We’ll call Wednesday nights in L.A. “Double Header Comedy Night” from now on.

I hit Tom Arnold’s show at the Laugh Factory at 8pm and then cruised over to the Improv for Comedy Juice at 10pm. It was a stellar night of comedy led by newcomer Hannibal Buress. He performed at both places last night and just killed it both times. I put his Fallon set in the video bar so you can get sense of how funny this dude is. Comedy Nerds will tell you, we get this weird Spidey Sense-like tingle when we see someone who has the goods. And this guy has it.

It was also fun watching Tom Arnold perform at his regular show at the Laugh Factory and then tighten it all up for a killer 15 minutes at the Improv. The guy just knows how to entertain. It’s fun.

Chris Hardwick is quickly becoming one of my favorite comedians. He did a set last night at the Laugh Factory. If you have G4, he hosts Web Soup. The guy is a web leader as far as comedians are concerned, so I dig that. But he’s just flat out funny.

Pete Holmes hosted Comedy Juice and was stellar once again. It’s a bummer that both he and Hannibal perform in NYC. I need to get to NYC for a comedy trip. There’s basically two things I need to do before I die (well, there are more than two, but these are important). I want to take the entire month of March off and travel the country to watch college basketball. Culminating the trip at the Final Four. And I want to go to NYC for a week and just watch comedy shows all over the city. That would awesome.

Comedy Juice was recording a compilation CD last night, so stay tuned for more info on that.

Neil Campbell is the Artistic Director at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. I spoke with him a few weeks ago about what his duties are all about and how he decides which shows get to go up and which shows don’t. After visiting UCB last night for another stellar Ronna and Beverly show, I thought I would put up Neil’s interview instead of doing the same old review of the show. Because what can you say about Ronna and Beverly except that they are unreal. Hope you enjoy.

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P.S. I am having some issues with the iTunes feed. Feel free to download the episode directly from the link above in the mean time to listen on your iPod or other MP3 player.

The Improv gave their homepage a much needed face lift. It’s not as clunky as it had been previously and the sections of the homepage are much more clearly defined. I like the featured videos and comedian blog posts.

I still don’t feel the Improv has jumped into Web 2.0 fully yet. They should have their own blog, the shows should be available via RSS, they should have links to their Myspace, Twitter, and Facebook pages available, and we should be able to comment on the site as well. Also, the calender function is still less than ideal. Why can’t we easily share these shows with others?

UCBTheater and UCBComedy are well done sites, but aren’t 100% there yet either.

Website development is a constant process though (believe me, I know). So hopefully we’ll be seeing more updates on the Improv site soon. Stay tuned for a face lift around here as well.

Reading Live Comedy L.A. will give a good idea of who the top up and coming stand-up comedians are in Los Angeles.  Improv and sketch are a different story though because I have not gone to as many shows.  I’m trying to change that in ’09.  Hoping that all forms of comedy and all comedic performers get equal time here at LCLA.

For the second time this year, I saw improv/sketch duo Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin perform as Ronna and Beverly at UCB LA this past Thursday night.  It’s clear that I am behind on this train of success because Jenji Kohan (who was in the audience), creator of Weeds, is already writing a series for them for Showtime.

Clearly Hollywood knows about these two and so do many others (the show was absolutely packed…and at $5 why shouldn’t it be)…but if you don’t, you need to see them.  Their characters are so developed and so convincing…that you think they are actually two middle-aged Jewish women from Boston.  They have blurred the line between acting and reality right infront of you.  It looks effortless.

Thursday’s show featured guests Ed Helms and Mindy Kaling from The Office.  Both were great sports as Ronna and Beverly poked at them about dating and relationships.

Writing about how good they are does not do these two justice.  So keep an eye out for their shows at UCB and definitely check out their videos at UCBComedy.com.

Show Count: 4.  Total Ticket Cost: $13.  Total Min. Drink Cost: $12

The GREAT Dave Attell is in L.A. this week. Normally a New York guy…Attell gets out to L.A. a few times a year to do stand-up comedy in the our clubs. You can catch him:

Tuesday – “Life of the Party with Jay Davis” at 10pm at the Laugh Factory

Wednesday – “Comedy Juice” at 10pm at the Hollywood Improv

Thursday – 10pm at Hollywood Improv

Friday – 8pm at Hollywood Improv

Saturday – 10pm at Hollywood Improv

That means he MAY be at the Laugh Factory at 8pm on Saturday…but I will have to check on that. If you have never seen Attell…he is arguably the best club comedian in the country. Meaning…if you are going to experience live comedy at a club…and you have one comedian to go watch…it’s Dave Attell. Two of my favorite comedians…Artie Lange and Greg Fitzsimmons both said the same thing last year on the Howard Stern Show…and I have to agree. He’s the man. Make the calls…book the tickets…and go see Attell this weekend.