Brian Regan Notches Another Letterman Set
There’s a reason Brian Regan has done Letterman over 20 times. Watch his latest set on the Late Show and see why.
Marc Maron on Ferguson Kinda Like WTF Episode
Though almost all late night segments are produced to a degree, it does makes sense that Marc Maron gets really personal, as he did on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and delves into sexual proclivities.
The Purple Onion and Brian McCann on Conan Are at Their End
Both landmark comedy club The Purple Onion in San Francisco and longtime Conan character performer Brian McCann are ending their runs. While it’s unfortunate that this marks the ends of eras as Phyllis Diller used to regularly play there and McCann has been with Conan way back when it was Late Night with Conan O’Brien, you can get nostalgic.
Try remembering Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion, Preparation H Raymond, and more.
LA Comedy Rundown 9/2/12
ON THE HORIZON
Brent Weinbach Album Release @ Nerdist Theater Mon. Sept. 3rd 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Children’s Hospital & NTSF:SD:SUV Sneak Peak @ Cinefamily Mon. Sept. 10th 7:30PM $12
COMEDY CRAWL
The Comedy Tent at FYF Fest @ LA State Historic Park 12:45PM/2:45PM $60-$100
Bert Kreischer @ Irvine Improv 7PM $20/2 item min.
Paul Reiser @ Ice House 7PM $25/2 drink min.
The Anytime Show @ Little Modern 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Hollywood Underground @ Hollywood Improv 7:30PM $14/2 item min.
Magic Bag @ Little Modern 8PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Top Story Weekly/w Jimmy Dore @ iO West 9PM $5
Gravid Water @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT 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.
FLAPPERS CLAREMONT 532 W. 1st St., Claremont, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
James Adomian, One of the Few People to Do a Marc Maron Impression, To Be On WTF! Tomorrow
This ought to prove to be one hell of a WTF! Podcast episode as James Adomian, who has a really great impression of Marc Maron, especially of what Maron would be like in space, is the guest on Monday’s WTF.
Admittedly, we’ve been wondering when Adomian and Maron would get together given both comedians’ comedy podcasting celebrity and the fact that very few other people do an impression of Marc Maron regularly on stage and pull it off.
Watch Sean Penn Dress Up Like He’s in The Cure and Go Nazi Hunting
By far one of the more hilariously bizarre trailers we’ve seen this year, This Must Be The Place has Sean Penn starring in what might be one his most memorable roles. He is a retired rock star that definitely takes style cues from Robert Smith from The Cure, then goes on a journey after his father’s death to find his father’s Nazi persecutor.
This is one of the few instances where we would love to see how this movie was pitched and subsequently greenlit, then got a U.S. release on Nov. 2nd. Watch the trailer now.
LA Comedy Rundown 9/3/12
ON THE HORIZON
A Night of Zabrecky @ Steve Allen Theater Wed. Sept. 5th 8PM $12
Lance Bangs’ Come Laugh With Us @ Cinefamily Sat. Sept. 8th 8PM $25
Greg Fitzsimmons Pilot Taping @ Westside Comedy Theater Tues. Sept. 11th 8PM FREE
Literary Death Match Taping @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Tues. Oct. 9th 7:30PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Walking the Room Live Cuddle @ Nerdist Theater 7:30PM $10
True Story @ iO West 7:30PM $5
Brent Weinbach Album Release Party @ Nerdist Theater 9PM $10
OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE BEVERLY 3253 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up7:30PM/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/5 min.
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
Bob Einstein Gets Irreverent with Seinfeld on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Bob Einstein, who some of you might know as Super Dave or George Bluth’s Sr. surrogate on Arrested Development, has one of the more entertaining episodes of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Taking helm of the show himself for a few minutes, getting out of the car and walking for a bit, and asking where he ranks on the best guest list of the show, Einstein offers up a great example of the best parts of comedians hanging out with comedians.
Doug Stanhope Outdoes Chris Hansen When Baiting Pedophiles
Doug Stanhope Outdoes Chris Hansen When Baiting Pedophiles
Doug Stanhope found a site that points out pedophiles looking for cyber sex in order to harass the shit out of them. Of course, Stanhope took the route of pretending to be a 13 year old girl with no feet, etc.
Enjoy your Labor Day, everyone.
Here’s the Episode of WTF! w/Marc Maron That James Adomian’s On
Here’s a picture of James Adomian impersonating Marc Maron doing Set List: The Improvised Stand-Up Show at this year’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival. That’s how brilliant Adomian is since he is able to improvise while impersonating and killing.
LA Comedy Rundown 9/4/12
ON THE HORIZON
Bad Trip @ Hollywood Improv Lab Fri. Sept. 7th 10:30PM $5
Hannibal Buress @ Hollywood Improv Tues. Sept. 11th 8PM $20/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 7:30PM FREE
Withnail & I + Greg Proops’ Smartest Man in the World LIVE @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $12
Comedy Central Comics to Watch @ Westside Comedy Theater 7:30PM FREE
Comics on Comics @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7:30PM $5
The Good Luck Show @ Good Luck Bar 8PM FREE
Eban Schletter’s Fantastical Musicorium @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Harmontown @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
The Pop Up Comedy Show @ The Mint LA 8PM $5
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 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.
PALMS BAR 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Ends 7:55PM/5-7 min./First come, first served/One drink min.
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
Hope You Saved Enough From Labor Day Sales to Buy Brent Weinbach and Rob Delaney’s Album/Special
Today is a great day for comedy as both hysterical people Brent Weinbach and Rob Delaney have released about of an hour of material as an album/special in “Mostly Live” and “Live at the Bowery Ballroom”, respectively. Buying both will cost you less than an Andrew Jackson, so we hope you didn’t overestimate your budget for the Labor Day Weekend so you can afford hours and hours worth of joy and laughter.
Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa Absolutely To Be Funded By Kickstarter
Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa Absolutely To Be Funded By Kickstarter
In fact, this project, which some of you might know is being produced by Dan Harmon, Dino Stamatopoulos, Duke Johnson, and Rosa Tran, asked for $200,000 over the course of about two months and is now currently just under $330,000 pledged at Kickstarter. Also, there’s still 5 days to donate.
How this isn’t a bigger story (i.e. a crowdfunded stop motion animation movie by some of the most admired creative minds today is well on its way to being made) written about everywhere in the blogosphere is beyond us.
Submit for the WGA Awards Including New Media (i.e. Web Series)
Believe it or not, an organization as big as the WGA takes submissions for their awards. Granted, the projects have to pretty much be made with a WGA collective bargaining agreement and a few other additional rules (i.e. if submitting for original screenplay, the film must have been made and screened theatrically in LA or NYC for a week).
Still, they’re taking submissions for New Media (i.e. web series/videos), which should hopefully highlight of the hilarious content that lives on the web. We’re not sure where podcasts fall into along these lines, especially since only a handful of them are even completely written, but this is another step towards comedy online getting the respect it deserves.
The LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival is Now Calling For Submissions
The LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival is Now Calling For Submissions
We attended this year’s LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival, which were thoroughly impressed by and glad to find out they just opened submissions for next year. You can submit web videos and scripts/screenplays and there’s a whole lot less restrictions on who and what guidelines you’ll have to follow and we highly suggest that, if you have a comedy short or script to enter here, do so now soon.
LA Comedy Rundown 9/5/12
ON THE HORIZON
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab Fri. Sept. 14th 10PM $5
Persona @ Nerdist Theater Thurs. Sept. 20th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central Comics to Watch @ Westside Comedy Theater 7:30PM FREE
Louis CK @ Hollywood Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
A Kiss From Daddy/Birthday Boys @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
A Night of Zabrecky @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $12
Smartest Man in the World LIVE w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM $8
Todd Barry & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25
Sad People Talking @ Nola’s 9:30PM $5
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Bar & Cafe 9:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Imaginary Episodes @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $10
Louis CK @ The Comedy Store MIDNIGHT $20/2 drink min.
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
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
THE MOTH @ ZANZIBAR 1301 5th St., Santa Monica, CA/Doors open 7PM/Starts 8PM sharp/storytelling only/must be on theme “collaboration”/lottery/10 spots only/5 min./$8 cover
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 9/4
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week 9/4
This is this week’s pick for The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week over at The Nerdist. Colbert, Sean Penn, Dominic Dierkes, and more made the list this time around, but, as always, the 5 MIFV takes submissions every week so long as you follow the guidelines at the link.
Rob Delaney’s Promoting His Special With Silent Wife
To promote his just released special Live at the Bowery Ballroom, Rob Delaney has teamed up with YouTube’s Official Comedy to do a series of promotional videos that, of course, have Delaney’s brand of humor all over of it. This one just has his wife dead silent the entire time as Delaney suggests other things you can do with the special besides watching it.
Also, catch Rob Delaney on Conan tonight TBS 11PM.
2013 San Luis Obispo Comedy Festival Submissions Now Open
In the wonderful California coastal town San Luis Obispo, well within in a day’s drive of LA, they have a comedy festival once a year. They’re accepting submissions for stand-up for next year’s festival in March all the way until Sun. Jan. 6th.
We suppose this is the season for comedy festival submissions.
LA Comedy Rundown 9/6/12
ON THE HORIZON
Hello Giggles Presents: Hot Topics @ UCB Theatre Sat. Sept. 8th 10PM $10
Blaxistential Crisis: An Evening with Baron Vaughn @ Nerdist Theater Tues. Sept. 18th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
That’s Debatable @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7PM $5
Between the Sheets @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Odd Thursdays @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
How to Live with Chelsea Peretti @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Laughs, Camera, Action @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 10PM $10-$30/2 drink min.
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
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First St., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/lottery/5 min./20 spots only
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
Rob Delaney Makes Lauren Graham Laugh & Cringe on Conan
Rob Delaney made his Conan debut last night in complete Delaney style as he talked about his preference for hairy women and subsequent noises their bodies make, which made actress Lauren Graham who was sitting next to him laugh and cringe enough for the show to cut to her reactions. Also, any mention of Delaney suing Kim Kardashian for her sham marriage is always fun to hear.
Serial Optimist Has a Magazine Which Features a Lot of Comedy We Love
Serial Optimist Has a Magazine Which Features a Lot of Comedy We Love
Yes, we do write for Serial Optimist (we do a monthly round-up of comedy news), but that doesn’t mean that you should write off our recommendation of reading the Serial Optimist Magazine as biased. There’s plenty of great features and articles about music, fashion, and, of course, comedy (especially comedy we love like Kyle Kinane, Eddie Pepitone, Kurt Braunohler, and more.
Also, we made a list of the 10 albums/specials we really loved this year so far (keep in mind we wrote that list almost a month ago).
So, just click to a digital copy and give it a read already.
Sandra Bernhard & Lizz Winstead are Comedians Walking & Getting Mani-Pedis
Comedians Walking & Getting Mani-Pedis-sound familiar? Sandra Bernhard and Lizz Winstead both enjoy a day out in Manhattan and getting their nails done without a classic car and any caffeinated beverages/diner specials.
Watch First Clips of Comedy Central’s Mash-Up and Be Amazed
Comedy Central’s Mash-Up hosted by TJ Miller isn’t set to debut until Wed. Oct. 9th 12:30AM, but the first clips of the show were just uploaded to further whet your appetite for the highly anticipated stand-up/sketch TV show hybrid.
You can see the mix of stand-up and a re-enactment of it in two TJ Miller bits or see a “word mash-up” of SWAT-o-Tune. More clips are up over here and if that hasn’t whetted your appetite at all, then we’re just going to assume that you really like fasting (in this metaphor fasting = not laughing)
LA Comedy Rundown 9/7/12
ON THE HORIZON
Lance Bangs’ Come Laugh With Us @ Cinefamily Sat. Sept. 8th 8PM $25 (stand by only)
The Apple Sisters @ Elephant Lab Mon. Sept. 10th 8PM $10 in adv., $15 at door
The Myq and Micah CD Release Show @ Nerdist Theater Fri. Sept. 28th 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Bluff You! w/Jimmy Pardo @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Compatish @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $5
Good Evening America: A Night with Chloe Sevigny @ Theatre Asylum 8PM $15
Louis CK @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM/10PM/MIDNIGHT $25 (stand by only)
Star Dreck @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
The Gay Beatles @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Adult Contemporary Comedy @ Fake Gallery 9PM FREE
Whiz Bang @ The Capri 9PM FREE
Matty’s Pizza Party @ Lyric Hyperion Theater 10PM $5
Bad Trip @ 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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery