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LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy
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What a stellar week of comedy we've got in store for ourselves, folks. Lily Tomlin is doing a show at the Comedy & Magic Club, The Meltdown Show is amazing as always, and there are even a few killer possibilities to compete with your Sunday timeline, if the Super Bowl isn't exactly your thing. Check it!
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MONDAY 1/31
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Standing on Ceremony, 8p Largo. SoC is back at Largo, with the usual group of greatness, including Kathy Najimy.
Jaws Cake, 8p iO West. A crazy evening of comedy with Mike Coleman, Jordan Peele, Kevin Dorff, Jean Vollepique, Amy Rhodes, Brian Huskey and more.
TUESDAY 2/1
Holy Fuck, 9p Downtown Independent. Andy Kindler, Jen Kirkman, Moshe Kasher, and Ron Babcock lead the way for what should be an amazing night of stand up.
Skyler Stone & Friends, 10p Hollywood Improv. Nick Thune, Garfunkel & Oates, David Koechner, Mary Lynn Rajskub and more. Should be one of the best shows of the week.
WEDNESDAY 2/2
Taboo Tales, 8p Zephyr Theatre. Taboo takes crazy true stories from some of LA’s writers and puts them up for your squeaming pleasure.
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The Meltdown Show, 8:30p Meltdown Comics. What a crazy line up: Matt Besser, Eddie Pepitone, Dominic & Sean sketches, and Tig Notaro. Dang.
THURSDAY 2/3
Stupid Husbands / Stages of Adulthood, 8p UCB. Mike Leffingwell is doing a one man show about what it’s like to be an awful husband. Followed immediately by Joe Wengert’s amazing Stages of Adulthood show. Trust when I say there is a frozen yogurt bit that will have you losing it.
Lily Tomlin, 8p Comedy & Magic Club. Tomlin is doing a rare show in the South Bay.
FRIDAY 2/4
Craig Shoemaker, 8p Brea Improv. Shoemaker is out in Brea all weekend.
Dan Cummins, 8p Hollywood Improv. Cummins is only doing one set, so make this one count.
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SATURDAY 2/5
Kevin Nealon, 9:30p Comedy & Magic Club. Nealon moves from the Sunset Strip to the sands of South Bay for the weekend.
Tony Rock, 10p Ontario Improv. Head east, young man, to see Tony Rock all weekend in Ontario.
SUNDAY 2/6
Gravid Water, 9:30p UCB. One of UCBTNYC’s favorite shows, Gravid water takes actors and improvisers and mashes them up together, with the actors knowing their lines and the improvisers hanging on for dear life.
Beautiful Boys, 10p iO West. Tommy Bechtold, Neil Garguilo and Ric Rosario get down with some super sexy three man ‘prov.
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