YouTube’s Official Comedy Has Made a Stand Up Channel
Official Comedy has dedicated an entire URL branching from their channel to stand-up comedy. They’ll upload clips in the coming weeks of your favorite comedians from the past and present, perhaps, even the future.
Starting off they already have Andy Kindler and Joe DeRosa.
Yes, Jerry Seinfeld, as you can see in this video, is collaborating with hip hop artist Wale to make the #nothing album. Already, there’s a Mixtape About Nothing from Wale, so with a few mutual friends between the two including Seinfeld’s wife, we’ll all now be waiting for #nothing to drop.
Our best guess is that it’s going to be some really nice beats over Jerry doing bits, which is something we’d definitely be into.
Conan writer Brian Kiley does quite well for himself on this latest late night appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Watch his set then appropriately give him a nice round of applause even if no one else is around.
ON THE HORIZON
Steve Benaquist’s Big & Tall Show @ Middle Theatre Company Tues. Jan. 22nd 10:30PM FREE
Qweirdo @ UCB Theatre Sat. Jan. 26th 10PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
Crashbar @ Impro Theatre 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Hey Buddy @ Bootleg Bar 7:30PM FREE
Sean, Sean & Baron @ Hollywood Improv 7:30PM $5/2 item min.
Catsby @ Asylum Lab 8PM FREE
¡El Show! @ El Cid 8:30PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Andy Haynes & Sean O’Connor @ Ice House 9PM $15/2 item min.
Powerviolence @ Strait Jacket Society 9PM FREE
The Birthday Party Show: Chase Bernstein + ASW 9PM
Top Story Weekly w/Matt Champagne @ iO West 9PM $5
Shut Up! I Hate You @ 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/Sign-up 4PM/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
IMPROV JAM @ IMPRO THEATRE 1727 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM/After Crashbar/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
There’s a whole series of “How To Bond With Your Co-Host” for the upcoming late night talk show, Nikki & Sara LIVE on MTV, that simultaneously tides us over until its premiere on Tues. Jan. 29th 11PM while also makes us desperate for more.
Give them a watch now here.
Jesse Ventura (James Adomian) Makes Guest Appearance on The Chris Gethard Show
We love James Adomian and Chris Gethard and that Adomian’s Jesse Ventura was on Gethard’s MNN show is really great.
What’s even greater is the fact that Jesse Ventura, former wrestling superstar and Minnesota governor, makes a guest appearance on the night where The Chris Gethard Show celebrates being a loser.
This is a sound clip of the very funny Matt Champagne expertly dealing with a heckler, but also, in a greater sense, giving us a sort of PSA on why you shouldn’t heckle.
This is a video clip of the also very funny Nick Turner trying to deal with what appears to be a drugged up heckler that nearly turns into a brawl.
In both situations, the audience becomes tense and the comedian becomes burdened with trying to ease the unforeseen tension in the room for the person who lives in whatever time period they thought talking during a live comedy show was OK. The fact that it happened and had to deal with it and got laughs really means they were derailed from doing something that was probably going to be much better and, more importantly, planned.
Heckling is not OK. It’s never OK in case you’ve been reading a certain article that’s floating around recently that says it might be OK if the comedian handles it expertly when “shit got real” that we won’t link to here.
The reason that live comedy is best enjoyed in a cramped darkened room with a small stage is that jokes require a level attention devoid of every single distraction. That’s why comedians complain about how the tables and seats are arranged, what color of bulb they’re using for the light to signal to get off stage, how high the ceilings are, the check-drop, where the bar is in relation to the stage, etc. etc. Comedy is so nuanced that every aspect of it has to be highlighted and attention to anything else has to be non-existent.
Unless there’s a show called the audience participation show or it’s boldly stated in the show’s description that you are encouraged to talk during the show, then don’t do it. FYI, we saw a show like that a few years ago where everyone in attendance was encouraged to talk and it was one of the worst fucking shit shows in the history of shit shows.
If you want to talk during someone’s set, yell at your computer at home when you’re watching YouTube clips of their stand-up. If that sounds ridiculous, that’s because it is, no matter where you are.
ON THE HORIZON
Nick Offerman’s American Ham @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sat. Jan. 26th 8:30PM $25
The Walsh Brothers Show @ UCB Theatre Sat. Jan. 26th MIDNIGHT $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $25
Greg Proops Film Club: Gilda @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $12
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Hot Tub w/Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5
Oh Boy… @ Lola’s 8PM FREE
Monday Night Improv @ The Clubhouse 8:30PM FREE
Cindy Crawford Comedy Show @ MiMoDa 8:30PM $5
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM 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.
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
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
Adult Swim Set to Air Controversial Unaired Episode of Dexter’s Laboratory
Dexter’s Laboratory is one of the few cartoons that has held up as we’ve grown into adulthood and this elusive bigfoot of an episode (elusive only because of its supposed rampant cursing) might just finally make it to the light of day (i.e. outside live interviews/chats with creator Genndy Tartakovsky).
Yahoo’s got another great sketch as part of their weekly SketchY series from the hysterical Megan Amram pinpointing the big aspects of commercials targeting women on TV, including the extensive diversity. Also, notch another funny video for director Payman Benz.
Watch the extended ad for Dannon’s special birth control yogurt now.
You might not what you think of when you’re about tickle someone after watching this but at least you’ll laugh while watching amazing sketch group Dead Kevin’s latest video.
Tuesday, Jan. 29th to be exact, will be the day when you can own a physical copy of the highly acclaimed Whiskey Icarus, Kyle Kinane’s latest special, both on CD and DVD, that is extended and unedited that also includes his Comedy Central Presents special.
Go ahead and pre-order this like you know you want to.
ON THE HORIZON
Joe Mande: The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done @ UCB Theatre Sun. Jan. 27th 9:30PM $5
Two Headed Beast: A Storytelling Show 2 Year Anniversary @ Stories Books & Cafe Sat. Feb. 2nd 8PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $25
Family Hour with Auntie Sara @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7:30PM $10
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)
TNT Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Holy Fuck Album Taping @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Bonky with Moshe Kasher & Chelsea Peretti @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Up Top @ Rush Street 10PM FREE
Bertie Stands Up @ The Palace Restaurant 10PM FREE
Steve Benaquist’s Big & Tall Show @ The Middle Theatre Company 10:30PM FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
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
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
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
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts 11PM after TNT Improv/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
Comedy Central To Start SiriusXM Radio Channel
If you’ve been wondering how to hear sets from Premium Blend again, wonder no more. Comedy Central is expanding its brand once more to include a radio channel featuring stand-up clips from gigantic archive over the last 20 years and comedian guest hosts.
If you have Sirius XM, you might want to make room for a preset.
This is exactly what we’re suggesting it is. Dratch goes through a Nickelodeon Guts style obstacle course that is a bunch of metaphors for the film career of actress Julia Roberts. Basically, Billy on the Street just keeps getting more amazing.
Watch the hilarious madness here.
Tom Shillue is marching on forward with his astounding album-a-month pace with his latest storytelling offering, Lateral Thinking Puzzlers, and the 1-hr special Mandroid (available on CD and DVD) from the Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick, just got released today.
Go ahead and make up a holiday for yourself in which you celebrate by picking both of these these up.
As promised by Adult Swim, they’ve posted the long lost episode of Dexter’s Laboratory, “Dexter’s Rude Removal” that proved too much for Cartoon Network’s legal department at the time. This is cartoon/comedy history, FYI.
The juxtaposition of humor and gun control, especially right now, is one that is both tricky yet that seems to come up quite frequently. As NYC’s Yannis Pappas was indeed shot with a gun, he brings a very personal take with the humor, which is usually the best way around touchy subjects.
Watch his episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian and see his Gun Appreciation Day material.
ON THE HORIZON
WTF w/Marc Maron LIVE @ Steve Allen Theater Tues. Jan. 29th 8PM $10
Gelmania @ UCB Theatre Tues. Feb. 5th 9:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Lady to Lady: A Talk Show by Ladies for Everyone @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $25
An Evening with Tim Robbins in Conversation with Marc Maron @ Aero Theatre 8PM $20
Room 101 Comedy @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Smartest Man in the World LIVE w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
The Parlor Social Comedy Show @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
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 min./$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/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.
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts 11PM after Room 101/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week at The Nerdist 1/22
Here are this week’s pick for 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos at The Nerdist to distract, hopefully, from Beyonce lip synching including ones from Megan Amram, Beige, Billy Eichner, and more.
If you want to be part of a future 5 MIFV (it is a weekly thing), please read rules at bottom of list before submitting.
Also joining that fantastic bill in Austin, TX Apr. 24th-27th will be Todd Barry, Matt Braunger, Kyle Kinane, Pete Holmes, Sean Patton, Marc Maron, James Adomian, Rory Scovel, Fortune Feimster, Mike Lawrence, The Lucas Brothers, and much much more.
As part of Rookie Magazine’s “As A Grown Man” series, Kumail Nanjiani fields questions from tween and teenage girls wondering exactly who Demi Lovato is right after referencing her.
Watch it now as his wife Emily Gordon cheers him on through the whole thing.
HBO Officially Developing ‘Bored to Death’ Movie
Perhaps, feature length film is the format where Jonathan Ames’ show will thrive.
Eugene Mirman’s “An Evening of Comedy in a Fake Underground Laboratory” Out Feb. 5th
It’ll come out as a CD/DVD combo that’s extended and uncut. Also, there’s a pilot highlight reel of “Eugene!”.
So, set a reminder or just ay Feb. 5th is when Mirman’s Comedy Central special comes out 25 times (that’s the minimum for muscle memory right?) to yourself to have it stick in your memory.
Comedy Central Has Ordered Pilot of Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
1) Pilot taping will take place during a special edition of Meltdown on Feb. 13th with a show at 7PM and one at 9:30PM.
2) FUCK YES!
3) Congrats and a big hand for Jonah and Kumail and the whole Meltdown crew.
4) See #2