So, clear out four hours on your schedule this weekend like you know you want to.
Or, more realistically, clear out four hours just for today where you can watch John Mulaney’s new hour stand-up special The Comeback Kid and all 5 episodes, spanning three hours, of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross’ With Bob & David on Netflix in one go.
If you do, for once, Friday the 13th will be funnier than it is scary.
ON THE HORIZON
The Raggle Taggle Dance Hour @ UCB Sunset Sat. Nov. 14th 10:30PM $5
Craig Ferguson @ Fred Kavil Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Center Arts Plaza Sat. Dec. 12th 8PM $41-$61
COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Matinee @ UCB Franklin 4:30PM $5
Brand New Ball @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Ian Karmel & Emily Heller’s CD Release Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Tonya Harding: The Musical: The Hour @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $10
Sauce One Year Anniversary @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
The Pinata Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $8
Bangarang! presents: The Weekend @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Bitchface @ Jones Coffee 8:30PM $5
The Wong Street Journal @ REDCAT 8:30PM $20
Tim Heidecker, Heidecker & Wood, Yellow River Boys @ The Satellite LA 9PM $12
Bear Fight One Year Anniversary @ Echoes Under Sunset 9PM $5
This Friday Forty @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9PM $10
Winslow presents: Marry F*ck Kill @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Soundtrack @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $10
Set List @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $15/2 item min.
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $12
Rob Schrab’s Found Crap Birthday Bash @ Cinefamily 10PM $10
Orpheus Roy & Friends @ iO West 10PM $10
Gangbusters @ The Clubhouse 11PM FREE
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 6:30PM/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
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.
Last night’s No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins election special had a particularly big announcement from the one and only Patton Oswalt.
Apparently, the 2016 election has a new horse in the race as Patton Oswalt has “announced” that he’s running for president. Now, everyone will probably have to step up their crazy even more.
Watch his “announcement” here.
You will never catch Jon Glaser during a late night appearance without him wearing something outlandish as part of some outlandish character he’s doing.
Turns out that one of his get ups during an appearance on The Tonight Show became kind of a pitch for what it is now Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter, coming to Adult Swim this fall.
Jon explains how this happened on this latest Tonight Show appearance, of course, dressed in a neon suit.
All of you sure have got your comedy album binge listening cut out for you today.
What a day today is with Ian Karmel’s 9.2 on Pitchfork, Emily Heller’s Good For Her, Sean Donnelly’s Manual Labor Face, and Ron Funches’ The Funches of Us all being released.
All of them are definitely worth your time and money as we’ve stated before here, here, here, and here, respectively.
OK, you should probably get to buying and listening already. There’s a lot of comedy for your ears to feast on.
Following their two-part SXSW Comedy special, Showtime has got another comedy special that you should be on the look out for from Jermaine Fowler.
Give’em Hell Kid will be Jermaine’s first hour special and will also feature one-on-one interviews from those closest to Jermaine, which should be a whole bunch of fun considering how much Jermaine talks about his family in his act.
Here’s a teaser. After that, look for its premiere on Fri. Dec. 11th at 9PM on Showtime.
(via Deadline)
Between writing Toy Story 4 and Angie Tribeca, Rashida and Will have found some time to work on another TV show.
Indeed, both writing partners Jones and McCormack are quite busy on projects outside of them creating TV shows, but that hasn’t stopped from bringing a new comedy focusing on best friends, one which is fixated on the idea that she’s dying and the other one having to put up with it, to NBC. Matt Zinman and Craig Gerard, veterans of How I Met Your Mother, are attached as writers.
We’ll be curious to see if there are any echoes of Me and Earl and The Dying Girl that come up here.
ON THE HORIZON
Tenants of the Trees @ Tenants of the Trees Sun. Nov. 15th 8:30PM FREE
Blessed @ Hollywood Improv Lab Tues. Nov. 19th 10:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Doug Loves Movies @ Nerdmelt Showroom 4:30PM $10
Best of UCB Sketch @ UCB Sunset 7:30PM $5
Sentimental Lady: Guilty Pleasures @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
The Wheel Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
The Original Room @ The Comedy Store 7:30PM $10/2 item min.
Wendy Liebman @ Scherr Forum Theatre at Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza 7:30PM $29-$34, $22.75 on Goldstar
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Comedy in English @ Hostelling International Santa Monica 8:30PM FREE
Gary Gulman @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30
Stand Up @ The Malibu Playhouse 8:30PM $20
The Wong Street Journal @ REDCAT 8:30PM $25
Horrible Movie Night Presents: Icebreaker! @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
A Kiss From Daddy Farewell Show @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Baked with Brendon Small & Steve Agee @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $15/2 item min.
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $12
The Raggle Taggle Dance Hour @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $12
The Tomorrow Show 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
HOUSE IN HOLLYWOOD 1305 Waterloo St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 5PM/Ends 8PMLottery/7 min./booked spots mixed in/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Domenic Padulo, Lauren Rantala, and Bekah Lane
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
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.
SHTOOPS IN EAST HOLLYWOOD 849 N. Mariposa Ave., Los Angeles, CA/-Shtoops is your chance to share that thing you’ve been working on with an audience- music, videos, artwork, confession tapes, etc./Sign-up in advance at shtoopsproductions@gmail.com/keep your videos under 6 minutes and not boring/export vids as MP4’s (your prorez/quicktime/bigassfiles will skip and be shitty)/Come early to hang up your artwork(s)/Featuring booked stand-up/Hosted by Keith Blomberg
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 9:30PM/Ends 11PM/5-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio CIty, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 11PM/Ends 1:30AM/5-8 min./$5 cover/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 11PM/Sign-up 11:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
Comedy past and present mixed together wonderfully when the legendary John Cleese came on to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Whether it be the interview or a bit, comedy nostalgia is undeniably going to well up when you watch Cleese’s appearance from last night.
Mac, Dennis, Charlie, Dee, and Frank are all at it again for season 11 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
What are we exactly referring to by “it”?
Well, by now, you should know that it is whatever the worst thing is, it is the gang trying to one up that.
See for yourself in this upcoming season’s teaser, then look for the season premiere on Wed. Jan. 6th on FXx.
The great Sara Benincasa has her latest novel, D.C. Trip, now in stores. In addition to her branching out quite well as an author from being an accomplished storyteller and comedian, Sara is now branching out a little more as she is adapting this story of a rookie youngster HS teacher taking his students to our nation’s capitol.
Given Sara’s style of storytelling, we’ll be excited to see what she comes up with as a feature based on this book.
So, knowing all that you can and should get D.C. Trip before it becomes a major motion picture so you can, at the very least, brag about comparing the book and the movie.
ON THE HORIZON
Cool Shit/Weird Shit @ UCB Franklin Tues. Nov. 17th 11PM $5
Bee Funny: Stand Up + Spelling Bee @ Hollywood Improv Lab Sun. Nov. 22nd 8PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
The Wong Street Journal @ REDCAT 3PM $25
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Sunset 7PM FREE
That’s Gold @ Bootleg Theater 7:30PM FREE
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction @ The Virgil 8PM FREE
Uncabaret @ Au Lac 8PM $10-$30
Before You Were Funny @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Power Violence @ The Satellite LA 8:30PM $8
Catharsis @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
Tenants of the Trees: Stand-Up and Vinyl DJs @ Tenants of the Trees 8:30PM FREE
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
That’s Huge @ Bar Lubitsch 9PM FREE
The Faculty @ Nerdist School 9PM FREE
Alexi’s Big Show @ The Smell 9:30PM $5
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
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
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
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Michelle Christine
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/1 item min./Booked spots mixed in/Hosted by Megan Koester
IMPROV JAM @ WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign up in advance at aaron@theworldnyc.com/Starts 7PM/Ends 8:30PM/For improvisers only/No purchase necessary/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/Ends 10PM/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Nick Phillips
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
M-BAR 1846 ½ E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Tony Alfieri and Steven Moreno
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/First come, first served/6 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Tarikh Joseph
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
With the latest round of presidential debates out of the way, you can now catch up to the important post-debate analysis that Paul F. Tompkins, his puppet pundit collective at No, You Shut Up! have been doing.
Start off with the first NYSU Election Special Report that Fusion was nice enough to put on YouTube in full, complete with guests Hannibal Buress and Kristen Schaal.
(via BuzzFeed)
If you haven’t familiarized yourself with great comedians and human beings Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher yet, please do so.
The latest series to come from Amy Poehler’s digital brand Smart Girls comes from Cameron and Rhea having a conversation where they offer their eye-opening, but inviting female perspective on life.
It’s called She Said, which we can only hope will offer a different, more progressive angle on that decades old “that’s what she said” joke.
By the way, it premieres tomorrow Smart Girls just in case you’re getting to excited over this.
ON THE HORIZON
Nickel Club @ Hollywood Improv Lab Wed. Nov. 18th 9PM $8
The New Negroes @ UCB Franklin Sun. Nov. 29th 7:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s @midnight w/Chris Hardwick @ Hollywood Center Studios 2:45PM FREE w/RSVP
Entertainment @ Cinefamily 5PM/7:30PM $14
The Smokes @ UCB Franklin 6:30PM $5
Everybody’s Great @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Cool Thanks @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 8PM FREE
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
Sandy Crahford @ MiMoDa 8PM FREE
In Vino Veritas @ Colorado Wine Company 8PM FREE
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
Harold Night @ UCB Franklin 8PM/9:30PM $5
Oh, Hello @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30 (stand by only)
Trump Dump: President Luxury @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
FRINGE with JC Coccoli @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Two Man Movie @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
Crash Test @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 3PM/Ends 4:30PM/5-8 min./No purchase necessary/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
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/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 8PM/Ends 9:30PM/5-8 min./$5 cover for performers/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
THE GOOD NITE 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, Lindsay Adams, and Caitlin Bergh
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
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 9:30PM/Ends 11PM/5-8 min./$5 cover for performers/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
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
The sitcoms of the 70s had much more censors to deal with that we do today. Thus, the more accurate portrayals of dysfunctional sitcom families that we get on television today really wouldn’t have happened back then.
That’s where Bill Burr’s animated Netflix series F is For Family comes in as an animated version of what a family of four at odds with each other in 1973 was like. From the looks of this trailer, Bill is going to show 1973 how it really was, no matter how misguided it may have been.
F is for Family starts streaming on Netflix on Dec. 18th.
While it’s not part of the long segment that’s normally posted to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel, it’s a rare moment in TV where a well spoken, intelligent, respected voice in media and comedy gets to unleash as much justified, uncensored fury as he can muster.
Most TV programs, when addressing tragedies, do so by a moment of silence or a simple, short message of support.
John Oliver, however, decided to go much a different route thanks to HBO’s anything goes M.O. Let’s just say that during the opening of the show, Oliver taps into that NSFW voice in us all.
There’s a clip (that might get taken down) here as well as a transcript on Deadline.
Conan’s Conan in Armenia special premieres tomorrow at 11PM on TBS and from the looks of this trailer, Conan O’Brien took in as much of Armenia as he could with his Armenian assistant Sona Movsesian.
Sheep herding, exotic foods, a sobering visit to the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex, and more are all parts of this latest special remote episode of Conan that you shouldn’t miss.
If you didn’t get a chance to catch this on the festival circuit or in limited release, now’s a great chance to catch up on one of Bobcat Goldthwait’s most important films.
The story of firebrand comedian turned activist, and an effective one at that, Barry Crimmins gets deftly told by Bobcat in his documentary Call Me Lucky.
It’s now on Netflix for your convenience to watch whenever and wherever you want.
(via Deadline)
We don’t know when the next Comedy Central roast is, so look forward to your next batch of burns from the Roastmaster General in this film.
The Comedian will follow Robert De Niro as a Don Rickles-seque comedian that becomes close with a woman played by Jennifer Aniston. There will be enough sections of actual roasting/stand-up, that the producers have brought on none other than Jeff Ross (which makes us wonder why the lead role isn’t described as a Jeff Ross type of comedian) to write jokes for De Niro to tell.
Not that anyone calls into question the authenticity of roast jokes in a narrative fiction film, but there definitely should be no doubt in this case. Also, they should be pretty damn good jokes.
If you’re in the comedy know, you’re probably more than familiar with the incredible musical comedic talents of Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff. If not, you should catch up here and here.
Now, you should know that the two of them together, along with their refreshing angle on musical comedy, is as close as we’ve gotten to a musical comedy supergroup in recent memory. Their first album together I Don’t Care, I Like It really puts their abstract playfulness paired with their impressive musical chops wonderfully on display from GPS voices done by rockstars to a love song for Godzilla and more.
Get a taste of their songs “You’re Gone Be Fine (High Song)” and “Tattoos” and you’ll understand what we’re saying.
I Don’t Care, I Like It comes out this Fri. Nov. 20th off or AST Records, but you can pre-order it on iTunes right now, right here.
Yep, this all makes sense to us.
Only a few days after Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson announced a Kickstarter campaign to bring back MST3K, the $2 million goal to make 3 brand new episodes of the show has been reached.
With thousands of dollars pouring in literally by the minute, reaching the original goal was inevitable. Now, with 25 days left on the campaign, the stretch goal of $5.5 million for 12 new episodes of MST3K seems very attainable.
The other bit of great MST3K news should even make it seem more enticing to have more and more new feature length episodes.
Announced this morning, Jonah Ray will be the new host of the new MST3K, complete with jumpsuit and all. This is a pretty fitting choice given that Jonah’s a huge MST3K fan as well as having the hosting thing down per Nerdist podcasts and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.
So, knowing all of that, please keep contributing to the campaign as much as possible to make this new season of MST3K as big as possible.
ON THE HORIZON
Happy Contest Time @ Hollywood Improv Lab Sat. Nov. 21st 9PM $10
High Spirits @ The Rose Room Thurs. Dec. 3rd 8PM $15 in adv., $20 at door
COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central’s @midnight w/Chris Hardwick @ Hollywood Center Studios 2:45PM FREE w/RSVP
Entertainment @ Cinefamily 5PM $14
Sara Benincasa’s True Tales of High School Madness @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM $10
Victory Lap @ The Virgil 8PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco in Ensenada 8PM FREE
The Improvised Shakespeare Company @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8PM $30 (stand by only)
A New Stand Up Show @ Copper Still Bar at Jaragua 8PM FREE
Creep Show @ Malo 8PM FREE
Gandhi, Is That You? @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $5
Put Your Hands Together @ UCB Franklin 8PM $5
Standing Room Only *Now With Seats @ Echoplex 8PM $12-15
Comedy in English @ Hostelling International Santa Monica 8:30PM FREE
Sleepaway Camp @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Blessed @ Hollywood Improv Lab 9PM $5
First Act @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
We’re Having Fun Here @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Reggie and Karen @ El Cid 9PM $10
Flyover Comedy @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $10/2 item min.
Delicious Moments @ Second City Hollywood 10PM $10
Roast Battle @ The Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30PM No cover/2 item min.
Outside Dog Gets One Star @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
Cool Shit/Weird Shit @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
WORLD COMEDY STUDIOS 12413 Ventura Court, Studio City, CA/Sign-up in advance or attend as audience at aaron@theworldnyc.com/ Starts 3PM/Ends 4:30PM/5-8 min./No purchase necessary/Sets will be livestreamed to audience that potentially could “tip”/pay you online
FLAPPERS BURBANK 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 6PM/Stand-up, sketch, improv all welcome/Lottery/5 min.
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV 8162 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 5:45PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
KIBITZ ROOM @ CANTER’S 419 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 7PM/No vulgarity or screaming/5 min. w/any purchase, 3 min. w/o/Hosted by Burt Teplitzky
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst Dr., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/First come, first served/5 min./Hosted by Johan Miranda
AMSTERDAM CAFE 10905 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM
JUST BE YOURSELF (STORYTELLING) @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/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
THE SHORT STOP 1455 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:45PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./Hosted by Brian Elder and Krystal LaFianza-Pitzen
THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/Hosted by Chuck Watkins and Doug Mellard/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO. 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
SWORK COFFEE 2160 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/First come, first served/Hosted by Vince Caldera and Luis Lemus
THE LOST KNIGHT 1538 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/Ends 11PM/Mixed mic/Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Virginia Jones and Olivia Haidar
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/5 min.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 7:30PM/mixed mic
PEDONE’S PIZZA 1332 Hermosa Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/5-7min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 W. Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM/Sign-up is lottery/No purchase necessary
THE GARAGE 3387 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up at RMopenmic@gmail.com by Mon. at noon/Starts 9PM/10 lottery spots will be picked before show/5 lottery spots at show/7 min./Hosted by Michelle Miracle
MAVERICK’S FLAT 4225 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up at 8:30PM or e-mail mhtoofunny@gmail.com/ Starts 9PM/Ends 10:30PM/First come, first served/Mixed mic/5-7 min./Hosted by Malcolm Hall
THE PALACE RESTAURANT 2112 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9:45PM after booked show/Lottery/4.5 min.
THE CANBY 19312 Vanowen St., Reseda, CA/Sign-up 8:15PM/Starts 9PM/8 min./$3 min./Hosted by Amanda Jane
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3-5 min./$1 cover/Hosted by Nick Kauffman
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10PM/Ends 12AM/Rolling lottery/4 min.
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts 10:30PM/Lottery/4 min./1 item min./
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9PM/Starts 10:30PM after booked show/Ends 12AM/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 11PM/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11:30PM/For improvisers only/Donations accepted/Hosted by James Dean
This latest trailer for the upcoming Sofia Coppola directed A Very Murray Christmas assures you that you’re getting a glimpse into what lengths Bill will go to throw a great party rather than just crashing one.
Look for it on Netflix on Dec. 4th.
NBC is really going out there in trying an exclusively comedy subscription service in Seeso. Fortunately, they’re letting us all have a trial run come Dec. 3rd where we can stream Seeso for free for the rest of December.
What does that mean exactly? You’ll be able to stream their new shows including Harmonquest, Hidden America with Jonah Ray, live stand-up, and The UCB Show as well as archives of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Office (including the British version), 30 Rock SNL, and so much more.
Don’t take our word for it. Let Seeso show you itself.