In this newest incarnation of The Arsenio Hall Show, Arsenio has enlisted the very funny Hugh Moore for a lot of remote segments for the show in various roles as anything from neighborhood lady to his cousin. Hugh really gets to be Hugh in these bits as well meaning they’re really silly in the best way possible.
Just watch him pitch an entirely new business plan for strip clubs.
ON THE HORIZON
Rhys Darby @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Oct. 12th 8PM $20/2 item min.
$creenplay: Make Thousands Writing Movie$ with Judd Apatow @ UCB Theatre Tues. Oct. 15th (stand by only) & Tues. Oct. 29th 9:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Room 101 Improv @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
A Carlin Home Companion @ ACME Comedy Hollywood 8PM $30
Pints & Puns @ Angel City Brewery 8PM FREE
A Kiss From Daddy/Birthday Boys @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Great Expectations @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/2 item min.
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
Entitlement @ Los Globos 9PM $5
Rambo’s Book Club @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
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/5 min. or 8 min. w/purchase/Hosted by 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.
CORKY’S LOUNGE 5043 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/No walk ins/Must sign-up in advance at jaketaveren@monkeyheadconcepts.biz/Starts 7PM/pre-booked spots 10-12 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Daniella Arce
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/Starts 7:30PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/6-8 min./No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/mixed mic
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedy for more info and to sign up/Starts 9PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfieffer
O’HARRA’S BAR 1000 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM after booked show/Lottery/3-5 min./No purchase necessary
THE OYSTER HOUSE 12446 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA/Starts 10PM/Ends 1AM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Gary Carver
HOUSE OF TACOS 5616 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
Lizzy Caplan to Joining Seth Rogen and James Franco in ‘The Interview’
So, of course, the North Korean political intrigue comedy by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg starring James Franco and Rogen involves a talk show host and their producer and will now feature the delightful Lizzy Caplan.
Well, we’re already wanting to see this in theaters without a trailer.
Jason Nash’s web series for GQ, How To Be a Man, is still trying to find those key ingredients to really achieve the peak of manhood talking to mostly comedians. The answers have varying levels of success, sometimes, to the hazard of Nash as the host.
Adam Scott’s ‘Greatest Event in Television History’ Is Ending After the Next Two Specials
Since Adam Scott is having the Greatest Event in Television History come to close, does anyone have money on him doing The Greatest Event in Movie History, which could be a shot for shot remake of any scene from Manos: The Hands of Fate.
Watch Nacho Vigalondo’s Meditations on Love in His Latest Short Film
Somehow, Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo got a beer company to help him make this short film on love that is not only amazing and very funny, but a rumination on the concept of love.
Please watch all the way to the end. It’s absolutely worth it.
John Mulaney Comedy Lands Series Order at Fox
If this turns out to be a hit series, which, given John Mulaney’s comedic sensibilities and having Martin Short around and perhaps keeping the rest of the stellar cast on board, there might just be a book written about how Fox essentially took this show when NBC didn’t want it.
We had a feeling that Mulaney was going to be a show somewhere.
Riot LA Comedy Passes Officially on Sale
There’s a $65 early bird pass for Riot LA that is one hell of a deal for all the comedy and general awesomeness (live music, food trucks, arcade games, etc.) that you’re going to get all along one street in Downtown LA in January.
Nick Offerman’s personal guide to attaining self-suffiency in a rich, full life based off having one hell of a mustache, Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Fundamentals for Delicious Living
Whether you need a good laugh or some actually manly advice, you should probably go get a copy, maybe even one at a live reading/signing this Saturday at the New Beverly Cinema.
Under the moniker MC Destructo along with the hype man skills of Colton Dunn, Eddie Pepitone brought some fire to the mic at The Arsenio Hall Show, rapping about real life, specifically real life as it pertains to Pepitone instead of in the general “in the streets” sense.
Watch Destructo/Pepitone do his thing.
ON THE HORIZON
The LA Podcast Festival @ Le Meridien Delfina Fri. Oct. 4th-Sun. Oct. 6th $99 weekend pass
Marc Maron @ Ice House Sun. Oct. 13th 7PM $25-32/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Weiscrack @ The Copper Still Bar 8PM FREE
The Business LA @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $5
The Pull List @ Hi De Ho Comics 9PM FREE
The UCB Variety Hour @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Ha Ha Hills Comedy Show @ Brewdog Pub 8:30PM FREE
Sketchmelt @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $10
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Comedy at Cinefile @ Cinefile Video 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
This Feels Terrible @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
The 11th Hour Show Grand Finale @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
The Tulsa Skull Swingers @ Universal Bar & Grill 11:30PM $5
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.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
COFFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA Suite 180/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Jason
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Lottery/Only 20 spots available/5 min./Hosted by Paula Johnson
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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
HI DE HO COMICS 1431 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Lottery/Hosted by Joe Bowling & Tom Seiniger
INDIA’S FLAVOR 156 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Hosted by Meline Tovmasian
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107-A El Centro Ave. Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts MIDNIGHT after 11th Hour/Anyone can play/improvise/No purchase necessary
The Internet Teaches Adam Scott How to Make a Great Movie Poster
In promoting his upcoming movie Adult Children of Divorce, Adam Scott found that the movie poster was perfectly designed for people with a little too much free time hands on their hands or with jobs that are cool with NSFW stuff.
Adam Scott illustrates at the link.
Colin Hanks to Co-Star in FX’s ‘Fargo’ Reboot/Adaptation From Coen Brothers
So, as it stands right now, Colin Hanks and Martin Freeman are going to be in a reboot of Fargo from The Coen Brothers.
2013 has been shitty enough. Can we get to 2014 already?
This month is going to be one hell of a great month for comedy in LA (on top of already it being kind of like a festival every night). This weekend The LA Podcast Festival is happening, then, two weeks later on Oct. 19th, Tenacious D’s Festival Supreme will take to the Santa Monica Pier and bring plenty of comedy awesomeness yet again.
Watch the teaser by Jack Black and Kyle Gass here.
We’re thrilled that LA Weekly, for it’s annual Best of Awards, picked:
Nerdmelt Showroom for Best Comedy Club
Crave: The Comedy Rave for Best Underground Westside Comedy Club
Put Your Hands Together w/Cameron Esposito @ UCB Theatre for Best Live Stand Up Comedy Podcast
What’s even greater is that both Nerdmelt and Crave aren’t even comedy clubs in the traditional sense and yet, both prevailed. It must be a sign of the times…
Post Apocalyptic Comedy to Come from Will Forte, Phil Lord, and Chris Miller
With movies like Idiocracy to This Is The End, the sub genre of post apocalyptic comedy is becoming more and more solid everyday.
This announcement is a pretty good example as well of this trend.
More Amazon Studios Comedy Pilots to Come from Jason Schwartzman, Jill Soloway, and More
It would seem that Amazon Studios is really getting into this comedy on the Internet deal. Good thing they’re getting projects from the likes such unique comedic voices of Jason Schwartzman & Roman Coppola, Jill Soloway, and more.
The Eric Andre Show Season 2 Premieres Tonight
At 12:30AM on Adult Swim tonight, Eric Andre and company, which is usually Hannibal Buress texting or eating or something, return for the 2nd season of The Eric Andre Show.
Don’t miss out on how awkward they can make it with their guests and how much of the set will get broken.
Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael Are Developing a Comedy for NBC
Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael are quickly taking over network television and we have no problem with that.
We hope that all their projects go to series.
ON THE HORIZON
Midnight Run @ Echoes Under Sunset Sat. Oct. 5th 7PM FREE
Come to Papa w/Tom Papa @ Hollywood Improv Tues. Oct. 8th 8PM $10/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
LA Podcast Festival Day 1 @ Le Meridien Delfina Hotel 7PM $29 day pass/$99 weekend pass
Almost Ladies @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM FREE
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Welcome to Nightvale @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $25 (stand by only)
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubistch 8:30PM FREE
Whiz Bang! @ The Capri 9PM FREE
Matty’s Pizza Party @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 10PM $8
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
TAO COMEDY STUDIO 7466 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover includes drink
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
NBC Orders Rob Lowe Comedy Pilot ‘The Pro’
Off of just the idea that Rob Lowe’s character will be a former tennis champ, we’re almost completely sold. Let’s hope that NBC is actually sold on that idea.
Funny or Die Releases 2nd Feature Length Film in Limited Run
Funny or Die is continuing to expands their modes of distribution in releasing another feature length film, though, this time, for a limited period before it gets released in other formats.
You can watch the 91 min. We Are Young, now, for free at Funny or Die.
Conan’s continuing the great classic late night tradition of bringing back very funny stand up comedians that were funny on their program.
Just check Erin Foley’s 2nd set on Conan from last night as a great example.
You might have wondered what Marc Maron has been up to outside of doing his renowned WTF podcast.
Well, it would be a stand up (though he’s making quite the trademark of perching on a stool) special to come to all of us via Netflix Mon. Oct. 7th.
Watch a clip of ‘Thinky Pain’ here and sit and wait patiently for Monday to come to watch the whole thing.
Nathan Fillion To Guest Star on ‘Community’
Along with bringing back John Oliver back for multiple episodes, Community is starting to put together a star studded cameo cast for this upcoming season with this news of Nathan Fillion coming on as a guest star.
Maybe, this is in a move to balance the exit of Donald Glover from the series. If so, we wonder who else they have in store.