#ucb sunset

My third year attending the UKS panel at Upright Citizen’s Brigade on Thursday was so unfudging believable that when I woke up this morning, at first I thought it had been a dream. If you don’t think these writers and cast actually care, you’d be wrong.

Hey folks! The above live version of The Cracked Podcast is happening this Saturday. And it’s coming on the heels of a whirlwind couple of weeks, in which Jack O’Brien departed Cracked (!). 

My long thoughts on Jack’s departure are here, my short thoughts on it are here. tl;dnr: I am so damn grateful to Jack for everything he’s built, and done, and meant to us.

Anyway, I’ve come out of that whirlwind as the new host of The Cracked Podcast. And on Saturday, the LA-based chunk of an audience that’s followed Jack through 180+ Cracked Podcast episodes will gather to inspect my first real attempt at hosting the show. And remember: this will happen LIVE.

I have never met a mean Cracked fan. This Saturday, they will likely show me generosity of spirit. That said, I’d love it if you’d get a cheap ticket and come out to the show. Maybe you can hoot and holler at appropriate moments. That would be heartening to me. I’d feel less sea-leggy.

OR MAYBE you hold me in contempt, and hate-follow this blog. Fine. But check out this stacked panel joining me Saturday:

Daniel O’Brien (Cracked, the US Presidency, immense prowess)

Tom Reimann (Cracked, and a government lab that implanted citizens with microchips containing complete knowledge of all movies (probably))

Jamie Loftus (every place that recognizes excellent blowing-up comedians)

Dave Schilling (Birth Movies Death, The Ringer, The Guardian, Bleacher Report, Roundball Rock, more high quality places but my fingers are weary now)

Those great folks are gonna do, like, at least 75% of the talking. You haters can focus on them. And you...non-haters (lovers?) will get a great show in every way.

Funny Or Die is ALIVE tonight at UCB Sunset. It’s going to be an awesome show with special guest CHRIS KATTAN. Get your tickets at the link below!

Simply put, Natalie Palamides is one of the best around and this is one of our favorite things in recent memory. Also, this show is about to play The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This might be one of the last times you get to see it stateside for awhile.

So, go see LAID next week for $5 by getting your tickets here.

Watch Funny or Die's treasure trove of gifted comedians put on a riotous variety show you'll never forget or see again. 

Basically, Connor Ratliff plays a version George Lucas who makes good on want to host his own talk show. It’s normally based out of NYC, but it’s stopping by for a special LA edition this week and you absolutely get your tickets for it here.

The United States Constitution, while providing the basis of our government, is one hell of a complex, at times, infuriating document that will be debated to the end of time.

As such, it’s a perfect gold mine for comedians to dissect, which is exactly what’s happening at What The Constitution Means to You next week! A great panel of comedians (including stand-ups, improvisers, writers, actors, etc.) will attempt to make sense of constitutional precedents and decisions in order to become a “Chief Justice of Comedy”, as presided by host Max Sosna-Spear, “SCOTUS Justice” Carrie Poppy, and actual UCLA law professor Adam Winkler.

In addition to getting a sneak peek at the highly anticipated What We Do In The Shadows adaptation coming to FX on March 27th, there will be a special improv show also happening at this exclusive event. 

Yes, all the free tickets have been snagged, but there will be a waitlist/stand by line come this Thursday (and we’re betting that some people won’t show and it might be worth showing up early to UCB Sunset’s Inner Sanctum).