Last night, Portia De Rossi stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of the media blitz Arrested Development is doing (Ron Howard just stopped by a real life Bluth banana stand in NYC) with a clip of the new season with a nice cameo from Ed Helms.
Reruns of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Going to Cable
NBCU is letting one of its cable channels, The Esquire Network, to show reruns of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. This will definitely be interesting in how it might play out.
Also, G4 is now The Esquire Network, FYI.
2) Tonight, you can watch the 2nd to last episode of Louie’s 2nd Season (FX 10:30PM), the finale of Children’s Hospital (Adult Swim 12AM), NTSF:SD:SUV with Jeff Goldblum, Moon Bloodgood, and more (Adult Swim 12:15AM), Eddie Izzard, Tim Minchin, Chris Hardwick, Judah Friedlander, and more on the Green Room with Paul Provenza (Showtime 11PM), or just do all of that.
3) Take that overwrought procedural cop drama genre, the Taper is here (written by Sara Schaefer, starring Nick Vatterott & Nick Turner).
4) Internet King Alex Blagg explains why anyone’s comedy will never be as cool as they think it is, even if it’s funny.
5) Finally, Jeff MacKinnon’s coverage of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival comes to a close and we can stop being mad that we’re not there. Is that just us?
8) COMEDY CRAWL
Piñata @ Bang Theatre 8PM $14
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Eddie Pepitone Bloodbath @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
Live at Carnegie Hall* @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE
9) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/20 spots available/5 min.
COFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA, Suite 180/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/no purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/10 min.
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/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/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available
10) OK, sleep… I get why people like you.
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The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” this week to SEAN PATTON.
Yes, he’s killed it on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Yes, he was just at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and has been at the Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival twice.
Yes, he’s gotten props from Bill Burr after a “monster set”.
AND
Yes, he was also on stage last week around 2 in the morning in front of empty seats and said, “There’s no other place I’d rather be.” Patton was working on a few freshly written bits like a pro despite empty beer bottles outnumbering the people in the room. Such dedication is why Sean, on the very next evening in front of an actual crowd, some of which came to see him, went to what Anthony Jeselnik refers to as “applause break city” for pretty much his whole set.
A Sean Patton joke, if you’ve never heard one, goes down a wonderfully winding and twisting road of bizarre, true life stories, brilliant metaphors, and hilariously visceral imagery that always has a payoff that’s more a perfect way to end a bit than the punchline that one waits for. Often has it been said by audience members and comics alike about Patton when he’s on stage, that you’re in the hands of a master and no matter where he’s going with whatever bit he’s doing or how long it takes, he makes every moment feel worth it.
There are layers upon layers where it could seem like the simple “rule of 3” (i.e. There are three types of ____________) joke structure, but then Sean will go far past the “3” into something else fantastic and damn funny… like made up mysterious lands in a novella written with an ex-girlfriend that they’ll never get to go to.
Such a joke is something that you’ll be talking about days later, trying to remember everything he said because it was just so damn funny, and something you’ll want to share with your friends because you want to make them laugh. Ultimately, you probably won’t remember a Sean Patton joke in its entirety because, most likely you weren’t on a stage that you didn’t need to be on in front of empty couches and chairs AND enjoying the hell out of it, wanting to be nowhere else.
His website: iamseanpatton.com
His twitter handle: @mrseanpatton
Follow those or check back here at the Comedy Bureau handily to find where he’ll be performing next.
1) Yesterday marks the last day of Morgan Murphy’s (@morgan_murphy) stint on at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and her gradual return to the West Coast. Be on the look out, but I’m sure you won’t have to look too hard because she’ll probably going up everywhere and still have that hair.
2) Take your star map, if you still have it, and go burn it. THEN, watch Bill Burr’s tour of Los Angeles. You still see most of the same stuff, but the jokes are actually done by a highly regarded, paid professional.
3) Check out the new trailer for the Comedy Central Pilot: Set List. Basically, “Whose Line is it Anyway?” for stand up comedy featuring Carlos Alazraqui, Eddie Pepitone, Laurie Kilmartin, Sean Green, Chris Fairbanks, and more!!!
4) The Comedy Bureau hasn’t determined who the Tip of the Hat is going to today, but assuredly, it is going to someone. I’m sure all of you are on the edge of you seats.
4) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
It’s a Long Way Down @ 11417 Culver Blvd. 7:30PM FREE
The Anytime Show w/Dominic Dierkes @ Smodcastle 8PM $8
Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Claremont 8PM/10PM $15/2 drink min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
The Paul F. Tompkins 9th Anniversary Show @ Largo 8:30PM $25 sold out-though may be tickets at door
The Ed Galvez Punk House Weekend Edition @ Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $10
Seth & Ed’s Puppet Show @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
Magic Bag @ Smodcastle 10PM $8
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch Presents: WEIRD! @ The Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
Tournament of Nerds @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 (stand by only)
5) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/people usually give feedback at end of set
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/one item min.
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
6) To all those tweeting, posting, and making fun of Rebecca Black: Soundscan doesn’t differentiate whether you’re listening to her ironically or not. STOP TERRIBLE MUSIC.
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