Nature Break, a series on one of YouTube’s top channels Shut Up! Cartoons, continues to kill it with this latest episode featuring, as you might have heard us say before, some of the funniest people that everyone should know including Katie Crown, Lizzy Cooperman, Susan Burke, Emily Maya Mills, Johnny Pemberton, and more. Also, talking animals in situations completely devoid of them being animals is pretty damn funny.
Following the taping of the Roseanne Roast to be aired on Comedy Central next week, it was discovered that a joke that Jeff Ross told referencing the Aurora shootings will currently be cut from the TV edit.
“Seth [Green], you haven’t gotten this much attention since you shot all those people in Aurora. You’re actually not like James Holmes. He was doing things in a theater that people remember."
It’s unfortunate and the joke, unlike the one Dane Cook came under fire for, is a much more defensible with the way it’s structured, not to mention that Ross has much more experience with humor that dwells in the realm of being offensive.
Though, not to fret as Ross has plenty of other projects coming up that will make up for the Ross that was cut from the Roast. His Comedy Central series, The Burn, both taping in Hollywood (free tickets still available) is set to premiere Aug. 14th 10:30PM. Also, his special to come out called Jeff Ross Roasts America where he literally tours across America roasting willing participants town by town, will air on Comedy Central Sat. Aug. 11th 11PM, then available for purchase Aug. 14th.
ON THE HORIZON
The Class of Chicago Fest @ Westside Comedy Theater Fri. Aug. 10th 8PM $10
Ed Helms Presents The Whiskey Sour Radio Hour @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Fri. Aug. 17th 9PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid/Night Shift Double Feature @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Brink of Extinction with Bryan Coffee @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Smartest Man in the World w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
Greg Barris: Better and Better @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
Sad People Talking @ Nola’s 9PM $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
DAVE’S CHILLIN’ AND GRILLIN’ 2152 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM
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/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/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
We don’t know who was asking for a web series parody of what the Beatles and Monkees were doing decades ago, not to mention with only 2 band members and an unscrupulous manager, with the hilarity of comedians Julian McCullough, Sean O’Connor, and Nick Turner on the Warner Sound YouTube channel.
Thank goodness they did, because Beach Dudes is absurdly and anachronistically hilarious.
As promised, Dave Hill has done his title of “world class athlete” proud in his coverage of the London 2012 Olympics for BBC America. His olympic level athletic skill dazzled the few people watching in several events without actually participating in anything that’s sanctioned by the IOC.
Events including:
Rowing
Ribbon Gymnastics
Trampoline
Rugby
Boxing
Cross Country Horse Riding
Horse Show Jumping
Floor Gymnastics
Parallel Bars
Basketball
Tennis
Triathlon
After releasing it through his own site, Jim Gaffigan will now release his latest special Mr. Universe as a CD through Comedy Central on Aug. 28th. What this means for the great experiment with comedians producing and releasing their own specials is unclear as you can still get the full video special on his site.
Hopefully, it doesn’t mean much and more self-made specials will continued to be made.
Forget what you think you know with comedy at its fringes (unless, of course, you’ve already acquainted with pop culture mash-up aggregate Everything Is Terrible) with the arrival of The 3rd Annual Everything Is Festival at Cinefamiliy. Found footage, 90’s nostalgia, Star Wars fan video art re-cut and smashed up as an entire re-imagined Star Wars, Joel Hodgson creator of MST3K, Nick Offerman, Doug Benson Movie Interruption, Off the Air with Dave Hughes, and way way more are under the acid trip of an umbrella at the Everything is Festival, running from Aug. 18th-Aug. 28th.
It might all seem a little weird, but it will be, with everything that’s going on here, only the good kind of weird. Tickets available now.
ON THE HORIZON
Garfunkel & Oates; Girls of Summer w/Peretti, Kilgariff, Leggero @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Aug. 15th 9PM $25
The Midnight Show w/Pete Holmes Taping @ Warner Bros. Studios Tues. Aug. 21st & Thurs. Aug. 23rd FREE w/RSVP
COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid/Night Shift Double Feature @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Improvised Stand-Up @ Little Modern 7:30PM FREE
Jen Murphy Live Album Recording @ Jon Lovitz Podcast Theatre & Comedy Club 8PM $10/2 drink min.
Stand-Up Spotlight: Brent Weinbach @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Art Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
The Noble Experiment @ Little Modern 9PM $3
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
UCB’s New Faces of Comedy Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 and Over @ Groundlings 10PM $10
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
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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week 8/7
This week’s picks for our weekly web video round-up at The Nerdist go from animated animals with human problems to a profile of Hannibal Buress to Dave Hill being awesome. See what the complete list is and enter, if you have a funny video that you’re going to post this week, for next week’s edition (see details and guidelines at link).
Last night, Chris Rock stopped by The Daily Show and gave a glimpse into the obstacles he faces as one the most prominent stand-ups today with having to actually act, raising rich kids, and worrying about getting his unpolished jokes put on the Internet.
Mike Birbiglia and Ira Glass Pulling Out All Stops For Sleepwalk With Me Premiere
Not only will be they at the various screenings in NYC, Chicago, and LA, but they’ll be doing everything else at the theater to make sure you have an unforgettable experience?
It’s in LA at the Nuart Theatre at the end of August.
Were excited for all three of these premieres tonight:
The series premiere of Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on FX 11PM (after Louie)
Season premiere of Children’s Hospital on Adult Swim 12AM
Season premiere of NTSF:SD:SUV on Adult Swim 12:15AM
Good news is that if you can catch all of these tonight without any overlap or having decide where your comedy allegiances lie even though you probably could DVR one or the other.
In its 7th year, The Small Film Festival out of London is looking for short films about anything from anywhere. More specifically, they have a comedy category, which promises £1000 and possibly up to £40,000 in production grants.
The deadline is Aug 15th and there is an entrance fee of £20-£30. We say if you have the quid, it might be worth it. (via Heller)
ON THE HORIZON
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ Nerdist Theater Mon. Aug. 13th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Marc Maron @ Steve Allen Theater Tues. Aug. 14th 8PM $10
The Swarm @ UCB Theatre Fri. Aug. 17th 8PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
Bluff You with Jimmy Pardo @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Melissa Villasenor @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
Set List @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
The Class of Chicago Fest @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10PM $5
The End of the World Show @ Lyric Hyperion Theater 10PM FREE
The Tony Clifton Revue @ The Comedy Store 11:30PM $20/2 drink min.
The 2012 London Olympics Wrap-Up Spectacular @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $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
Conan Goes Naughty(?) with Conan.XXX
Find whether those three X’s are more associated with adult entertainment or winning a game of tic-tac toe with a whole bunch of clips including Will Ferrell called “Big dick, little chicks”.
On this latest episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s web series “Comedian In Cars Getting Coffee”, Seinfeld hangs out with top touring American comedian Brian Regan (grossed millions by doing a few shows in Salt Lake City, UT alone) and discussed a joke that was organically developed by them separately, yet almost completely identical, save for the examples/references.
We had the season premieres of 3 comedy series last night and it’s just so convenient that there are 2 finales tonight with Comedy Bang Bang and Bunk capping off their inaugural seasons on IFC. We don’t want to say it’s been a great run yet because we’re sure there’s more absurd goodness to come from both series that we can’t wait for.
They’re at 10PM and 10:30PM, again, on IFC, respectively, so don’t miss out.
Mockumentary behind the curtain improv web series, Inside the Master Class with Matt Besser (and a hilarious cast of Neil Campbell, Stephanie Allynne, Eva Anderson, Mike Cassady, Paul Rust, Mookie Blaicklock, Monika Smith, and Armen Weitzman), has shown the hardships to being a top flight improvisor, specifically in this episode, being so honest with your sexuality that you’re willing to discuss it with the ensemble while you’re doing it.
More so than the NC-17 rating the episode title of this or the NSFW nature of the series, we’ll tell you that it’s really dark comedy, but wonderfully so a la Todd Solondz.
ON THE HORIZON
Comedy Mutant: Brian Posehn & Arj Barker w/Holmes/Kinane/Feimster/Patton/Funches @ Club Nokia Fri. Sept. 21st 8PM
COMEDY CRAWL
Space Boners @ Silverlake Lounge 7PM FREE
Anna David’s True Tales of Lust and Love @ The Mint LA 7PM $5
We Have a Hammock-Backyard Comedy Show 7PM
Book Klub @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Melissa Villasenor @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $17
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Clownvis Presley @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
The Tomorrow Show!! Anniversary Show Part II (Normal Sized) @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
DAILY GRIND 109 E. Union St., Pasadena, CA/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/5 min.
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 1/2 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3-5min./$2 cover
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/One drink min./First come, first served
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.
TRIBAL CAFE BEVERLY 3253 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Booked show at 9:30/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery
Andy Haynes makes his second late night stand-up appearance on Conan (the first was on Fallon) and cleverly jokes through a variety of topics including gangsta rappers and how they’re going down and what NYC has an abundance of besides really intense people.
Robyn Von Swank: Here is a wedding photo I shot for Kate Freund and Rob Schrab. It features Dan Harmon, who was their Officiant, warming up for his duties. Have a nice day.
Elevator in the Brain Hotel marks the second album of Eli Braden, the self-proclaimed New King of Music Based Comedy. As one of LA’s leading comedic songsters, not to mention he once recorded a song a day as a podcast, we’re glad to hear this sophomore release, which you can get now off of iTunes and Amazon.
ON THE HORIZON
Comedy by the Pool @ The Compound Sat. Aug. 18th 7PM FREE
Rory Scovel @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Aug. 18th 8PM $18/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
The Anytime Show @ Little Modern 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Magic Bag @ Little Modern 8PM FREE
Weird Al Yankovic @ Pacific Amphitheatre 8PM $20
Good Evening America @ Theatre Asylum 8:30PM $15
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Powerviolence @ Strait Jacket Society 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 9PM $5
Hot Sauce @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
PARADISE PERKS 15475 Jeffrey Rd., Irvine, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/10 spots only/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
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 1/2 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/lottery/$2 cover/3-5 min.
THE BARREL 4547 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One item min.
IO WEST DCT 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/No purchase necessary
The Roseanne Roast is on tonight 10PM on Comedy Central with roastmaster Jane Lynch and dais members Katey Sagal, Carrie Fisher, Ellen Barkin, Seth Green, Wayne Brady, Anthony Jeselnik, Jeffrey Ross, Amy Schumer, and Gilbert Gottfried – with a special appearance by Tom Arnold.
Finally, it’s a roast of a comedian that can level the heat right back at the dais, so watch it instead of seeing live tweets on your Twitter feed.
It’s been a while since we’ve rounded up a worthy set of articles, interviews, posts, etc. by and of funny people, so, as a result, we’ve got quite a few for you to read while coming off the final day of the Olympics. Everything from important JFL Montreal speeches to Chris Gethard laying out what it takes to do comedy to a purposefully misunderstood job listing by Asterios Kokkinos and anything in between is here.
Tracing the Birth of the Comedy Podcast Boom by Joey Grihalva for Splitsider
Black Dynamite Finds Hisself (interview) by Eli Kooris for Black Book
Back End Web Programmer Familiar with Magneto by Asterios Kokkinos for Whim Quarterly
Andy Kindler’s State of the Industry Address 2012 at JFL Montreal
Patton Oswalt’s Keynote Speech at JFL Montreal
Remembering David Rakoff (collection of short stories) at Byliner
The Funniest Thing I’ve Seen in Real Life by Andy Sanford for Dangatorium
‘The Eric Andre Show’: How an Unemployed Stand-Up Made the Weirdest Show on TV (interview) by Christopher R. Weingarten for Spin
The Chase is the Thing and the Thing is the Chase by Chris Gethard in response to a online submitted question
What This Picture of Louis CK Shooting with a 16mm Camera Means to Me by Jake Kroeger for The Nerdist