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Quick Dish: SEE ‘The Sequel Show’ Tomorrow 5/29 at NerdMelt Showroom

Quick Dish:  SEE ‘The Sequel Show’ Tomorrow 5/29 at NerdMelt Showroom

What’s better than the original? The SEQUEL, of course. Thursday, May 29th the Nerdmelt Showroom presents The Sequel Show AKA The Pitchies. The 64th Annual Pitchies will be hosted by Tony Sam and Julia Prescott who will bring you a tremendous line-up of comedians pitching their sequels, musical acts and other Award Show surprises. These […]

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Video Licks: @midnight Proves You Don’t Mess with Carter

Video Licks: @midnight Proves You Don’t Mess with Carter

Meme-ification grows strong on @midnight. Last night Jonah Ray (Nerdist podcast), Emily Gordon (The Indoor Kids podcast & K.Nanjiani’s Better Half) and Maronzio Vance (Last Comic Standing) came up with the best ways to describe 2yr-old banana-eating Imgur legend Carter. The results were glorious! Enjoy!   Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows Mentions: Watch […]

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Quick Dish: TOMORROW Catch ‘Seems Legit’ at the Comedy Central Stage

Quick Dish: TOMORROW Catch ‘Seems Legit’ at the Comedy Central Stage

“6 great stories, 1 awesome lie.” What a simple premise for a fabulous comedy show! Seems Legit will be bringing some fabulous storytelling to the Comedy Central Stage for ONE NIGHT ONLY this Thursday, April 24. The theme will be BIG BREAK. The Seems Legit performers will tell their most shocking and true stories about […]

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Video Licks: Kumail Nanjiani Shares a Sublime Bathroom Experience on CONAN

Video Licks: Kumail Nanjiani Shares a Sublime Bathroom Experience on CONAN

Kumail Nanjiani, one of the stars of the HBO comedy Silicon Valley, joined Conan on the couch yesterday. In this clip the two discuss the pronunciation of the comedian’s name and Kumail‘s trip to Singapore (which turned quite to be quite intimate and exhilirating experience.) Enjoy! Mentions: Watch CONAN weeknights 11/10C on TBS.

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Quick Dish: Tickets Already Available for Bridgetown Comedy Festival 2014

Quick Dish: Tickets Already Available for Bridgetown Comedy Festival 2014

The Bridgetown Comedy Festival will be celebrating another year of world-famous headliners, up-and-coming performers, and the Pacific Northwest’s top talent. For the first time more than half of the performers will be making their Bridgetown debut. 2014 headliners to be on the lookout for include Dan Harmon, Kumail Nanjiani, Jonah Ray, Aparna Nancherla, Sean Patton, […]

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Quick Dish: FIRST Meltdown Show of the Year is almost here

Quick Dish: FIRST Meltdown Show of the Year is almost here

Jonah and Kumail are back at the Meltdown Comics & Collectibles with a bevy of 2014 fun. I’m sure the guys have a lot to discuss after their two week hiatus. The Meltdown 2014 is sure to bring plenty of laughs and memorable times. Check out the lineup for the first show of the new […]

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Quick Dish: Loud Village Presents 50 First Jokes Jan 5

Quick Dish: Loud Village Presents 50 First Jokes Jan 5

The Loud Village folks Jeremy Burke and John F. O’Donnell will be bringing you some serious ring in the new year fare with the annual 50 First Jokes show at LA’s Downtown Independent. If you are unfamiliar with the concept of the show please allow me to explain. Basically 50 comedians get up on stage […]

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Quick Dish: The Annual FREE Pre-Thanksgiving Meltdown Show Nov 27

Quick Dish: The Annual FREE Pre-Thanksgiving Meltdown Show Nov 27

Need to free up space in your belly for Thanksgiving fixings? Well, pump out the laughs at the Annual Pre-Thanksgiving Meltdown Show with Jonah and Kumail. The day before Thanksgiving, November 27, Meltdown will be accepting donations for Union Station Homeless Services in lieu of entrance fees. There will be Thanksgiving goodies including this wonderful […]

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Video Licks: Howard Kremer rocks @midnight’s Sweet Emojis

Video Licks:  Howard Kremer rocks @midnight’s Sweet Emojis

One of my favorite @midnight segments is Sweet Emojis. Monday night comedians Jonah Ray, Ali Wong and Howard Kremer had to come up with the best translation of an emoji sentence to score sweet Hardwick points. There were some real winning responses but Howard Kremer had me rolling on the floor with his. Watch and […]

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Quick Dish: Snag Yourself Tix to The Meltdown’s Third Anniversary Halloween Blowout!

Quick Dish: Snag Yourself Tix to The Meltdown’s Third Anniversary Halloween Blowout!

We can’t believe it has been three years since the Meltdown Show first lighted up the Nerdmelt Theatre at Meltdown Comics. Kumail Nanjiani and Jonah Ray will be killing two birds with one stone putting on a stellar stand-up anniversary show while celebrating Halloween. The gang is encouraging audience members to dress up as their […]