Every show of UCB Maude team Beige is put entirely online if you’re not in NYC to catch it. We highly suggest that you watch if that’s the case just so you don’t miss things like this wonderful sketch about Ravens’ QB Joe Flacco reading a book written without any aid of anyone else.
IFC announced today their latest additions to their development slate featuring 3 pilots and 8 scripts, which, from the looks of it, might make for one hell of a comedy channel.
Projects include as said above a Garfunkel and Oates pilot, scripts from Matt Besser, Rob Schrab, Megan Mullally, Chris Gethard, Tom Scharpling, Kyle Dunnigan, and more AND that stop motion animation Dynasty parody pilot featuring voice talents of Maria Bamford, Nick Kroll, Mike O’Connell, and more.
Basically, this is pretty great IFC.
The Hannibal Buress directed music video for Chance the Rapper that we teased earlier this week is here. Chance’s “NaNa” got a $5,000 check from Jash’s Buh Channel to make the music video of which and Hannibal opted to spend on Shakey’s, 99 cents store, random costumes, Suit City, etc.
It’s just like we would all spend $5,000 in LA, right? Watch now.
ON THE HORIZON
Jimmy Dore & Friends @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Apr. 27th 8PM/10PM $18/2 item min.
Reggie Watts & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. May 1st 8PM $25
COMEDY CRAWL
The Jeselnik Offensive @ Hollywood Center Studios 6PM FREE w/RSVP
Big Money @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Brian Regan @ Fox Performing Arts Center 7:30PM $53
Howard Kremer Album Taping @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7:30PM/9PM FREE w/RSVP
Impro(vs)tand up @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Improvised Stand-Up @ Rant LA 8PM $5
Powerviolence @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
The Business LA @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $5
Comedy at Cinefile @ Cinefile Video 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Matt Portman’s Bar Mitzvah @ Jaragua 9PM FREE
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Art Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Captain Planet @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
I’ve Got Nothing @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
The 11th Hour Show @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/3 min./First come, first served/25 spots only/counts as audition/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/Sign-up 4PM/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/$5 min.
COFFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA Suite 180/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Jason
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 12PM at FB page/First 23 spots guaranteed/Starts 7PM/5 min./lottery spots for walk-ins/one drink min.
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
INDIA’S FLAVOR 156 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Hosted by Meline Tovmasian
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 11:30PM after Main Room show
CAFE AMERICANO 5770 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/5 min./First come, first served/1 item min.
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts MIDNIGHT after 11th Hour Show/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
Blip Greenlights Rob Huebel Web Series
Web series hub Blip has brought on a whole new slate of projects including this one that will star Rob Huebel. Perhaps, the CBS pilot that Rob is in will get picked up in addition to Children’s Hospital and the slew of other things that he’s in so we can get more Huebel on more screens.
Riot LA debuted last year and turned out to be the long overdue comedy festival that Los Angeles needed. Dozens of wonderful, hilarious comedy shows confined to just one block in Downtown LA made for one hell of a festival and if you weren’t there, you missed something really great.
Luckily, there’s this montage that will hopefully fill in some blanks for you. Oh, and Riot LA is coming back in 2014!
Comedy legend Bill Cosby danced, made a corny joke, told a great story, messes with the band, and is the consummate late night guest/hilarious comedian on Fallon last night. It’s not like you’d expect or consequently get anything less from Cosby, but it’s great to see him still kill it on late night.
Watch him now in parts one, two, and three.
Posted just over an hour ago, the very funny Jim Jefferies announced on his Twitter feed that, “We got a 2nd season”. We’re assuming he’s talking about his great FX series, Legit, given that the tweet before this one above is about the finale of season one of Legit.
Great to hear that FX is keeping their comedy line-up so far for FXx.
Every year, around just about now (specifically next weekend Apr. 18th-21st), the city of Portland, OR hosts the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, an amazing weekend of great comedy that has been oft and best described as “comedy summer camp”. SoundCloud has partnered up with the great folks at CleftClips (Super Serious Show, Hot Tub LA) to have the festival covered and documented with one of our favorite comedians, Andy Peters.
There will be comedian interviews, random encounters, and overall silliness coming from the Peters’ “Wandertown” at Bridgetown dispatches. You can and should hear all of that coming up very soon here.
From this trailer, the Nat Faxon/Jim Rash written & directed ‘The Way, Way Back’ has the makings for one solid coming-of-age comedy with a cast of Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Toni Colette, Rob Corddry, and more, not to mention the Oscar winning duo of Faxon and Rash (they won an Oscar for The Descendants) helming and writing it.
Keep a close watch for this coming to theaters.
ON THE HORIZON
Professor Blastoff Live @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sun. May 19th 8PM $25
Jim Gaffigan @ City National Grove of Anaheim 8PM $45-$65
COMEDY CRAWL
Adam Devine’s House Party Taping 6PM FREE w/RSVP
Graham Elwood @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
McGroundlings Irish Pub @ Groundlings 8PM $20
Set List @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Al Lubel @ Downtown Comedy Club 9PM $20/2 drink min.
The Fake Show @ Fake Gallery 9PM $10
This Friday Forty @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The End of the World Show @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 10PM FREE
The Sandlot 20th Anniversary Screening @ Cinefamily MIDNIGHT $12
March Comedy Madness @ Hollywood Improv MIDNIGHT $12/1 item min.
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/Starts 6PM/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
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/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.
BOB’S ESPRESSO BAR 5251 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
DOPE CITY: SKETCH OPEN MIC @ ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 11PM/For sketches only/7 min. slots/First come, first served
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 @ CLUBHOUSE 1107 N. El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts around 10:30PM after Manifesto Show/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery
Coming this Monday, Conan O’Brien will have another episode of his Charlie Rose-esque long form discussion/interview, Serious Jibber Jabber, with many long time writers from The Simpsons.
Here’s teaser/preview to tide you over until then.
Matt Braunger Now Has a 15 Min. Podcast at Nerdist
15 min. of Braunger basically doing whatever he wants, wherever? Sounds great to us.
Give the first episode of Ding Donger with Matt Braunger a listen now.
R.I.P. Comedy Legend Jonathan Winters
At 87, beloved comedian and actor Jonathan Winters has just passed away. If you’re just learning about who Winters is just now, do something good on the Internet and go and watch the multitude of great films he’s in and listen to his plethora of comedy albums.
Here’s a new episode of Kate’s Craft Corner from Veronica Osorio, the best homemade craft show, especially if you’re interested in making crafts that involve in not asking permission to use your parents’ favorite things that aren’t supposed to be made into anything.
First 3 Episodes of Burning Love Season 3 Are Here
‘Burning Down The House’ with all of your favorite/most hated contestants on past seasons of Burning Love return to the mansion. Stop reading and go watch now because your lunch break is only so long, right?
B.J. Novak Scores Seven Figure Deal for Short Stories
If you were lucky enough to catch Novak at UCB here in LA recently, you just got a nice preview of what is to come from this book deal.
ON THE HORIZON
Hey Buddy @ Bootleg Bar Sun. Apr. 14th 7:30PM FREE
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Apr. 19th MIDNIGHT $5/1 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Shut Up & Enjoy @ Silverlake Lounge 6PM FREE
Pregame of Thrones Book II: How Hodor Got His Groove Hodor @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Anna David’s True Tales of Lust and Love @ The Mint LA 7:30PM $8
Al Lubel @ Garrett Morris Downtown Blues & Comedy Club 8PM $20/2 drink min.
McGroundlings Irish Pub @ Groundlings 8PM/10PM $20
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Horrible Movie Night @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Armando Show w/Brian Stack @ iO West 9PM $10
Hello Giggles Presents Low Points @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Matt Knudsen @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $10/2 item min.
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch Presents Five Minutes or Die @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
FAR BAR 347 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 1PM/Starts 1PM/Ends 3PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Jenny Yang
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOOHOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 4:30PM/First come, first served
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
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.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./first come, first served/one drink min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery
The single elimination stand-up tournament, March Comedy Madness, came to a close last night at the Hollywood Improv as one Nick Cobb emerged the winner. He was fantastic, especially for having to do back to back sets almost ten minutes within each other and killing it both times.
So, again, congratulations to the hilarious Nick Cobb and please go see him wherever he’s performing, which, we hope is a lot of places here in LA and beyond soon.
USA make sure that you don’t let this pass you by. Matt Braunger and Johnny Pemberton are two comedians you don’t want to miss, not to mention that their tour is sponsored by the beer company that lets Will Ferrell do all those local TV ads.
Watch an official announcement from Matt and (son?) Johnny.
It’s almost seemed like years since Live at the Beacon Theater, yet the premiere of Louis CK’s latest stand-up special is on tonight at HBO 10PM. Organize viewing parties with friends with HBO subscriptions/get ready to see a bunch of .gifs.
Just thanks so much to Asterios Kokkinos for not only making Star Wars‘ Admiral Ackbar singing his version of Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out a real thing, but pulling it off exquisitely.
Ken Marino and Erica Oyama Are Going from Burning Love to ‘Go The F To Sleep’
The creative force behind Burning Love is adapting an adult’s children’s book.
Sounds like it could be a home run to us.
ON THE HORIZON
Tig Notaro @ Westside Comedy Theater Wed. Apr. 17th 8PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Crashbar Improv @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Gimme Shelter A Benefit for LA Animals @ Hollywood Improv 7:30PM $25/2 item min.
Hey Buddy @ Bootleg Bar 7:30PM FREE
100% Juice @ iO West 7:30PM $5
UnCabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$55
¡El Show! @ El Cid 8:30PM $5
Powerviolence @ Strait Jacket Society 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly w/Joe Roche @ 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
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/4 min./No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/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
DANGERFIELD’S 3 2524 1/2 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/3 min./Lottery
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:15PM/Lottery/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.
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/15 spots only/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS CLAREMONT 532 W. 1st St., Claremont, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107-A El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 9:45PM after Crashbar/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FYI, There Will Be a Wayne’s World Reunion Panel Hosted by Lorne Michaels
Cue the special edition DVD box sets and airing Wayne’s World 1 & 2 on multiple cable networks back to back.