Comic Jimmy Pardo hosts the behind-the-Coco-scenes series, The Pardo Patrol, opens “Conan” for Mr. O’Brien’s live audience, hosts the long-running podcast, Never Not Funny, and is a frequent performer at the UCB Theatre. All efforts are smart and consistently hilarious. And, oh yeah, he's a charitable gentlemen. more ›

Last time LAist chatted with Jimmy Pardo, the comedian was never not having fun. He held two excited jobs: hosting the popular podcast Never Not Funny (The Pardcast,) and warming up The Tonight Show's live audience for Conan O’Brien. Now, for Pardo, life is similarly fun but looks a little different. Never Not Funny is still a comedy juggernaut in MP3, though Pardo no longer spends his days at NBC. He's over on the Warner Brothers' lot, again loosening audiences for Mr. O'Brien, now on TBS' "Conan." more ›

Here's what happens when The Bearded Guy From The Hangover sits down with The Tall Guy From The Tonight Show and That Pumpkinhead Guy From The Tonight Show. more ›

I'm convinced that the Annual Improv Festival at the iO West (Improv on Olympic) Theater is one of the best-kept comedy secrets in Los Angeles. How else could I have scored tickets over the last two years to see the likes of Eric Idle, Harry Shearer, and the casts of MadTV and The Office in such an intimate theater? more ›

Last night some of my friends got together to watch the season premiere of "Project Runway". With a very tall surprise up my cap sleeve, I showed up to the viewing party with the one and only Santino Rice. Santino and I had met this summer at the Project Angel Food party backstage at the Rufus Wainwright concert. I thought who better to give us the inside scoop on all things "Project Runway"? First... more ›

A Word Or 37: Lotsa new episodes and shows on NBC tonight. ABC is also stepping up with new episodes. I wish I felt more positive about Andy Barker, P.I. but it didn't look so great on Conan. Raines looks apalling. Tonight - Thursday - March 15th, 2007 College Basketball: UCLA vs. Weber State (CBS, 4:00 p.m.) Narc (IFC, 6:00 p.m.) Jason Patric and Ray Liotta team up as cops in this thriller from... more ›

A Word Or 28: Fox did it again last week. The top 5 most watched programs were a combination of American Idol, Are You As Smart As a 5th Grader?, and House. Tonight - Wednesday - March 14th, 2007 Dick Tracy Marathon (TCM, 5:00 p.m.) The classic from the '40s Clippers @ Rockets (KTLA, 5:30 p.m.) Suns @ Mavericks (ESPN, 6:00 p.m.) Blue Jackets @ Ducks (PRIME, 7:00p.m.) Jericho (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) The Marines... more ›

Set your Tivo's. One of the mid-season pickups that we have been hearing great buzz over premiers tomorrow night and stars Andy Richter, the one-time sidekick of Conan O'Brien, in his very own sitcom called "Andy Barker P.I." Replacing "30 Rock" in the 9:30 time slot on NBC, this show does have to battle March Madness, but hello, that's what Tivo is for! more ›

Tonight - Tuesday - March 13th, 2007 Clippers @ Spurs (KTLA, 5:00 p.m.) Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) Top 10 preverts American Idol (Fox, 8:00 p.m.) Down to the top 12 finalists Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (the CW, 9:00 p.m.) Welcome to the Dollhouse - the finalists move in. Primetime (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Porn porn porn porn porn The Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo, 10:00 p.m.) Season finale.... more ›

Whatever you're playing at Bloomberg, stop it now. We don't even watch The Tonight Show with Jay Leno but there's no reason why when Conan takes over the show at the end of the decade that the show should leave its cushy Burbank studio. We think Conan will do just fine out here on the left coast. In fact, the pasty talk show host could use some sun. And what does New York's Mayor Bloomberg care for anyway? He won't be in office in 2009 so there's no political capital in stealing the show away from Los Angeles. more ›

We know where we're going this Saturday—straight to Hell! And we couldn't be more excited. Every Saturday from now through Halloween, the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood presents "Hollywood Hell House." more ›