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Morning Debriefing 7/14/11

July 14, 2011
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adult swim, alhambra, burbank, cheap, comedy news, comedy shows, dave ross, eddie pepitone, emmys, encino, free, funny or die, green room, hollywood, lopez tonight, los feliz, ntsf:sd:suv, open mic, paul provenza, paul scheer, porn parody, santa monica, showcase, tonight show, venice, west hollywood, what to do

1) Emmy nominations came out today and Louis C.K. is nominated four times (apparently he edited his own special, Hilarious.), Conan got nominated while Leno did not, Modern Family gets plenty of love (in Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, they take 4 of the six nominations), and Futurama gets a couple a nods.

2) NSFW Hal Rudnick’s doing an interview on the XXX Parody of Anchorman. Well, actually, he’s doing it while the movie’s shooting.

Anchorman XXX Parody Set Visit – NSFW – watch more funny videos

3) Paul Scheer leads the way with National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego:: Sports Utility Vehicle or NTSF:SD:SUV premieres on Adult Swim next week! Saw a preview at Scheer and Rob Hubel’s live show Crash Test and it was hilarious. Check out the teaser now, then watch it on Adult Swim next Thursday July 21st.

4) HOLY FUCK! Dave Ross gets interviewed in Laugh Button!

5) If you feel like truly staying in because you want to catch Louie on FX at 10:30PM, don’t forget to catch the premiere of the 2nd Season of the Green Room with Paul Provenza on Showtime 11PM AND the legendary Don Rickles will be making an appearance on the Tonight Show on NBC 11:35PM.

6) If you thought you were going to fly from the Long Beach Airport to Burbank this weekend to beat “Carmeggedon”, forget about it because it’s already sold out.

7) Puddin’-Yawn

8) ON THE HORIZON
Louis C.K. @ Largo Fri. July 15th & Sun. July 17th 9PM $20 Sold Out
Reggie Watts @ Largo Mon. Aug. 15th & Tues. Aug. 16th 9PM $20

9) COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Central Showcase Callbacks @ Flappers YooHoo Room 7:30PM FREE/2 item min.
Subversive Comedy w/Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $12/2 item min.
Joe Wengert’s Stages of Adulthood @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Merrill Davis & Friends @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $6 
Laugh Revival @ Venice Sound Stage 8:30PM FREE
The Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theater 9PM $25
Sappity Tappity: A Drunken Romp Through Liquor Forest @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Lopez Tonight Showcase @ Flappers YooHoo Room 10PM $10/2 item min. 

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
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 
TROPHALLAXIS @ HIVE GALLERY & STUDIOS 729 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 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   

11) According to this chart, we’re only dedicated bloggers. Really? How are we not Tumblr Famous? Anyone care to change this? Please. (Don’t worry, we went back to hating ourselves for begging for followers right after we posted this)

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Morning Debriefing 6/10/11

June 10, 2011
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acceptance speech, alex blagg, brendon walsh, claremont, comedy crawl, comedy news, conan, critics choice awards, eddie pepitone, free cheap, gentlemen scumbags, greg proops, hollywood, jamie lee, kyle kinane, live action comic strip, lopez tonight, los angeles, office pranks, open mic run, planking, puddin, rob delaney, say something funny bitch, tbs, ucb, vh1, walsh brothers, web soup, webbys

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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Morning Debriefing 6/8/11

June 8, 2011
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america's got talent, andres du bouchet, bar lubitsch, cd taping, cheap, comedy central, comedy crawl, comedy news, comedy shows, culver city, dava krause, downtown, drink with dave, free, greg proops, hollywood, house, improv, james adomian, long beach, lopez tonight, los angeles, melissa villaseñor, nbc, open mic run, puddin, stephen falk, tbs, weeds, west hollywood

1) Comedy Bureau favorite JAMES ADOMIAN will be on Lopez Tonight on TBS at MIDNIGHT. Watch live, set your DVR’s, OR check back here tomorrow as it will be posted.

 

2) Andrés Du Bouchet’s taping is tonight 10PM at Bar Lubitsch (7702 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA). This is a perfect part to be a part of comedy history/catch his one-of-a-kind absurdist stand-up/laugh until it hurts and then finding a way to laugh some more.

3) Thai Rivera will be debuting his new self-titled album at the Ontario Improv (4555 Mills Circle, Ontario, CA) next Thurs. June 16th 8PM. Thai’s proof that grinding it out at open mics, no matter where they are or how they are, can, through tireless hard work pays off and does so on your own terms (i.e. headlining your own show to release your own CD).

4) Melissa Villasenor auditions at America’s Got Talent. She gives that show’s name validation. Seriously. I first saw her an indie, topic based, comedy show a year ago, and only a month or so ago, she got passed at the Comedy Store as a regular, and now, this.  Congratulations and hopefully she’ll leave Forever 21 soon. 

5) Secret comedy show at the Comedy Brewery w/Michelle Buteau.  E-mail comedybrewery@gmail.com for details.  The only thing we know is that it’s in downtown. It’s that secret.

6) Connected Comedy’s got a project for funny people with some crazy stories.

7) A Drink with Dave-Stephen Falk & Dava Krause.   

TUE June 7: Stephen Falk from Brandon Walowitz on Vimeo.

WED June 8: Dava Krause from Brandon Walowitz on Vimeo.

8) “@GregProops-To everyone freaking out about the Reagan cartoon, laughing at what you disagree with is called being sophisticated.” Agreed.

9) Puddin’-“Karate Kid”

10) COMEDY CRAWL
Greg Proops: Smartest Man in the World @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE (RSVP at 323-960-5519)
If This Doesn’t Work, I’m Moving Home @ Harlem Place Cafe
8PM FREE 
The Armando Show w/Angela Kinsey, Kate Flannery, and Kate Walsh @ iO West 8PM $25
Andre Hyland Presents: The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab
8:30PM $5 
Meltdown @ Meltdown Comics 8:30PM $8
Pizza Party @ DiPiazza’s 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Beer in the Shower @ Whitehorse Cocktail Lounge Inn 9:30PM FREE 
Andrés Du Bouchet Taping @ Bar Lubitsch 10PM FREE (first 20 audience members get drink tickets)

11) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
THE SPOT CAFE
4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM 
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guarantee
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 
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 

12) People often wonder how I can mentally, emotionally, and physically stand putting up nearly 30 comics/musicians/erotic magicians every week at the Big Trouble in Little Tokyo Open Mic @ Señor Fish.  I don’t really know.  That’s how I get through it with not having an answer to that question and just doing it.  

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Morning Debriefing 6/4/11

June 4, 2011
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andres du bouchet, cd taping, comedy crawl, comedy news, conan, culver city, echo park, hollywood, james adomian, jamie brunton, katie crown, kickstarter, la times, lopez tonight, los angeles, mc mr napkins, mitch hedberg, ogre mage, open mic run, santa monica, storytelling, tip of the hat, tj miller, trevor moore, ucb, ultimate free and cheap la comedy list, weird al yankovic, whitest kids u know, wisepix, zach sherwin

1) Fantasy Rock Band OGRE MAGE just launched their Kickstarter to get their first album recorded! Watch and donate.

2) “Get Your Number” by MC Mr. Napkins aka Zach Sherwin.

3) James Adomian will be on Lopez Tonight this Wednesday 6/8 performing stand-up.  In other words, this is what you’ll be watching or DVR’ing to watch later on Wednesday night.

4) “@alyankovic It’s official-there’s going to be a music video for EVERY SINGLE SONG on my new album. #overkill” More details on this story to come.

5) NOTE: Andrés Du Bouchet will be recording his CD on Wed. at Bar Lubitsch at 10PM (and not 8PM as we had posted yesterday).

6) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 6/5-6/11. Thanks Wisepix.

7) Mitch Hedberg’s Jimmy John Promos. Yes, that’s promos for a fast food establishment by Mitch Hedberg. [via Pauliophonic.com}

8) IWantHerJob.com Interview w/Jamie Brunton: I’ll second that.

9) A roast, a show at Largo, and now TJ Miller’s in the LA Times.

10) The “Tip of the Hat” this time goes to Katie Crown. Article as to why you need to see her perform as SOON as possible coming later today.

11) COMEDY CRAWL
Two Headed Beast: A Storytelling Show @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE 
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Re-Animator @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Battleship Pretension @ Nerdist Theater (back room of Meltdown Comics) 8PM $10
The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo 8:30PM $25
Trevor Moore’s Whatever Show @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
The Midnight Show @ UCB Theatre
MIDNIGHT $5 (stand by only)
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8 

12) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-up (lottery) 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/no purchase necessary/4 min. 

13) GPOCWLCKS (Gratuitous Picture of Cat Watching Louis CK Saturday). Thanks to Nicole Christo and her cat.

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May 24, 2011
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http://i.cdn.turner.com/tegwebapps/tbs/tbs-www/cvp/tbs_432x243_embed.swf?context=lopez_embed_offsite&videoId=252874

Norm MacDonald on Lopez Tonight.

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Morning Debriefing 3/31/11

March 31, 2011
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alhambra, brent weinbach, cheap, comedy central, comedy crawl, comedy news, conan, free, garfunkel and oates, greg proops, hollywood, improv, interview, john oliver, letterman, lopez tonight, los angeles, marc maron, mo mandel, norm macdonald, ny stand up show, open mic run, santa monica, serial optimist, steve martin, ucb, what to do

1) LA Comedy invaded your TV last night:
Brent Weinbach on Lopez Tonight killin’ it.
Mo Mandel on Conan killin’ it.
Norm MacDonald gettin into a Twitter fight with Steve Martin on Letterman and killin’ it.

2) Don’t let 522 (last checked when I linked this) people down, help Garfunkel and Oates get on Conan via this Facebook page. (The Comedy Bureau doesn’t guarantee this is a way to get the girls on Conan, but it won’t hurt so just go ahead and do it)

3) Marc Maron Interview on Serial Optimist.  All Serial Optimist interviews are top notch, which makes this one an absolute read.

4) John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show. Midnight. Comedy Central. Maria Bamford. Moshe Kasher. That’s it.  Well… don’t forget to watch it!

5) In case you missed it, here’s Punchline Magazine’s list of comedians cast in upcoming network pilots. ON THIS LIST: James Adomian, Eric Andre, Kate Micucci, Mo Mandel, Jon Dore, and more!

6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Speakeasy @ TSR Lounge 8PM FREE
Mike Leffingwell: Stupid Husbands @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Wide Open Comedy @ Sal’s Comedy Hole 8PM $10
Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $12/2 drink min.
6 Degrees @ Holllywood Improv Lounge
8:30PM $5
The Josh & Josh Show: Rory Scovel O’clock @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Hamclown @ Alexandria Hotel 9PM FREE
The Writers’ Room w/Jimmy Pardo @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Mike Phirman @ Flappers Burbank 10PM $13/2 drink min.
Getting to the Bottom @ Hollywood Improv Lounge 10:30PM $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) Shook the hand of Greg Proops after watching his brilliant podcast live, which was a lot like one of the opening scenes of Lawrence of Arabia where a man takes pride in shaking his Lawrence’s hand.  Try it sometime and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

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Morning Debriefing 3/29/11

March 29, 2011
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air sex, bobby bottleservice, brent weinbach, cheap, comedy crawl, comedy news, conan o'brien, downtown, earwolf, free, improv, lopez tonight, los angeles, matching funds, nick kroll, on the horizon, open mic run, sarah silverman, scoomies, secret, shorty awards, tbs, what to do

1) April 1st-There will be a piece about Downtown LA Comedy in the Los Angeles Times.  Please look out for this.

2) At least the Shorty Awards (Twitter Awards) got one thing right: Conan O’Brien winning the Shorty Lifetime Achievement Award.  @lord_Voldemort7 for humor.  Yeah, right…

3) Earwolf, a podcast platform for many big comedy podcasts has a “secret project”.  Besides it being called “Project Tippy Toe”, that’s all I can really say. [via Ploplist]

4) Bobby Bottleservice Joke Contest! Finish the joke, “Why did the mosquito cross the road?” to win tickets to a show with Conan O’Brien, Sarah Silverman, and Bottleservice’s alter-ego Nick Kroll, here in LA [via The Comic’s Comic]

5) Comedians Shayne Michael and Jeff Leon have started a Matching Funds program for other booked shows/open mics to pay featured performers.  Yes, this what performing comedy in LA has come to.  

6) ON THE HORIZON
Air Sex Championships Season 3 @ Satellite LA Wed. Mar. 30th $10 (yes, there is stand up comedy at the beginning of this)
Rory Scovel @ Hollywood Improv Fri. Apr. 1st 8PM $13/2 item min. 
Ryan Stout @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Apr. 2nd 10PM $18/2 item min.
The Eddie Pepitone Bloodbath @ Hollywood Improv Lab Sat. Apr. 7th 8:30PM $5
Melissa Villasenor’s Singing Show @ Bar Lubitsch Wed. Apr. 20th FREE 
Skinny Sundays @ Hollywood Improv Sun. May 1st 9:30PM
The Nerdist Podcast LIVE @ Meltdown Comics Mon. May 2nd 8PM $10

7) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
The Good Luck Show @ Good Luck Bar 7:30PM FREE 
Drunk on Stage @ Akbar 8PM FREE 
Scoomies @ Westwood Brewco 8PM FREE
WTF! Podcast Live @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM (standing room only)
The Mixer @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5 
Comedy Death Ray @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
A Great and Terrible Thing @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5 

8) OPEN MIC RUN
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st, Los Angeles, CA (downtown)/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/$5 min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s Pizza)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed 

9) While watching a stand up comedy show, I saw a passer-by through a window stop and look confused that someone would be just talking on stage, then quickly hurry off.  I guess it’s weird that people want to laugh nowadays.

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The Battle of 1739 (Public House)

March 9, 2011
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abbey londer, canada, chris gordon, comedy central, comedy show, crowd on your side, dave hanson, drunk, eric andre, fight, frommer's, gas prices, green room, grip, heckler, improv, jc coccoli, josh adam meyers, Julia Lillis, keep it clean, kyle kinane, late night, lopez tonight, los angeles, sean green, shawn pearlman, simon king, sketch, tbs, thrown out

Amidst almost every monday night in Los Angeles where any expectations have faded under the muted rumblings of never-ending traffic, I wondered to myself, “It’s 10:17.  Should I go to Public House yet?”

For as long as I can remember since going up to Los Angeles proper for comedy, I tended to end my Monday nights late at a comfy little hipster bar known as 1739 Public House for JC Coccoli’s wonderful stand up comedy showcase Keep it Clean Comedy, affectionally abbreviated by those in-the-LA-comedy-know as just “Public House”.  It’s a place where some of Los Angeles’ best, both of the established and up n’ coming variety, go up and perform to varying crowds of hipsters, struggling artists of various media, some celebrities and industry members of varying stature, and a significant and consistent showing of the LA comedy community.  If there were to be a Frommer’s guide to live comedy in LA, they would have to feature Public House as the “secret” late night spot tucked away in the hippest parts of town on Monday nights where comedy really happens.

On the late night of March 7th, 2011, Public House transcended its reputation as it was more than just a night of comedy, but a night that will live on as one of those “were you there…?”, “did you hear…?”, “remember that one night at…?” types of nights.  It was not only the most hilarious and tense experiences of comedy I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of, but it was a rare night where by the end, you can legitimately say, “Comedy was victorious.”

After a quick great 5 minutes from Eric Andre preparing for Lopez Tonight, a fun poking at a group of Green Peace promoters by Dave Hanson, and a lovely and always hilarious delving into the relationship exploits of Abbey Londer, one Sean Green took the stage to a relatively attentive, but packed crowd at Public House.  

As it is a bar comedy show, there is some of amount of talking that happens, which JC does a great job of trying to “shush” as much as possible, but about 2 minutes into Sean’s set, a drunk typical of the Los Feliz neighborhood Public House is located in with his wrinkled plaid collared shirt and jeans, jeered randomly at one of Sean’s jokes. Rolling with wherever the moment takes him, Sean went over to high five him only to, moments later, engage in an unwanted conversation with him, then, shockingly getting dry-humped by the heckler on stage.  After a good 20 seconds that felt like 10 minutes, this heckler stopped the sexually over-suggestive motions, but then resumed the conversation about a book of Russian Tattoos that the heckler just had at his disposal in his pocket.  Despite Sean repeatedly asking the guy to cease talking to which the heckler resumed the dryhumping until Sean forcibly pushed him away to his where his original position.

Despite the behavior on display just a few seconds earlier by the heckler, the crowd found out that he actually had a girlfriend that equally “gave two shits” about the show taking place as she yelled out something along the lines of “You suck!” to Sean.  The manager of 1739 Public House stepped in at this point and only a few seconds later, a rally of “Get Out!” was being chanted by the wholly attentive room.  The heckler responded with a flurry of “fuck you” and stiffly raised middle fingers to anyone in his immediate vicinity including the manager.  He was finally to the delight of everyone in this establishment kicked out. There was some muffled back-and-forth during this portion of the show, but, for whatever reason, there was a distinct shift in chants from “Get Out!” to “Change your hair!” before the tossing of the heckler.

Seeing what just happened, any sensible person could see what would happen if they took on the comedian, which is still Sean Green, on stage.  Any sensible person could see that they would promptly be met with the disgust of at room full of people intoxicated enough to take drastic action if necessary. 

Yet, a 50 year-old looking man wearing cargo shorts, a yellow hoodie, and a craggy face that seemed worn of any sort of compassion for humanity opted to not observe the situation as a sensible person.  As Sean was still trying to set up a bit about Charlie Sheen that has been applauded at other venues, this second heckler shouted, “When are you going to start being funny?”.  

The crowd, as a unit now, collectively groaned as we had chanced upon the one-in-a-million chance where a horribly drunk heckler would be followed by yet another horribly drunk even worst heckler while the same comedian was on stage.  Wanting merely to just go through his material, Sean tried to take the high road by relating to the second heckler through asking, “What’s wrong, man?”

This second heckler who appeared so faded that it was honestly surprising that he was as vehement in his protest of Sean’s comedy would have none of Sean’s reaching out, responding, “I don’t hear any laughs.  I’ve been listening and I don’t hear any laughs. I’m not the one trying to be a comedian over here.  I just want to know when you’re going to do something funny.”  

Through the boos and barbs thrown the second heckler’s way, Sean still try to probe as to why this man took a personal offense to Sean merely setting up material, “What’s the problem, man?”  

The second heckler finally responding by demanding, “Why don’t you do something funny?”

In a move of chivalry, Sean obliged with a worked out joke about Obama that got a big room laugh at the punchline, but was met with a sarcastic gasp of a laugh by the second heckler in the middle of the joke.

Sean snapped, “Hey, see that?  They’re laughing.  They’re all laughing.  You can’t say anything about that. Hey, we get it.  You’ve been stuck being a grip for most of your life and things aren’t working out.  Well, join the club!”  

Uproarious applause and cheers flooded the whole room between every sentence that Sean yelled at the second heckler, “I don’t give a fuck about you.  I’m a man.  I have a podcast that gets over 8,000 downloads a month. We can take this outside.  I don’t give a fuck.  I was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where we made steel that killed the Nazis (Sean proudly pumped his chest at this appropriate opportunity).  This is a man unraveling right before your eyes.  I don’t give a fuck.  You want to take this outside?" 

Lauding Sean as a hero just fresh off a duel as he got off stage, Sean went straight to the second heckler still offering to "take it outside” at which point they both had to be separated by respective parties.  Still within the premises, the second heckler was then given the same treatment as the first heckler by the crowd and was kicked out.

The bizarre events that just filled the last 20 minutes I just described might encourage some people to think negatively of the evening, despite everything before the two hecklers being pretty funny.  March 7th at Public House still had more in store for the crowd at hand.

Taking advantage of the moment and the situation present, comedian Davey Johnson of the Doorknockers duo improvised a sketch with host JC Coccoli’s permission in which he played a drunker brother of the first heckler that fell all over the stage, incidentally breaking the mic for a few minutes.  Comedian Kyle Kinane, fresh off the road and the premiere of his Comedy Central Special, hid amidst the crowd at the table where the second heckler was standing, taking the cue to stall for time while JC fixed the mix, started yelling at Davey as the brother of the second heckler, “You’re brother’s funnier.  Bring him back.”  

You almost couldn’t understand what either of them were saying as there was so much laughter.  With Kyle egging him on, Davey took off his shirt and went off just like Sean, “You wanna take this outside?”, when JC had just fixed the mic and promptly ended the sketch as Davey, by this time, had his pants off.  Taking the cue from his “brother”, the first heckler, he started dry humping JC, which made nearly the entire audience doubled over in laughter.  

Comedian Davey Johnson goes a little further than off the cuff with ’Keep It Clean’ host JC Coccoli [pic taken by Scott Boxenbaum]

Davey left the stage and Kyle resumed his position as an intently listening audience member while JC took her time in settling the show down as best she could claiming, “I don’t know how we can top this,” before she brought up the next comic, in town from Canada, Simon King.  Simon did his best to stick to his guns and got some good laughs throughout his set, especially when a cleaning lady walked right behind him during his set to clean a corner, but everyone at Public House got caught up in verbally processing the events that just occurred.

With the post-fight excitement still very much palpable in the loud whispers throughout the room, JC actually restarted the show with the same routine she always does at the top of Keep It Clean Comedy with greeting the audience then taking the wireless microphone to see who else is talking while she breaks the crowd in for a show.  From this point on, the night resumed relatively according to plan with Lauren Ashley Bishop, Shawn Pearlman, Julia Lillis, and Josh Adam Meyers, pretty much doing their act (save for Chris Gordon who opened up some party poppers) and faring well.  We were well into 3 hour territory when JC finally ended the show, but, for me, it was glaring exception in regards to duration of live comedy shows.  

In short, the night was won and the answer to the question posed at the beginning, “Should I go to Public House yet?” should always be a resounding yes.

Something that can never be and will never be replicated had taken place at Public House.  Even as I’ve taken on the task on trying to provide a reliable picture as to what happened, there is so many tiny quips and nuances that I’m surely missed, but would ultimately be out of context like how amazing it was that a single audience member, Michael Stuart, sat front and center for the entire show, hecklers, poppers, random improv sketches, and all.  

No matter how fantastical and incredible I made any of this sound, I guarantee you it was exponentially better in person.  This is why you go see live comedy instead of seeing someone vastly edited and filtered set on TV even if gas is $4 a gallon because you just might get to be a part of a night like the Battle of 1739 (Public House).

Morning Debriefing 3/9/11

March 9, 2011
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1) Norm MacDonald’s new hour long Comedy Central Special has moved from this weekend to Saturday March 26th at 11:30PM.  This should make up for Charlie Sheen stealing Norm’s Twitter thunder.

2) Comedian Eric Andre on Lopez Tonight.

3) The Nerdist Theater at Meltdown Comics… WHAT?!? Follow @nerdmelt down the comedy nerd rabbit hole to see some of the best comedy shows in LA.

4) Comedian Jesse Case explores the future of indie/alt comedy via what happened indie/alt music. READ IT. IT’S GOOD FOR YOU. [via Antithesis Comedy]

5) So all this Doug Stanhope buzz has recently come about because he’s releasing a new album called Oslo: Burning Bridges to Nowhere.  Of course, this veritable wave of Stanhope is really all out-of-nowhere as it happened in Oslo and not anywhere near here, but hopefully the album’s release and distribution will change that.

6) Can’t get enough Action Figure Therapy?  Why not get a shirt to show your pride in watching the youtube series sensation?  That’s a thing that people do, right?

7) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
“If This Doesn’t Work Out, I’m Moving Home” A Variety Hour @ Harlem Place Cafe 8PM FREE
The Adam Carolla Show w/Bobcat Goldthwait @ The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club 8PM $25/2 drink min.
Thai Rivera @ Irvine Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
The Fix Up Show w/ J. Keith Van Straaten and special guest Scott Thompson @ ACME Comedy Theatre 8PM $12
Jim Bruce’s Mustache @ The Gardenia 8:30PM $5
Meltdown @ Meltdown Comics 8:30PM $8 
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $8
Beer in the Shower @ Whitehorse Cocktail Lounge Inn 9:30PM FREE 
The Mostly Normal Show @ Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
The Jesse Miller Talk Show @ Next Stage Theatre 11PM $5 

8) 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 

9) The Battle of 1739 (Public House), a tale of comedy victory on Mar. 7th, 2011 at Keep It Clean Comedy will be posted later today.

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