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Pick of the Day: Lance Bangs Presents (in LA) 9/2

June 28, 2022

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If you Google “Lance Bangs”, you’ll first read that he’s an American Filmmaker. While that’s very true, Bangs is also a curator of the underground, seeking out those thrilling voices, often in and around comedy that you hope to bare witness to at a live comedy and/or music show. Having worked with the likes of Jackass to Tyler the Creator to Marc Maron to Nirvana to George Harrison to John Hodgman to his latest work on Moses Storm’s acclaimed HBO special, Trash White, Bangs is one of the most respected figures behind the scenes.

So, the fact that he’s curating a very special night of comedy at The Elysian come Fri. Sept. 2nd should be something you mark down on your calendar immediately, right after you immediately get tickets.

The line-up features some of the best folks he’s worked with that happen to be some of the best, most clever, most subversive, funny voices in comedy.

That includes:

Fred Armisen
Reggie Watts
Girl God
Natalie Palamides
Caleb Hearon
Moses Storm
Brandon Wardell
Ian Karmel
David Gborie

It’s such a stellar line-up and you can see all of that for only $20. Go get your tickets for Lance Bangs Presents @ The Elysian on 9/2 right here.

Pick of the Day: Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring Tapings (in LA) 3/1

Comedy Central is doing another round, their 10th season in fact, of their short form digital stand-up series, Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring in LA. As the Satellite has sadly closed its doors awhile ago, CC will be going to another hip venue in LA on Tues. Mar. 1st, the even more kitschy Lodge Room in Highland Park (the place where you can catch Paul F. Tompkins on a somewhat regular basis these days).

Also, of course, they have rows upon rows upon rows of great handpicked comedians that, if you’re reading this, you’ve might have come to know and love by seeing them making the rounds in LA, NYC, and elsewhere. This gorgeous line-up will include (over 3 shows):

6PM: Brittany Schmitt, Mike Mulloy, Jes Tom, Jamel Johnson, Brandon Wardell & Chloe Radcliffe

8PM: Daniel Weingarten, Giulia Rozzi, Niles Abston, Felonius Munk, Mo Welch & Chloe Hillard

10PM: Danielle Perez, Joey Avery, Ali Macofsky, Sean Grant, Katrina Davis & Caleb Hearon

The show is FREE (almost nothing is free at the Lodge Room, FYI) with RSVP to 21+ with proof of vaccination. Go get your tickets right this second at theblacklistnyc.com/ccsufla.

Comedy Central Renews/Adds Snapchat Series from Nikki Glaser, Ian Abramson, Bert Kreischer, Mike Lawrence, Liza Treyger, Julio Torres, and More

March 30, 2016

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(via Deadline)

Looks like Snapchat isn’t going away anytime soon with Comedy Central renewing four exclusively Snapchat based series and adding nine on top of that.

Already, Comedy Central has these series on the booming social media platform Snapchat:
Quickie with Nikki Glaser
Swag-a-Saurus with James Davis
Like It with Liza Treyger
Hot Takes with Brandon Wardell

They’re renewing all of those and then adding:
–Ian Abramson’s brilliant 7 Mins in Purgatory where comedians perform in an isolated room that has a camera feed shown to a live audience that the comedians can’t hear
-The animated Animal-Lolz which has Joe Zimmerman presenting animal facts
-Animated reenactments of Bert Kreischer’s dreams with Bert’s Dreams
–Caleb Synan failing upward in the world of all those reality cooking shows on Deadliest Chef
–Dollar Pizza sketch series parodying Uber, Guber Pool
–Julio Torres trying to gives us warnings from the future in Messages From the Future
–Hudson Brothers animated series The Lounge that follows friends/non-teachers/co-workers/assholes at a middle school.
–Mike Lawrence unleashing his the fury of his opnions on You’re Wrong
–Emily Candini and Dave Horwitz exposing what happens during commercials on a late night talk show

You might want to join Snapchat if you haven’t already.

Andy Haynes Shows That More Than Just Rich, White Guys Are Backing Donald Trump for President

February 24, 2016

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Really, it’s almost inexplicable that Donald Trump keeps winning in the primary election.

Well, that is the case until you watch Andy Haynes present all the other sorts of non-sensical and despicable people that comprise all the segments of Trump’s fanbase.

Watch and understand who wants Trump’s version of making America great again.

Get Through The Long Weekend with Bob Odenkirk’s “Amateur Hour” Feat. Brandon Wardell

November 26, 2014

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Bob Odenkirk has had stacks of old stand-up jokes for years and years and before he goes on forward with Better Call Saul and other non-stand-up pursuits, he wanted to get them recorded live.

The result is the comedy album “Amateur Hour”, a really fun meta ride through Bob reading his old jokes, often crumpling ones that he doesn’t want to do along with the enthusiastic, very young Brandon Wardell to contrast. There’s, very much in the spirit of Mr. Show, also an “old instructional” track on how to do stand-up from decades past.

It should be a fun thing to listen to while you’re enduing the marathon of food and family that is Thanksgiving. Get it from AST Records now.

Bob Odenkirk’s Amateur Hour Featuring Brandon Wardell Coming Out Nov. 25th

September 22, 2014

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For those of you wondering what’s going on with Bob Odenkirk’s upcoming album, mark down Nov. 25th as the release date of Amateur Hour from Bob Odenkirk featuring Brandon Wardell off of AST Records.

There will be a bonus track as an added incentive to all, but especially to those handful of people that got to go to the taping at Meltdown.

Bob Odenkirk’s Album Will Be “Bob Odenkirk Featuring Brandon Wardell: Amateur Hour” & Bob Will Be Going on Tour

July 31, 2014

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If you were lucky enough to actually get to go Bob Odenkirk’s album taping for AST Records months ago, you might have noticed Brandon Wardell opening the show, which is pretty standard for a comedy album taping.

However, having the opener also on your album is sort of unprecedented. Leave it to Odenkirk to keep us all guessing, but we’re happy to hear that not only will Wardell be on the album Amateur Hour, but he will be going on tour with Odenkirk in October.

That’s right Bob Odenkirk is going on tour in October. More details will be coming soon.

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