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Kate Klausner
May 14, 2025

Round Up  

Things I like right now + Upcoming releases I am stoked for

  • Conan O’ Brien was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and Netflix released the ceremony and I am telling you to watch it. Right on the heels of the Kennedy Center’s change of power, the ceremony is timely and topical, reminding us to let yourself laugh every once in a while. BUT THAT’S IT! IT’S NOT FUNNY!

  • Sarah Silverman has a new special, Post Mortem coming to Netflix on 5/20! I have seen her workshop this material countless times over the last year or so. I can’t wait to see the finished product!

  • Robby Hoffman on last week’s John Mulaney’s Everybody’s Live was on another level. I literally cannot shut up about this show and how it’s changing the face of Late Night in this day and age (see this article). In my humble opinion, this was their funniest episode to date.

  • Benito Skinner’s TV debut Overcompensating arrives 5/15 on Amazon Prime! Love a closeted college football player as much as I do? Give it a click! Interesting trajectory from digital world to digital TV world! Excited to watch.

  • Final season of Big Mouth on 5/23. The time has come. Curious to see how they wrap this thing up.

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Sometimes, real life is funnier than any comedy we could ever dream of:

Old School

I recently listened to John Mulaney’s New In Town special on Spotify during my morning commute. Ready to feel old? That special came out 13 years ago. Seeing a comedian grow is such a unique experience. Definitely give it a watch or a listen if you haven’t seen bebe John in a while.

bebe John

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Funny Friends

Got a lot of shows to promote this edition! If you’re a comedian, please send me your upcoming shows and dates here and SEND TO YOUR COMEDIAN FRIENDS WHO WANT TO BE FEATURED. (I accidentally put this in all caps and won’t retype it but it’s important!!)

Ellis Jones throws a hell of a backyard show once a month in Culver City! Check out Off The Couch on 5/16

Tickets HERE!

I saw a delightful play at the Hudson Theater called Eggs. Are you a lady feeling a little lost in your 20s? Are you interested in the complicated workings of female friendship? Jade and Kate give moving and simultaneously hilarious performances. I am sad the world only gets one more weekend of this show! Check it out this weekend 5/16-18th

Tickets HERE!

Michael Kellman has some silly sketches and a NEW FEATURE 👏👏👏👏

This one made me giggle:

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LA On Deck 5/14-28

Still a few tix left for Just Playing’s Comedy and Karaoke at Gaslite!

Trying to hit Bar Lubitsch Tonight? I sure am.

A few tickets left to see Graham Byrne and more TONIGHT 5/14 at No Bad Ideas! very fun show!!

You know and love her from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and this EPIC Emmys speech

  • Check the calendar here for shows in your neighborhood! 

  • 5/15 Bughouse: Come by the Yard Theater for drinks, good vibes and a night of top-shelf standup comedy. Lineup: Iliza Shlesinger, Beth Stelling, Aparna Nancherla, Dan Levy, Ben Zeiper Hosted by Gus Viveiros (Jimmy Kimmel)

  • 5/17 Juicy: a sketch comedy show

  • 5/22 Comedy at Night with Atsuko Okatsuka, Nina Lane, Mandal, and Ava Bunn!

    This looks fun I’ll probably be there

  • 5/24 Mae Martin Work in Progress

  • 5/29 Almost Hot: In 2015, Cailin received a Facebook message from a stranger who deemed her “almost hot.” A decade later, Cailin’s hour-long solo show cheekily interrogates and arbitrates one of our most pervasive but underexplored cultural concepts: hotness.
    Watch Cailin attempt to close her “hotness gap” in front of a live audience - before it’s too late! The show is thought-provoking, witty, and dare we say… (almost) hot?
    The show is performed and written by Cailin Lowry and directed by Erin Lowry.

  • Wednesdays @ 8PM Crazy Uncle Joe Show (Long form Improv)

  • Thursdays @ 8PM: Cookin With GAS (all company and alumni improv EXPLOSION)

  • Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30 Glow in the Dark Groundlings (Main Company stage show), 9:30PM Got A Light? (Main company Improv)

  • Sunday: Sunday Company Show

  • 5/15 Just The Tip: Fresh from its Off-Broadway run at SoHo Playhouse, this 1-hour stand-up comedy show is about how Jon Schnitzer went from being the biggest little zealot at Jewish private school to questioning everything - Family, Religion, Israel, Palestine, Circumcision, and that's... JUST THE TIP

  • 5/26 Kyle M and Kyle Mooney Work in Progress Show

HONORABLE CLUB MENTIONS

STAY SILLY HAVE A GOOD WEEK

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