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.
As an ‘experiment’, comedian Elisha Yaffe had a Go Pro camera capture the perspective of an entire day of his dog. All we have to say is that you should watch the results of the experiment that are pretty funny and also that dogs are pretty great for putting up with us.
ON THE HORIZON
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater Tues. Jul. 16th 9PM FREE
Brew Haha @ Marissa’s Backyard Sat. Jul. 20th 9PM Donations Accepted
COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Patton Oswalt @ Irvine Improv 8PM $22/2 item min.
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5
Monday Night Improv @ The Clubhouse 8:30PM FREE
Drunken Tales of Glory and Shame @ Monty Bar 9PM FREE
Most Fun Mondays @ The Spare Room at The Roosevelt 9PM FREE
Mustaches & Manhattans @ Bar Lubitsch 9PM $5
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Date Night @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM FREE
Sam Simmons Has Problems @ The Virgil 10:30PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
HAPPY HOUR STORY XPERIMENT @ HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL 6122 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Storytelling only/Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Melinda Hill
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.
THE WAREHOUSE LOUNGE 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 7:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./8 spots only/No purchase necessary
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
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary
Peter Serafinowicz on His Way to Make Debut Feature ‘I See What You Did There’
After getting our attention with his comedy and music videos, British comedian Peter Serafinowicz is moving into features with his ‘I See What You Did There’, which we’re sure is going to have a Serafinowicz stamp of great, darkly absurd humor.
If you’re not familiar, watch this and you’ll be definitely waiting for I See What You did There to be shot and released very soon.
In this promo, Brody Stevens gives you a tour of what’s going to happen at Funny or Die’s mega comedy festival/tour Oddball, which does have Dave Chappelle and Flight of the Conchords, but also has Kristen Schaal, Jim Jefferies, John Mulaney, Hannibal Buress, as well as Brody Stevens as the second stage host, and much more.
Honestly, this might be one of the biggest comedy tours in recent memory so don’t miss out if you get a chance to see it (tickets are on sale now by the way).
Taylor Williamson To Be on Next Round of America’s Got Talent Tomorrow
Despite what you may think of America’s Got Talent, there have been very talented comedians that have gotten through more than a few rounds like Melissa Villasenor and Tom Cotter. The very funny Taylor Williamson is poised to be next in this line as he has moved on to the second round on AGT to be in Las Vegas tomorrow.
Make sure to tune in and, more importantly, vote for Taylor, if you find him hilarious like we do, tomorrow at 9PM NBC.
Lewis Black’s Next Comedy Special To Be Aired Live as Paper Per View Event in August
Lewis Black is doing what almost no comedians are doing today, broadcasting their specials live via Pay Per View. Old Yeller will air on August 24th from The Borgata Theater in Atlantic City, NJ.
Also, there’s a VIP package for around $1000, give or take $200 or so depending on whether you’re one or two people, will get you front row seats, a meet and greet, two nights hotel, and many other amenities and access to exclusive parties.
Based on how this goes, we wonder if any comedians will follow suit like many have followed Louis CK’s self-producing-distributing comedy special model (including the $1000 VIP package).
Having seen TJ Miller several times, we know that he’s an undeniable comedic force wherever he goes.
As an example, here’s one of our favorite sets of his from The Super Serious Show in January of last year where TJ checked himself with a “riffing leash” then when on to riff on a ‘coked up Thomas Edison".
ON THE HORIZON
The Bitter Buddha DVD Release Party @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Jul. 19th 10PM $14/2 item min.
Computer Chess Sneak Preview @ Cinefamily Sun. Jun. 28th 6PM $12
COMEDY CRAWL
The New York Rats @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5 (stand by only)
Greg Proops Film Club: Le Samourai @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $12
TNT Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 8PM FREE
Patton Oswalt @ Irvine Improv 8PM $22/2 item min.
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Victory Lap @ The Virgil 9PM FREE
Comedy Living Room 9PM FREE
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
The Eric Andre Show Live! @ Fonda Theatre 9PM $30
The Finkelstein Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Gangbusters @ Improv Space 11PM $5
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 available 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.
THE MOTH @ LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/stories on theme of “darkness” only/Lottery/5 min./10 spots only/$8 cover
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
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
LA Weekly Web Awards Nominees Announced/Open for Voting
The funniest blogs, Twitter feeds, web series, podcasts and more are all up for grabs at LA Weekly including Paul F. Tompkins, @elibraden, The Thrilling Adventure Hour, etc.
Cast your votes to make sure your favorites win.
At YouTube’s Official Comedy, the Full On Koechner writing staff has got the Internet and viral videos figured out, so let’s just sit in on one of their meetings to see what exactly those are.
Spoiler alert: this video is called Cats and Balls, but you should watch it anyway both for how funny and true it is.
Eric Andre wants to host the MTV Video Music Awards to the point of making a whole audition tape and posting it online for MTV and the world to see. We’d love to see him get the gig if only to have people that look nothing like the celebrities they’re supposed to be playing accepting awards on their behalf while they’re in attendance.
Watch Eric’s audition on the Jash Network here.
Lucky day for comedy fans or, really, anyone who likes to laugh a lot as there are four big comedy album releases today.
Namely:
Maria Bamford “Ask Me About My New God”
Moshe Kasher “Live in Oakland”
Jerry Rocha “Take That, Real Dad”
Andy Kaufman “Andy & His Grandmother”
So skip out going out to dinner and drinks for these comedy albums because you can probably eat some leftovers that haven’t expired yet. It’ll be worth it.
Funny Or Die’s ‘Billy On The Street’ Gets Another Season at Fuse
This news counts for a 3rd season for ‘Billy On The Street’, which we’re hoping will make for a DVD box set complete with a list of what you should yell at people on the street for as compiled by Billy Eichner.
Conan’s longtime warm-up, Jimmy Pardo, will be, as Andy Richter tweeted, acting as Conan’s sidekick for the next couple of episodes. Not only are we thrilled that we get to see more Pardo on TV, but we’re excited to be told to Google a bunch of references that will be really funny when we find out what/who they are.
Tune in TBS 11PM.
ON THE HORIZON
Crabfeast Stand Up Show @ Brea Improv Wed. July 24th 8PM $12/2 item min.
Howard Kremer’s Summahfest at Meltdown w/Jonah & Kumail @ Nerdmelt Showroom Sat. Aug. 10th 2PM FREE w/RSVP
COMEDY CRAWL
Room 101 Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
The Super Serious Show @ The Virgil 8PM $10
Melissa! @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
The Parlor Social Comedy Show @ Echoes Under Sunset 9:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
PANINI GARDEN 2715 Main St., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/10 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Gabby Tary and Jordan Likover
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
ICE HOUSE STAGE 2 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/4 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/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.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 drink min.
DAVE’S CHILLIN’ AND GRILLIN’ 2152 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM//First come, first served/No purchase necessary
HAYWORTH THEATER 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:15PM/First come, first served/4 min./20 spots only/1 item min./Hosted by Laura Mannino
ZOEY’S CAFE 185 E. Santa Clara, Ventura, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/10 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Samantha Ross
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/mixed mic
LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/First come, first served/20 5 min. spots only/5 ‘set list’ spots (have to riff off of given topic)/booked headliner/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Brendan Cooney and Josh Baker
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./Lottery/1 item min.
HOUSE OF TACOS 5616 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts 10PM after Room 101/Anyone can play/improvise/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 7/16/13 at Nerdist
Check our picks for this week’s 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos at The Nerdist featuring Superego, Codefellas with John Hodgman and Emily Heller, Creepy Caress, and more.
If you wish to be considered for a future 5 MIFV as they happen every week and we’re always looking for great new hilarious online videos, please read the rules before submitting.
HBO Picks Up Duplass Brothers Comedy Pilot ‘Togetherness’
Mark and Jay Duplass’ comedy pilot is going forward over at HBO. We’re excited to see what the duo is going to bring to the small screen, especially at a place like HBO.
Keep tabs on ‘Togetherness’ is what we’re saying.
Henry Phillips has put together a really funny music video for ‘Holy Guacamole’ by “Jose Suicidio” that basically features some of the best moments of Henry’s Kitchen put to a song about guacamole and, well, things not going so well at all.
Here’s the First Preview of NTSF:SD:SUV Season 3 with Co-Star Karen Gillan
We know there are plenty of reasons to freak out at the headline if you’re a comedy nerd, a Dr. Who fan, or one in the same, but just take some deep breaths, maybe use a paper bag if you have to, then enjoy this clip from season 3 of NTSF:SD:SUV coming to Adult Swim next week on July 25th.