Don’t miss the inaugural pairing of episodes TONIGHT at 11PM for Comedy Central’s The Half Hour with the diametrically opposed, comedically, though still both very funny, Rory Scovel and Michal Palascak.
The above picture will probably the most serious Rory will be during his entire special.
It’s really hard to explain the awesomeness of Reggie Watts to people or animals or anything for that matter. If you’re alive yourself, you should stay up at 1AM tonight and watch A Live at Central Park and feel the pure goodness that reverberates from where ever Reggie is performing (we’ve watched the special and feel confident in this assessment)
ON THE HORIZON
The Eric Andre Show Season 1 Preview @ Cinefamily Mon. May 14th 7:30PM $12
Hamprom! @ Little Modern Wed. May 16th 9:30PM FREE
Dana Gould Starts a RIOT @ Fake Gallery Wed. May 30th 8PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Space Boners @ Silverlake Lounge 7PM FREE
Drew Carey Presents the Best of the Midnight Show @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $30/2 item min.
The Donkey Show @ Dangerfield’s 3 8PM $5
Dwayne Perkins @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $17/2 item min.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $25
Field Day @ Little Modern 10PM $3
Comedy Juice @ Ice House Stage 2 10:30PM $10/2 drink min.
Clownvis Presley @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
The Tomorrow Show Presents The Small Lynch Hour @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
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
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
If you’re not one of the 23,000+ followers on Twitter that follow @EveryTweet_Ever, it’s a Twitter account that encapsulates the nature of Twitter and how the majority of its users act/react in a very funny way. His name is Chris Serico and he’s thankful his experiment has worked.
Kelly Carlin’s A Carlin Home Companion @ Alberta Rose Theatre (Portland, OR) Sun. May 13th 7PM $18
Brent Weinbach w/DJ Douggpound @ Comedy Underground (Seattle, WA) May. 17th-20th
Nick Youssef and Nick Griffin @ The Punch Line (San Francisco, CA) May 23rd-26th
Pete Holmes @ Addison Improv (Addison, TX) July 12th-15th
If we gave you a hundred guesses as to what happens in this sketch from Women Comedy (Dave Ross, Jake Weisman, and Allen Strickland Williams) just based off the title, you wouldn’t guess correctly and still laugh pretty hard when you watch (despite being tired from all the guessing).
Tommy Johnagin’s got more than a handful of great appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman and this set is certainly no different. Click picture of Johnagin in a “politician pose” to watch clip.
Out to promote his new children’s book I Am Pole (and So Can You), Stephen Colbert got sublimely absurd on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon telling everyone to get a Super PAC in order to find buried treasure, then, to only play soccer while in a bubble against Fallon.
Just watch the clips if you’re in doubt about what you just read.
–Parks and Recreation got renewed. So, the cross-generational war founded on so-called .gif based comedy" can rage on.
–Don’t Trust the B**** in Apt. 23 and Happy Endings also go renewed. Can’t wait to see Andre do a late night panel and talk about the polar opposites characters on Apt. 23 and The Eric Andre Show.
–The trailer for Anchorman 2 attached to Dictator screenings. Expect a trailer for the online trailer to be teased out by some random appearance by Ferrell.
–The director of horror comedy favorite “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil”, Eli Craig, set for next film. With this news, horror comedy as a genre will have gotten past Jennifer’s Body.
–Best Friends Forever got cancelled. We said that Facebook campaign wouldn’t help.
ON THE HORIZON
JFL Montreal Showcases
@ Nerdist Theater Mon. May 14th 8PM $5
@ Comedy Store Belly Room Tues. May 15th 8PM No cover/2 drink min.
@ Hollywood Improv Lab Wed. May 16th 7PM $5
@ Hollywood Improv Lab Thurs. May 17th 7PM $5
@ Hollywood Improv Lab Fri. May 18th 7PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Drew Carey Presents the Best of the Midnight Show @ Irvine Improv 7PM $30/2 item min.
The Anytime Show @ Little Modern 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Un Cabaret @ Bar Fedora 8PM $20-$55
Delight & Destroy Presents: Girls Aloud! @ The Mint LA 8PM Pay what you can
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Powerviolence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 9PM $5
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
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
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
SUNDAY SKETCH SHOW @ WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Open mic for sketches/Starts 8PM/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
Yes, the delightful comedy music duo of Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome, Garfunkel & Oates, are now in iPhone app form that offers photos, videos, tour dates, and most importantly, karaoke. Also, it’s free so there’s little stopping you from humming “I Would Never (Have Sex With You)” wherever you happen tobe.
Kyle Kinane’s fans are so dedicated in their fandom that they seemingly would grab the nearest thing to have signed by the hysterical Kinane. According to Pete Holmes, Kyle will sign clipboards, “Because you’re the king, Kyle. Because you’re the king.”
Absurdist news site HAHAJK.com is getting into the comedy podcast game with “It’s Your Journey Boo…” and “Air Quotes”. Featuring an incredibly talented and hilarious roster of hosts, Lauren Rochelle & Michelle Buteau interviewing interesting folks and Tony Sam & Kurtis Rintala chatting about the week in news with funny guests, respectively, it’ll be interesting to hear what direction HAHAJK.com goes with delving into the podcast medium.
Having been on several podcasts herself, the very funny Esther Povitsky just launched her own podcast “Weird Adults” to spread “irreplaceable quirk” to the podcast world.
We’re not going to say anything else besides watch two freshly baked videos from sketch group Dead Kevin (Ahmed Bharoocha, Jack Robichaud, and Ryan O’Flanagan) and web series Naked Jeremy’s (Jeremy Paul) Declarative Statements for a great start to Mother’s Day 2012.
In it’s 3rd year, Denver’s comedy festival, Laugh Track, blends great stand-up and great short films as a part of Denver’s burgeoning comedy scene at the beginning of August.
You can submit as either a stand-up or filmmaker or both, if you so choose until the deadline on June 25th.
ON THE HORIZON
Greg Proops: Smartest Man in the World LIVE @ Nerdist Theater Tues. May 15th 8PM $10
A Night of Comedy Celebrating George Carlin’s 75th Birthday @ Comedy & Magic Club Thurs. May 17th $25-$75/2 item min.
Anthony Jeselnik @ Irvine Improv Thurs. May 17th-Sun. May 20th $20/2 item min.
SCHMED Talks @ Nerdist Theater Mon. June 25th 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
JFL Montreal Character Showcase @ UCB Theatre 5PM FREE
The Eric Andre Show Season 1 Preview @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $12
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
JFL Montreal Showcase @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $5
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Pretty, Pretty Pony w/James Urbaniak @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM FREE
Freak Dance Screening @ 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/4 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
In the form of Jeopardy question: Two things that you can catch in theaters that aren’t The Avengers.
What are…
-Wes Anderson’s highly anticipated upcoming film, Moonrise Kingdom, can be seen this Sun. May 20th for free at LACMA IF you’re a Film Independent member
&
-Famed radio show This American Life did a live show screened at theaters across the country last Thursday and will be doing an encore tomorrow night, this time, featuring David Sedaris, Tig Notaro and more.
WTF’s Marc Maron, The 818’s Brody Stevens, and Liam Neeson (the man behind one of the funniest clips on Ricky Gervais’ Life’s Too Short ever) are all on the same episode this Wed. Maybe you won’t want to TIVO this one.
At 9PM, PBS follows up their in-depth look into Woody Allen by covering another comedy legend, Johnny Carson with Emmy award winning filmmaker Peter Jones.
Speaking of late night TV tonight, Adam Scott and Tenacious D will be on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS 11:35PM)
One of the few late night hosts to actually venture outside of their studios this year with their entire show, Craig Ferguson is having The Late Late Show in Scotland. Going from town to town back in his home country including his hometown of Cumbernauld (though it sounds like a name Craig would make up, it probably isn’t), Ferguson will have the likes of Mila Kunis, Rashida Jones, David Sedaris, and more to get weird in the Highlands every night this week.
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson airs on CBS 12:35AM following Letterman.
There is no final word on the end of The Office either. This makes the casting of Jeffrey Tambor in Dane Cook’s Next Caller seeming more and more like a consolation prize..
Other comedy “trades” news:
–Judd Apatow produced Pee Wee Herman movie to start production soon. I wonder if he’s going to embarrass his daughter Maude even more by dancing around set.
–Larry David might have joined Twitter. We imagine the first thing that would bother David is the absence of spaces in names within in Twitter handles.
Dustin Marshall’s listener supported podcast network, Feral Audio, launches today with a podcast line-up already ready to be reckoned with.
Monday: Weird Adults with Little Esther, Sean Conroy Presents: The Flabbgergast, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour
Tuesday: Please Be My Girlfriend
Wednesday: Conversations With Matt Dwyer, Dongtini
Thursday: The Steven Brody Stevens Festival Of Friendship
Friday: Bonus Please Be My Girlfriend, two episodes a week through May, The Fancy Presents ‘Muscle Top’ (webseries)
Even though the Steven Brody Stevens Festival of Friendship should be able to tide us over for a month, more shows are to come in June and we can’t wait.
ON THE HORIZON
SuperEgo Live @ UCB Theatre Fri. May 18th 8PM $10
Henson Alternative’s Stuffed & Unstrung @ Largo at the Coronet Theater Mon. May 21st 7:30PM/9:30PM $40
Nerdist Podcast LIVE @ Club Nokia Sat. Jun. 2nd 7:30PM $16.50-$26.50
COMEDY CRAWL
Characters of Comedy @ UCB Theatre 5PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 7:30PM FREE
Bruin Up Some Laughs @ Kerckhoff-UCLA 8PM FREE
Good Luck Show @ The Good Luck Bar 8PM FREE
Greg Proops: Smartest Man in the World LIVE @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
JFL Montreal Showcase @ Comedy Store Belly Room 8PM No cover/2 drink min.
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Freak Dance: Movie Screening @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
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/5 min./No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min.
THE MOTH @ LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset 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
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Lottery
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
BROADWAY ALE HOUSE 129 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
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
Attn comedy creatives/talent: Get your delightful indie comedies and bizarre (or not so bizarre, if you prefer), but hilarious characters out for The Sundance Film Festival and Liezl Estipona. Or, you could just submit to both of them mentally and emotionally, but we’re pretty sure that won’t get you anywhere in the comedy game.
The famed Sundance Film Festival is now taking submissions still at discount for short films, features, and documentaries and has been a go to place for small independent comedy films for years.
Liezl is a wonderful and prolific comedy photographer that has already published an entire book on comedy photography. She’s looking to make another one, but with comedians that do characters in costume.
Documentary filmmaker Ryan Ferguson followed Hannibal Buress right before his taping his latest special, Animal Furnace (premiering on Comedy Central Sun. May 20th 11PM) and put together a documentary called, “A Week To Kill”. As evidenced by the clip above, comedians really meet people just as crazy as the ones we put in our jokes, because, as you might have guessed, much of the time, we’re not making this shit up.