After the long 4th of July break (that’s the reason, right?), there is something to make sure is on your DVR besides the season premiere of Breaking Bad. Clips will be posted tomorrow, but maybe you want to catch it on air because you’re a reasonable person that is at home at 11PM.
Louis CK on The Daily Show (Comedy Central 11PM)
Denis Leary & Cristela Alonzo on Conan (TBS 11PM)
Also, Gallagher will be on Letterman tonight (CBS 11:35PM)
Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC has been well documented as a phenomenon that tows the line between comedy, performance art, and political action. Well, Sarah Silverman just raised the stakes a whole sex act by offering casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson “a scissoring session” if he donates his announced $100 million contribution to Mitt Romney to Barack Obama instead.
The only thing that could possibly top this is if Ron Paul was just kidding the whole time.
Pete Holmes and Matt McCarthy have been parodying Christopher Nolan’s batman trilogy for quite some time now for College Humor and they have done it superbly. This latest reinterpretation of one of the most dramatic scenes of The Dark Knight is no different.
Also, both Pete and Matt are hilarious in non-Batman life and you should check the tons of other stuff they do.
Filmmaker Scott Moran just launched his web series, Modern Comedian, exploring the craft of comedy in a time that defies labels and limitations. From just this one episode with Kurt Braunohler, this is one the best looks into legitimately seeing comedians, especially ones pushing the idea of what comedy can be, working at their craft, then executing.
The next episode is next Monday with Ben Kronberg and we simply can’t wait to hear about his writing process.
ON THE HORIZON
Brody Stevens @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Jul. 21st 8PM $18/2 item min.
The Moth Grandslam @ The Echoplex Mon. Jul. 23rd 7PM $18
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Night @ Best FIsh Taco in Ensenada 7:30PM FREE
An Evening with Kyle Kinane @ Nerdist Theater 7:30PM $5
Undefined @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7:30PM $10
Harland Williams & The Apple Tree Boys 8PM $15/2 item min.
Marc Maron @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ Nerdist Theater 9PM $10
Comedy Alert @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 10PM $20-$30/2 drink mi.
Dan Cummins-Naked and Fearless @ Flappers Burbank 10PM $10/2 item min.
Flyover Comedy @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $14/2 item min.
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts 5:30PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
CLUB FORBIDDEN 8512 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/lottery/One item min.
THE MOTH @ LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts at 7:30PM sharp/Storytelling only/Must be on theme: Judgment/5 min./lottery/10 spots only/$8 cover
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/5 min.
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
DAVE’S BAR 708 Broadway, Glendale, CA/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/one item min./8-10 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
Apparently, Louis CK had no idea what was happening when he reportedly “defended” Daniel Tosh and the rape joke incident at the Laugh Factory as he appeared on The Daily Show last night. Of course, he shares his feelings on it in the funniest way possible by jokingly taking down comedians, bloggers, men, women, and The Mets all at the same time.
Cristela Alonzo notches her first late night talk show TV set on Conan by giving really great advice on how to go the extra mile on your resume.
Here’s The Entire Community Comic Con Panel
Stop watching camera phone footage and check out the entire panel for Community from Comic-Con professionally filmed. Also, is anyone going to .gif the new producers saying that they won’t screw it up?
In all of the episodes of SNL’s Mike O’Brien’s web series, 7 Minutes in Heaven, there is something special about the ones with musicians on. Specifically, this really kooky episode with folk singer Joanna Newsom and the one with Reggie Watts are our two favorites. Maybe the expression “7 minutes in heaven” should refer to impromptu musical jam sessions in the closet instead of sex?
Matt Braunger’s “Shovel Fighter” came out today on DVD, digital download, and even vinyl, which are all available online, (get vinyl here), or if you can’t wait that long, but want a copy on vinyl now, it will be available at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park.
OK, that’s enough listening to what we have to say and more listening that should be reserved for Shovel Fighter.
ON THE HORIZON
Booze Cruise @ Nerdist Theater Fri. Jul. 20th 9PM FREE
Comedy by the Pool @ The Compound Sat. Jul. 21st 7PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
The PBR Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Sad People Talking @ Nola’s 9:30PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
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
SET LIST @ RAFAS LOUNGE ART GALLERY 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Lottery/Set list of topics provided to improvise off of/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 BEVERLY 3253 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/6 min./No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT
Why people furiously and sincerely argue about why Jen Kirkman needs to have kids to live a fulfilled life instead of just laughing at her hilarious comedy is completely beyond us. You can and should pre-order her book, “I Can Barely Take Care of Myself”, which comes out April 2013, whether it’s cleverly intentional or not, approximately 9 months from now.
Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa with Dan Harmon on Kickstarter is Almost Funded
Charlie Kaufman, Dan Harmon, and Starburns Industries gave themselves two months to raise $200,000 for their own stop motion feature film, Anomalisa.
It’s been a week and they only need a little more than $5000. We don’t know where this will lead to, but we like the potential that crowdfunding can choose the movies we want to see.
The A.V. Club and UCB’s Animated Stories with Todd Bieber, respectively, give Maria Bamford and Dave Hill amazing stories of theirs the animation treatment. Bamford recounts being awkward during morning radio in Ohio and Hill regales with a tale of the life-changing toilet from Japan.
Please watch both for both the comedy and the animation. It’ll make your Wednesday or whenever you watch it.
Austin, TX Having Another Festival with Comedy!
Good for Austin, TX including more comedy at all their wonderful festivals. Particularly this time around, at the the Fun Fun Fun Fest this November, they’re having David Cross, Hannibal Buress, a Weird Al tribute band, and more.
A new web series, Written By a Kid, from Geek and Sundry takes stories from kids with a little guidance from Will Bowles and Josh Flaum, then has them recreated, at least in this episode, with a ridiculous mix of animation and live action with Joss Whedon, Dave Foley, and Kate Micucci.
Lucky kid.
ON THE HORIZON
Jim Hamilton’s Poems About the Ocean Album Release Party @ R-Bar Fri. Jul. 27th 9PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Stand-up Spotlight: Moshe Kasher @ UCB Theatre 6:45PM $5
Rick Shapiro: Benefit for Healing @ The Comedy Store 7PM $25/2 drink min.
The Super Serious Show 2 Year Anniversary @ Club Fais-Do-Do 8PM $20
Westside Comedy Laugh Party @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $5
Quote Unquote @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Odd Thursdays @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Nick Kroll & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9:30PM $25
Nick’s Big Talk Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Christina Pazsitzky @ Ontario Improv 10PM $12/2 item min.
The Imaginary Radio Program @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
CAFE AMERICANO 5770 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/3 min./No purchase necessary
PALMS BAR 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/One drink min.
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.
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First St., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/lottery/5 min./20 spots only
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.
THE COMIC BUG 1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd., Manhattan Beach, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/3 min./lottery/No purchase necessary
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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week 7/17
This week’s round-up of the best meant to be funny instead we just happen to catch this on camera videos on The Nerdist features a fantastic Dark Knight parody, pre-emptively rejecting hot girls at Comic Con, and more.
Also, submit your intentionally funny web videos for next week (please read rules at link).
As hilarious comedian Jon Daly has had a Google problem with being often mistaken for golfer John Daly, he has done what only Jon Daly and not John Daly would do: dress up as John Daly, prosthetics, a fat suit, and all, then make a website in order to supposedly merge the two identities in the hopes that people can more easily find the comedy of Jon Daly.
Jon Daly’s plan has gone so well that ESPN took notice. More details on whether John Daly hears about this as this story develops.
The magazine that delves into the craft of music, American Songwriter, dedicates an entire issue to comedy, as that’s the seemingly hip magazine thing to do right now. Covering musical comedy acts from Jimmy Fallon to Tenacious D and Brendon Small, you can get an issue now by e-mailing subscriptions@americansongwriter.com.
Louis C.K. racked up seven Emmy nominations this morning between his FX series, Louie, and his comedy special, Live at the Beacon Theatre, which is definitely impressive, but aren’t we used to “definitely impressive” if not “amazing” from C.K.? He shared his thoughts on getting nominated with the NY Times noting, “That’s a lot of nominations. It feels selfish, because I was really rooting for everybody on my show.”
Yet, Louie is not nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. Modern Family, 30 Rock, Girls, Saturday Night Live, and Parks and Recreation get plenty of love throughout the rest of the Emmy categories and even Portlandia gets nominated for writing. Above all, we know plenty of you will be checking out YouTube clips of dark horse Nurse Jackie on Showtime after reading the rest of the comedy nominations below
Outstanding Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Girls
Modern Family
30 Rock
Veep
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Lena Dunham-Girls
Melissa McCarthy-Mike and Molly
Zooey Deschanel-New Girl
Edie Falco-Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler-Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey-30 Rock
Julia Louis-Dreyfus-Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Jim Parsons-Big Bang Theory
Larry David-Curb Your Enthusiasm
Don Cheadle-House of Lies
Louis C.K.-Louie
Alec Baldwin-30 Rock
Jon Cryer-Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Mayim Bialik-The Big Bang Theory
Kathryn Joosten-Desperate Housewives
Julie Bowen-Modern Family
Sofia Vergara-Modern Family
Merritt Wever-Nurse Jackie
Kristen Wiig-Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Ed O’Neill-Modern Family
Jesse Tyler Ferguson-Modern Family
Ty Burrell-Modern Familiy
Eric Stonestreet-Modern Family
Max Greenfield-New Girl
Bill Hader-Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
Dot-Marie Jones-Glee
Maya Rudolph-Saturday Night Live
Melissa McCarthy-Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Banks-30 Rock
Margaret Cho-30 Rock
Kathy Bates-Two and a Half Men
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Michael J. Fox-Curb Your Enthusiasm
Greg Kinnear-Modern Family
Bobby Cannavale-Nurse Jackie
Jimmy Fallon-Saturday Night Live
Will Arnett-30 Rock
Jon Hamm-30 Rock
Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series
Robert B. Weide-Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lena Dunham-Girls
Louis C.K.-Louie
Jason Winer-Modern Family
Steven Levitan-Modern Family
Jake Kasdan-New Girl
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Community-“Remedial Chaos Theory”-Chris McKenna
Girls-“Pilot”-Lena Dunham
Louie -“Pregnant”-Louis C.K.
Parks And Recreation-“The Debate”-Amy Poehler
Parks And Recreation-“Win, Lose, Or Draw”-Michael Schur
Outstanding Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Special Class Programs
84th Annual Academy Awards
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
Herbie Hancock, Gustavo Dudamel And The LA Phil Celebrate Gershwin (Great Performances)
Louis C.K. Live At The Beacon Theatre
65th Annual Tony Awards
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
The Colbert Report
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Portlandia
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Animated Program
American Dad
The Penguins of Madagascar: The Return of The Revenge of Dr. Blowhole
Futurama
Bob’s Burgers
The Simpsons
Full list of 2012 Emmy nominations here.
Ever since it was announced that Nick Kroll was going to have a sketch series on Comedy Central, Kroll Show, formerly Nick Show Kroll, it has been one of the more highly anticipated shows in production (it’ll debut early 2013).
Here’s the first sketch entitled Chick-Fil-A vs. Chikk Club and see for yourself.
ON THE HORIZON
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sun. Jul. 29th 9PM $25
The Adventures of Pete & Pete… The Reunion @ The Orpheum Tues. Aug. 28th $25-$75 (tickets on sale at 12PM Sat. Jul. 21st)
COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
Jackie Kashian @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $17/2 item min.
Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
Booze Cruise @ Nerdist Theater 9PM FREE
Bo Burnham & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25
The End of the World Show @ Lyric Hyperion Theater 10PM FREE
The Ho Ho Show @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM $5/one drink min.
Compatish @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/5 min./One item min.
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
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 N. Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/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
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
Jerry Seinfeld’s new web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, just posted its first episode with guest Larry David. There’s no surprise here that it’s kind of like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
The upcoming FYF Fest in Downtown LA has just announced their comedy line-up, which has only gotten bigger each year they’ve had comedy listed near the bottom of their flyer. David Cross, Pete Holmes, Neil Hamburger, The Eric Andre Show, Maria Bamford, and much much more as you can see in the picture above will be performing in their comedy tent Sept. 1st & 2nd.