Last night, Joel McHale participated in a bit called the Mo’Lympics, a metaphorical obstacle course through the career of film and TV star Mo’Nique on an episode of Billy On The Street.
For whatever reason, McHale vs. the Mo’Nique obstacle course turned into McHale vs. Billy Eichner in a thoroughly entertaining verbal match the likes of which should be in a roast of either one of them.
3rd Annual LA Indie Improv Festival Open For Submissions
The LA Indie Improv Festival is now in its 3rd year, which impressive knowing how DIY/indie this festival is, and is still open to all improv teams to submit to potentially play on May 24th.
The deadline to submit is Apr. 30th and there is a submission fee of $10 and would be a good opportunity to join in the improv scene here in LA, which is, whether you know it or not, pretty vibrant.
Last night on Conan, Nick Thune told the story of discovering the sex of the baby that his wife had and how the doctor made fun of him for Thune thinking that he knows better than the doctor.
Thune, a professional comedian, wasn’t to be “out-joked” by a doctor and got that doctor back. Watch the whole story, complete with proof, here.
Spike TV Paying Tribute to Don Rickles
Living comedy legend Don Rickles is getting his very own televised tribute special on Spike TV at the end of May. As David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld, Regis Philbin, Tracy Morgan, Martin Scorsese, and more will be part of One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles, we can only imagine that this is basically going to be a roast.
Mr. Warmth probably wouldn’t have it any other way.
Adult Swim gives us a first glimpse into an intimate dinner conversation hosted by Brett Gelman attended by Alison Pill, Gilbert Gottfried, Fred Melamed, Lance Reddick, and more. It will be Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends and will surely be a night that neither the guests or people watching will ever forget.
Take a look at the teaser here.
Fox’s Animation Domination Going Off The Air, Staying Online
Fox has just announced that Fox ADHD will no longer be on aired on Fox on Saturday nights. It would seem that trying to have an Adult Swim on network TV didn’t really gel.
Though their various series and shorts won’t be on television, the brand will thankfully continue online.
ON THE HORIZON
Brew Haha in Silverlake 9PM FREE
Dave Attell @ Brea Improv Fri. Apr. 25th & Sat. Apr. 26th $30/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Brand New Ball @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Book of Mormon @ Pantages Theatre 8PM $35-$175
Matthew McComedy @ Karma Lounge 8PM FREE
The Swarm @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Horrible Movie Night Presents Laser Mission @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Whatever @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 9PM $5
Whiz Bang! @ The Capri 9PM FREE
Diamond Lion @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
Camp @ The Clubhouse 11PM 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
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.
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
Sean O’Connor and Jensen Karp have been doing a series of live reads at UCB Theatre here in LA and they’re latest one brings back the 90’s “classic” Space Jam.
Seth Green plays an alternative Bugs Bunny, Nick Kroll plays Daffy Duck, Blake Griffin plays Michael Jordan, Paul Scheer plays Wayne Knight’s role, Ralph Garman does Porky Pig and more, and DeAndre Jordan nails playing Charles Barkley.
You guys really should be watching more Tom Segura for how beautifully simple and hysterical his comedy is.
Here’s his set from The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson this week to start off.
In a preview clip of this latest season of Comedy Bang! Bang!, coming May 8th on IFC, Patton Oswalt and Scott Aukerman have some exciting news about the news Star Wars movie. In fact, it’s both news to them.
Watch the First Teaser for Maron Season 2
Here’s the first promo for the second season of Maron on IFC featuring an uncomfortable moment between Michael Ian Black and Marc Maron, cats, and Marc making fun of himself on WTF. You know, just a normal day in the life of Maron.
Season 2 premieres on May 8th at 10PM.
Conan’s Bill Tull gives us all some money saving tips on how to celebrate Easter on a budget. Seeing this, Bill Tull should be the prop master for a low budget remake of a big budget movie.
You Can Watch Pilot for Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham’s Playing House at USA Network
While the premiere isn’t until Apr. 29th at 10PM at the USA Network, you can watch the entire pilot of Playing House thanks to USA (the network, and the country as well, we suppose), the new series from Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham following their much too short lived series at NBC, Best Friends Forever.
ON THE HORIZON
Distressed @ Hollywood Improv Wed. Apr. 23rd 8PM $25/2 item min.
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Thurs. May 22nd 9PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Book of Mormon @ Pantages Theatre 2PM/8PM $35-$195
Minor League Harold Night @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Surprise with Rob & Sofiya 8PM $5
Brooks Wheelan @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
Respect The Danger of Knives: A Storytelling Show @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 8PM FREE
The Mo Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
The Space Adventures of Chet Cosmos LIVE @ JET Theater 9PM $8
Brew Haha in Silverlake 9PM FREE
Patton Oswalt @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30 (stand by only)
Midnight RUnderbelly @ Echoes Under Sunset 10PM FREE
Bestie x Bestie @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tournament of Nerds @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow with Ron Lynch Presents 5 Minutes or Die @ 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
THE NUNNERY 131 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:15PM/Ends 7PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Mt Yanker and Chrysanthe
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., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Sign-up 5:45PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Graham Rodgers and Scott Schnurr
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Jenny Young and Kasey Koop
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.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery
The Pete Holmes Show capped off a great week with having Jamie Lee do a stand-up set. She may say that she looks like a fun aunt, but we can’t remember the last time our aunt was really great at telling jokes (as opposed to awkwardly dancing at family reunion).
Up until now, the promos for Louie on FX have been surrealist, black and white, contemplative, and absent of any clips from this upcoming fourth season.
Well, these two TV spots give you the first look into exactly that, showing C.K. feeling like he’s dying, doing stand-up about “dying”, and more. Watch both promos here.
Myq Kaplan has been having bits of his stand-up animated over the past year or so and the result has been pretty great.
Thanks to animator Robert Potter, we get to see every nuance of this Kaplan bit on drugs brought to life. Watch it here.
ON THE HORIZON
Big Money Presents an Hour with Eliza Skinner @ The Virgil Thurs. Apr. 24th 7PM FREE
Comedy Underground with Dave Attell @ Hollywood Improv Fri. May 2nd & Sat. May 3rd 10PM $20/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Book of Mormon @ Pantages Theatre 1:30PM/6PM $35-$175
Tribute to Harold Ramis: Stripes & Groundhog Day @ New Beverly Cinema 3PM/7:30PM $8
420: The Gathering @ Echoes Under Sunset 4PM FREE
Allan McLeod Presents: Toke Talk @ UCB Theatre 6PM $5
Dial S For Sundays @ Groundlings 7:30PM $16
The Show Will Get You High @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Human Communication Situation @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Midnight Run @ Church on York 8PM $4.20
Top Story Weekly @ iO West 8PM $5
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
The Revolution @ The Lexington 9PM FREE
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Stoned Scenes Featuring Big Grande @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
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
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
PIG N’ WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/6 to 8 min./Mixed mic/5 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
COCK N BULL 2947 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Hosted by Erik Marino and Fox Compton
Set List, the improvised stand-up show, is difficult enough to do as a single comedian as you have to try to find the comedic thread in the moment on stage.
If you had to do that as well as try to follow someone else’s comedic thread too, to pull it off is a feat of mental gymnastics.
Well, watch The Sklar Brothers do just that from a performance on Set List a few months ago.
Adam Scott doesn’t waste any time in having fun with Pete Holmes as soon as his steps on The Pete Holmes Show stage for his interview.
We can only wish that more guests on late night talk show were as playful as Scott or Bill Cosby. Watch the clip here.
Denver’s Sexpot Comedy and The Nix Brothers teamed up to give you “a warning” of what’s “really” going on with their complete legalization of recreational marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia in Colorado.
So, with that in mind, especially on 4/20, watch this PSA of sorts for a good laugh… we mean, learn about what reefer does to you… right?
ON THE HORIZON
North Star Comedy Hour & Meat Raffle with Mary Mack @ Genghis Cohen Thurs. Apr. 24th 7PM $8
Part Two! The Sequel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom Mon. Apr. 28th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Tribute to Harold Ramis: Stripes & Groundhog Day @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ iO West 8PM $5
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler with Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
Boss Dog @ 4100 Bar 8:30PM FREE
Cindy Crawford Show @ MiMoDa Studio & Theatre 8:30PM $8
It Might Be The One Year Anniversary of Drunken Tales of Shame and Glory @ Monty Bar 8:45PM FREE
An Sho(w) @ Lot 1 Cafe 8:45PM FREE
Beta Test @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM FREE w/RSVP
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Lottery/Special Playboy Jazz theme night-fancy wear, robes especially, encouraged/No purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary
SARDO’S 259 N. Pass Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:30PM/7 min./First come, first served/1 drink min.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served/1 item min.
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3-5 min.
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up at evan@dudelyjones.com/4-5 min.
THE WAREHOUSE LOUNGE 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 7:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./8 spots only/No purchase necessary
THE GOOD NIGHT 10721 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Ever Mainaird, Lisa Laureta, Ryan Walker, and Caitlin Bergh
DIPIAZZA’S 5205 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/15 min. max/No purchase necessaryHosted by Karen Roberts
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7:30PM/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One item min.
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9PM/3 min./Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Meg Swertlow, Wanjiko Eke, Chloe McGovern
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1107-A El Centro Ave., Los Angeles, CA #110/Starts around 12AM after One Love Improv/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
Chicago’s The Comedy Exposition Still Taking Submissions
In the absence of JFL Chicago, people are starting their own comedy festivals in Chicago such as the Onion/A.V. Club’s First Annual 26th Annual Comedy Festival and, most recently, The Comedy Exposition.
The inaugural Comedy Exposition in Chicago is open for submissions until May 10th (early deadline is this Sat. Apr. 26th) for comedians.
This comedy festival will take place July 11th-13th across three Chicago neighborhoods.
The awesome Midnight Show has partnered with Official Comedy to start a great new web series, Action Chefs. Yes, it’s badass chefs, probably more badass than you’re thinking of.
Watch episodes one and two here and never cook the same way again (i.e. apparently, have a gun on you at all times?).
What Comedy Festivals Are Looking For in Comedians
Jenn Tisdale at Brightest Young Things did some wonderful legwork in finding out what comedy festivals are looking for in potential performers.
She asked the folks behind Bridgetown (Portland, OR), Women In Comedy Festival (Boston, MA), Charm City (Baltimore, MD), Comedy Exposition (Chicago, IL), Bentzen Ball (Washington D.C.), Hell Yes Fest (New Orleans, LA & Austin, TX), and Riot LA (Los Angeles, CA) and compiled this nice article of their answers and explanations at the link.