It’s a great day whenever a new parody of Batman comes from the team of Pete Holmes, Matt McCarthy, and Front Page Films is uploaded to the Internet. This particular day is particularly great because McCarthy plays Scarecrow and Batman’s fears when sprayed with fear gas are a little questionable…
Comedy Central Just Released Their Fall Lineup
Mash-Up with TJ Miller is premiering on Oct. 9th. Mark your calendars several times over.
While speculation of whether a Justice League movie would even compare to The Avengers, Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken is going to do a great send-up of the entire DC universe.
ON THE HORIZON
The Midnight Show w/Pete Holmes Taping @ Warner Bros. Studios Tues. Aug. 21st & Thurs. Aug. 23rd 2PM FREE w/RSVP
Pixar Shorts Collection Vol. 1 @ LACMA Fri. Aug. 24th 8PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy by the Pool 7PM FREE
We Have a Hammock-Backyard Comedy Show 8PM FREE
Don’t Tell the Neighbors 8PM FREE
Henry Phillips @ Molly Malone’s 8PM $8
Dylan Brody’s Thinking Allowed @ Fake Gallery 8PM $10
Rory Scovel @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
The Shit Show @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Tournament of Nerds @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 (stand by only)
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch and Special Guest Co-host Emo Phillips @ 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
First off, a new season of Arrested Development is indeed happening on Netflix, so you can stop doing whatever ritual that you do, including having your fingers crossed, that it would come back for real. On top of that, there’s more exciting news about the fate of the Bluths as they’re gearing up for a long-awaited 4th season.
Mad Men’s John Slattery joins the cast.
This season will segue into a feature length movie.
Ron Howard will be stepping in front of the camera.
Hopefully, it will be before too long when we hear “I’ve made a huge mistake.” as a callback dozens more times.
Eban Schletter, one of the few comedy acts that plays a theremin, lent his talents to Mike Phirman during his live show Fantastical Musicorium where Phirman serenades the one and only Riki Lindhome of Garfunkel & Oates.
Spoiler alert: it’s magical.
Riot LA, one of most anticipated LA comedy events this year, has just released their schedule and tickets and passes are now on sale.
On the bill, Maria Bamford, KCRW, The Moth, Superego, Patton Oswalt, Paul F. Tompkins, Brian Posehn, Pete Holmes, James Adomian, Kyle Kinane, Todd Glass, Marc Maron, Best of Kabin NYC, Jimmy Pardo, Dan Harmon, Team Coco Live, Jon Dore, Sean Patton, Chelsea Peretti, Jodran Jesse Go, Brett Gelman, and more of our favorite comedians and comedy from LA and abroad.
The festival is all on one block with the venues practically next door to each other and, best of all aside from the wonderful comedy on display, Early Bird passes (which get you into everything except for a KCRW Benefit) are only $45. Also, there will be an entire parking lot repurposed for food and local vendors like a proper festival should have.
This is the marquee comedy event the city of Los Angeles deserves and has been long overdue, so please make this the highlight of your September like we will from the 21st to the 23rd.
ON THE HORIZON
Celebrity Celebrity: Benefit Show for the Pablove Foundation @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sun. Aug. 26th 8PM $50-$250
COMEDY CRAWL
Cinematic Titanic at Everything is Festival @ Saban Theatre 7PM $20
Stardumb @ Flappers Burbank 7PM $15/2 item min.
The Anytime Show @ Little Modern 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Un Cabaret @ Bar Fedora 8PM $20-$55
Magic Bag @ Little Modern 8PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Good Evening America @ Theatre Asylum 8:30PM $15
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Patton Oswalt & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25
Powerviolence @ Strait Jacket Society 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly w/Raj Desai @ iO West 9PM $5
Shut Up! I Hate You @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
HYBRID! @ iO West 11PM $5
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
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
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.
FLAPPERS CLAREMONT 532 W. 1st St., Claremont, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
Not that we’re suggesting that any of you doubted the hilarity of someone getting hit by something in a non-fatal way, but the jokes around someone getting hurt can be incredibly clever and just as satisfying as high concept word play.
See Andy Peters in his web series fighting a hand as the perfect example.
Just in case it wasn’t clear how great Riot LA will be in what we posted yesterday, this is their official poster.
Also, once again, passes/tickets are now on sale.
ON THE HORIZON
Brent Weinbach Album Release Party @ Nerdist Theater Mon. Sept. 3rd 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Show & Tell w/Joel Hodgson at Everything is Festival @ Cinefamily 8PM $14
Harmontown @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Dat Shit @ Westwood Brew Co 10:30PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
HAPPY HOUR STORY EXPERIMENT @ HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL 6122 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Storytelling only/One item min.
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 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/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
OFFICE BAR & GRILL 3516 W. Victory Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 9:30PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary
Further dedicating themselves to comedy, IFC has initiated an “Adopt-A-Comic” program where they will show their appreciation to some of their favorite comics by having them be “part of their family” for a year. What that exactly means/will they end up getting a show on IFC has yet to be seen, but we’re certainly thrilled at their first choice with Chris Gethard.
We’re sure they’ll have more photos of Chris like the one above for 364 more days to come
It’s been awhile since we’ve seen some stellar music videos filled with comedian cameos, but, luckily, Tom Scharpling has one where Laura Linney plays a robotic Aimee Mann under the advisement of John Hodgman for Aimee Mann’s Charmer and The Sklar Brothers directed The Sheepdogs’ The Way It Is with Jon Dore and Rory Scovel yelling at a little league baseball team that’s playing a bunch of drunken 30 year olds.
Apparently, surrogate androids and ridiculously unfair baseball games are a great way to start the week.
Previously premiering on Epix, which you might not have, Lewis Black’s In God We Rust is coming to Comedy Central on Sept. 7th at MIDNIGHT. After it airs, it will be on sale on DVD and CD from Comedy Central on 9/11 or Patriot Day, whether you think that’s appropriate or not.
Not that it will play during the special, but we can hear AC/DC’s Back in Black already.
College Humor is doing a benefit of sorts by putting on several videos at their site with the likes of Ed Helms, Nick Offerman, Joss Whedon, Reggie Watts, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt, Adam Scott, Tony Hale, Weird Al Yankovic, Paul Scheer, Nick Kroll, Garfunkel & Oates and many more in order to fight malaria.
The Malarious campaign gets all of those names above to do some crazy funny stuff that you can see for a donation of $1 or more in order to get combat the disease that you probably thought was gone since the 90’s.
Pioneering comedian Phyllis Diller passed away this morning here in LA. Hopefully, this will distract from the inevitable Tony Scott jokes that hundreds of people are trying to write right now.
ON THE HORIZON
Found Footage Festival @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Fri. Aug. 24th 9PM $25
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater Sat. Aug. 25th 8PM/10PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
The Midnight Show with Pete Holmes @ Warner Bros. Studios 2PM FREE w/RSVP
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 7:30PM FREE
Harland Williams and the Apple Tree Boys @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $15/2 item min.
Marc Maron @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10 (stand by only)
This Is Not Happening: Celebrity Stories @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/2 item min.
Tommy Johnagin @ Comedy & Magic Club Lounge 8PM $15/2 item min.
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Comedy Alert @ 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.
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
THE MOTH @ LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM sharp/Stories only/Must be on theme: Blunders/Lottery/10 spots available/$8 cover
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/lottery/One item min.
ROOFTOP MIC 11417 Culver Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Enter through Apt. 4)/Starts 7:30PM/Lottery/BYOB/No purchase necessary
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.
ATWATER CROSSING KITCHEN 3245 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/Lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary
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
After successfully touring the festival circuit, we just caught wind of this delightful buddy-road-indie-band comedy The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best, whose trailer gave us a good hard laugh in a landscape of comedy trailers devoid of that. A film by Ryan O’Nan (writes, directs, and does all the original songs), who also stars along with Michael Weston and Arielle Kebbel, The Brooklyn Brothers looks like it will be a welcome addition to the small table of comedy band duos.
In theaters Sept. 21st.
The very funny DC Pierson has another novel to follow up The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To called, Crap Kingdom coming out in March of next year. The comedic fantasy adventure book is available for pre-order, which, if you choose to do, DC will put your name in a rap song that he will record soon.
For $17.99, that all sounds like a steal.
The Late Night Gauntlet Has Been Thrown Down as Jimmy Kimmel Moving to 11:30PM
WIth Leno having to take a pay cut, this could be part of a late night talk show planetary alignment that will break the wall down between ratings on television and presence on the Internet.
At least, we’d hope that would happen sometime soon.
Mike Birbiglia to Follow Up ‘Sleepwalk With Me’ Movie with Adaptation of ‘My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend’
In 10 years or so we’ll have a Mike Birbiglia DVD collection from Criterion?
If you want to think of it this way, Rob Delaney’s Live at the Bowery Ballroom will be a significant test of the “Louis CK model” of self-producing and distributing a stand-up special. Rob Delaney has a huge online following with little of that derived from his TV appearances including interviews when he was trying to sue Kim Kardashian for her divorce and reading tweets on The Daily Habit. Also, you’ll get to hear the Twitter King (as crowned by National Lampoon) to speak beyond 140 characters outside of catching him live around the country, or, most recently, in England.
Live at the Bowery Ballroom will be available for $5, Sept. 4th at RobDelaney.com.
ON THE HORIZON
Lance Bangs’ Come Laugh With Us @ Cinefamily Sat. Sept. 8th
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.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/lottery/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
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week 8/21
Check out our picks for the Nerdist’s weekly round-up of the best meant to be funny videos on the Internet including Ben Schwartz and the truth on Don Cheadle, a response to Joss Whedon’s Sleepwalk With Me protest, and more.
Also, as always, submissions for next week’s 5 MIFV are open for next week’s. Please follow rules at the link.
An audition tape for the film adaptation of the bestselling novel 50 Shades of Grey was leaked. Apparently, he had no idea what the book was about. Also, it was Paul Scheer and the video was leaked to College Humor.
If you ask us, Paul should have the role of Christian Grey on lock.