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Morning Debriefing 7/11/11

July 11, 2011

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1) Marc Maron’s upcoming CD “This Has To Be Funny” is available for pre-order on Amazon.

2) Just in case thought you this was a big put-on, it wasn’t. Ron Artest had his show at the Hollywood Improv.

3) The Earwolf Challenge is here. America’s First Reality Podcast.

“Earwolf announced ‘Project Tippy-Toe’ where we asked for comedy podcasters to send us applications for a ‘super secret Earwolf project’. We were inundated with podcasts; over 120 to be exact – and we listened to all of them. Needless to say, it took a long fucking time; emphasis on the ‘fucking’.

After we sifted through the silt and the shit (silt being the good ones), we found the ten best podcasts to compete in the challenge. Matt Besser graciously agreed to be the host of the show, and we flew the ten competitors to Los Angeles and put them up in a local mansion.* Thus is where we begin the show.”

First episode’s right here.

4) Kenny Powers is the MFCEO of K-Swiss.

Kenny Powers – The K-Swiss MFCEO (UNCENSORED) – watch more funny videos

5) Comedian Brady Novak ~~crosses out Kim Novak and~~ gets his own star on the Walk of Fame.

6) Long running independent stand-up comedy show What’s Up Tiger Lily? asks What’s Up James Adomian?

7) Puddin’-“Legoland”

8) ON THE HORIZON
1st Edition of Laugh Revival @ Venice Stage Thurs. July 14th 8:30PM FREE

9) COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
The BEATdown: Los Angeles @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
The 4 & 20 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Brunch @ The Park Restaurant 9PM FREE
Rick Overton: Substitute Global Ambassador @ iO West 9PM $10
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Stand Up Saloon @ Old Towne Pub 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is lottery/no purchase necessary
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 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided

11) Transformers 3 becomes the highest grossing movie of 2011. You do know that means that the rights to Transformers 6, 7, 8, all the way up to Transformers 10 are probably locked down by Michael Bay? Thanks to everyone who watches shiny things shoved down your throat because it’s been marketed to you every second of your waking life, we’ll be watching 2 hour music videos on the big screen for years to come. Yes, I graduated from film school and am still somewhat pretentious and have most likely forgotten what childhood was like, but I’m OK with that.

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Morning Debriefing 6/13/11

1) A few months ago, Joe Wengert’s character Mr. Girardi went viral with his speech about the misuse of the bulletin board at his frozen yogurt shop. Thanks to the very talented and funny Brandon Vaughn, we now have a pretty clear picture, actually a pretty fantastic one if you ask us… (watch the clip then look at the pic)

2) One of our favorite web series finally has a new episode: Anne Frankly (w/Jamie Lee and Shawn Pearlman)

3) Anthony Jeselnik is on Conan tonight. Watch or DVR or whatever you have to do to watch. 11PM/TBS.

4) Curtiss Angel, Criss Angel’s cousin… Thanks to Andre Hyland and his constant hilarity.

5) Usually, I’m tough on topical videos, but Bill Maher and Jane Lynch dramatic reading transcripts of Anthony Weiner’s posts is definitely Bureau Approved.

6) Marc Maron is doing a pilot. [via HuffPostComedy]

7) Conan O’Brien Commencement Speech at Dartmouth (yeah you’ve probably seen it somewhere else, but what are we going to do? Not post it?)

8) It’s been stirring up a lot of good buzz and we’re only giving a friendly reminder: Watch Jon Benjamin Has A Van on Comedy Central this Wed. and Thurs. 10:30PM.

9) Puddin’-“Suspense”

10) COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Tony Clifton: The Movie @ The Egyptian 8PM FREE (e-mail talent@thecomedystore.net for free passes)
An Evening with Jeff Garlin @ Nerdist Theater (back room of Meltdown Comics) 8PM $10
Brunch @ The Park Restaurant 9PM FREE
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Stand Up Saloon @ Old Towne Pub 10:30PM FREE
Tulsa Skull Swingers @ Three Clubs (1123 Vine St., Hollywood, CA) 11PM

11) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
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 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided

12) There are so many comics in LA I’m beginning to think that we’re all “comic’s comics”.

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Morning Debriefing 6/10/11

1) The Walsh Brothers Planking video has taken off getting mentioned as buzzworthy at MTV, the International Business Times, Punchline Magazine, and Huffington Post. Oh, the power of the Internet and it’s need to be entertained with people laying down.

2) Conan on Lopez Tonight.

3) The hilarious Jamie Lee will be co-hosting the Critic’s Choice Awards for VH1.com on June 20th. Do not miss this.

4) Casting Director by Fahim Anwar and Aristotle Athiras

5) The Ploplist on Greg Proops’ Smartest Man in the World.

6) Can’t get enough Gentlemen Scumbags while they’re having scheduling difficulties? Why don’t you ask them some questions?

7) How to Give a 5 Word Acceptance Speech at the Webbys by Alex Blagg.

8) If you haven’t been reading Rob Delaney’s weekly column at Vice Magazine, you can catch up with all the sage advice on life and women’s parts here.

9) Puddin’-“Water Park”

10) Brendon Walsh and Kyle Kinane as Hobo Warriors on Web Soup.

Game Trailers – E3 2011

11) Just in case you didn’t catch it the other, other, day/time we posted it. James Adomian on Lopez Tonight.

12) ON THE HORIZON
Hand Shucked! @ Moving Arts Theater Sat. June 10th 8PM FREE
The Charlyne Yi Show @ UCB Theatre Sun. June 12th 9:30PM $5
Tony Clifton @ the Egyptian Mon. June 13th 8PM $8

13) COMEDY CRAWL
Risk! presents “The Horror” @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Say Something Funny Bitch @ Theatre Asylum 10:30PM
Jackie & Judy: Looking for Good Dick @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Michael Rayner @ Flappers Claremont 8PM $15/2 item min.
Re-Animator @ The Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30

14) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/$3 min./mixed mic/booked show in middle around 8PM
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served

15) As Tracy Morgan’s booked Carnegie Hall because of his credits and now taking into his consideration his latest unfiltered spewing of hate-filled nonsense, I take it that it’s currently much harder to book Largo at the Coronet Theatre in LA.

16) Special Thanks to Maria Bamford and Jake Weisman for giving us a #follow on Twitter. Follow them @mariabamfoo and @weismanjake for their constant hilarity even though you probably already follow them.

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