Farley Elliott

LE MOUSTACHE! Photo by kpe2 via LAist Flickr Photo Pool. Another great week of comedy is upon us, as winter fades out and summer starts to crawl on in. Festivals are just around the corner, Zach Galifianakis killed it on SNL, and there's even another benefit show this week. You simply won't find any other place where you can get this much good comedy all in the same week. And if you know of...

Now is that part of the day where you’re fully woken up, done lying to yourself about any work you’re “getting done”, and looking for something to get out and do with yourself tonight. Well, TWENTYWONDER has come along to fill that gap in amazing fashion, and for a good cause no less! TWENTYWONDER is part mind-bender, part charity, part science, part comedy... Well, to be fair, you should add a ‘y’ to the...

IS THAT SHEMAR MOORE?! Photo courtesy gerbug via LAist Flickr photo pool. It's an improv sort of week, with a few special other shows thrown into the mix. The Birthday Boys and A Kiss From Daddy have their monthly show at UCB, which is always a hit. There's a Haiti benefit show out in Venice that has a great line up, and the latest Moth GrandSLAM is out in Echo Park. The weather should...

Photo courtesy The Apple Sisters. The Apple Sisters is one of those shows that you could never accurately pitch to your friend to get them to go with you. It’s part variety, it’s part sketch, it’s music and comedy and satire and character and, well, funny. It’s really, really funny in fact. If you don’t know anything going into your first Apple Sisters show, that’s just fine (they do a superb job of clearing...

Well, hello there. Photo by ricardodiaz via LAist Flickr. There are a few benefit shows this week that seem like must-sees, from Breast Cancer Be Trippin' to Laugh Night to benefit Art Share LA. Both have fantastic line ups that are worthy of the crowds they're sure to bring. Probably the best show of the week, though, is CraigsLOST and the Apple Sisters at UCB. On any night, either one of these shows is...

In this town, burgers are like agents: everybody’s got one. Wait, that’s not quite right. But at least you get the idea: there’s no shortage of burger opinions, as we’ve already seen plenty of on this site. But one thing we should all be able to get behind is simple, delicious, cheap food.

Sterling Davis Photo grabbed this great shot of the sign in transition. This really is a great month for comedy. The Irvine Improv is hosting some great names for the next couple of week, there's fantastic indie shows like Joke Lab, and Funny or Die is over at Largo. Huzzah! Keep the love coming (aka email me) if you'd like to see a show make this list. Thanks! MONDAY 2/15 Tiger Lily, 8p Hollywood...

Photo courtesy IFC Films. Capers. Heists. Bank jobs. There’s no shortage of ways to communicate such a specific type of premeditated robbery of high-value items, and certainly no limit to the true tales that surround such terms. There are fantastic stories of burrowing, bribing, and even plain old brute force from France to Russia to Puerto Rico and back around. And what makes these stories so wonderful to hear is simple: they’re fun, fantastical,...

It's funnier if you pretend that blob is a fupa. Photo courtesy vintagesonfoto via LAist Flickr. This week has a bunch of good stand ups, including two special Bill Maher shows that are selling like things that sell well. Hotcakes? Not hardly. There's also a large amount of fantastic indie improv, be it at the iO West Loft, Room 101, Crashbar or out at Westside Comedy. Simply put, there's just no reason for you...

"Dane Cook: ISolated INcident" airs commercial-free at 10pm on Comedy Central There’s a decent chance that, instead of reading this, you’re hibernating until tomorrow’s Super Bowl. And you know what? You can’t be blamed for that. Contemporary news media makes it practically impossible to focus on anything else, and that’s just the way big advertisers would like to keep it. So, you could sit in front of your TV tonight and anxiously await the...