Icing: We talk to Jake Kroeger, The Comedy Bureau’s Supreme Leader

Once upon a time there lived a lover of cinema who embarked upon a career in comedy. On his quest to master the art of stand-up he discovered that a great chasm of misinformation existed in the comedy world. Comedians were missing gigs and there had to be a more reliable system to get comedians […]
Fine Vines/Icing Mashup: Comedian Olivia Grace asks Dane Cook to PROM

Color me impressed but at 18 I certainly didn’t have my ducks all in a row and I certainly wasn’t asking my idol to the prom. The very young Olivia Grace has done just that via the video-sharing platform Vine. We talked to Olivia about her quest to go to prom with her idol Dane […]
Icing: LA PodFest is back this weekend Oct 4-6!

LA PodFest kicks off its second year of podcasting madness this weekend at the Santa Monica Le Meridien Delfina hotel. A bunch of your favorite podcasts are back and better than ever including WTF with Marc Maron, The Dork Forest, Doug Loves Movies, Girl on Guy, Comedy Film Nerds, Never Not Funny, Walking the Room, […]
Icing: David Mitchell Breaks Down The Phone Call

The other day I was thinking about how much I despise phone calls. I don’t think despise is a strong enough word actually. “Loathe” and “detest” should just about cover it. It’s not just the calls to people you don’t wish to speak to like solicitors, misdialers or the phone company. It’s those awkward conversations […]
Icing: Colbert Remembers His Mom

There are not a lot of folk who get to do what truly makes them happy. Fewer yet actually enjoy their work AND get to bring smiles to others in the process. Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, is one of the lucky ones. Every evening we are graced by his brilliant […]
Icing: Rati Gupta talks “Not Another Teen Solo Show”

The Hollywood Fringe festival is fastly approaching! Lucky for us comedy is a major player in the festival lineup. There will be a whopping forty-four live comedy shows being performed throughout the community at a bunch of venues. Today I hope to narrow down your choices just a smidgeon. The Asylum Lab (around the corner […]