The Secret Show at the Blind Barber is back on May 29th! This show has been awesome and so fun to co-produce. We’ve done three shows so far, and each one has filled to capacity! We’ve had to turn away people at the door which kind of makes me feel like a dick and kind of makes me feel really giddy and happy. Make sure to email barbersecretshow@gmail.com to get on the list for the next show! If you are on the list you won’t get turned away at the door.

Our May 29th show will feature the comedy stylings of:

The next Secret Show at The Blind Barber is on Wednesday, March 27th! It’s a hilarious night of guffaws and foofaraw at The Blind Barber in Culver City!

The Blind Barber is a secret speakeasy bar in the back of an old-timey barbershop. You have to literally walk through an old barbershop through an unmarked door that opens into the bar. It’s one of the most fun places I’ve ever been to drink, so we decided to produce a monthly comedy show there.

The show is FREE, but you have to be on the guest list to get in. You won’t make it past the barber shop if you don’t get on the list. Email barbersecretshow@gmail.com to get on the list! Address is 10797 Washington Blvd, Culver City

Featuring the comedy stylings of:

Matt Braunger - NBCs Up All Night, Half Hour Comedy Central Special, Letterman

Jackie Kashian - Half Hour Comedy Central Special, Last Comic Standing

Zach Sherwin - VH1, Montreal Just for Laughs Festival

Ron Lynch - Dr. Katz, The Sarah Silverman Program

Plus the Blind Barber crew - Andy Peters, Grant Lyon, Dave Waite, and Nick Anthony.

Bring your dapper selves out to our night of tomfoolery.

I’m putting together a night of short films made by professional comedians in San Francisco and we’re calling the event Say Hello To My Little Funny! I’m really excited as it will be the first time we’re screening my film Interview Date in San Francisco. The films included have played at Sundance, South By Southwest, Raindance, and over 70 other festivals between them. Here’s the info:

Landmark Opera Plaza Cinemas

Thursday, April 11th, 7:30 p.m.

601 Van Ness Ave

San Francisco, CA 94102

Tickets: http://goo.gl/zyR1B

Many of the filmmakers will be there for the screening to answer questions and sign things. Here’s some more info about all the films you’ll see that night!

Thugs, the Musical - A mockumentary short film about a struggling, delusional and very ‘non-urban’ black actor, Michael Gardner, his doomed musical production, and the misfit group of actors he’s assembled as his cast. Thugs, The Musical features performances by David Alan Grier (‘Chocolate News,’ ‘In Living Color’), Margaret Cho (‘Drop Dead Diva’), Rachel True (‘Half & Half,’ ‘The Craft’), Baron Vaughn (‘Fairly Legal’) and Prodigal Sunn from the Wu Tang Clan. Thugs has played at over 10 film festivals, winning awards like Best Comedy at the Montgomery Film Festival and Audience Favorite at the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival. The film was written and stars San Francisco comedian Kevin Avery, formerly of Siskel & Negro fame and now a writer for the TV show Totally Biased on FX.

Successful Alcoholics - A co-dependent couple drowning in booze and yet still clinging to well-paying jobs. It premiered at Sundance and played at over 30 other film festivals including South by Southwest. It stars Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls, Party Down, New Girl) and T.J. Miller (She’s Out of My League, Unstoppable, Cloverfield). T.J. Miller, who continues to do stand-up around the country despite a successful movie career, wrote the film.

Interview Date - A classic case of mistaken identity where a blind date gets mixed with a job interview, leaving everyone at the right place at the right time with the wrong person. The film has played at over 20 film festivals around the country and was eligible for an Academy Award after being nominated for Best International Short Film at the prestigious Raindance Film Festival in London. The film was written, produced, and directed by Mike Lemcke and Grant Lyon, two local favorite comedians.

Lucifer’s Crewcut - The rise and demise of a death-metal barbershop quartet. The film, from the minds of comedians Sal Calanni and Robert Selander, is currently on the film festival circuit. It stars such comedy legends as Maria Bamford, Arj Barker, Robert Hawkins; music legends like Jello Biafra and G.W.A.R.; and was produced by San Francisco company Purebred Productions.

John’s Wrath – When the famous film composer, John Williams, becomes an Internet sensation for the wrong reason, he takes drastic measures to compose himself. The writer/star of the film, Sammy Wegent, is the creator of the successful web series Everybody’s A Comedian.

I’m co-producing a night of guffaws and foofaraw at The Blind Barber in Culver City! It’s a comedy variety show called The Secret Show and it’s going to be the cat’s pajamas, the bee’s knees, prettier than a speckled pup in a red wheelbarrow. 

The Blind Barber is a secret speakeasy bar in the back of an old-timey barbershop. You have to literally walk through an old barbershop through an unmarked door that opens into the bar. It’s one of the most fun places I’ve ever been to drink, so we decided to start of show there.

The show is FREE, but you have to be on the guest list to get in. You won’t make it past the barber shop if you don’t get on the list. Email grant@grantlyon.com to get on the list! Address is 10797 Washington Blvd, Culver City

Featuring the comedy stylings of:

Rory Scovel - Comedy Central Half-Hour Special, Own sitcom coming to ABC

Michael Palasack - Comedy Central Half-Hour Special, Letterman, Leno

Melissa Villasenor - Finalist on America’s Got Talent

The Walsh Brothers - The Walsh Brothers show at UCB

Dave Waite - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Comedy Central

Nicholas Anthony - Last Comic Standing, Winner of Las Vegas Comedy Festival

We’ll also have jazz and old-timey sketches from your hosts Andy Peters and Grant Lyon

Bring your dapper selves out to our night of tomfoolery.

I’m doing a couple of great showcases next week and I’d like to invite the entire Internet! On Tuesday, February 12th, I will be at the Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica showcasing for Comedy Central’s new show “Freshman Faces.” Tickets available at http://westsidecomedy.com/index.cfm

Then later that very same night, I will be showcasing for the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank. That show starts at 9:30 and tickets are free!

That’s right Internet, set your porn aside and come enjoy some good comedy.

Stand Up Sit Down Episode 6 with Nick Anthony from Last Comic Standing!

I have a new show on Machinima called Stand Up Sit Down that I make with fellow comedian Andy Peters and Machinima’s Respawn Channel. If you’ve seen an episode, you know that I am terrible at playing video games and Andy Peters is not much better. Some people have asked me, “Why are you making a show about video games when you’re not good at video games?” Well here’s the answer - when I was in high school and college, lots of my friends were great a playing video games. Anytime I would play them I would get crushed and embarrassed. My hand-eye coordination was awful and any post-Super Nintendo game controller was waaaay too complicated for me. I refused to play against my friends because I’m a little punk, and instead, I would sit and watch them all the time and just comment on their game play. I got used to making fun of my friends and the video games. 10 years later, the idea for Stand Up Sit Down was born - we’ll get comedians together and make fun of each other playing the game. So yes, I am bad at playing video games, but I’m not bad at watching and commenting on video games.

New Episode of Stand Up Sit Down with Andy Haynes from Conan and Fallon

This is Episode 3 of my new show on Machinima. Rory Scovel, who has a half-hour Comedy Central Special, is our guest comedian this week.

I sold a show to Machinima! Machinima is the number one Youtube entertainment channel with over 2 billion hits a month. Yeah, billion with a b. They focus on video game videos. I like to say they don’t make video games, they make videos about games. Yeah, I came up with that. I helped create the show with my good friend Andy Peters and Machinima’s Respawn Channel. Andy and I are NOT good at playing games, and what do you do when you’re bad at something? - you make jokes. Every episode Andy and I invite a guest stand-up comedian to join us as we laugh our way through playing video games. They are really fun to make - we just sit around and goof of for an hour. New episodes go out every Wednesday evening!