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Bob Newhart Should’ve Won An Emmy For The Bob Newhart Show

With over 51 years in the business, last night Bob Newhart finally won an Emmy. Though he’s been nominated multiple times for acting and writing (“ER,” “Newhart,” “The Librarian: The Curse […]Author...

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Yes, Bitter Can Be Funny: Bitter Party Of Five

Ever been bitter? How about the time you shot a TV pilot (along with Roseanne Barr and John Goodman) and you were sure it was going to be picked up, […]Author informationMonique MadridWest Coast Editor...

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Zero Charisma

Nerdist is taking over the world, one wonderful step at a time. It’s actually weird to think of Nerdist when it was just a podcast only. They’ve now stepped up […]Author informationDavid DeanPublisher...

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TheBusiness LA Final Show Review

One of our favorite shows in LA (Silverlake), TheBusiness, just had their last show, and I’m just gonna say, it felt pretty sad. Oh! But also funny, I… I don’t […]Author informationJazmine...

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Welcome To ‘Welcome To Night Vale’

Halloween may be over, but creepy, dark and hilarious will always have a place in my heart, or should I say in my podcast list. Welcome To Night Vale explores the […]Author informationMonique...

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Comic Books Make Me Happy: Any Empire by Nate Powell

Like a lot of little boys, I grew up thinking war was cool. You got to shoot big ol’ guns and put packs of cigarettes into your helmet band and […]Author informationJimmy CallawayAuthor at Serial...

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Rachel Bloom: Suck It, Christmas!!! (A Chanukah Album)

Rachel Bloom is the queen of parody music videos. She has a way of mixing total sexiness with total silliness in the best possible way, which is no easy feat. […]Author informationDavid DeanPublisher...

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One Man Comedy Machine: Bo Burnham –‘what.’

Boy wonder Bo Burnham gave the internet an early Christmas present last month: a brand-new one-hour stand-up special still available for free on YouTube. At the age of 23, Burnham […]Author...

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Comic Books Make Me Happy: Hip Hop Family Tree

Try this: Take New York City in the mid-1970s and picture in your mind its exact opposite in time and space. If you answered Alpine, California, in the early 1990s, […]Author informationJimmy...

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RIOT LA Comedy Fest 2014: It’s (Almost) Too Much

You guys, the RIOT LA Comedy Festival begins this Thursday, January 9th, 2014, and I’m so excited for it that I am almost angry. What kind of cruel God would […]Author informationJimmy CallawayAuthor...

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The Meltdown Experience

It is not a surprise The Meltdown show with Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani was named the best comedy show in Los Angeles by the LA Weekly. Every Wednesday evening at 8:30p Meltdown showcases some of the...

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Review: LA Comedy Festival

Finding the best comedic talent around is no small undertaking. Add to that organizing the talent into a 10-day festival is simply inspiring. Festival director and founder, Lawrin Goulston Salazar,...

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UCB’s New Show ‘Put Your Hands Together’ Recap

The transition from UCB’s Tuesday night Comedy Bang! Bang! to Put Your Hands Together show may not have been completely imperceptible but it was pretty darn close. Some of the obvious changes included...

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