‘Silicon Valley’ EP Alec Berg Inks Rich Overall Deal at HBO
Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley doesn’t even premiere until next month and the executive producer Alec Berg already has an overall deal with HBO.
Of course, he’s written/directed/produced at Curb Your Enthusiasm as more cache for this deal, but we think that this is still a good sign that you should watch Silicon Valley.
Hari Kondabolu’s Comedy Album “Waiting For 2042” Out Today
Kill Rock Stars has just come out with their second comedy album release in Hari Kondabolu’s Waiting For 2042, which makes it, for us, two in a row of smart comedy releases.
You can a physical CD or a digital download of Waiting For 2042 today at the link, which we recommend you do.
A Stage Production of ‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ Intended For Broadway in the Works
Now, producers from Shelton Street Theatrical now intend to make a stage production of A Confederacy of Dunces in the not so distant future. We can only hope that it becomes a big hit and makes its way West to LA.
ON THE HORIZON
Travel Size Comedy @ Podshare Fri. Mar. 14th 8PM FREE
Matthew McComedy @ Karma Lounge Fri. Mar. 21st 8PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/6:30PM FREE w/RSVP
Super Secret Comedy Show @ Lyric Theatre 8PM $8-$15
Comedy Night at Sugar Shack in Mid City LA 8PM FREE
Cristela Alonzo @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM 8PM $15/2 item min.
Pints & Puns @ Angel City Brewery 8PM FREE
Book of Mormon @ Pantages Theatre 8PM $35-$165
Den of Detectives @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $5
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
Fake Fine Arts @ Fake Gallery 8:30PM $5
Radio Picture Show @ The Virgil 8:30PM $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
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
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
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 w/one drink min./Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
O’HARRA’S BAR 1000 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/SIgn-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Justin Williams
THE OYSTER HOUSE 12446 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA/Starts 10PM/Ends 1AM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Gary Carver
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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
Comedy Central Expanding Key & Peele Episode Order, Develops Animated Spinoff
Key & Peele has seemingly filled that staple sketch show that Comedy Central has been looking for after Chappelle’s Show came to an abrupt end. They’ve hit a nice intersection in being wildly popular online, but as well as a TV series.
So, very wisely, Comedy Central is giving them an actual full season order of 22 episodes and is working on an animated spin-off of Vandaveon & Mike.
As Jimmy Fallon loves games and Billy Eichner was a guest last night on The Tonight Show, it was the perfect opportunity for Jimmy to do a Tonight Show version of Billy on the Street.
Thus, they did Billy in the Audience, complete with all the running and screaming you’ve come to know and love. Don’t forget that season 3 of Billy on the Street premieres tonight on Fuse at 11PM.
Dave Ross Is Going on Nationwide Tour
This spring, Dave Ross is coming to a city near you to perform stand-up. Seriously, he’s playing 42 different cities. You’re probably near one of them, so you’ll probably have a chance to see him from April through to the end of May and we highly recommend doing that because Dave is pretty damn funny.
For you Angelenos, you’ll be happy to know he’s also headlining the Hollywood Improv at the end of it.
During Conan O’Brien’s monologue on Conan last night, one woman got a little too excited over the premise of one joke, which, apparently was all part of her master plan…
Barry Rothbart Joining Cast of NBC Comedy Pilot ‘Love Is Relative’
You might have caught a cameo of the very funny Barry Rothbart in The Wolf of Wall Street, but we know might just have a chance to see him on network television as he is set to star in a NBC sitcom pilot Love Is Relative.
It being a network sitcom, please note that it probably won’t be anywhere near as debaucherous as Wolf of Wall Street, but Barry will still probably be great in it.
Mike DeStefano was one of the funniest people around when he was with us, but unfortunately he passed away from this world too early.
Please support this Kickstarter that’s going for $75,000 over the next two months for a documentary chronicling his unbelievable life and comedy, which need to be remembered.
Don’t miss another night of dapper hats and fantastic comedy at our very 2nd Night Cap @ Goorin Bros. Melrose next Fri. Mar. 21st 9PM (Doors at 8:30PM).
You’ll get James Adomian, Sean Patton, Jesse Case, Aparna Nancherla as well as a chance to win one of those nice Goorin hats!
$5 in adv, $7 at door ($6 if wearing a hat)
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ON THE HORIZON
Brew Haha in Silverlake Sat. Mar. 15th 9PM Donations accepted
We Fancy Comedy @ Riviera 31 Sun. Mar. 16th 7PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Big Money @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Cristela Alonzo @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 item min.
Book of Mormon @ Pantages Theatre 8PM $35-$165
Bright Colors and Bold Patterns by Drew Droege @ VS Theatre 8PM $15
Impro(vs)Tand Up @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Improv Piano Bar @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $10/2 item min.
Taylor Williamson @ Irvine Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
Westside Comedy Laugh Party @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
The Josh & Hosh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
This Show Is Your Show! 2 Year Anniversary @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
Prom Night @ Nature’s Brew 9PM $5 donation
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
What Do You Know? Television @ Jon Lovitz Comedy Club 10PM $15/2 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
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
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 6PM/Starts 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
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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
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
Passes and Tickets Now on Sale for The 3rd Annual LA Podcast Festival
The line-up isn’t announced yet, but The LA Podcast Festival is putting passes and tickets up for sale now because lots of folks come to this thing.
In fact, many of them come from around the globe for this thing, thus needing ample time to plan, which means you might want to snag some passes early on.
We’ve known about how great Ian Karmel is for awhile, but now the rest of the world can find that out as he just notched in his first stand up appearance on Conan last night.
Tom Segura New Comedy Special ‘Completely Normal’ Will Be on Netflix Mar. 15th
The damn funny Tom Segura is coming out with a comedy special Completely Normal on Netflix this Sat., which will be the thing you binge watch since True Detective is over because, as said above, Tom is damn funny.
If you can’t wait two days for this, you can, at the very least pre-order the album version on iTunes.
Instead of talking about his great upcoming movie Bad Words, director and star Jason Bateman stopped by The Daily Show last night and showed how goy he is by not even knowing what Jewish holiday dinner he was at and second guessing his Yiddish vocabulary.
Watch the interview/Jon Stewart run off laughing here.
2014 Bridgetown Comedy Festival Line-up Announced
Matt Braunger, Kumail Nanjiani, Dan Harmon, Morgan Murphy, Wil Anderson, Sean Patton, Jonah Ray, Jamie Lee, Nate Bargatze, Julian McCullough, Andres du Bouchet, Aparna Nancherla, Ron Funches, Baron Vaughn, Jon Daly, Brendon Walsh, Adrienne Iapalucci, Hari Kondabolu, Ian Karmel, Sean O’Connor, Ahmed Bharoocha, Jay Larson, Sim Simmons, Hampton Yount, Auggie Smith, Dave Stone, Kevin Avery, Kristine Levine, Byron Bowers, Mike Lebovitz, Barbara Holm, Tony Sam, Nick Cobb, Jesse Elias Ryan Singer, Eliza Skinner, and way, way, way more hilarious folks will be in Portland, OR for The Bridgetown Comedy Festival this year May 8th-May 11th.
Pretty nice, huh? Maybe you should get your passes ASAP then.
Louie Returns May 5 with Two Episodes a Week
The wait is almost over and it’s even going to be made better. Of course, we mean in reference to the headline. After over a year and half, Louis CK‘s Louie is returning to TV for its fourth season and you’ll get back-to-back episodes each week almost two months straight.
So make several reminders for this for May 5th 10PM on FXx.
ON THE HORIZON
Human Communication Situation @ Bar Lubitsch Sun. Mar. 16th 8PM FREE
Crave: The Comedy Rave @ Secret Westside Location Fri. Mar. 21st 9PM $10-$15
COMEDY CRAWL
Jamie Kilstein @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Book of Mormon @ Pantages Theatre 8PM $35-$175
Happy Contest Time @ 3 Clubs 8PM FREE
How Did This Get Made? Live @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM/10PM $30
Hugh Moore @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Jon Huck @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
Set List @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Taylor Williamson @ Irvine Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Travel Size Comedy @ Podshare 8PM FREE
Horrible Movie Night Presents Voyage of the Rock Aliens @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Fake Show @ Fake Gallery 9PM $10
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Lottery/4 min./One item min.
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
INSIDRE JOKES @ TCL CHINESE 6 THEATRES 6925 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/4 min./No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery
The Pete Holmes Show is on a roll with stand up as most recently shown by the hilarious Jared Logan this week.
Thomas Lennon to Star Opposite Matthew Perry in CBS’ ‘Odd Couple’
The amazing Thomas Lennon could be back on network TV very soon.
It’s been almost no time at all since Sean Saves The World got the ax and he already cast to star opposite Matthew Perry in an Odd Couple reboot pilot over at CBS.
Nate Bargatze has performed a few times on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon during Jimmy’s five year tenure there.
Now, Fallon is having him back on his show, though, this time, it’s on the classy set of The Tonight Show. Watch his set here.
Rick and Morty’s First Episode of Season Two on Instagram
Not unlike It’s a Disaster being released on Vine, Adult Swim’s awesome animated series Rick and Morty just uploaded it’s whole first episode in snippets on Instagram.
If that’s too much for you, just watch Rick and Morty in its full length version on Adult Swim on Mondays at 10:30PM.
Aubrey Plaza Joins Hal Hartley’s ‘Ned Rifle’
In this part of Hal Hartley’s dark comedy trilogy, Aubrey Plaza is added to the returning cast from Henry Fool and Fay Grim of Thomas Jay Ryan, Parker Posey, Liam Aiken, and James Urbaniak.
The teaser/trailer/anything for this should be pretty awesome.
One of the few comedians who can enact an Inception-like number of layers within his bits, Todd Glass goes on Set List and does what you’d expect with riffing on the idea of doing material on the topic instead of doing the topic and making it still funny.