This Thursday:

TONY CAMIN
EMILY HELLER*
DAVE STONE
RYAN DALTON
JOSH ANDROSKY

PLUS Business regular
CHRIS THAYER

*This week marks the beginning of Emily Heller’s residency as a regular on the show. Come catch her every Thursday from now until she changes her mind!

Thursday, June 20th, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA
http://TheBusinessLA.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA

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TONY CAMIN currently performs at comedy clubs throughout the United States. He has appeared at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, the Just for Laughs Festival, Bumbershoot as well as on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Camin is co-creator of The Marijuana-Logues, an Off-Broadway comedy show he wrote and performed along with Arj Barker and Doug Benson with a year-long run at The Actors Playhouse in New York City. He co-hosted a live late night talk show called “Broin’ Out” at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York in 2006-2007, wrote for the television show Web Junk 20, and was part of the famously embattled staff of The Mike O’Malley Show.
https://twitter.com/tonycamin


EMILY HELLER is a comedian and writer who likes you very much. You may have seen her on Conan, on the third season of John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show on Comedy Central, or as one of the New Faces at the 2012 Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. She is the creator and star of the Above Average series The Future. In 2011, She was included in Comedy Central’s Comics to Watch, won Rooftop Comedy’s Silver Nail Award, and was named one of the “Funniest People in Town” by 7x7 Magazine in San Francisco. Emily now lives in New York City and performs stand-up all over the country.

In addition to regularly photoshopping her head onto celebrities’ bodies, Emily cohosts the podcast Baby Geniuses with Lisa Hanawalt, as well as popular stand up showcases The Afterlife at the Sidewalk Cafe and Fresh Out! at UCB East.

As far as nicknames, she prefers “Hell Bone.”
http://emilyhellercomey.com
https://twitter.com/MrEmilyHeller


Based in Los Angeles by way of Atlanta, DAVE STONE was named one of the “12 Comics to Watch” for 2013 by LA Weekly. Dave was a semi-finalist in CMT’s “Next Big Comic” in 2012 and in 2010 was named one of the top 8 up-and-coming comics in the country by Rooftopcomedy.com. Dave can be heard voicing several characters on Adult Swim’s hit animated series “Squidbillies” on the Cartoon Network and is a co-founding member of the nationally acclaimed “Beards of Comedy Tour”, who recently released their sophomore album “Cardio Mix” on Comedy Central Records and their web series “Beards Across America” has received over 1,000,000 views on MSN.com. Since 2008, Dave has spent 175+ days a year on the road, sharing stages with some of the industry’s brightest stars, such as Brian Regan, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, Doug Benson, Marc Maron, Greg Proops and John Mulaney. Dave’s laid back and self-deprecating style make him a hit with a wide variety of audiences, transcending age, race, class, gender, height and weight.
http://www.davestonecomedy.com/
https://twitter.com/davestonecomedy


RYAN DALTON is a homegrown Cleveland favorite. Ryan attended the prestigious Kent State University. After college, Ryan went on to hold part-time jobs in such world-renowned trades as food service, retail, and coffee distribution. Finally, Ryan sunk his teeth into the most honest profession in the world, car sales. This dream occupation was not enough for him. Ryan hungered for the taste of stand up comedy, and on a dare, took the stage in Nanuet, NY in 1998. This experience started a hunger for the constant approval from crowds of complete stangers. His thirst would never be quenched!

Ryan soon discovered the entertainment industry where a basic lack of knowledge on any subject is not only necessary, but also embraced. He uses stand-up as a device in which he pokes fun at controversy and the “everyday personal injustices” that are dealt with by the common man, sorry, person, whatever!

Ryan is a comedian that wants everyone to just relax. His lovable sarcasm and smart, conversational style makes for a broadly appealing show.

Ryan’s comedy has led him to regular appearances in the country’s best comedy clubs. He is a regular on the nationally syndicated, “Bob and Tom Radio Show” and his 1st comedy album, “You Were Funny Too,” is on rotation on Sirius XM’s “RawDog” comedy channel. Ryan made his television debut on the third season of Comedy Central’s “LIVE AT GOTHAM.”

In 2011, Ryan made his first USO tour of Qatar and Afghanistan. He also wrote for Comedy Central’s “Roast of Charlie Sheen,” took the grand prize at the 2011 World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas and finished as a finalist in the 2011 Boston Comedy Festival.

This year, Ryan finished as a finalist in the 2012 Laughing Skull Festival and was chosen to participate in the 2012 Great American Comedy Festival. Ryan also performed in the “New Faces / Unrepped” showcase at the 2012 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Most recently, Ryan made his television acting debut on TBS’s “Sullivan and Son.”
http://www.theryandalton.com/
https://twitter.com/ryandalton


JOSH ANDROSKY quit high school early to pursue his love of television. By 20 he was a full time writer. He wrote/produced FOX’s New Year’s Eve Live, Reality Remix, Current TV’s SuperNews, and other shitty shows he hopes you never research. At 23, Josh felt trapped by TV. Then he did his first open mic. Free from network notes from Business Majors, Josh thrived in the alternative comedy scene. He runs comedy-freakout HAMCLOWN (LA Times), started a show on the steps of City Hall (LA Weekly), and went viral eating shrooms and getting weird on The Price is Right.
http://www.vice.com/author/josh-androsky
https://twitter.com/ShutUpAndrosky

This Thursday:

ANDY KINDLER
RON FUNCHES
DOLPH ZIGGLER
BRANDIE POSEY
CAITLIN GILL
ERIC DADOURIAN

PLUS Business regular
CHRIS GARCIA

Thursday, JUNE 13th, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA
http://TheBusinessLA.tumblr.com
http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA

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ANDY KINDLER is known in comedy circles as a troublemaker. Originally from New York, and now complaining from California, he annoys people all over the world.

Andy is a frequent guest and correspondent for “The Late Show with David Letterman.” Each summer at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal he delivers the State of the Industry address to a packed ballroom filled with comics and Hollywood industry types. He is infamous for his scathing attacks on the world of entertainment, including the previously taboo practice of making fun of his fellow comedians. Just as the comedy boom of the nineties was imploding, Andy wrote the “Hack’s Handbook” for National Lampoon — a satirized “how to” guide that exposed tired comedy formulas.

Andy can be seen in his second Comedy Central half-hour special and as a judge on the upcoming seventh season of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” He currently recurs on Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” and Fox’s upcoming animation, “Bob’s Burgers.” He was also recently a regular comedy litigator on Lewis Black’s “The Root of all Evil” on Comedy Central. Other noteworthy credits include the HBO’s “Young Comedians Special,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Daily Show,” “Dr. Katz Professional Therapist,” “Home Movies” and “The Larry Sanders Show.” Andy is also known for playing the life affirming character “Andy” on the CBS sitcom, “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

http://www.andykindler.com/
https://twitter.com/AndyKindler


RON FUNCHES is a very funny stand up comedian with a unique delivery and lovable demeanor, you just want to hug and squeeze him like a big stuffed bear. His easy going, inventive style sounds the way fresh chocolate chip cookies taste. Ron performs stand up all over the United States impressing audiences everywhere.

Most recently Ron was added to the upcoming NBC series Undateable, featured as LA Weekly’s Number One Comic to Watch in 2013, and ESQUIRE Magazine’s Best New Comedians List. He has performed live on TBS’s CONAN O’BRIEN SHOW, currently stars as “Roland” in Disney XD’s Crash & Bernstein, and is a writer for The Kroll Show on Comedy Central. Ron has also appeared on IFC’s PORTLANDIA. Ron resides in Southern California.

http://ronfunches.com/
https://twitter.com/ronfunches


DOLPH ZIGGLER is a professional wrestler from the United States of America where he is superstar on the roster of RAW, a brand under the World Wrestling Entertainment or the WWE. Born on the 27th of July, 1980 as Nicholas Theodore Nemeth, he had a previous stint with the WWE as Nicky in 2006, when he was a part of The Spirit Squad and before that, under his real name, as the caddie of Kerwin White or Chavo Guerrero when he used to appear as a golfer to the ring. Ziggler is currently the WWE United States Champion which he won on the 30th of March after defeating Kofi Kingston. Dolph Ziggler was signed by the WWE in 2004 but he was not given a chance to make the television appearance that he desired straightaway. Instead, the company decided to send him to the Ohio Valley Wrestling, which is a development project for young superstars that are signed by the company where they are trained and gain in-ring experience. He made his television debut on RAW in 2005 as the sidekick of White but this stint was to be short lived and he was sent back to the OVW once again.

On his return to the OVW, Ziggler joined The Spirit Squad that made its debut on RAW in the January of 2006 and they were even crowned as the World Tag Team Champions, after which they were sent back to the OVW once again in November of that year. After spending the interim period with the OVW, Ziggler moved to the Florida Championship Wrestling, which is another developmental program of the WWE and here, Dolph Ziggler formed a partnership with Brad Allen. This duo went on to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship, a title that Ziggler would win once again with Gavin Spears.

He made his long awaited return to the television episodes of the WWE in September 2008 but he was drafted to Smack Down in the supplemental draft of the WWE in April 2009. However, his current stint in the WWE has been a lot more successful for Ziggler, having won the World Heavyweight Championship, the WWE United States Championship as well as the WWE Intercontinental Championship once. Although he is not a spring chicken anymore, Dolph Ziggler is still young in terms of mileage in the WWE and he has to accomplish a lot more to rank among the greatest of wrestlers.

http://dolphziggler.com/
https://twitter.com/HEELZiggler


Originally from Annapolis, MD, BRANDIE POSEY moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy. Since arriving, she has performed in venues all over town from The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre to Buddhist Bowl-A-Thon’s; The Hollywood Improv to the rec room of a section 8 housing development in Compton. She has also hit the road in the last few years, making audiences laugh in Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Phoenix & the 2011 Brigetown Comedy Festival in Portland, OR.

Quickly making a name for herself in the comedy scene through jokes about Renn Faires, sharks and an affinity for Abe Lincoln, Brandie weaves complex stories and rants based on the quirky everyday moments she finds herself in – epic tales spring from the mundane. She has been compared to Patton Oswalt, Matt Braunger & Janeane Garofalo both in style and in eyewear.

In 2009 Brandie won G4′s Stand Up Contest to open for Doug Benson. She has been featured on E!’s That Morning Show doing stand up and was cast as Brody Jenner’s obnoxious cousin on MTV’s Bromance, harassing contestants who competed for a place in Brody’s entourage. She views this credit as proof that even her career is determined not to take itself seriously. She has also been published on The Apiary for her adventures camping out for tickets to the last Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and produces 3 shows in Los Angeles – Trick, The 4 & 20 and The Spot Cafe Comedy Open Mic.

If that wasn’t enough, Brandie Posey has also been preventing forest fires for 27 years and counting. You’re welcome.

http://brandieposey.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/Brandazzle


People are talking about CAITLIN GILL. Most of what they’re saying has to do with how funny she is.

Caitlin was a performer at the Outside Lands Festival in 2012, she has been in SF Sketchfest every year since 2007, performed in the Vancouver Global Comedy Fest, was host of the 2009 SF Women’s Comedy Competition and The Ladies Room Open Mic and Showcase. She is also a member of The Business, named the Best Cheap Night of Comedy in 2012 by SF Weekly. Her writing has been featured in a Believer Magazine project for 826LA. She has worked with some of the best talent in the industry, including Robin Williams, Bobcat Goldthwait, Hannibal Burress, Kyle Kinane, Marc Maron, W. Kamau Bell, Todd Barry, Doug Benson, Arj Barker, Tony Camin, Tig Notaro and too many other names to drop here. 7×7 Magazine featured her as one of the 7 Comics Rocking the Local Scene in July 2011. She was the Tourettes Without Regrets 2011 Slam Champion and a competitor at the 2011 National Poetry Slam.

Her comedy style twists her personal experiences into comedy confessions that will leave you red in the face, probably from laughter.

http://www.caitlingill.com/
https://twitter.com/ROBOTCAITLIN


ERIC DADOURIAN is a funny dude with a lack of bios available via google search.

https://twitter.com/EricDaDadourian

This Thursday:

NICO SANTOS
RON BABCOCK
EVER MAINARD
DAVID DINEEN-PORTER
SAM GRITTNER
SAL CALANNI

PLUS regulars
CHRIS GARCIA
SEAN O’CONNOR
CHRIS THAYER

Thursday, JUNE 6th, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA
http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA

Facebook invite here.

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NICO SANTOS was born and raised in the Philippines and now calls the US of A home. Though fresh off the boat, he has assimilated to American culture rather quickly by living in California by way of Portland, Oregon. He started doing stand-up in San Francisco. In just a short amount of time, Nico conquered the Bay Area comedy scene with his acute observations and quirky characters. He touches on his race, family and the queer dynamic among other things. Charming audiences all across the country with his sharp, sarcastic wit and outrageous sensibility, Nico has that rare ability to be crass and snarky while at the same time remaining completely likable. An absolute entertaining blend of silliness, sass and style. The SF Guardian has called him “perfectly inappropriate”, continually blurring the lines of what one might expect from him. He also made his television debut appearing on Showtime’s Pride Comedy Jam and has written for E! Network’s Fashion Police. Nico can also be seen as a current regular on the round table on Chelsea Lately. You can follow him on facebook and on twitter @nicosantoscomic.

https://www.facebook.com/nico.santos.108
https://twitter.com/nicosantoscomic


EVER MAINARD is a stand up, writer, improviser, all around funny gal.

Ever is one of Chicago’s top stand ups. Chicago Magazine credits her being one of the top 100 comics, Metromix/ Redeye says she’s one of the Top Seven Acts to Watch in 2012, and Gaper’s Block credited her to being one of The Most Influential Women in Chicago Comedy

Ever has appeared in the Just For Laughs Festival (2012) along side with Pete Holmes, Hannibal Bueress, and Jeff Garlin. Ever has also performed in the Bridgetown Comedy Festival (2012, Best of Bridgetown, Best of Chicago), Chicago Sketch Fest, Chicago Women’s Funny Festival (2012, Headliner) and more.

Her work has been seen on Jezebel.com, The Apiary, N.P.R., The Onion A.V. Club, and countless other websites.

http://evermainardlindseybonner.wordpress.com/
https://twitter.com/evermainard


Comedy’s RON BABCOCK has been on TV.

Not enough to be super famous, but enough to make people from his high school impressed. He’s been seen on Last Comic Standing, HBO’s The Life and Times of Tim, The Rotten Tomatoes Show, and a bunch of commercials.

He was also selected as a “New Face” for the 2012 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. In addition, he was a winner at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and has performed at San Francisco Sketchfest and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. He’s also a regular at the Hollywood Improv.

He runs the popular blog ConcoctedConversations.com and loves making videos.

http://www.ronbabcock.com/
https://twitter.com/ronbabcock


DAVID DINEEN-PORTER is a comedy writer and director from Toronto, Ontario. For over a decade he has delighted audiences with his peculiar humor and unique perspective on the world as a comedian and actor. He has performed regularly across North America, and has been “endorsed by” (read, they said he was funny on tape once) some of the brightest talents in comedy today, like Eugene Mirman and Reggie Watts. He has been mentioned obliquely by Vernon Chatman of PFFR, and his twitter has been blocked by Jerry Seinfeld.

His comedy writing has been featured in numerous magazines and periodicals, like McSweeney’s Quarterly and their Internet Tendency. His blog enjoys a large readership and has been featured in such trendsetting sites as Bored At Work.

In Toronto, he performs regularly, and is a part of the Laugh Sabbath group, a Toronto-based group of associated comedians. He can be spied on YTV’s youth prank show “Extreme babysitting” as many weirdos freaking out young and vulnerable teens.

http://www.daviddineenporter.com/
https://twitter.com/dineenporter


SAM GRITTNER is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Sam is frequently on Twitter and is a regular contributor to Witstream.com and @theFakeCNN. His writing has been featured on MSNBC, Mashable, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com

He also created @TonightonGIRLS, an absurdist homage to the HBO show ‘GIRLS’ (recommended by The Huffington Post and Lena Dunham)
Sam was featured on MANDTORY.com’s list of ‘THE TOP 100 TWEETS of 2012′

http://www.samgrittner.com/
https://twitter.com/SamGrittner


Long ago, on the enchanting Cleveland shores of sunny Lake Erie, SAL CALANNI contented himself as a bio-med lab assistant cleaning various sizes of rabbit and rat feces. One morning, he woke up feeling unfulfilled, so he decided to pack up his rusty, Chevy Cavalier hooptie, drive beyond the majestic farms of the Midwest, and head for California. He had no job in mind and no place to stay.

His journey ended in San Francisco. And although the picturesque views of the Bay paled in comparison to the waterways of Cleveland, he made it his new home and ended up finding solace in stand up comedy. Over the past few years, he has appeared all over the Bay Area working at the Punch Line Comedy Clubs, Cobb’s Comedy Club, the San Jose Improv and he was also the weekly host at the Sea Biscuit. He has worked with some great performers such as Dave Chappelle, Dave Attell, Paul Mooney, Charlie Murphy, Robert Schimmel, Bill Burr, Ralphie May, and many more.

http://www.salcalanni.com/
http://www.salcalanni.com/podcast.html
https://twitter.com/salcalanni

This Thursday:

JONAH RAY
HASAN MINHAJ
MARCELLA ARGUELLO
ZACH SHERWIN aka MC MR NAPKINS

PLUS regulars
CHRIS GARCIA
BETH STELLING
SEAN O’CONNOR

Thursday, May 30th, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA
http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA

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JONAH RAY is an exciting new voice in LA’s comedy world. Originally from Hawaii, Jonah moved to LA unsure of what his future would hold. First, he pursued opportunities in the indie music world, but soon discovered that his true passion lay in writing and performing comedy.

Jonah started as a writer’s assistant for the “The Andy Milonakis Show.” The job was a disaster, but he got notice for his creative contributions to the writing staff which led to him getting fired from his office post and immediately re-hired as a writer for season two.

After “Milonakis,” he wrote and performed for SHOWTIME’s sketch-comedy pilot “The Offensive Show.” Since then, Jonah has been making a name for himself on the hot alternative comedy scene of LA, becoming a frequent sketch and stand-up performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, as well as being a recurring sketch performer for several Comedy Central shows like “Crossballs,” “Last Laugh,” “Live at Gotham” and for “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Fans of Jonah’s include Bart Coleman of Comedy Central, and comedy geniuses like Laura Kightlinger and Sarah Silverman, who cast Jonah in the pilot for her Comedy Central series, “The Sarah Silverman Show.”

http://jonahray.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/jonahray


HASAN MINHAJ is a comedian and actor in Los Angeles. He is the current host of MTV’s Thursday night talk show ‘Failosophy’. His viral web series ‘The Truth with Hasan Minhaj’ has been featured in countless publications including the Huffington Post, LA Times, Gawker, Best Week Ever, Perez Hilton, and US Weekly. He was a series regular on MTV’s improv comedy show ‘Disaster Date’, played the role of ‘Seth’ on ABC Family’s ‘State of Georgia’, and has been a panelist on E!’s ‘Chelsea Lately’. He still feels uncomfortable writing biographies about himself in the third person.

http://www.hasanminhaj.com/
https://twitter.com/hasanminhaj


Too lazy to shoot hoops and too tall to model, MARCELLA ARGUELLO stands over 6 feet. Although she may be taller than most men, the only thing more intimidating than her height is her comedy. Marcella mixes a combination of genuine reason with a sexy suggestion of street. Deemed as “sexually and ethnically ambiguous” she appeals to everyone and is not afraid to tell you how she really feels about subjects concerning gender, relationships, family, work and whatever else is on her mind that day.

The recipient of the 2009 MAMA Award for Best Comedian, Marcella is a regular opener for Felipe Esparza and has opened for David Alan Grier, Norm MacDonald, J.B. Smoove, Bryan Callen, Aries Spears, Al Madrigal, Ian Edwards, Jamie Kaler, Sugar Sammy, Melanie Comarcho and has shared a stage with Mark Curry and Paul Mooney. She has worked at Cobbs Comedy Club, The Improv Comedy Clubs in San Jose, Ontario and Brea, and is a regular at The Punch Line Comedy Clubs in Sacramento and San Francisco. Comedian Sean Keane referred to her as the “finest export from Modesto since George Lucas.”

http://marcellacomedy.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/marcellacomedy


ZACH SHERWIN, aka MC MR. NAPKINS, is a comedian and a rapper.  After growing up in Ohio and Missouri, Napkins moved to Boston, where he attended Brandeis University and began performing comedy.   Now based in Los Angeles, he plays live shows all over the country and posts music videos at youtube.com/mcmrnapkins.  Napkins’s accomplishments include releasing “MC Mr. Napkins: The Album” (Comedy Central Records), appearing on E!, VH1, and CNN Headline News, writing for the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, performing in Montreal’s prestigious Just For Laughs Festival, and knowing that “Napkins’s” is the correct way to make “Napkins” possessive.

http://mrnapkins.com/
https://twitter.com/zachsherwin

This Thursday:

JEN KIRKMAN
JOSH COMERS
BROOKS WHELAN
SHAWN PEARLMAN

PLUS regulars
CHRIS GARCIA
BETH STELLING
SEAN O’CONNOR

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA
http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA

Facebook invite here.

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JEN KIRKMAN is a stand-up comedian as well as a writer.  She’s the author of  “I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales of a Happy Life Without Kids” which comes out in hardcover on April 16th, 2013 through Simon & Schuster.

Jen is a regular round table guest on Chelsea Lately. She also was one of the stars of the hit-spin-off ‘mockumentary’ show After Lately.

Jen’s latest stand-up album Hail to the Freaks (released March 2011) hit #13 on the Billboard Charts. Her debut album was 2006’s “Self Help.”

Jen is also well known for her role as the narrator in the cult-hit series “Drunk History” - from Funny or Die/HBO which won the jury prize at Sundance Film Festival.  

Jen has performed stand-up on Late Night with Craig Ferguson, Conan, John Oliver’s New York Stand-up Show on Comedy Central and more.  

Every month, Jen makes an appearance on Paul F. Tompkins’ podcast, The Pod F. Tompkast, which was hailed by Rolling Stone as “the best comedy podcast of the moment.”

Jen tours as a stand- up but is based in Los Angeles.

http://jenkirkman.com/
https://twitter.com/JenKirkman


JOSH COMERS is a comic and writer living in Los Angeles. He currently writes for Conan O’Brien and has written for some Comedy Central roasts.

http://joshcomers.com/
https://twitter.com/joshcomers


BROOKS WHELAN started his comedy career fresh out of high school in Iowa. During college, he performed throughout the Midwest and was a contributing writer for Collegehumor.com. After spending time performing in Chicago and studying at Second City, he moved to Los Angeles where he is quickly being noticed for his unique stand-up.
Brooks was recently reviewed in the London Timeswhich stated, “Wheelan is himself a name to watch, getting great reviews for his sharp and sometimes dark observations of American life.” Brooks is also a trained improviser currently working with theUpright Citizens Brigade Theater LA and a regular performer at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Club.

http://brookswheelan.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/brookswheelan


SHAWN PEARLMAN was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. He has performed on shows like Comedy Bang Bang, Largo (at the Coronet and its’ old location), the Meltdown Show, and the Hollywood Improv. He has also performed at the Bridgetown and New Orleans Comedy Festivals. He was a writer for “The 3 Minute Talk Show,” produced by L Studio and Tom Hanks’ company Playtone. His sketch group Uncle Mom has had videos featured on the front page of Funny or Die, Collegehumor, Huffington Post, and on YouTube Official. Two of their videos were shown on Tosh.0 as the Viewer Video of the Week.

http://shawnpearlman.com/
https://twitter.com/shawnpearlman

This Thursday:

JESSE POPP
MELISSA VILLASENOR
NATO GREEN
AARON WEAVER
TROY WALKER

PLUS regulars
SEAN O’CONNOR
BETH STELLING
CHRIS THAYER

Thursday, May 9th, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA
http://TheBusinessLA.tumblr.com/

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JESSE POPP was born in Garden City, MI. It was there in Michigan that
he started doing stand-up in 2000.

He moved to New York in 2006 and co-produced the weekly Beauty Bar
Comedy Show for five years.

Jesse recently taped a Comedy Central Half Hour special and has also
performed stand-up on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and TBS’ CONAN.
He currently lives in Los Angeles and is staff a writer for CONAN.

http://jessepopp.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/jessepopp


MELISSA VILLASENOR is a stand up comedian and voice impressionist. She grew up in Los Angeles and started stand up at 15 at Comedy Camp. She is a regular at the Comedy Store, the Improv comedy clubs, and the Comedy & Magic Club.

Villasenor did her first television appearance doing her Ellen DeGeneres and Sarah Silverman impressions onFrank TV on TBS. She was also in the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival as part of the New Facesshow in 2010. Recently, she played a part as Nora Ephron on Fox’s Family Guy as well as various voices on Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time.

http://www.melissavillasenor.com
https://twitter.com/melissavpees


NATO GREEN was summed up more or less accurately by The East Bay Express as, “erudite and acerbic, a San Francisco-raised father, union organizer, gastronome, bibliophile, and political sparkplug.” He performs on Wednesdays at the legendary alternative comedy show at the Dark Room Theatre,  The Business. His first comedy album, The Nato Green Party, through Rooftop Comedy. Nato has been named San Francisco’s Best Comedian by the SF Weekly, Huffington Post, and CBS.

Nato wrote for Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell on FX. Nato is the creator of Iron Comic, the Iron Chef-spoofing comedy game show he co-hosts with Moshe Kasher. Nato’s humor commentaries have appeared in Huffington Post, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, The Rumpus, and The Bold Italic. Nato toured nationally with W. Kamau Bell & Janine Brito as Laughter Against the Machine. Laughter Against the Machine filmed a tour documentary from the front lines of American controversy.

http://www.natogreen.com/
https://twitter.com/natogreen


AARON WEAVER started doing stand-up in Chicago in 2008, with a point-of-view so specific, so original, and so hilarious that the rest of the Chicago comedy scene quickly took notice. Aaron rapidly became one of Chicago’s most heralded stand-ups, due to his custom brand of absurd soulfulness, and his way of exploring all the smartest and stupidest thoughts that go through our heads. Aaron has performed regularly at every comedy club, showcase, and pancake house in Chicago, including the Laugh Factory, Zanies, and The Comedy Bar. He has also performed at the TBS Just For Laughs Festival (twice), as well as the Boston Comedy Festival, and has opened for many comedians you’ve probably heard of. Aaron’s positive stage persona is a breath of fresh air, particularly if you like breathing things that are super funny.

https://twitter.com/AaaaronWeaver


TROY WALKER, a Colorado native, began performing in Denver open mics a mere six years ago. In that time, he has become a ubiquitous performer in the Mile High City. Methodically scratching and clawing his way up from absolutely horrible dive bars to the best stages the city has to offer, all while never losing his charming awkwardness and incredible likeability.

He is a member of the prestigious regular rotation at Comedy Works, and won its annual summer contest twice. He has performed in The Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, The Great American Comedy Festival, The Laughing Skull Comedy Festival, The Telluride Comedy Festival, The Aspen Laff Festival,and The Bridgetown Comedy Festival, as well as numerous shows in the middle of nowhere.

https://twitter.com/TroyWalkeresq

This Thursday:

RON LYNCH
BARON VAUGHN
ELISHA YAFFE
TARA JEPSEN
WILL WELDON
SCOTT CHAPLAIN

PLUS regulars
CHRIS GARCIA
BETH STELLING
SEAN O’CONNOR
CHRIS THAYER

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA
http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA

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RON LYNCH is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He has appeared in a number of movies and television shows, has worked as a voice actor for several animated shows, including Home Movies and Tom Goes to the Mayor, and has made guest appearances on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, The Sarah Silverman Program, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, and Adventure Time.

https://twitter.com/ronlynch1


BARON VAUGHN plays Leonardo Prince, or “Leo“, on USA’s Fairly Legal, which is currently filming its second season and is due to wrap up in the spring. Baron also recently released his first album, Raised By Cable, produced by AST Records, is available at Amazon (mp3 and CD), and has debuted to a 5-star review on iTunes. Baron’s performed stand-up on Conan (below), Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and has made numerous appearances on Comedy Central, including Live at Gotham andThe Awkward Comedy Show (DVD and soundtrack available). He’s performed in the 2006 HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, The South Beach Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Vancouver Comedy Festival, All Points West, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, and Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. He has also appeared in many shows on VH1, MTV, FUSE as well as the films Black Dynamite, Cloverfield, and The Other Guys.

http://baronvaughn.com/
https://twitter.com/barvonblaq


ELISHA YAFFE has performed stand up at clubs and colleges across the country. The Boston Herald called him “endearingly silly”. The Boston Globe called him “a rising comedic star”. The Denver Post said that he and THE SECRET CIRCUS redefine “what it means to see live comedy, breathing energy into an art form that sorely needs it”. In 2009, Heeb Magazine named him to their Heeb 100.

http://www.elishayaffe.com/
https://twitter.com/elishayaffe


TARA JEPSEN is a writer and performer from San Francisco, California. Among her many performances, she has featured at the Porchlight storytelling series, the RADAR reading series at the downtown San Francisco public library, and at Litquake. She recently was chosen, with Beth Lisick, as one of five winners for the San Francisco MoMA’s “I Want You” collaboration with Tony Labat. She has short stories published in the anthologies Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache (Alyson Books) and It’s So You (ed. Michelle Tea, Seal Press, 2007). She toured extensively with seminal all-female cabaret Sister Spit’s Rambling Road Show in October and November of 2007, as well as summer 1997, fall 1998, and summer 1999. Her most recent short film, Diving for Pearls (co-written, directed and acted with Beth Lisick), won the “Most Innovative Short” award at the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (2004) and was selected for the “Best of Newfest” screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She co-curates and co-hosts San Francisco’s longest running queer open mic, K’vetsh (awarded “Best Open Mic” by the SF Bay Guardian and SF Weekly), with Kirk Read. She recently completed a sold-out first run of her live stage show, written and performed with Beth Lisick, entitled Getting in on the Ground Floor and Staying There. Beth and Tara will take their show to Las Vegas in December 2008, and to New York City’s Dixon Place in February, 2009.

http://www.tarajepsen.com/
https://twitter.com/captaindingbat


WILL WELDON is a comedian who currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. He has performed at the comedy festivals Bridgetown, Riot LA, and Just for Laughs, and has been written about in a number of comedy publications only read by those who are hoping their name appears in a comedy publication. He’s pretty funny.

http://willweldon.com/
https://twitter.com/oldmanweldon


SCOTT CHAPLAIN has been working the New York comedy scene for the past few years and is a rising star. He has performed at venues such as Caroline’s on Broadway, The Creek and Cave and is a regular at Upright Citizens Brigade as well as other NYC clubs. Scott has featured at the New Jersey Comedy Festival and 99 Comics for the 99%

https://twitter.com/SctChapln

This Thursday:

EDDIE PEPITONE
JOE MANDE
HAMPTON YOUNT
RANDY LIEDTKE
ADAM CAYTON-HOLLAND
DREW MICHAEL

PLUS Business regular
CHRIS THAYER

Thursday, April 25th, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA
http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA

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They call him the Bitter Buddha. Comedian EDDIE PEPITONE is a master of the dark art of comedy. Hailed as a modern day cross between Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles and
Eckart Tolle.

Eddie is a force of nature on stage, switching between social rage and self-doubt. His shows are an energetic combo of calm and chaos, blue-collar angst and sardonic enlightenment. Few comedians working today channel the power of the rant better than Eddie Pepitone.

In addition to his regular stand-up shows, Eddie is stand-out comic/character actor. Beginning in New York City’s improv/sketch scene (where he quickly became a regular face), and continuing on to recurring roles on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Eddie has also appeared on numerous comedy TV shows, including The Life and Times of Tim, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Sarah Silverman Program, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Comic Standing, and Chappelle’s Show. Fans also might recognize Pepitone from his role in the hit comedy Old School or from his multiple award-winning short, Runyon: Just Above Sunset.

Eddie is also an accomplished dramatic actor, having appeared on Law and Order: Criminal Intent, The Beat, and Now and Again.

After a nationwide tour with the acclaimed Chicago City Limits improv company Eddie settled down in Los Angeles, where he still performs today. Not one to be sedate, however, Eddie still tours the country regularly, having performed at some of the biggest venues in the comedy scene including The Improv, Caroline’s on Broadway, Largo at the Coronet, and both the LA and NY Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters.

Nowadays Eddie can frequently be found on his must-follow Twitter, co-hosting the popular comedy podcast The Long Shot (now in its fourth season), and writing/appearing in the hit web series: Puddin’.

Eddie has released his FIRST Live Comedy Album! Recorded at Gotham Comedy Club earlier this year, A Great Stillness has been highly anticipated since its announcement. The Huffington Post even went so far as to say, “…we highly recommend it as a stocking stuffer for everyone you know who thinks they know comedy.” You can buy A Great Stillness on iTunes or Amazon MP3 right now!

http://eddiepepitone.com/
https://twitter.com/eddiepepitone


JOE MANDE is a comedian and writer. He’s been seen on Conan, Comedy Central, and VH1 Best Week Ever. He’s also a writer for Parks and Recreation, Delocated, and the upcoming Kroll Show.

http://joemande.com/
http://twitter.com/joemande


HAMPTON YOUNT is a comedian and writer. He was born in Virginia, started comedy in DC, aged four years, and now lives in Los Angeles. He won the DC Improv Comedy Competition in 2008 and other lesser important comedy contests in VA. He soon made a name for himself as the premiere contest winner and cheater of DC. He’s been invited to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival three times now and picked out of 600 hundred comics to compete in the Laughing Skull Festival where He was a semi-finalist. He’s written for Upload With Shaquille O’Neal on TruTV, Fantasy Factory on MTV, Loiter Squad on Adult Swim, and is currently a writer for his second season of Ridiculousness on MTV. He’s appeared on the G4 Network, will be appearing on Adult Swim. He’s also performed stand up to millions of listeners on the Bob and Tom Radio Show, The Nerdist Podcast young comics special, and XM Comedy Radio. Esquire Magazine recently named him one of the comics to watch in 2012.

http://hamptonyount.com/
http://twitter.com/hamptonyount


RANDY LIEDTKE is a stand up comic/cook at a gay bar/tall red head living in Los Angeles, originally from the beautiful state of Oregon.

http://randyliedtke.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/randyliedtke


Despite being born into a white, upper-middle class family, ADAM CAYTON-HOLLAND has been able to overcome the numerous non-existent hurdles that have faced him to become by far the funniest comedian on his block. He is a national touring headliner and plays clubs and colleges all over the country. He was recently named one of 25 “Comics to Watch” by Esquire Magazine and made his late-night television debut on Conan. He has appeared on ABC’s “Happy Endings” and was featured on the Nerdist podcast. Cayton-Holland has also appeared in the Montreal Just For Laughs, SXSW, Bridgetown Comedy and Rooftop Comedy festivals and his monthly show and web-series The Grawlix is a critically lauded darling child you should know and love. He lives with a purebred Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Annabel Lee and people have described him as “genial” and “with pretty decent teeth.”

http://adamisfreakingoutrightnow.com/
https://twitter.com/caytonholland


DREW MICHAEL is a Chicago comedian who focuses on life from a dark, cerebral point of view. His rumination on God, religion, Hitler, government, relationships, ex girlfriends, bestiality, pedophilia, life and death has – in addition to making people violently angry – prompted TimeOut Chicago to call him, ”Smart, funny and unabashedly crass.”

Drew is a founding member of the comedy collective, Comedians You Should Know, whose weekly showcase is the best independent stand-up show in the city. The Onion AV Club echoed that sentiment: ”The genuine quality of talent on display is unrivaled in Chicago.” The group also released a self-titled album last year that debuted at #1 on the iTunes comedy charts. This year, Drew had the privilege of performing in the Bridgetown Comedy Festival.

Already a staple on the Chicago scene, Drew is one of the hardest working, most unapologetically convicted comedians in the country. See him now, while you still can, before he is viciously murdered by an ex-girlfriend, an unruly audience member, or himself.

http://drewmichaelcomedy.com/
https://twitter.com/drewmcomedy

This Thursday:

HARRIS WITTELS
ALI WONG
KEVIN CAMIA
LUCAS NEFF
BRENDAN MCGOWAN

PLUS regulars
CHRIS GARCIA
SEAN O’CONNOR
BETH STELLING
CHRIS THAYER

Thursday, April 18th, 2013
@ Lyric-Hyperion Theatre & Cafe
2106 Hyperion Ave. (at Lyric)
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Doors at 8PM/Show at 8:30 SHARP
$5

http://twitter.com/TheBusinessLA
http://facebook.com/TheBusinessLA

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HARRIS WITTELS is an actor, comedian, writer, and musician. He is best known as a writer for The Sarah Silverman Program, Parks and Recreation, a recurring guest on Comedy Bang Bang, and the creator of the @Humblebrag twitter account.

http://www.harriswittels.com/
https://twitter.com/Humblebrag
https://twitter.com/twittels


ALI WONG is a stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles, CA. After SF Weekly selected her as “The Best Comedian of 2009″ and the SF Bay Guardian awarded her “Best of the Bay,” she decided that it was finally time to depart her hometown. In 2010, Comedy Central listed Ali Wong as one of 7 “Comic’s to Watch.” In 2011 year, Variety Magazine named her as one of the “10 Comics to Watch” , and Ali appeared in the 2011 and 2012 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, QC. Since then, Ali has performed on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, appeared in Oliver Stone’s “Savages” and was a series regular on NBC’s “Are You There Chelsea”.  In 2012, she hosted the Golden Globes live coverage on E! and you can catch her on the newest season of HBO’s “The Newsroom”, and the reboot of VH1′s “Best Week Ever”.

http://www.aliwong.com/
https://twitter.com/aliwong3000

KEVIN CAMIA is a stand up comic from San Francisco who recently relocated to Los Angeles. He has been on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, voted best up and coming comic at the Rooftop Aspen Comedy Festival, had his CD was voted top 10 comedy albums of 2010 on iTunes and won the Dan Crawford Scholarship 2011 at the San Francisco Punch line.  In 2013 he was selected as a Comic’s Comic on Esquire.com.

http://www.kevincamia.com/
https://twitter.com/kevincamia


LUCAS NEFF is a comic and actor best known for his role as James “Jimmy” Chance on FOX’s “Raising Hope”. His acting career began as an accident when his application at the University of Illinois was misprocessed and the school assigned him to the performing arts department by mistake. After graduating from college, he went on to study at the School at Steppenwolf.

https://twitter.com/RealLucasNeff


BRENDAN MCGOWAN was raised on the north side of Chicago where he began performing stand up comedy in 2005. Brendan is a recent transplant to Los Angeles and enjoys telling stories, mostly about the horrible jobs he has to work while trying to make it as a stand up comedian. Brendan has been a feature performer at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and the Just for Laughs festival in Chicago.

https://twitter.com/BMcGComedy