Season Three of HBO’s Girls Premiering Next Year
The critically acclaimed series Girls from Lena Dunham is coming back in January 2014 to HBO.
We are looking forward to its return as well as the myriad of essays that have come along with the series and its effect on television.
Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco has started doing previews for TED talks as done by comedians. Of course, they’re a little different than your normal TED Talks (except that one done by Improv Everywhere)
Watch Patton Oswalt’s TED Talk here.
Comedy Gives Back Doing Digital Comedy Telethon for Malaria No More
The old school is meeting the new school with a livestream, multiplatform comedy benefit done in the style of a telethon for Comedy Gives Back for Malaria No More, an organization dedicated to eradicating Malaria.
On Wed. Nov. 6th, Dailymotion will be streaming globally a 24 hours of live comedy sourced from live shows taking place all the way from London to Los Angeles to Sydney featuring the likes of Reggie Watts, Greg Berhendt, Rhys Darby, Marc Maron, Rove McManus, Eugene Mirman, and more.
You can buy tickets to one of the events as well as donate to Malaria No More right now all at the link.
Watch Tapings of Comedy Central’s @midnight with Chris Hardwick
In case you were wondering, tapings of the highly anticipated @midnight at Comedy Central will be taking place in LA at Hollywood Center Studios starting tonight, then taping 4 nights a week.
You can get free tickets to a taping at the link, which is a thing we highly recommend that you do to see the likes of Mike Lawrence, Jackie Kashian, James Adomian, Andy Daly, Kyle Kinane, Tom Lennon, Kurt Braunohler, Ron Funches, Eugene Mirman, Natasha Leggero, Megan Neuringer, and more see who has the funniest take on the Internet that day/night.
ON THE HORIZON
The Walsh Brothers Take Over The Tomorrow Show @ Steve Allen Theater Sat. Oct. 19th MIDNIGHT $8
Eric Andre @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Oct. 26th 10PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
140 Characters: A Solo “Show” by Cole Stratton @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7:30PM $10
Hour of Power: Presented by Devastator @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/2 item min.
The Business LA @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM $5
The Evening Hour with Sean Conroy @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Thursday Night Booty @ Redwood Bar 8PM FREE
Anna David’s True Tales of Lust & Love @ M Bar $10
Ha Ha Hills Comedy Show @ Brewdog Pub 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Set List Takes Over The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Baby Talk with Dan Levy @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Comedy at Cinefile @ Cinefile Video 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
Loud Village @ The Hollywood Improv 10PM $5/2 item min.
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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min.
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/20 spots available only/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
HI DE HO COMICS 1431 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Lottery/No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
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
Wes Anderson’s latest film The Grand Budapest Hotel is upon us, specifically Mar. 7th 2014, and has a trailer with all the familiar trappings of a Wes Anderson movie with familiar players/stellar cast, exquisite costumes and production design juxtaposed with a good degree of quirkiness, which is probably set to be another really great movie.
Get Free Tickets to “The Pete Holmes Show”
The Pete Holmes Show will be taped at Warner Brothers Studios and, as such, will need an audience for taping multiple nights a week.
Basically, if you’re in LA for any reason, just go to this.
Due to Power Outage, South Park Missed an Air Date
In case you don’t know, South Park basically produces an episode for air right before it airs and has done so for the past 16 seasons. It took a power outage for them to not be able to deliver and delay a week.
This is pretty amazing considering how long they could have had a time loss incident sign not set back to zero.
Sam Hyde of the comedy group Million Dollar Extreme pulled probably one of the best TED talk pranks we’ve ever seen by doing a talk entitled “2070 Paradigm Shift” at TED x Drexel U while wearing fake armor and running shoes predicting everything that will happen in 2070.
Trust us; it’s worth the whole almost 20 minutes, so watch it ASAP.
NBC Orders Animated Comedy Pilot Presentation From Ed Helms & The Office’s Graham Wagner
Ed Helms continues making moves as a producer racking up projects including this latest one with NBC that’s an animated comedy working with Graham Wagner who has worked with in the past on a little thing called The Office.
Over the last several months, it’s clear NBC has definitely doesn’t want to stop doing business with people from The Office.
With Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight out of commission and Ben Affleck as Batman, we can only hope that the new movie where Batman and Superman team up is anything like this Pete Holmes Show sketch.
In fact, just make a whole movie of this.
On Jan. 11th-12th 2014, the NYC PodFest is returning for another round just like the LA Podcast Festival did this past month and having good podcast line-up with shows from both coasts including The Dork Forest w/Jackie Kashian, Keith and The Girl, Risk! w/Kevin Allison, Pep Talks with Eddie Pepitone, Road Stories, and more.
Weekend passes are on sale for $100 and would probably be the perfect Christmas gift for the comedy/podcast fan in your life if you want to get that out of the way in Oct.
Jennifer Howell To Head Comedy For Paramount Television
Having had a hand in Bob’s Burgers, South Park, as well as working on many other Matt Stone and Trey Parker projects, Jennifer Howell is very intriguing choice to have head up the comedy division for Paramount Television.
Perhaps, we’ll see more stuff like Burning Love come by way of Paramount (you did know that Paramount was involved in Burning Love, right?)
ON THE HORIZON
Festival Supreme @ Santa Monica Pier Sat. Oct. 19th 3PM $99-$250
Lewis Black @ Fred Kavil Theatre Sun. Oct. 27th 8PM $68-$95
COMEDY CRAWL
Brand New Ball @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Dave Attell @ Irvine Improv 8PM/10PM $25/2 item min.
Almost Ladies @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM FREE
The Swarm @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Laughter Is The Best Medicine @ The Comedy Store 8:30PM $40/2 item min. (stand by only)
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubistch 8:30PM FREE
Lady to Lady Presents: The Noble Experiment @ Echoes Under Sunset 8:30PM FREE
Crave: The Comedy Rave 9PM $10-$15
Whiz Bang! @ The Capri 9PM FREE
Hello Giggles: After Dark @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Higgs Weldon @ Neon Venus Theatre 9PM FREE
Voyeuristic Voyage Swinger’s Cruise @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM No cover/1 drink min.
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World @ New Beverly Cinema MIDNIGHT $8
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
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Paco McCauley
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
Challenge Against Podcasting Patent Troll Taken to USPTO by EFF
If you’re not at all familiar, the world of podcasting is in potential danger by what is known as “patent trolls”, people trying to obtain licensing fees off of a patent while they themselves do not enact or produce any such services or products from the very patent they’re trying to profit from.
Luckily, podcasters have banded together, specifically the Electronic Frontier Foundation and are taking it to straight to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Hopefully, this will be resolved soon, so we can go back to listen comedians get deep with no worry.
New York’s Village Voice Names Mark Normand Best Comedian
Well done Mark Normand for garnering the title and Village Voice for making a great choice.
If you don’t know Normand because he’s on that other coast, then please watch this Conan set and become a fan.
Get All 15 Shows of The Comedy Bang! Bang! Tour for $25
If you couldn’t make it to any of the stops on the nationwide tour of Comedy Bang! Bang!, don’t worry as Earwolf has made them all available in MP3s for just $25.
Considering how much you’re saving on gas in addition to getting the live version of probably one of your favorite podcasts/shows, you should get in on this ASAP.
Colin Quinn stopped by Totally Biased to chat with host W. Kamau Bell and gave a little more specifics on what his thoughts on the constitution that he lays out in his traveling one man show Unconstitutional are as well as his thoughts on the SNL diversity controversy, and more.
Watch the whole interview (by the way you guys should watch the interviews on Totally Biased as they’re definitely figuring out their niche in late night) here.
Conan O’Brien To Do Some Serious Jibber Jabbering with Mel Brooks
Comedy legend Mel Brooks still has stories to tell as well as some jibber and jabber that he’s shared with Conan O’Brien’s intimate one-on-one conversation web series Serious Jibber Jabber.
This episode is coming out this coming Monday, but you can watch a preview at the link.
The Birthday Boys Premieres Tonight at IFC
The night is finally here when the Bob Odenkirk executively produced Birthday Boys sketch shows premieres at IFC.
Carve out whatever you have going on at 10:30PM and find someone who has cable if you don’t already and watch The Birthday Boys premiere on IFC.
ON THE HORIZON
Detroit Party @ King King Tues. Oct. 22nd 8PM $35-$50
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Sun. Oct. 27th 9:30PM $10/1 drink min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Communicon @ Embassy Suites Glendale 9:30PM $50 for weekend pass (sold out)
Vicious & Delicious @ Vicious Dogs 3PM FREE
Festival Supreme @ Santa Monica Pier 3PM $99-$250
The Last Show I Do Before I Go on Medication w/Nicol Paone @ Double Decker Bus That Leaves from Pantages Theatre 6PM $25
Dave Attell @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $25/2 item min.
The Howling/The Wolf Man w/Dana Gould @ Aero Theatre 7:30PM $11
Comedy Voltron @ Space 15 Twenty 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Booze Cruise @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM FREE
Canopy Comedy in North Hollywood 9PM FREE
Talking Heads with Terrence Newman @ Echoes Under Sunset 9:30PM FREE
Brew Haha in Silverlake 9:30PM FREE
Bestie x Bestie @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
The Late Live Show w/Joe Kwaczala @ iO West 11:30PM $5
Tournament of Nerds: Halloween Horror Show @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
The Walsh Brothers Take Over The Tomorrow Show @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
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.
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.
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/4-8 min./Mixed mic/1 item min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery
Amber Tozer Sells Tozer Show to Fox ADHD
Fox ADHD has possibly just got its latest series from buying Tozer Show from the very funny Amber Tozer.
From what we’ve seen from her web series nitTWITs as well as her stand up, we’re excited to hopefully see the Tozer Show make it to series.
Fox Gives ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Full Season Pickup
So, there will be more .gifs of Chelsea Peretti dancing around the bull pen, but we hope, with this full season order that Joe Lo Truglio gets some .gif love too.
Also, congratulations to Brooklyn Nine-Nine for surviving the first network TV gauntlet.
Tom Segura Recording His First Hour Special in Minnesota Next Month
The hysterical Tom Segura is recording his first hour long comedy special, which in our opinion is long overdue. Though he’s based in LA, the fine folks of Minneapolis, MN can catch the taping at the Goodale Theater on Nov. 9th 7PM and 9:30PM for free so long as you RSVP at the link above.
If you can somehow go to this, please do so and you wouldn’t be crazy to fly out for this if that’s something you like doing.
Community Gets Season Premiere Date at NBC
It’s really happening that Community is coming back to the NBC line-up on Thursdays starting Jan. 2nd. This time, they won’t have any holiday specific episodes that air way after that holiday or maybe they will and they’ll both probably be great.