Jerry Seinfeld Ready to Have More Coffee With More Comedians In His Fancy Cars
Going from a nice little experiment and hanging out with some of his compatriots, Jerry Seinfeld is a filling a season order with Sony.
Curious to see if Seinfeld stops into Intelligentsia or Lamill Coffee in an episode or races Jay Leno.
Yeah, What Steve Said About The Chicago Tribune Said About Heckling Being OK
Rather than give direct credence to the egregious article published for The Chicago Tribune (because that old adage of any publicity is good publicity holds up more than ever on the Internet), read refined and established comedy critic Steve Heisler’s response to why that’s not really OK, especially coming from someone who writes about comedy.
Be Part of the Global No Pants Subway Ride Here in LA
Yes, we have a subway that works regularly here in Los Angeles along with a gigantic, lively, and vibrant comedy scene, which means it has been part of Improv Everywhere’s Annual No Pants Subway Ride with participating cities around the globe.
It’s pretty awesome every year with people getting a pleasant surprise on mass transit by riding with pants-less people, so don’t make 2013 any different.
After the annual lengthy hiatus of late night talk shows during the holidays, they are all finally back instead of being pre-empted by Christmas and New Year’s Eve specials or airing re-runs. And, what a way to start off with Dan Soder, one of NYC’s most highly regarded up and coming talents, appearing on Conan.
TBS 11PM tonight. Make sure to catch it tonight.
This Better Be Funny Ep. 56 in the Flappers Yoo Hoo “Green Room”
This Better Be Funny goes to the green room of a comedy club like the days before podcasts.
Following a performance from Jeremy Paul, both him and Jake partake in the tradition of hanging in the green room at a comedy club. Though, it should be noted the YooHoo Room at Flappers Burbank doesn’t have a green room so much as a sitting area near a bathroom. All the guests are unplanned, but some include Jerry Brandt, Chris Adams, Kris Rubio (who Jeremy is apparently related to), and other such comedians that at one time, years ago, represented comedy in Long Beach, CA, which hardly exists anymore. Also, there are random comedians who argue about Mensa, then appropriately get debated with.
And yes, Jake did the intro while in his car because it’s Monday, you know.
ON THE HORIZON
Road Dogging-RIP Angelo Bowers @ Sal’s Comedy Hole Fri. Jan. 11th 8PM Donations accepted
Dave Anthony Album Recording @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Jan. 25th 8PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $25
LA Indie Improv Tournament @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Bruin Up Some Laughs @ Kerckhoff 8PM FREE
Performance Anxiety @ The Pleasure Chest 8PM $7
Showcase Showdown @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Comedy Central Showcase: Freshman Faces @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $5
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Sleight of Mouth with Justin Willman @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
The Show Where TREVOR MOORE Does a Talk Show Thing and JOSH FADEM Does Some Stuff Too @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Blamblamblam @ R-Bar 9PM FREE
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Up Top @ Rush Street 10PM FREE
Bertie Stands Up @ The Palace Restaurant 10PM No cover/1 drink min.
Everybody Get In Here: Typhoon Presents The Group Game @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 5PM/3-5 min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
THE MOTH @ BUSBY’S EAST 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts 7:30PM sharp/Stories only/must be on theme of clumsy/5 min./10 spots only/lottery/$8
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.
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./First come, first served
DAVE’S BAR 708 Broadway, Glendale, CA/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/one item min./8-10 min.
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/4 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 (when Crazy Cindee’s show lets out)/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBOUSE 1107-A North El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA /Starts 11PM after TNT Improv/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
Jimmy Kimmel Live Finally Moves Up to 11:35PM
Hopefully, and we say that very liberally here, nothing will really change content and tone wise about Jimmy Kimmel Live when he moves up to 11:35PM tonight on ABC. So many shows and hosts have had to step back in their persona and styles of humor for moving up an hour, in our opinion to their detriment.
Also, Kimmel not changing a thing except for when he airs would be the best way to make good on all the Leno trash talk he’s been drumming up recently.
We’re thrilled to see NYC’s Dan Soder have a pretty great late night debut on Conan. He’s in LA for a bit, so go catch him live if you can (check our calendars for listings).
James Adomian Writes a Tribute to The Late Huell Howser
One of California’s icons was, whether it be surprising or not, one who marveled at every single bit of it whether it be a tortilla factory or an outdoor bed in the suburbs. This man, Huell Howser, host of California’s Gold, sadly passed away yesterday and the incredibly funny James Adomian, who has done a spot-on impersonation of him for years, wrote a nice tribute in the LA Weekly.
Dan Harmon’s “You’ll Be Perfect When You’re Dead” Now Available
Exclusively through Harmontown.com, you too can now know the Internet musings of one Dan Harmon for $15.95 unsigned and $24.95 signed. Trust us, you’re going to want to know them as they were funny enough to have Ryan Stiles, Patton Oswalt, and Eric Idle to drop into Nerdmelt last night on Harmontown.
Fox ADHD to Premiere This Summer
At the end of this July, starting at 11PM, get ready for some animated awesomeness from Fox’s Animation Domination High-Def with Axe Cop, a series from one of NYC’s coolest comedy duos The Lucas Brothers, and more.
Eddie Pepitone returned to the Conan audience last night to voice his disapproval of his current state of life as their resident heckler. Watch through the whole clip as it extends because of Eddie’s unbreakable commitment to a bit and general hilarity.
ON THE HORIZON
Big Money @ The Virgil Thurs. Jan. 10th 7:30PM
Dave Attell @ Comedy & Magic Club Sat. Jan. 12th 6:45PM/9:30PM $27.50/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $25/2 item min.
Comedy Voltron @ Space 15 Twenty 8PM FREE
Hump Show @ Dangerfield’s 3 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
The Parlor Social Comedy Show @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM FREE
Venice Underground @ Townhouse & Del Monte 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Doug Benson Movie Interruption: Taken 2 @ Cinefamily 10PM $14
Dot Comedy @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 10PM $20-$30/2 drink min.
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./No purchase necessary
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 1/2 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3-5min./$2 cover
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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
DAVE’S CHILLIN’ AND GRILLIN’ 2152 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/Women sign-up only/No purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
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 MIDNIGHT/First come, first served
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week at The Nerdist 1/8
The first batch of videos from 2013 (yes, the last 5 MIFV was on 1/1, which means all the submissions were from 2012) for the 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos is here and man oh man is it a great one to kick the year off. Cosby, Andre, The Grawlix, and more make this week’s list and you should go check it out now.
If you wish to be in consideration for a future 5 MIFV, please read the submission rules at the bottom of the post at Nerdist.
Tina Fey To Possibly Be Lead in Muppets Next to Ricky Gervais
Well, Tina Fey was definitely on a great short list of who would be worthy replacements for Jason Segel and Amy Adams. We hope this works out.
What looks like to be a real handy kitchen utensil has, apparently, been the inspiration for some really funny reviews of the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer on Amazon. So funny so that perhaps the reviewers are either some jokesters with some spare time on their hands or some people who really need to go outside and have some human interaction.
About every other one is pretty fun, so give them a read right now.
Kirk Fox To Use DNA Testing and Lie Detectors on Daytime Television
We know that your knee jerk reaction to DNA testing, lie detectors, and daytime television is perhaps ironic at best.
Yet, we have faith in the very funny Kirk Fox (who should have advanced further in Last Comic Standing when he was in it) to be a more than competent ringleader to his new day time talk show, The Test on CBS.
As To Be Expected, Jimmy Kimmel’s 11:35PM Debuts Tops Leno and Letterman
It is great to see the ratings were greatly in favor of Jimmy Kimmel Live over The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late Late Show with David Letterman last night, but is the start of a new trend or just everyone coming out on opening night? Also, with the upcoming advent of Nielsen’s Nielsen Twitter rating, will Kimmel have an even greater edge?
We say, as far as online presence goes, yes (Kimmel has a big online following that he constantly interacts with while Letterman doesn’t even has own YouTube channel), but only the coming months will tell.
ON THE HORIZON
The Debate Matrix @ Flappers YooHoo Room Sat. Jan. 12th 11:30PM $5/2 item min.
Comedy Living Room Tues Jan. 15th 8:30PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Dan O’Shannon “What Are You Laughing At?” @ Hammer Museum 7:30PM FREE
Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $25
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 8PM FREE
This Is Your Show! @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Bill Burr @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $25/2 item min. (stand by only)
Brent Morin @ Brea Improv 8PM $12/2 item min.
Paul Downs: Full Blown Downs @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Strong Choices w/Drew Droege & Sam Pancake @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
The Business LA @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $5
The Pop Up Comedy Show-Benefit for Sandy Hook @ The Mint LA 8PM $10
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Captain Planet @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
Nick’s Big Talk Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (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
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./Counts as audition/No purchase necessaryPALMS 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-ish/5 min./First come, first served/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
TRIBAL CAFE BEVERLY 3253 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/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.
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 drink min.
COFFEE BEAN 12930 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/lottery/No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
CAFE MUSE 759 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/5 min./First come, first served/Must work clean/$3 min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary
PALMS BAR 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 11PM/First come, first served/One drink min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT
Like We Said, You’re Not Going To Want to Miss The Holy Fuck Album Tapings
These line-ups are ridiculously stacked and it’s still free at 9PM at The Downtown Independent over the next 4 weeks (Dana Gould, Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton, Brent Weinbach, Eric Andre, TJ Miller, James Adomian, Beth Stelling, and more).
Check it out then go like you were going to anyways.
Coming Soon: Funny Or Die’s Production of (Hopefully) Memorable Comedies
The comparisons to National Lampoon have already begun and we’re hoping that rather than try to live up to National Lampoon’s once revered reputation as a comedy film brand, just try to make something really hilarious that ends up being quotable.
By the way, with Funny or Die, that could very well happen.
Last year, the hilarious Rory Scovel made a resolution to film himself in some or many capacities at least once a day in 2012. What has come is a two giant music montages that are pretty personal, in-depth journeys of what the life of a comedian like Rory Scovel is like. Performing every night, flying out almost every other one, being in random places, cities and nature alike, hanging in green rooms of CBS or at a black box theater, running into other such comedians and brand new ones all the same, etc.
If you wonder what comedians lives are actually like here are 365 days of being Rory Scovel in parts one and two.
It’s still hitting that soft existentialist note that Seinfeld had mastered, but with a radical, seemingly drug-induced journey filled with unexplained phenomena like dog telepathy. What are we talking about? It’s the trailer for the upcoming trippy indie comedy movie “Wrong” with very intriguing cameos from an accented William Fitchner and Steve Little.
Give it a watch for a mind bender and a good laugh.
The nominations for this year’s highly anticipated Academy Awards (made even more anticipated because their new voting system experienced severe glitches) were just released this morning. We’re glad to see that both Silver Linings Playbook and Django Unchained get a handful of nominations as well as Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, and The Simpsons short film getting nominated as well.
Still, it’s a largely drama dominated field and who knows if straight comedies will ever get their due. We consider Silver Linings and Django hyphenated comedies (dark romantic dramedy, action-revenge-comedy, etc.), which seems to be the formula of getting the Academy’s attention. For instance (and we’re not one to “kick rocks” on the behalf of other people), 7 Psychopaths deserved a screenplay nomination, but Martin McDonagh’s highly underrated sophomore effort as a writer/director goes unnoticed.
Silver Linings Playbook-Best Picture, Best Director (David O. Russell), Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence), Best Supporting Actor (Rober DeNiro), Best Supporting Actress (Jacki Weaver) Best Adapted Screenplay (David O. Russell), Best Editing (Jay Cassidy & Crispin Struthers)
Django Unchained-Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Cristoph Waltz), Original Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino), Best Cinematography (Robert Richardson)
Moonrise Kingdom-Best Original Screenplay (Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola)
The Sessions-Best Supporting Actress (Helen Hunt)
Maggie Simpson in the “Longest Daycare”-Best Animated Short (David Silverman)
For complete list of nominations, click here.
One of our favorite things in comedy is Steven Wright as a guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Every time Wright comes on, it’s 10 minutes of comedic magic between him and Ferguson trying to out weird each other. It’s hilarious.
However, the social media geniuses at CBS have opted to not post clips in one easy place to find and share the regular hilarity that Craig Ferguson dishes out because, well, we don’t know why. That’s why we’ve resorted to posting this pirated clip that will undoubtedly taken down soon because Steven Wright and Craig Ferguson together are really funny and wanted none of you to miss it, like a network should.