Fast talking, wise-cracking magical duo David and Leeman got to perform on The Late Late Show while Wayne Brady had the entire week as host.
David and Leeman make guessing a color someone’s thinking of as fun as it could be. Watch it here.
It should come as no surprise to any of us that the living legend of an animated series The Simpsons, going 26 seasons strong, has a fervent following worldwide.
Recent examples of this came this week as an Australian duo of Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon created a fantastic pixel art “couch gag” that will be used on tonight’s episode. The team at The Simpsons even had a fun response to their submission.
Much more unbelievable than that, over two thousands Bolivians gathered in the streets to protest a time slot change of The Simpsons (via The AV Club).
It’s been quite the week for The Simpsons that was capped off with a WGA Award win.
As Chris Gethard and The Chris Gethard Show are headed to actual cable TV thanks to the good folks over at Fusion, there was a vacant slot for late Wednesday nights at what’s now probably one of the most famous public access networks, MNN.
Not one to let the slot fade away, Gethard has handed the keys to Brett Davis and his “The Special without Brett Davis”. Just having watched the first episode with guests Jake Fogelnest and Joe Pera, we think you are all going to be happy with Davis and company as TCGS’ replacement. They definitely keep the funny and the bizarre of this time slot going and we can’t wait to see what they’re going to pull off in the months to come.
We’re not going to reveal anything else, so just go watch it already.
If you want to attend a taping (if you live anywhere in NYC, we highly recommend it), e-mail thespecialwithout@gmail.com.
ON THE HORIZON
The Super Serious Show w/Barry Rothbart @ The Virgil Wed. Feb. 18th 8PM $30
Bill Burr @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Thurs. Feb. 19th 9PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Anderson & Anthony @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $12
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
Sandy Crahford @ MiMoDa 8PM FREE
Frankenmatt Present: Triple Double @ iO West 8PM $5
Steve Benaquist’s Big & Tall Show @ The Lash 8:30PM FREE
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
The Night of Our Lives @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
Beta Test @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM FREE w/RSVP
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Franklin 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
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 9:15PM/Starts 9:30PM/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
Many laws here in America have curbed smoking and “Big Tobacco” has gotten much needed regulation over the years. However, Big Tobacco still shows signs of their old habits by popping up elsewhere in the world where the leash on them is much longer.
Even with 2006’s Thank You For Smoking doing a great job of sending up the abuses of the Tobacco Industry, there’s still much more to satirize from the people who make cigarettes, like companies suing entire countries, as John Oliver and Last Week Tonight discovered.
It’s a great segment to hit the ground running after winning that WGA Award this weekend. Watch it all here.
(via Deadline)
Conan O’Brien is having a pretty amazing year as far in taking his show out of the studio. The fantastic remotes aside, he already has a trip to Comic-Con scheduled for later this year and now, he has traveled to Cuba since sanctions had been lifted by Obama to tape an episode.
Tonight Show host Jack Paar was the last late night talk show from the U.S. to do so all the way back in 1962 when he chatted with Fidel Castro.
We’re not sure what’s going to happen, but we’re sure Conan is going to make some comedy gold out of riding in old cars and visiting a cigar factory. We’ll find out when the episode airs Mar. 4th.
After the announcement of Jon Stewart’s upcoming retirement as host of The Daily Show, there was, as was to be expected, rampant speculation about who would replace Stewart. There were a good deal of folks that cast their votes immediately for current Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams to fill the role. The idea was furthered by the upcoming movie Hot Tub Machine 2 depicting her as the host in the not so distant future.
However, last night, Williams expressed her appreciation for the sentiments, but also stated that she won’t be hosting The Daily Show following Jon’s exit.
In her own words, she tweeted:
Fact 1: I’m not hosting. Thank you but I am extremely under-qualified for the job! At this age (25) if something happens politically that I don’t agree with, I need to go to my room & like not come out for, like, 7 days. That being said I am super not right for it, but there are quite a few people who are! Can’t wait to stick around & see what happens.
So, you can take off one picture off all of your bulletin boards of potential Daily Show replacements that you all obviously have right now.
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special was the gigantic, nostalgic whirlwind of a walk down Studio 8H that we were led to believe it was.
Cast members, hosts, writers, etc. from the show in 1975 until now were in attendance to pay homage to SNL not only as a show, but a cultural institution.
There was a big ol’ musical revue kicked off by Martin Short and Maya Rudolph as Beyonce, Weekend Update anchored by Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Jane Curtin, a touching In Memoriam tribute (that also has a pretty great burn at the end), and rare glimpses into auditions of SNL cast members as well as some folks that should have been cast members like Stephen Colbert.
Also, SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy lived once more, complete with Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery and Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds, and was every bit as glorious during its run in the late 90’s through the 2000s.
It should come as no surprise that this special scored a record 23 million viewers from last night (via Variety) and will probably have millions watching several of the clips over at Hulu and YouTube.
With all of the reminiscing of seasons past, it’s perfect timing on SNL’s part to push their SNL app that gives access to thousands of clips from the past 40 seasons.
If you didn’t catch the special last night, hopefully you’ll have today off to catch up.
March is just around the corner, which means The Late Late Show with James Corden is almost set to premiere. In the meantime, the interim period of The Late Late Show is still in effect and, this week, they have very intriguing guests hosts in Thomas Lennon, Lauren Graham and Will Arnett.
Lennon is scheduled for Mon-Wed., Graham on Thurs., and Arnett for Fri.
In addition to their hijinks, Weird Al Yankovic, Natasha Leggero, Nick Kroll, Matthew Perry, Tom Papa, Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinski, and David Cross are all set to be guests this week too.
Take note that Lennon has voiced Craig Ferguson’s robot skeleton sidekick Geoffrey Peterson at The Late Late Show from time to time and perhaps he’ll do it again.
Find out what happens (two weeks ago, they had the Super Bowl Sharks on) by tuning in to CBS at 12:35AM all week long.
The latest story on This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir comes from Barry Rothbart and the events that transpired on his 18th birthday.
At this point, we’ll just say that Barry got taken to Atlantic City by his Dad and after everything that went down, Atlantic City lived up to it’s shady reputation.
One of the longest running comedy publications in existence, MAD Magazine, has invited Weird Al Yankovic to be a guest editor for the next issue.
With his acceptance of the invitation, Yankovic will apparently be the magazine’s first guest editor.
Yankovic will also be joining in other noted comedy folks like Key & Peele with Entertainment Weekly or Judd Apatow with Vanity Fair recently guest editing the magazine’s comedy issues.
As you can clearly tell, he’s been dreaming of this for awhile:
Childhood dream achieved: I am going to be MAD Magazine’s first-ever guest editor (issue #533)! pic.twitter.com/YtNDdWnaFW
ON THE HORIZON
Heart of Darkness: Sex Magick @ Cinefamily Thurs. Feb. 19th 7:30PM $14
Is This Thing On? @ Gallery 1988 West Sat. Feb. 21st 7PM FREE w/RSVP
COMEDY CRAWL
“One More Thing” Signing w/BJ Novak @ Barnes & Noble at The Grove 7PM FREE
GENRE SMASH! with The BoJack Horseman Masterminds @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $15
The Worst Idea of All Time Podcast @ Cinefamily 7:30PM $14
Victory Lap @ The Virgil 8PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 8PM FREE
CMT Comedy Showcase @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM FREE
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Stand Up On The Spot @ Comedy Store Belly Room 8PM $5/2 item min.
This Show Was On My Vision Board @ Akbar 8PM FREE
Baked @ The Baked Potato 8:30PM/10:30PM $15
Hollywood Handbook with Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Happy Contest Time @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Death Valley Tween Fest @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5
Flyover Comedy @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $10/2 item min.
Roast Battle @ The Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30PM FREE
The Get Go Friendship Hour @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/5 min.
JUST BE YOURSELF @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/For character performances only/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends before 8PM/Send a brief description of your character bit and the amount of time you’ll need (not to exceed 6 minutes) to justbeyourselfucb@gmail.com/There will be limited tech (microphone, maybe a music cue)/Hosted by Greg Tuculescu/Hal Rudnick/Mary Holland/Marques Ray/Kirby Howell-Baptiste
KIBITZ ROOM @ CANTER’S 419 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/No over the top vulgarity/6 min. w/any purchase, 3 min. w/o/Hosted by Burt Teplitzky and Fielding Edlow
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Johan Miranda
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
THE MOTH @ LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts 7:30PM sharp/Stories on theme of “love hurts”/Lottery/5 min./10 spots only/$8 cover
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
BERLIN CURRYWURST 1620 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/3 min. w/o drink/7 min. w/drink/Hosted by Sally Courtois and Jules Simitz
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/5 min.
WANG’S PLACE 120 E. Lemon Ave., Monrovia, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/One item min./6 min.
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-7min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
88 CHINESE & SUSHI 418 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./$5 min. purchase/Hosted by Cindy Liebman
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM/Lottery/4.5 min./after booked show
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3-5 min./$1 cover/Hosted by Nick Kauffman
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/First come, first served/4 min./1 item min.
THE NOVEL BAR 3760 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:15PM/Starts 10:45PM/Ends 1AM/First come, first served/1 item min./Hosted by Nikki Wantz
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/First come, first served
Oft referred to as the Egyptian Jon Stewart, Bassem Youssef hosted a hit satirical news show in Egypt called Al Bernameg. However, as free speech seems to be more limited over there than it is here, Youssef ran into problems when poking fun at those in power.
A documentary is being made about his trials and tribulations in trying to pull off what he pulled off called Tickling Giants. They’re looking to crowdfund $150,000 on Indiegogo by Mar. 10th. As of this post, they have raised $47,827.
If you donate $20, you’ll get a digital download of the movie, but, in general, any amount donated to this project is definitely going to a good cause for both comedy and free speech.
Since Billy On The Street is moving to truTV and TBS for its next season, Billy Eichner might going be bigger with his games, shouting, etc.
A perfect example is this special web edition of Billy On The Street with First Lady Of The United States Michelle Obama, Big Bird, and Billy’s favorite contestant Elena roving through a grocery store.
Note how Elena’s excitement throughout this whole thing is pretty priceless.
(via Deadline)
For those of you that had thought that John Oliver was going to possibly leave Last Week Tonight to replace Jon Stewart later this year at The Daily Show, you obviously aren’t aware of how good Oliver has it over at HBO and how much HBO is into Oliver.
Today, that was all made clear by HBO announcing that two 35 episode seasons of Last Week Tonight have been ordered that will air in 2016 and 2017 separately.
Aside from possibly narrowing your list on who is coming to The Daily Show desk, rejoice in the fact that will have almost three more years of Oliver at his own desk doing stuff like this week’s takedown of Big Tobacco.
Over several years, Rainn Wilson made a name for himself as well as the character he played on the U.S. version of The Office, Dwight Schrute.
Wilson gets into the nitty gritty about playing Dwight as well as jumping almost immediately into what might be a character of Dwight’s dreams, Backstrom with Speakeasy with Paul F. Tompkins.
Watch their nice, long chat here.
Of the Oscar nominated pictures in the Foreign Language Film category this year, Damián Szifron’s Wild Tales (titled Relatos Salvajes when originally released in Argentina) presented by Pedro Almodovar stands out as it combines a bits of a comedy and a thriller in a few stories that represent a revenge anthology. The premise kind of reminds us a little of the brilliant Seven Psychopaths from Martin McDonagh.
See what we’re talking about in the trailer here and if your interest has been peaked, you can perhaps catch Wild Tales in limited release this Fri. Feb. 20th.
Matt Ingebretson, who we feature a lot here, has put together an entire collection of short form pieces from some of the funniest people currently in and around Los Angeles for The Impolite: A Collection of Comedic Lit From LA.
Those people include such comedy folks as:
Megan Amram, Nathan Buckley, Eric Dadourian, Raj Desai, Emily Heller, Karen Kilgariff, Megan Koester, Yassir Lester, Aparna Nancherla, Eddie Pepitone, Sean Tejaratchi, Amber Tozer, David Venhuizen, Patrick Walsh, Jay Weingarten, Jake Weisman, Nick Wiger, and Allen Strickland Williams.
The book has everything from “…high-concept humor to idiotic poetry to a detailed factual account of how Cash Money Records caused a rift between a step-father and his son,” says Ingebretson.
So, with all of that being said, we suggest taking $10 and spending on it buying and enjoying “The Impolite”.
The IFC Comedy Crib is continuing to incubate small runs of innovative, funny web series.
Their latest features Paul Laudiero and Will Stephen as two self-taught film students reviewing the classics of the cinematic canon, emphasis on “self-taught”.
Watch their review of and what they would do if “they was in” The Wizard of Oz.
ON THE HORIZON
Nate Bargatze @ Comedy & Magic Club Tues. Feb. 24th 8PM $15/2 item min.
Channel 101 @ Downtown Independent Theater Sat. Feb. 28th 8PM/10PM FREE
COMEDY CRAWL
The Worst Idea of All Time Podcast Pre-Screening: Grown-Ups @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 4PM FREE
Just Saying with The Sklar Brothers Taping @ Hollywood Center Studios 6PM FREE w/RSVP
High Class Hilarity @ Cork Lounge 7PM FREE
The Worst Idea of All Time Podcast @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
The Last Man on Earth Sneak Preview @ Cinefamily 7:30PM FREE w/RSVP
A Carlin Home Companion @ Falcon Theatre 8PM $29-$39
The Super Serious Show @ The Virgil 8PM $7 in adv., $10 at door
Adam Devine’s House’s Party Showcase @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM/10PM $5
Cheaper Than Therapy @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM $10
Weiscrack @ Continental Kitchen 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8:30PM $8 (stand by only)
A New Stand-Up Show @ Copper Still Bar at Jaragua 8:30PM FREE
Backyard… a Comedy Show @ The Backyard 8:30PM FREE
Gandhi, Is That You? @ Golden Road Brewing 8:30PM FREE
Pete Holmes Living at Largo @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
The Down Low Comedy Show @ 55 Degree Wine 9PM $5
Captain Black Planet @ The Lexington 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Nervous Jerk Comedy Show @ iO West 11:30PM FREE
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
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 5:30PM/5 min./First come, first served/Hosted by Heather Turman/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/3 min./25 spots only/counts as audtion/1 item min.
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’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./First come, first served
B.Y.O.S. SKETCH OPEN MIC @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM CAFE 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sketches only/Sign-up 5:45PM/5 page/5 min. max/Lottery/12-13 slots only/No light or sound cues/Hosted by Beth Appel or Tim Neenan
THE GRANDVIEW MARKET 12210 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
THE MOTH @ BUSBY’S EAST 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Doors at 7PM/Starts 7:30PM sharp/5 min. stories on theme of “courage” required”/10 spots only/Lottery/$8 cover
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/4 min. w/o drink, 7 min. w/drink/Hosted by Phil Gould
ICE HOUSE STAGE 2 24 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/4 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
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/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Can sign-up at http://www.iansalmon.com/showsopen-mic-night.html/Ends 1AM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Ian Salmon
THE WINCHESTER ROOM 6522 San Fernando Rd., Glendale, CA/Starts 10PM/5 min./Follows booked show/Hosted by Rachele Friedland and Kari Martin
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/First come, first served./1 item min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
HOUSE OF TACOS 5615 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
ROBIN HOOD BRITISH PUB 13640 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA/Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/Lottery/booked spots mixed in/Hosted by Mark Mulkerron
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
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/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
One of our absolute favorites here at The Comedy Bureau, Jackie Kashian, got to return to Conan O’Brien’s stage to do stand-up once more.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
With The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore all at the forefront, making fun of the news as an entire show has been as popular as it has ever been and The Huffington Post wants in.
Thus, The HuffPost Show will be The Huffington Post’s college try to get in on the burgeoning world of satiric news. HuffPost Live’s own Roy Sekoff and Marc Lamont Hill will co-host the weekly show, which will plenty of different segments skewering the week’s top stories as well as have guest panels.
The HuffPost Show will premiere Mar. 27th on Fri. at 9PM on HuffingtonPost.com, which is, interestingly, a time slot that clears the show from ever going up against the aforementioned Daily Show, Last Week Tonight, or The Nightly Show.
So, we have just a little over a month to see how it will stack up in the satiric news world.
Thanks to our good friends at CleftClips and Comedy Dynamics’ on Hulu, you can see all the fun that all the folks at The Virgil were having the night that Andy Peters recorded his debut comedy album off of AST Records, Exclamation Mark Question Point, one of our favorites from last year.
Please enjoy the rollicking fun of Peters in the comedy special version of “Exclamation Mark Question Point” here.
Reality shows get the majority of parody send-ups these days, but that doesn’t mean other TV genres should be overlooked when it comes to poking fun at overplayed tropes.
That’s where Colin Quinn’s Cop Show over at L Studio does a bang up job of showing how ridiculous all the police, legal, and investigative procedural shows on television really are.
Adam Cayton-Holland is coming out with his second album in just a few months off of The Greater Than Collective label to follow up his great “I Don’t Know If I Happy”.
Titled “Backyards”, it’s set for an April 7th release, but you can pre-order and get a limited edition baseball card of Adam as well as order a second album and baseball card for the price of one.
Here’s a taste of what’s to come from Backyards. Like it? Good. Now go pre-order it.
