One day in 2015, Chad Prather sat at the steering wheel of his pickup truck mulling over a bad experience at Target. We all know how it is. A simple errand derails in a cascade of rudeness and incompetence. Had it been me, I would have driven home on autopilot, blowing through red lights while […]

This Wednesday, December 6, Los Angeles comedian Aaron Weaver returns to his comedy hometown to record his debut album in front of a live audience. Like many comedians around the country, he’s chosen “Comedians You Should Know” as his venue. CYSK is known for its intimate atmosphere and smart comedians. You can always count on […]

When Ernie Kovacs got up in the morning, he did it like nobody else. Ernie Kovacs never did anything like anyone else. His widow, the singer, actor and comedian Edie Adams, had clear memories of mornings with her husband. She told Kovacs estate archivist Ben Model that Ernie “woke up on a manic high and […]

My holiday preparations are all done. At least, the important preparations! But don’t be hating! You can do it, too. Here’s how: go see Shawn Wayans at the Improv the weekend after Thanksgiving. After a conversation with Shawn last week, I felt spiritually and mentally ready for the big weeks ahead. For one, he has […]

On his first night pursuing the dream, Lue Deck found himself sleeping under the hedges in a church yard in Burbank, California. The next day, comedian Ollie Joe Prater would offer Lue a job as the doorman at Los Angeles’ world-famous Comedy Store and and it would transform his life forever. Doorman at the Comedy […]

Jen Brea’s multi-award winning film Unrest is impacting millions of people around the world. Remarkably, she wrote and directed the movie while she was bedridden and severely disabled. Unrest’s story is Jen’s personal story and the story of millions, myself included, who have myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.), formerly known by the catastrophically inaccurate name “chronic fatigue […]