Dave Child Presents His Moth Story “Santa Dad and Porn”
Comedian, Liquid Feet member, Air Sex champion, and Moth winner Dave Child shares a story of why his dad is one of the best dads in the pantheon of dads as part of a recent Moth GrandSlam.
Hasan Minhaj’s “Homecoming King” To Have Run at NYC’s Cherry Lane Theatre
Key Art by Sam Spratt
The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj has been working on this one man show, Homecoming King, following his childhood coming to America for quite some time now.
We got to catch it earlier this year and it’s absolutely heartfelt, funny, touching, and, most importantly, damn good.
It’s having a run at NYC’s Cherry Lane Theatre, where Colin Quinn often does his one man shows, from Oct. 15th-Nov. 15th and we highly urge you to not miss out.
Watch Andrew Solmssen’s Moth StorySLAM Winning Story
For storytelling and stand-up, Andrew Solmssen has been around both scenes in LA for years sharing his very personal, funny, introspective experiences and been a long time coming that he get some recognition for it.
Recently, he won the Moth’s StorySLAM with this amazing story and will be going on to compete in The Moth’s GrandSLAM soon. We wouldn’t be surprised at all if he won that as well.
The Moth Publishing Stories in Print
The Moth Publishing Stories in Print
The cult phenomenon of The Moth Storytelling series is now putting several of their best tales from the hundreds that have been told under their banner into print. For the point of The Moth being stories that are told in person, it seems a little odd, but as they’re also well told stories, it’s a very natural move. To be included are stories from such great and funny storytellers as Brian Finkelstein and the late Mike DeStefano.
“The Moth” is now on pre-order to be released on Sept. 3rd.
Pre-Order Margot Leitman’s Book “Gawky” Tales of An Extra Long Awkward Phase”
Not only is she a four time Moth Grandslam winner (that’s incredibly hard to do), Margot Leitman and her stories are so hilarious, poignant, personal that we are thankful that they are coming to book form in Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase.
You can pre-order the book here, which you should do in case it wasn’t obvious, and then make sure to attend the book release party at UCB in LA on Tues. May 7th at 9:30PM and/or book signing at Skylight Books on Thurs. May 9th 7:30PM.
Morning Debriefing 8/19/11
1) Louis C.K. (@louisck) and Hugh Moore (@hugh_moore) on Conan.
2) A Stand-Up Guy, a short by Sarah Rose Bergman, shows how far some comedians go for their art. Also, it features two of our favorite people/comedians with Ron Babcock and Lizzy Cooperman. Watch it.
3) One of LA’s best storytellers (winner of NY’s Moth Grandslam), Margot Leitman will have her story that also won the Moth here a couple weeks ago on KCRW this Sat. 11AM. Tune into 89.9FM or listen at www.kcrw.com/goodfood.
4) “The Comic’s Comic”, Sean McCarthy, delves into why TBS is having trouble with Conan’s ratings.
5) Jim Jeffries on CNN. Yeah, you read that right. He’s on CNN.
6) Part 3 of Jeff MacKinnon’s journey at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for Laughspin.
8) Splitsider further journals the travels of Kyle Kinane and performing at Sturgis.
10) ON THE HORIZON
The Super Serious Show @ Smashbox Studios w/Tompkins, Cho, Kinane Thurs. Sept. 25th 7PM $10 in adv/$15 at door
11) COMEDY CRAWL
Conan Showcase @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $8
Anthony Jeselnik @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
Trevor Moore’s Whatever Show @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Todd Glass @ Irvine Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
The 12 Shiny Nickels @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10
Hottt Newww Videooo!!!! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
Brave New Show @ iO West 11PM $5
UCBTLA’s Super Summer Showcase @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5
12) 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
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
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
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
FLOODLIGHT OPEN MEG[APHONE] 3201 W. Verdugo Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 7PM/in park under floodlight/will use a megaphone/Starts 8PM/3 min.
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served
TRINITY CHURCH 1015 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 8PM/must work clean/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
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
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 10PM/Starts MIDNIGHT/lottery
13) Ever think standard of living in LA is dictated by how complicated the parking rules are?
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Morning Debriefing 8/8/11
1) The Down Syndrome’s Association of the UK finds Doug Stanhope offensive. The fact it took the DSA so long to find and be offended by a clip of Stanhope ranting on Sarah Palin and her child with Down’s Syndrome, a clip that’s been online for almost 3 years not to mention Stanhope’s reputation for going dark with jokes about abortion, denouncing AA, etc., really undercuts their public outcry.
2) Weird Al Yankovic will officially have a televised concert special on Comedy Central to air on Oct. 1st and available for purchase on DVD/Blu-Ray Oct. 4th.
3) Neil Hamburger and his Britney Spears Haikus; in case you needed clarification, Hamburger is winning the war online against Spears’ fans.
4) The Comedy Garage Movie is on Hulu! Don’t forget to catch them at the UCB this Sat. Aug. 13th at 10PM $10.
5) Laughspin interviews one of the fastest and funniest mouths in the West, Jimmy Pardo.
6) Comedy podcast network Earwolf will now feature the best moments from their highly popular shows with Earwolf Presents.
7) The LA Times explores the the power of the (storytelling) Moth.
8) ON THE HORIZON
Storyworthy Live @ M Bar Thurs. Aug. 11th 7:30PM $10/$10 min.
Entertainment Hollywood Live! @ UCB Theatre Sun. Aug. 14th 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Bryan Coffee’s Brink of Extinction @ Steve Allen Theater Mon. Aug. 29th 8PM $10
The Walsh Brothers @ UCB Theatre Sat. Aug. 27th MIDNIGHT $5
8) COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Brunch @ The Park Restaurant 9PM FREE
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
The Del Close Marathon Preview @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
9) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is lottery/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/bottled water and coffee provided
10) Anyone have the full story on Ron Artest trying to get up at the UCB?
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