One of our favorite sketch groups/web series Dead Kevin explores the phenomenon of getting black out drunk and what exactly happens, especially if it’s just three male roommates on what looks like a weekday night.
There’s an epidemic coming, though it’s the best kind of epidemic because it’s one of comedy festivals in the Greater Los Angeles Area over the next couple of months.
The Everything Is Festival @ Cinefamily is just wrapping up this week
Slacker Week @ New Beverly Cinema is happening this week
FYF Fest with their amazing Comedy Tent is this Labor Day Weekend Sept. 1st & 2nd
The Riot LA Comedy Festival is happening the weekend of Sept. 21st-23rd
The LA Podcast Festival is happening the weekend of Oct. 12th-14th (There’s also a NYC Podcast Festival happening this year)
Also, if you’re more akin to driving to San Francisco rather than Santa Monica, The San Francisco Comedy & Burrito Festival is happening Oct. 11th-13th
We’re hope you’re as happy as we are to see this schedule of festivals.
ON THE HORIZON
The Sklar Brothers @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Sept. 1st 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM (stand by only)/10PM $25
COMEDY CRAWL
The Adventures of Pete & Pete Reunion at Everything is Festival @ Orpheum Theatre 7:30PM $25-$75
Performance Anxiety @ The Pleasure Chest 8PM $7
Beauty is Embarrassing @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
WTF! w/Marc Maron Live! @ 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
Le Village @ Rockwell Table & Stage 9PM FREE
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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/lottery/One item min.
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.
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
It’s the album, now available from Comedy Central, so nice, maybe you should buy it twice (meaning you’ve bought the special from his site and now you should buy the album)?
Get a tour of The Late Late Show’s new studio that Craig Ferguson has made so many jokes about we thought it might never actually happen.
Jon Glaser Joins Parks and Recreation
With Chloe Sevigny on Portlandia and this latest news of Glaser becoming a nemesis of Leslie Knope, we’d hope this streak of great new cast member announcements on great shows keeps going by seeing someone like, oh, we don’t know, James Adomian on TV regularly.
Yes, it’s exciting that Ty Burrell, Rob Corddry, Kristen Schaal as well as Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Alicia Silverstone, and more are all in a movie about competitive butter carving/sculpting called Butter. Still, a movie about competitive butter carving/sculpting and how ugly it gets a la Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick in Election is something that we’re glad to potentially see (in theaters Oct. 4th).
Please Read Dave Hill’s Correspondence with a Black Metal Band Leader
Dave Hill pretended to be an aspiring black metal band leader himself of fictional black metal band, Witch Taint, and started a correspondence with another black metal band leader, in which he tries to get a record deal. If you like the act of laughing at all, read this now as it made us laugh the hardest we’ve laughed in recent memory.
ON THE HORIZON
Nancy & Beth/Megan Mullally & Stephanie Hunt w/special guest Jack Black and more @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Thurs. Aug. 30th 9PM $30
Greg Proops @ Flappers Burbank Fri. Sept. 14th & Sat. Sept. 15th 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
80085 Country Rd. by Birds of Prey @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
Lady to Lady @ Little Modern 8PM FREE
Paul Downs: Full Blown Downs @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
For Shame! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
Hamclown @ Little Modern 9:30PM FREE
Sad People Talking @ Nola’s 9:30PM $5
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
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
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 8/28
Dead Kevin, John Oliver, 50 Shades of Paul, and more on this week’s 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week from The Nerdist. Check it out and, if you want to be part of 5 MIFV one week, look at the rules and submit!
On one of the hundreds of online dating sites that exist, Tig Notaro has a profile with an very honest intro video, which, contemporary of hers, Dave Hill responds to also with a whole video. It’s only a run through as Dave gets notes on what Tig might be into romantically from an expert source, especially, as Tig admits, she has cancer.
If more online dating was like this, all the claims they make about finding matches would probably be much more substantial.
The AV Club’s Stand Down web series, that hears stories of stand-up gone wrong and animating it, this week, takes in the Sklar Brothers’ hell gig a major, giant corporation party in Palm Springs. With stories like this of legitimately funny people dealing with corporate parties and having a less than ideal show happening, you’d think that they wouldn’t have, at the very least, round tables with live comedy.
The sketch stand-up hybrid show hosted by TJ Miller, Mash Up, isn’t premiering until Tues. Oct. 9th at 12:30AM, but, for now, you can watch the amazing opening by the show’s co-creator and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
ON THE HORIZON
Sleepwalk With Me Premiere @ The Landmark Fri. Aug. 31st
Don’t Tell My Mother @ Club Fais Do Do Thurs. Aug. 13th 8PM $13
COMEDY CRAWL
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
A Carlin Home Companion @ Santa Monica Playhouse 8PM $20
We’ll All Be Dead Someday @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $5
Bert Kreischer @ Irvine Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
Tony Danza Won’t Be Here @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Odd Thursdays @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Nancy & Beth/Megan Mullally & Stephanie Hunt w/Special Guest Jack Black & More @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30
The Fogelnest Files @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
The Joe Starr Show @ Little Modern 9:30PM FREE
(Don’t) Talk to Strangers @ 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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/pre-booked 5 min. spots by lottery by e-mail/3 lottery 3 min. spots available if show up/One drink 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
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
Over two weeks ago, Andy Haynes taped his Conan set. What you might not know or able to internalize is the amount of refining that goes into a 6 min. television set. Luckily, Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian got a look into exactly like that.
Also, there’s a great clip of Pete Holmes giving Andy a piggy back ride.
FYF Fest just released their official set times for their Downtown LA extravaganza, which includes a wonderful 4 shows at their comedy tent set up along Broadway. It might be a little hard to read and reference the comedy schedule on their current list, so we put it together neatly for your convenience below.
Sat. 1:15PM
Baron Vaughn
Jonah Ray
Matt Braunger
Pete Holmes
The Sklar Brothers
Very Special Guest Announced Day of Show
Sat. 3:30PM
Greg Barris
Jim Hamilton
Leo Allen
Neil Hamburger
The Eric Andre Show
Sun. 12:45PM
Jerrod Carmichael
Joe Sib
DJ Douggpound
Garfunkel & Oates
Rory Scovel
Maria Bamford
Sun. 2:45PM
Sean O’Connor
Matt Dwyer
Brendon Walsh
Brent Weinbach
David Cross
Tonight, between Conan and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, comedians are well represented on this evening’s late night talk show line-ups. Maybe you’ll want to not watch what Netflix suggests and have never heard of or set your DVR to catch all of this.
Mike Birbiglia and Dominic Dierkes on Conan TBS 11PM
Marc Maron on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson CBS 12:35AM
Feed Your NTSF:SD:SUV Addiction with NTSF:SD:SUV The Comic Book
For the plenty of people who weren’t in attendance of the NTSF:SD:SUV panel at Comic-Con this year, here’s something to keep from jonesing for NTSF:SD:SUV while waiting a week before the next episode.
ON THE HORIZON
Todd Barry & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Sept. 5th 9PM $25
Bluff You w/Jimmy Pardo @ UCB Theatre Fri. Sept. 7th 7PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Sleepwalk With Me Premiere @ Landmark Theater
Coagula Comedy Show @ Coagula Curatorial 8PM FREE
Nerdterns Premiere Event @ Nerdist Theater 8PM FREE
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Ben Gleib @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
Bert Kreischer @ Irvine Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Bil Dwyer @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20
Stampede! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 9PM $5
The End of the World Show @ Lyric Hyperion Theater 10PM FREE
The Tony Clifton Revue Show @ The Comedy Store 11:30PM $20/2 drink min.
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
UCB THEATRE 5919 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/lottery/10 spots only/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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery
In Bruges writer/director Martin McDonagh has carved out quite a niche in dark comedy with that film as well his several plays that first brought him fame. His latest film Seven Psychopaths where a “dog borrowing goes wrong” seems to live up to McDonagh’s absurd, existentialist humor with plenty of death hanging overhead. We called out the film’s first trailer in a piece for we wrote for the Nerdist for relying too heavily on it’s all star cast rather than laugh out loud moments, but this latest red band trailer makes us want to take back what we said.
However, a film starring Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits, and more doesn’t hurt. Seven Psychopaths is set to release Oct. 12th.
While Waiting for the New Season of Arrested Development, Catch Up on Old Episodes at IFC
If somehow you don’t have the DVDs of Arrested Development or have friends that do and will lend them to you, IFC is playing a block of episodes on Sundays at noon.
Hopefully, after watching them, you’ll be convinced to get the DVDs.
Dominic Dierkes, often known for being a part of Derrick Comedy, notched his first late night stand-up set on Conan and killed it. It’s nice to see the progression of getting JFL’s New Faces of Comedy and then this working out very nicely.
Also, we’re glad to see The Little Modern Theater got a shout out.
little modern got shout out
The day that so many comedy nerds and This American Lifers(?) have been waiting for is finally here. Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me is making it’s LA debut tonight at the Landmark, of which Birbiglia promised to be in attendance. As that’s the case, of course, Mike would make an appearance on Conan and make a great bus film industry metaphor joke, right?
Also, you might have been following the “war” between Joss Whedon and the Sleepwalk With Me team of Birbiglia and Ira Glass, which Sleepwalk With Me has declared victory… sort of.
Showtime Developing Henry Phillips’ “Punching The Clown” For TV
Yes, the hilarious Henry Phillips is getting his film Punching The Clown adapted to the small screen by the hand of Showtime. Please read the exclusive at The Hollywood Reporter at the link where Henry’s name is absent from the entire headline.
While they’re at it, they should make Henry’s Kitchen into a TV series too.
ON THE HORIZON
Comedy Central Comics to Watch Showcase @ Westside Comedy Theater Tues. Sept. 4th/Wed. Sept. 5th/Mon. Sept. 10th/Thu. Sept. 13th 7:30PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
The Comedy Tent at FYF Fest @ LA State Historic Park 1:15PM/3:35PM $60-$189
Bert Kreischer @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $20/2 item min.
Two-Headed Beast: Storytelling Show @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Bil Dwyer @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
The Sklar Brothers @ Hollywood Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Hot Toddy Guest List: Middleberger @ iO West DCT 8:30PM $5
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch Presents a Doorknocker Birthday @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
The Midnight Show Hosted by Lorenzo Lamas @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 (stand by only)
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