(via Showbiz 411)
The supposed play that Larry David was rumored earlier this year to be possibly doing is now actually happening. David has written Fish in the Dark and Scott Rudin is producing.
There isn’t a time table as to when this will hit Broadway quite yet, but, as far as live stage productions that are coming soon, you should keep this and Trey Parker’s Cannibal: The Musical on your radar.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Film franchises are really jumping in on this announcing release dates years in advance as of late. Marvel, DC, and now The LEGO Movie franchise has May 25th, 2018 and May 24th, 2019 set as dates for the release of two more LEGO movies in addition to the The LEGO Movie 2 set for May 26th, 2017 and a Ninjago spinoff is set for Sept. 2016.
On top of all that, you should note that the presence of Chris Miller and Phil Lord, the writers and directors of the first LEGO Movie, seem to be absent in all of these sequels. Hopefully, the same tone, wit, and originality will be kept up for the next four movies.
The premiere of the TV series of Garfunkel & Oates is only a few hours away. After having a digital series at HBO GO, Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci, together as the amazing comedy music duo Garfunkel & Oates, are making their TV debut on IFC.
Wherever you are at 10PM tonight, make sure whatever TV is closest to you is tuned into IFC.
While you’re waiting for new episodes and sketches from Inside Amy Schumer that are due out next year, you can enjoy what a fantasy breakup with your boyfriend or girlfriend could be like if it was made into a TV show.
If you especially hate the person you’re with, you’d probably want My Dream Breakup.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Despite North Korea’s protestations against the movie’s subject matter that focuses on killing Kim Jong-Un, Sony is moving the release of The Interview starring Seth Rogen and James Franco back to a bigger release date, Christmas.
Originally, the movie was slated for release in early October, but Sony is lining up its Christmas weekend offering for The Interview, where it’ll play against the third installment of The Hobbit franchise and more.
This will also give North Korea two more months to further decry the movie, though we’re not sure how much more they could say outside of an “act of terrorism”.
H Jon Benjamin, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Dave Hill, Michelle Wolf, Bill Nye, Michael Che, Elna Baker, Nick Thune, Jon Glaser, Bridget Everett, Jessi Klein, Wyatt Cenac, Robyn Hitchcock, Derrick Brown “plus many more and even more guests to be announced and super surprise guests” will be gathering around the The Bell House and Union Hall in Brooklyn, NYC from Sept. 18th-22nd for The 7th Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival.
As with every year, we suggest that you don’t miss out on this festival and everyone who is on it. Buy your tickets now.
ON THE HORIZON
The Liquid Feet Show @ The Sweat Spot Fri. Aug. 15th 8PM $5
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sat. Aug. 16th 8:30PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Guy Branum @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Comedy Central/NYCF’s Comics to Watch @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
June, July, August, Whatever: An Evening with Cocoon Central Dance Team @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
The Mismatch Game @ Renberg Theatre 8PM $15
Mary Lynn Rajskub @ Hollywood Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Bitchface @ Jones Coffee 8:30PM $5
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30
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/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served
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.
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
In addition to the tomfoolery he had with TI and Jimmy Fallon, Will Arnett also further assured us that there will be a 5th season of Arrested Development on The Tonight Show last night after having revealed some details on The Today Show earlier.
Netflix’s Ted Sarandos was “positive” of a return, but Arnett made doubly sure to tell us all that it will be definitely happening.
However, there’s no telling what the timetable is for shooting or a release, especially considering everyone’s schedules.
A new addition to New Wave’s Comedy Dynamics channel on Hulu is a comedy special from the absolutely hysterical Andy Kindler all the way from 2009.
Kindler’s I Wish I Was Bitter is now available for your viewing pleasure whenever you please. Perhaps, more specials like this are on the way at Comedy Dynamics?
So, with that said, enjoy a comedy special free of Tinder jokes.
Defying all odds, Community got its sixth season at Yahoo after being cancelled at NBC and, accordingly, the Community fan organized convention known as CommuniCon is onto to its third edition at the last weekend in October. Panels, costumes, and more all happen plentifully and it has been something you shouldn’t miss if you’re even a casual fan of Community for its last two go arounds.
“The Batman Weekend Pass” has already sold out, so you should get the other passes that are still available while you still can.
For all the times you’ve joked what other post-mortem discussion panel show he could possibly host, Chris Hardwick is beating you to the next pun you were about to make by joking about Talking Dead, etc. himself.
So, here he is hosting Talking Bread on Conan with guests Tig Notaro and Andy Daly. We would sincerely hope this goes long enough to hear if people give pumpernickel the love it deserves.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
While Lizzy Caplan is exploring her more dramatic side on Showtime‘s Masters of Sex, Caplan will be doing her next comedy project with the trio who worked on the great cancer comedy 50/50, Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and director Jonathan Levine.
It’s a comedy set at Christmas time, but there are no details as of yet if it will come to theaters during one Christmas or another in the not so distant future. Luckily, The Interview with Seth Rogen is coming this Christmas and we’ll have that to hold us over.
Saying a funny line then analyzing and trying it another way, doing the same for act outs, and getting everyone else in on the fun, and, of course, using the band all come into play when the hysterical Todd Glass made his appearance on Conan last night.
Watch it all here and be sure to buy Todd’s new book The Todd Glass Situation and maybe he’ll appear on late night more often.
That’s right, you can enter, yet again, a comedy contest that might lead you to performing in Montreux, Switzerland.
The Montreux Comedy Festival is taking online submissions for stand-up that will lead to a semi-finals here in the U.S., the UK, and South Africa. If you make it through to the finals, you’ll get to go to the actual Montreux Comedy Festival in the beginning of December.
So, you have up until Sept. 26th to submit. Also, it’s free to enter, which we’re sure you’ll be really into.
ON THE HORIZON
The Sklar Brothers & Friends @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Aug. 15th 10PM $15/2 item min.
The Super Serious Show with Jay Larson @ The Virgil Wed. Aug. 20th $7 in adv., $10 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
The Last Show I Do Before I Go on Medication @ Double Decker Bus That Leaves From Pantages Theatre 7PM $25
Christina Pazsitzky Tells Jokes @ Ice House Stage 2 7:30PM $15/2 drink min.
Guy Branum @ Flappers Claremont 7PM/9PM $20
Multi: a multimedia comedy show @ Northland Village Church 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Horrible Movie Night @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Armando Show w/Special Guest Matt McCarthy @ iO West 9PM $10
LA Times Square @ Inside Jokes LA 10PM $10-$50/2 drink min.
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tomorrow! Presents Hook-up! @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 2PM/Ends 4PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Trina Roderick
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/First come, first served/5-10 min./Hosted by Marty Wurst and Jeanne Whitney
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOOHOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 4:30PM/First come, first served
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Alison Stevenson and Megan Koester
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
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/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Kasey Koop and Jenny Young
GROUNDWORK COFFEE 1501 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/5 min./One item min./Hosted by Raab
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
Andrés du Bouchet and Dan Cronin as Schmecky & Schmecky have found a new business in which to swindle help people improve their lives.
If there’s a photo that might compromise you in getting a job or making a deal, trust Schmecky & Schmecky to fix it up for you. Just watch they very professionally made ad, written by Todd Levin on Conan right here.
(via Entertainment Weekly)
The online streaming giant Netflix has been making a lot of waves over the last couple of years with their entrance into producing their own content. In fact, after resurrecting Arrested Development, Orange Is The New Black, and more, Netflix has just, in this past quarter, surpassed HBO in subscriber revenue.
While that doesn’t exactly mean that Netflix has grown bigger than HBO, which has more of an established brand, more original content, and, overall, more accolades and money coming in, it certainly does mean that Netflix (and online streaming in general) is absolutely headed in that direction.
Maybe, a stand alone HBO GO will be up for subscription in the not so distant future and we can all watch Silicon Valley, Veep, and Girls without using our friends and loved ones’ passwords.
In the upcoming coverage of soccer/football by NBC, Jason Sudeikis is reprising his role as Coach Ted Lasso who somehow gets to coach soccer without knowing much beyond the fact that there is flopping involved.
So, there will be plenty of fun ads like this one.
On the week of Aug. 18th through Aug. 24th, The Brooklyn Comedy Festival comes around again for its second time.
Between Bar Matchless, Union Hall, Spike Hill, Knitting Factory, Littlefield’s, and so many other venues throughout Brooklyn, NY, there will be six days of comedy featuring Dan Soder, Sasheer Zamata, Michael Che, Nikki Glasser, Dave Hill, Joe Pera, Myq Kaplan, Nick Vatterott, Murderfist, Kevin Avery, Hari Kondabolu, Mike Lawrence, Sheng Wang, The Lucas Bros., Kevin Barnett, and way, way, more.
Definitely get your tickets if you’re in and around Brooklyn that week.
ON THE HORIZON
Good Neighbor Live @ UCB Theatre Thurs. Aug. 14th 7PM $5 (stand by only)
Comedy Yard Sale with Sandy Danto @ Hollywood Improv Sun. Aug. 17th 7PM $10/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Geeking Out @ Westside Comedy Theater 7PM $5
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Dirty Birdie Story Hour @ Eros Station 8PM FREE
¡El Show! @ El Cid 8PM FREE
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
The Junk Show @ Copper Still Bar 8PM $5
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Tragedy Plus Time @ Public Fiction 8:30PM
Sucker Punch @ Improv Space 8:30PM FREE
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $5
Skinny Sundays @ Hollywood Improv 9:30PM $10/2 item min.
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Hot Sauce @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 7PM/8-10 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Amir Kalil
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Mark Alexzandr
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/3 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.
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 IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM after booked show/Ends 11PM/3-5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Amir & Wanjiko Eke
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses
3 weeks ago, we reported on Joe Mande being willing to do a podcast if he raised $1,000,000 on Kickstarter, hence the appropriate name of The Million Dollar Podcast.
Well, he’s currently at $20,177 as of this post leaving $979,823 to raise. So, if you just have a spare $980K laying around, make Mande’s podcast a reality because what else would you be doing with that money if just had it “lying around”.
While we all wait as patiently as we can for the new season of one of the funniest podcasts around known only as Superego, they have given us all something to tide us over until September when that new season actually premieres.
As of this week, they have their very own YouTube channel where they’ve made more animated versions of their sketches as well as some live action ones that are just as crazy and damn funny.
We highly recommend binge watching and subscribing so you can see more from a priest that you shouldn’t be confessing to, “old timey” comedy duos, a meeting between Don DiMello, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and H.R. Giger, and “great” California cooking tips.
Whether or not you’re familiar with the amazing comedy of James Adomian, his turn as the Sheriff of Nottingham who interrupts comedy shows exclusively to look for Robin Hood and also try to keep up the perception that he “isn’t” a gay villain stereotype is something that absolutely needs to be seen.
Luckily, Adomian got to perform, in full costume, as the Sheriff of Nottingham on The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail on Comedy Central and you can watch it in all of its hilarious glory here.
ON THE HORIZON
Brooks Wheelan & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Aug. 13th 8:30PM $30
Doug Benson TV Interruption @ Cinefamily Mon. Aug. 25th 4PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
The Black Version @ Groundlings 8PM $17
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
The Business LA @ Little Joy 9PM FREE
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Pretty, Pretty Pony @ Westside Comedy Theater 10:30PM FREE
Fresh Out: Stand Up Comedy @ 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
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.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
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.
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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./Hosted by Pamela/1 item min.
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
(via Variety)
More specifically, Aug. 28th will be the date when you can see the latest group of Amazon Studios comedy pilots, which include Red Oaks from Steven Soderbergh and David Gordon Green, The Cosmopolitans from Whit Stillman and starring Ron Perlman, and Really from Jay Chandraskehar.
As with previous Amazon comedy pilots, Amazon will take in viewer input and then decide which of the pilots to pick up to series or not.