It’s about time that one of the best awards show hosts in the business, Neil Patrick Harris, gets a crack at The Oscars.
Not only is it a perfect choice with all his ability to sing, dance, be funny, and poised, that might leave all those live-tweeting wanting to not be snarky, but, apparently, it’s been on his bucket list for quite some time now.
(via Variety)
Paul Feig’s Other Space, his upcoming Yahoo series, is starting to shape up as it’s gathered up a great cast in Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu from a famous comedy series set in space, Mystery Science Theater 3000, in addition to a great bunch in Eugene Cordero, Neil Casey, Milana Vayntrub, Conor Leslie, Bess Rous, and Karen Soni.
Feig is going to delve into what it would be like if man explored most of the universe is the type, which leaves plenty of room for echoes of Undeclared and Freaks and Geeks.
We’re absolutely looking forward to this when it comes around next year.
ON THE HORIZON
The Imaginary Radio Program @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Oct. 28th 8PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
Ron Funches @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Double-Barreled @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Big Money @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Garfunkel & Oates @ Avalon Hollywood 8PM $41.50
Straight White Males @ Club Fais Do-Do 8PM $5
Bright Colors and Bold Patterns by Drew Droege @ VS Theatre 8PM $15
Henry Philips 1 Hr. Special Taping @ Lyric Theater 8PM (stand by only)/10PM $8
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Bee Funny: Standup + Spelling Bee @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
The Night of Our Lives @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
One! @ Groundlings 10PM $10/$5 w/Goldstar
The Reckoning @ iO West 10PM $10
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/5 min./Lottery
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Nick Costas
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
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
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 BALL ROOM 2980 McClintock Way, Costa Mesa, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/5-8 min./First come, first served/Hosted by Israel Carrasco/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
CLEO KINGS OPEN MIC @ TWO ROADS THEATER 4348 Tujunga Ave., Studio City, CA/Sign-up 7:20PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/15 spots only/5 min./$3
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
THE MAN CAVE 3575 Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/5 min./Mixed mic/Hosted by Tahir Moore
COMIC BOOK HIDEOUT 215 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 9PM after booked show/Hosted by Danny Busch
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
At the beginning of the year, Arsenio Hall was still on the air and Eric Andre was one of the guests and announced that Adult Swim was going to do a 3rd season of The Eric Andre Show.
Well, the date as to when the most awesomely chaotic late night talk show returns for a third go around is finally here. Andre tweeted out that season 3 will premiere Sun. Nov. 16th at 12:15AM.
You’ve been notified, so you have ample time to prepare for whatever Eric’s got in store for us.
(via The Wrap)
Saturday Night Live’s Chris Kelly is making a huge step forward with not only moving up to the director’s seat, but making his directorial debut one of a film following a gay SNL writer having to go home to take care of his ill mother and take care of other personal issues.
Jesse Plemons and Sissy Spacek are set to star in this film Other People. We’re not sure to what extent SNL is going to play into the movie, but this might be up the alley of all those still missing Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.
Every time Bill Murray comes on to The Late Show with David Letterman, it’s a pretty magical time.
Whether he’s merely telling true stories or thinking up of who should be in the female reboot of The Ghostbusters or “training for a marathon” or getting back from George Clooney’s wedding, Bill and Dave have some damn good fun.
Hopefully, Bill’s on a few more times before Dave leaves The Late Show.
Richard Ayoade, director of Submarine and The Double, has just released a book, Ayoade on Ayoade.
It contains several interviews of the director, which is a sort of book that has become commonplace in the cinematic canon. However, they are interviews conducted by Ayoade himself of, as the title suggests, himself.
On top of that a description of the book says, “Over ten brilliantly insightful and often erotic interviews, Ayoade examines himself fully and without mercy, leading a breathless investigation into this once-in-a-generation visionary”.
So, naturally, we’re on board for this ride that Ayoade is taking us on of himself. Get a copy of Ayoade on Ayoade here.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
We’re glad to see the TV ecosystem act properly and giving more guest starring roles to Billy Eichner.
A guest starring role on New Girl coming up as an annoyed airline employee is exactly what should be happening for Eichner. We’re sure Billy screaming at an airport will be that episode’s highlight.
All of us were lucky enough to get T.J. Miller on late night twice this week with stops at Conan and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Not that were any sort of medical authority, but we figure that you need a good dose of T.J. in your life. So, enjoy T.J. talking to Conan O’Brien about his performance art morning news appearances and then proposing only like T.J. Miller would and having all sorts of hijnks and then doing stand-up on Ferguson.
A couple of months ago, we caught wind of the awesome podcast collective known as Feral Audio recording a live album featuring performances from the various hosts of their shows.
Today, we’re more than happy to not only find that the album Feral Audio LIVE has come out, but that it’s also available as a special so you can watch what went down at Nerdmelt several weeks ago.
So, don’t waste any more time reading this and get to listening and/or watching Feral Audio LIVE that indeed brings Dan Harmon, Steve Agee, Little Esther/Esther Povitsky, Duncan Trussell, Brody Stevens, John Roy, and more all together.
Headed for a release on Dec. 12th after snagging a $12.5 million bid from Paramount Pictures, Chris Rock’s Top Five is one of the most highly anticipated comedies, if not movies in general, for the rest of 2014 (and the beginning of 2015 for that matter).
The trailer has just got posted online and shows promise for what could be a tighter, less complicated version of Funny People that’s written, directed, and starring the one and only Chris Rock.
Give it a watch and see for yourself.
ON THE HORIZON
The Goddamn Comedy Jam @ Lyric Theater Mon. Oct. 20th 8PM $8
Lost Moon Radio’s Halloween Spooktacular @ Hudson Theatre Sat. Oct. 25th 7PM $17 in adv., $22 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Play by Play @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Laurie Kilmartin “45 Jokes About My Dead Dad” Taping @ Lyric Theater 8PM/10:30PM $15/$5 w/Goldstar
Re-Animator: The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $25
The Swarm @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Bitchface @ Jones Coffee 8:30PM $5
Whatever @ Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock 9PM $5
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
UCB THEATRE 5919 Franklin Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Lottery/10 spots only/5 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
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 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.
GAL PALACE 131 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles (in a house)/Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/First come, first served/15 spots only/No purchase necessary
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.
While you’re waiting for The Best Show to return, there’s something to make that wait even more enticing than it already is.
The Best Show’s Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster are coming out with a 16 CD boxed set “culled from the vaults of WFMU—the world’s most acclaimed free-form radio station—comes over 20 hours of mind-bending, hilarious phone calls between the renowned comedy duo of Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster”.
There’s also “a 108-page hardcover book with cover art by Joe Matt that features essays by Patton Oswalt, Julie Klausner, Damian Abraham (lead singer of F*cked Up) and Best Show associate producer Michael Lisk (aka A.P. Mike), a definitive interview with Scharpling & Wurster by Jake Fogelnest, notes on the evolution and inspiration behind each bit written by Scharpling & Wurster, a USB drive with all of the calls plus 4 hours of bonus material, a fold-out map of Newbridge, Philly Boy Roy & Timmy von Trimble Paper Dolls, postcards, and temporary tattoos with The Best Show catch-phrases.”
If you pre-order from Numero Group, you’ll get a piece of a smashed phone that Wurster used to make the first Rock, Rot & Rule call along with a certificate of authenticity.
Don’t think this is all real? See Scharpling and Wurster all explain it themselves and smash the phone.
Then, put your pre-order in at Numero Group that ships out March of 2015 because you know you want this and that piece of the phone.
One can easily be lulled into the magical illusion of Marcel the Shell with Shoes actually having that fragile voice that he has, but you should know it’s actually the voice of Jenny Slate.
If you’re looking for proof, then look no further then Jenny’s appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman last night where she sang as Marcel.
Then, once you’re overtaken with how adorable this is, you’ll want to pick up the new book due out next week, Marcel The Shell, The Most Surprised I’ve Ever Been.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Though there seems to be a little bit of a trend of space themed comedies these days with Paul Feig‘s Other Space for Yahoo, Cracked‘s Starship Icarus, NBC has jumped off any sort of potential bandwagon that there would be by canceling Mission Control from Gary Sanchez Productions ahead of its premiere.
Krysten Ritter was set to star, but locking down the rest of the cast apparently proved too difficult for NBC to want to move forward with the show.
It’s unfortunate as a workplace comedy set at NASA’s Mission Control in the 60s with Ritter as the star definitely sounded pretty great to us. Maybe it’ll get revived somewhere else as that is definitely a trend in TV these days.
You can choose to actually block out your 11PM hour tonight or simply set your DVR, but, either way make sure that you’ll be able to catch the return of both Comedy Bang! Bang! at 11PM then the season 2 premiere of The Birthday Boys right after at 11:30PM on IFC.
We’re guessing that you won’t have to cancel whatever your plans you made because this was already your plan when you heard about the return/premiere date several weeks ago.
Hannibal Buress plus canvassing to get people to vote plus little kids dressed as adults equals a precious, funny, and effective campaign video to get you out to the polls on Nov. 4th for this upcoming midterm election.
Seriously, why wouldn’t you want to vote after watching this?
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Pop culture obsessed site PopSugar is heading into making original content with their first web series Seriously Distracted.
It’s a series that follows the happenings at a PR firm filled with millennials, but more importantly, has Amy Sedaris playing the PR film’s head.
Hopefully, there will be a tip of the hat to Sedaris’ agent character on Bojack Horseman, Princess Caroline.
ON THE HORIZON
Speechless @ Hollywood Improv Thurs. Oct. 23rd 8PM $12/2 item min.
2Wet Crew Live @ The Satellite LA Tues. Nov. 4th 8:30PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
Improv Talks @ Downtown Independent Theater 3PM $10
Baron Vaughn @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Laurie Kilmartin 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad Taping @ Lyric Theater 8PM/10:30PM $15/$5 w/Goldstar
Re-Animator The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $25
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Can I Kick It? @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Armando Show @ iO West 9PM $10
Andy Kindler & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $15/2 item min.
Extreme Gaming Championship @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
Punchline Punchout @ Nerdmelt Showroom 10PM FREE
Dr. God Revival @ iO West 11PM $10
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tournament of Nerds @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch’s Big 9th Anniversary Part 2 @ 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
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
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/https://www.facebook.com/ComedydeBasement/First 20 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Hosted by Pablo Avion & Eric Bustamante/5 min./1 drink min.
THE CROSSROADS BAR & GRILL 9803 Santa Fe Springs Rd., Santa Fe Springs, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/One item min./7 min./Hosted by Frank Estrada
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min.
The release of Megan Amram’s science “textbook”, Science… For Her!, is less than a month away at Nov. 4th, so Amram enlisted the help of Nick Offerman, Steve Agee, and Rich Fulcher, director Payman Benz, and a parody of Olivia Newton John’s Let’s Get Physical to promote the book.
The result? It’s Let’s Get Physics Y’all with a perfect exhibition of all the, shall we say, manliness of Offerman/Agee/Fulcher on display. Pre-order Science… For Her!, as you know you’ll want to after watching, here.
For quite some time, Amy Poehler has been doing quite well for herself or, as some might say, killing it.
This week has been a particularly good display of that as Legendary Entertainment acquired Poehler’s Smart Girls At The Party and she is set to produce another comedy at NBC along with Aisha Muharrar.
So, there will be even more Smart Girls At The Party content to be made and a comedy project following an agnostic woman who has to deal with the inheritance of a church.
These two announcements come on top of the release of Poehler’s book Yes Please, executive producing the second season of Broad City, and probably a million other amazing things that she has wonderfully hidden up her sleeve.
(via NY Times)
It’s only a matter of time before TV and the Internet merge completely. One can already see the signs as HBO finally setting to offer a stand alone streaming option marks the already inevitable shift of television online.
CBS is now joining in on this movement with the launching of CBS All Access, which offers thousands of episodes of your favorite CBS programs as well as new episodes the very next day.
We hope this makes watching something like a comedian’s set on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson or an entire interview from The Late Show with David Letterman after it has aired a lot easier (i.e. being able to watch it all) than it currently is.
For now, CBS is offering a one week free trial of CBS All Access.
(via Variety)
Once there was a script for a project that writer/director Cameron Crowe was writing called Deep Tiki, which was retooled for a cast of Bill Murray, Bradley Cooper, and Emma Stone. It’s been in the works, and untitled, for well over a year and can be best most fully described, so far as we can tell, as a “Hawaiian rocket launch rom com”.
If you like all of those elements together (and we really can’t imagine why you wouldn’t), be happy to know that this film is set for release in May 2015 according to Crowe in an interview with Variety.
We wouldn’t be surprised if a fun trailer with rockets, great music, Murray’s classic face, all against the Hawaii sunset is coming relatively soon.
ON THE HORIZON
The Y’s 11th Annual Comedy for a Cause @ Hollywood Laugh Factory Tues. Oct. 21st 8PM $125-$250
The Down Low Comedy Show @ 55 Degree Wine Wed. Oct. 22nd 9PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Mike Tyson Mysteries Premiere Party @ The Ace Hotel 7PM FREE w/RSVP
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Hey Buddy @ The Echoplex 7:30PM FREE
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ The Virgil 8PM FREE
¡El Show! @ El Cid 8PM FREE
Re-Animator The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $25
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Judd Apatow & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $40-$100
Cash Lair Comedy @ Corner Bar 9PM FREE
Power Violence @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Shut Up! I Hate You @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
OPEN MIC RUN
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/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedy for more info and to sign up/Starts 5PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
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 COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses
The release of The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi’s book No Land’s Man is just around the corner on Nov. 4th. Yet, Mandvi, in trying to make a promotional trailer for the book has had trouble getting people to help him promote it.
Just watch him look to Jack Black, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Kumail Nanjiani and Connie Britton for help and see who Mandvi’s real friends are.
Then, you can pre-order No Land’s Man here.