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Sometimes too much holiday cheer is a very, very bad thing. Especially the liquid kind. Hence, the lateness of today's column. But here's the down and dirty on what's happening around town tonight:

Tim Minchin may very well be be the funniest comedian you've never heard of. Already wildly popular in the UK and his native Australia, Tim makes his U.S. debut tonight in New York before heading west and playing shows next Monday and Tuesday at the ACME Comedy Theatre here in LA. Tim's blend of piano-driven pop songs and razor sharp comedy yields songs that range from a love song for an inflatable doll to a...

There are hundreds of sketch comedy shows in LA, but this one is definitely not to be missed. Laist was lucky enough to catch a preview of at the ACME Comedy Theatre on La Brea this Sunday. ACME is famously known as the stage where comedians such as Adam Carolla, Wayne Brady, Alex Borstein, Sean Hayes and others perfected their comedic chops. It's refreshing to see that the comedians in its Bravo Company are still coming up with original material.

LAist is happy to find Ms. Arngrim is back to acting; her "New And Improved Prairie Bitch 2005" tour has two dates in LA this month, March 18th and 19th at The Lily Tomlin Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center's Renberg Theatre. She also is appearing at the ACME Theatre in the live version of the tv game show classic, What's My Line, which runs tonight at 8p.m. and also features Marty Ingels, Barry Saltzman, Debra Wilson and host J. Keith van Straaten.