Latest Channel 101 Shows Are Up Including End of Gumbel and Oh, Shit!
If you no idea what that headline means, then please click the link and watch some of the best short form TV on the Internet as started by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab.
RIP to two of our favorites, Gumbel and Oh, Shit! They were hilarious in ways we had no idea were possible.
For 100th Episode of You Made It Weird, Pete Holmes Is Taking Your Questions For Him
If that wasn’t weirdo enough, Chelsea Peretti will be asking them to Pete and tons of high pitched laughing will ensue. The e-mail to submit your questions is at the link.
Do we really need an excuse to post a Bill Burr set other than it was his latest TV set?
ON THE HORIZON
Jen Kirkman: I’m Giving It To You Rough @ Nerdist Showroom Thurs. Nov. 1st 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Greg Barris CD Release Party @ Mint LA Tues. Nov. 6th 8PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
Ba-Rock the Vote @ Bar Lubitsch 7PM $10 suggested donation
What’s Up Tiger Lily?/For Shame Crossover @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Harmontown @ Nerdist Showroom 8PM $10
Oh Boy… @ Lola’s 8PM FREE
The Apple Sisters @ The Elephant Lab 8PM $15
Cindy Crawford Comedy Show @ MiMoDa 8:30PM $8
Set List @ iO West 8:30PM $5
Le Village @ Rockwell Table & Stage 9PM FREE
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
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.
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
TRIBAL CAFE BEVERLY 3253 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up7:30PM/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL 9015 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up before 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/$2 cover/mixed mic
THE IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/First come, first served/One item 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
GROUND ZERO USC 615 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA (USC Campus nestled between 3 dorms approx. 1 block N. of intersection of Figueroa and Exposition)/USC student sign-up 9PM/Non-USC student sign-up 9:15PM/If not USC student, may possibly not get up/First come, first served/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
While there have been many awesome changes in comedy and how it is done and distributed thanks to the Internet, there’s still more to be done. For instance, amazing storytelling driven comedian Tom Shillue, who you might have seen tour with Jim Gaffigan this year, or, hopefully, know through him his stories that have won him awards around the country, is going to release 12 albums over 12 months starting this November.
The first one is called Better, Stronger, Faster and will be available Nov. 6th. We can’t wait for these albums out because Shillue is really funny, but also we can’t wait to see what every other comedian will do or if podcasts and comedy albums cross paths.
Fox’s ADHD is off to a promising start with the handful of videos they’ve released so far. This latest one is from their upcoming series that will air on Fox next summer, Axe Cop, who many of you will love to know that Nick Offerman is appropriately the voice of. A cop who uses an axe goes trick or treating as what should of happened in Underworld.
In Paul F. Tompkins thankfully returning web series, Speakeasy, Patton Oswalt stops by to chat about taking touring down a notch to be a family man for the sake of his own comedy.
Deadline for LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival Next Week
Tues. Nov. 6th to be exact. Enter in a comedy short or a screenplay/tv pilot soon.
It’s always our feeling that everyone should go see comedy live. Whatever you see on TV or on your laptop is incomparable to what you’d see, hear, feel, laugh at in a live show. For example, Snob Theater was a variety show run by Shawn Robbins featuring the best in comedy and music with a really classy feel in San Francisco for two years. This is a recently posted documentary showing exactly that (Drennon Davis, Chris Thayer, Foxtails Brigade, and more) backing up that first sentence.
Yes, we know that you’re watching this online, but trust us, it would have been more magical and hilarious live.
ON THE HORIZON
Michael Rayner @ Flappers Burbank Fri. Nov. 2nd & Sat. Nov. 3rd $17
Henry Phillips @ Molly Malone’s Mon. Nov. 5th 8PM $8
COMEDY CRAWL
Bruin Up Some Laughs @ Kerckhoff 8PM FREE
Eddie Izzard @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM/11PM $20
These Jokes Aren’t 4 Everybody… Just the Sexy People w/Barry Sobel @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM $5
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Aziz Ansari President Barack Obama Benefit Show @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $50 (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.
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
TRIBAL CAFE BEVERLY 3253 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:45PM/First come, first served/6 min./No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/lottery/One item min.
LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/3-5 min./No purchase necessary
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
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
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
PALMS BAR 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 11PM/First come, first served/One drink min.
Dwight’s ‘Office’ Spin-Off Isn’t Happening
According to Rainn Wilson, ‘The Farm’ the Dwight spin-off from The Office isn’t happening. This news comes on the heels of the NBC sitcom ‘Up All Night’ switching from single camera to multi-camera and adding a live audience.
While Community’s new season still hangs in the balance, there seems to be a big wholesale change tone wise just past the horizon towards us coming at NBC comedy.
‘Better Than You’ Will Be 2nd Posthumously Released Patrice O’Neal Album
According to Laughspin, it’s a 20 min. track that was supposed to be bonus material for the last album Mr. P, which we’re thrilled to hear it after its release on Nov. 6th. You can pre-order ‘Better Than You’ at the link.
If this keeps going, maybe Patrice will get a commemorative hologram performing at JFL in a decade or so.
We’re so happy to hear that one of our favorite web series, Modern Comedian by Scott Moran, is getting enough notice to be put on PBS Digital Studios in the middle of November. Until then, watch outtakes with, which are all still pretty amazing, of all the episodes featuring Kurt Braunohler, Lynn Shawcroft, Rory Scovel, Todd Glass, and more up to this point.
Though Hurricane Sandy has forced most shows to shut down production, Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman opted to tape their Monday episodes anyway sans audience. It’s bizarre to see the cutaways of no audience and the cast and crew only laughing, but we didn’t feel at a loss or confused while watching the show at all for the lack of applause or room laughs at all. It felt all the more intimate. Give them a watch and see if you like hearing the laughs you normally hear from a warmed-up and prompted audience or not.
After all the hullabaloo this morning of NBC’s Community getting on the air in Canada before it had a set date in the U.S., cast member Yvette Nicole Brown tweeted out that Feb. 7th will be the day Community comes back to NBC at 8PM.
It may have had nothing to do with it, but did a potentially fake post on the Internet force NBC’s hand? Also, will Feb. 7th really be Feb. 7th?
Ellen DeGeneres’ Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Airs Tonight
Tonight at 8PM, PBS will air the pre-recorded special of Ellen DeGeneres receiving one of comedy’s highest honors in America, The Mark Twain Prize awarded by the Kennedy Center.
We don’t know if she is going to try to top Will Ferrell’s bit of dropping the bust, but there has to be plenty of dancing, right?
The very funny Taylor Williamson is self-releasing his first comedy album ‘Laughter? I Hardly Know Her’, so it’d be great if you all bought it. Here’s a joke of his animated to give you a little more encouragement to support great comedy albums and artist self-distribution.
ON THE HORIZON
Eddie Izzard @ Steve Allen Theater Thurs. Nov. 1st & Fri. Nov. 2nd $20
The Bitter Buddha at Arclight Doc Festival @ Arclight Hollywood Wed. Nov. 7th 7:15PM $13.50
Rookie Day in LA w/Tavi Gevinson @ Meltdown Comics Sat. Nov. 10th 2PM FREE
Hollywood Stands Up DVD Taping w/Hannah Gansen & Ryan O’Flanagan @ ACME Hollywood Tues. Nov. 13th 8PM $8 in adv., $12 at door
The Super Serious Show w/Kurt Braunohler @ Club Fais-Do-Do Thurs. Nov. 15th. $13 in adv., $20 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
The Shining! The Musical @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 1/2 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3-5min./$2 cover
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/lottery/One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/mixed mic
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/First come, first served
In the following promos, Louis CK and various members of the SNL cast assure everyone that this week’s highly anticipated episode no matter what happens.
It’s also great to say a little Louie flavor on the SNL promos.
Remember the viral hit that pretty much everyone hated then loved because the girl is a teenager, Friday by Rebecca Black? Well, here’s a web series, Rebecca Black and Her Manager, that gives you an inside look what her life might be like from NY based Kelly Hudson and Langan Kinsley and probably based on real life interviews with Black like this one.
Anyway, this is a good example of how tragedy + time = comedy.
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week at The Nerdist 10/30
Take your mind off the fact that you’re going to vote for someone that isn’t running for President, but local office by just how cool their name sounds by checking out our picks for The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos at The Nerdist featuring a parody of parodies, the fate of Big Bird if Romney wins, and more.
If you wish to potentially featured on 5 MIFV, go to the link and follow the rules listed at the bottom of the post.
One of our favorite movies this year, Safety Not Guaranteed, was released on DVD and Blu-Ray yesterday. If you didn’t get a chance to see it in theaters, it’ll be worth the cost of whatever you’d be spending buying it on DVD or getting it on Netflix, etc. Time travel, Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, a romantic comedy, and more. make for something really unforgettable and very funny.
If you’re up for it, you can buy it here and now.
ON THE HORIZON
Mike Birbiglia @ Fred Kavil Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Fri. Nov. 2nd 8PM $20-$35
Mike Birbiglia @ Irvine Barclay Theatre Sat. Nov. 3rd 8PM $28-$35
Playin’ with Micucci @ Steve Allen Theater Sat. Nov. 17th & Sun. Nov. 18th 8PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
Brian Posehn @ Irvine Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
All In @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
CamPAIN & Suffering: A Political Comedy Show @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
Jen Kirkman: I’m Giving It to You Rough @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Under the Cuff @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
Natasha Leggero & Brent Weinbach @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Midnight at the Improv w/Wayne Federman @ Hollywood Improv 10PM FREE
The Mixer @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
Eddie Izzard @ Steve Allen Theater 11PM $20 (stand by only)
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
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/3 min./Counts as audition/No purchase necessary
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./first come, first served/one drink min.
TRIBAL CAFE BEVERLY 3253 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/6 min./No purchase necessary
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
CAFE MUSE 259 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
OPEN SCREEN @ ECHO PARK FILM CENTER 1200 N. Alvarado St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Screening short films only/First come, first served/10 min. max/DVD, VHS, mini-DV, DV-CAM, Super 8, 8mm, 16mm, Blu Ray, QT File accepted/No purchase necessary if screening
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
Apparently, Jimmy Kimmel has been literally dreaming of the moment he just had on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night for years. On last night’s episode, he had David Letterman on as a guest and he couldn’t be more bashful about it, almost in adorable way (there were plenty of awww’s from the audience). The first part of the interview is embedded above, then watch part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5 (even Obama didn’t get 4 clips online for his latest late night appearance).
The Daily Show & Colbert Report Will Go Live For Election Day
We don’t have much idea as to what will happen, but we hope that they read out the best write-in candidates this Tues. Nov. 6th on Comedy Central 8PM and 8:30PM PST.