What Happens” our latest essay at the Nerdist
““YOUR REVIEW OF THAT REVIEW OF THAT REVIEW OF “GIRLS” WAS AWESOME!” by Matt Champagne

11) Comedy abroad-ish:
In Arizona: Marc Maron TONIGHT, Taylor Williamson this weekend, and Jen Kirkman.
Baron Vaughn TONIGHT at Acme Comedy Co. in Minneapolis, MN
Harland Williams at the Jukebox in Peoria TOMORROW
The Beards of Comedy in Iowa

12) I wonder who would get more heavily criticized this weekend: the person who writes how they thought the Avengers "suckd ballz” or the comedian who tries to make Junior Seau jokes?

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LA Comedy Rundown 5/4/12

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ON THE HORIZON
The Anytime Show with Dominic Dierkes & Guests Matt Walsh & Harris Wittels @ Little Modern Sun. May 6th 7PM FREE
Not for Nothin’ @ Little Modern Wed. May 9th 8PM $5

Reggie Watts @ Fonda Theatre Wed. May 30th 8PM $40

COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
Barely Legal @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7PM $5
Telethon @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Dwayne Perkins @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
Set List @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Frankenmatt @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
Eddie Pepitone Blood Bath @ Fake Gallery 9PM $10
Sean Quinn @ Downtown Comedy Club 9PM $10

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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./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

Morning Debriefing 5/4/12

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1) Pete Holmes was on TMZ. Is that what qualifies making it in Tinseltown now? Also, does anyone still call it Tinseltown? ALSO, is TMZ going to ambush Drew Carey at UCB tonight? These are questions we want answered.

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2) Last night on late night:
Stephen Colbert worried about Lena Dunham
Colbert talked Super PAC with Letterman

3) Veep’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus chatted with NPR and HBO Connect…

4) The hilarious Jackie Kashian simultaneously gave all the answers to most interviews that she’ll get as well as laying some wonderful truth about comedy including a great answer for what she would do if she wasn’t doing comedy. Please read.

5) Greg Barris imagines his ideal of real love in this completely sincere web video…

6) When Set List: The Improvised Stand-Up Show is over, it still isn’t over as Kumail Nanjiani tried to do an interview following his set, while “no one”, possibly Reggie Watts, was watching him.

7) There’s a trailer now for the Feelings Comedy Tour with Dave Ross, Jake Weisman, and Matt Ingebretson.

8) Ep. 15 of Louis vs. Rick, the story of a man who taught his cat to use instant messaging.

9) If you’re wondering what the latest emoticons that kids are into these days, let Jake Weisman fill you in.

10) I’d like to think there’d be a day where they will be nothing more to adapt into a movie, but originality without a built-in market is always a risky business model, right Hollywood?

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LA Comedy Rundown 5/5/12

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ON THE HORIZON
Looking for Lenny Screening @ Hollywood Laugh Factory Tues. May 8th $20-$30/2 drink min.
Lizz Free or Die: The Book, The Tour @ Steve Allen Theater Wed. May 23rd $15

COMEDY CRAWL
Jim Jeffries @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $25/2 item min.
La Comedia Mexicana Loca @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 7:30PM FREE
Loud Noises! @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
The Donkey Show @ Dangerfield’s 3 8PM $5
Matt Portman’s Comedy Extravaganza @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $10
Two-Headed Beast: A Storytelling Show @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Dwayne Perkins @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Sean Quinn @ Downtown Comedy Club 9PM $10
The Armando Show @ iO West 9PM $10
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World @ New Beverly Cinema MIDNIGHT $8
The Midnight Show with Drew Carey @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 (stand by only)

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
ICE HOUSE 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Starts 4PM/lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary
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
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 ½ James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery/3-5 min./$2 cover
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 5/5/12

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1) Not to worry (or think that you’re petition on Facebook really had anything to do with it) NBC’s bringing Best Friends Forever back June 1st. Maybe NBC brass just get a real kick out of torturing kids on the Internet?

2) Late World with Zach Galifianakis 3.0?

3) The Midnight Show album "Wow, Whaddya Know!“ is here…

Wow, Whaddya Know! It’s The Midnight Show (album)! (Taken with instagram)

4) Brendon Walsh’s The Half Hour will air Fri. May 25th 11PM on Comedy Central.

5) A new promo for Bunk with Kurt Braunohler on IFC in which Kurt touches the faces of contestants and more.

6) Advanced screenings of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America playing at the Downtown Independent Theater on May 11th-17th and a TBD free screening on May 9th at the New Beverly Cinema

7) Comedy abroad-ish:
Ron Funches @ The Comedy Underground May 11th-12th 8:30PM $20
Chris Fairbanks in Denver May 23rd-25th
Hari Kondabolu in the Pacific Northwest throughout May
Stripped Stories @ Union Transfer (Philadelphia, PA) Tues. Jun. 19th 8PM $15

8) What’s What’s Monty (Davey Johnson) shows that we’re celebrating the wrong Cinco De Mayo.

9) Jonas Polsky, known to many for arguing with Myq Kaplan about how to create jokes, wonderfully defends nothing being off limits on comedy…

10) At an open mic at a bar, few things are funnier than the faces of non-comics that walk in at the sound of "I’m going to rape you unless you say no.”

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LA Comedy Rundown 5/6/12

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ON THE HORIZON
The Eric Andre Show Season 1 Preview @ Cinefamily Mon. May 14th 7:30PM $12
Don’t Stop or We’ll Die @ Bootleg Theater Mon. May 7th 9:30PM FREE

COMEDY CRAWL
Jim Jefferies @ Irvine Improv 7PM $25/2 item min.
The Anytime Show with Dominic Dierkes @ Little Modern 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Un Cabaret @ Bar Fedora 8PM $20-$55
Delight and Destroy Presents: Comedy Influential @ The Mint LA 8PM $9
Magic Bag @ Little Modern 8PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Powerviolence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! w/Ryan Stout @ 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 2425 ½ James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 3PM/3-5 min./lottery/$1 cover
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
STARLIGHT THEATRE 1125 Victoria St., Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/mixed mic/No purchase necessary
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.
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 5/6/12

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1) The 2nd Annual Comedy Awards airs tonight on Comedy Central at 9PM (meaning you’ll see snarky tweets at 6PM EST) following the Between Two Ferns Special 8:30PM (with celebratory tweets at 5:30PM EST)

2) Get a look at tonight’s Comedy Awards red carpet with Julie Klausner…

The first of my Comedy Awards red carpet videos includes some pretty important talk with Billy Eichner about Amanda Plummer! Plus some other black tie chats with Matthew Perry, Robin Williams, Maya Rudolph, Reggie Watts, The Gregory Brothers, Retta, the cast of Happy Endings, Ty Burrell, Hannibal Burress, Kristen Schaal, & many more jesters and clowns! Thanks for watching. x

3) ALSO, if you wanted a program even though you’re not attending The Comedy Awards tonight because it’s already taped, here’s Laughspin’s liveblog and a list of winners from the Laugh Button

4) Freak Dance the movie is taking the nation by storm…

5) Claudia Cogan is taping an album at the The Little Modern Theater in June. Translation: Please attend for great amounts of laughter.

6) Comedy abroad-ish:
Sean O’Connor & Nick Turner @ Starline Performance Venue (Fresno, CA) TONIGHT 8:30PM $10
The Walsh Brothers @ The Gothic Theatre (Denver, CO) Thurs. May 17th 8PM $12
Pete Holmes @ Wiseguys Trolley Square (Salt Lake City, UT) Sat. May 19th 7PM $18/1 item min.

7) Jesse Popp’s The Half Hour will air Fri. June 15th on Comedy Central

8) There will be a live premiere party for BOTH The Eric Andre Show and Hannibal Buress’ upcoming special Animal Furnace at the Knitting Factory in NYC. You can’t look at the poster and not go…

Get tickets here

9) Really disappointed in not finding any amazing Super Moon jokes on Twitter last night, which really means I’m disappointed in myself for yet again not talking to a real person.

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LA Comedy Rundown 5/7/12

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ON THE HORIZON
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Theatre Sun. May 13th 9:30PM $5
Drew Carey Presents: The Best of the Midnight Show @ Irvine Improv Fri. May 11th-Sun. May 13th $30/2 item min.

COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Animal Crackers Comedy Experience @ Animal Crackers 8:30PM FREE
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/1 item 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
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/SIgn-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/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

Morning Debriefing 5/7/12

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1) Umm, you guys know that This American Life will be performing an episode this Thursday in movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada and Australia, right?

2) Episode 1 of Paul F. Tompkins uber-classy interview with cocktails show Speakeasy with guest Ty Burrell.

3) Following his Between Two Ferns special that aired last night (which you can now watch online), Zach Galifianakis is now in a political smear-off with Will Ferrell…

4) Tonight on late night:
Admiral General Aladeen (Sascha Baron Cohen) on The Daily Show (Comedy Central 11PM)
Matt Walsh on Conan (TBS 11PM)
5 Second Films on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC 1:35AM)

5) Girls’ Lena Dunham on her critics on NPR…

6) Sketch group Dead Kevin doesn’t know how to not do an interview, maybe, right, OK?

7) Comedy abroad-ish:
Dan Telfer @ The Comedy Attic May 10th-12th $12

8) In addition to comedians releasing their own specials, comedy albums on vinyl seem to be taking off as Hannibal Buress will be joining Kyle Kinane and Jonah Ray in releasing his latest special Animal Furnace also on vinyl.

9) On today’s Puddin’, Eddie Pepitone + lemons + Patton Oswalt trying not to break + cameo by David Koechner = a better May 5th, 2012.

10) If you think you have writer’s block, you probably just don’t give a shit about what you’re writing/don’t think what you’re writing is funny.

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LA Comedy Rundown 5/8/12

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ON THE HORIZON
Mame That Chune @ UCB Theatre Fri. May 11th 8PM $10
Surprise! with Rob & Sofiya @ The Polish Plantation Fri. May 11th 8:30PM FREE

Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum are Princess @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Thurs. May 17th & 18th 8:30PM $30

COMEDY CRAWL
Brink of Extinction with Bryan Coffee @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
FitzDog Radio Live @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Daytime Justice @ iO West 8:30PM $5
Blamblamblam! @ R-Bar 9PM FREE
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Public School Stories @ M Bar 9PM No cover/$10 min.
Looking for Lenny Screening @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 10PM $20-$30/2 drink min.

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
ANGELS & KINGS BAR 1708 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 8PM/Sign-up is lottery/One item min.
BROADWAY ALE HOUSE 129 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
THE MOTH @ BUSBY’S EAST 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/storytelling only/5 min./lottery w/cut off/$8
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/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
BLUE GOOSE LOUNGE 5201 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/1 drink 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
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 5/8/12

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1) The Sklar Brothers’ United Stats of America is on the History Channel tonight 10PM and The NY Times approves.

About United Stats of America

2) NBC appearing to get ready to make a wholesale change with their comedy line-up with the slew of shows they just picked up and giving short episode orders to fan favorites that get .gifs.

3) Chris Gethard is hitchhiking to Bonnaroo without a bindle. He’s going to need your help.

4) Tonight on late night:
Casey Wilson on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC 12AM)

Last night on late night:
Matt Walsh expounded on the history of monkeys in comedy on Conan
Admiral General Aladeen checked Jon Stewart’s bush on the Daily Show

5) Pre-order Jonah Ray’s Hello Mr. Magic Plane Person on 10" white vinyl here.

6) Don Draper raps about his love of Taxi with Reggie Watts on Comedy Bang Bang.

7) The very funny Matt Dwyer is going to have a podcast where he doesn’t interview comedians, but rather interesting people like Marijuana Defense Lawyers.

8) Applications for the LA Improv Comedy Festival are due this Friday…

9) The Super Serious Show went to the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival and Austin loved it again.

10) Rory Scovel’s Half Hour is happening this Friday on Comedy Central at 11PM despite what this promo with Todd Glass might lead you to believe.

11) If Vegas took odds on such a thing, the odds would most likely be that whatever jokes trying to tie MCA’s and Maurice Sendak’s death together aren’t going to be funny.

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Free Screening of Bobcat’s Goldthwait’s God Bless America Tomorrow at New Beverly Cinema

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Prepare to stand on the sidewalk along 7165 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA for awhile. Doors open tomorrow May 9th at 7PM. First come, first served. Q&A with stars Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr. Just in case you don’t know what the fuss is about, watch the amazing trailer right now.

The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week 5/8/12

The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week 5/8/12

Horatio Sanz as a bad crime fighter, new Tenacious D, and Rory Scovel doing a promo(?) for his half hour special.

If Eagleheart’s Jason Woliner Ran Mad Men…

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…he’d go down in entertainment history for ending Mad Men like this…

HOLY SHIT i was right!!!
LEAKED final page of MAD MEN SERIES FINALE SCRIPT

…and for also having a narrator say Dahhhh Dah Dahhhh.

LA Comedy Rundown 5/9/12

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ON THE HORIZON
Travis’ Treasure Trove @ Moving Arts Theater Sat. May 19th 8PM $5
Set List @ Nerdist Theater Fri. May 11th 8PM $10

COMEDY CRAWL
God Bless America @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM FREE
Not for Nothin’ @ Little Modern 8PM
Persona! @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5
Smartest Man in the World w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
Jenny Slate & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $25
Venice Underground @ Townehouse at the Del Monte 9PM FREE
Literary Death Match @ Busby’s East 9PM $10
Rob Delaney @ Constellation Room 9PM $10
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Bar & Cafe 9:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9;30PM $5 (stand by only)
Your Favorite Show @ Little Modern 10PM FREE

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.
SET LIST @ RAFA’S LOUNGE ART GALLERY 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Set list of topic provided to improvise off of/No purchase necessary
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
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 micLIQUID 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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT

Promos For This Week’s SNL with Will Ferrell

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Prepare to get all nostalgic about the SNL you grew up with…

On Late Night 5/9/12

Tonight on late night:

Joel McHale and Reggie Watts on Conan (TBS 11PM)
Garry Shandling and Alison Brie on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC 11:35PM)
Jenna Fischer on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35AM)
Howard Stern on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC 12:35AM)

Late night on late night:

Casey Wilson forged letters to prisoners on Kimmel

The Daily Show To Cover Republican National Coverage

The Daily Show To Cover Republican National Coverage

The only thing better than this would be if Armando Iannucci wrote what everyone in politics said.

Live Storytelling at UCB Animated Starting Off with a Bear Costume Story

John Bander recounted a story of day in the life of wearing a bear costume head on a new UCB series Animated Stories created by Todd Bieber.

Louis CK & Aziz Ansari’s Web Specials to Air

Louis CK’s award winning Live at the Beacon Theater will air on FX May 12th.

Aziz Ansari’s Dangerously Delicious will air on Comedy Central May 20th 10PM.

Hopefully, this doesn’t mean the “great experiment” in comedian self-distribution is over.

Stephen Colbert’s I Am Pole (And So Can You!) is Now Available

As we’ve mentioned, Stephen Colbert’s first children’s book, I Am a Pole (And So Can You!), is now available in hardcover, e-book and an audiobook read by Tom Hanks. 100% of the proceeds from the audiobook will be donated to US Vets. To mark the occasion, a special page has been created on the Colbert Nation website with info and links to buy. It also features both of the original installments of Stephen’s interview with Maurice Sendak, which saw the unveiling of I Am a Pole, and Stephen’s special tribute to the late author from last night’s show.

Yes, the children’s book that Colbert came up with while interviewing the late great Maurice Sendak is now a reality. Also, the audiobook version is read by Tom Hanks. Just try and have a bad Wednesday, now.

LA Comedy Rundown 5/10/12

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ON THE HORIZON
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab Fri. May 11th 10PM $5

Maria Bamford @ Flappers Burbank Fri. May 18th-Sat. May 19th 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Jim Jefferies @ Ontario Improv Fri. May 18th-Sun. May 20th $20/2 item min.

COMEDY CRAWL
Subversive Comedy with Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $10/2 item min.
Kyle Dunnigan @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
I Blew It! Storytelling Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Noble Experiment @ Little Modern 9PM $3
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
Nick’s Big Talk Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
We’ll All Be Dead Someday @ 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
NOVEL CAFE 3760 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./For those looking to wing it and let their creative side shine, a game where comedians are given ideas to create their own jokes, as well as materials to illustrate them, and the chance to win exciting prizes.
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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT

Support Lauren Ludwig’s Short Because She’s Really Funny

She’s the director of the amazing comedy extravaganza Lost Moon Radio and now she’s doing a short film for AFI (American Film Institute, not A Fire Inside). If our words and this funny donation video doesn’t convince, well, then, you’re beyond us.