Maria Bamford

Cinefamily's Annual Grab Bag, the Everything Is Festival

Why Emily Maya Mills Could Be the Next Carol Burnett

"By any chance, are there a couple of boxes out there on stage?" Such was comedienne Emily Maya Mills's query to a fellow performer in the dressing room at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Mills needed a nook or two to stash a slew of props -- in the Lady Gaga number range -- for her 35-minut ... More >>

5 Best Comedy Shows in L.A. This Week, Including Spanish Comedy Hit El Tenorio Comico

5. Kathleen Madigan Classic sample Madigan: "My parents never noticed anything, ever. I could have been paralyzed from the waist down, and my father would have said, 'That's our lazy kid.'" Comedy & Magic Club; Thurs.-Fri., Jan. 17-18, 8 p.m.; Sat., Jan. 19, 6:45 & 9:30 p.m.

50 First Jokes L.A.

Maria Bamford on DIY Comedy Specials and the Times She Acts Like a Jerk

Maria Bamford's star is rising (again). After elevating a string of Target commercials to comic fine art, she's now all over the place with a recent primo guest spot on Louie, an upcoming role on Arrested Development, a new CD Ask Me About My New God coming out in January, plus a direct-to-fans spec ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL" MARIA BAMFORD

10 Comedy Events We're Looking Forward to This Fall

The leaves are turning, the pumpkin lattes are over-caffeinating and the comedy calendar is packing in shows and releases like snot-nosed children onto the back of a hayride wagon. Here are a few of the upcoming highlights.

L.A.. Riot

Laugh Your FYF Off

Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

Josh Androsky, L.A. Comedian, Comes Forward as Shroomed-Out 'Skateboard Rabbi' on The Price Is Right

The only thing funnier than an L.A. comedian on shrooms has to be an L.A. bank executive on bath salts -- and, unfortunately, we don't have video of the latter. So we'll have to settle for this retarded-hilarious clip from an early May episode of The Price Is Right, which makes a lot more sense now ... More >>

Celebrities -- They're Stupid Like Us!

10 Best Standup Comedy Shows in Los Angeles

Live comedy is once again enjoying a boom period, even if some of the bigger clubs and bloated chains around the country are going bust. Thanks to the internet's generous enabling of DIY promotion, production, talent booking and ticketing, who needs a humorless industry gatekeeper when one can simpl ... More >>

Stardumb

George Carlin's 75th Birthday Celebration

Laugh Factory's Dot Comedy: Can the Stodgy Venue Draw an Alt-Comedy Crowd?

It's an unusual but exciting time for the L.A. comedy scene. For the most part the Big Three Hollywood clubs (The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory and The Improv) continue chugging along with more traditional shows and mainstream audiences, while younger, subjectively hipper, and more "alternative" t ... More >>

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MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! Maria Bamford

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MARIA BAMFORD

Flappers Comedy Club: How Did a New Standup Venue Take Off Despite Down Economy?

Barbara Holliday​"In a city that is mostly 'showcase' clubs, it's a nice change of pace to be able to do a full hour-long headline set in front of good, appreciative crowds." So says comedian and podcaster Jimmy Pardo. He was talking to us about Flappers, a nightclub that opened in September ... More >>

Marc Maron on KCRW: LA Weekly's Ultimate Guide to the Top 10 Comedy Podcasts

Doug SadlerHost Howard Kremer, guest Zach Galifianakis and co-host Kulap Vilaysack fart up, err chart up the room on the podcast Who Charted?​ As the Buggles once forecasted in their 1980s pop single: "Video Killed the Radio Star." Today, it's more accurate to say that the podcast resurrecte ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL!

Jen Kirkman

GRAND THEFT AUDIO

Finally, A Comedy Show That Lives Up To Its Name

THE FUNNIEST WHOREHOUSE IN TOWN

Merrill Davis: Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl!

A TIG'S GIVING STORY

BEST THING WE COULD FIND FOR MONDAY

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY BOY! -- EUGENE MIRMAN

Warm Up To Meltdown

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL!

COMEDIANS: A BUNCH 
OF CELLULOID-OUTS

Maria Bamford -- Do Not Give This Woman Another Pug!

Seven John Smiths, a Bob and a Bamford

What to do in L.A., May 29-June 4

Nerdy in LA: Comedy Meltdown - Won't Get You Laid, But Will Get You All the Free Beer You Can Pour Past Your Braces

I am a nerd. I am also a stand-up comic. With this information it should be no surprise that one of my favorite comedy venues in town is not actually a comedy venue, but rather a comic book store. Once a month, the legendary Meltdown Comics shines like a nerdly beacon in a sea of hesher-filled guita ... More >>

Three Hipsters Walk Into a Silver Lake Bar ...

Best Free Comedy, Beer Included: Comedy Meltdown

WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY?

You Can't Spell Obama With B-A-M-F-O-R-D

A funny fund-raiser and other things to do this week

You Can't Spell Obama With B-a-m-f-o-r-d

How the Hell Is It June Already?

What to do in L.A., May 30-June 5

Comics Amongst the Comics

Comedy Meltdown 2: Electric Boogaloo Meltdown Comics, January 25th Who needs too-tightly packed tables and a two drink minimum, especially if there’s an option to pick up a Buffy The Vampire Slayer omnibus and a maquette of Sub-Mariner before the show? Arguably LA’s best recurring comedy show ... More >>

Whoa, Nellie! You're the Best!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Features

Michelle Biloon: Dives, Darts and Hecklers

A few laughs with a standup soldier

Sweet Val-en-tine (Bump, Bump Bahhh!)

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Smuckers or Smothers?

What to do in Los Angeles this week.

Jackie Kashian

Girls Gone Weird

HE-E-E-E-RE’S FUNNY!

Going to a comedy club is risky business — but fear not, we’re there for you