TUE March 29: Adam Lisagor
Dave welcomes Internet superstar, director and podcast master, Adam Lisagor to the bar for a conversation about performing live, podcast tips, the origin of Lonely Sandwich and the benefits of chunky black.
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MON March 28th: Premiere Episode
It’s the first official episode and Dave welcomes his first official guest: Comedian Gil Ozeri! Gil recently watched Two and a Half Men in two and a half days straight for funnyordie.com and now he’s ready to share his wisdom with the rest of us in the inaugural vidchat session!Check out the show’s fancy new site and share the episodes with your friends: adrinkwithdave.com
Thanks!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAciiobw-A8
Exclusive Comedy Store clips from American: The Bill Hicks Story
The groundbreaking documentary about Comedy Store legend Bill Hicks, traces the life and legend of a Comedy outlaw the intense highs and lows, and the sacrifices comics make to bring laughs to an audience.
Screening at Laemmle’s Sunset 4/15-4/21
Special Comics, Friends and Family Screening at The Comedy Store on 4/13
(For an invitation e-mail: Talent@TheComedyStore.net)
Every single one of you definitely need to be watching out for this…
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Morning Debriefing 3/26/11
1) The Full Bridgetown Comedy Festival (@bridgetown) line-up is out! It would almost seem the whole LA comedy scene will be up there for a weekend.
2) Norm MacDonald has his Comedy Central Presents Hour Long Special Tonight at 11:30PM! Charlie Sheen may have stole his thunder from gaining Twitter followers, but that won’t happen tonight… I hope.
3) Also, Norm MacDonald’s Sports Show premieres Tues. April 12th. ALSO, as seen in this staff “weigh-in” video, comedians Sean O’Connor and Doug O. Perkins now write for the show, which deserves a congratulations thrown their way and a definite watching of the Sports Show.
4) Comedian interviews/profiles to check out: Kyle Kinane in NonPopulist/Sean Green on 24/7 Comedy.
5) Conan O’Brien wants your dreams for a secret project. Nothing sounds suspicious about this, right? Check the details here.
Mike Bridenstine @ Irvine Improv Sat. Apr. 30th 11PM $17/2 drink min.
The Zephyr Sessions: A Taping @ Zephyr Theatre Wed., May 4th 8PM FREE
Hannibal Buress @ Irvine Improv Sun., May 15th 7PM $20/2 item min.
Jim Gaffigan @ Club Nokia Nov. 5th
7) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Two Milk Minimum w/Ron Lynch @ Flappers Burbank 11:30AM $10/2 item min.
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Auggie Smith @ Flappers Claremont 8PM $15/2 drink min.
The Anytime Show w/Dominic Dierkes @ Smodcastle 8PM $8
Persona @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
The Ed Galvez Punk House Weekend Edition @ Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $10
Patton Oswalt and Friends @ Largo 9:30PM $25 (sold out, but tickets may be available at door)
Lettuce Entertain You (With Stand Up) @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
Magic Bag @ Smodcastle 10PM $8
Merrill Davis and Friends @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
The Walsh Brothers Show @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch Presents: 5 Minutes or DIE! @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
8) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/people usually give feedback at end of set
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATRE 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-Up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed
9) The Comedy Awards are actually taping today and live blogging the taping. I’ll be mindful of what is being posted. Very mindful.
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Morning Debriefing 3/24/11
1) John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Special Tonight on Comedy Central at MIDNIGHT!!! Watch it, even though it was taped in NY, because there’s plenty of LA comics represented.
2) If you’re not watching A Drink With Dave with Dave Holmes, please do it now. Behind the behind the scenes of comedy…
3) Trying to time Comedian Jimmy Pardo in answering questions? [via TWi Comedy]
4) Tommy Tsunami with Matt Champagne. Just watch and laugh.
5) Wonder what a weekday night at a restaurant by day/comedy club (Sal’s Comedy Hole) by night is like in LA? Bill Burr shows up.
6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
4 & 20 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Gonzo @ L Bar 8PM FREE
Auggie Smith @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $12/2 drink min.
Comedy Speakeasy @ TSR Lounge 8PM FREE
Jon Huck @ Brea Improv 8PM $12/2 item min.
Comedy Palace @ Palace Restaurant 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Jen Kirkman Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
7) OPEN MIC RUN
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM
THE SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/10 min. guaranteed
TKO SHOW @ 212 CAFE 212 Pier Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM
8) Day 153 of the Comedy Bureau. You’re all welcome.
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Drew Droege Part 2 (fin)
A Drink With Dave PreviewsDave, Drew, Chloe Sevigny, Tanya Roberts, LMFAO and Drugs!
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Morning Debriefing 3/16/11
1) The Comedy Garage Movie. Now available for order or download. Just do it.. OK?
2) Looking for a web series with Andre Hyland and Bob Odenkirk coming soon in April? Well, luckily, Phil Gower’s Safe Place is just exactly that.
3) Even more of LA’s very own are going to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival including: Dave Ross, Brandie Posey, Barbara Gray, Tamra Brown, and Robert Buscemi.
4) Result of March Comedy Madness at the Comedy Store after the first round:
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
If This Doesn’t Work Out, I’m Moving Home @ Harlem Place Cafe 8PM FREE
The Fix-Up Show w/J. Keith Van Straaten & Guest Alan Thicke @ ACME Comedy Theatre 8PM $12
Meltdown @ Meltdown Comics 8:30PM $8
The Man with F.E.E.E.T. Launch Event @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM $20
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $8
Frolic! @ Far Bar 9PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Westside Bar & Grill 9PM FREE
The Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour @ Next Stage Theatre 11PM $5
6) OPEN MIC RUN
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM
CAFE MUSE 6547 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 8PM
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
7) Just read thousands of tweets right before writing this. I’m surprised I can still write in complete sentences.
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Morning Debriefing 3/13/11
1) My goodness, The Comedy Garage (@thecomedygarage) has a documentary about them! Watch out for it’s release on March 15th on Indieflix!
2) Proof that “college kids” are plenty dumb: College Humor’s Top 100 Comedy Movies of All Time (ranked by vote). In the top 10 OF ALL TIME: The Hangover, Anchorman, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Happy Gilmore, Dodgeball. I know we try to maintain an air of professionalism here at the Comedy Bureau, but WHAT THE FUCK!?!? Sidenote: my college degree feels even worth less.
3) The Greater LA Open Mic Map-UPDATED! You’re welcome very much…
4) Tip of the Hat: Megan Amram
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL-eat your heart out South by Southwest
#hashtag @ Bar Lubitsch 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Comedy Barre @ Barre Vermont 8PM FREE/2 drink min.
Pajama Party! @ Gaylord Apartments 8PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 8:30PM FREE
Chatterbox Comedy @ Chatterbox 943 Citrus Ave., Covina, CA 9PM FREE
Set List @ Flappers 9PM $10/2 drink min.
Top Story Weekly @ iO West 9PM $5
The Sunday Sunday Sunday Show @ The Improv Space 9:30PM FREE
6) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/$5 min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed
7) That’s right, we’re not at SXSW. We’re here for you fine folks both in, for, and with comedy in Los Angeles. On a separate note, anyone have passes for Just for Laughs Montreal coming up?
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How ‘Red Riding Hood’ Got Made
“Hey, yeah, everyone here? Okay, thanks for doing this conference call. Okay, I- Kim, what’s this hand roll bullshit? NO, I wanted SASHIMI. Well then they fucked up! TAKE IT BACK! THANK YOU! Sorry about that, fucking new assistant. Okay, 2011… what do we got? We need a smash and grab job, you know? Real easy money. We gotta get those stupid kids in there. Let’s buy some dumb kid book. We got any vampire crap? Yeah I don’t know, kids love that shit. A real dark one that make em wanna fuck, ya know? With a pale dude with faggy hair? Market research what? Vampires on their way out? Fuck me. Okay, zombies? Sexy zombies? Nah, too gross. Look, it doesn’t have to be good… Like at all. I’m not worried about that, trust me. Kids are assholes, they’ll eat it up as long as fucking Justine Bober is on the soundtrack- what? Don’t correct me, you’re fired. HANG UP. She gone yet? Good. Okay, what else we got? Faeries? Retarded. Angels? Too religious. Post apocalypse? Kids like that, right? We already got one? When’s that coming out? 2012? Coincidence. OKAY, come on, you fuckers! I don’t hear something I like, I’m gonna start firing at random! We need dark, we need kids, we need a hot fuckin’ girl, and we need to win the weekend, understand? You know what, fuck buying some dumb book. What’s in the public domain? Gimme some freebies! We got some fairy tale shit to adapt? Um… sexy Headless Horseman? NO PHIL, HOW WOULD HE KISS THE GIRL IF HE DOESN’T HAVE A HEAD? Rumpelstiltskin? Oh yeah, cuz a little fuckin’ dude that lives in the woods is real sexy. But you’re on the right track, I think. Snow White? Nah, that’s a hot chick and seven weirdos. But what if it was like seven hot dudes and she fucks all of them? Nah, someone’s parents’ll fuckin’ sue us. OKAY, you’re all fired in 3, 2, -what? Little Red Riding Hood? Oh my god. That’s what I’m talking ABOUT. I’m literally hard right now. LITERALLY. We’ll get that girl from the thing, and she’ll like, fuck a wolf or something. Not like that. Make him a wolfboy or something. I don’t fucking know, Put some denim shorts on him like the other wolfboy thing. Alright, I’m sick of you fuckers. EVERYONE GETS BOATS! I’m hanging up now.”