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LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy
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The Largo at Coronet is holding it down this weekend with great comedy, Seth & Ed is back at UCB, Bill Maher is around town, and Steve Agee is 40. Fuck the Oscars and all your water-cooler banter, this week in comedy is what you should be talking about around the office. If not, email me here to tell me about a show you'd like to rep, or give me your office address so I can come up there and kick some teeth in, comedy style. Which is pretty much the same as a regular teeth-kicking, except with clown shoes and more knock knock jokes.
MONDAY 2/23
40 Years of Steve Agee, 8:30p Largo at Coronet. Steve Agee of the Sarah Silverman show turns 40. Celebrate with this funny, funny man.
Bob Odenkirk @ Armando Show, 9p iO West. The Mr. Show legend tells some true and personal stories to inspire great long-form improv.
TUESDAY 2/24
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Life of the Party with Jay Davis, 10p Laugh Factory. Jay brings some friends around to get all laffy n’ wutnot. This time he’s got Dane Cook, if that’s your thang.
Bill Maher, 8p Ice House. Tickets are going fast for Bill Maher at the Ice House. Worst case scenario, catch him in a week across town at the Comedy & Magic Club. It’s worth it.
WEDNESDAY 2/25
Richard Lucas’ Barking Dog Log, 8p Comedy Central Stage. One man’s West Hollywood fight against his neighbor’s barking dog, journal entry by journal entry.
Earthquake, 8p Comedy & Magic Club. He’s been in Clerks 2, worked with Eddie Murphy...a true long-time comic who knows what it takes to get an audience laughing.
THURSDAY 2/26
Walsh Brothers Great & Secret Comedy Show, 9p Improv Comedy Lab. The Walsh Brothers have been running this show next to The Improv on Melrose for a little over a year now. Most comedians you like also like this show, so get with the program.
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Dasariski: Loose Fish, 10p iO West. These improv titans do a monthly scripted show that is as funny and fresh as their weekly long-form shows.
FRIDAY 2/27
Walk of Shame, :30p Westside Eclectic. Come help four young stand up comics kick off their national tour. It could be the next Tourgasm, YOU DON’T KNOW!!!1111!!11!11
UCB Gets You Laid!, Midnight UCB. Two audience members get together and go backstage for a first date, while comedians watch on camera and comment to the audience. Absolutely bonkers.
SATURDAY 2/28
Matt Braunger, 7:30p The Improv. Matt will be recording his first album for the Comedy Central Records label. Come out, support, and get to hear your giggles on an album.
Loan-Out Love Box, 8p Tres Stage Theatre. Check out some young and fresh sketch comedy, with free beer once you’re in the door.
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Seth & Ed’s Puppet Talk Show, 10p UCB. This great, great show featuring Seth Morris and Ed Helms (Andy from The Office) uses puppets to ask their guests the really tough questions. Featuring Jeff Garlin and Aubrey Plaza.
SUNDAY 3/1
Comedy Playground’s Comedy Recession, 5p The Improv. This great all-teen show is back at the Improv, which is perfect for those who like to laugh at the young, and perverts alike.
Enter the Sunday, 7:30p Groundlings. The Groundlings do what it do on Sunday night, bringing sketch and improv together in this awesome revue.
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