Stand-up Comedy

But then a funny thing happened

2013-05-18 00:00:00

I was on my way to a stand-up comedy gig in some Godforsaken place about three hours out of Los Angeles, and I asked the headliner, who was driving and rolling a joint simultaneously, if he knew anybody who might be able to tolerate me. He'd been...

Review: 'Sightseers' is bloody good fun

2013-05-09 16:27:00

Murder is a funny thing that happens in Ben Wheatley movies, though it's never been droller, drier or deadlier than in "Sightseers," the British filmmaker's latest comic assault. He had help. Outr� improv team Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, who star in...

One night with comedian Marc Maron ...

2013-04-26 09:00:00

Comedian Marc Maron is busier than ever. In addition to approaching nearly 400 episodes of his popular podcast, “WTF With Marc Maron,” his memoir, “Attempting Normal,” comes out from Spiegel & Grau April 30. And “Maron,&...

Summer Movie Sneaks complete list

2013-04-28 00:00:00

The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...

Review: Louis C.K. has some 'Oh My God' moments

2013-04-13 07:00:00

It is heartening in a way that perhaps the biggest comic in America — in a sense of cultural import if not necessarily in income, though he is obviously doing well there too — is a doughy, bald man of 45. It's heartening both from the aspect...

Kurt Braunohler's kind of comedy hits streets, heights

2013-04-14 08:00:00

Comedian Kurt Braunohler has promised, within a matter of minutes, to rearrange the downtown Los Angeles sky. It's 2:23 p.m. and half a dozen people on a recent Saturday crane their necks and squint into the sun as they wait outside a Hill Street high-...

Comedian Marc Maron takes a shot on TV

2013-04-20 07:00:00

Marc Maron slips into a chair and plunks a tattered, spiral-bound notebook onto the table. The cover, folded back, reveals dense, tight scribbling on ruled paper. Pen in hand, Maron hunches over the notes, looks up for a second to lock eyes by way of...

Remembering Jonathan Winters, the 'father of improvisational comedy'

2013-04-12 14:18:00

The trailblazing comic improviser Jonathan Winters, who died Thursday at age 87, was a seminal influence on scores of comedians and the person Robin Williams credits as his mentor. Winters' high energy, unpredictable and often surreal comic riffs...

Mickey Rose dies at 77; Woody Allen collaborator and TV writer

2013-04-10 22:02:00

Mickey Rose was a childhood friend of Woody Allen, sharing his pal's fervent enthusiasms for baseball, jazz and movies and later becoming the young filmmaker's writing partner for his early, madcap comedies "Bananas" and "Take the Money and Run." Rose,...

TV This Week: April 28 - May 4: 'Savages' on Cinemax

2013-04-24 15:01:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY Have scarf, will time-travel:...

Gabrielle Union, T.D. Jakes highlight new BET upfront slate

2013-04-02 15:05:00

BET unveiled several upcoming projects during its upfront presentation, including new series featuring Gabrielle Union and T.D. Jakes. Union will star in "Being Mary Jane," about a successful TV news anchor juggling relationships, work and comittments...

Walter Latham's YouTube series 'Comedy After Dark' moves to TV

2013-02-21 14:47:00

Producer Walter Latham is best known for the "The Original Kings of Comedy" -- a successful comedy tour headlined by Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer and Steve Harvey that resulted in a movie directed by Spike Lee. Latham cemented his reputation...

A documentary following the stand-up comedian Kevin Hart on his 2012 tour. Directed by Leslie Small and Tim Story.

2013-04-23 19:07:45

Kenny Frankly is a stand-up comic and member of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society. Follow her exploits at

2013-04-22 00:00:00

8 and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday at The Comedy Bar, 157 W. Ontario Street A rotating roster of comedians perform at the River North comedy club co-owned by Belushi ("According to Jim").

2013-02-13 15:30:32