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LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy
Summer is coming! Photo courtesy digitizedchaos via LAist Flickr pool.
It's a week full of charity shows for the greater good, so be sure to get out and donate - both your laughs and a few bills.
If you've got a show in the future that you'd like to see listed here, email me and we'll work to figure it out!
MONDAY 2/27
Russell Brand, 8p Largo. Brand is doing a single show at Largo tonight.
Sad People Talking, 8p Royal/T. Brendon Walsh, Jason Nash, Pete Holmes, Joe Wengert and a bunch more hilarious folks are down in Culver City for the night.
TUESDAY 2/28
Improv Charity Fund-ravaganza!, 8p Little Modern Theatre. UCB’er Steve Szlaga is raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society by having Last Day of School and a bunch of other improv folks come out for a night of charity laughs.
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Justin’s Gift Charity Show, 9p Largo. Hannibal Buress, Chelsea Peretti, Nick Kroll and Aziz Ansari step out in support of the youth charity Justin’s Gift.
WEDNESDAY 2/29
Joey Diaz, 8:30p Ice House. You never know what Diaz will be up to once he hits the stage. Hold on, Pasadena!!!
Jason Nash is Married, 8:30p Hollywood Improv Lab. Nash is showing episodes of his show Jason Nash is Married, with TJ Miller Mary Lynn Rasjkub and Jerry Minor doing some stand up as well.
THURSDAY 3/1
Whale Cave, 8p Comedy Central Stage. Matt Price brings in musicians and comedians for a discussion sure to satisfy both. Or neither. Who knows.
Straight, White & Lovin’ It!, 8p UCB. Charlie Sanders of Minnesota Muslim fame putting up a show about being straight, and white, and funny. What could possibly go wrong?
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FRIDAY 3/2
Chuckles for Charity, 8p Laugh Factory. It’s laughs for the kids at the Laugh Factory. Chris D’Elia and others are helping to raise money for a school in Ecuador.
Eddie Griffin, 10p Ontario Improv. If you’re interested in making the drive to Ontario this weekend, you’ll be happy to know Eddie Griffin awaits.
SATURDAY 3/3
Harland Williams, 8p Ice House. Didn’t get enough crazy this week? Try adding a dose of headlining Harland Williams. That should do the trick.
Bestie x Bestie, 10p UCB. Jenny Slate and Gabe Leidman are besties of the highest order. Don’t believe me? Find out for yourself.
SUNDAY 3/4
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Joe Rogan, 7p Brea Improv. Rogan is doing the Brea Improv all weekend.
Skinny Sundays, 9:30p Hollywood Improv Lab. Rob Lindo works to create this ballooning stand up show that has Chelsea, Peretti, Chris Porter and a whole lot more.
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