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Aug. 3, 2016
The 5th Annual LA Indie Improv Fest is This Weekend
This Saturday, August 6, marks the fifth anniversary of the LA Indie Improv Festival, a gathering of teams from across Los Angeles set on […]
By Samantha Pitchel
May 19, 2016
Why Chicago Is the Best City in America for Young Standups
A comedian I know just moved to Chicago after two years in Los Angeles. Hearing the news, another comic asked “Are they nuts? If you’re […]
By John Roy
Feb. 26, 2016
The Dark Side of Storytelling
Over the past few years, storytelling has become one of the fastest growing forms of comedy in the country in no small part because of the […]
By Ethan Stanislawski
Jan. 20, 2016
Max Silvestri Settles into LA and His Lifelong Calling of Mocking Chefs
Max Silvestri hosted one of Brooklyn’s most popular comedy shows, Big Terrific, for nearly seven years alongside fellow comedians Gabe […]
By Philip Stamato
Jan. 11, 2016
Do You Have to Move to New York or LA to Make It in Comedy?
As a former comedy agent at UTA and WME, Priyanka represented numerous big-name writers and performers before leaving to start a TV […]
By Priyanka Mattoo
Sept. 29, 2015
Sneaking Into the Mainstream: Three Days at the LA Podcast Festival My alarm blares at 6:50am. I swipe it off and immediately turn on a podcast. I get in the shower, power on my Bluetooth speaker, and keep […]
By Pablo Goldstein
May 28, 2015
The Head Writer at the End of an Era It was the summer of Watergate. The Senate panel held forth from every television. Sam Ervin: “That’s not executive privilege, that’s executive […]
By Michael Barrie
Apr. 21, 2015
The Next Wave 2015: The Top Up-and-Coming Comics in Los Angeles Welcome to the second semi-annual edition of The Next Wave, Splitsider’s roundup of exciting new comic voices from around the country. […]
By Samantha Pitchel
Apr. 15, 2015
Can a Mid-Sized City’s Thriving Comedy Scene Survive the LA Exodus? Grawlix’s Adam Cayton-Holland (Photo by Ryan Brackin)
If you’re a mid-level comic with a few credits under your belt, at some point you’ve […]
By Josiah Hesse
July 23, 2014
Talking to Kumail Nanjiani and Jonah Ray About ‘The Meltdown’ The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail premieres on Comedy Central tonight as an eight-episode, half-hour standup showcase based on the very […]
By Joel Arnold
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July 22, 2014
The Inside Story of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail “I’ve always been fascinated with the moment people go from being a just a group in a room to one unit – for me, that’s the most interesting […]
By Samantha Pitchel
Jan. 7, 2014
WOMEN, Drennon Davis, Betsy Sodaro, and More Make ‘LA Weekly’s ‘10 Comedy […] LA Weekly put out its annual “10 LA Comedy Acts to Watch” feature last week. Ryan Singer, Power Violence, Ian Karmel, Cristela Alonzo, Bryan […]
By Bradford Evans
Feb. 13, 2013
Will Ferrell Endorses Eric Garcetti for Mayor of LA with What I am […]
Celebrated actor Will Ferrell (“star of Expendables 2, The Day of the Dolphin, and Harlem Nights”) has just released this video endorsing LA […]
By Adam Frucci
Jan. 31, 2013
Life After ‘30 Rock’: Can NYC’s Comedy Production Ever Compete with LA? Tonight, 30 Rock’s seven-season, 138-episode run comes to an end. Looking back, it’s hard to quantify the show’s influence. Debuting in 2006, […]
By John Mahoney
Nov. 16, 2012
‘Modern Comedian’ Profiles Power Violence, the World’s Leading Skateboard […]
The latest episode of Scott Moran’s excellent web series “Modern Comedian,” in which he makes a short documentary about a different comedian […]
By Bradford Evans
June 1, 2012
Talking with Joe Mande about the Final Totally J/K, ‘Parks & Rec’, and […] With Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” and Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind” playing over the soundsystem, the atmosphere was decidedly somber at the […]
By Jesse David Fox
Mar. 28, 2012
Go See TJ Miller’s Mash Up for Free in LA Just in case today’s guide to LA’s comedy scene wasn’t enough for you, here’s a form to sign up for free tickets to Comedy Central’s standup […]
By Adam Frucci
Mar. 28, 2012
Splitsider’s Guide to LA’s Comedy Scene The City of Angels. La-la Land. Lipstick City. Tinsel Town. Hollyweird. I could list hokey nicknames for LA all day long, but maybe it’s just […]
By Bradford Evans
Oct. 12, 2011
Adam Scott on the Chummy Comedy Community in LA GQ has a new interview with Parks and Rec’s Adam Scott today, and he talks a bit about the incestuous comedy scene in LA:one of the things I […]
By Adam Frucci
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Oct. 11, 2011
By Richard Morgan
Feb. 9, 2011
Attention, Depressed Comedians: The Laugh Factory Now Offers Free Therapy Because comedians all try to get laughs to mask the infinite darkness within, the Laugh Factory in LA is now offering free therapy to […]
By Adam Frucci
