If you’ve ever wonder how clever wording in comedy/lyrics in a rap song can get, we’d hope you know Zach Sherwin.
For years, he’s come up with rhymes so clever that he’s done entire songs analyzing a single rhyme in another rap song.
Now he’s just released his second album (his first one as Zach Sherwin instead of his former alias MC Mr. Napkins) Rap! from AST Records and you can and should pick it up here.
If you’ve never watched Drunk Driving with Brad Gage, it’s kind of like Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee minus luxurious cars and coffee and/or breakfast/lunch plus comedians being very inebriated going home and sometimes picking up a drive-thru treat on the way.
This latest episode with Ryan Singer perfectly illustrates all of that. Watch it here.
(via Deadline)
Here’s more proof that Episodes has been flying quietly and delightfully under the radar.
Though cable comedies like Louie and Girls get way more press, Episodes on Showtime has also found its way to a fifth season. They’ve manage to do a Hollywood biz comedy starring Matt LeBlanc a la Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Comeback without imitating and coming at it from a different angle.
Look for nine episodes of Episodes in this next season and boost in its profile, probably, when Showtime launches its standalone streaming service.
On last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jerry Seinfeld wasted no time in getting to pulling back the curtain on how talk show interviews are set up and his subsequent distaste for pre-interviews/artificial conversation.
He does give props to Meyers for not having notes visible on his desk.
Then, he moved on to commenting on political correctness and how he has found that it has gone too far .
Jerry makes solid points on both counts and will inevitably have people/the Internet endlessly debate and further entrench themselves in whatever side they take.
Whether you agree or disagree, it won’t keep from Jerry from joking about what he wants and avoiding talking to producers before he goes on late night talks shows.
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Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, and Judith Godreche having a parents night to remember in The Overnight likes already enticing enough. The red band trailer will definitely entice you more to watch it when it comes out next week on Jun. 19th.
Looks like Ted 2 won’t be the only R-rated comedy to watch for this Summer.
ON THE HORIZON
Nate Craig @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Jun. 12th 8PM $15/2 item min.
Dad Talk: A Talk Show for Dads @ UCB Franklin Fri. Jun. 19th MIDNIGHT $5
COMEDY CRAWL
LOCA Presents: ImMEDIAte Justice Comedy Fundraiser @ Hollywood Improv 7PM $25/2 item min.
Magic To Do: Musical Improv @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
The Best Friends Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Funny or Die’s Make ‘Em LAFF Showcase at LA Film Festival @ LA Live 8PM $15
Chimp City Comedy Showcase @ Black Rose Tavern 8PM FREE
Cookin’ With Gas @ The Groundlings 8PM $18
Don’t Tell My Mother @ Busby’s East 8PM $16
Duplex Comedy Suplex in Hollywood 8PM FREE
Harland Williams @ Ontario Improv 8PM $22/2 item min.
Impro(vs)tandup @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Kisses @ iO West 8PM $10
Thursday Night Booty @ Redwood Bar 8PM FREE
Straight White Males @ Copper Still Bar at Jaragua 8:30PM FREE
F This Show @ California Institute of Abnormal Arts 8:30PM $15
Fresh Out: Stand Up Comedy @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
John Hodgman’s Secret Society @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30 (stand by only)
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
The Studio Sessions @ 1836 Sunset Studios 9PM FREE
Dasariski @ iO West 9PM $10
This Show Is Your Show with Matt and Moses @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
Esther Povitsky Album Taping for Feral Audio @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5
The Grind @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM FREE
The Reckoning/Cook County Social Club @ iO West 10PM $10
Harold Late Night @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
The Last Day of School: The Txt Msg Show @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/3 min./25 spots only/counts as audition/No purchase necessary
KARMA LOUNGE 3954 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:15PM/Ends 9:30PM/Mixed mic/4-6 min. for comics or 6 min. for musicians/First come, first served/One item min./Hosted by Jacob Bunney and Brendan Cooney
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up at 4PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/lottery/Hosted by Brent Duncan
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/5 min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7:30PM/First come, first served/7 min./Hosted by Nick Costas
UCB SUNSET’S INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/5 min./Lottery/10 spots only/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Gilli Nissim/Mary Sasson/Mel Stephens
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Jay Light and Tyler Meznarich/No purchase necessary/One lottery spot for booked show after
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up at https://www.facebook.com/getaroomwithdomandmatt/Lottery for remaining spots/Starts 7PM/One drink min./5 min./Hosted by Domenic Padulo and Matt Brousseau
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
1836 SUNSET STUDIOS 1836 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/15-20 spots/Lottery/3 min./Mixed in with booked spots/Hosted by Scott Luhrs
BARBERIANS BARBERSHOP 825 N. Harbor Blvd., Fullerton, CA/Starts 8PM/5 min./first come, first served/Hosted by Israel Carrasco
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/mixed mic
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
OPEN SPACE THEATRE & CAFE 457 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8:30PM/3-5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Mallie McCown
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery
IMPROV JAM @ WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Starts 11PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Cole Stratton and Morgan Christensen
It was only a matter of a time before a full fledged documentary on podcasting was made.
Co-founders of the LA Podcast Festival, Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood have been put years into making Earbuds, a documentary about the ever burgeoning world of podcasting. They’ve captured how expansive and wonderfully crazy podcasters have gotten over the years as well as interviews with Marc Maron, Chris Hardwick, Jimmy Pardo, Aisha Tyler, Wil Anderson, and way more.
You can get a first look at Earbuds in the teaser over at Nerdist.com.
Rather than rising temperatures leaving less rainfall, Marc Maron might be on to something else that is behind the severe droughts in California that we all might be all a little ashamed to admit.
He confided his “discovery” to us all on Conan this week.
Perhaps, after, we can all be “masters of our domain” and conserve all the water we need here in California.
While you’re curiosity might be still aflutter as to what Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola have cooked up for A Very Murray Christmas, you’ll have another Murray vehicle to look forward this year in the Barry Levinson directed/Mitch Glazer written Rock The Kasbah.
Murray plays a tour manager that loses one American act while touring in Afghanistan who has to make a star out of an Afghan girl on their version of American Idol. Maybe she’ll end up singing the famous Clash song?
We’re on board for that.
Watch the trailer here and look for its release on Oct. 23rd.
A teaser for the intentionally campy Lifetime movie A Deadly Adoption starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig was just released today, which should further convince you that the movie is going to premiere on Jun. 20th.
We’re guessing that you should get ready for some of Ferrell’s best outbursts since in some time.
We’re genuinely curious if anyone is going to meet, hit it off, and end up together from going to catch Aziz on this tour.
To kick off the release next week of his book Modern Romance, his dissection of what love/dating/relationships are nowadays, Aziz Ansari will be stopping through NYC, Washington D.C., Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia from Jun. 16th-July 19th for a Modern Romance book tour.
You can get your tickets here, which include a copy of the book with the price of admission.
Seriously, it would be kind of perfect if some folks became a couple after meeting at this.
If you’re wondering if Chris Gethard was up to with a bigger budget on a cable TV, just check out he how made live action duck hunt with people and Wyatt Cenac and himself dressed as ducks in harnesses playing via Skype possible .
Basically, just like when it was on public access, you shouldn’t be missing out on The Chris Gethard Show on Fusion.
It should come as no surprise that they don’t recommend doing either.
In this latest episode of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld picks up Steve Harvey in a classic 50′s Chevy Bel-Air getting to the bottom of why Steve is so busy these days, giving advice to comedy classes, trying to cut your teeth at the infamous Apollo, getting booed at The Apollo, and being offended in comedy.
They also hop around Chicago not only to get coffee, but some tasty looking barbecue as well.
Earlier this year, one of the funniest podcasts around, Superego, revealed the existence of a sketch about scissor repairman that they had recorded that went nearly 40 minutes known as Stetch Maldonay.
They weren’t sure what to do with it due to its unwieldy length. So, they opted to have a contest to see if any of the Superego faithful would be able to make it into something that’s fit for their high quality brand of short form audio absurdity.
Well, months after the contest was announced, they’ve found a winner in a submission from one Blake Fawley, which you can hear here.
We’ve heard it and it definitely meets Superego standards. They’ve also found some runner-up winners as well that you can listen to here.
If there’s any takeaway here, you should just be listening to any and all of Superego.
ON THE HORIZON
The Swarm @ UCB Sunset Sat. Jun. 20th 9PM $5
Laura Kightlinger & Friends @ Hollywood Improv Wed. Jun. 24th 8PM $15/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Matinee @ UCB Franklin 4:30PM $5
Brand New Ball @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
The Wheel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Harland Williams @ Ontario Improv 7:30PM/9:45PM $22/2 item min.
Quick & Funny Musicals: Tom Riddle and The Mystery of The Battle of The Bands @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $10
Groundlings Kung Fu Battle Island @ The Groundlings 8PM $20
Nate Craig @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Bitchface @ Jones Coffee 8:30PM $5
Art Deco Comedy Hour @ American Legion Post 43 9PM $5
This Friday Forty @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Your F’ed Up Family @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Bear Fight @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9PM $10
Soundtrack + Cat Ladies @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $10
Set List @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $15/2 item min.
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
Tony Baker @ Flappers Burbank 10PM $20/2 item min.
Fresh Fish @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
Gangbusters @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
JV Presents: #ThrowbackFriday @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
Onassis: It’s Getting Dark @ 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 4PM/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
IMPROV JAM @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can perform/Hosted by Mano Agapion
THE IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ibo Brewer
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./First come, first served
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 min./brought to you by Myke Wright, Kat Yeary, Sam Jae, and Terrence Newman
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/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 #201/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover/includes drink/Hosted by Bobbie Oliver
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 10:45PM after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
(via Vulture)
Odds are you weren’t watching the entire episodes on CBS.com, but the clips that were at Dave’s YouTube channel that you were watching are also gone.
As we’ve all had ample time to watch the clips from the final month of The Late Show with David Letterman, Letterman’s company Worldwide Pants, which retained rights to The Late Show, has apparently taken down any and all content from The Late Show that was online.
We can only hope this means that a big collector’s box set is coming or that they’ll be a Letterman version of Simpsons World.
As part of the charity event that Will did during MLB Spring Training, Will Ferrell will now be on a set of Topps Baseball Cards commemorating all 10 positions that he played that day.
That includes ones for Oakland A’s, Mariners, The Angels, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds, Black Sox, Padres, Dodgers, and Giants.
Autographed cards will be randomly placed into packs that will be released next week. Get a look at the whole of them at MLB.com.
Anyone curious like us to see if this will be astronomically valued in a few decades?
Did you know that you could still pull off an entertaining interview not having read the book or watched the movie of the person you’re interviewing on national television?
It’s best, however, if you’re Jon Stewart.
As you have seen from things like The Wolf of Wall Street, get rich quick schemes only work when someone gets severely screwed along the way.
The same goes for many of those books that promised a simple, numbered system to obtain a vaguely defined goal of success.
So, Grant Pardee along with Matt Champagne and Susan Burke made a fun satirical ad if those books were a little more upfront with their message.
Bill Hader, Charlyne Yi, Matt Walsh, Danny Pudi, and way more comedy folks showed up in this big opening sketch for the 2015 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.
It’s a pretty great explanation for not having a tech conference be like an awards show.
If you’ve been wondering what Colin Quinn has been up to, know that he’s been up to quite a bit.
In addition to his great web series Cop Show, Colin Quinn has been busy writing a book, Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America that just came out this week as well working his latest live show New York Story that’s directed by Jerry Seinfeld and will play at NYC’s Cherry Lane Theatre from July 9th-Aug. 16th.
He announced all of this during his latest appearance on The Daily Show.
Let’s hope that Quinn keeps this pace of projects going for quite some time from now.
ON THE HORIZON
JASH at LA Film Festival: An Evening of Buh Comedy @ Regal LA Live Tues. Jun. 16th 8PM $15
Pete Davidson @ Brea Improv Thurs. Jun. 18th-Sat. Jun. 20th $22/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Living Room LIVE @ Mobli Beach House 4:30PM $10
3rd St. Blackout at LA Film Festival @ Regal LA Live 4:45PM $15
People Places Things at LA Film Festival @ Regal LA Live 5PM $15
Band of Robbers at LA Film Festival @ Bing Theatre at LACMA 7:15PM Rush line only
A Funeral for a Prop Comic with Ian Abramson Sponsored by Bob’s Big Boy Burbank @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Best of UCB Sketch @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Harland Williams @ Ontario Improv 7PM/9PM $22/2 item min.
Sentimental Lady: Guilty Pleasures @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Comedy Snob @ iO West 7:30PM $5
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Comedy at the Manor in Mar Vista 8PM FREE
Groundlings Kung Fu Battle Island @ The Groundlings 8PM/10PM $20
Jimmy Dore & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Eat See Hear: The Grand Budapest Hotel @ The Autry National Center $12-$20, $6-$15 w/Goldstar
Historical Roast @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
College Humor Live LA @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
The Overnight at LA Film Festival @ Regal LA Live 9:45PM Rush line only
Dude Bro Party Massacre III @ Regal LA Live 10:20PM Rush line only
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
Tony Baker @ Flappers Burbank 10PM $20/2 item min.
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
COFFEE + FOOD 5360 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 3:15PM/Starts 3:30PM/Ends 6:30PM/Mixed mic/4 min. without purchase/7 min. with purchase/Hosted by Rachel Hroncich
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 2PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 4:15PM/Lottery
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
INFUSION LOUNGE LA 1000 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA (2nd Floor CityWalk)/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/Mixed mic/No purchase necessary/Free parking at bottom of hill w/free train up up to CityWalk or 3 hr. free valet w/validation/Hosted by Pam
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 Katie Valelly
GROUNDWORK COFFEE 1501 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./1 item min./First come, first served/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.
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts around 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
11PM on Comedy Central.
Jeff Ross not only did stand-up in front of inmates at a jail in Texas, he also roasted them as well as have them on stage without any sort of restraints and chatted with them in and around the joint.
Off of those facts alone, you should watch latest special, Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals: Live at Brazos County Jail.
Also, watching Ross roast people not because they’re infamous rather than mostly famous is very enticing.
Once again, tune in at 11PM tonight.
One Brad Hall takes unboxing videos to a whole new level by being someone who you wouldn’t think of buying fresh Air Jordan VIIs or putting high production value into an unboxing video because he seems like a very mild mannered dad that includes his kids in his video.
This makes us curious if more sneakerheads like Brad exist
Seriously, Colin Quinn should be on Law & Order. It probably wouldn’t be as weird that one time Stephen Colbert was on it.
Last night, Colin Quinn took The Tonight Show stage to do stand-up and focused on living in NYC for years while Law & Order has also been shot in NYC for years and somehow not being featured in the show. If anything, Cop Show should guarantee him something, but, alas, Quinn has to settle for being one of NYC’s funniest.