If you pre-ordered it, then you have probably already gotten your copy, but, if not, then you can and should go pick up Rob Delaney’s new book Rob Delaney: Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.
ON THE HORIZON
A Is For Presents: Night of a Thousand Vaginas: An Emergency Benefit to Help Texas Women @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Mon. Nov. 18th 8PM $40-$100
An Evening with Beth Stelling @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Nov. 19th 9PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:45PM FREE w/RSVP
Big Money @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Mind Warriors LA with Greg Barris @ Fake Gallery 7PM FREE
Cristela Alonzo @ Brea Improv 8PM $15-$17/2 item min.
Impro(vs)tand Up @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Improvised Stand Up @ 3 Clubs 8PM FREE
Lost Moon Radio 8PM $15
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
This Is Your Show! @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
Mantzoukas and… @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Kennedy Administration @ Echoes Under Sunset 9:30PM FREE
Something Special @ Flappers Burbank 10PM $10/2 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.
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
IT’S A GRIND 247 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Shayne Michael
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
INDIA’S FLAVOR 156 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 9:15PM/Starts 10PM/Hosted by Atif Myers
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
FXX’s ‘Totally Biased’ Cancelled, Last Show To Air Tonight
This is sad news for what was shaping up to be quite a show. We hope W. Kamau Bell as well as the staff of Hari Kondabolu, Dwayne Kennedy, Kevin Avery, Eliza Skinner, Aparna Nancherla, Guy Branum, Kevin Katoaka, Louis Katz, Frank Conniff and more will find another way to be on TV again because they were all pretty great.
Watch the last episode tonight at 11PM, so watch it if you happen to have FXx.
NBC Reviving ‘Last Comic Standing’ Again
NBC just doesn’t quite want to let go of the stand up comedy competition Last Comic Standing. The reason as to why, we’re not sure. Perhaps, they have some sort of graph that says that stand up has gotten significantly more popular in a target demographic over the last couple of years that Last Comic Standing went off the air or something.
Either way, we are excited to see it come back as the last season put James Adomian, Kurt Metzger, Myq Kaplan, Laurie Kilmartin, Tommy Johnagin, and more on national television.
Rich Vos talks his road to recovery from crack addiction, which he amazingly went cold turkey from decades ago, in this latest episode of Scott Moran’s Modern Comedian at PBS Digital and how that fuels his comedy and everything else in his life.
Jack Black and Tim Robbins to Star in HBO Comedy ‘The Brink’
Having Rory Scovel on The Pete Holmes Show only leaves room for the highest form of goofing off as opposed to a traditional interview and makes for a whole bunch of fun in taking forever to do a bit of Rory’s, slam cemeteries, and more that you won’t see during most other late night interviews save for maybe Ferguson or Conan.
Watch parts one, two, three, and four now please.
While FXx is letting go of Totally Biased, it’s bringing on an animated series that’s giving the Eastbound & Down treatment to the rap game. ‘Chozen’.
Featuring the voices of Bobby Moynihan, Hannibal Buress, Method Man, Kathryn Hahn, and more, you should definitely give the trailer a watch. Chozen premieres Mon. Jan. 13th.
After what we’re sure you think is a really long break, both Parks and Recreation and Eagleheart are back on the air tonight as well as the premiere of TBS’ Ground Floor which features the hysterical Rory Scovel (just watch his amazing interview with Pete Holmes that we posted below).
Basically, it’s a great night of TV that should go like this:
Parks and Recreation on NBC 8PM
Ground Floor on TBS 10PM
Eagleheart on Adult Swim 12AM
Honestly, Jim Gaffigan should have a show on The Food Network or The Travel Channel for the countless hours of hysterical jokes he has had on food around the world.
Watch him showcase more great material on food on Conan last night here and here.
ON THE HORIZON
The Blind Barber’s Secret Show @ The Blind Barber Wed. Nov. 20th 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Jay Larson @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Nov. 29th 8PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Brand New Ball @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Cristela Alonzo @ Brea Improv 8PM/10PM $15-$17/2 item min.
The Manifesto Show’s 2nd Annual Turkey Shoot Three Man Tournament @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Lost Moon Radio 8PM $15
Almost Ladies @ Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe 8PM FREE
Maria Bamford @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
The Swarm @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Hello Giggles: After Dark @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Higgs Weldon @ Neon Venus Theatre 9PM FREE
Lady to Lady @ Echoes Under Sunset 9:30PM FREE
Mike O’Connell & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $10/2 item min.
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
Camp! @ The Clubhouse 11:30PM FREE
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.
PANINI GARDEN 2715 Main St., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/Hosted by Solange Castro
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.
BOB’S ESPRESSO 5251 N. Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7:30PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/3 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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery
“@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” Gets 40 Week Order From Comedy Central
We feel like this is one of the rare occasions where we had little doubt that a show like this would get renewed and then, that actually happened instead of us scratching our heads as to what networks are thinking by listening to increasingly irrelevant Nielsen ratings.
Well, we cannot wait for more “@midnight” coming soon as well as the barrel fun of awesome comedians that America will get to see for the first time.
Bill Cosby has been a fantastic comedian throughout the tenures of the hosts of The Tonight Show.
John Oliver Leaving The Daily Show to Star in HBO Show That Sounds a Lot Like The Daily Show
Just like that scene at the beginning of Inception where Cobb impresses Saito at the covert audition, HBO must have been really impressed with the Summer of John Oliver at The Daily Show and are giving him his own show that looks at politics, culture, and more (seemingly much like The Daily Show).
That only leaves us to wonder if there is a heir apparent in mind now for Jon Stewart?
Chris Elliott has been on a tear through late night as of late in promotion of Eagleheart and his appearance last night on Conan was no different as he made a sad stomach and we’re going to leave the description just at that to not ruin it for you.
The Simpsons Will Be Available to Stream Through FXx
No longer will you need to have the stacks of DVD box sets around your house of The Simpsons as FXx has made a deal to stream them exclusively online.
That’s over 500 episodes to binge watch, so get ready.
Jon Stewart plus pizza, for whatever reason, equals comedy gold. We honestly believe that Jon could probably do close to a half hour special on pizza based off his rant against Donald Trump on NYC pizza and now, this latest rant on Chicago pizza vs. New York’s.
Watch Stewart take down deep dish pizza spectacularly to the point where Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel sent a retort in pizza form in a sort of cold pizza war stand off.
‘Brody Stevens: Enjoy It’ to Premiere on Comedy Central December 1st
This means that Brody Stevens will have two shows going at the same time with his new show at VPN, Positive Push, and his original digital series at HBO that now has transitioned into a full fledged TV show, Brody Stevens: Enjoy It on Comedy Central starting next month.
Even with all of that, Brody has still managed to do around 2500 warm up performances for shows, which we can only attribute to #positiveenergy.
ON THE HORIZON
All Things Comedy @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Nov. 20th 8:30PM $25
Happy Contest Time @ 3 Clubs Tues. Dec. 3rd 8PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
The Cornetto Trilogy @ Egyptian Theatre 5PM $11
Minor League Harold Night @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Cristela Alonzo @ Brea Improv 7PM/9PM $15-$17/2 item min.
Iron Comic @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Lost Moon Radio 8PM $15
Maria Bamford @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Brew Haha @ Marissa’s Backyard 9:30PM Donations accepted
Bestie x Bestie @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Graham Elwood @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $18/2 item min.
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
The Late Live Show with Joe Kwaczala @ iO West 11:30PM $5
The Tomorrow Show with Ron Lynch @ 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 ½ 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.
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.
PEPPER’S GHOST @ THE MACHINE PROJECT 1200D N. Alvarado St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/stage is “pepper’s ghost” installation (performer will be technically off stage, then projected to audience)/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/email machine@machineproject.com for more details
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery
Season 2 of Legit Adds Carrie Fisher as Hollywood Executive
Since the move from FX to FXx, essentially leaving basic cable, there have been growing pains as we’ve seen in Totally Biased getting cancelled. Still, there have been good moves in The Simpsons deal as well as adding Carrie Fisher to Jim Jefferies’ Legit.
Made Man’s latest comedy web series Laugh Trek pits Moshe Kasher and Nick Thune in various stand up competitions that are sort of needlessly difficult and torturous like doing a set over loud electronic music or in front a retirement home crowd.
Still, despite all of that, Moshe and Nick manage to pull off some pretty damn funny stuff. Watch them do stand while K-Pop is playing in the background and/or in front of an adult dodge ball team fully armed to bean them with balls if they’re not funny.
Paul Feig Developing ‘The Heat’ Spinoff Focusing on Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin
2014 is going to be a busy year for Paul Feig just like 2013 was. With developing this spinoff of ‘The Heat’, he already has many other projects in the works including a Peanuts movie.
You would have no idea that Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel have dated from Silverman latest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Old friends bring boxes of each other’s stuff on national television to return, right?
ON THE HORIZON
Hot Tub w/Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal feat. Paul F. Tompkins @ The Virgil Mon. Nov. 18th 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher @ UCB Theatre Thurs. Nov. 21st 9:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Crashbar Improv @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Cristela Alonzo @ Brea Improv 7PM $15-$17/2 item min.
Sean O’Connor and Julian McCullough @ Irvine Improv 7PM $15/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Catsby @ Asylum Lab 8PM FREE
Rick and Morty Preview Screening @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM FREE w/RSVP
UnCabaret @ First and Hope 8PM $20-$30
The End of The World Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Chatterbox Comedy @ The Chatterbox 9PM FREE
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly w/Rick Overton @ iO West 9PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
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.
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 8:45PM/Lottery/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Harry Moroz, Pedro Salinas, and Sarah Morisano
PIG N’ WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/6 to 8 min./Mixed mic/5 min.
COCK N BULL 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 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
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Zane Golia
Book About Andy Kaufman By Bob Zmuda and Lynn Margulies Comes Out Next Year
Logic would say that a book by two of the closest people to Andy Kaufman should clear everything up regarding Andy, especially as it’s being touted as a “tell all” book, but we’re just going to wait and see about that.
When the book comes out next year, perhaps, Kaufman had more hoaxes planned posthumously, which wouldn’t be entirely surprising, would it? We’re hoping it’s just the truth so no one would have to deal with anything like the random publicity stunt over a week ago that someone pulled at The Andy Kaufman Award Finals.