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Wed Jan 22 2025
7:30 PM (Doors 7:00 PM)
See Tickets link for prices
Ages 21+
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Comedy Crush to Benefit LAFD ft. Kumail Nanjianni, Patton Oswalt, Fortune Feimster, Jason Mewes, Justine Marino, Avery Pearson & more TBA!
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Kumail Nanjiani is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated writer and critically acclaimed actor and comedian.
Nanjiani recently earned an Emmy nomination for his compelling portrayal of Chippendales Founder in Hulu’s limited series, Welcome to Chippendales, which he also served as an executive producer on.
Most recently, Nanjiani can be seen in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire alongside returning cast-members Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon, which hit theaters on March 22, 2024. On the animation side, Nanjiani lent his voice to Migration, a Universal Pictures adventure-comedy that is now available on VOD. Additionally, Kumail can be seen regularly doing stand-up shows around some of LA’s greatest comedy theaters, and he will participate in this year’s Netflix is a Joke Festival.
Upcoming, Nanjiani will be seen in th e new James L. Brooks film, Ella McCay, alongside all-star cast that Includes Emma Mackey, Woody Harrelson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Albert Brooks. He will also have a recurring role in the 4sth season of hit Hulu series Only Murders in the Building.
Additional past works of Nanjiani include the Disney+ Star Wars prequel Obi-Wan, Marvel film The Eternals, and The Big Sick, which Kumail and his wife Emily V. Gordon received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He and his wife Emily also served as executive producers on the Apple TV+ series Little America.
Nanjiani rose to fame when he starred as ‘Dinesh’ in the Emmy Award- winning HBO comedy series Silicon Valley. Additional television credits include Bless the Harts, The Twilight Zone, The Meltdown, Portlandia, Franklin & Bash, The X-Files and Community.
Additional film credits include The Lovebirds, Stuber, Men In Black: International, Fist Fight, Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Five-Year Engagement, Central Intelligence, and The Lego Ninjago Movie.
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Patton Oswalt is an award-winning actor, writer, and comedian. From his comedy specials to more than 200 film and television roles, Oswalt chooses work that inspires him and entertains audiences.
He recently co-created M.O.D.O.K., a Marvel stop-motion animated adult comedy series for Hulu, as well as voices the titular character and co-starred on the NBC Universal comedy A.P. Bio.
In 2020, Oswalt’s Emmy nominated Netflix special I Love Everything was widely applauded upon release, and he received a Grammy nomination for his comedy album of the same name. In 2017, he received Grammy and Emmy nominations for his album and Netflix special Annihilation, which addresses his own devastating loss and dealing with the unexplainable, while making it all painfully funny. In 2016, he won the Emmy for 'Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special’ for his sixth comedy special Talking for Clapping and a Grammy Award in 2017 for his comedy album. He has been nominated for a total of six Grammys and four Emmys. Oswalt has shot eight TV specials and released seven critically acclaimed albums -- in 2009, Patton received his first Grammy nomination for his album My Weakness Is Strong.
Oswalt was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for his performance in Jason Reitman’s film Young Adult, starring opposite Charlize Theron. In 2009, he also received critical acclaim for his performance in Robert Siegel’s Big Fan; the film was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and Oswalt earned a Gotham Award nomination for his performance.
Oswalt has appeared in many films, including The Circle, alongside Tom Hanks, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Zoolander, both directed by Ben Stiller, Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant with Matt Damon, and alongside Seth Rogen in Jody Hill’s Observe and Report, as well as Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia and Todd Phillips’ Starsky and Hutch.
His voice credits include ‘Max’ in The Secret Life of Pets 2, ‘Remy’ the rat, in Brad Bird’s Oscar-winning Ratatouille, Sorry To Bother You, SYFY series “Happy!,” “Rick and Morty,” “Archer,” and “BoJack Horseman’ to name a few. He is also the narrator on ABC’s hit comedy “The Goldbergs.”
Oswalt’s TV credits include a starring role on Adult Swim’s “The Heart, She Holler,” Showtime’s “United States of Tara” and the Netflix revival of “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” He’s had many guest roles on “Parks and Recreation,” for which he received a TV Critics Choice Award, “Veep,”
“Lady Dynamite,” “Justified,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Seinfeld,” (his TV acting debut), and many more. He is also very well known for playing ‘Spence’ on “The King of Queens” for nine seasons.
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You can catch stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, Fortune Feimster, on the radio, on screens both big and small, and touring her stand-up across the nation. Her newest one-hour special, GOOD FORTUNE, will be streaming on Netflix starting on October 25th. It’s a stunning follow up to her first special, SWEET & SALTY, which was nominated for Best Comedy Special for the Critics’ Choice Awards. Prior to her one-hour special, Netflix released Feimster’s half-hour special in 2018 as part of THE STANDUPS, which received rave reviews. She has done late night TV sets on CONAN and LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS and has another acclaimed half hour special on Comedy Central.
Beginning her career in Los Angeles as a member of the prestigious Groundlings Sunday Company, Fortune Feimster first became known nationally as a writer and panelist on E's hit show CHELSEA LATELY before starring as a series regular on Hulu’s THE MINDY PROJECT and NBC’s CHAMPIONS. She has gone on to have many guest appearances and recurring roles on TV shows including RU PAUL’S DRAG RACE, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, DRUNK HISTORY, CLAWS, 2 BROKE GIRLS, WORKAHOLICS, GLEE, IDIOTSITTER, TALES OF THE CITY, THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, LIFE IN PIECES and @MIDNIGHT. On the film side, you can catch Fortune in OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY, SOCIAL ANIMALS, FATHER OF THE YEAR, and YES DAY. You may recognize her voice from TV, in roles including Evelyn on THE SIMPSONS, Brenda on Fox’s BLESS THE HARTS, and Ava on Cartoon Network’s SUMMER CAMP.
Fortune can currently be heard every morning with Tom Papa on Sirius XM's channel 93 on their show, WHAT A JOKE WITH PAPA AND FORTUNE. She also hosts a weekly podcast with her partner, Jax, called SINCERELY FORTUNE. Feimster frequently recurred on LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE on Comedy Central and is currently starring opposite David Spade on the new Netflix series, THE NETFLIX AFTERPARTY. You can catch her playing Pam on NBC’s KENAN or Pinky in the recently released BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR. Along with co-writing and selling two comedy pilots to ABC, the latter of which is produced by Tina Fey, Fortune co-wrote and is attached to star in two features, BAD COP BAD COP and FIELD TRIP, both of which were acquired by Spielberg’s Amblin Pictures.
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Cinema icon Jason Mewes is best known as the potty-mouthed vocal half of Jay and Silent Bob, the on- screen comedic duo who first appeared in Kevin Smith’s seminal 1994 indie film Clerks. Mewes would reprise the character five more times on the big screen from 1995 to 2006, becoming a sort of James Bond of mid-90’s low budget film—a fast talking, foul-mouthed, over-sexed but ultimately harmless and likable guy. Bugs Bunny with a boner.
But it’s in the insanely popular award-winning podcast Jay & Silent Bob Get Old where Mewes truly shines. For nearly seven years, in what’s been described as “Lake Wobegon days with anal jokes”, Jason has told the story of his tumultuous life on stage every week. -
Justine Marino is a comedian, actor, writer and producer who realized her love for comedy at The Groundlings School shortly after moving to Los Angeles. She started doing stand-up while working as a tour guide at Universal Studios, and soon began opening for Jon Lovitz, Bo Burnham, and Joel McHale. Justine quickly caught the eye of Jenny McCarthy, and was cast in the special Jenny McCarthy's Dirty, Sexy, Funny, which streamed on Netflix.
In 2014 Justine was selected as a New Face of Comedy at Montreal’s prestigious Just For Laughs Festival and has been seen on NBC, Comedy Central, and MTV. Most recently, Justine hosted and executive produced The Funny Dance Show for E!, which is based on the successful live show she created at The World Famous Comedy Store. The Funny Dance Show will premiere later this year on E! -
Avery Pearson is from Toronto, Canada, and is the go-to guy for comedy music in LA. He is the creator and host of ‘The 88 Show with Avery Pearson’ a soldout monthly musical comedy variety show staple at The Hollywood Improv (Netflix Is A Joke Festival, New York Comedy Festival). His music was featured on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE for the ‘ANGELO’ Sketch featuring Aristotle Athari, Cecily Strong, Daniel Craig and Rami Malek. He recently wrote the opening numbers for ESPYs 2022 (Live on ABC) featuring Stephen Curry and Jay Pharaoh, and the NFL HONORS 2022 (Live on ABC/ESPN+) where he served as Music Director for the House Band - hosted by Keegan-Michael Key. He also recently appeared on The Hall (Netflix), and ‘Bill Burr’s Friends Who Kill’ (Netflix).
Avery created comedy music for the ILIZA SHLESINGER SKETCH SHOW (Netflix), YEAR IN REVIEW with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson (Peacock), and can be seen in HISTORICAL ROASTS WITH JEFF ROSS (Netflix) as the Musical Director - where he wrote all of the incredible music for the show. His music video 'I'm Not Equipped To Be A Father', with Tiffany Haddish & Chris Redd, was front-paged by Funny Or Die where he created several branded music videos (JACK LINKS, CHRYSLER). Avery co-wrote and co-directed the song and music video 'Christmas Magic' featuring 60 all-star comics (Howie Mandel, Adam Devine, Sasheer Zamata, Nick Swardson, Richard Lewis and more) to benefit COMEDY GIVES BACK. He has appeared in ‘Masters of Sex’ (Showtime), 'Suits' (USA), ‘LA Complex’ (CW).
Comedy Crush to Benefit LAFD ft. Kumail Nanjianni, Patton Oswalt, Fortune Feimster, Jason Mewes, Justine Marino, Avery Pearson & more TBA!
See Tickets link for prices Ages 21+
DO NOT PURCHASE TICKETS FROM ANYONE OR ANY OTHER SITE OTHER THAN IMPROV.COM
TICKET RESALE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
TICKETS SUSPECTED OF BEING PURCHASED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RESELLING MAY BE CANCELLED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HOLLYWOOD IMPROV.
EVENT INFO:
There is a two-item minimum purchase requirement in the showroom for all guests.
Seating is general admission, first-come, first-served, with the exception of groups and premium booths.
No cell phone use, photography or video recording is permitted during performances.
All sales are final.
MISCELLANOUS:
For group sales info, e-mail our Events Manager to learn about special menu options and reserved seating.
Additional questions may be addressed in our Frequently Asked Questions.
For further assistance, contact Hollywood Improv.
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