10PM on IFC.
If you’ve always thought that documentaries besides Ken Burns needed their send-up, Seth Meyers, Fred Armisen, and Bill Hader have got you covered with their parody docu-series Documentary Now!
The series premiere is tonight at the aforementioned time 10PM on IFC.
At the time of this post, it has 112,206 signatures.
So far, much of the race to be president, especially in regards to the GOP candidates, has resembled a one-man circus.
With such a circus going on, many feel there’s only one such person to wrangle it all in, however they can, and that person is Jon Stewart.
A petition at Change.org has been started for Stewart to moderate debates and, as shown above, they are getting closer and closer to a 150,000 signature goal. The petition should meet that number soon.
We don’t know if the petition will make Stewart the moderator, but, at the very least, his name is in the conversation.
ON THE HORIZON
Neil Hamburger with Special Guests @ The Satellite LA Sun. Aug. 30th 8:30PM $8
Short Show @ UCB Sunset Mon. Aug. 31st 10:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Matinee @ UCB Franklin 4:30PM $5
The New Majority: A Show for Minorities @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Play by Play @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Harland Williams @ Irvine Improv 7:30PM/9:45PM $22/2 item min.
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
“Straight Up Your Heart” with Laura Kightlinger @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $12
Sauce @ Desano’s 8PM $5 suggested donation
Bangarang! presents: The Weekend @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The John Mulaney Files @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30 (stand by only)
Andy Kindler’s Particular Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Whatever @ Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock 9PM $5
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9PM $10
Soundtrack @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $10
Strip Comedy in Hollywood 9:30PM FREE
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
Orpheus Roy and Friends @ iO West 10PM $10
JV presents: #ThrowbackFriday @ UCB Franklin 11PM $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
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery/35 spots only/Hosted by Megan Koester and Alison Stevenson
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./One item min.
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 Alan Santiago
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 12PM at Facebook page/See www.facebook.com/bombsheltercomedy for more details and to sign-up/Starts 7PM/Ends 11PM/5 min./Lottery/Hosted by John Silver and Ryan Pfeiffer
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 Deadline)
It’s more proof that you shouldn’t worry, if you are for some reason, about Colbert going from The Colbert Report to The Late Show.
Emily Lazar, Barry Julien, Opus Moreschi, Jay Katsir, Matt Lappin, Paul Dinello, Jim Hoskinson, and Tanya Bracco were all writers, producers, directors, etc. over at The Colbert Report and will resume similar duties at Stephen’s new gig at The Late Show at CBS.
The anticipation towards his premiere on Sept. 8th somehow is still growing even though it’s pretty damn high already.
Conan’s one and only Jordan Schlansky is getting hitched and was electing to not have a bachelor party to celebrate the occasion.
That did not jibe with his boss, Conan O’Brien.
So, Conan threw Jordan a bachelor party, or, tried to throw him one.
Watch what happened here.
T.J. Miller, Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, Susan Sarandon, Rob Riggle, Danny McBride, and Nick Swardson voice the characters for this stop motion animation romp through the underworld, Hell and Back, where two friends try to rescue their friend from the mistaken clutches of hell.
The writing and directing includes three Robot Chicken alums, Ross Shuman, Hugh Sterbakov, and Zeb Wells as well as Tom Gianas who has written on and directed anything from SNL, Mr. Show, Drunk History, Human Giant.
An R-rated stop motion animated comedy already peaked our interest, but this red band trailer should make Hell and Back all the more intriguing to you when it premieres Oct. 9th.
(via Deadline)
The Rogen/Goldberg comedy empire continues to grow.
This latest project, Future Man, from Seth and Evan focuses on a janitor who is also a world-ranked gamer tasked with saving humans from being wiped out according to visitors from the future.
So, a mix of Terminator and a better, more thought-out version of Pixels?
Hulu has ordered a pilot, but talent has yet to be attached, which we’ll hope is the normal cavalcade of comedy stars/friends that Rogen and Goldberg routinely get.
Next week should be a real good time in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
James Adomian, Karen Kilgariff, Drennon Davis, Eddie Pepitone, Chris Cubas, Ben Kronberg, Brendon Walsh, Ron Lynch, Randy Liedtke, Michelle Buteau, Rhea Butcher, and more are headed up North to Winnipeg for their Oddblock Comedy Festival from Aug. 27th-30th.
If you want to go (and you should even if you’re a couple hundred miles outside of Winnipeg), get your tickets here.
Like many funny folks, Bill Hader can’t help doing bits all the time no matter where he is.
Just hear him talk about giving a birthday cake to one of his kids that was less what they wanted and more on brand for Bill as well as what pranks he pulls at the airport, then do a “spot-on” impression of Conan O’Brien.
ON THE HORIZON
The Moth Grandslam Championship @ The Echoplex Mon. Aug. 24th 8PM $18
Don Rickles @ Saban Theatre Sat. Jan. 30th $79-$150
COMEDY CRAWL
Cartoon Network Presents Picture This! An Animated Comedy Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM FREE w/RSVP (stand by only)
Harland Williams @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $22/2 item min.
Sentimental Lady: Guilty Pleasures @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Jackie Kashian & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
F This Show @ California Institute of Abnormal Arts 8:30PM $10
The Black Version @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
The Armando Show @ iO West 9PM $10
The Wheel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
The Comedy Garage in Echo Park 9:30PM FREE
Fahim Anwar @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $15/2 item min.
Gallery of Evil with Maximillian Blanc @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $10
Let’s PARTY @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 2PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
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
INFUSION LOUNGE LA 1000 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/Mixed mic/Park free at bottom of hill and take train up to CityWalk/Free Valet for 3 hours w/validation/Hosted by Pam
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. Cahuenga 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/Starts 7PM/Sign-up in advance by liking this page: https://www.facebook.com/ericbcomedy/First 28 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Hosted by Todd Smith, Matt Robinson, and Eric Bustamante/5 min./1 drink min.
Looks like NYC’s Sam Morril is on his way to being one of the regularly featured stand-ups on Conan.
He made his debut on the show last year and then notched in a fine set this week with his well crafted cleverness.
As none of these conflict with their time slots, it looks like you should be watching a whole lot of great stand-up tonight.
8PM on Comedy Central–Natasha Leggero: Live at Bimbo’s
10PM on HBO–Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted
Midnight on Comedy Central–The Half Hour: Liza Treyger and Hampton Yount
Don’t miss out on any of this.
Make sure you have Starz tonight.
With the forces of Jonathan Ames, Seth MacFarlane, and Sir Patrick Stewart combined, we will all get the darkly comedic cable news show Blunt Talk starting tonight at 9PM on Starz.
One of the best parts of this is that it doesn’t interfere with any of the four comedy specials also premiering tonight.
ON THE HORIZON
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told @ Nerdmelt Showroom Thurs. Aug. 27th 9PM $8 in adv., $10 at door
The Goddamn Comedy Jam: Jerrod Carmichael Show Edition @ The Lyric Theatre Mon. Aug. 31st 9PM $12
COMEDY CRAWL
Harland Williams @ Irvine Improv 7PM $22/2 item min.
Comedy Hack Day Finals @ Downtown Independent Theater 7PM $10
Modern Times + The Circus @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
UnCabaret @ Au Lac 8PM $10-$30
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Other Comedy! @ Otherwild 8PM FREE
Pointless Comedy @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Truth or Dare @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
The Faculty @ Nerdist School 9PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 9:30PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Search History @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
BLACKLIGHT DISTRICT LOUNGE 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA/Starts 12PM/Ends 4PM/First come, first served/10-20 min./Hosted by Spencer Kalander
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min./Hosted by Chelsea Skidmore
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3-5 min.
VENICE GRIND 12224 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/5 min./Mixed mic/2-3 songs for musicians/Hosted by Shanon O’Donnell/No purchase necessary
THE PIG & WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:45PM/Ends 10PM/First come, first served/20 spots only/$5 cover/5 min./Hosted by Sally Mullins
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton, Joel Jimenez, Roman Fraden, and/or Kat Yeary
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses/Music guy-Kenneth Lion
Though Darrell Hammond made a fine Colonel Sanders for Kentucky Fried Chicken, there seems to be more layers and complications to KFC’s latest ad campaign.
This week, Norm MacDonald has now filled the role of Colonel Sanders claiming that Hammond’s version of Sanders is a hoax. What this has to do explicitly with selling fried chicken is a little unclear at this point, but we do hope this gets weirder and weirder.
Watch one of Norm’s Colonel Sanders spots here.
Sure, watching the head of a big company go undercover amongst his own employees then revealing himself as the boss to the delight of some and dismay of others is entertaining.
Key and Peele’s version is, of course, more entertaining, perhaps filled with more “drama”. Watch it here.
If they just had some sort of bonus features or accompanying essay, this could be a Criterion Collection for podcasts.
The entire archives for Earwolf, Wolfpop, and WTF with Marc Maron are getting the ads taken out of them and having the audio spruced up for the new subscription based audio streaming service, Howl.fm.
In addition to the likes of How Did This Get Made?, Sklarbro Country, improv4humans with Matt Besser, The Sylvester Stallone Podcast, Howl.fm will also offer podcast episode specials, often recorded live, and mini-series including Superego’s Forgotten Classics.
Comedy albums such as Paul F. Tompkins Impersonal, Jimmy Pardo’s Sprezzatura, Kyle Kinane’s I Liked His Old Stuff Better, Andy Daly’s Nine Sweaters, and more will also be offered with a monthly subscription fee of $4.99 a month.
We’re guessing that ad free selling point might be pretty enticing to a lot of you.
Do not confuse this with the recent thriller Final Girl.
The Final Girls, from director Todd Strauss-Schulson and writers M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller, looks a damn good time that both celebrates and simultaneously pokes fun at the genre tropes of so many cheesy horror movies from decades past.
From the looks of it, the cast of Thomas Middleditch, Alia Shawkat, Malin Akerman, Adam Devine, Angela Trimbur, Nina Dobrev, and Taissa Farmiga bring the crazy premise of being transported into a cheesy horror movie and trying to survive really well.
See what could be a very welcome load of wonderful madness in the trailer for The Final Girls here.
ON THE HORIZON
We Have a Hammock in Highland Park Sat. Aug. 29th 9PM FREE
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid @ Aero Theatre Fri. Sept. 4th $11
COMEDY CRAWL
Modern Times + The Circus @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
The UCB Show Tapings @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM/9:30PM FREE w/RSVP (stand by only)
The Moth Grandslam @ The Echoplex 8PM $18
DTF @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 8PM FREE
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
In Vino Veritas @ Colorado Wine Company 8PM FREE
Harold Night @ UCB Franklin 8PM/9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Pete Holmes Living at Largo @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
Urban Dictionary @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM FREE w/RSVP
The Business LA @ Little Joy 9:30PM FREE
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Safeword @ El Cid 10PM $7
OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 5PM/5 min./First come, first served
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 4PM/Starts 6PM/End 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
OH HEY GUYS @ UCB INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Storytelling only/8 min. only/4-5 min./4-5 slots/Lottery/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
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 7PM/Starts 7:20PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/1 item min./3-5 min./Hosted by Lindsay Adam, Ever Mainard, and Caitlin Bergh
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
HOOTERS 6922 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9:15PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary/Presented by Stephen Holleman, Joleen Lunzer-Hernandez, Kristen Alberts, Tom McNaughton
MELODY LOUNGE 939 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Terrence Newman and Alex Hanna
CORNER BAR 924 S. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
BIG WANGS 1562 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/1 item min./First come, first served
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/$1-2 donation/First come, first served/Hosted by Jasmin Leigh
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around MIDNIGHT after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
Ash vs. Evil Dead doesn’t premiere on Starz until Halloween, which is pretty much the perfect day for it’s premiere by the way.
Fortunately, there’s a new trailer with more one-liners and gore to tide you over until then. Watch it here.
Now that the bans on gay marriage have been overturned nationwide, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver turned their focus to the other bastions of discrimination that the keep the LGBT people of the country from having their full fledged civil rights.
The more that Oliver and his team keep this sort of thing up, the more likely that there could be some sort of class in high school or college where someone just turns on episodes of Last Week Tonight and the class just watches it.
Get ready for more of what should make it to air more often on Conan, but doesn’t probably because Conan O’Brien isn’t in his suit playing a guitar.
Last year, we had a real good time seeing what goes on Conan’s stage before the show tapes or when the broadcast has cut to commercial on their very first Scrapisode.
Thankfully, they’re doing another Scrapisode this Thursday.
Make sure not to miss the wondrous chaos at 11PM Thursday on TBS.
(via Deadline)
We are already trying to imagine how the panel interview would go with Musk and Colbert in two weeks.
The premiere of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is just over two weeks away and in addition to George Clooney, Jeb Bush, and Kendrick Lamar, you’ll know also get to look forward to Amy Schumer, Elon Musk, Scarlett Johansson, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Toby Keith, Stephen King, and Troubled Waters being guests on the show.
As you all are, we’re curious about the latitude that Colbert will employ with his wit and persona. This line-up of guests should make for a great display of how Colbert will establish that.
Just take a gander at that line-up for Atlanta’s Red Clay Festival.
If you’re in or around Atlanta, GA from Oct. 15th-17th, go should definitely get your tickets now.
You’re going to see long lines near Sunset and Western all week long.
Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, and Matt Besser are putting together an in-house variety series that they’re calling The UCB Show.
Though the line-ups haven’t been announced, you can probably bet on most of the folks who have their photo hung in the lobbies of any of the four UCB theatres might be on the show like James Adomian.
The tapings are 7:30PM/9:30PM tonight through Thurs. at UCB Sunset. They’re free, but all the reservations are currently full. However, as with most UCB shows, there will be a stand by line.
Fortunately, because this is a taping, you’ll very likely get to see what the lucky hundred or so people will get to see this week.