As the dust settles from the new changing of the guard in the world of late night, featured stand-up comedy is still kind of rare and mostly put on over at Conan.
Luckily, they have some pretty great folks getting on stage and telling jokes like Tom Clark who did a very well crafted set last night.
Apparently, there was too much to pack into just one special’s worth of stand-up for Showtime’s SXSW Comedy, so they made two nights worth of it with host W. Kamau Bell.
This time around, Todd Glass, Rachel Feinstein, Joe DeRosa, and more cause a ruckus of laughter down in Austin, TX.
Here’s a look into what’s to come for Night Two.
Look for the premiere on Showtime on Fri Oct. 2nd.
(via Deadline)
So, if you’ve ever imagined what it’d be like to go on vacation with Alan from Two and a Half Men, Terry from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Cam from Modern Family, then Travel Channel have got a show for you.
Tentatively titled I Adventure, three hour episodes will each have Jon Cryer, Terry Crews, and Eric Stonestreet delving into specific things that they’re fascinated by and traveling to the sites that spur on that fascination.
Hopefully, this trio will be able to have some humorous verve while they’re touring around on the show.
Photo by Liezl Estipona
If you would have asked pioneering podcasters if they would have entire festivals dedicated to celebrating people recording audio shows without restrictions to time or content, they might have had to give it a thought or two for quite some time.
Yet, today is International Podcast Day and the LA Podcast Festival, in its 4th year from the efforts of Dave Anthony, Chris Mancini, Graham Elwood, and Andy Wood, had flocks of people, mostly not from LA, flood the halls of the Sofitel in Beverly Hills yet again.
To give you an idea of the scope and fervor there (a whole documentary Earbuds on podcasting screened several times and, above all, what happened there, here’s a rundown of our experience over the three days that LA Podfest was running:
-At Greg Fitzsimmons’ Fitz Dog Radio, Greg has a segment “Overheard” where he shares some of the more fascinating things he’s overheard throughout his daily life. At the festival, he invited the crowd to get in on the action and one guy said he overheard someone say they just went to the bathroom next to Jen Kirkman, who just finished up her own podcast. Turns out that the person overheard was in the crowd and stepped up to the mic to hilariously tell the whole story. It’s a great, positive example of how technology, specifically podcasting, has brought people together.
–Walking The Room, TOFOP, and Never Not Funny show that Dave Anthony, Greg Behrendt, Wil Anderson, Charlie Clausen, Jimmy Pardo, Matt Belknap, and Pat Francis are the “Lords of Hanging Out”. For their hour plus blocks, all three podcasts showcased how what would equate to comedians hanging out a bar or diner with each other can exhibit artistry and draw big crowds.
–The Todd Glass Show done live at the LA Podcast Festival is the one of the best examples of controlled chaos. There are multitudes of musical themes played by a band with Todd Glass based puns and bits, call backs to bits, and explanations and re-explorations of those call backs and bits all being held together by Todd Glass’ undeniable, infectious joie de vivre. This year was no different with the multiple plays of an old timey, yet explicit song by mischievous engineer Jake Adams.
–The Thrilling Adventure Hour from Ben Acker & Ben Blacker is proof that the ‘old dog new tricks’ maxim is tiresome when it comes to podcasting. Through and through it’s an old-time radio play, complete with original songs that also often delves into meta and self-referential humor. For LA Podfest, the story followed one theatre company trying to beat out another theater company for funding for their next production while sneaking on to a boat all while singing slightly esoteric songs throughout. Having a stellar cast including Paul F. Tompkins, Marc Evan Jackson, Autumn Reeser, Craig Cackowski, Janet Varney, Annie Savage, and more makes it even somehow more of a delight to watch.
–Paul F. Tompkins had three podcasts, including his very own podcast, at LA Podfest in which he got to showcase how many gears of funny Paul truly has. Between Spontaneanation, Superego, and Thrilling Adventure Hour (three of the funniest podcasts around), Tompkins got to improvise, sing, act, interview, riff to the joy of many in attendance. It’s almost as if Paul could run his own network.
photo by Liezl Estipona
–Patton Oswalt got to inject the perfect amount of joke spice while physicist and cosmologist Sean Carroll talked about the mysteries of the universe on Probably Science with Andy Wood and Matt Kirshen. Podcasting is one of the few worlds where such a thing would get to happen.
-With the live experience adding a whole new element to podcasts, there is constant sense of wonder while all the shows take place since you kind of have no idea what’s going to happen. In two cases, Paul F. Tompkins and Jackie Kashian fell while getting situated on stage and The Long Shot Podcast had drop-ins from mystery guests Eddie Pepitone (a former Lo Sho Po host), Dave Anthony, and Kashian who all pretended that were from such non-sensical places like Lower Cresenta and Southern Northridge.
Photo by Liezl Estipona
-At this point of time, Jen Kirkman has a case of vocal nodules, which she is undergoing a rigorous regimen to cure. As a result, her time that she’s allotted to speak on a daily basis is incredibly limited. Thankfully, she used that time to break down the ridiculousness of going through this process in the LA Podfest edition of her podcast I Seem Fun, which felt all the more precious for how limited it was.
-Podcasts that lean more on the informational side of the medium like Maximum Fun’s My Brother, My Brother, and Me where absurdist questions like hiding an ungodly amount of number of bananas from your parents are answered by family with a slight degree of seriousness were also packed and full of raucous laughter. The presence of comedy even encouraged something as educational as Stuff You Should Know to come with an entire episode of facts that you probably didn’t know about comedy legend Rodney Dangerfield like he’s beef with AMPAS to join their ranks.
–Greg Proops, per usual, showcased his seemingly limitless depth of knowledge on both his own podcast Smartest Man in the World where his feats of cultural reference acrobatics can entertain both the initiated and uninitiated alike. He even got to do more of that going into classic cinema as a guest on Jackie Kashian’s Dork Forest.
-Bridging the gap of free form radio and podcasts, which is arguably its successor, Marc Maron invited free form radio legends Jim Ladd and Frazer Smith on to WTF. You could tell that they enjoyed the lack of restrictions of time and language and also gave a great insight into what audio with no one really baring down on you from decades ago was like.
photo by Liezl Estipona
-Podcasts also give a great look into niche topics/subject matter/worlds/sub cultures that many wouldn’t otherwise delve into. Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds’ The Dollop that discussed the assassin of Lincoln’s asssasin, the expert riffing on various movie trailers between Doug Benson, Chris Mancini, Graham Elwood, Dave Foley and Suzy Nakamura on Comedy Film Nerds, and Erin Foley’s back-and-forth about fantasy sports with Jeff Garlin on Sports Without Balls were all a great showcase of just that.
-If you’re down for getting into Inception level layers of silliness, Sean Clements and Hayes Davenport put on a clinic with the live episode of their Hollywood Handbook leading their guest John Gemberling through different universes of podcasts that they were pitching to start their own rival podcast festival.
-Podcasts from across literal oceans were also featured showing how far the medium of podcasting has reached. Filip & Federik has two foreigners that fascinate themselves with their take on the world, which consisted of theories on why there’s a roundabout in the middle of a straight road in Siberia build under the reign of Stalin. The Worst Idea of All Time showed the effects of the human mind of Guy Montgomery and Tim Batt who went from watching Grown Ups 2 every week for a year to watching Sex and the City 2 every week for a year. It shows how amazing the mind is in concocting theories when subjected to a movie that’s pretty much panned across the board.
Keep track of LA Podcast Festival as they’re only planning on making it bigger next year.
ON THE HORIZON
A Conversation with Kelly Carlin @ The Grammy Museum Fri. Oct. 2nd 7:30PM $25
Gary Gulman @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Sat. Nov. 14th 8:30PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Magic To Do: Musical Improv @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
The Katydids @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Big Money Presents Bryan Cook @ The Virgil 7:30PM FREE
Cookin’ With Gas @ The Groundlings 8PM $18
Dummy @ iO West 8PM $10
Duplex Comedy Suplex in Hollywood 8PM FREE
Sleeping with Chloe and Mark @ Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea 8PM $5 suggested donation
Tom Papa @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $18/2 item min.
Fresh Out: Stand Up Comedy @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
The Studio Sessions: Seems Legit @ 1836 Sunset Studios 9PM FREE
Little Joy @ Little Joy Cocktails 9PM FREE
Comedians You Should Know @ Fork 9PM $10
Dasariski @ iO West 9PM $10
Ethical Female Manipulation @ 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 Message Show @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Must be vetted via appointment at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 12PM/Ends 1:30PM/5 minutes+/$3-5 cover/No walk-ins for audience/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Must be vetted via appointment at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 3PM/Ends 4:30PM/5 minutes+/$3-5 cover/No walk-ins for audience/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
LA SCHOOL OF COMEDY 10835 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 5:30PM/Ends 7:15PM/First come, first served/No purchase necessary
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
HOLY GROUNDS COFFEE & TEA 5371 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/1 item min./Hosted by Mark Alexzandr and Chloe McGovern
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
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
SMOG CUTTER 864 N. Virgil Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8:30PM/3 min./Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Rachele Friedland and Robyn Morrison
IO WEST 6336 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3-5 min.
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.
BLU ELEFANT CAFE 2024 Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/First come, first served/20 spots/5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Jessica Wellington
HYPERION TAVERN 1941 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/4 min./Hosted by Jay Light and Tyler Meznarich/No purchase necessary
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
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Must be vetted via appointment at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 7:30PM/Ends 9PM/5 minutes+/$3-5 cover/No walk-ins for audience/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
HOUSE OF TACOS 5615 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Mugzilla
SCALLYWAGS 1950 N. Placentia Ave., 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
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8:30PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Todd Smith and Eric Bustamante
HOUSE IN HISTORIC FILIPINOTOWN 241 N. Lake St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/3 min./Donations accepted/Hosted by Brian Biancardi
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 8PMPM/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
Pretty often, Jimmy Kimmel has comedy legend Don Rickles on his show and Mr. Warmth never fails to deliver his classy burns from every which way he can. That particular appearance has Don go over several highlights of his long, accomplished career.
Watch Don reminisce about Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and even Donald Trump.
Starting tonight, David Krumholtz’s Gigi will have gone from kvetching about the weather to a whole TV show.
IFC’s latest scripted series, Gigi Does It, premieres tonight allowing us to embark on the adventures of a Boca Raton grandmother who, as millennials would often say, “gives zero f*cks”.
Check it out at 10:30PM tonight on IFC.
(via Deadline)
While there has been The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard and Coogan Auto, there might be a new sitcom that delves into the world of trying to sell used cars.
ABC has brought Wheeler Dealer from Annie Mumolo who has co-written Bridesmaids and Damon Jones who co-created the far too short lived Benched on to their development slate. It’ll follow a pampered Texas widow trying to run a used car dealership.
Hopefully, this will be a single camera comedy and have all the sharpness and wit that Mumolo and Jones have had in their past shows/movies.
These seem to be tumultuous times as the trust between citizens and the police has been shaken.
That’s why some folks would like a phone that can stand up to the rigors of possibly capturing your civil liberties being violated unjustly.
Luckily, Jerrod Carmichael just has such a phone. Watch as he sells it to Jay Jackson/Perd Hapley and his family.
Photo by Robyn Von Swank
Not only are Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher are very funny comedians, they are getting hitched. One upping a “save the date”, Cameron and Rhea have opted to make an entire calendar where they fashion menswear called Butch-Ups.
Photo by Robyn Von Swank
If you’re a Cameron/Rhea/LBGT/Von Swank/comedy/sartorial fan, you’re probably want to get in on this. You can get Butch-Ups as part of pre-ordering a vinyl edition of Cameron’s hit album Same Sex Symbol.
Photo by Robyn Von Swank
From 10/9-12/10, Esposito and Butcher are going on tour across the country again and you’ll probably have a chance to get your Butch-Ups calendar signed. Cities, dates, tickets, and more are here.
ON THE HORIZON
This Is Not Happening TV Taping @ Cheetah’s Mon. Oct. 5th-Wed. Oct. 7th FREE w/RSVP
The Adult Swim Drive-In @ The Rose Bowl Wed. Oct. 28th 7:30PM FREE w/RSVP
COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Matinee @ UCB Franklin 4:30PM $5
Historical Roast @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Medium Friends: Tampa! @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Better Off Dead 30th Anniversary Hosted by The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail with Savage Steve Holland and Cast at Beyond Fest @ Egyptian Theatre 7:30PM $11 (sold out)
A Conversation with Kelly Carlin @ The Grammy Museum 7:30PM $25
Judd Apatow @ Irvine Improv 7:30PM/9:30PM $25/2 item min.
Cook County Social Club @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $10
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Christina Pazsitzky @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Rudy Casoni @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $20
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
Bangarang! Presents: The Weekend @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9PM $10
Winslow presents: F*ck Marry Kill @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Soundtrack @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $10
Underbelly @ Echoes Under Sunset 10PM FREE
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
Orpheus Roy & Friends @ iO West 10:30PM $10
The Original Room @ The Comedy Store 10:30PM $20/2 item min.
JV Presents: #ThrowbackFriday @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
Toke ‘n Joke @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM FREE
Mary Sasson’s Variety Spectacular @ 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
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
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
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
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Must be vetted via appointment at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 7:30PM/Ends 9PM/5 minutes+/$3-5 cover/No walk-ins for audience/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
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.
11PM on Showtime.
Tonight, you can see Rachel Feinstein, Wyatt Cenac, Joe DeRosa, Jon Huck, Todd Glass, and W. Kamau Bell and all the heck of a show they brought to Austin, TX for SXSW in the second part of Showtime’s SXSW Comedy special.
So, make sure to switch whatever TV you’re watching to Showtime later tonight.
When it comes to be realistic about reviewing the hottest kicks, it doesn’t get much more “real” than Brad Hall in his quaint, but honest shoe reviews.
That’s why his shoe reviews/unboxings perhaps matter the most.
Watch hist latest breakdown of the Nike Flyknit Racer.
(via Variety)
As ABC already has Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter and NBC has their own DC universe sitcom in development, it only seems inevitable that this would happen.
Damage Control will follow the folks that have to clean-up the mess that always comes with superheroes saving the world from potential annihilation. It’s not unlike NBC’s DC project, Powerless, which follows the employees of an insurance company in the DC universe.
This project comes from veteran producer Ben Karlin who has a career ranging from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report to Modern Family.
It will be fascinating if both Powerless and Damage Control go to series, furthering the rivalry between DC and Marvel.
With his life and well-being constantly in danger, one might wonder how the close of the second season of Review might come about without just outright killing host Forrest MacNeil and living up to the fight at the end of season one.
Well, the show ingeniously has Forrest review conspiracy theories, which leads him to create a conspiracy theory about the reviews he’s assigned. That’s as much as we’ll say for fear of spoiling of anything else.
In the case of Star Wars, Yoda’s maxim is that “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
In the case of Dan Telfer, fear leads to the solid emotional core of his comedy and what has driven the laughs over three albums without heading to a veritable “dark side”. His third album off of AST Records, Oceans of Panic, continues being a hilarious voice that speaks to a sort of collective consciousness of anxiety even when Dan is talking about how he’s anxious of just animals or sports.
Get your copy of Oceans of Panic here.
ON THE HORIZON
Day 2 of Politicon featuring UCB Tour Co./improv4humans/Jordan Klepper/Tony Hale/Lizz Winstead @ Los Angeles Convention Center Sat. Oct. 10th $35
My Diary @ UCB Sunset Fri. Oct. 16th 10:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Nick Thune Hosting Charity Auction @ Amoeba Records 4PM FREE
Stonecutters LA: 3rd Annual Spooktacular All Treehouse of Horror Edition @ Nerdmelt Showroom 4PM FREE w/RSVP
Best of UCB Sketch @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
The Original Room @ The Comedy Store 7:30PM $10/2 item min. 10:30PM $20/2 item min.
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
The Killing Joke @ Alternate Universe 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
Brain Drain Music Night @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 9PM FREE
The Best Friends Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Hello Giggles Presents “Exes and Woes” @ UCB Franklin 10PM FREE w/RSVP (stand by only)
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
The Midnight Show with Sam Brown @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5
The Tomorrow Show Presents Tomorrow! Tonite! @ 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
HOUSE IN HOLLYWOOD 1027 N. Wilton Pl., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 5PM/Ends 8PM/7 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Domenic Palumbo and Lauren Rantala and Rebekah Lain
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. 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.
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 11PM/Sign-up 11:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
11:30PM on NBC.
While Sabado Gigante ended its 53 year run last month, the ever revered comedy institution known as Saturday Night Live pushes forward into their 41st season a little trimmer on the new cast member side than they were last season.
Rest assured, the world will be watching, either tonight or online tomorrow morning, Taran Killam’s Donald Trump impression that should be running throughout the entire season as much as whatever crazy thing that Miley Cyrus’s going to wear.
(via Deadline)
Now, both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have shows being developed at multiple networks.
Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Little Stranger not only have a project set up at NBC, but they have Jack Burditt’s project following a recently retired athlete who becomes difficult as a result of being retired.
Just imagine if all of Little Stranger and Paper Kite’s new projects to series and how much of television a Fey/Carlock/Poehler triumvirate would be running. It would be a lot and that just might be a good thing.
One of the greatest challenges of late night is the handling of national or global tragedies that occurred a night before. As all late night show are comedy shows, it can be difficult to find the right level of sincerity, the duration of time of which you should address the topic, and how to overall go about it without creating a weird tension that keeps the comedy part of the show off balance.
Stephen Colbert not only does a great job in bringing up the Umpqua Community College shooting in Oregon and addressing it, but he manages to almost seamlessly get right into the comedy without missing a beat. It’s another example of how Colbert is filling some big shoes at The Late Show pretty well.
ON THE HORIZON
The Great & Secret Comedy Show @ The Comedy Store Belly Room Wed. Oct. 7th 10PM No cover/2 item min.
The Classic Roast of Drew DiFonzo Marks @ UCB Franklin Fri. Oct. 9th MIDNIGHT $5
COMEDY CRAWL
2 Girls 1 Pup @ Tailwaggers LA 7:30PM $5
Gravid Water @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5 (stand by only)
UnCabaret @ Au Lac 8PM $10-$30
Free Therapy @ Ham & Eggs Tavern 8PM FREE
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Hurt White Feelings @ The Lost Knight 8PM FREE
Other Comedy! @ Otherwild 8PM FREE
¡Feliz! @ Daily Brew Coffee Bar 8PM
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Room 101 Outdoor Charity Show @ Tree People 8:30PM Donations accepted
Picture This! An Animated Comedy Show @ The Satellite LA 9PM $10
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
The Faculty @ Nerdist School 9PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5
French Toast @ Taix 9:45PM FREE
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
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
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
IMPROV JAM @ NERDIST SCHOOL 7518 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Michelle Christine
LOS GLOBOS 3040 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 9PM/First come, first served/3-7 min./1 item min./Hosted by Jennifer Gable
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
(via Variety)
In Thor’s standalone saga within the Marvel film canon, Marvel has gone, for its directors, from an accomplished Shakespearean actor/director to a veteran TV director to now one of the funniest writer/director/actors to come out of New Zealand.
Taika Waititi, the writer/director of the amazing vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, is indeed getting set to direct the third Thor movie, Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi will be following the likes of Kenneth Branagh, whose name was pretty much synonymous with Shakespeare for much of his career, and Alan Taylor, who made his bones by directing several premium cable shows for many years.
With Branagh’s background in Shakespeare, it stands to reason that he was brought in for the first Thor to bring a sort of legitimacy to the world of Asgard and Thor himself. So, along these lines, we’re wondering if Taika will make the third installment of Thor, the funniest Thor given his expertise.
Thor: Ragnarok isn’t set for release until 2017, so we have a while to wait and see.
This week, Jason Reitman’s foray into the wild west of online streaming networks, Casual, will be unveiled and from the looks of this trailer, it should be quite the thing to watch.
It’s a sort of romantic dramedy starring the great Michaela Watkins, Tommy Dewey, and Tara Lynne Barr that looks to examine the various strata of dating today with Reitman’s unflinching, but graceful touch.
Look for Casual to start on Hulu on Thurs. Oct. 7th.
ON THE HORIZON
Tuesday Club @ UCB Franklin Tues. Oct. 6th 7PM $5
Unnecessary Evil: This Is Your Shane on Drugs @ Westside Comedy Theater Fri. Oct. 9th 8PM $12
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s @midnight w/Chris Hardwick @ Hollywood Center Studios 3:15PM FREE w/RSVP
The Smokes + Nomi Malone @ UCB Franklin 6:30PM $5
Everybody’s Great @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
The Wahlberg Solution! @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir Taping @ Cheetah’s 7:30PM FREE w/RSVP
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
One NIght Only @ Melody Lounge 9PM FREE
The Business LA @ Little Joy Cocktails 9:30PM FREE
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Must be vetted via appointment at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 12PM/Ends 1:30PM/5 minutes+/$3-5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online /No walk-ins for audience
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Must be vetted via appointment at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 3PM/Ends 4:30PM/5 minutes+/$3-5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online/No walk-ins for audience
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 SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/Storytelling only/8 min./4-5 slots only/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 PIG & WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/$5 cover (cover counts for additional set on different week)/5 min./Hosted by Sally Mullins and Jud Travis
FOX COFFEE HOUSE 437 Willow St., Long Beach, CA/Starts 7PM/First come, first served/5 min./15 spots only/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Nate Hedrick
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Ends 8:40PM/First come, first served/6 min./1 item min./Hosted by Du Kirpalani
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
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Must be vetted via appointment at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 7:30PM/Ends 9PM/5 minutes+/$3-5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online /No walk-ins for audience
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
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 Ever Mainard and Lindsay Adams
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Jay Weingarten
DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATER 251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up in advance with Tony Bartolone-https://www.facebook.com/Bartolone.Tony /Starts 9PM/Ends 11PM/First come, first served/15 stand-up spots/5 short film spots/4 min. stand-up/3-5 min. for short films/Have movie on YouTube, Vimeo, or on flash drive/Hosted by Tony Bartolone and Stamati Arakas
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/Ends 10:40PM/First come, first served/6 min./1 item min./Hosted by Du Kirpalani
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
BIG WANGS 1562 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/1 item min./First come, first served
PALADINO’S 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/Ends 12:30AM/First come, first served/6 min./1 item min./Hosted by Du Kirpalani
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
Recurring Broad City character Jaime, Arturo Castro, has now gotten his own web series on Comedy Central with Alternatino.
It has its own even greater sense of heightened reality following Arturo throughout his life.
Watch these episodes dealing with respecting matriarchs and living life like a telenovela.