Looking to create an art installation that will single handedly upset the establishment with things that most people leave in their curb for garbage trucks to pick up?
Well, look no further than Portlandia’s Shocking Art Store complete with guest Shepherd Fairey.
It shouldn’t be too long before a real version of this exists if it doesn’t already.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
There seems to be more cross-pollination between U.S. and U.K. comedy series as of late. Of course, The Office was famously adapted from Ricky Gervais’ version to the version starring Steve Carell that went for 9 seasons. Nowadays, James Corden and Showtime’s Episodes further connect the comedy bridge across the pond.
So, naturally, it would make sense that successful UK series Cuckoo that starred Andy Samberg and Catastrophe starring American comedian/author/Twitter king Rob Delaney and UK’s Sharon Horgan would find it’s way here.
NBC has ordered a pilot for an American remake of Cuckoo and Amazon has gotten rights to stream Catastrophe in the spring for people in the U.S.
When you think of how exactly a second date could go from a somewhat nice time to horribly awry, Will Weldon went through a gauntlet of many things you were probably thinking up.
Of course, as he’s telling this story after the fact on This Is Not Happening, he didn’t get murdered or kidnapped or anything of that nature, but a second date like this one is still spectacularly awful.
(via The AV Club)
Bob’s Burgers creator Loren Bouchard, the pun burger names at Bob’s Burgers, and one Cole Bowden who made those burgers into real life playful concoctions on The Bob’s Burgers Experiment are all coming together in an actual cookbook for Bob’s Burgers.
Maybe, when the book is done, Bob’s Burgers can took over that one Fatburger here in LA again and serve Bowden’s creations.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
There is talk between Jemaine and Bret for The Flight of The Conchords to go on tour later this year. We hope this comes to fruition as they were both magical during their run for Funny or Die’s first Oddball Festival Comedy Tour.
Also, it would be the perfect thing to follow up the other major comedy tour this year from Weird Al Yankovic scheduled to end later this year.
ON THE HORIZON
GENRE SMASH! with the BoJack Horseman Masterminds @ Nerdmelt Showroom Tues. Feb. 17th 7PM $15
Largo and Literary Death Match Present Patton Oswalt-Silver Screen Fiend @ Largo at The Coronet Theatre Mon. Feb. 23rd 8PM $40 (includes copy of Silver Screen Fiend
COMEDY CRAWL
Play by Play @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
A Carlin Home Companion-Preview @ Falcon Theatre 8PM $29-$34
The Bill Plympton Extravaganza @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $15
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Sauce @ Desano’s 8PM $5 suggested donation
Pete Holmes @ Irvine Improv 8PM/10PM $22/2 item min.
Your F’ed Up Family @ UCB Sunset
We’re Gross with Gilli Nissim @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5
OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/Set list of topic provided to improvise off of/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.
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/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
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE OPEN MIC 131 S. Rampart Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Chrys Anthe & Mt. Yanker
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
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
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
Sometimes, as a comedian, you never really know what extremes you yourself will go to get a laugh until you’re presented with those extremes in real life. John Oliver found out that he would indeed follow through pretty far in that regard at a recent show and told the story on Letterman.
Oliver also gave his take on our most American of days here in America, The Super Bowl.
Enjoy these clips for now until next Sun., Feb 8th when Last Week Tonight returns to HBO at 11PM.
Comedy legend Mel Brooks has so many showbiz stories and is still damned funny at 88 we can only wonder why his comedy special “Live At The Geffen”, coming this weekend to HBO isn’t an entire mini-series.
Just a few more days until my first ever one man show #LiveAtTheGeffen. Jan. 31 on @HBO: http://t.co/nugo8VK3RT
Get a taste of the stories, jokes, songs, and more that’s all packed into Live At The Geffen in this teaser. Then, be sure to catch it at 9PM on this Sat. Jan. 31st on HBO.
If this somehow, interfering with your Super Bowl party, then you need to rearrange your priorities.
(via Variety)
Aziz Ansari is continuing his relationship between Netflix and his stand-up going as his next special will be released exclusively through the online streaming service.
Live at Madison Square Garden will be coming in for a release just over a month from now on Fri. Mar. 6th. Since Parks and Recreation is over, perhaps Ansari might dedicate even more of his time to stand-up and this special could just be the start of that.
Also, we’re not sure if it’s a trend or not, but it seems the title of many specials are returning to the classic “Live at [venue name]” model.
NBC has done well to give one-man-show-spectacular Neil Patrick Harris his own variety show.
As you can clearly see in this brief promo, NPH will have bits, numbers, and more in his series set to premiere this fall.
Well, he’ll have as much as he can before they run out of airtime.
(via Vulture)
Last year, Fox was developing a comedy series based on Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo going through college and now the project has gotten a pilot order.
Maybe we’re crazy, but 2015 could be a big year for shows based in and around the music biz including Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll at FX, Cameron Crowe’s Roadies pilot at Showtime, Lorne Michaels’ HBO pilot Brothers in Atlanta, and now this latest pilot DeTour,
The Super Bowl edition of Conan’s Clueless Gamer has Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski playing the upcoming Mortal Kombat X in a hotel conference room.
How they react to fatalities and Marshawn talking more than ever are pretty priceless. Watch it all here.
After a series of dramadies and more grounded roles with Kristen Wiig, Wiig seems like she will get to be more of the wonderful weirdo that we all came to know and love on SNL in her latest film Welcome To Me from director Shira Piven and writer Eliot Laurence.
Wiig plays a woman who is more than a little offbeat, but then suddenly wins the lottery and creates her own talk show. The result, from this trailer anyway, seems to be Wiig getting to run with however absurd she wants to get.
After watching this, we hope that in some universe if not this one that Wiig would be the host kind of like she is here for a real talk show.
*Trailer has been taken down for the time being.
ON THE HORIZON
The Swarm @ UCB Sunset Thurs. Feb. 5th 10:30PM $5
Hannibal Buress @ Pomona College-Bridges Auditorium Sat. Feb. 28th 8PM $14 for students, $29 for general admission
COMEDY CRAWL
Pete Holmes @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $22/2 item min.
Murray Valeriano Album Taping @ Hollywood Improv 7:30PM $15/2 item min.
A Carlin Home Companion-Preview @ Falcon Theatre 8PM $29-$34
Set List @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM/10PM FREE
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Ithamar Has Nothing To Say @ Second City Hollywood 8PM $10
Yellahammered! in Los Angeles, CA 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Suprise! w/Rob & Sofiya in Arts District 9PM $5 donation
Talking Heads with Terrence Newman @ Echoes Under Sunset 10PM FREE
Search History @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Trifecta @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch Presents The Birthday Roast of Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:30PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./Hosted by Pam/$5/All ages
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 4:15PM/First come, first served
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Ends 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/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton and Kasey Koop
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.
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
Brian Kiley returns to The Late Show with David Letterman stage at The Ed Sullivan Theater to perform another set to, yet again, waves and waves of applause.
Watch his set here.
In David Cross’ upcoming Hits, an “organization” by the name of Think Tank Brooklyn led by Donovan McAfferey (James Adomian) seeks to “…challenge the suppressive and convoluted systems set forth by the self-appointed nanny state”. In the movie, that manifests itself by cherrypicking the plight of a disgruntled citizen and making a viral online awareness campaign around him.
So, after the success of the actual Kickstarter campaign for the movie, this Think Tank Brooklyn has “started” a new crowdfunding campaign for The Great American 1921 Gentlemen’s Box Company and they’re looking to raise $10,000,000.
We’ll let McAfferey tell you about the rest.
Of the This Is Not Happening catalog of stories, Ali Saddiq’s is one of the craziest ones as it involves a prison riot.
So, for the benefit of us all, he shared his experience and taught us what “Mexicans got on boots” means.
ON THE HORIZON
Picture This! An Animated Comedy Show @ Echoes Under Sunset Sat. Feb. 7th 10PM FREE
This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir @ Hollywood Improv Tues. Feb 10th 8PM $5/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
A Carlin Home Companion-Preview @ Falcon Theatre 4PM $29-$34
Groundhog Day @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Gravid Water @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Power Violence 4 Year Anniversary @ Theatre 6470 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Search History @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
THE SATELLITE LA 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/Lottery/Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Megan Koester and Alison Stevenson
THE PIG & WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/20 spots only/$5 cover/5 min./Hosted by Sally Mullins
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
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 comedy stylings of Eddie Pepitone, Henry Zebrowski, Too Many Cooks, Cornell Reid, Dan Gill, Picture This!, Air Sex Championship, Josh Androsky, Brandie Posey, and more are headed to Iowa City, IA from the weekend of Feb. 28th for The Green Gravel Comedy Festival.
That’s officially less than a month away, so make your plans accordingly, especially if you live anywhere near Iowa now or by the end of the month.
The short form, indie-as-indie-can-be TV phenomenon known as Channel 101 created by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab has inaugurated its 2015 season.
Already, they kicked 2015 off with one hell of a start with a new pilot, Kill The Baby, topping the votes Car Jumper and Skateboard Cop continuing their runs, as well new shows Halfway House and Father and Son rounding out the top 5.
Also, there’s an incredibly epic finale of Santiago.
In addition to that, you can catch the whole of The Channel 101 Incredibly Prestigious Achievement Awards from last year here.
As always, if you’re not familiar with any of this, then get familiar. If you are, this is a great alternative to The Super Bowl/there’s plenty of time to kill before The Super Bowl.
From the moment she landed in her first sketch on Saturday Night Live a few years ago, Kate McKinnon has stood out as an unabashed delight. When Kate gets to just let loose in a sketch, it’s pretty damn great.
Case in point: an “alternate” ending to cinema classic Casablanca with her playing Ilsa and JK Simmons as Rick. Watch it here.
ON THE HORIZON
Jamie Lee @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Feb. 7th 10PM $15/2 item min.
Dinner With Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman’s Family @ Cinefamily Wed. Feb. 11th 8PM FREE w/RSVP
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s “@midnight w/Chris Hardwick” @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
The Improvised Shakespeare Company @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $30 (stand by only)
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
The Gale @ Groundlings 8PM $12
The Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
The Big & Tall Show @ The Lash 8:30PM FREE
UCB Stand Up Showcase @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
I Am the King Sweater @ The Virgil 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/3 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/End 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
OH, HEY GUYS @ UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM CAFE 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Storytelling only/8 min./Lottery/4-5 spots only/No purchase necessary
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.
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/5-7 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Thomas Fraser or David R
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./20 spots only/Hosted by Ever Mainaird, Lindsay Adams, and Caitlin Bergh
BREWDOG PUB 8300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:45PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./1 item min./Hosted by Pam
UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM CAFE 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/5 min./Lottery/12 spots only/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Alice Wetterlund and Will Hines
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Jay Weingarten
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
MELODY LOUNGE 939 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery until 11PM, then first come, first served from 11:30PM until close/Hosted by Wanjiko Eke, Meg Swertlow, and Chloe McGovern
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
Despite how the last Will Ferrell-produced-Chris Gethard-starring show Big Lake went (cancelled after one season), Ferrell along with Zach Galifianakis will be executive producers on The Chris Gethard Show that’s coming to Fusion.
We do hope that means the wondrous chaos that is TCGS will get to reign on the half hour slot that Fusion has given them.
On top of 10 episodes that will air this year, perhaps starting in April, Fusion has picked up the rights to air 20 episodes from The Chris Gethard Show at MNN. We’d really be surprise if that doesn’t become some sort of marathon leading up to the show’s premiere.
Whether it be stand-up, films, sketch, improv, or any other sort of comedy, Hell Yes Fest is, for the first time, now taking submissions for this year’s edition of the festival set to take place from Oct. 1st-11th in New Orleans. This way, they can reach further to bring in comedy from around the country down to their neck of the woods.
The deadline is June 1st and you can submit here for live comedy and here for films. So, if you want the chance of getting in at a festival and spending a week in New Orleans, stop reading this and get to submitting already.
(via Variety)
In order to follow up in their plans to release triple the amount of content that they did last year, Netflix is plunking down a big pile of IOUs, around a billon of them in fact.
The online streaming service is set to release 320 hours of their own content, which will include the Wet Hot American Summer mini-series, the next season of BoJack Horseman, and Aziz Ansari’s Live at Madison Square Garden just to name a few.
The four picture deal with The Duplass Brothers just struck at Sundance will probably benefit from this as well.
All told, Netflix seems like it’s full-fledged major studio/network as opposed to just an online streaming service.