Conan O’Brien Introduces Us to Punxsutawney Dr. Phil
Instead of just Punxsutawney Phil for Groundhog Day, we have, thanks to Conan O’Brien, Punxsutawney Dr. Phil here in LA.
No more set up needed, just watch and forget about winter.
Pre-Order Hari Kondabolu’s Waiting For 2042 From Kill Rock Stars
Following Kurt Braunohler’s How Do I Land?, Kill Rock Stars is coming out with another comedy album, this time from the very funny Hari Kondabolu. Set to come out on Mar. 11th, you can pre-order Waiting For 2042 digitally or on CD with a button and postcard.
Whichever way you choose, we think you should just go ahead and pre-order yourself a copy.
Kumail Nanjiani Wanted So Bad To Be Cool
Like many of us, Kumail Nanjiani wanted so badly to be cool and it would devastate him any set back he encountered from being considered cool.
Watch his story of “cool betrayal” in this latest episode of CC:Studios’ This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Returning to Host Golden Globes in 2015
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Returning to Host Golden Globes in 2015
This is great news and should be a surprise to no one. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are arguably at the top of comedy right now with as many great projects their involved in/responsible for and it would be almost dumb for The Golden Globes to not have them back.
In fact, Tina and Amy to the The Golden Globes might just have become like Billy Crystal used to be to The Oscars.
First Promos for Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G Rezurection
Sacha Baron Cohen is finally getting back to his break out character Ali G on FXx in Ali G Rezurection on Wed. Feb. 26th.
Watch two brand new, wicked promos right here, right now.
Stephen Colbert Interviews Pussy Riot
In the late night talk show showdown where talk shows are really booking something big in order to compete with Leno’s last week at The Tonight Show, perhaps what will be one of the most interesting and funniest interviews is Stephen Colbert interviewing members of the punk group Pussy Riot on The Colbert Report.
First off, there’s a translator adding a whole new element of comedic timing to the interview as well as the two members of Pussy Riot being pretty great in the interview. Also, Colbert clearly takes interest towards the end of Pussy Riot’s aims and invitation for Putin to put them back into jail over maintaining the Colbert character.
Give this amazing interview a watch now. Parts one and two.
So, We’re Doing a Live Show at a Hat Shop… Night Cap @ Goorin Bros.
After a long deliberation/our good friends at the fantastic Goorin Bros. Hats wanting to do a comedy show, we along with Goorin present the very first Night Cap at Goorin Bros. Hat Shop on Melrose Ave. (7627 Melrose Ave. to be exact) here in LA.
Remember this: Fri. Feb. 21st, doors at 8:30PM, starts 9PM (Tip: repeating 25 times helps).
There’ll be comedy, hats, comedy plus hats, and even a hat giveaway! Oh yeah, the wonderful comedic talents of Sean Patton, Baron Vaughn, Margot Leitman, Andy Peters, and more as well as some guy who works here at The Comedy Bureau, Jake Kroeger.
The show costs only $5 to attend, which is, we’d bet, cheaper and better than any other night cap you’ve had, so get your tickets now..
Flyer by Deborah Etta Robinson
LA Comedy Rundown 2/6/14
ON THE HORIZON
The Kevin McDonald Likes Music and So Should You Show @ Steve Allen Theater Wed. Feb. 12th 8PM $20
Set List: New Brains Night @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Feb. 21st 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Big Money @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Hip Hop Penguin @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Bright Colors and Bold Patterns with Drew Droege @ VS Theatre $15 (sold out)
Matt Fulchiron @ Irvine Improv 8PM $12/2 item min.
Kinda Sketchy Comedy Show @ Hyperion Tavern 8:30PM FREE
Sketchmelt @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $10
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Wild Horses @ The Clubhouse 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Rick Overton & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 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
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedyfor more info and to sign up/First 23 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Starts 7PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item 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
LOADED 6377 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/15 spots only/7 min./No purchase necessary
RAFA’S LOUNGE ART GALLERY 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/10 spots/Lottery/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Scott Luhrs
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
IT’S A GRIND 247 Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served
TPC THEATRE 214 E. Hardy St., Inglewood, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ben Gonzalez
EDES BAR 12113 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 9:30PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Doug Reed
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
The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project Is Finally Here
The podcast where Andy Daly and Matt Gourley take a closer look at “podcast pilots” to see how they would stand on their own two feet has finally arrived on Earwolf.
The first episode of The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project has a poet laureate, so yeah, go and listen already.
Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays to Premiere on HBO April 19th
Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays to Premiere on HBO April 19th
The Tony Award winning, record grossing one man show from Billy Crystal, 700 Sundays, is coming to HBO on Sat. Apr. 19th. You might be interested to know that this will be almost 30 years since Crystal’s last special on HBO.
Eric Andre Talks Comedy and Doesn’t Get Naked in This Interview with Paul F. Tompkins
In many of his interviews throughout the years, Eric Andre has taken conversations wonderfully off the rails and often times disrobed for comedic effect.
In this latest interview on Paul F. Tompkins’ Speakeasy, you can see a more calm Eric and hear about him studying the upright bass as well as not trying to have the cameras turn off if someone is going to punch him in the face.
UCB’s Scraps Presents Top Ten Ways to Wake Up From a Coma
If you could consciously will yourself into and out of a coma, then you might want to entertain yourself even further by trying these ways of waking up as conveniently curated by UCB’s sketch team Scraps.
Watch and take notes (and, oh yeah, laugh because it’s pretty funny) here.
BJ Novak’s Collection of Short Stories “One More Thing” Now Out
Since The Office’s series finale, or probably even before that, B.J. Novak has been meticulously working on a collection of funny short stories entitled One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
It’s now available and you should pick it up in hardcover and/or in audiobook, which, if you’ve heard this story of Novak’s prank at a museum as a kid, should be more enticing.
YouTube To Crack Down on Bogus Video Views
YouTube To Crack Down on Bogus Video Views
Supposedly, this will only affect a relatively minimal amount of videos on YouTube, but the result has yet to be seen, though it would be hard to see why comedy sketches and web videos would get docked views.
Perhaps, everyone who did a Harlem Shake video will get a few thousand views taken off?
Here’s The Very First Trailer of Andy Daly’s Review on Comedy Central
It’s just more great Andy Daly news today as the first trailer for his upcoming Comedy Central show Review premiering Thurs. Mar. 6th has just dropped. Andy Daly as Forest MacNeil will review life itself. Sound good? You bet it does.
The trailer certainly promises something great, so watch it now.
LA Comedy Rundown 2/7/14
ON THE HORIZON
The Super Serious Show with Matt Braunger @ The Virgil Wed. Feb. 19th 8PM $7 in adv., $10 at door
Part Two! The Sequel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom Mon. Feb. 24th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Bright Colors and Bold Patterns by Drew Droege @ VS Theatre 8PM $15 (sold out)
Mantzoukas and… @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Michael Rayner @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $20
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30 (stand by only)
Grawlix! @ Nerdist Theater 9PM FREE
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
Camp! @ The Clubhouse 11:30PM FREE
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
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 5:45PM/Lottery/20 spots only/3 min./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
BOB’S ESPRESSO 5251 N. Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/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
TAO COMEDY STUDIO 7466 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover includes drink
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107 El Centro, Los Angeles, CA Ste. 110/Starts 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
Watch Crowdsourced “Our RoboCop Remake” Right Now
Our RoboCop Remake hails from over 50 filmmakers from Channel 101, Funny or Die, and more banding together and making over 50 different sections of RoboCop.
The result is awesome, hilarious, absurd, spectacular, and so much more. So, with that being said, go watch it right now because it’s online in full.
Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement To Be Hosted by Taran Killam and Hannibal Buress
Bonnaroo Lineup Announcement To Be Hosted by Taran Killam and Hannibal Buress
We can’t think of, off the top our head, another festival that does its line-up announcement awards show style, but good move going with Taran Killam and Hannibal Buress. We’re sure, with those two in place in addition to The Flaming Lips and more, it’ll be a fun thing to watch.
Take note, The Oscars and several other awards shows.
Daniel Sloss Has Another Great Set on Conan
Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss returns, and only after exactly 2 months since his last set, to Conan for, as said above, another great set. His born gay vs. as a choice joke is particularly great.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview of Monuments Men Is All For Joke on Matt Damon
One of the best bits in late night retains its title as Jimmy Kimmel invited the entire cast of Monuments Men, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Bill Murray, and Bob Balaban on to Jimmy Kimmel Live and they all decided to screw with the other cast member/Kimmel nemesis Matt Damon.
Watch this in all of its comedic glory.
The LA Podcast Festival Is Returning at the End of September
The LA Podcast Festival Is Returning at the End of September
The great LA Podcast Festival is back for its 3rd year and already, months and months away, we can’t wait.
If you’re not familiar with what happens, familiarize yourself with our recap of last year’s festivities.
Open Road Acquires Barry Levinson’s All-Star Comedy ‘Rock the Kasbah’
Open Road Acquires Barry Levinson’s All-Star Comedy ‘Rock the Kasbah’
Rock the Kasbah will feature Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Danny McBride, Shia LaBeouf and Zooey Deschanel as well as being directed by Barry Levinson (Good Morning Vietnam, Wag The Dog) and is supposed to film this summer.
So, you should be looking out for this. Also, given the title of the movie, we’d like to imagine if the, for whatever reason, The Clash’s song Rock The Kasbah couldn’t be in the soundtrack or any trailers.
It’s Always Sunny Philadelphia Art Tribute by Aled Lewis Opens Tonight at Gallery 1988
It’s Always Sunny Philadelphia Art Tribute by Aled Lewis Opens Tonight at Gallery 1988
Gallery 1988, which has made a name for itself from pop culture reinterpretations, is having its latest one from Aled Lewis of It’s Always Sunny Philadelphia inspired art.
The prospect of seeing Dayman in a painting should be enough for you to want to check this out.
LA Comedy Rundown 2/8/14
ON THE HORIZON
Big Money Presents Broken Hearts Are For Assholes: An Evening of Unromantic Comedy @ The Virgil Thurs. Feb. 13th 7PM FREE
Broad City @ Troubadour Sat. Mar. 29th 8PM $16 in adv., $18 day of
COMEDY CRAWL
The Hate Mail Show @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Michael Rayner @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Maria Bamford @ Ebell Society of Santa Ana 7:30PM $35-$75
Bright Colors and Bold Patterns with Drew Droege @ VS Theatre 8PM $15
Matt Braunger & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
A Fundraiser for Forty Panes Nick Offerman Presents… @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $60-$100 (stand by only)
Horrible Movie Night Presents C.H.U.D. @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Armando Show @ iO West 9PM $10
Brendon Small & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $18/2 item min.
Quick & Funny Musicals @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11PM $10
The Tomorrow Show w/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
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served/$3 min.
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Doug Reed
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 item min.
THE LOTUS LOUNGE 1135 N. Vemont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery
Andy Richter Does Curling
If you think the Winter Olympic sport of curling is so easy like Andy Richter does, then you should try it like Andy Richter does.
Then, and only then, will you get what’s happening and not be too bad at it.
Watch Richter hilariously try out curling here.