Farley Elliott

NOM NOM NOM. Photo from LAist Flickr Pool, courtesy of ~db~. A lot of the usual comedy venues are shut down for at least the first part of Sunday because of the Super Bowl, so be sure to keep that in mind if you're looking for chuckles on Sunday. If you're looking for something special during the rest of the week, though, the Comedy Central Stage is doing it up hard this week, and...

Sunglasses, sunshine, and some hilarious girls. Photo courtesy Amanda & Jennie. Amanda and Jennie are best friends. Best friends who live together and do comedy together and, judging by their photo, friends who lay in the grass and stare at the sky with their sunglasses on. America needs more of this, but until the word gets out about these two lovely comediennes, we must content ourselves that Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre LA is their...

The boys are hard at work. Photo courtesy of Convoy themselves. How classy. While Alex Berg, Todd Fasen, and Alex Fernie would probably hesitate to call themselves heroes in any capacity (that is, unless they somehow saved a baby riding a puppy from getting run over by a truck full of hate and fireworks), the moniker does have a certain amount of applicability. In a staggeringly short amount of time, the three-man improv juggernaut...

What are you hiding behind those shades, dog?! Photo by Joits via Laist Flickr pool. Be sure to check out some of the great shows around LA this weekend, including Nick Swardson, Drew Carey, and Andy Daly. Definitely email Farley if you’d like to recommend any shows to get some love on LAist, and keep on tagging those Flickr photos in our pool with ‘lastlaugh’ to make sure it gets seen. Thanks! Monday 1/19...

It sure seems like Aziz Ansari is doing all of the right things at the right times these days, and he’s definitely getting noticed for it. For a few years now, he’s been steadily climbing the comedy ladder, doing stand up and stage work both here in Los Angeles and New York City. After Aziz paired with Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer to form the wildly popular Human Giant on MTV, he really began...

Luke Barats just wants a drink and to show off his knees. Is that so wrong?! Photo courtesy Luke Barats. In Los Angeles, A-list celebrities wait in line in front of you at Caffe Primo, while B-list celebrities make your nonfat mocha. That is to say, there’s ‘stars’ everywhere, and it’s easy (even in fashion, perhaps) to be unimpressed. In Spokane, Washington, however, celebrities are a bit harder to come by. Strange, since this...

Where's he Russian off to? HEY OH! Courtesy Nuno_Oliveira via LAist Flickr Photo Pool. The comedy is back in full swing this week around LA, with an incredible show to see every night (if you're so inclined). From sketch to stand up to improv to theatre, it's all represented and it's all great this week. Thanks to everyone tagging their Flickr photos with 'lastlaugh', you're really helping to make this comedy round-up great! And...

Photo by JROK via LAist Featured Photo pool RIght NOW on CNN (11a PST), you can check out a condensed version of the hit documentary I.O.U.S.A., about the growing national debt crisis that we all face. In these tough economic times, one way to stay on top is to stay informed, and I.O.U.S.A. is a great way to do just that. The film has already been making the rounds at several film festivals, including...

It's best if you imagine these ornaments are secret robots, prepared to kill children. Photo courtesy BenjaminPage via LAist Flickr photo pool. Monday 12/29 Open Mic, 6p Ha Ha Cafe. Who knows, you might see someone you like. ReGifted!, 11p UCB. Bring in your unwanted gifts and the stories behind them, and leave with some great improv. http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/987 Tuesday 12/30 USS Rock & Roll, 9p iO. Great Harold-style improv from some of the best...

The evidence. Photo by Emily Lerman / LAist. The holiday season is a time for reflection. We've all been fortunate enough to make it through another year relatively unscathed; sometimes we stick out our hands to help those around us, and sometimes the hands reach out for us, but any way you look at it, there's a lot that we've all done for each other, and ourselves. so when you finally sit down to...