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Rory Scovel Is Simply Magical at The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail

August 14, 2014

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Rory Scovel is one of the most spectacular comedians right now and you really need to do yourself a favor and just watch everything he does. That way, you would be sure to catch Rory go for an applause record (i.e. having the audience never stop clapping) and crowd surfing while simultaneously telling jokes at The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.

If you love the playfully unstoppable spirit of Robin Williams live on stage, you will absolutely love this.

Ground Floor Adding Emily Heller in Season 2

August 4, 2014

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(via TV Line)

With the addition of Emily Heller to the cast, TBS’ Ground Floor will know have two absolutely hilarious comedians on the show as regulars. Heller joins Rory Scovel for Ground Floor’s second season as a socially awkward business wunderkind. Joining the cast also marks a move up for Emily who used to write for another Bill Lawrence show, Surviving Jack.

We’re glad to see that Ground Floor EP Bill Lawrence has pretty great taste when it comes to stand-ups.

Go Through A Moving Portrait Exhibit of Comedians with Scott Moran’s Comedian Screen Tests

June 15, 2014

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Scott Moran, the force behind Modern Comedian, has made a new web series where he captures 4 to 5 minutes of a comedian in front of a camera sans audio. They just inhabit the frame as they choose, much like you would see them in perhaps an animated portrait in a gallery exhibit at a museum.

So far, he’s gotten comedian screen tests of Hannibal Buress, Rory Scovel, Jim Gaffigan, Kristen Schaal, Nick Turner, Colin Quinn, Kurt Braunohler, Jared Logan, Shock G, and Chris Distefano.

If you can afford it, you definitely should have these all playing on separate screens in a gallery on a loop.

Comedy Line-up for Bonnaroo 2014

April 16, 2014

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Comedy Line-up for Bonnaroo 2014

Bonnaroo is not too far from now, specifically June 12-15th, and their comedy line-up is shaping up quite nicely.

TJ Miller, Hannibal Buress, Craig Robinson & The Nasty Delicious, Taran Killam, Rory Scovel, Neal Brennan, Seth Herzog, Emily Heller, and many more to be announced are set for Manchester, TN and should not be missed if you’re planning on going.

Get your tickets here.

The Complete Series of Chit Chat with Jake Weisman Is Just One Episode

March 31, 2014

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Web talk shows have flooded the Internet over the last few years and it’s easy for so many of them to get lost amongst the crowd. One of those lost was Jake Weisman’s Chit Chat, an entire web series that lasted only one episode featuring guest, the hilarious Rory Scovel, and now, has been uncovered.

Give it a watch and maybe you can find out why “there was” only one episode.

MOCA + Rory Scovel = Art + Comedy = Rory’s “Everywhere at Once”

February 26, 2014

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MOCA, The Museum Of Contemporary Art here in LA, has started an initiative to meld the worlds of art and comedy by reaching out to comedians for collaborations. This initiative is very succinctly called Art + Comedy.

So, they worked with the amazing Rory Scovel and Rory came up with his video art piece “Everywhere at Once” which we think hits the intersection of high art and comedy that MOCA is looking for.

Watch Everywhere at Once here (or wherever you are).

Rory Scovel Shooting His First Special Next Month in Charleston, SC

January 15, 2014

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Rory Scovel Shooting His First Special Next Month in Charleston, SC

Rory Scovel is one of the most captivating minds in comedy in comedy right now and is finally doing his first hour special to be shot in The Footlight Theater in Charleston, SC Feb. 21st & 22nd.

Tickets will go on sale soon. Rest assured, this is one of those things you don’t want to miss out on in any way if you can.

Please Stay at airbnbs From Minds of Rory Scovel, Jon Dore, and Beth Stelling @midnight

January 15, 2014

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A new game from “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” has comedians think up of airbnb listings that you would not stay at.

Thanks to Rory Scovel, Jon Dore, and Beth Stelling, we found places that we both would never would want to stay at, but are curious for how disturbingly funny they are.

Watch the clip here.

Pre-Order Rory Scovel’s Live at Third Man Records Now

December 12, 2013

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While many a fantastic band has graced the stage at Jack White’s Third Man Records, only a handful of comedians can say the same.

The brilliant Rory Scovel is one of that handful that’s gotten to perform at Third Man Records and record a performance to be released on vinyl (the other two are Reggie Watts and Neil Hamburger).

Thus, you can and should pre-order/buy Rory Scovel: Live at Third Man Records now (available Tues. Dec. 17th)

Rory Scovel and Pete Holmes Wonderfully Goof Around and Question Cemeteries

November 14, 2013

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Having Rory Scovel on The Pete Holmes Show only leaves room for the highest form of goofing off as opposed to a traditional interview and makes for a whole bunch of fun in taking forever to do a bit of Rory’s, slam cemeteries, and more that you won’t see during most other late night interviews save for maybe Ferguson or Conan.

Watch parts one, two, three, and four now please.

Yet Another Classic Set From Rory Scovel on Conan, Emphasis on Classic

September 4, 2013

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The hysterical Rory Scovel returned to Conan to do stand up again, this time bringing and tuxedo, bow tie, an ornately decorated grand piano, and a piano player all to talk about getting high while grocery shopping.

Please watch it now here.

Watch Rory Scovel on Conan and Cameron Esposito on Ferguson Tonight

September 3, 2013

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Two of our favorite comedians to watch right now that America will hopefully know from far and wide are performing tonight on your television (and probably tomorrow on whatever device you watch YouTube on).

Rory Scovel will be back again on Conan (TBS 11PM), which is always fantastic, and the terrific Cameron Esposito will be on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35AM) making her late night stand up debut.

In short, don’t miss these.

Welcome to Rory Scovel’s AV Club Where Life Gets Documented/Out of Control

July 18, 2013

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If you haven’t seen the amazing Rory Scovel play some sort of teacher or principal, just know he’s pretty damn funny as one. Case in point, check him as an AV Club teacher trying to profile normal people that have fallen on hard times, which goes quickly from a lesson in documentary to gonzo journalism with a great cameo from Matt Jones.

Watch it here.

Only 4 Chances Left To Catch Holy Fuck

June 11, 2013

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Only 4 Chances Left To Catch Holy Fuck

One of LA’s best live comedy shows, carefully built and curated over years by Dave Ross and Jeff Wattenhofer is unfortunately coming to an end. They made an album, went to a comedy festival, and accomplished so many great things on top of getting hundreds of people to see live comedy in Los Angeles (Downtown Los Angeles, no less). Congratulations to them and everyone that was a part of the show.

So, there will be four more shows of theirs to catch including tonight’s show where the hysterical Rory Scovel will be doing an hour. Fortunately, the show is being handed off to Austin Wolf-Sothern, Jay Weingarten, Doug Freedman, Travis Rust, and Ryan Schumaker and will be called Sleepaway Camp, so we don’t have to worry about having comedy at the Downtown Independent Theater on Tuesdays.

Rory Scovel Recording Third Man Records Vinyl Live in Store

June 2, 2013

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Rory Scovel Recording Third Man Records Vinyl Live in Store

At Third Man Records home in Nashville, the amazing Rory Scovel is recording a vinyl record and even though we’re thousands of miles away, we’re excited that it’s happening.

If you’re anywhere near or can get to Nashville, TN on Sat. June 22nd, do so to catch what sure is to be some genius tomfoolery from Scovel.

Mark Walhberg and a German Accented Rory Scovel Do Set List

May 24, 2013

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Nerdist Channel’s latest show, Set List, the international phenomenon of an improvised stand-up show, uploaded the latest episodes featuring the talents of Mark Wahlberg (played by the immensely talented Dan Van Kirk) and the hilarious Rory Scovel with a slightly German accent. Both are great and completely made up on the spot and you should watch them right now.

Also, if you love this like we do, there’s a live stream of Set List for YouTube’s Comedy Week tonight at 6PM PST.

So Now, Rory Scovel Will Have Been on MTV, Amazon Studios, and TBS This Year

May 11, 2013

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So Now, Rory Scovel Will Have Been on MTV, Amazon Studios, and TBS This Year

Rory Scovel already this year has been in The Grawlix’s Those Who Can’t Amazon Studios pilot, Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous on MTV, and now will be on TBS’ latest series pick up “Ground Floor”.

Also, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence is killing it right now (his other pilots “Enlisted” and “Undateable” that just got picked up too).

Rory Scovel Cast in TBS Pilot

March 21, 2013

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Rory Scovel Cast in TBS Pilot

America needs to understand that they should have as much Rory Scovel on their televisions as possible. We hope that everything Rory’s in gets picked up, cable, network, podcast, vine movies, and more.

Sean Patton Shows All of Us How Team Building Should Happen

March 11, 2013

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Along with the likes of Rory Scovel, Andrew Orvedahl, and the directorial talents of The Nix Brothers (they’ve done hilarious videos with TJ Miller and The Grawlix), the hysterical Sean Patton gives a little insight how to work together as a group as long as your workplace is cool with being NSFW.

Watch this now.

Morning Debriefing 6/30/11

1) Watch comedic brilliance by Jon Dore & Rory Scovel on Conan. Oh yeah, they might do the same thing at Meltdown Comics on August 11th.

2) Want to be on a “High School Talent Show”?

Hot House, which normally hosts a fantastic “secret” comedy show, is putting the 3rd Annual Hot House High School Talent Show. Already, it’s half booked, but if you’re interested, the show is on Thurs. July 21st 8PM and they’re looking to book all types of variety/comedy/character acts of varying lengths – but – no stand up (unless it is part of a larger character piece).

The basic theme of the night is the show takes place in a High School Auditorium hosted by the Vice Principal of Affairs. Talent must decide up front whether to play a Student or an Administrator. And all acts should be between thirty seconds to three minutes (five if there is a real need) And let us know the general concept beforehand.

Nothing is too small or too stupid. Please email mariecolette24@gmail.com if interested.

3) So Café Muse, to those comedians that put up with its open mic or shows, is now gone. No more comedy will take place within its walls despite it being next door to the Comedy Central Stages. We’re frankly surprised that it lasted this long as every time we’ve been there something along the lines of a frustrated white kid in his late 20’s would ask anyone who was black to be his black friend 5 minutes over the light would happen.

4) Don’t follow @MitziShore. It’s not her. Besides, gaining favor with her and an audition to be passed at the Comedy Store is a whole lot harder than just getting a fake account of her to follow you on Twitter.

5) Compatish goes cup stacking…

6) Weird Al Yankovic writes/confesses lyrics for the Conan theme.

7) Puddin’-“Books”

8) ON THE HORIZON
California for Alabama Benefit @ Meltdown Comics Wed. Aug. 3rd, 6:30PM $10
The Business @ Nerdist Theater Fri. July 15th, 8PM $10

9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Conan O’Brien Writers Retrospective @ Cinefamily 7:45PM $12
Comedy 90210 @ Roxbury Cafe 8PM $5
1642 Comedy Social Club @ 1642 Beer & Wine 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Mr. Napkins Big Show @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM FREE
Loose Meat @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Persona! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10PM $5
Love Machine Comedy Show @ M Bar 10PM $5
Paul Danke & Cornell Reid Live Tweet a Movie @PaulDanke & @Corneezy 10PM FREE

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.
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

11) I tried defending Tree of Life to my sister and mother who sat through it with me and the best I could come up with was, “Well, it’s best if you don’t try to figure it out.” Now, if I only could write jokes that work like that.

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Hamclown: The One Type of Clown I Like

May 26, 2011

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What exactly is a “Hamclown”? I was one of those silent many that had an aversion to clown, but Hamclown is something different altogether and certainly not to be feared by anybody.

If you type “hamclown” into Google, you’ll actually get redirected to results for “ham clown” and never see any of the results for the amazing comedy and music variety show taking place in downtown LA on 5th and Spring.

Instead, you’ll first be directed to hamsexy.com, which, as far as I can gather, is a blog about amateur radio. Even though hamsexy.com has been around for much longer than Hamclown, the results for googling “hamclown” need to change.

On the last Thursday of every month, producers and talented stand-up comedians themselves Josh Androsky and Grant Pardee take over the 2nd Floor of the Alexandria Hotel, more commonly known as the Mezz. Their comedy extravaganza features several of LA’s best stand-ups, Kyle Kinane, Rory Scovel, Brody Stevens, Maria Bamford, and more, sketch comedy that borders on a full scale stage production, and amazing local bands to close out the show.

Really, Hamclown goes above and beyond for laughter from their constantly growing audience. At the last edition of Hamclown, Androsky and Pardee went for a prom theme, temporarily renaming their show “Hamprom”, dressing up as if it was actually prom; Androsky wore a dress and heels. They even had a prom photographer with a prom backdrop. As if that wasn’t enough, Androsky went into a spectacular musical number while still in a dress and heels featuring back-up dancers and lots of goo in which he let out his inner woman and then wooed the “hot high school quarterback” (played by Aaron Alberstein).

I would almost say that you get your bang for your buck at Hamclown, but that would be a false statement as you don’t spend anything to see this youthful comedic romp in a cool bohemian space that has to have been used in several rock music videos of either Lenny Kravitz or Perry Farrell. It’s free of charge just like many independently produced comedys shows around LA are, but, already, Hamclown has been mentioned in the LA Times as part of a story about the exciting group of comedy shows taking place in Downtown.

If you’re convinced or curious, the next Hamclown is taking place tomorrow 9PM, as mentioned, at the Mezz on the 2nd Floor of the Alexandria Hotel, 501 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA featuring two of the Comedy Bureau’s favorite comedians: Ron Lynch and Jackie Kashian. In other words, be there (you won’t be square if you don’t, but you’ll regret your absence). Follow them on Twitter and Facebook or check back at the Comedy Bureau for more updates and possibly what exactly a “hamclown” is other than a hip, hilarous comedy circus minus the animals and clowns (not a big fan of either anyway).

May 4, 2011

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I almost forgot this was an ad for Land Rover because of Rory Scovel.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Morning Debriefing 4/1/11

1) BUY AN LA TIMES RIGHT NOW!!!

2) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 4/3-4/9. Thanks Wisepix.

3) LA comedy outside of LA: Article about Andre Hyland from Cincinnati. Greg Proops on This Week in Comedy. Norm MacDonald on the Daily Show.

4) ON THE HORIZON
Jay Larson CD Taping @ Hollywood Improv Thurs. Apr 7th 8PM $14/2 item min.
Dana Gould @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Apr. 9th 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
The Long Shot Podcast LIVE @ Hollywood Improv Lab Wed. Apr. 27th 8:30PM $5
The Jory Hour w/Jon Dore & Rory Scovel @ Meltdown Comics Fri. Apr. 29th 8PM $8

5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Nick Kroll Does Comedy @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Rory Scovel @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $13/2 item min.
Mike Phirman @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $17/2 drink min.
Comedy Car Hole @ Comedy Car Hole 9PM FREE
Stood Up Friday Night: When I Was 17… @ Moving Arts Theatre 10PM $5
First Fridays @ Theatre Asylum 10:30PM $5

6) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/given set list to improv off of
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/$3 min.
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Starts 8PM
TRINITY CHURCH OPEN MIC 1015 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 8PM/must work clean

7) Let’s just be glad that Google didn’t pull that horribly conceived Topeka prank again.

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March 31, 2011

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http://www.ustream.tv/flash/viewer.swf

brido:

Here’s @gentscum episode 14 with @roryscovel. Dunno why it’s not posted yet in audio form. I think our producer @pmelt is getting donut holes or some shit and hasn’t uploaded it yet. Tweet him and tell him to post it. Srsly.

Also, I just want to add that Rory is one of my favorite guests so far. Dude is quality. Go see him record his CD April 5 and 6 in San Francisco if you’re in the area. I promise. And I fucking know I have Tumblr readers in SF because of the Giants comments I get. So go see Rory at the Punch Line next week.

I should warn you that we do have a quite a bit of WrestleMania talk, so skip through that shit if you’re a goddamn baby about things. Other than that, enjoy.

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March 13, 2011

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