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LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy
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MONDAY 12/1
Latino Night, 8p Laugh Factory. Spice up your stand up. tml
Long Form 1, 10p Second City. Come see the latest batch of improv grads try to hone their newfound skills.
TUESDAY 12/2
Gary Austin's Improv, 8p Groundlings. Founding father Gary Austin directs the best improvisors from The Groundlings school.
Comedy Death Ray, 8:30p UCB. Stand in line to try to see Garofalo, Odenkirk, and Besser do their thing.
WEDNESDAY 12/3
Collegehumor.com Comedy Juice, 10p The Improv. The web humor site brings some of the best names in comedy up on stage for consistently good stand up.
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The Little Dog Laughed, 8p Kirk Douglas Theatre. The Westside gets some love with this hilarious look at the actor / agent relationship in LA.
THURSDAY 12/4
Comedy is Dead, 8p Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Sarah Silverman, Natasha Leggero, and Howard Kremer team up with some others for some killer stand up.
2008 Year In Review, 8p iO. A variety show that tackles the year that was 2008.
FRIDAY 12/5
Friday Write Club, 8p iO. The monthly oddball sketch show at iO.
Holiday Fever!, 8p Secret Rose Theatre. A comedy variety show with old-school inspirations.
SATURDAY 12/6
The Seven Year Plan, 9:30p Westside Eclectic. FREE sketch comedy from one of LA's greatest comedy groups, with FREE beverages that adults will probably enjoy. Ah-WINK!
The Hills: Staged Reading, 10p UCB. Andy Richter joins this hilarious stage show format that throws the popular TV show all the way under the bus.
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SUNDAY 12/7
Happy Holiday Hee Haa Show, 7p The Improv. A great stand up show to benefit comedy programs for youth throughout LA.
Cute With Chris, 7p Elephant Theatre. The internet mini-celeb takes his one man comedy show on tour.
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