If you just thought listening to the audio of the Todd Glass Show was amazing, just look at the shenanigans that happen in the studio with toupees and dancing and Eddie Pepitone when coupled with video.
Todd Glass and company almost seem like they’re having so much fun that someone is going to tell them to keep it down, but, luckily, it’s Todd and that isn’t going to happen.
Bill Murray making an appearance for David Letterman’s 20th Anniversary of hosting The Late Show at CBS did not disappoint.
Just watch Bill’s dazzling entrance, his gift to Dave, his time capsule, and a special song, and wish every episode of The Late Show kind of went like this.
While there is a story of former child pageant stars grown up trying to relive their former glory, “Ass Backwards” seems to be a great vehicle for Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael (and a bunch of great co-stars in Alicia Silverstone, Bob Odenkirk, Paul Scheer, and more) to showcase just how funny they are.
Watch the trailer for “Ass Backwards” here.
The Moth Publishing Stories in Print
The cult phenomenon of The Moth Storytelling series is now putting several of their best tales from the hundreds that have been told under their banner into print. For the point of The Moth being stories that are told in person, it seems a little odd, but as they’re also well told stories, it’s a very natural move. To be included are stories from such great and funny storytellers as Brian Finkelstein and the late Mike DeStefano.
“The Moth” is now on pre-order to be released on Sept. 3rd.
ON THE HORIZON
Karen Kilgariff Album Recording @ Bootleg Theater Sun. Sept. 1st 7:30PM $8-$10
The Midnight Show w/Derek Waters @ UCB Theatre Sat. Sept. 7th MIDNIGHT $5
COMEDY CRAWL
The Adventure Time Encyclopaedia Book Signing @ Stories Books & Cafe 2:30PM FREE
Kathleen Madigan @ Comedy & Magic Club 6:45PM/9:30PM $27.50
Set List @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM/9PM $10
Jim Jefferies @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $30/2 item min.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World @ Aero Theatre 7:30PM $11
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM/10PM FREE
Jon Huck @ Downtown Comedy Club/Les Noces Du Figaro 8PM $20
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Ben Schwartz Presents Snowpants @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Field Day @ Rant LA 10PM $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
Nerd Fight @ iO West 11:30PM $5
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
The Walsh Brothers @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3PM/Starts 4PM/No purchase necessary/Hosted by TJ Amick
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
Andy Daly’s “Review” Coming to Comedy Central in 2014
There were a lot of really intriguing projects that were on this year’s development slate over at Comedy Central such as Andy Daly’s Review show where he’ll review kind of anything.
Don’t worry if you were thinking it wasn’t going to air; just know that you’ll have to wait until next year for that to happen (OK, stop making that face–if you can wait until 2014 for a new season of Louie, you can wait a few more months for this).
On the last season of America’s Got Talent, Tom Cotter was runner up in the show and that’s as far as any stand up comedian had ever placed on AGT. However, Taylor Williamson is poised to do either the same or actually win the show as he has just advanced to the finals this week.
Congratulations to Taylor and we really hope he wins it all (i.e. vote for him when the finals showdown comes around).
Justin Spitzer & Aaron Kaplan Sell Detroit Auto Co. Comedy Pilot to NBC
Another The Office-esque single camera comedy is coming from former Office writer Justin Spitzer at NBC this time, instead of a municipal government department or an office supply company, it’ll be set in Detroit at an automotive company.
So, we guess that there will be a darker tone? We’d more confidently guess, by this move, that NBC isn’t done with single camera workplace comedies though.
‘This Is the End’ Back in Theaters Next Month
While this is good news for both This Is The End and repeat audiences as well as people that didn’t get a chance to see it, this is definitely an intriguing statement on the Hollywood Summer Box Office possibly becoming a shadow of its former self.
Also, it’s great to see a somewhat original comedy feature (it was based off of a short film made by the same people) that critically and commercially fared well is what is being given a little credence, for a week at least, over another tentpole blockbuster a-list star filled adaptation of a YA novel series.
ON THE HORIZON
Todd Glass @ Irvine Improv Thurs. Sept. 5th-Sun. Sept. 8th $17-$20/2 item min.
Prompter @ Nerdmelt Showroom Thurs. Sept. 12th 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Crashbar Improv @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Jim Jefferies @ Irvine Improv 7PM $30/2 item min.
American Me Comedy @ Hollywood Improv 7:30PM $10/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Karen Kilgariff Album Recording @ Bootleg Theater 7:30PM $8-$10
UnCabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$30
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Power Violence Redux @ Theatre 6470 9PM FREE
Stand Up Massacre @ iO West 9PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Gravid Water @ UCB Theatre 9:3PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3PM/Starts 4PM/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.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
JARAGUA 4493 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/4 min./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
Bob’s Burgers Returning at End of September
Bob’s Burgers is coming back for its 4th season at the end of the month, Sun. Sept. 29th 8:30PM, for any of those wondering/need a specific date to look forward to.
Also, interesting to note is that Fox seems to be grouping all their animated shows under the Fox Animation Domination banner as you’ll see at the bottom of the Bob’s Burgers ad that John Roberts tweeted out. We wonder if that makes the Fox ADHD brand a little more well rounded.
As part of Geeking Out w/Kerri Doherty Live for YouTube’s Official Comedy, the wonderful Janeane Garofalo stepped into the safe space of geeking out, sort of.
When it comes to “geeking out”, Garofalo obsesses about anything from the Puppy Bowl to wanting to be a high functioning addict in the best way possible. Watch it here.
Kathleen Turner Joins ‘Dumb and Dumber To’/’Dumb and Dumber To’ Closer to Happening
A sequel to the 1994 buddy comedy “Dumb and Dumber” starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels is really happening sometime next year.
While doing a sequel 20 years later might seem suspicious, we’re sure that will be plenty of great memes and .gifs contrasting Harry and Lloyd with Will McAvoy and Joel Barish, respectively.
ON THE HORIZON
Frances Ha/Greenberg Double Feature @ New Beverly Cinema Sept. 3rd-5th 7:30PM $8
The Heart She Holler Season 2 Sneak Preview @ Cinefamily Sept. 4th 10:30PM FREE w/RSVP
Sean Conroy @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Sept. 7th 10PM $18/2 item min.
Pretty, Pretty Pony @ Westside Comedy Theater Mon. Sept. 9th 10:30PM FREE
Tommy Johnagin @ Comedy & Magic Club Thurs. Sept. 19th 8PM $15/2 item min.
Lost Moon Radio @ Nerdmelt Showroom Thurs. Sept. 19th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL–
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
Hot Meat @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA (Los Feliz)/Sign-up 8:15PM/Starts 8:30PM/lottery/No purchase necessary
Portlandia Season 3 Now on Netflix
Just in case you don’t have a Labor Day BBQ to go to or any shopping to do, binge watching Season 3 of Portlandia on Netflix, that was just released yesterday, should be right up your alley.
Funny or Die enlisted the comedic genius of Superego and both Paul F. Tompkins and Janie Haddad Tompkins to parody Boardwalk Empire and, we’ve got to say, we’ve never seen an episode (or know any of the references like we do for Game of Thrones because all of you can’t stop talking about it) and it’s pretty amazing.
Comedy Central’s Roast of James Franco Airs Tonight on TV and Online
The time has finally come for Comedy Central’s latest roast of James Franco, which many wonder will be the moment where these roasts take on the more traditional spirit of roasts by honoring the person being roasted. Having seen some many of the jokes being worked out around LA, we have faith that this might just be the case. A good tell tale sign of that is that if you see all the members of the dais, at the end of their sets, don’t say, “Thanks for being a good sport,” like they did for Donald Trump.
The Roast of James Franco is on Comedy Central (as well online at ComedyCentral.com) tonight at 10PM.
FXx Has Officially Launched/Airing “Parks and Recreation Marathon”
The day has come where the comedy at FX has now spun off into a sister channel in FXx. Most of the series will premiere their new season on Wed. Sept. 4th, but, for now, you can enjoy an entire Parks and Recreation marathon on (check GetFXX.com to see what channel # it is).
ON THE HORIZON
The Moth Mainstage: Saints & Sinners @ Royce Hall UCLA Tues. Sept. 10th 8PM $25-$50
Set List w/Eddie Pepitone & Friends @ Flappers Burbank Sun. Sept. 15th 7PM $20/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Frances Ha/Greenberg Double Feature @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Not Safe For Work @ The Del Monte Speakeasy 8PM FREE
TNT Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 8PM FREE
Happy Contest Time @ 3 Clubs 8PM FREE
Not For Nothin’ @ Echoes Under Sunset 8PM FREE
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Comedy Central’s @Midnight w/Chris Hardwick @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM FREE w/RSVP (stand by only)
Thrilling Adventure Hour’s Beyond Belief Pilot Reading @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
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 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Lottery/20 spots available/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
CHEERS BAR & GRILL 717 S. San Gabriel Blvd., San Gabriel, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Lottery/10 spots available by drawing at venue/10 spots available at FB page-facebook.com/thejokegym/5 min.
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 @ ZANZIBAR 1301 5th St., Santa Monica, CA/Doors open 7PM/Starts 7:30PM sharp/Stories only on theme of “rules”/Lottery/10 spots only/5 min./$8 cover
THE STAGE CAFE 546 San Fernando Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM or in advance at jaketaveren@monkeyheadconcepts.biz/Starts 7PM/5-7 min. spots for walk-ins/pre-booked spots 10-12 min./First come, first served/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.
BYBLOS 1964 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/5 min./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
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM after booked show/Lottery
JON LOVITZ COMEDY CLUB 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA (on second floor of Universal City Walk)/Sign-up 9:15PM-9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary (purchase gets priority spots)/Valet parking w/validation $3
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’s The Roast of James Franco finally aired last night and we were happy to see the dais as friends, especially when it came to Bill Hader playing the President of Hollywood or Nick Kroll pondering who Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen’s writing partner, exactly is.
Watch these clips and more of the James and the rest of the dais at Comedy Central’s YouTube channel.
Joe DeRosa marks the release of his third comedy album today bearing the title we really do love “You will die.” Don’t miss out on picking up a copy as DeRosa is so funny that he can bring levity to us all after a pretty straightforward reminder of our own mortality.
Get “You will die.” here.
See Wonderful NYC Comedy Over the Past Year Through the Lens of Mindy Tucker
Just like there are a handful of comedians that are on the tip of everyone’s tongue, there are a handful of photographers around the country that capture those comedians and more wherever they can.
Mindy Tucker is one such photographer for the NYC comedy scene and you can see her work in a wonderfully put together stream at the link featuring way too many hilarious people for us to list here (so just go look at it already).
The Heart, She Holler Season 2 Premieres Sept. 10th
The second season of the trippy gothic horror comedy The Heart, She Holler is coming to Adult Swim next Tues. Sept. 10th 12:30AM. If you can’t wait that long, Adult Swim is playing episodes from Season 1 every night at that time until the season premiere.
Halloween costume stores are just now opening in time if you ever feel like dressing like any of the characters from the show.
UCB’s Pantsuit gives us the ideal situation for whenever someone drops a pun and then follows it with “No pun intended.”
And by ideal situation, we mean throwing accusations around aggressively and being fraught with tension. Watch exactly what we mean here.
Two of our favorite comedians to watch right now that America will hopefully know from far and wide are performing tonight on your television (and probably tomorrow on whatever device you watch YouTube on).
Rory Scovel will be back again on Conan (TBS 11PM), which is always fantastic, and the terrific Cameron Esposito will be on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35AM) making her late night stand up debut.
In short, don’t miss these.