There are plenty of our favorite stand-ups working right now that are spread throughout this whole thing. If you have Seeso (or Amazon Prime), go binge away on season 2 of The Guest List.
Todd Glass will be headlining the Hollywood Improv Lab this Saturday, which is probably one of the most intimate spaces in which you can see Todd headline. In other words, please don’t miss out on this.
Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.
The annual Santa-Thon here in LA returns with host Fred Willard complete with a stacked line-up of comedy, variety, and music including:
The Lampshades – Kate Flannery (The Office) and Scot Robinson (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy)
Wayne Federman (Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Curb)
Illeana Douglas (Entourage),
Jo Anne Worley (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
Chris Fairbanks – (Almost Genius, Conan)
Nikki Glaser – (Not Safe, Comedy Central)
Jimmy Brogan – (Carson, Letterman, Conan)
Todd Glass (The Todd Glass Show)
Henry Phillips (Comedy Central Presents)
The Santa-Thon is being held at ACME Comedy Hollywood on Wednesday, December 14th & Thursday, December 15th. Tickets are $20 online and $25 at door and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
One of the most revered weekly stand-up shows in the country, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, ended its 6 year run last month, which included three seasons as a TV series on Comedy Central.
Naturally, the 8:30PM slot at Nerdmelt where Meltdown took place was going to be filled in by something given Meltdown’s status as a flagship show at the theater.
In two weeks, you will all have a very exciting and worthy show filling in with Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel produced by Nerdmelt’s Caitlin Durante. Larson and Scovel are two of our favorites and this show will be in good hands as you can see with our thoughts on Jay’s recent album Human Math and Scovel’s latest Conan set.
In the inaugural show, Kate Berlant, Todd Glass, Bridey Elliott, Joe Mande, Baron Vaughn, and a surprise guest will be performing. It should go without saying that it’ll be a hell of a show and something that will get us all through the next few years and beyond.
Tickets are $10 and are available now here.
You can keep up with Rabbit Hole on @therabbitholela on Twitter, @therabbitholela on Instagram, and on Facebook.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Get more details and RSVP for free here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
As you can see from the flyer, if you’re up in Canada in Winnipeg, going to The Oddblock Block Party Comedy Festival is what you should be doing this weekend.
Here’s the full schedule, line-up, and, of course, where you can get tickets.
In addition to sign-up to vote for the California primary, volunteer, canvas, and phone bank for Bernie Sanders, there will be a hot show with Kate Berlant, Reggie Watts, Todd Glass, Jay Larson, Drennon Davis, Clare O’Kane, and Josh Androsky.
It’s all happening next Wednesday, May 11th at 6PM at Trepany House at Steve Allen Theater.
Poster by Ivy McNally
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Last year, Todd Glass got a chance to take make a TV pilot out of his wondrous podcast known as The Todd Glass Show.
Unfortunately, It didn’t get picked up.
We’re not quite sure why as Glass really made his free-wheeling format fly with a plethora of bits and bits within bits and bits about running away from bits, Eddie Pepitone living in a van, sweaty karaoke, James Adomian voicing a more sinister Dr. Phil, and more.
Luckily, we get to see a short version of the pilot thanks to Jake Adams runs the sound effects, a very intergral part of the show, on The Todd Glass Show.
Online network JASH is getting into the comedy festival game by throwing their own Jash Fesht on the weekend of Apr. 1st-3rd at Snapshot Studios in Palm Springs.
As you can see, the line-up is nicely stacked between comedy, music, and folks that blur the line of both disciplines.
Tickets are on sale now for $50-$100.
Adam Cayton-Holland
Andrew Orvedahl
Andrew Santino
Anthony Atamanuik
Arden Myrin
Baron Vaughn
Ben Roy
Brendon Walsh
Brooke Van Poppelen
Cameron Esposito
Chris Cubas
Chris Gethard
Chris Hardwick
Colton Dunn
Dan Harmon
David Gborie
Doug Benson
Drennon Davis
Eddie Pepitone
Eliza Skinner
Emily Heller
Eric Andre
Gillian Jacobs
Horatio Sanz
Howard Kremer
Iliza Shlesinger
Joe Pera
Jon Gabrus
Jonah Ray
Judd Apatow
Kate Micucci
Kulap Vilaysack
The Lucas Brothers
Martha Kelly
Matt Besser
Matt Walsh
Megan Gailey
Mike Birbiglia
Mike O’Brien
Morgan Murphy
Moshe Kasher
Natasha Leggero
Nate Bargatze
Owen Benjamin
Paul F. Tompkins
Rhea Butcher
Ron Lynch
Rory Scovel
Scott Aukerman
Sean Patton
Shannon O’Neill
Tami Sagher
Thomas Middleditch
Todd Barry
Todd Glass
Zach Woods
@midnight
ASSSSCAT
the cast of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Doug Loves Movies
HarmonQuest
The Hooray Show
The Imaginary Radio Program with Drennon Davis
improv4humans
The Laugh Button Live!
Loud Village
Maltin on Movies
Sexpot Comedy
Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins
The Todd Barry Podcast
Trump Dump with Tony Atamanuik as Donald Trump
Who Charted?
All of the above and more will be present and performing at SXSW in Austin, TX starting Fri. Mar. 11th.
If this peaks your interest (and we’re guessing that it does), you can register for a badge here.
10PM on IFC.
After years of seeming to be over, Todd Margaret found a way to return for a 3rd season, as well as go by Todd Margaret instead of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.
David Cross says the 3rd season came about because of how crazy and great the idea for it was. So, tonight, we all can find out what exactly Todd Margaret’s writers came up with despite how season 2 ended.
11PM on Showtime.
Tonight, you can see Rachel Feinstein, Wyatt Cenac, Joe DeRosa, Jon Huck, Todd Glass, and W. Kamau Bell and all the heck of a show they brought to Austin, TX for SXSW in the second part of Showtime’s SXSW Comedy special.
So, make sure to switch whatever TV you’re watching to Showtime later tonight.
Apparently, there was too much to pack into just one special’s worth of stand-up for Showtime’s SXSW Comedy, so they made two nights worth of it with host W. Kamau Bell.
This time around, Todd Glass, Rachel Feinstein, Joe DeRosa, and more cause a ruckus of laughter down in Austin, TX.
Here’s a look into what’s to come for Night Two.
Look for the premiere on Showtime on Fri Oct. 2nd.
This thing only keeps getting bigger and better.
Sept. 18th-20th is just around the corner and will be when podcasters and their army of podcast fans take over the chic Sofitel in Beverly Hills for The 4th Annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival.
Thus far, scheduled to appear are:
The Adventure Zone
Alonzo Bodden: Who’s Paying Attention?
Comedy Film Nerds
Dining with Doug and Karen
Dinner Party Download
The Dollop
The Dork Forest
Doug Loves Movies
Filip & Fredrik
Fitzdog Radio
The 40 Year Old Boy
Giant Bombcast
Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler
Hollywood Handbook
I Love Green Guide Letters
I Seem Fun: The Diary of Jen Kirkman
The Indoor Kids
The JV Club
The Long Shot Podcast
Maltin on Movies
Mental Illness Happy Hour
My Brother, My Brother And Me
Never Not Funny
Out of the Box
Probably Science
The Smartest Man in the World
SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins
Sports Without Balls
Stuff You Should Know
Superego
The Thrilling Adventure Hour
The Todd Glass Show
TOFOP
Walking The Room
Who’s Paying Attention?
With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus
The World of Phil Hendrie
The Worst Idea of All Time
WTF with Marc Maron
Pretty swell, right?
If that’s a little steep or you’re unable to make it to Beverly Hills, there’s a livestream of all the podcast tapings for just $25. Along with livestream access, you’ll have access to an archive for a month after to watch whatever you might have missed.
You don’t even have to pause whatever podcast you’re listening to right at this moment to go get your tickets.
If you were at SXSW this year, you know this is going to be really good.
For most of us that didn’t get to go to Austin for any festivals this year, you’ll get to see the comedy showcase special from Showtime and hosted by W. Kamau Bell this summer which will include the great comedic stylings of Matt Braunger, Todd Glass, Beth Stelling, Nate Bargatze, Mark Normand, and Iliza Shlesinger.
The first of two parts of SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell, directed by the trusted talents of Steve Feinartz (Matt Braunger’s Big Dumb Animal, Eddie Pepitone’s In Ruins), Fri. July 24th at 11:05PM on Showtime.
Mark this on your calendars even though we’ll definitely remind you about it again.
A source revealed to us some details about the mysterious pilot for The Todd Glass Show.
Here are some key points revealed to us by our source:
-This pilot is an extension of the podcast in that it’s a playground for Todd to do any bit that he wants.
–James Adomian was the show’s guest
–Eddie Pepitone resided in a VW Van parked on the set
–David Spade dropped by to tell everyone that he was “not available to do the show”
-The audience sat in lawn chairs
-There is a house band that does bits with Todd
-The show had a house dog
-The pilot hasn’t been picked up yet, but will be shopped around
So, basically, if you’ve ever seen The Todd Glass Show at LA Podcast Festival or elsewhere, you might get an idea of the delightful craziness that Todd potentially has in store for us.
(via James Adomian)
The nothing but multi-layered fun podcast that is The Todd Glass Show seems like it had a pilot taping with a full set and Eddie Pepitone and James Adomian as guests.
More evidence to this happening exists on The Todd Glass Show Instagram account.
We don’t have any more details about the taping at this time, but given that Todd does basically whatever he wants on his show (and that really runs the gamut of anything that strikes his fancy), we’re guessing that he also did whatever he wanted in this supposed pilot taping, which probably included wonderful bits within bits within bits like Eddie yelling about dancing.
More to come soon.
The rollout of awesome comedy festival line-ups for this year continues as SXSW is taking much of the best comedy from around the country to Austin, TX for a week.
Going from Mar. 14th-21st, the likes of the following will have their comedic stylings on display:
Adam Cayton-Holland
Al Madrigal
Allen Strickland Williams
Amy Schumer
Andrew Orvedahl
Andrew Santino
Ari Shaffir
ASSSSCAT
Ben Roy
Beth Stelling
Bill Burr
Bob Saget
Brent Morin
Brooks Wheelan
Chris D’Elia
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Conspiracy Theory Live with Jesse Ventura
Dan Harmon
Dave Ross
Doug Benson
Doug Loves Movies
Eliot Glazer
Premiere of James Adomian and Scott Aukerman’s sitcom “The Embassy”
Eric Andre
Erin Whitehead
Glenn Wool
The George Lucas Talk Show
The Grawlix
Harmontown
Horatio Sanz
The Hooray Show
Iliza Schlesinger
improv4humans
Jake Weisman
James Adomian
Jay Oakerson
Jay Pharoah
Jeffrey Ross
Joe DeRosa
Jon Huck
Judd Apatow
Katie Dippold
Lauren Lapkus
Liza Treyger
Mary Holland
Matt Besser
Matt Braunger
Matt Walsh
Mark Normand
Mike O’Brien
Nate Bargatze
Nick Kroll
Nick Thune
Pat Bishop
Paul Virzi
Rachel Feinstein
Rick Glassman
Roast Battle
Ron Funches
Sasheer Zamata
Scott Aukerman
Shannon O’Neill
Stephanie Allynne
This Is Not Happening
Tim Robinson
Todd Glass
NBC’s Undateable
Vanessa Bayer
What’s Your Fucking Deal?!
Wild Horses
WOMEN
W. Kamau Bell
Wyatt Cenac
and more!
On top of that, two tapings for a SXSW comedy special are set to take place during that week run hosted by W. Kamau Bell.
This is both the third year of The LA Podcast Festival as well as our third time attending and, as that’s the case, we can most certainly assure you a good thing has only gotten better and better.
Here’s our recap of what went down when a bunch podcasts and their fans take over ritzy Beverly Hills.
All photos courtesy of Los Angeles Podcast Festival
-This was the first year that the LA Podcast Festival took place at Sofitel LA in Beverly Hills and it solved pretty much every drawback from their original location in Santa Monica (i.e. parking, navigating through the festival, it looks nicer).
-Many in the crowd for Talkin’ Shit with Eddie Ifft were thoroughly surprised when they got to see all of transgendered porn star Vaniity.
–Marc Maron and Aisha Tyler hashed out some personal history, specifically when they first met each other, on Girl on Guy. Aisha hilariously made sure to note to Marc that this is her show and not WTF.
-Like every year, one will note that many of the attendees aren’t from LA or even California. Many come from the other side of the country just to make sure they catch their favorite podcast live like The Crabfeast with Jay Larson and Ryan Sickler.
–Superego continued to be one of the funniest podcasts around kicking off Day 2 with a special guest in Conan player Brian Stack and a whirlwind of fun, dark absurdity. We also applaud their matching Superego blazers.
-The crowd at Jonah Raydio had a ball as Jonah Ray made sure that his entire audience had a beer in their hand, treated to a live performance from Upset, fun music news monologue style jokes, and discovered he had to do more time than he expected. This lead to some of the best awful concert stories we’ve heard in awhile.
–Dave Anthony, Gareth Reynolds, and Wil Anderson assembled for a laugh riot of an episode of The Dollop, which we’d describe as a sort of sober version of Drunk History that replaces the reenactments with top shelf riffing from Anthony, Reynolds, and a guest. Edutainment about history’s biggest a-holes has never been as much fun as this.
-An all female guest line-up for WTF with Marc Maron was fascinating especially the likes of Pamela Adlon and Whitney Cummings admired Shelby Fero’s wisdom beyond her years when it comes to dating.
-Podcasts fans at the festival didn’t care how long they would have to wait to get commemorative posters signed to the point where we questioned how much we’re fans of podcasts compared to them.
–Wil Anderson killed it wherever he went at the festival and his own podcast TOFOP was no different. Anderson’s brand of somewhat controlled chaos made for almost non-stop laughs and an unforgettable pop quiz on Russell Crowe facts.
-As far as we’ve seen education hasn’t ever been as funny as it has been on podcasts. See Probably Science’s Matt Kirshen, Jesse Case, and Andy Wood riff on the primates known as Bonobos with Tim Minchin and Dr. Amy Parish. They found their way to tie in feminism while discussing animal behavior and on to applause breaks.
–Matt Besser, Lauren Lapkus, Ian Roberts, and Horatio Sanz ensured that impov4humans was a perennial favorite of the festival just off a scene of visiting the world’s tallest hill.
-Podcast pioneer Jimmy Pardo and his podcast Never Not Funny have been at The LA Podcast Festival most deservedly every single year. Seeing Jimmy having to deal with Pat Francis’ Bruce Springsteen puppet made for a pretty magical evening on its own.
–Go Bayside! and James Bonding are perfect examples of podcasts that celebrate the “nerding out” of a very specific topic, in these cases Saved By The Bell and Agent 007 James Bond, but also very inviting to the uninitiated. April Richardson and Matt Mira/Matt Gourley make a case for enjoying both cultural institutions even if you don’t know who Mr. Belding or the worst Bond villain henchmen are.
–Todd Glass and James Adomian were electric during The Todd Glass Show. Dueling Todd Glass impressions (yes, Todd did an impression of James doing an impression of Todd) were a highlight, but only the tip of the iceberg. We’re convinced that Glass has mastered only letting the audience kind of know what’s happening, but ultimately not caring because they’re having so much damn fun.
–The Kira Soltanovich Show made for an insightful, funny look into parenting not unlike a bunch of parents having drinks and pondering if they’re raising their kid right or not except all the parents are really funny.
If you happened to miss all this glorious podcast goodness, then there’s a livestream video archive of the festival available up until Oct. 19th.
Keep in mind we can only send one guy out to cover all of this so there are only so many things we could make it to and obviously we missed some stuff. Maybe next time, you can go to the LA Podcast Festival yourself and not miss anything.
No longer will it just be Montreal and Toronto that get the upside of having a Just For Laughs Comedy Festival every year. From Nov. 5th-16th three separate comedy tours across Atlantic, Central, and Western Canada will be running all under JFL’s banner.
The Western Canada JFL tour will be particularly great with Demetri Martin, Jon Dore, Levi MacDougall, and Todd Glass.
Get your tickets here.
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail has sure been having as much on stage as they have off stage. Just check out Todd Glass give out ice cream “Ed Debevic’s” style and Pete Holmes, Kyle Kinane, and Thomas Lennon jam out a “forgotten" Garfunkel & Oates cut as a three piece band in front of Garfunkel & Oates.
After watching that, make sure you’re watching every Wed. on Comedy Central at 12:30AM as well as going to the live show also every wed. at Nerdmelt, 8:30PM.
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In promotion of his new book The Todd Glass Situation, Todd Glass stopped by The Daily Show last night and, of course, was the delightful, free wheelin’, Todd we’ve all come to know and love that does bits left, right, and from the very moment he walks out,.
Watch his full interview here.
WTF with Marc Maron, Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo, The Dana Gould Hour, Kumail Nanjiani’s The X Files Files, Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler The Todd Glass Show, Superego, Walking the Room, TOFOP, The Crabfeast, and way more are coming in for the 3rd Los Angeles Podcast Festival. They’ve moved from Santa Monica to Beverly Hills at the Sofitel Hotel, which is slightly more central to the rest of LA.
So, clear out your weekend from Sept. 26th-28th and get your tickets/passes now.
Saying a funny line then analyzing and trying it another way, doing the same for act outs, and getting everyone else in on the fun, and, of course, using the band all come into play when the hysterical Todd Glass made his appearance on Conan last night.
Watch it all here and be sure to buy Todd’s new book The Todd Glass Situation and maybe he’ll appear on late night more often.