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.
ON THE HORIZON
Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath @ Fake Gallery Tues. Jan. 15th 9PM $10
Family Hour with Auntie Sara @ Nerdmelt Theater Tues. Jan. 22nd 7:30PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Poster by Jenny Fine
COMEDY CRAWL
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
LA Indie Improv Tournament @ Artworks Theatre 8PM FREE
Bil Dwyer & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
Not For Nothin’ @ Middle Theater Company 8PM FREE
Road Dogging 2013-RIP Angelo Bowers @ Sal’s Comedy Hole 8PM Donations Accepted
Set List @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Dwayne Perkins @ Garrett Morris Downtown Blues & Comedy Club 9PM $20
End of the World Show @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 10PM FREE
Hot Improv Nights @ Middle Theatre Company 10PM FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/First come, first served/must improvise set of never before seen provided set list/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/5 min./One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/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
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./first come, first served/one drink min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
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
IMPROV JAM @ MIDDLE THEATER COMPANY 6605 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, Ste. 110/Starts around 11:30PM after Hot Improv Nights/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery
Curb Your Enthusiasm in a Podcast for First Episode of In Conversation with Jeff Garlin
Larry David is Jeff Garlin’s first guest for his newly minted podcast By The Way, In Conversation with Jeff Garlin joining the ever burgeoning Earwolf family of podcasts. There’s plenty of these recorded at Largo, which includes some big guests, so keep a lookout for episodes in the future.
Following their foray into TV production, 2013 is turning out to be an exciting year for Earwolf.
Above in the screengrab off the Facebook post above is all the info we have. Still, we’re sure that it fill be great/hilarious/enlightening/visceral/heartwarming/life-affirming/hysterical/etc.
We’ll keep you posted with further details when we get them.
In a somewhat surprising move, Anthony Jeselnik appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to do a set of exactly the humor that Anthony Jeselnik does. Perhaps, this is a reaction to Kimmel moving up to the same time slot, but, either way, we’re hoping to see more “tone-breaking” things like this happen on The Tonight Show like calling it a “lame version of American Idol”.
At a recent performance in the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC, Hannibal Buress brought out what should be a hip hop single that should sweep the nation, “Gibberish Rap”. Also, he felt that there should be ballet dancers between the DJ, his hype man, and himself.
If this doesn’t make your Friday even a little better, you’re beyond our help right now. Watch it whether you’re at work or not.
Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, and Jane Krakowski all sat together once more on Fallon last night for a heartfelt reminiscing of 30 Rock. Even Tracy takes a brief moment from saying who his father is to share some tender memories after making out with everyone at the wrap party.
Give the whole episode a watch now..
CBS Greenlights Jim Gaffigan Family Sitcom to Pilot
Please realize this will be the first TV series starring Jim Gaffigan, which, in our opinion, is long overdue. We really hope that this series co-created with Peter Tolan gets picked up to series if only to see Gaffigan be funny on television more often.
ON THE HORIZON
Un Cabaret 1st Anniversary @ First and Hope Sun. Jan. 13th 8PM $20-$55
The BEATdown Los Angeles @ UCB Theatre Tues. Jan. 15th 9:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Dave Attell @ Comedy & Magic Club 6:45PM/9:30PM $27.50/2 item min.
Adult Swim’s Newsreaders Night @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM FREE (stand by only)
Podcom @ Podshare 8PM $5 w/RSVP
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $25 (stand by only)
Dwayne Perkins @ Garrett Morris Downtown Blues & Comedy Club 9PM $20
WOMEN: Live @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Hello Giggles Presents: Sleepovers @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
The Debate Matrix @ Flappers Yoo Hoo Room 11:30PM $5/2 item min.
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
FAR BAR 347 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 1PM/Starts 1:30PM/Ends 3PM/First come, first served/5 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-ish/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery
In what is seeming like a sort of changing of the guard yet again, broadcast networks are resorting to many interesting moves, development wise, over the last few months.
Just recently, Tina Fey is pushing forward with her multi-year development deal at NBC by developing a show with 30 Rock producing partner Robert Carlock. Fox has given a similar comedy development deal to Bridesmaids’ director Paul Feig.
Considering Fey disagrees with NBC’s new attitude of “broad comedy” and the juxtaposition of Fox’s ADHD along with their live action comedies, some of which we will assume Feig will be creating, this will definitely be an intriguing year for what comes from the broadcast network as well as cable.
Following his last late night appearance on Conan where he told a story of shitting his pants (though not apparently as embarrassing as Al Roker’s), Nick Kroll told a pantsing story with this latest appearance on Fallon to promote Kroll Show set to debut on Comedy Central next Wednesday.
Dave Hill has just been on a comedy tear with writing his Erotic Short Stories on Twitter (that’s right, absurd erotica in 140 characters or less).
Adding to that delight, one James Urbaniak lended his dulcet voice to narrate said short stories on his Soundcloud page to make your Saturday afternoon all the more enjoyable (i.e. we hope more of these come out).
ON THE HORIZON
Pretty, Pretty, Pony w/Bobcat Goldthwait @ Westside Comedy Theater Mon. Jan. 14th 10PM FREE
Victory Lap @ The Virgil Tues. Jan. 15th 9PM FREE
Open Projector Night Hosted by The Sklar Brothers @ Hammer Museum Tues. Feb. 5th 7:30PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
1642 Comedy Social Club @ 1642 Beer & Wine 6PM FREE
Marc Maron @ Ice House 7PM $22.50/2 item min. (stand by only)
Crashbar @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
UnCabaret 1st Year Anniversary @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$55
Rob Delaney & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $25 (stand by only)
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! w/Matt Manser @ iO West 9PM $5
Hot Sauce @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 5PM/Ends 7PM/5 min./First come, first served/1 item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 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
Josh Fadem’s Comedy Show in a Video Store Is Back and Bi-Weekly
Hey Westside LA, more comedy is coming to you this year and in the form of one of our favorite things of 2012 (see this list), Josh Fadem’s Comedy at Cinefile Show. Last year, we got to see Hannibal Buress, Sean Patton, Wendy Liebman in a video store because of this, so we’re thrilled to hear it’s coming back regularly.
If you’re not familiar, it’s absolutely what you think it is: a comedy show in one of the few video rental stores left in LA, run by a guy who loves doing pratfalls. It’s free and the first one is on Thurs. 1/31 9:30PM, so set your reminders (that’s what we say in 2013 instead of mark your calendars, right?).
Whether you know or not, you’ve been waiting for a new comedy special from the one and only Harland Williams. Also along those lines, you’ve been also desperately waiting for a comedy special to be done in the desert with no audience save for a turtle that’s not facing you.
Well, you’re somehow fantastically in luck because Harland Williams new stand-up special “Force of Nature” is just that and comes out this Tues. Jan. 15th. Watch the preview that, again, you didn’t know you were waiting for, but totally were because it’s awesome.
If you’re not planning on staying in tonight, make sure you have room on your DVR to records several hours of televised programming tonight.
The Golden Globes Hosted by Tina Fey & Amy Poehler on NBC 5PM
Girls Season 2 Premiere on HBO 9PM
Anthony Jeselnik’s “Caligula” 1-hr stand-up special on Comedy Central 10PM
At the very least, check Twitter during The Golden Globes as we’re sure that the 140 characters commentary might just be as fun as the telecast.
ON THE HORIZON
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Jan. 18th MIDNIGHT $5/1 item min.
The Super Serious Show @ Club Fais Do Do Thurs. Jan. 17th 8PM $10 in adv., $15 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $25
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 10PM FREE
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5
Monday Night Improv @ The Clubhouse 8:30PM FREE
Comedy Countdown @ Bruhaus 9PM FREE
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Pretty, Pretty Pony w/Bobcat Goldthwait @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM FREE
Stage Four @ 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.
CAFE BOOGALOO 1238 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/5-8 min./No purchase necessary
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
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
GROUND ZERO USC 615 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA (USC)/nestled in between 3 adjacent dormitories approximately one block North of the intersection of Figueroa Ave. & Exposition Blvd./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
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.
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary