L.A. Lookout

08/13/2012

Everyone knows that jokes and di**os go together like Peanut Butter & Jelly...So hit up The Pleasure Chest Los Angeles, tomorrow night, for their "Performance Anxiety" stand-up show, hosted by T.J. Miller and Eli Olsberg. For $7 you get laughs, beer, and even a discount on all the p**n you can carry! Yes, really.

Performance Anxiety- Comedy Night at The Pleasure Chest, Pleasure Chest Los Angeles Workshops Adult S*x Toys

08/10/2012

Monday night, things get...well, probably pretty weird at Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction. Featuring stories by Kyle Kinane, Ali Wong, Baron Vaughn, and a bunch of other talented comics. It's one of those 'see it to believe it' things.

Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction is a comedy show (and soon-to-be podcast) founded in Seattle, created & hosted by Bryan Cook. Each event features 10 comics, writing and performing Erotic Fan Fiction pieces, based on their whims or audience suggestions. It's really stupid. Come see what Laughsp...

08/10/2012

Tomorrow, see what inspired Quentin Tarantino's latest retro flick: "Django" will be showing at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, part of their "Spaghetti Westerns Unchained" series.

Horseless, dark-clad, blazingly blue-eyed Franco Nero enters dragging a coffin through the inches-thick mud of a crummy town fought over by red-hooded clansmen and a flock of banditos. Original of at least 30 official and unofficial sequels. Quentin Tarantino lists this film as No. 3 in his 20 favor...

08/09/2012

Tonight at the Nerdist Theater at Meltdown Comics: Alison Rosen (The Adam Carolla Show) won’t help you move but she will perform her super popular new podcast, "Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend", live. Featuring a very special guest or two (like, oh, say, Mr. Pete Holmes), embarrassing confessions, probing discussion and a sombrero.

08/09/2012

Storytellers battle for your attention, tonight at the Literary Death Match! Competitors include actress/author Sarah Thyre, p**n memoirist Ashley Blue, and novelist Steve Hely- who will be judged by food writer Jonathan Gold, comedian Michelle Buteau, and OK Go's bassist Timothy Nordwind.

Preorder for cheap right away! After an electrifying mid-summer night's daydream at the Hammer ...

08/08/2012

Like comics? Check out this list of my favorite Comic Book Stores in LA! If I missed any other good ones, please let me know.

We've set out to find and catalogue all of the best comic book shops in the Los Angeles area, from the beach to the valley, and everything in between. Each of these shops is somebody's favorite, so if you're looking to check out someplace new then your search has brought you to the right place.

08/08/2012

Tonight and tomorrow only, it's 2 flicks from the summer of '82! New Beverly Cinema & Ain't It Cool News present Steve Martin in "Real Men Don't Wear Plaid" and Henry Winkler & Michael Keaton in "Night Shift" - just $8 for both!

A double bill of two comedies released in the summer of 1982

08/08/2012

Looks like a great night for The Meltdown at NerdMelt tonight, featuring comics Tom Segura, Chelsea Peretti, Jen Kirkman, Julian McCullough, Nate Craig, Justin Ian Daniels, and of course your hosts Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani! All for just $8.

08/07/2012

Easily one of this year's most awesome action flicks, The Raid is playing this month as a midnight movie at the New Beverly Cinema! If you like insane fight sequences, do not miss your chance to catch this on the big screen.

LA Lookout takes a look at The Raid: Redemption, showing at the New Beverly this August 11th.

08/07/2012

Check out my list of favorite ongoing LA comedy shows! Think I missed one? Let me know!

We're big fans of comedy, so we've set out to find and catalogue all of the best ongoing stand-up shows in the Los Angeles area. If a show made it to this list, you can count on it being worth your time and money to attend. Hell, some of them are even FREE, which is always the right price. As far as...

08/07/2012

It's OK to laugh at Sad People Talking- they just want to make you smile. Catch stand-up from Claudia Cogan, Josh Fadem, Matt Knudsen, and Steve Gillespie at this week's show, Wednesday at Nola's.