Without the benefit of a big budget, It’s A Disaster turned out to be one hell of a low key apocalypse dark comedy nicely written and directed by Todd Berger. It won’t have as much explosions or cameos from A-list celebrities (there’s David Cross, America Ferrera, and Julia Stiles if that’s what you looking for) left and right, but, if you get a chance, buy it and watch it on the recently released DVD.
One of our favorite things that we’ve seen this year is The Walsh Brothers’ Great and Secret Comedy Show over at CC:Studios. Even with three episodes, it’s made us laugh pretty damn hard which is why we’re glad that there will be more episodes coming soon according to our sources.
If you don’t know The Walsh Brothers or their Great and Secret Comedy Show, please start here and get hooked (because you will).
The very funny Irish comedian Dylan Moran is making headway here in the States like performing on Letterman last night and we’re happy that he’s doing so.
ON THE HORIZON
Hey Buddy @ Bootleg Theater Sun. Jun. 16th 7:30PM FREE
Glory Hole @ Westside Comedy Theater Thurs. Jun. 27th 8PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
Minor League Harold Night @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Throwing Shade Live @ The Virgil 7:30PM $8
Comedy Voltron @ Space 15 Twenty 8PM FREE
Shits and Giggles @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Stop Looking at Her @ Fake Gallery $15
Kyle Dunnigan & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
The Brendon Small Secret Experiment @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Theme Party Presents Unmasked @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $7
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Surprise! w/Rob & Sofiya One Year Anniversary @ Polish Plantation 8:30PM $5
Horrible Movie Night @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Brew Haha @ Marissa’s Backyard 9PM Donations accepted
How Did This Get Made? Live w/Very Special Guests @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25 (stand by only)
Dave Stone @ Flappers YooHoo Room 9:30PM $15/2 item min.
Ryan Sickler @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $18/2 item min.
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
Tournament of Nerds @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch Presents Crapshoot @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 3PM/Ends 7PM/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Mike Becerra
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
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/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
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
What better way to commemorate Father’s Day coming up than to hear the advice of one that has a problem just controlling the intonation of his voice, but not his anger or logic. Notice how that wasn’t a question and there is no better way, so thanks to Tony Sam for providing some levity on another card company created/perpetuated holiday.
Anthem Journal Looking for Humor Submissions
A new online quarterly magazine has popped up under the name Anthem Journal and if you’re looking to get some written humor pieces for all of you that want to add humorist to your resume, they’re taking submissions. Best of all, comedian Steve Benaquist is their humor editor and we trust that he’ll sift to all the comedy gold sent his way.
More details at the link.
Not that anyone has really thought of the late night stand-up equivalent of an EGOT (someone winning an Emmy, Golden Globe, Oscar, and a Tony), but the damn funny Barry Rothbart is coming close with having done Conan, The Tonight Show, and, just last night, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Unfortunately, none of the possible acronyms for such a thing have enough vowels and are short enough to catch on.
Watch Barry’s great set from Ferguson here.
JFL’s ComedyPRO Names Amy Poehler Comedy Person of the Year
In case you’re not aware, in addition to starring in Parks and Recreation, Amy Poehler has her hand in producing another TV show, Broad City, started a production company with her brother that already sold a series, does her web series, Smart Girls at The Party, as well as the occasional ASSSSCAT. We’re sure we are forgetting something, but it’s a well deserved honors either way.
Just For Laughs’ ComedyPro also named Edgar Wright as Comedy Director of The Year, Mitch Hurwitz as Comedy Writer of the Year, and Nick Kroll Breakout Comedy Star of the Year.
That’s pretty good if you ask us.
ON THE HORIZON
Tig Notaro @ Westside Comedy Theater Mon. Jun. 17th 10PM FREE
Victory Lap @ The Virgil Tues. Jun. 18th 9PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Doug Benson Movie Interruption: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade @ Cinefamily 4:20PM $14
Crashbar Improv @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Hey Buddy @ Bootleg Theater 7:30PM FREE
Uncabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$30
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Skinny Sundays @ Hollywood Improv 9PM $20/2 item min.
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Powerviolence @ Strait Jacket Society 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly w/Josh Fadem @ iO West 9PM $5
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
Wrangle Indie Improv Match @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
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 5PM/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/$3 min.
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
RAINBOW BAR & GRILL 9015 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 9PM/$2 cover/mixed mic
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107-A El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 9:45PM after Crashbar/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
It was only a matter of time before there was an indie black and white period comedy centered around a niche style chess tournament wherein competitors and computers play the game. Yet, honestly, it made for a great, off-beat trailer of Andrew Bujalski’s ‘Computer Chess’.
Final Installment of John Roy’s Entirely Free Comedy Class
This is the final “class” of John Roy’s free of charge online stand-up comedy course. It’s been a great set of lessons in stand-up that Roy, both a very funny comedian who has definitely put his time in as a full time working stand-up, is offering for all, whether you’re going full bore into comedy or casually interested in it minus the hundreds of dollars you’d spend at a class if that was what you were looking to do.
And, if you haven’t been keeping up with it, here’s the other 11:
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ON THE HORIZON
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction First Anniversary/Championship @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Jun. 18th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Besser Breaks The Record @ UCB Theatre Sun. Jul. 7th 9:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5
Monday Night Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Cindy Crawford Comedy Show @ MiMoDa 8:30PM $8
Drunken Tales of Glory & Shame @ Monty Bar 9PM FREE
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Tig Notaro @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM FREE
Sam Simmons Has Problems @ The Virgil 10:30PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
SARDO’S 259 N. Pass Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:30PM/7 min./First come, first served/1 drink min.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/1 item min.
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/5 min.
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/25 spots only + 5 spots for following week/Lottery/3 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/Lottery/15 5 min. spots/15 3 min. spots/One item min.
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA (Los Feliz)/Sign-up 8:15PM/Starts 8:30PM/lottery/No purchase necessary
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:30PM/Ends 1:30AM/3 min. or do karaoke/No purchase necessary
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM after booked show/First come, first served/3-5 min./No purchase necessary
Funny or Die expanded their empire by making a feature this year and it will extend it even further by putting on a comedy festival tour. The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival is touring 13 different cities around the U.S. (Denver, Phoenix, Houston, Pittsburgh, and more) with the likes of Dave Chappelle, who you can finally see not dropping in, Flight of the Conchords, Hannibal Buress, Kristen Schaal, and much more.
Oddball will be starting in August going through September and tickets go on sale this Friday 10AM PST. Watch the bitchin’ announcement video a la a monster truck rally TV spot here.
Just For Laughs Chicago just happened over this past weekend and unfortunately we weren’t all lucky enough to be in Chicago (or maybe you were at Bonnaroo watching comedy & music there). Either way, you can catch up a little with JFL by listening to Wandertown with Andy Peters and watching live show clips of Andy Daly, Baron Vaughn, Ben Roy, Cameron Esposito, Michelle Buteau, Sean Patton, and more at JFL Chicago’s Dailymotion page.
Get Entire 5 Second Films Library For $25
As a brand new incentive for their Kickstarter, 5 Second Films is offering up a DRM Free version of their entire catalog of hilarious very short films. It supports their Kickstarter for their feature length film Dude Bro Party Massacre III and you would get hundreds of amazing 5 Second Films.
That’s a “win-win” in our books.
Reggie Watts Cast in Comedy Central Pilot ‘Bad Advice From My Brother’ Pilot
Already being on Comedy Bang Bang coming out this Summer, here’s another chance for us to see the amazing Reggie Watts on TV. Well, if you’re in Australia or the UK, you’ve probably seen him doing Set List, but we hope we can all see more of Reggie on television/tele.
Just in case you forgot, another beloved series raised from the dead is coming back to screens everywhere soon. New episodes of Futurama will start airing on Wed. Jun. 19th 10PM at Comedy Central.
So, you should probably set a reminder.
ON THE HORIZON
2 Headed Dog: The 200th Anniversary @ Steve Allen Theater Sun. Jul. 7th 8PM $10
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater Sat. Jul. 27th 8PM/10PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Nirvana! An Evening with ‘Maron’ @ Paley Center 7PM $20
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 7:30PM FREE
The Joe Starr Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7:30PM $10
TNT Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Comedy Living Room 8:30PM FREE
Victory Lap @ The Virgil 9PM FREE
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction 1 Year Anniversary/Championship @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Pete Holmes Living at Largo @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25
Dan Telfer @ Flappers YooHoo Room 9:30PM $10/2 item min.
Del Close Marathon Preview @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Flyover Comedy @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $14/2 item min.
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/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/5 min./1 drink min.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item 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 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-7min.
THE OTHER DOOR 10437 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/To get a booked spot, email mouthypants@gmail.com by Monday at 5 PM/20 names will be chosen at random/Sign-up for 20 lottery spots starts at 7:30 at the show/Go to facebook.com/mouthypantscomedy for more details
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
DAVE’S BAR 708 Broadway, Glendale, CA/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/one item min./8-10 min.
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
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
Howard Stern made a stop by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to give Jimmy some cold hard truths about late night including to stop playing video games when he takes over The Tonight Show. Maybe he’ll follow Stern’s advice and usurp Kimmel as friend?
Colin Quinn Is Taking “Unconstitutional” on Tour
Finally, the rest of the country will get to see what people in NYC having been raving about with Colin Quinn’s “Unconstitutional”. It’s starting up again in NYC, but will go on the road later this year.
The very funny Nick Turner, Barry Rothbart, Jason Saenz, and Henry Zebrowski make up brand spanking new sketch group Dr. Patient that just released their first sketch. If you’re a bro, through and through, and in need, you definitely won’t get the help of the A-Team, but you might just get some bro-help.
This is pretty damn funny, but also NSFW. Watch now.
Doug Stanhope Is Going To Be on Dr. Drew’s Podcast
Fans of Doug Stanhope are very much acquainted with Stanhope’s stance on Dr. Drew, especially in regards to his TV show, which is one of contempt. That’s why it’ll be interesting to hear Doug talk to Dr. Drew on his podcast very soon, especially considering that they come, according to a tease of that podcast episode, to an understanding of sorts.
Alison Brie & Colin Hanks To Star in Sci-Fi Indie Romantic Comedy
It’s your typical romantic comedy until some sci-fi twist is thrown into the line-up. Perhaps, this will be the genre that the entertainment industry will follow zombies/vampires/werwolves with.
With Brie and Hanks starring, this could be something to watch for.
The latest episode of CC:Studios storytelling web series This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir has the hysterical Sean Patton recount the story of how he got assaulted by a gay basher even though he’s straight.
Trust us. You’re going to want to set aside a solid 12 minutes for the entire astounding story.
From Sarah Silverman to Bill Burr to Janeane Garofolo to Hannibal Buress Anthony Jeselnik to Maria Bamford to John Mulaney to Marc Maron to Set List to Sam Simmons, you’ll be able to catch a lot of great stuff up at JFL 42 (Toronto) this September.
Tickets go on sale this Friday.