After Alpocalypse, it’s been years since we’ve enjoyed the mastered parody stylings of one Weird Al Yankovic and there’s been plenty ripe for Weird Al to parody.
Already, he has done his take on Pharrell’s “Happy” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”. Get in on the rest of Mandatory Fun whether you’re going to disregard it being mandatory or not.
Following in the steps of Burning Love, the “Housewives” reality TV franchise is getting its own send-up with The Hotwives of Orlando.
Casey Wilson, Kristen Schaal, Angela Kinsey, Andrea Savage, Paul Scheer, Matt Besser, Tymberlee Hill, Danielle Schneider, and so many more of your favorite comedy folks have, according to Paul Scheer, “More Drama than Game Of Thrones, More Fights than the UFC & More Weaves than a Tyler Perry Show”.
ON THE HORIZON
Lucha VaVoom @ Mayan Theater Thurs. Jul. 17th 8PM $35
Brew Haha Sat. Jul. 19th 9PM Donations Accepted
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/7:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, & Friends Salute Sid Caesar @ Paley Center For Media 7PM Sold Out
Doug Benson Movie Interruption: Wicker Man starring Nicholas Cage @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $14
Not Safe For Work @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
Cheaper Than Therapy @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM $10
The Super Serious 4 Year Anniversary Show @ The Virgil 8PM $7 in adv., $10 at door
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8
Racoon $ex Party @ Echo Chamber Creative Headquarters 9PM $5
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Extra Credit @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
THE COMEDY STORE PATIO 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Josh Martin
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 is 12PM at Facebook page/See https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Alibi-Open-Mic-at-the-Hotel-Hollywood/545741885530183 for 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 Paco McCauley & Evan Kessler
CORK’S LOUNGE 5043 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/For spot 7PM-8:30PM must sign up in advance at jaketaveren@monkeyheadconcepts.biz/For spots 8:30PM-10PM sign-up at venue before pre-booked show/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Danielle Arce
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser
OPEN MICHELLE @ WILDE THISTLE 3456 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Female performers only/5-7 min./One item min.
THE GRANDVIEW MARKET 12210 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/Mixed mic/4 min. for comics/1 song musicians/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Monika Scott and Morgan Jay
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’HARA’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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served/1 item min.
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Adam Feuerberg
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
The highly anticipated book from Lena Dunham “Not That Kind of Girl” is coming this Fall and Dunham is going on a full fledged book tour to promote.
From NYC to LA to Chicago to Boston to Portland to Austin to more cities, Lena wlll not only stop and do the typical things expected in a book tour, she’ll also have people joining her at these events such as Morgan Murphy, Girls showrunner Jenni Konner, Amy Schumer, Carrie Brownstein, and more.
In fact, one could apply to be an opening act stops on this tour.
The tour starts Sept. 30th and goes through Oct. 21st and tickets are now on sale.
The 8 days of 8 music videos from Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album Mandatory Fun continues today with Yankovic’s spin on the megahit from Lorde played on nearly every radio station in existence, “Royals”.
Watch “Foil” made with College Humor featuring cameos from Patton Oswalt, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant, and you’ll forget about how you’ll never be royal.
(via Deadline)
The contracts of Noel Wells and John Milhiser, much like Brooks Wheelan, were not renewed for the next season of Saturday Night Live. Nasim Pedrad is also leaving for Mulaney, which is making its series premiere this Fall on Fox.
With three cast members gone and the fate of the cast member who got bumped up from staff writer, Michael Patrick O’Brien, up in the air, one has to wonder if SNL will do a large casting overhaul for next season just like they did for this season.
Leave it to Marc Maron’s day off to pester a doctor to get an MRI because Maron thinks he has cancer.
Marc told that story on Late Night with Seth Meyers as well as what he does to get going in the morning in place of coffee, which is, appropriately enough for Marc, more complicated and intense than a cup of coffee.
Sounds like an episode recap of a pretty great episode of his IFC series Maron.
(via Deadline)
The gigantic UK comedy fundraiser known as Red Nose Day is making its way stateside, specifically to NBC with the help of Comic Relief and Funny or Die.
Featuring sketches, stand-up, and more from, undoubtedly, the biggest names possible, there will be a three hour show that will raise money for big charities. The names of performers and charities have yet to be announced, but Red Nose Day has been noted for raising over a $1 billion in donations.
Looks like they don’t need an old school telethon to run through the wee hours of the morning. We’ll see what they’ll pull off when the show goes down next spring.
If there’s one a recurring issue that Nathan Fielder seems to have throughout hosting his show Nathan For You, it seems to be that many folks don’t like his persona very much. With this in mind, he hired an expressly diverse focus group to give him pointers on camera and make over his entire image in the hope that people will like him more.
Of course, this experiment doesn’t happen without a few Nathan’s own “obstacles”. Watch parts one and two here.
The annual Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal is already under way and has announced the winners of their JFL Awards, which are pretty great and as follows:
Andy Samberg: Comedy Person of the Year
Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg: Comedy Directors of the Year
Michael Schur: Comedy Writer of the Year
Nathan Fielder: Breakout Comedy Star of the Year
Bill Burr: Stand-Up Comedian of the Year
The big week at JFL is still to come and you can get your tickets here.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Billy On The Street’s Billy Eichner is set to write his first book, which, as you might expect, will deal with Hollywood and pop culture. Grand Central Publishing will release the currently untitled book.
What we’re wondering is if there will be certain pages, given Eichner’s penchant for screaming, that will just have exclamation marks.
ON THE HORIZON
Part Two! The Sequel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Jul. 22nd 7PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Whatever @ Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock Fri. Jul. 25th 9PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Nate Corddry and Friends Presents: READING THNIGS ALOUD @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
An Evening at The Improv with special guest Robert Klein @ Hollywood Improv 7:30PM $18/2 item min.
Lucha VaVoom @ Mayan Theater 8PM $35
NETumor Humor Comedy Benefit @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM FREE
2 Headed Dog @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $12
Anthony Jeselnik @ Ontario Improv 8PM $25/2 item min.
Pete Holmes Living at Largo @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
Prom Night @ Nature’s Brew 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Altar Call @ Moving Arts Theatre 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
Kinda Sketchy Comedy Show @ Hyperion Tavern 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
Mantzoukas and… @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
THE COMEDY STORE PATIO 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Josh Martin
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/Hosted by Sara Mostajabi
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM-ish/5 min./First come, first served
VILLA CATRINIA 251 N. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/Only 20 spots available/5 min./Hosted by Paula Johnson
LOADED 6377 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:15PM/15 spots only/5 min./No purchase necessary
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/LotteryHosted by Tyler Meznarich/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
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
THE CHATTERBOX 934 N. Citrus Ave., Covina, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/Lottery/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Steve Hernandez & Ellie McElvain
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
GAL PALACE 131 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:15PM/Starts 8:30PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Andrew Yanker and Chrys Anthe
KNUCKLEHEADS 1717 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/5-7 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Dan Fawcett
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Logan Guntzelman & Rachel Maczuzak
YE RUSTIC INN 1831 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/First come, first served/3 min. w/o purchase/7 min. w/purchase/Hosted by Martin Rizo
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
Nathan For You’s latest ploy to “help” a small business was to boost the profile of a maid service by using 40 maids to get the cleaning time down to 6 minutes.
Not only is watching Nathan Fielder try to wrangle an army of maids pretty great, but the guy whose house they’re cleaning is one of a kind as well. Watch it all here.
(via Deadline)
Netflix’s latest comedy series slated for production is Grace & Frankie starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin featuring the two as arch rivals that become friends over the fact that their husbands want to marry each other. If that wasn’t intriguing enough, Sam Waterston is playing one of the husbands.
If that somehow not enough to draw your interest, perhaps the you’ll pay attention to June Diane Raphael and Baron Vaughn being cast as respective daughter and son on either side of this new family dynamic.
It’s announcements like these that make us glad Netflix releases all the episodes at once, so we can indeed binge watch.
We’re sure you know that the origin story for many of your favorite comic book characters involve some sort of exposure to dangerous levels of radiation and that you also are aware that’s not what would happen in real life.
Just in case you weren’t aware, sketch group Hush Money has a great video to remind you to not expose yourself to radiation.
Last time he was on Conan, Mark Normand had one of our favorite late night stand up sets of the year.
This week, Normand returned to Conan as well as having released his album and having his half hour special on Comedy Central still to premiere tomorrow.
Continue to make it a whole week of Normand by watching his latest Conan set here.
(via Deadline)
Last year, Rory Albanese left his long tenure at The Daily Show as a writer/executive producer to pursue other projects, do a bit of stand-up, etc. In fact, he signed a development deal with Warner Bros. and subsequently sold a project.
Now, Albanese is returning to his EP role on a Comedy Central series, except it will be on the brand new show with another Daily Show alum, Larry Wilmore and his upcoming show,The Minority Report with Larry Wilmore set to replace The Colbert Report.
Though this doesn’t give us much more details on The Minority Report, it should instill a more confidence in whatever they’re up to in developing it right now.
(via The Wrap)
The end of Craig Ferguson’s run at The Late Late Show may be the end of The Late Late Show as well.
In CBS’ TCA presentation, CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler revealed that she’s been toying with the idea of doing something different when David Letterman and Ferguson end their runs at The Late Show and The Late Late Show, respectively.
So far, Stephen Colbert is slated to replace Letterman at The Late Show, which will presumably be called The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. There has been much speculation over what would happen in the 12:30AM slot following Colbert then, but no replacement host has been picked and it might not even be a comedy-oriented program according to Tassler.
Tassler doesn’t make it clear whether that will happen or not, but only details the possibilities, which could further shake up the late night world.
On last night’s Colbert Report, Marvel’s Joe Quesada made the announcement that there will be a new Captain America and he will be Sam Wilson otherwise known as The Falcon.
Of course, this “promotion” leaves an open slot, which one American patriot, Stephen Colbert, wouldn’t mind going for.
(via Rolling Stone)
This September, The Simpsons will go live on stage at The Hollywood Bowl along with an orchestra backing them for three special shows in a limited engagement.
The evening will be hosted by none other than Hank Azaria and will feature other voices behind The Simpsons as well as special guests like Weird Al Yankovic, Jon Lovitz, and more. Also, The Hollywood Bowl will get a Springfield makeover in case the show itself wasn’t enticing enough.
And to answer your question, yes, tickets are now on sale.
FX latest comedy series, Married, makes its series premiere tonight at 10PM. Nat Faxon and Judy Greer star as a married couple that really test the worst part of the wedding vow “for better or for worst”.
What might be interesting to note is that along with You’re The Worst from Stephen Falk (also premiering tonight), which shows an unlikely couple at the start of a relationship and Louie, FX has lined up an entire timeline of how dysfunctional relationships work.
ON THE HORIZON
Baked @ The Baked Potato Tues. Jul. 22nd 9PM/11PM $20
Channel 101 @ Downtown Independent Theater Sat. Jul. 26th 8PM/10PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Weird Al Yankovic CD Signing @ Amoeba Records 6PM FREE
Alice Wetterlund @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Play by Play @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Manhattan/Annie Hall @ Aero Theatre 7:30PM $11
The Manifesto Show @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Anthony Jeselnik @ Ontario Improv 8PM/10PM $25/2 item min.
Lost Moon Radio @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Matthew McComedy @ Karma Lounge 8PM FREE
The Swarm @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Al Madrigal @ Ice House 8:30PM/10:30PM $20-$27/2 drink min.
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
Comics Quitting @ Westside Comedy Theater 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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/One item min./4 min.
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
Conan O’Brien’s latest remote segment focuses on what all the fuss is about about the dating app known as Tinder. Conan enlists the help of actor Dave Franco to navigate through Tinder and, of course, the results, unlike all those times you watch your friends on Tinder, are worth watching.
If anything, they use a sweet ride to pick up a Tinder date. Watch it all here.
(via Deadline)
With the announcements of which pilots have been picked up for the next year well behind us, there is still hope for a handful of projects at other networks.
Jim Gaffigan’s pilot might have a chance a TV Land after going through a few rounds at CBS while Jerrod Carmichael is getting another shot at NBC. Also, Rob Lowe and Rob Riggle’s tennis comedy pilot The Pro and legal comedy Sober Companion starring Nick Frost and Justin Long are still being considered at Fox.
We’re glad to hear that all these projects are still in play and will keep our fingers crossed as long as we can in hopes that they get picked up.
Despite what happened on Last Comic Standing this season, Ben Kronberg is back on TV doing stand-up. Last night, he did a set on Late Night with Seth Meyers and was as funny as he’s ever been.
So, rather than f’ing off, Ben just got applause and laughs.