Jordan and I will be part of this show tonight at the UCB Theater here in LA. I'm expecting a lot of fun. The show is sold out, but you can pre-order the video at amazon.com/140tweets. All the proceeds go to pay for school-building in Haiti.

I've been working on getting Quik, one of the most underrated producers (and artists overall) in hip-hop, on The Sound. He's got a new record about to drop with Kurupt and a solo record later this summer.

This is a crazy street single. Who knows what that singing is. Love it.

Also: love them wearing red and blue together in the video, Increase the Peace style. Art is more important than set-tripping bullshit.

If you had told 16-year-old Jesse he'd one day be one of the "LA People," he would have laughed in your face and invited you on a cable car ride. Today, though, it has come to pass.

My thanks to the great Joshuah Bearman for writing this lovely profile of me in this week's LA Weekly "People" issue.

Our pals at Comedy Death Ray had their Christmas-time blowout super jamboree this week, and SUPERCOMEDIAN Tom Lennon was wearing a GREAT LOOKING t-shirt. I wonder how you could get one for yourself?

Thanks to Liezl for the photo -- you can find more, including many other SUPERCOMEDIANS, on her Flickr stream.

Culture Clash are a San Francisco-born, LA-bred revolutionary comedy theater group. They formed in the Bay Area when I was a kid, in my neighborhood, The Mission. One of them worked at La Raza Graphics, down the street from my house. One was in grad school with my mom at SF State. They even had a series on FOX, briefly, back when FOX's outrageousness wasn't confined to outrageous awfulness. Their hilarious, insightful agitprop is one of the best things you can see on a stage.

CC are performing their signature show, Culture Clash in AmeriCCa, at USC Thursday night, and you can get tickets for just ten bucks. I'm going to be in Las Vegas for The Comedy Festival, but if you're in SoCal, this is a night not to be missed.

Location: USC's Bovard Auditorium
Date & Showtime: Thursday November 20, 2008 @ 7:00 PM
Ticket Price: $20 General Public
(213)740-2167
www.usc.edu/spectrum
SPECIAL NOTE: Mention "Culture Clash Fan" over the phone and get the ticket at half price!

The show is documentary sketch comedy. Over the past ten years or so, the group has taken residence at theater groups around the country. Wherever they are, they interview people in all walks of life about their communities, and put together evenings of comedy theater based on those interviews. This show is a sort of greatest hits of those shows. I've seen it twice and can recommend it heartily. It's sweet, incisive and really, really funny.

Andy Daly in character, photo by Liezl Estipona

Andy Daly is a comedian, actor and improviser in Los Angeles. He's probably best known for his stint on Mad TV, or his role in the recent Will Ferrel vehicle Semi-Pro. He's just released his first CD of character monologues, called "Nine Sweaters." In the spring, he'll be seen as a co-star of the HBO comedy series "East Bound and Down."

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LA Folks: are you coming to the 826 LA Falltime Yukfest? There are still tickets available, proceeds benefit the children's literacy programs of 826 LA, and in addition to Tim & Eric, Janeane Garofalo, Patton Oswalt, Bill Burr, Al Madrigal, Jimmy Pardo and some performing dogs (all previously announced), they've added Tom Lennon from The State and Reno 911, and the mystery comic/writer/producer pictured above.

Why a mystery comic? Because we're GIVING AWAY a pair of tickets to the show. Email Casey the Intern (casey@maximumfun.org) your name and the name of the comic by 4PM pacific today, and you and a friend could go to this show for FREE. Of course, even if you win the tickets, we encourage you to make a donation to 826LA, which is a great organization. But I can't compel you to do so.

Ready... steady... GO.

CONGRATS TO LIEZL, WHO WON THE TIX!

You may have heard me mention this show on The Sound... but I wanted to take this opportunity to alert my LA people to it. 826 LA's Fall-Time Yukfest, Wednesday, September 10th at the Avalon in LA.

Al Madrigal... Patton Oswalt... Janeane Garofalo... Jimmy Pardo... Bill Burr... Tim & Eric...

Brilliant comics performing for charity. Can you top this? Certainly not. Unless you add performing dogs. Which they have done.

Buy your tickets NOW NOW NOW.

The Submarines are a Los Angeles-based indie pop duo, whose latest album is entitled "Honeysuckle Weeks." The group's two members, John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard, were romantically linked -- then romantically unlinked -- before forming the ensemble. They came back together while sharing a studio and hearing the breakup songs each was writing about the other.

This special episode of the podcast is hosted by departing MaxFun staffer Chris Bowman.

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If you live in Seattle, I hope I'll see you this weekend at Bumbershoot. And if you can't come this weekend (or if you can), I hope I'll see you at Sketchfest Seattle later in September. Guests at Bumbershoot include Janeane Garofolo and The Human Giant, and at Sketchfest we'll have Dan Savage.

If you're in New York, don't miss Will Franken's "Grandpa, It's Not Fitting" at Ars Nova on Wednesday night. Will is an amazing solo performer who made his name in the San Francisco theater world. He essentially does one man sketch comedy, and what isn't hilarious is always fascinating -- you really go for a ride.

If you're in Los Angeles, don't miss 826 LA's Falltime Yukfest September 10th. I'm really proud to be sponsoring this amazing show, with Tim & Eric, Jimmy Pardo, Al Madrigal, Bill Burr and a bunch of other great stuff. Proceeds benefit 826 LA's literacy programs.

Finally, if you're in San Francisco, and you miss Louis CK at the Punchline Weds-Sat, September 3-6th, you're a fucking idiot. Seriously, just fucking go. There is no better standup in the world right now, and you should count your blessings that you could ever, ever get to see a show like his at a place like the Punchline. Tickets here.