Children’s Hospital, now an award winning series, is back for it’s 5th season on July 25th and it’s going to have all the hysterical insanity you’ve come to know and love set in a medical facility for children.
Just watch the teaser for season 5 to see what we’re talking about (and of course, get hooked and watch the whole series because it’s great)
Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer are at again with Nikki and Sara LIVE. The second season premieres July 30th at 11PM on MTV.
Hopefully, we’ll get to see more stuff like this promo you should watch right now.
Actually, Drennon Davis and Nick Stargu, the awesomely funny duo behind Imaginary Radio, just made a Song for Linda, but just replace Linda’s name for whatever your significant other’s name is and you’re sure to get them back with you.
Well, they’ll either get back or you’ll have a damn funny video like Imaginary Radio’s that you should watch ASAP.
ON THE HORIZON
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Jul. 16th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
The Super Serious Show w/Sean Patton @ The Virgil Wed. Jul. 17th
Poster by Aaron Nestor
COMEDY CRAWL
The Jeselnik Offensive @ Hollywood Center Studios 6PM FREE w/RSVP
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Lucha VaVoom @ The Mayan 8PM $45
Impro(vs)tand Up @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Improvised Stand Up @ Rant LA 8PM $5
Patton Oswalt Residency @ Fake Gallery 8PM FREE w/RSVP (e-mail fakegallery@earthlink.net)
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
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Matt Portman’s Bar Mitzvah @ Jaragua 9PM FREE
Butts @ Novel Cafe 9PM FREE
This Show Is Your Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
Loud Village at the Improv @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $5/2 item min.
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
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/$3 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.
FANATIC SALON 3815 Sawtelle Blvd., Culver City, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9:30PM/$5 cover/7 min./water and coffee provided/Hosted by Lydia Robinson
IT’S A GRIND 247 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA/Starts 7:30PM w/possible featured performer/Open mic from 8PM-10PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Shayne Michael
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
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
WGA East Charges Joan Rivers With Violation in ‘Fashion Police’ Writers Dispute
Comedy Central Following Louis C.K. Model by Offering Specials Online for $5
Comedy Central is putting up stand-up specials from Anthony Jeselnik, John Mulaney, Pete Holmes, and more for only $5 online following the precedent that Louis CK has set with how he distributes his specials (this is more proof of why he’s deserving for winning a Webby Person of the Year Award).
This should be a nice treat for comedy nerds that need to round out their collections, but we wonder if this will attract casual comedy fans into more stand-up.
While certainly you shouldn’t lie to any sort of doctor that’s treating you, there is a point in which you can be telling them a little too much.
Here’s a sketch from Creepy Caress (Brenda Colonna and Candice Thompson) to illustrate that point exactly.
While some of you may be acquainted with what many called the Danish comedy equivalent of The Hangover, Klown, many don’t know that it was actually adapted from a successful TV series, Klovn.
Now, Hulu is bringing the TV series stateside for us to enjoy for free starting July 16th and here’s a trailer to give you an idea what we’re all about to be in for.
Coming from a family that was largely deaf, NYC based comedian Kambri Crews was witness to her mother translating lyrics from popular hit songs into ASL (American Sign Language) while also working them in with a dance number.
Luckily, Kambri put together a medley of what exactly that was like and it’s both pretty funny and awesome. Watch now.
The latest episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian at PBS Digital features prolific writer and comedian Bonnie McFarlane on her journey through stand-up as primarily someone who loves writing much more than being on stage. The obsession with writing has brought her to write everyday and gives a little insight behind her seemingly non-stop output for comedy.
ON THE HORIZON
Graham Elwood @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Jul. 13th 10PM $18/2 item min.
Final Sam Simmons Has Problems @ The Virgil Mon. Jul. 15th 10:30PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Robot Chicken presents… Friendship All-Stars of Friendship: The Art Show @ Iam8bit 7PM FREE
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Al Lubel’s One Man Show-Mentally Al @ Dan & Sam’s Downtown Stand Up Salon 8PM
A Good Time @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $5
Prompter! @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Tony Baker @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Sketchmelt @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $10
Whiz Bang! @ The Capri 9PM FREE
Demetri Martin’s Infrequent Show with Uncommon Guests @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30 (stand by only)
Matty’s Pizza Party @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 10PM $7
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
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 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
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/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
BOB’S ESPRESSO 5251 N. Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/5 min./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
IMPROV CAGEMATCH @ WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT/Sign-up team at wctcagematch@gmail.com/improv teams go head to head/Hosted by Courtney Barnett & Joey Greer
BBC Comedy Chief Doesn’t Like Criticism of New Shows Online/Doesn’t Get the Internet
Though we don’t really try to encourage the negativity that festers on the Internet, it does seem ridiculous that the head of comedy at BBC is basically asking the Internet to be nicer to brand new shows.
We say: Why don’t you have a little more faith in the projects you’re backing instead of keeping them on a short leash/canceling them based off of vicious comment threads?
Host of CC:Studios amazing “This Is Not Happening” storytelling web series, Ari Shaffir, gets his turn to share a great, really funny, crazy story of his wherein the lesson of the story is how to take the exact right amount of drugs.
Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon’s ’Hell Baby’ gets a proper preview in a fully earned red band trailer full of cursing, violence, nudity, and some pretty funny sh*t with Keegan Michael-Key, Rob Corddry, Leslie Bibb, Kumail Nanjiani, Riki Lindhome, and, of course, Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.
2nd Communicon Planned for This Year
The fan organized and produced Community, the NBC series, convention is being planned for a second round in LA (presumably at another community college?).
The dates are only tentative at this point, but the organizers are shooting for October, which will definitely make a case for an Los Angeles Comedy Festival Month because A Festival Supreme and the LA Podcast Festival will also take place that very month.
Aussie comedian Claudia O’Doherty explains another thing for her family’s failing travel agency in the story behind, as Claudia describes, folk hero/serial killer Jack The Ripper. Since it such a hot topic for British people even now, she gets the irrefutable scoop on the whole controversy, so don’t fact check her while watching.
Oh yeah, you should probably watch the really funny video of all of this here.
Bill Cosby Special ‘Far From Finished’ Airing on Comedy Central in November
We’re guessing this is the Bill Cosby taping we attended at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center. If it is, then you guys are in for one damn great comedy special, not that you didn’t already know that.
Tonight at 10PM on IFC, Comedy Bang! Bang! goes on for its second season. A great way to congratulate them would be to watch it and, well, just watch the whole season.
ON THE HORIZON
Skinny Sundays Presents Talk Show Host Off @ Hollywood Improv Sun. Jul. 14th 10PM $10/2 item min.
Brew Haha @ Marissa’s Backyard Sat. Jul. 20th 9PM Donations accepted
COMEDY CRAWL
TwentyWonder 2013 @ Doll Factory 6PM $45-$150
Anna David’s True Tales of Lust & Love @ The Mint LA 7:30PM $8
Dwayne Perkins @ Downtown Comedy Club 8PM $20
Jim Gaffigan @ Grove of Anaheim 8PM $45-$65
Stampede @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
The Brendon Small Secret Experiment @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Tony Baker @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Surprise w/Rob & Sofiya 8PM $5
Patton Oswalt @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25
Ben Schwartz Presents Snowpants @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Graham Elwood @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $18/2 item min.
The Blank Experience @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 10:30PM $10
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch w/special guest co-host Emo Phillips @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
FAR BAR 347 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 1PM/Ends 3PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
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
Great comedy special news keeps rolling in this week as we have found out that the amazing Greg Proops is about to tape his latest comedy special for up and coming content distribution site, Chill.com. That would mean that Chill has gotten Maria Bamford, Ari Shaffir, Tom Rhodes, and now Greg Proops in their roster of comedy specials.
That sounds pretty good to us and we’re definitely excited to see Proops’ next special.
One of the longest running open mics not only in LA or even in the U.S., but we’d bet in the whole world, Westwood Brew Co hosted by Robert Yasumura and Vance Sanders, is coming to a close as a result of the entire bar/restaurant being sold.
There is so much history that small triangular stage with no A/C has been witness to with some of comedy’s biggest names gracing its stage at one point or another with plenty of comedy’s soon to be biggest names cutting their teeth or honing their craft there over the last few years.
Don’t miss its swan song night on July 23rd that we’d suggest to get there definitely before 8 for how packed it will be.
Dave Chappelle seems to be taking all the steps to making a comeback. After mysteriously dropping in for hours at a time at various comedy clubs around the country, he’s going on tour with Funny or Die and now is playing at one of the world’s biggest comedy festivals at Just For Laughs Montreal.
Maybe him and Chris Rock will actually end up going on tour together like they’ve being loosely talking about?
ON THE HORIZON
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World @ New Beverly Cinema Fri. Jul. 19th MIDNIGHT $8
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater Sat. Jul. 27th 8PM/10PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Doug Benson Movie Interruption: Hook @ Cinefamily 4:20PM $14
Crashbar Improv @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Balloon Corner Comedy @ Los Globos 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
UnCabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$30
Ali Wong Presents The Sex Show @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
The End of the World Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! w/Zach Sherwin @ iO West 8PM $5
¡El Show! @ El Cid 8:30PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Hot Sauce @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Skinny Sundays Talk Show Host Off w/Eric Andre & Sean Patton @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $10/2 item min.
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 3PM/Ends 7PM/No purchase necessary/Hosted by TJ Amick
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/4 min./No purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7PM/3 min./16 spots only
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
COCK N BULL 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./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
The wonderful Apple Sisters are looking to make a Christmas album and have started a Kickstarter to do so. If you haven’t heard or seen their great humor perpetually set in 1943 (as seen in 2013), please do so and we’re sure that you’ll want to hear a holiday album from them like us.
Moshe Kasher’s comedy special that was initially released on Netflix is now coming out as his second comedy album and we’d hope that you’re well acquainted enough with his insightful, poignant, unflinchingly honest, and, of course, hysterical comedy that you’d go and pick it up. It’s even getting a physical CD release, so you can actually go physically pick it up, which we recommend.
“Live in Oakland” comes out Jul. 16th, but you can now get it on pre-order.