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LA Comedy Rundown 12/17/14
December 17, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
NSFW w/Nikki Glaser Taping @ Occidental Studios Fri. Dec. 19th 4PM/6PM FREE w/RSVP
Married @ UCB Sunset Mon. Dec. 29th 8:30PM $5

COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM/7:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Oh Brother! presents: The Re-Imaginator @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Super Secret Comedy Show @ Lyric Theatre 8PM $9-$18
Loud Village presents… Comedy for the Holidays @ Troubadour 8PM $15
Not Safe For Work @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
Pints & Puns @ Angel City Brewery 8PM FREE
Rudy Casoni: Christmas Shitbird Sings Songs From His XXX-Mas Record S’no Balls @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
CleftClips presents: Hush Money Live @ The Virgil 8PM $8
The Apple Sisters Happy Holidoozy Merry Christ-mess Special @ Schkapf 8PM $15
Wild Horses present The Perspective @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
The Down Low Comedy Show @ 55 Degree Wine 9PM $5
Lush Hour @ Melody Lounge 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Lip Service @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $5
Set List at Extra Credit @ The Clubhouse 10PM FREE
Big Grande’s Freaks on a Leash @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $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./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/1 item min.
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 COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
THE GRANDVIEW MARKET 122210 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/Mixed mic/4 min. for comedy/1 song for musicians/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Justin Lentz
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/4 min. w/o drink, 7 min. w/drink/Hosted by Phil Gould
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser
PHO KING DELICIOUS 9350 Corbin Ave., Northridge, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by David Relyea
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.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/mixed mic
CORK’S LOUNGE 5043 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/Starts 8:30PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Adrienne Airhart
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM w/one drink min./Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
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.
HOUSE OF TACOS 5616 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/4 min. or 2 short songs/First come, first served/One item min./Hosted by Adam Feuerberg and Tim Delone

Bridget Everett Has Just Taped a Special For Comedy Central
December 17, 2014
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Comedy Central already has comedy specials from Kyle Kinane and Matt Braunger lined-up for 2015 making a pretty damn good start for them for their comedy specials. 

Now, they’re adding on to that with a comedy special from an unstoppable force of musical comedy Bridget Everett.

Everett just taped “Gynecological Wonder”, which should blow the socks as well as many other items of clothing off anyone watching.

Hopefully, the special will come sooner to Comedy Central rather than later in 2015. We’ll let you know the premiere date as soon as we find out.

Watch Teaser for the Farewell Season of “Parks and Recreation”
December 17, 2014
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The beginning of the final season of Parks and Recreation comes Tues. Jan. 13th at 8PM on NBC and you can get your imagination running with how the show will close with this teaser trailer. 

By the way, Johnny Karate, drones, and more in the teaser will definitely get your brain going.

You Probably Don’t Love “It’s A Wonderful Life” The Way Jenny Slate Does
December 17, 2014
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During her interview on Conan last night, Jenny Slate admitted that only recently has she watched one of the cornerstones of American cinema during the holidays, “It’s A Wonderful Life”.

While the movie is a classic, Jenny also revealed that she loved it in a way that most people probably have gotten to quite yet.

Side note: more movie reviews should be more like this.

Tim Burton Confirms Beetlejuice 2 Will Happen with Winona Ryder Returning
December 17, 2014
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(via MTV News)

In “movies-that-are-happening” news, a sequel to Beetlejuice is finally going forward with Tim Burton back at the helm. Not only has the director confirmed the sequel, he has also said that Winona Ryder will also be returning. There’s no official word on whether Michael Keaton will reprise the titular role, but he has expressed interest before.

We’re not sure what Lydia Deetz and Beetlejuice could have been up to all these years, but we’re glad to know that we’ll be finding out in the not so distant future. 

Fox ADHD’s Lucas Bros. Moving Co. and Stone Quackers Moving to FXx
December 17, 2014
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(via Variety) 

More comedy is finding its way from network to cable as Fox ADHD, which used to be an entire block on Fox, has two of their shows, Lucas Bros. Moving Co. and Stone Quackers, head over to FXx. 

Thursdays in Jan. 2015 at midnight, FXx will have an animated block that will feature both of these shows as well as The Simpsons and probably more.

We’re guessing they’ll be more appreciated over at FXx?

Sony Pictures and Major U.S. Theater Chains Succumb to Hacker Demands and Cancel Christmas Release of “The Interview”
December 17, 2014
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(via Variety)

So, the “Guardians of Peace” (i.e. ideologically misguided, butthurt hackers who waste their talents over superfluous nonsense rather than actually making the world a better, more peaceful place) got what they wanted.

Sony Pictures and top U.S. theater chains have canceled the Christmas release of The Interview in fear that some sort of attack might befall any theaters or theater goers that would screen the movie.

Given how much criticism of the government, society, and more that Americans engage in every split second, it’s more than odd that the limits to our free speech and expression here in America are coming from threats leveled by hackers who can’t correctly use whatever translation app they’re using as opposed to any sort of shadow government. 

If you’re wondering if this has set a precedent in terms of pre-emptive censorship by studios fueled out of a fear, look no further than reports of Steve Carell’s latest project Pyongyang getting canceled. 

There has been preliminary talks of releasing The Interview through VOD, but nothing has been made official. 

What is official is the end of this statement from Sony regarding the release’s cancellation,“We stand by our filmmakers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome.”

Canceling the release of a movie out of fear is apparently what "standing by our filmmakers and their right to free expression” means.

As the idea, or at least part of it, was to instill cowardice against depicting North Korea in a negative light here in America, we’d hope to see sketches, web videos, anything that aren’t afraid of what Sony, Regal, AMC, and more were afraid to do soon.

No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins Is Second Most Googled Show of 2014
December 18, 2014
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Though No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins is on a relatively new niche cable network, Fusion, people apparently googled the show more than True Detective and Orange Is The New Black according to a 2014 trend report compiled by Google itself. 

No, You Shut Up! is only in its 3rd season and only Game of Thrones was searched more on Google more often. However, No, You Shut Up! unfortunately doesn’t get near the ratings that Game of Thrones does, but maybe that’s because more people have HBO or an HBOGO password than those that have Fusion. 

Hopefully, all of that will change very soon because watching Tompkins, puppets, and guests in “heated” debate is pretty damn great. 

James Adomian Hosting 18th Annual SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards
December 18, 2014
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No matter what the awards ceremony is, we’re thrilled to hear that the amazing James Adomian is set to host anything. SXSW’s Interactive Innovation Awards have tapped Adomian to be the evening’s emcee and we can’t wait to see what things he has up his sleeve. 

Hopefully, clips of the event will find their way online via SXSW or, perhaps, they’ll livestream the event. After Tina Fey and Amy Poehler end their run at The Golden Globes, this is the awards host we all should be excited to watch.

Sony Pictures Not Releasing “The Interview” in Any Format
December 18, 2014
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(via Variety)

It’s probably overload on all of your news and social media feeds to read about how The Interview has been taken out of theaters for its originally scheduled release on Christmas. We just posted about it a few hours ago.

Well, we felt it prudent to give one more update as Sony Pictures has nixed releasing the entire movie altogether. No VOD or DVD release will be coming in the future. That’s over $50 million from the production and marketing budget specifically spent all for naught by Sony Pictures on The Interview because they’re scared of hacker threats that have been linked to the North Korean government. 

There’s more at stake for Sony as the hack has affected more than just the release of The Interview, but this doesn’t change how cowardly this move is. 

So, as it stands now, Sony has shamefully locked The Interview away much like Jerry Lewis has locked away The Day The Clown Cried.

LA Comedy Rundown 12/18/14
December 18, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
Steve Rannazzisi @ Brea Improv Fri. Dec. 26th-Sun. Dec. 28th $20/2 item min.
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction LA Championships @ The Virgil Sun. Dec. 21st 7:30PM FREE

COMEDY CRAWL
Greg Proops: Smartest Man in the World @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Double-Barreled @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Brave New Show @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 8PM FREE
IT’s F*%KING CHRISTMAS! @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Justin Willman @ Brea Improv 8PM $20/2 item min.
Sit n’ Spin @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE w/RSVP
Judd Apatow & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $40-$100 (stand by only)
Fresh Out: Stand-Up Comedy @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
Kinda Sketchy Comedy Show @ Hyperion Tavern 8:30PM FREE
Penthouse Comedy @ The Comedy Store 8:30PM $20/2 item min.
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Set List at The Studio Sessions @ Rafa’s Lounge Art Gallery 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9:30PM FREE
The Reckoning @ iO West 10PM $10
The UCB Yuletide Christmas Holiday Special @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $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./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
JUST BE YOURSELF @ UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Characters performances only/Ends before 8PM/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Greg Tuclescu
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/Lottery/15 spots only/5 min./$5
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
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

The Chris Gethard Show Is Now Headed to Cable
December 18, 2014
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(via Splitsider)

What might be one of the most successful public access TV shows of all time, The Chris Gethard Show, is now headed to the bigger ponds of cable TV. 

Gethard made an announcement in last night’s episode of his show though he didn’t reveal what cable network was sagacious enough, picking up where Comedy Central left off, in taking The Chris Gethard Show on or when exactly it will happen.

Still, for those of us that are still sad at hearing the words canceled, nixed, scrapped all this week, rejoice in this long overdue pick-up of TCGS.

Dallas/Fort Worth’s Alamo Drafthouse To Do a Free Screening of “Team America: World Police” in Place of “The Interview” UPDATE: Screening Canceled
December 18, 2014
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alamo drafthouse, team america: world police, the interview

(via The Hollywood Reporter)

With Sony giving up on releasing Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s The Interview in any way, plenty of folks, us included, are outraged. Even with threats that referenced 9/11, plenty like Judd Apatow were willing to go to theaters to see The Interview in theaters.

Leave it to one of the best theater chains around, Alamo Drafthouse, to do something about this. Their Dallas/Fort Worth location was planning on screening The Interview and will now do one free screening of Team America: World Police on Dec. 27th at 7PM.

For those of you not familiar, Team America was the last comedy, from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, where American forces take on a North Korean dictator known as Kim Jong-Il. 

So, with this in mind, take President Obama’s advice on the whole matter and go to the movies and maybe chant “America, F*ck Yeah!” while you’re at it.

UPDATE: Paramount Pictures has pulled this and other screenings of Team America: World Police.  (via Deadline)

“Ellen” Audience Member Keeps Coming to Conan Tapings With Christmas Gifts From Ellen Degeneres
December 18, 2014
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Some of you might know that both The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Conan tape on The Warner Bros. Studios backlot. So, it might be feasible that an audience member could attend both tapings and, as it’s the holiday season, take all the free gifts they’ve gotten from Ellen and bring them over to Conan.

The only thing is that Conan doesn’t usually give out gifts to his studio audience at this time of year and seeing an Ellen audience member bring them over to his studio is, well, awkward.

Watch how awkward it, especially with a drop-in from Ellen DeGeneres herself, can get here.

Sarah Silverman Starring in Upcoming HBO Comedy Pilot
December 18, 2014
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(via Deadline)

With dramedy Togetherness already set to premiere next month, HBO is delving more into the mid-life crisis territory of comedy in their latest pilot order. Sarah Silverman will star as a “pathologically honest woman having a mid-life crisis”. The description sounds like a radical departure from The Sarah Silverman Program, but we’re definitely into seeing Silverman get more vulnerable and honest.

There is no title yet, but as Happyish and Togetherness are already dramedies on the premium cable networks, we’d hope the title is something that goes in a slightly different direction just to stand out.

The Final “Colbert Report” and “Conan To Go” Remote Segment Special Are Tonight
December 18, 2014
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The final episode of The Colbert Report will air 11:30PM on Comedy Central with “Grimmy” more commonly known as The Grim Reaper. 

Conan O’Brien’s “Conan To Go” special where some of the best remote segments over the years are all put together into one will air at 10PM on TBS.

We’re just giving you an update on what you’ll be doing this evening.

You don’t have to even DVR one or the other in order to end up watching both. Also, FYI, Comedy Central is airing a Colbert marathon today so you can further ditch whatever it is you were doing right now.

Andre Hyland Does a Unique Interview With The Cast and Director of “Night at The Museum 3”
December 19, 2014
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Most press in promotion of a movies consist of rote questions that cast members, directors, writers, etc. hate answering and, in many cases, the interviewers hate asking. 

So, Andre Hyland is changing the press interview game with his unique style that is less about what is working with who and more about “custom” autographs on Hyland’s head, etc. Check his sit down with Ben Stiller, Rebel Wilson, Dan Stevens, Ricky Gervais, Shawn Levy, and Owen Wilson and you’ll agree that more interviews should be like it.  

Big Foot “Reveals” Predictions on 2016 Election on No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins
December 19, 2014
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We found out, earlier this week, that No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins was the 2nd most Googled show of 2014.

If you’re curious why that might be, you could Google that or you can just watch this great clip of a puppet Big Foot going over his “predictions” for the 2016 presidential elections with Tompkins.

After that, keep the most-Googled train going by googling more about the wonderful No, You Shut Up! on Fusion.

After that, watch an episode on Fusion tonight at 10:30PM.

LA Comedy Rundown 12/19/14
December 19, 2014
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ON THE HORIZON
improv4humans w/Matt Besser @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
Greg Proops Film Club: My Man Godfrey @ Cinefamily Sun. Dec. 28th 7:30PM $12

COMEDY CRAWL
NSFW w/Nikki Glaser @ Occidental Studios 4PM/6PM FREE w/RSVP
All Things Comedy Podcast LIVE @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Play by Play @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Ball So Hard @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $10
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Bil Dwyer @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Cameron Esposito @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Justin Willman @ Brea Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Matthew McComedy @ Karma Lounge 8PM FREE
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation 
Bear Fight @ Echoes Under Sunset 8:30PM $5
Guy Branum Presents Talk Show The Game Show: Tournament of Champions @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Gangbusters @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
We Wish You a Silly Spoofmas @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5

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
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
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5;30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery35 spots only/Hosted by Megan Koester & Alison Stevenson
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
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 #201/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover/includes drink/Hosted by Bobbie Oliver
THE IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ibo Brewer
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.

Stephen Colbert Signs Off From The Colbert Report Into Eternity With Star-Studded Farewell
December 19, 2014
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Bryan Cranston, Katie Couric, Jeff Daniels, Big Bird, Willie Nelson, Hoda Kotb, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Jon Stewart, Abraham Lincoln, Cookie Monster, and way, way more gathered to say goodbye to the character known as Stephen Colbert and his program on Comedy Central, The Colbert Report last night after its now renowned 9 year run. 

However, it wouldn’t be consistent with The Colbert Report to just a big music number and end like typical late night shows. The ‘Report’ has been anything but typical. In fact, it’s been revolutionary and, as such, “Stephen” goes off into this particular good night, as he’s always been, still in amazing, hysterical character.

Watch the big musical farewell and the last words of “Stephen Colbert” before he becomes Stephen Colbert now.

“@midnight” Moving to 11:30PM For Two Weeks Before “The Nightly Show” Premiere
December 19, 2014
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(via Deadline)

When people were concocting various strategies that Comedy Central to fill in The Colbert Report when Stephen Colbert was first announced to be David Letterman’s replacement at The Late Show, some entertained the idea of “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” going up to 11:30PM.

However, the name of the show would prohibit from that ever be serious schedule change… or so we thought.

From Jan. 5th to Jan. 19th, the two weeks that lead up to the premiere of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, Comedy Central has indeed decided to move up “@midnight” to 11:30PM.

We’re sure Hardwick and company are going to have a bunch of fun in a quasi-time rift for a fortnight. 

Obama Says Sony Made a Mistake Canceling The Release of “The Interview”
December 19, 2014
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(via Deadline)

At President Barack Obama’s Annual Year-End News Conference, Obama commented on the Sony hack and their subsequent cancellation of releasing The Interview: 

“Sony is a corporation. It suffered significant damage, threats against some employees. I am sympathetic to the concerns they faced. Having said that, yes I think they made a mistake.”

As the FBI has just named North Korea officially responsible for ordering the hack, Obama stressed the importance of not bending to the will of an entire government that merely doesn’t like being portrayed poorly:

We cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States. Because if somebody is able to intimidate folks out of releasing a satirical movie, imagine what they start doing when they see a documentary that they don’t like, or a news report that they don’t like, or, even worse, imagine if producers and distributors and others start engaging in self-censorship because they don’t want to offend the sensibilities of somebody whose sensibilities probably need to be offended. That’s not who we are. That’s not what America is about.

Also, Obama stated that the United States “will respond proportionately at a time and place we choose”. There are most surely plenty of despicable things to be found the e-mails of the North Korean government and their own national cinema probably doesn’t even come close to pulling off a movie that’s anything like The Interview. 

What would a proportionate response be? Maybe hack their air waves and broadcast The Interview on every North Korean television on repeat? A whole load of satirical movies on Kim Jong-Un and North Korea?

So, There’s a “BoJack Horseman Christmas Special” Now on Netflix
December 19, 2014
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Joy to the world, The @BoJackHorseman Christmas Special is here! pic.twitter.com/lHbkSURZNc

— Netflix US (@netflix) December 19, 2014

All this time we thought we’d have to wait a few more months before season 2 of one of our favorite shows this year, BoJack Horseman, was released to watch any new BoJack Horseman.

And yet, the oft-invoked phrase “Christmas has come early” now applies as there is a BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina’s Christmas Wish now on Netflix.

Go watch and enjoy it now before the next batch of bad news comes flooding through your newsfeed. 

Craig Ferguson’s Final Episode of “The Late Late Show” Is Tonight
December 19, 2014
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Craig Ferguson will, in a few hours, leave The Late Late Show at CBS as its third host leaving it to a myriad of guest hosts and, eventually, James Corden. Tom Snyder and Craig Kilborn came before him, but neither had the nine year run that Ferguson had. 

In one of the most rigid formats on television, the late night talk show, Ferguson managed to oscillate between the tropes of the form and also start making delightful cracks in the veneer of late night’s shiny suit and tie. Doing a monologue however he feels like doing, ripping up pre-interview questions, awkward pauses, having a robot sidekick and Secretariat, and other small things about Ferguson’s tenure at The Late Late Show made Ferguson absolutely stand out at 12:35AM. 

With the end of The Colbert Report and Ferguson leaving tonight, this is a pretty historic week in TV, especially in regards to comedy. The gravity of both Colbert and Ferguson leaving probably won’t be felt for a bit due to the focus on Sony and The Interview, but we’ll feel it when they’re both gone next week.

Hopefully, we won’t have to wait too long before he’s back as a free wheeling host of something. For now, you’ll just have to watch Craig Ferguson’s final episode at 12:35AM at CBS with Jay Leno as his guest.

More Holiday Tips From Conan O’Brien’s Propmaster Bill Tull
December 19, 2014
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It would seem that Conan O’Brien might be on to a holiday tradition of having budget friendly tips to celebrate the holiday season from his propmaster Bill Tull. There were some great tips from 2013 and there are more for this year’s holiday season.

And by holiday season, we mean any holiday is a good holiday for Bill Tull’s tips.

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