Showtime Orders Pilot About 1970s LA Comedy Scene From Jim Carrey and Dave Flebotte
(via Variety)
While comedy is certainly thriving in LA as you read this, there was another time in the 70s when LA was also really cooking when it came to comedy. So, now is probably as good a time as any to tell those stories.
Former comedian Dave Flebotte wrote the dark comedy pilot, “I’m Dying Up Here” (based on a book I’m Dying Up Here by William Knoedelseder) which focused on the hey day of comedy clubs in Los Angeles back in the 1970s. With Carrey on board as an EP, Showtime has just ordered a pilot.
With how many podcasts talk about the history of comedy or what comedy was like back in the day, we’d bet lots of folks will want to watch this.
Patton Oswalt Gearing Up For His Next Album/Special Almost Entirely in LA
Patton Oswalt Gearing Up For His Next Album/Special Almost Entirely in LA
In this post on his blog entitled “Comedy Without Planes”, Patton Oswalt describes how gone are the days of jetting around the country to refine material for his upcoming special/album. Instead, feeling drawn to his family and his home here in LA, he’s keeping it local and sharpening his jokes and stories around town at places like the Fake Gallery, Largo at the Coronet Theatre, and The Irvine Improv.
Where he will ultimately record his album will be announced, soon, but you should grab tickets to all these shows as we’re sure they will sell very fast.
Hey Comedians in LA! Get Some Free Professional Photos/Headshots
Hey Comedians in LA! Get Some Free Professional Photos/Headshots
There is a photographer named Cowboy and a comedian named Dustin David who are literally stopping by live shows around LA and taking very nice B&W pictures of any comedians that wish to have their pictures taken (even ones not performing at the show they’re at). There’s no charge, no sign-up, and you get what might be the cover of something.
Click the link above for more details.