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Patton Oswalt

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    How Best Fish Taco in Ensenada Became One of the Hottest Comedy Clubs in L.A.

    It's just after 10 p.m. and already five comedians have done their thing when comic Eddie Pepitone strides up to start his set. Short, bald and decidedly unhinged, Pepitone gives the air of a blue-collar Buddha: a wizened, workaday sage who happens to be slightly crazy-eyed. Getting right to the po ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2012

    A NIght of Comedy for Project ALS

    It's just after 10 p.m. and already five comedians have done their thing when comic Eddie Pepitone strides up to start his set. Short, bald and decidedly unhinged, Pepitone gives the air of a blue-collar Buddha: a wizened, workaday sage who happens to be slightly crazy-eyed. Getting right to the po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Happy (Belated) Birthday, Twitter: 10 of Our Favorite Food-Related Tweets

    Twitter turned six years old this past Wednesday, which means six years of communicating via intermittent bursts of 140-character sound bytes and six years of convincing ourselves that even the most mundane of thoughts are worthy of a megaphone. According to the official Twitter blog, there are now ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2012

    Beth Lapides' Un Cabaret

    Twitter turned six years old this past Wednesday, which means six years of communicating via intermittent bursts of 140-character sound bytes and six years of convincing ourselves that even the most mundane of thoughts are worthy of a megaphone. According to the official Twitter blog, there are now ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 1, 2012

    MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL

    NATASHA LEGGERO

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Appropriate Satire Required

    NATASHA LEGGERO

  • Calendar

    February 2, 2012

    Natasha Leggero Is Cool

    NATASHA LEGGERO

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Harlan Ellison and Patton Oswalt Visit Jar

    Here's comedian Patton Oswalt crashing a chat with Harlan Ellison at Cinefamily. The brilliant, irascible sci-fi writer known for his rants (our favorite: "Pay the Writer") is there to discuss the limited-edition re-release of The Glass Teat, his collected writings on television. When Oswalt hijac ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    January 12, 2012

    Paul F. Tompkins, Garry Shandling, Margaret Cho and Other Comedians Show Their Favorite Movies at Cinefamily

    Here's comedian Patton Oswalt crashing a chat with Harlan Ellison at Cinefamily. The brilliant, irascible sci-fi writer known for his rants (our favorite: "Pay the Writer") is there to discuss the limited-edition re-release of The Glass Teat, his collected writings on television. When Oswalt hijac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Patton Oswalt Considers Downton Abbey Via Twitter: Tea, Sauce Maggie Smith

    As all PBS Anglophiles know, the highly anticipated second season of Downton Alley aired last night. (6 days, X minutes to go until the next one...) Why do we care? Because we're all secret monarchists who would trade every taco truck and empanada stand in this town for a sitdown cup of tea and toas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Casting Call for 'Asian Man' With 'Extremely Small Penis': Racist? Or Just Unfunny?

    Wikimedia CommonsFor no relevant reason whatsoever, here are some baby carrots next to a ruler. Thanks, Wikipedia.​ The following description appeared in a recent casting call for an indie television pilot, as identified by the blog angry asian man: [ CHANG ] MALE: 20's - 40's. Asian. Petite, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    The Heart, She Holler: Patton Oswalt and Kristen Schaal Star in New, Creepy Adult Swim Miniseries

    The Heart, She Holler​ The Heart, She Holler is a TV dream for fans of bizarre comedies. The six-episode miniseries, set to debut on Adult Swim this Sunday night, was created by Vernon Chatman, John Lee and Alyson Levy. Chatman and Lee are best known as co-creators of the scathing children's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Doug Stanhope: Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

    ​ Instead our usual insipid questions with the brilliant comic, Mr. Stanhope enlisted his fans to submit their own insipid questions. Do you think social media is a positive or detrimental thing? It's like a dildo on a power-drill. It depends on how you use it.

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Patton Oswalt: Geekdom's Pundit

    ​ Instead our usual insipid questions with the brilliant comic, Mr. Stanhope enlisted his fans to submit their own insipid questions. Do you think social media is a positive or detrimental thing? It's like a dildo on a power-drill. It depends on how you use it.

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Five Nerd Heroes From LA Weekly's New People Issue

    Patton Oswalt and Grumpus​ LA Weekly's brand new People Issue, out on newsstands Thursday, has enough nerd heroes to fill a whole, err, nerds don't know sports. But they do like systems and categorization, and so we put them in a list: 5. James Urbaniak

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2011

    LIVE FROM L.A. ... !

    Patton Oswalt and Grumpus​ LA Weekly's brand new People Issue, out on newsstands Thursday, has enough nerd heroes to fill a whole, err, nerds don't know sports. But they do like systems and categorization, and so we put them in a list: 5. James Urbaniak

  • Calendar

    February 17, 2011

    GYM RATTING

    Patton Oswalt and Grumpus​ LA Weekly's brand new People Issue, out on newsstands Thursday, has enough nerd heroes to fill a whole, err, nerds don't know sports. But they do like systems and categorization, and so we put them in a list: 5. James Urbaniak

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    PATTON OSWALT WROTE A BOOK

    Patton Oswalt and Grumpus​ LA Weekly's brand new People Issue, out on newsstands Thursday, has enough nerd heroes to fill a whole, err, nerds don't know sports. But they do like systems and categorization, and so we put them in a list: 5. James Urbaniak

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    BEST THING WE COULD FIND FOR MONDAY

    Patton Oswalt and Grumpus​ LA Weekly's brand new People Issue, out on newsstands Thursday, has enough nerd heroes to fill a whole, err, nerds don't know sports. But they do like systems and categorization, and so we put them in a list: 5. James Urbaniak

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    COURTESY OF PATTONOSWALT.COM:

    Patton Oswalt and Grumpus​ LA Weekly's brand new People Issue, out on newsstands Thursday, has enough nerd heroes to fill a whole, err, nerds don't know sports. But they do like systems and categorization, and so we put them in a list: 5. James Urbaniak

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Hide the Children: KFC Double Down "Sandwich" Debuts

    KFC, Dan Kremer / AP Photo Something resembling a sandwich​Today marks the launch date of KFC's new Double Down Sandwich, a breadless creation of bacon, Monterey jack and pepper jack placed between two pieces of chicken. Fried chicken is clearly the suggested option, but you can get yours with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    THE "D" STANDS FOR "DONATE"

    KFC, Dan Kremer / AP Photo Something resembling a sandwich​Today marks the launch date of KFC's new Double Down Sandwich, a breadless creation of bacon, Monterey jack and pepper jack placed between two pieces of chicken. Fried chicken is clearly the suggested option, but you can get yours with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    AWAY IN A MANGER . . . LAUGHING YOUR ASS OFF!

    KFC, Dan Kremer / AP Photo Something resembling a sandwich​Today marks the launch date of KFC's new Double Down Sandwich, a breadless creation of bacon, Monterey jack and pepper jack placed between two pieces of chicken. Fried chicken is clearly the suggested option, but you can get yours with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 10, 2009

    DAD! YOU'RE EMBARRASSING ME!

    KFC, Dan Kremer / AP Photo Something resembling a sandwich​Today marks the launch date of KFC's new Double Down Sandwich, a breadless creation of bacon, Monterey jack and pepper jack placed between two pieces of chicken. Fried chicken is clearly the suggested option, but you can get yours with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2009

    FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION . . .

    KFC, Dan Kremer / AP Photo Something resembling a sandwich​Today marks the launch date of KFC's new Double Down Sandwich, a breadless creation of bacon, Monterey jack and pepper jack placed between two pieces of chicken. Fried chicken is clearly the suggested option, but you can get yours with ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2009

    THE WEIRD WORLD OF WEINBACH . . . RECORDED!

    KFC, Dan Kremer / AP Photo Something resembling a sandwich​Today marks the launch date of KFC's new Double Down Sandwich, a breadless creation of bacon, Monterey jack and pepper jack placed between two pieces of chicken. Fried chicken is clearly the suggested option, but you can get yours with ... More >>

  • LA Life

    June 4, 2009

    Scott Baio, Nanci Griffith, Secret Policeman’s Ball and Other Signs of Aging

    What to do in L.A., June 5-11

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    COMEDIANS: A BUNCH 
OF CELLULOID-OUTS

    What to do in L.A., June 5-11

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Over the Weekend: SXSW, Absinthe Tasting, L.A. Fashion Week, Comedy is Dead

    Whether you were in Austin, Texas for the kick off of the SXSW Film and Interactive Festival and Conferences or in Los Angeles for the madness that is Fashion Week, it is safe to assume you didn't get much shuteye over the weekend. L.A. Weekly worked overtime in both cities Thursday through Sunday t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2009

    Comedy is Dead Returns to Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Headliner Patton Oswalt

    Comedy is Dead, the excellent comedy and music revue which brightens up Hollywood Forever Cemetery's hallowed Masonic hall from time to time, was back in full force on Thursday night, and Duncan Trussell - one of the comics performing as well as one of the organizers of the show - had some question ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Must Be This Funny to Get In

    Comedy is Dead, the excellent comedy and music revue which brightens up Hollywood Forever Cemetery's hallowed Masonic hall from time to time, was back in full force on Thursday night, and Duncan Trussell - one of the comics performing as well as one of the organizers of the show - had some question ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Big Star + Little Movie = Five Dollars Well Spent

    Comedy is Dead, the excellent comedy and music revue which brightens up Hollywood Forever Cemetery's hallowed Masonic hall from time to time, was back in full force on Thursday night, and Duncan Trussell - one of the comics performing as well as one of the organizers of the show - had some question ... More >>

  • LA Life

    January 1, 2009

    The Worst Hoopla Ever!

    What to do in L.A., January 2-8

  • LA Life

    September 25, 2008

    Festive! All! Celebrating Lobsters, Cheese, Downtown, Abbot Kinney and Valley Film

    What to do in L.A., September 26-October 2

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    With Friends Like These ...

    What to do in L.A., September 26-October 2

  • Columns

    September 18, 2008

    What Would Patton Oswalt Need Most If He Traveled Through Time? And What's the Weirdest YouTube Video That Seth MacFarlane Has Seen Recently?

    Questioning the comedians at Yuk-Fest and the premiere of Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoons

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Fall-Time Yuk-Fest: Time Travel With Patton Oswalt and Comedy's Finest

    Deep in the heart of Echo Park, surrounded by taco trucks and fruit vendors, cash-only dive bars and my ex-boyfriends, there exists a Time Travel Mart off Sunset Boulevard that supplies an array of collectibles one might need (or want) from the past or future; collectibles like human emotion chips f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Generally Patton

    Deep in the heart of Echo Park, surrounded by taco trucks and fruit vendors, cash-only dive bars and my ex-boyfriends, there exists a Time Travel Mart off Sunset Boulevard that supplies an array of collectibles one might need (or want) from the past or future; collectibles like human emotion chips f ... More >>

  • LA Life

    January 10, 2008

    Free-food Alert!

    What to do in Los Angeles this week

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    Ask A Ninja and Patton Oswalt, El Rey, 12/5

    Another Day of the Ninja has come and gone, leaving us all a bit sad for its passing, as this holiday season can sometimes do. Hundreds of budding young ninjas, cleverly disguised as 20-something nerds and geeks, converged on the El Rey Wednesday night for the first ever live performance of Ask ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2007

    Shout Out Louds

    Who do I gotta blow to get a drink around here? It's very annoying that you have to choose between drinks and seeing bands. The "beer garden" is roped off and you can't see a stage anywhere from it. I guess I get it though, because there's also a lot of 14 year olds wandering around, which, if I w ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 17, 2007

    Now With Double the Patton Oswalt!

    What to do in Los Angeles this week

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    Features

    What to do in Los Angeles this week

  • News

    April 26, 2007

    Dancing On the Moon

    Looking for the meaning of “alternative” with a pair of L.A.’s newest comedy impresarios

  • Music

    April 12, 2007

    They Might Be Giants

    Looking for the meaning of “alternative” with a pair of L.A.’s newest comedy impresarios

  • LA Life

    September 28, 2006

    Bombs, Bush & Baseball

    Looking for the meaning of “alternative” with a pair of L.A.’s newest comedy impresarios

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2005

    HE-E-E-E-RE’S FUNNY!

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

  • Music

    July 17, 2003

    Ding-Dong Electro-Song

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Calendar

    February 28, 2002

    Chinese Baby Girls attack L.A.!

    Edited by Kateri Butler

  • Music

    October 26, 2000

    Hello, Polly!

    Edited by Kateri Butler

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