#experimental comedy

Depending on who the guests are and what challenges they put renowned basketball star Blake Griffin through, this might be something here. 

A panel interview during an archery contest? a game of Flip Cup? Minature golf? The potential for some genuine chaos in these cases could be very fun.

Lots of folks are trying a lot of things with their comedy specials these days in order to, thankfully, mix things up, try something new. 

Julio Torres has got something really, delightfully out there with his upcoming HBO special My Favourite Shapes with Julio literally commenting on his favorite shapes and forms. In fact, it might just be the most lavish presentation of shapes ever, which sounds pretty grand for a comedy special.

Lez Miz and Friends is so damn ambitious as a meta musical that viciously deconstructs the beloved, eternally running musical Les Miserables as well as work in puppets versus humans paradigm into the whole thing. It’s a tall order, but writers Nathan Makaryk and Geneviève Flati and the marvelous cast pull it off with precise abandon. 

It’s such a rollicking dashing of convention that we’d wager you’d enjoy even if puppets, musicals, and Les Miserables weren’t really your thing.

In the spirit of the times of trying to level the playing field between men and women, Femmes The Rules that cheekily has male comedians get interrupted and then have to sit and listen to female or non-binary comedians. 

With or without that format, the line-up is definitely worth checking out:

Katrina Davis & Kevin Anderson Pallavi Gunalan & Robert Schultz Debra DiGiovanni & Paul Danke &  hosts Mary Jane French and Sarah Mowrey

The idea of a show about death and loss created and performed by modern day clowns might seem a little ridiculous, maybe diametrically opposed. 

However, we’d say that death itself is a little ridiculous as it happens to us all, but none of us (NONE OF US) knows what happens afterwards.

It is this hardline contrast that us living folks have to deal with and is, consequently, the absurdity that Amrita Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldati, two modern clowns (perhaps even delightfully postmodern?) so beautifully created their show The Living Room around (and make grief a little easier to handle).

We’ve seen this show develop in 2018 and we thoroughly enjoyed the journey, almost free of space and time, that we were taken on, laughing the whole way through. 

Go get your tickets for next week’s performances here.

Currently, one of the most best and most unique voices in comedy belongs to Joe Pera.

He’ll be doing an extended set at UCB Sunset next Wednesday, March 29th at 10:30PM that you shouldn’t miss. 

In fact, knowing Joe, there might even be some truth to him allowing “anyone to drive his mid-size rental car wherever they would like to go” after the show.

Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

We weren’t kidding about that pull quote from our ‘100 Best’ list from last year.

F*ck This Late Night Show, the late night talk show that has an enemy force actively trying to ruin the show, was so damn fun. 

They’re finally doing another version of it next week and you really ought to not miss it.

“She’s Allergic to Cats” Takes a Trip on VOD April 7th

Giant Pictures has announced the long-awaited Digital HD launch of writer/director Michael Reich’s semi-autobiographical experimental comedy She’s Allergic to Cats. She’s Allergic to Cats will be available to rent or own April 7th on Amazon Prime Video and iTunes.

She’s Allergic to Cats is the debut feature from music video director Michael Reich.  The film is based in large part on his…