Another nice reveal from Comic Con this past weekend came in the form of a trailer for Adult Swim’s latest cartoon, Mike Tyson Mysteries with the actual voice of Mike Tyson.
There’s a lot to chew on here including its style as one of those classic 70s cartoons to a ghost being one of Tyson’s sidekicks as well as Norm MacDonald voicing a pigeon. That’s right; all of you what just read is absolutely true.
(via Deadline)
Sony Pictures TV has gotten into the Nat Faxon and Jim Rash business by signing a two year deal to develop and produce TV series projects.
It’s about time Faxon and Rash had some sort of deal like this after proving their worth in features with Oscar winning The Descendants and The Way Way Back as well as currently being on FX’s Married and Community, respectively.
We’re curious to see what they come up with, possibly some promising dramedies, and where it might end up.
Yet another promising animated series trailer lands today. After the trailer for Adult Swim’s Mike Tyson Mysteries found its way from Comic Con to the Internet, Comedy Central just posted a trailer for their latest animated series, Moonbeam City.
Between the voices of Rob Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, and Will Forte, and the spectacular neon color palate, over sized clothes, etc. Moonbeam City looks like everything you’d want an 80s animated procedural comedy to be.
ON THE HORIZON
Monty Python Live (Mostly) @ Aero Theatre Wed. Aug. 6th 7:30PM $15
The Wahlberg Solution! @ UCB Theatre Thurs. Aug. 21st 7PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5 (stand by only)
This SHOW Will Require Dinosaurs @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Steve Benaquist’s Big & Tall Show @ The Lash 8PM FREE
Charlotte’s Shorts @ The Groundlings 8PM $20
Give It Up: A Stand Up Comedy and Magic Show for a Cause @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Good Looks in Arts District 8PM FREE
Mike O’Connell-Sad Songs and Cabbage Patch Kids @ Little Joy Cocktails 8PM FREE
Penthouse Comedy @ The Comedy Store 8PM $10/2 item min.
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
The Tinkle Twins @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Warp Zone Comedy @ The Virgil 9PM FREE
Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
10:15PM to Tuesday @ Neon Venus Art Theatre 10:15PM FREE
Roast Battle @ The Comedy Store MIDNIGHT FREE
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Steve Hernandez and Paul Laier
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 5:45PM/Lottery/20 spots available
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min./Hosted by Jenny Yang & Atsuko Okatsuka
THE OTHER DOOR 10437 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/To get a booked spot, email mouthypants@gmail.com by Monday at 5 PM/20 names will be chosen at random/Sign-up for 20 lottery spots starts at 7:30 at the show/Go to facebook.com/mouthypantscomedy for more details
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
MAL’S BAR 2331 Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/3 min w/o purchase/7 min. w/purchase/Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Martin Rizo
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/5 min.
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-7min.
33 TAPS 6263 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM/First come, first served/4-6 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Doug Dixon and April O’Connor
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM after booked show/Lottery
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Roast battle between 2 comedians at end/Hosted by Brian Moses and Rell Battle
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
AMC is dipping its toe into the waters of cable network comedy with their one and only comedy pilot, We Hate Paul Revere from Ethan Sandler and Adrian Wenner. Sandler and Wenner will play two brothers that are jealous of such heroes of the American Revolution as Paul Revere, who will be played by Ron Livingston.
Given how hard it is to hate Livingston’s face along with the premise, this could be a lot of fun at AMC, a place where period pieces normally turn very dramatic.
Tickets for San Francisco’s upcoming Outside Lands on Aug. 8th-10th are already sold out. So, if you were somehow able to get tickets or somehow able to get tickets now, be sure to catch the live comedy at The Barbary Comedy Tent.
You’ll get to catch:
Lewis Black
Aisha Tyler
Stars of Silicon Valley
Garfunkel & Oates
The Improvised Shakespeare Company
improv4humans with Matt Besser and guests Chris Gethard, Lauren Lapkus, and Seth Morris
Rory Albanese
Matt McCarthy
The Chris Gethard Show
Aparna Nancherla
Ali Mafi
That’s sounds pretty great to us and you should really look into to getting in somehow if you can.
(via Village Voice)
You might not know this, but Gary Gulman has been doing comedy for 20 years and has managed to perform stand up on every network late night talk show.
So, a fall tour and his third one hour special, both aptly titled It’s About Time, are what Gulman is very deservingly on to next and you should definitely be on the lookout for both.
Paul Scheer along with Lilan Bowden, Jeff Sloniker, Barak Hardley, Lee Newton, Jacob Womack, and H. Michael Croner make up Comedy Central’s CC: Social Scene that will be making sketches based off of theme based user suggestions from Twitter.
For proof, here’s the whole CC: Social Scene team together explaining what’s happening. So far, there will only be six episodes, so don’t sit too long on thinking of what to suggest if you indeed want to hopefully influence a sketch at the Twitter #CCSocialScene.
Susanna Lee’s Peeping Comics invites comedians into a peep show to watch Susanna as Lady Lucky Deluxe do a peep show for them while they also talk about deviance, secrets, or simply dealing with being in a peep show booth. There’s a preview of it here.
The likes of Jimmy Pardo, Chris Fairbanks, Baron Vaughn, Laurie Kilmartin, Paul Provenza, Selene Luna, Emily Gordon and more are put into the booth and the results are pretty fascinating, great, funny, and more.
Watch the currently released 7 episodes here.
After announcing the brand spankin’ new Hulu channel known as Comedy Dynamics from New Wave, the official launch of said channel just came today.
So, you can watch clips and/or entire specials from:
Todd Glass
Tom Segura
Moshe Kasher
Kathleen Madigan
Iliza Shlesinger
Dana Gould
Donald Glover
The Sklar Brothers
Tom Rhodes
Gary Gulman
Dave Foley
Harland Williams
and so much more
So enjoy the rest of your day watching all the stand up you can handle and what’s sure to be more to come.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Jim Gaffigan’s pilot that was in contention for awhile at CBS has now officially moved to a ten episode order at TV Land for next year and gotten a title, The Gaffigan Show. The show, much like his stand-up, will draw from his experiences of being a husband and father of five.
Reruns of The Gaffigan Show will air on Comedy Central a week after their air on TV Land. This has us curious if CBS and NBC will end up regretting letting go of The Gaffigan Show and Mulaney respectively.
ON THE HORIZON
Big Money Presents an Hour with Jackie Kashian @ The Virgil Thurs. Jul. 31st 7:30PM FREE
Jay Larson @ Hollywood Improv Thurs. Aug. 21st 8PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/7:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Chinatown Bust @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
Today’s Special @ Nickel Diner 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
Lush Hour @ Melody Lounge 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Ed Galvez Punk House 8 Year Anniversary Show @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $5
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.
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
It’s time to get the pussy back on the chain wax (i.e. stop feeling down that there has been a void of Key & Peele in your life). Season 4 is just under two months away from premiering on Comedy Central, specifically Sept. 24th.
With that, we’ll all get to see Hillary Clinton’s Anger Translator too.
Being the ringleader behind Comedy Bang! Bang! and Between Two Ferns, Scott Aukerman has had his fair share of chaos to deal with.
He stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to talk on the working parts behind Comedy Bang! Bang! and the extent of planning that goes into each episode as well as what the experience was like having POTUS Barack Obama on Between Two Ferns or, as Obama initially called it, Two Ferns.
The Laugh Factory has gathered submissions from around the world of comedians vying for the Laugh Factory’s distinction of Funniest Person in the World. Ranging from Israel to South Korea to South Africa, there’s stand-up to watch from all over the world featuring the amazing comedic talents of people like Canada’s Mark Forward or the Netherlands’ Stefan Pop.
Through a few rounds of voting, any one of these people could win $10,000 and be part of a tour. So, give an international act a chance here in the States.
The very funny Demorge Brown, Ricky Carmona, and Becky Garcia together form the legal force of Boone, Boone, and Chavez.
If you need “blacktion” (black action) or the help of various Voodoo incantations for you legal troubles, then just watch this.
Even if you don’t need any of that, just watch and enjoy.
All Things Comedy Records is on to their next release with Nick Youssef, very funny comedian and co-host of the Occasionally Awesome podcast, and his new comedy album Stop Not Owning This, It’s set to come out Aug. 5th, but you can pre-order it now on iTunes.
In the interest of keeping All Things Comedy hot streak going from Jackie Kashian’s This Will Make an Excellent Horcrux and also taking the suggestion of Nick’s album title, we think you should indeed pre-order/buy this album.
UCB’s Lash shows you how to start your day off right, provided that your day is going to the emotional drain and constant sense of feeling ovewhelmed that an unpaid internship can be.
Langan Kingsley and these tips should make you be able to survive another day going to a 9-5 job that you’re doing completely for free.
(via The Wrap)
Paramount Digital has had its hands involved in Burning Love and Hotwives of Orlando and will hopefully keep up their run of comedy series going with an Elizabeth Banks produced series called Resident Advisors.
As the title suggests, it will follow the people in charge of college dorms, RAs, and what they go through. Hopefully, there will be echoes of a sort of similar movie that Banks was in, Wet Hot American Summer.
(via Playbill)
In 1993 before South Park, Trey Parker made a film based on a man actually convicted of cannibalism in America delightfully called Cannibal! The Musical.
Over 20 years and a Tony award winning musical later in Book of Mormon, Parker is on to actually making it a stage musical set to premiere at Toronto’s Randolph Theatre.
So, could Parker and Stone be on their way to being the new Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Nathan For You made waves all over the world when he founded Dumb Starbucks. After months after the first Dumb Starbucks, we all get the whole story including getting legal advice, becoming a parody artist, hiring the staff, and then actually opening up, all leading up to getting shut down for health code violations.
It’s as amazing as you would think it is. Hopefully, we’ll see the return of Dumb Starbucks soon.
ON THE HORIZON
Cheaper Than Therapy @ Bar Lubitsch Wed. Aug. 13th 8PM $10
John Hodgman: I Stole Your Dad @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Thurs. Sept. 11th 8:30PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
The Wheel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
“Mizz Miraculous” World Premiere Pilot Screening @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Big Money Presents an Hour with Jackie Kashian @ The Virgil 7PM FREE
Bill Burr-An Evening of Stand Up for Joe Yannetty @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $30/2 item min.
Brian Posehn @ Brea Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
Rove McManus @ Ice House 8PM $15-$22/2 drink min.
Thursday Night Booty @ Redwood Bar 8PM FREE
The Nine Drink Minimum @ Pho King Delicious 8:15PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Crave in Secret Silverlake Location 9PM $10
The Comedy Garage @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Guy Branum Album Recording @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
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
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
LOADED 6377 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:15PM/5 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Joe Basla
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
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by Tyler Meznarich and Ken Garr/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
YE RUSTIC INN 1831 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/First come, first served/3 min. w/o purchase/7 min. w/purchase/Mixed in w/booked spots/Hosted by Martin Rizo
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
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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM after Main Room show
Aubrey Plaza chatted with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show and we learned a few more interesting things about Plaza like she’s awkwardly worked out with Richard Simmons.
She’s also on a basketball team and one, she is very serious about taking down other teams. Two, Aubrey Plaza and Morgan Murphy are on a basketball team together. Three, Questlove’s face when watching Aubrey doing a lay up is priceless.
If you were lucky enough to actually get to go Bob Odenkirk’s album taping for AST Records months ago, you might have noticed Brandon Wardell opening the show, which is pretty standard for a comedy album taping.
However, having the opener also on your album is sort of unprecedented. Leave it to Odenkirk to keep us all guessing, but we’re happy to hear that not only will Wardell be on the album Amateur Hour, but he will be going on tour with Odenkirk in October.
That’s right Bob Odenkirk is going on tour in October. More details will be coming soon.
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More hallucinations, more voices in the head, more Zach Galifianakis and more fighting are in the brand new trailer for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new dark comedy Birdman starring Michael Keaton.
We’re more and more enticed by every trailer that’s been coming and we also like be reminded that the full title of the movie is Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).