At 11PM tonight on Comedy Central, the long awaited return of John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show is finally here kicking off a whole new season of great stand up from Paul F. Tompkins, Pete Holmes, Jamie Lee, Thomas Lennon, James Adomian, Morgan Murphy, Ron Funches, Rory Scovel, Sara Schaefer, Seth Herzog, Brooke Van Poppelen, Nick Turner, Joe Zimmerman, Dan Soder, and more.
Basically, don’t miss out.
John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show Returns July 26th
Just in case you were fearing a drought in great stand-up on Comedy Central after all the episodes of The Half Hour air, fear not as John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show comes back for a whole new season on Fri. July 26th.
With the likes of anyone from Paul F. Tompkins to James Adomian to Jamie Lee to Thomas Lennon to Ron Funches to Morgan Murphy to Sara Schaefer to Nick Turner and much much more, make sure you mark your calendar.
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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1) 150 Best Jests via NY Post/@manydstadt-LA’s well represented with Kyle Kinane, Marc Maron, Maria Bamford, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, TJ Miller, Rob O’Reilly, Joselyn Hughes, Richard Lewis, Conan O’Brien, Morgan Murphy (whose coming back to LA), Andy Kindler, Jamie Lee (will hopefully come back to LA), Bil Dwyer, Alec Sulkin, Josh Comers, Dana Gould, Michelle Buteau, Kevin Nealon, Rob Gleeson, Jon Huck, Drew Droege, Jackie Kashian, Jen Murphy, Kyle Dunnigan, Jeff Ross, Whitney Cummings, Felipe Esparza, Doug Benson, Richard Lewis, and a few more I can’t remember off the top of my head.
2) Plop List-a brand new website dedicated to wrangling the best in comedy podcasting thanks to our friend Joel Mandelkorn.
3) The last chance to vote for the Scoomies-a comedy awards ceremony recognizing the best of people who were the best in the hometown and decided to come to LA to make it and are on their way up.
4) The beginnings/makings/refurbishings of the Nerdist Theatre, one of my favorite places to watch live comedy.
5) ON THE HORIZON
WTF! Podcast LIVE @ Steve Allen Theater Tues. Mar. 29th 8PM tickets now only available at door
John Oliver’s NY Stand Up Show Thurs. Mar. 31st 11:59PM on Comedy Central w/Maria Bamford and Moshe Kasher
6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Cartoon Dump @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Safehouse @ Lot 1 Cafe 8:30PM FREE
Keep it Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
7) OPEN MIC RUN
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/multiple sets allowed/$5 min.
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/call (213) 483-4458
D’AMORE’S 8369 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 8PM/Purchase required
GROUND ZERO USC 615 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA/USC Campus/Nestled between 3 dormitories approximately a block away from the intersection of Figueroa and Exposition/USC student sign-up 9PM/non-USC-student sign-up 9:15/Starts 9:30PM
9) If you perform comedy, you can be very happy. EX. Paul Jay marrying Jen Goldberg
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NOTE: Tip of the Hat Article coming today as last night the office wi-fi was down (i.e. Starbucks and any other coffee shop was closed)