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Chris Hardwick’s ‘Mandroid’ Premieres Tomorrow on Comedy Central

Sat. Nov. 10th 11PM on Comedy Central, the internet’s Chris Hardwick who, in case you forgot, has been doing funny stand-up for quite some time and will have his hour special ‘Mandroid’ air. Set reminders/DVRs accordingly.

Michael Kosta Doing as Kosta Does on The Tonight Show

Here’s another nice late night set (he’s been on Conan) served up by formerly ranked tennis player, now funny comedian Michael Kosta on The Tonight Show. 

Letterman Welcomes Back Myq Kaplan

Making his second appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman last night, Myq Kaplan gives a wonderful set that all should appreciate even if you don’t often think of grammar and Wright Brothers jokes as something you’d see on late night tv.

Please watch and enjoy now.

‘In Another Country’ Very Well Could Have Been a Wes Anderson Movie Set in Korea

As an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, starring renowned French actress Isabelle Huppert, who speaks English during the movie that’s set in Korea, with plenty of quirkiness, not to mention Huppert plays three different French women, ‘In Another Country’ by Hang Sang Soo is definitely what Wes Anderson might do if he made a Korean based movie.

Watch the trailer as it’s simply delightful. Maybe Anderson will end up doing a movie in East Asia because of this. 

LA Comedy Rundown 11/11/12

ON THE HORIZON
Beards of Comedy @ Nerdist Showroom Thurs. Nov. 15th 7PM $8 in adv., $10 at door 
Air Sex World Championships and Comedy Show @ Satellite LA Sat. Nov. 17th 8:30PM $10-$12 

COMEDY CRAWL
Crashbar Improv @ Impro Theatre 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ Strait Jacket Society 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! w/Mark Agee @ iO West 9PM $5
Shut Up! I Hate You @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only) 

OPEN MIC RUN
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2907 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/4 min./No purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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.
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     

Tig Notaro, Rob Delaney, and W. Kamau Bell Were on Last Call with Carson Daly

We’re big fans of these profiles that Last Call with Carson Daly does, but they get put up so sporadically that you have to check back every once in awhile to find when they have comedy folks on. 

For instance, they’ve just recently had Tig Notaro, W. Kamau Bell, and Rob Delaney. Watch and enjoy with your Sunday brunch.

Wired Insider Gets in on This Comedy Thing We’ve Been Hearing About

Photo by Rebecca Adler Rotenberg

It would seem as though that this comedy thing we try to cover here might be catching on. A couple of weeks ago we attended Wired Magazine’s Wired Insider Culturazzi Event Series, which sounds more exclusive than the majority of the shows we get to go to. Still, we were happy to find that the “gastronaut”, “digital gentleman”, “adventure capitalist”, “smarter upstarter”, and more subscriber distinctions of Wired Insider members were going to see the likes of Maria Bamford, TJ Miller, James Adomian, Sean Patton, Kristen Schaal, Jerrod Carmichael, and Andrés Du Bouchet; i.e. some of our favorite comedians working today. Also, with Funny or Die and the wonderful folks at Cleft Clips (The Super Serious Show, The Plop List) producing, we had no doubt it’d be a night of comedy to remember, especially considering most of the high powered folks in the audience don’t normally watch comedy live.

Here’s a rundown of some of the evening’s highlights/reasons why, hopefully, Wired Insiders will become comedy fans for life/parts of a total sum why more comedy events like this should happen more often because it’s hilarious, life affirming, etc. 

Photo by Rebecca Adler Rotenberg

-An appearance by Conan writer Andrés Du Bouchet’s Danny Yeah Yeah, the most amazing “warm-up act” you’ve ever seen, and a round of the Yeah Yeah game.

–Sean Patton killing with just flipping a water bottle around at the top of his set

–Jerrod Carmichael getting an entire room to laugh at a pro-Michael Jackson and kids joke

–Kristen Schaal auditioning to be a magician’s assistant

–James Adomian’s story of how he once opened for Joan Rivers (buy his album Low Hanging Fruit to hear it)

–Maria Bamford just being there, which, if you’ve seen her perform recently, should be good enough to make you laugh and feel better about life in general than you have in awhile.

–TJ Miller making fun of the Marriott Hotel, which is where this event took place, after TJ was listing sponsors of this show on stage, then a Marriott rep yelled “and Marriott!” in such a way that seemed like expert tightrope walking with jokes, ending his set in a cloud of sprayed mist and big applause. 

Photo by Rebecca Adler Rotenberg

LA Comedy Rundown 11/12/12

ON THE HORIZON
The Super Serious Show w/Kurt Braunohler @ Club Fais Do Do Thurs. Nov. 15th 8PM $13 in adv., $20 at door 
Rob Schrab’s Birthday/Found Crap @ Cinefamily Sat. Nov. 17th 7PM $12 

COMEDY CRAWL
North Star Comedy Hour & Meat Raffle @ Genghis Cohen 7:30PM FREE
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Best of iO Sketch @ iO West 8PM $5
Harmontown @ Nerdist Showroom 8PM $10
Melissa! @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Simon Amstell @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $25
The Apple Sisters @ Elephant Lab 8PM $15
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Pretty, Pretty Pony @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM FREE 

OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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.
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      

Dead Kevin Helps Everyone Remember What Looking at a Dirty Magazine Was Like

Everyone remembers those teenage years when you would huddle up with your friends and look at pornography in print, right? No? You never did that? Well, either way, the amazing Dead Kevin sketch group has you covered with their reenactment of how that memory exactly went for everybody. 

Also, this is surprisingly pretty SFW as long as you’re listening on headphones.

Let’s Clap for HBO for Having Louis C.K. Do a Special & Renewing Girls for a 3rd Season

Not that anyone was doubting the comedic acumen of HBO, but it’s great to find out that:

–they have Louis C.K. doing a new stand-up special to be taped while he’s on his massive tour.
-that special will be available for download on LouisCK.net a few months after.
–Lena Dunham’s Girls is starting to shoot Season 3 before Season 2 even airs.

If you’re still having a case of the Mondays right now, it’s your fault.

This Better Be Funny Ep. 48 with Jamar Neighbors

This week’s This Better Be Funny has Jamar Neighbors and has lots of unintentional roasting. Give it a listen.

Huddling up at one of the most crowded and unbearable places in LA, the Hollywood and Highland entertainment complex, guest Jamar Neighbors goes down the riff brick road with Jake and Jeremy roasting rappers, mostly the dead ones, people who shop at pre-paid phone stores, which still exist, and getting a little touchy feel-y about love (which Jeremy hilariously cringes at like always). All in all, it was worth standing out in the cold and rain to make fun of big tourist groups.

Galleries 1988 to Serve Up Judd Apatow Tribute

                  

Continuing their awesome series of art tributes to comedy and pop culture at large, Galleries 1988 has made their next exhibition dedicated to the comedy of Judd Apatow. We’re sure there will be insides jokes and obscure references left and right with all of the pieces to be presented, but, more exciting than that, Judd Apatow himself will be hosting the opening reception on Dec. 4th.

TJ Miller and Rob Delaney Albums From Comedy Central Records Drop Today

Comedy Central Records released a very nice pair of albums today: the audio version of Rob Delaney’s ‘Live at the Bowery Ballroom’ and TJ Miller’s ‘Mash Up Audiofile’. Like we’ve said before, we highly suggest that you pick these up, especially if you haven’t seen Delaney’s special or any episodes of Mash Up (there’s an episode tonight at 12:30 on Comedy Central).

Everyone Gets Roasted on Jimmy Pardo’s Write Now

One of the Nerdist YouTube channel’s latest concoctions is Jimmy Pardo’s roast bonanza called Write Now!. It has Pardo hosting, one stand-up, and three writers who write roast jokes during the stand-up’s set for $50. Yes, we know that the dais and the guest of honor all grill each other in a traditional roast, but on Write Now!, the writers, Jimmy, the stand-up, and the audience all get it from every which way, making it for some really sarcasm-laden fun.

Watch this latest episode with Kumail Nanjiani getting his set picked and incorrect ethnicity picked apart.

A Great PSA For Why You Don’t Heckle/Don’t Take Narcotics by Jake Weisman

One of the comedians we’ve been enjoying seeing come up in LA is Jake Weisman and if you get a chance to catch when he comes to your town, we highly recommend it.

With that being said, you can get a taste of what Weisman brings to the mic in this latest performance at the Hell Yes Fest in New Orleans as well as a Louie-esque takedown of a terrible heckler that involves plenty of insults, an attempt to spoon, and drugs. Essentially, watch this and do the following: laugh, say “oh shit” a few times, and never heckle/do coke.

Conaco Has a “New Pilot” with Sean Conroy, Eddie Pepitone, and James Adomian

It’s no secret that Conan O’Brien’s production company Conaco has been branching out, pitching and selling new shows. Here’s one of them, a new take on the police procedural drama supposedly, featuring some of our favorite funny people Sean Conroy, Eddie Pepitone, and James Adomian.