May 2012
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Comedy Podcasting Goes Bowing with The Nerdist
For his All Star Celebrity Bowling Tournament for charity, Chris Hardwick gathered up many of the biggest names in comedy podcasting: Marc Maron (WTF), Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny), Todd Glass (The Todd Glass Show), The Sklar Brothers (Sklarbro Country), Greg Behrendt (Walking the Room), and Cole Stratton (Pop My Culture). The discussion about their worst late night appearances including Todd...
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/28/12
ON THE HORIZON Town Hall Meetin’ @ Towne Hall Thurs. May 31st 9PM $5 Two-Headed Beast @ Stories Books & Cafe Sat. Jun. 2nd 8PM FREE Game of Thrones Finale Preview @ Little Modern Sat. Jun. 2nd 10PM FREE Grawlix @ Nerdist Theater Mon. Jun. 4th 8PM FREE Blazers For Sale: Claudia Cogan Album Taping @ Little Modern Sat. Jun. 16th 7PM An Evening with the Bitter Buddha/Eddie Pepitone @ The...
Kyle Kinane & Neil Hamburger on What It Means To...
Kyle Kinane, Neil Hamburger, Nathan Rabin & Greg Rutter of The Onion, and more of your favorite comedians and writers offer up essays in this book on the ever-changing answers to the age-old question: What It Means To Be Grown A Grown-Up.
How could you not want to read about being a grown up possibly meaning going on adventures in taxi cabs and garnering death threats from fans of A-list...
MIB 3 vs. Moonrise Kingdom
MIB 3 Domestic Gross: $55,000,000 (est.) # of Theaters (Domestic): 4,248 Gross/Theaters Average: $12,947 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 68% International Gross: $132,000,000 (est.)
Moonrise Kingdom Domestic Gross: $509,000 # of Theaters (Domestic): 4 Gross/Theaters Average: $127,250 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% International Gross: $1,418,388
You can interpret those statistics however you want, but...
Damsels in Distress Has Week Run at Cinefamily
Whit Stillman’s (Last Days of Disco) return to the big screen with the whimsically subversive looking Damsels in Distress is coupled by the summer of Greta Gerwig (starring in both Damsels and Lola Versus) making for a great alternative to whatever big film is taking up three screens at your theater. Cinefamily in LA is having a week run of the film starting Fri. Jun. 1st and, if...
Channel 101 May Results
The March Madness style short form TV series tournament Channel 101 just went through its May round for 2012. Genre and style defying Gumbel took top honors, making it a Channel 101 favorite. If you were wondering what Dan Harmon was doing last night, it was this because he and Rob Schrab started it.
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/27/12
ON THE HORIZON The Dork Forest with Jackie Kashian @ Nerdist Theater Tues. May 29th 8PM $10 Really F*cking Great @ Fanatic Salon Fri. Jun 1st 9PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL TJ Miller’s Hangover Matinee @ Cinefamily 11AM $12 Comedy @ Silverlake Jubilee 7PM $20-$35 for festival passes Dave Attell @ Irvine Improv 7PM $25/2 item min. The Anytime Show @ Little Modern 7PM FREE ASSSSCAT @ UCB...
Tony Clifton to Have Residency at the Comedy Store
Starting Jun. 31st, the raucous creation of Andy Kaufman, Tony Clifton complete with his girls, band, and penchant for not having very many social boundaries will take residence at The Comedy Store. Every Thurs. & Fri. in June at the stroke of 9PM, the Main Room at The Comedy Store will be taken over by Clifton and, perhaps, The Sunset Strip may never be the same when he leaves.
We’re...
Required Online Comedy Reading List 5/26
Read about Carlin’s words still being profound today as well as finding out whether you’re a sociopath or not and more articles, interviews, in, around, and about comedy.
The ‘7 Words’ Turn 40, but They’re Still Dirty by Timothy Bella for The Atlantic Conan O’Brien on the ‘symbiotic relationship’ of his audience and new media by Nathan Ingraham...
Set Pics from Comedy Central's Mash-Up Promise...
If you’re not following Jordan Vogt Roberts on Twitter @VogtRoberts (the co-creator and director of what should be one of Comedy Central’s most anticipated series, Mash-Up), maybe set pics of them shooting the visualizations of jokes from Kyle Kinane, Pete Holmes, Hannibal Buress, and more should do the trick. There’s anything from Chris Hardwick in front of a bed monster to a...
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/26/12
ON THE HORIZON TJ Miller’s Hangover Matinee @ Cinefamily Sun. May 27th 11AM $12 The Eric Andre Show LIVE @ Satellite LA Thurs. May 31st 8PM $12 Imaginary Radio Program @ Hollywood Improv Lab Wed. May 30th 8:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL LA Indie Improv Festival @ The Complex & Elephant Studio 12PM FREE Ogre Mage Live @ Silverlake Lounge 6:30PM FREE Comedy at Silverlake Jubilee @ El Cid 7PM...
Brendon Walsh and Nick Vatterott's Half Hour...
At 11PM and 11:30PM, Brendon Walsh and Nick Vatterott, respectively, have their half-hours airing on Comedy Central. Don’t miss out on an Unbookable and the latest Andy Kaufman Award Winner do approximately 22 minutes of, what we hope is, prank-laced stand-up.
Reggie Watts Got Standing Ovation at a TED Talk
Reggie Watts is one of the few comedians that can say he’s played the Funny or Die offices, MOMA PS1, and now, the TED Talks where he nabbed a standing o.
Jon Daly Raps "Jon Daly"
Jon Daly, the man behind Bill Cosby-Bukowski, makes his mark in the rap game with his new single, Jon Daly, that you can download for free at jondalyjondaly.com. Perfect name for a song, wouldn’t you say?
The San Francisco Comedy and Burrito Festival...
We really don’t need to explain why the combination of comedy and burritos was meant to be. All we need to say that is comics should submit before the regular deadline of Jun. 1st.
Comedy Abroad-ish 5/25
Doug Stanhope at the Underground Cinema, Toronto. Photo by Sharilyn Johnson
Doug Stanhope in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia in August Kyle Kinane & Tom Segura @ American Comedy Co. (San Diego, CA) Tonight thru Sun. May 27th $22 Comedy @ Sasquatch 2012 (George, Washington) Tonight thru Mon. May 28th The Bonnaroo Comedy Theatre @ Bonnaroo 2012 (Manchester, TN) Thurs. Jun. 7th-Sun....
College Humor's Mexican Stand-Off-Palooza
The offices of College Humor pulled an all-nighter last night and made some fun videos, one of which, they lived out their fantasy of having a Mexican stand-off (*complete with dying).
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/25/12
ON THE HORIZON Channel 101 @ Downtown Independent Sat. May 26th 7PM/9PM FREE The Dork Forest LIVE w/Jackie Kashian @ Nerdist Theater Tues. May 29th 8PM $10 Reggie Watts @ Fonda Theatre Wed. May 30th 8PM $40 Dana Gould Starts a Riot @ Fake Gallery Wed. May 30th 8PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL Love Good @ Little Modern 8PM FREE Bill Burr @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $25/2 item min. Dave Attell @ Irvine...
The Eric Andre Show McDonald's Saga
Can we call something with two clips a saga? Eric Andre makes a great case with two clips for The Eric Andre Show invading a McDonald’s and quasi-impersonating Ronald McDonald.
Vince Vaughn Strolled by Conan to Debut Trailer...
Apparently, Conan is the hip, cool place to debut your big comedy projects as Vince Vaughn popped in to show a trailer for his upcoming film, The Watch, featuring hilarious, but possibly unnecessary violence to aliens.
Christopher Guest on TV?
Christopher Guest is looking to do a TV show in exclusive from Vulture. NBC Universal International TV is shopping the project around rather than redeeming themselves by having it on NBC.
and in other comedy ‘trades’ news:
Megan Ganz confirmed she’s returning to write Community. It is one step closer to an Internet ceasefire, but it would seem there’s about a thousands...
Jim Gaffigan Might Have Found The Best Catchphrase...
Squeaky clean comedian Jim Gaffigan went on Fallon last night and talked his experience at Subway, then took a two minute break from being squeaky clean to find a great comedy catchphrase.
Tonight on late night: Alison Brie on Conan (TBS 11PM)
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/24/12
ON THE HORIZON LA Indie Improv Festival @ The Complex & Elephant Studio Sat. May 26th 12PM-12AM FREE Comedy @ Silverlake Jubilee (El Cid Stage) Sat. May 25th-Sun. May 26th 7PM $20-$35
COMEDY CRAWL 5 Finger Punchline @ The Comic Bug 7PM FREE Harland Highway LIVE w/Harland Williams @ Jon Lovitz Comedy Club & Podcast Theatre 7PM Risk LA Presents @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10 Coagula Comedy...
An Entire Episode of Comedy Bang Bang Before Its...
A sneak preview, but a full one with guest Amy Poehler, of Comedy Bang Bang on IFC. Stop reading and watch already.
Studio Coaches Community Cast on How To Respond To...
We understand why the publicity department or whoever came up with this document telling the cast members of Community how to answer questions regarding the firing Dan Harmon came up with it. They need to defend the brand of the show, the network, the executives, etc.
However, can you, whoever the hell whipped this up in seemingly 15 minutes or less, work a little harder on making it sound like...
Steven Wright Answers(?) Mail with Craig Ferguson
Steven Wright stopped by The Late Late Show to attempt to answer Craig Ferguson’s mail only to have it devolve into Ferguson doing an impression of him, Foghorn Leghorn style, and then declaring how close he loves being to Craig.
Tonight on late night: Jim Gaffigan on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC 12:35AM) Matt Walsh on Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC 1:35AM)
Do Not Miss Sean Patton Taping His Album for AST...
On June 8th 8PM at Nerdist Theater, one can see Sean Patton tape his album for A Special Thing Records for free. Sean is one of our favorite comedians to go see over and over, even if he’s doing material that we can quote because, simply, it’s just that good. For more explanation on why we love Sean and his comedy and think everyone should go to this taping, read this.
Katie Crown Takes Her Interviews to The Trees
It’s risky to say such blanket statements in comedy, but pretty much anything Katie Crown does is delightful, hysterical, and ridiculous. Here “Treeterviews” are perfect proof of that statement.
Required Online Comedy Reading List 5/23
Here’s another round of essays, articles, etc. that is or about comedy for the voracious comedy nerd reader featuring a defense of the WTF podcast, a publication trying to defend itself against a joke by Hannibal Buress, and more.
WTF, Marc Maron? by Jay Caspian King for Grantland How to Sell Topical Jokes: A Primer by Jonas Polsky Hey Industry Executives… by Jonah Ray ...
RiffTrax Goes Live in Movie Theaters with Manos...
Following This American Life going live in movie theaters across the nation, RiffTrax (from the folks of Mystery Science Theater 3000) is the next in line (on August 16th) to show that there is more than the Opera being broadcast live at your local multiplex.
You Can Vote For Roseanne
That’s right. That’s her name on a primary ballot for the Green Party.
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/23/12
ON THE HORIZON
Sugar Pill with Jesse Case @ Dangerfield’s 3 Fri. May 25th 8PM $5 Gabe Liedman Album Taping @ UCB Theatre Thurs. May 31st 9:30PM $5 Matt Braunger @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Jun. 2nd 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL Not for Nothin’ @ Little Modern 7:30PM $5 Lizz Free or Die: The Book, The Tour @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $15 Your Mom’s House @ Jon Lovitz...
The 5 Most Intentionally Funny Videos This Week... →
Our weekly round-up for the Nerdist of the videos on the web that were supposed to be the funniest and were featuring Brody Stevens, Normal (a web Series), Henry’s Kitchen and more..
4 Min. Trailer + What Old People Think of IFC's...
Here’s a 4 min. glorious preview of IFC’s Bunk (coming in June), the game show that host Kurt Braunohler makes sure delightfully has no point.
…and here’s what old people think of it.
Charlie Kaufman Developing Series at HBO
HBO developing comedy series starring Catherine Keener and written & directed by Charlie Kaufman. As this half-hour series’ premise promises to affect reality (or not) and this being at HBO, it has a better chance than Community should it get picked up.
and in other comedy ‘trade’ news:
The Office brings in new executive producers to help and possibly reboot the show....
Dave Hill's Tasteful Nudes and Hannibal Buress'...
Both Dave Hill’s highly anticipated book Tasteful Nudes… and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation and Hannibal Buress 1-hr Comedy Central Special “Animal Furnace” are out today.
[[MORE]]From the book jacket of Dave Hill’s Tasteful Nudes:
Dear ridiculously attractive person who just so happens to be holding Tasteful Nudes in his or her soft...
LA Gets Two Improv Festivals One Right After the...
The first ever LA Indie Improv Festival will take place this Saturday May 26th at The Complex (Santa Monica Blvd. x Wilcox Ave.) and at The Elephant Studio (6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA) bringing together indie improv shows Tuesday Night Thunder, Crashbar, Room 101, and The 11th Hour Show. More details and full list of teams here.
The 10th Annual LA Improv Comedy Festival is back at...
Clips for Anchorman 2 and Todd Solondz's Dark...
The teaser for Anchoman 2 is the pleasant way to wake up with the ol’ news crew back complete with classiness…
…and Todd Solondz, possibly one of America’s most subversive writer/directors (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness) has a new dark comedy out, Dark Horse, which would be the way to definitely wake up and stay up today (if you’re waking up right now, that...
Comedy Abroad-ish 5/22
Beards of Comedy @ Jukebox Comedy Club (Peoria, Il) Wed. May 23rd 7:30PM $10 Eugene Mirman @ St. Lawrence Arts Center (Portland, ME) Wed. May 23rd 7PM $10 Snob Theater @ The Dark Room (San Francisco, CA) Fri. May 25th 10PM $10 Wendy Liebman @ Richmond Funny Bone (Richmond, VA) Thurs. May. 24th-Sun. May 27th $15/2 item min. Pete Holmes w/You Made It Weird Podcast @ The Comedy Attic (Bloomington,...
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/22/12
ON THE HORIZON Lizz Free or Die: The Book, The Tour w/Lizz Winstead @ Steve Allen Theater Wed. May 23rd $15 The Tony Clifton Revue @ The Comedy Store Thurs. May 31st & Fri. Jun. 1st $20/2 item min.
COMEDY CRAWL Comedy Night @ TRiP 7PM FREE Jazzin’ with Sean & Julian @ Mint LA 8PM $5 This Is Not Happening: I Almost Died, Bro @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/2 item min. Comedy Bang Bang @...
Patton Oswalt and Marc Maron Are Roasting Each...
That’s what often happens when you get two comedians on the same plane together. Follow @marcmaron and @pattonoswalt now.
Stephen Wright Is On Ferguson Tonight And It's...
Stephen Wright’s favorite late night talk show to appear is on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and maybe it’s because he’s a guest that Ferguson is quite possibly at his funniest with. CBS 12:35AM. Don’t miss it. Watch this one of many appearances by Wright for proof.
At Long Last, a New Episode of Henry's Kitchen
As we noted last in our year round-up, Henry Phillips’ Henry’s Kitchen is one of the most hysterical things on the Internet. This episode of Henry’s Holy Guacamole is certainly no different as the guacamole is made with “guacamolo”.
Weird Al Yankovic Visits the Speak Easy with Paul...
In the second full episode of Paul F. Tompkins’ Speak Easy web series, song parody legend Weird Al Yankovic has a drink and discusses the possibilities of performing at The Super Bowl Half Time Show. While watching, you can figure out Tompkins’ next cameo in new PT Anderson movie The Master.
Payman Benz Makes Actually Funny Awards Segments
Many awards shows attempt to make something that’s funny and often fall short because too many people have too much say in what’s supposed to be funny. Not sure how it worked out exactly in this case, but Payman Benz who’s directed plenty of funny sketches for The Midnight Show and Uncle Mom got to make a really funny parody that played at The Billboard Awards with Modern...
Stream the Webbys Over Afternoon Cofee
Hosted by Patton Oswalt, the 16th Annual Webby Awards can be streamed live here at 2:30PM PST (Red Carpet coverage streams at 1:30PM PST). There’ll be 5 word speeches from winners as well as appearances from Special Achievement Honorees including Louis CK, Graydon Sheppard of Shit Girls Say, and more.
We can’t think of a better way to take your afternoon coffee (assuming you take...
Season 1 Extended Trailer of Comedy Bang Bang on...
Here’s 4 min. of Comedy Bang Bang on IFC goodness featuring host Scott Aukerman and bandleader Reggie Watts as well as guests Patton Oswalt, Bob Odenkirk, Paul F. Tompkins, Chris Parnell, Amy Poehler, and more.
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LA Comedy Rundown 5/21/12
ON THE HORIZON Eric Andre @ Hollywood Improv Fri. May 25th 8PM $18/2 item min. Set List @ Nerdist Theater Sat. May 26th 8PM $10 The Walsh Brothers Show @ UCB Theatre Sat. May 26th MIDNIGHT $5
COMEDY CRAWL Naked and Fearless @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7:30PM $10 Henson Alternative’s Stuffed & Unstrung @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 7:30PM/9:30PM $40 What’s Up Tiger Lily @ Hollywood...
5 Sentence Review: Hannibal Buress' "Animal...
1. Many of the topics on his second special Animal Furnace are very traditional in the realm of stand-up comedy (i.e. airports, expressions that are weird, rap lyrics, etc.), but Hannibal Buress has such a wondrous perspective on the world that he could be talking about almost anything and it’d be funny, even food.
2. Through entirety of the hour long Comedy Central special, it’s...
Hannibal Buress, Aziz Ansari, and Eric Andre Take...
Tonight…
Aziz Ansari’s Dangerously Delicious premieres on Comedy Central 10PM Hannibal Buress’ Animal Furnace premieres on Comedy Central 11PM The Eric Andre Show premieres on Adult Swim 12:30AM
DON’T MISS A SINGLE SECOND OF ANY OF THESE PREMIERES.