It's May, and if you think Comedy Central Stage is taking the month off, you must be some kind of a damn fool. They've got a whopping eight shows this month, all free and all hilarious.

All shows start at 8pm with limited seating at The Hudson in Hollywood. Call (323) 960-5519 for reservations.

7 Tuesday
CHARLES Presents:
A Cavalcade of Talk Noises
Critically acclaimed Seattle sketch duo Charles showcases their highly intelligent and subversive brand of sketch comedy in a new show. Come see the group Center Stage Chicago called “absolute brilliant,” and which The Stranger heralded as “one of the most inspiring chucks of comedy produced all year.”
http://www.charlescomedy.net

9 Thursday
THE GREAT DEBATE: GIRLS vs. GOLDEN GIRLS
Matt Price and Ilyse Mimoun
Matt and Ilyse debate one of the most important questions of our time by delving deep into emoticons, twin threesomes, and the rationale for calling someone ‘blubberbutt.’ Mr. Price recurred on TNT’s Men of a Certain Age and won a writing Emmy for Cartoon Network’s Regular Show and Ms. Mimoun appeared on many TV shows including Hart of Dixie and 90210.

14 Tuesday
HOT BUTT
Lindsey Fisher and Patrick Babbitt
Hot Butt is a sketch comedy team based in L.A. and created by comedians Lindsey Fisher and Patrick Babbitt. Both performers came out of the Chicago comedy scene having studied at IO and Second City. Their humor comes from a wonderful chemistry on stage and painfully awkward situations.

15 Wednesday
La, La, La, L.A.: A PUPPET MUSICAL
Written by Ben Siemon, music by Ben Siemon & Scott Passarella
It’s time L.A. got its own puppet musical comedy. Follow Joe Green and his friends as they combat jealousy, commercial auditions, terrible jobs, and worst of all: living in the Valley. “I love this show. It’s really smart, very true, and a lot of fun.” – Jeff Marx, co-creator of Avenue Q.
https://www.facebook.com/LaLaLaLaAPuppetMusical

16 Thursday
SIT N' SPIN
Writers' Reading Series
Come here funny stories about people’s pain (the 3rd Thursday of each month). With Kathleen Dennehy, Spencer Greene, Leigh Koechner, Jeff Kahn, Terri Mintz, and music by David Zasloff. Presented by Jill Soloway, Maggie Rowe and Andersen Gabrych.

20 Monday
THE KUNTZ FAMILY HOUR
Sketch Variety Show
After their sitcom is cancelled, “America’s Favorite TV Family”, decides to produce their own variety show. The Kuntzes are a Hollywood mess; and their dysfunction is on full display, along with sketches, videos, special guests and a big musical number.
https://www.facebook.com/KuntzFamilyHour

21 Tuesday
HEATHER & MILES
Heather Anne Campbell and Miles Stroth
All-time UCB Cagematch Champions (49-0); LA Weekly calls Heather & Miles, “intellectually nimble, character driven…beautiful chaos.” Performing their signature long-form improv set, the pair weaves characters and stories together into a single narrative piece.

30 Thursday
JURASSIC PARK: The Musical & THE SHINING! The Musical!
A Double Feature from Davis & Sons
Davis & Sons is Matthew Patrick Davis and Joe Chandler & Zach Paez, presenting two of their half-hour musicals back-to-back. Jurassic Park, featuring the songs “Clever Girl” and “Vision’s Based on Movement,” and The Shining, featuring the hit single “I’m Gonna Bash Your F*cking Brains In.”
http://mpdavis.bandcamp.com/

One week from Friday, the brand new season of The Half Hour kicks off with Dan Soder at 12am/11c and Nikki Glaser at 12:30am/11:30c. But right now you can get an advanced look at these season with a 20-minute highlight collection that just dropped. Click the image to watch!

It's a new month, which means there's a whole new slew of free comedy shows at Comedy Central Stage! All shows start at 8am with limited seating at The Hudson in Hollywood. Call (323) 960-5519 for reservations.

April Fools! All shows start at 8pm! You really ought to be ashamed of yourself for falling for that.

2 Tuesday
THE PODCAST PODCAST PODCAST SHOW
Family Sandwich
Sketch group Family Sandwich lampoons the wide world of podcasting the only way podcasters can’t – with live sketch. Featuring Brad Gage, Heidi Gardner, Melissa Hunter, Kirstin Keagy, and Eric Lombart. www.familysandwichcomedy.com

3 Wednesday
BriTANick
Brian McElhaney & Nick Kocher
BriTANick (rhymes with Titanic) is the two part comedy explosion of Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. They have performed sketch, improv and standup all over the country and put out a series of internet videos that have amassed over 25 million views worldwide.
http://www.britanick.com

11 Thursday
POWER VIOLENCE
Sketch Comedy
Whit, Clay, Budd and Rod are a comedy collective living in L.A. Their live show is a chaotic blend of musical and interactive bits that often involve audience plants, games, characters, stage tackling, and EXTREME friendship.
https:///twitter.com/PowerViolenceLA

17 Wednesday
DAMN, GIRL: A Two Lady Show
Written by and starring Liz Bolton and Beth Crosby
From the off-kilter minds of Liz Bolton (Boom Chicago, Groundlings Sunday Co) and Beth Crosby (Second City Theatricals, Jessica and Hunter web series) comes a multimedia extravaganza featuring hot lesbians detectives, Hancock Park socialites, and a couple of girls who’d give it all up to get pregnant. Original music by Dan Wessels.

18 Thursday
SIT N' SPIN
Writers' Reading Series
Totally true tales from totally real people (the 3rd Thursday of each month). With Jessica Williamson, Stirling Gardner, Tamar Halpern, and Tom O’Connor with music by Gary Stockdale. Presented by Jill Soloway, Maggie Rowe and Andersen Gabrych.

24 Wednesday
THE SOLO COLLECTIVE
Solo Performers That Don’t Suck
Performing individually, producing great work collectively. An evening of comedic storytelling, characters and standup featuring Carla Cackowski, Drew Droege, Brendan Hunt, Molly Prather, and Antonio Sacre. www.thesolocollective.com

25 Thursday
MONSTER PARTY
Monster Party Rises #Hard
Featuring a motley crew of actors that go the distance for comedy, Monster Party are the champions for the 1st Annual Scripted Cage Match competition at IO West.
https://www.facebook.com/MPComedy

29 Monday
¡DUVA!
Sketch Comedy written by Christopher Duva
What is Duva? Where can I find Duva? How do I Duva? Find out the answers to these questions and more with sketches, songs and video in ¡DUVA! With Christopher Duva, Tom Fonss (Groundlings Sunday Co), Crissy Guerrero (The Paul F. Tompkins Show), Courtney Pauroso (Big Boss Comedy) and Joel Spence (Don’t Trust the B…).

30 Tuesday
THERE WILL BE SNACKS
All-Female Sketch Comedy
There Will Be Snacks features eight talented female writer-performers engaging in some serious girl-on-girl comedy action. With Sara Amini, Alicia Bien, Alexis Notabartolo, Diona Reasonover, Licia Shearer, Alison Tafel, Lynn Trickey and Carolyn Marie Wright.

Scientists have often disagreed on the most conducive climate for stand-up comedy. In my opinion, subtropic is the only choice because the South Beach Comedy Festival is coming, April 17 – 21. This year's festival features Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Tracy Morgan, Pete Holmes, Bill Burr, Michael Che and more, performing at stages all over Miami plus the free outdoor comedy stage on Lincoln Road.

Get ready with some of the featured stand-ups below and buy your tickets HERE.

Did you know Bruce Willis was born in March? I can't think of a better way to celebrate than by checking out some great free comedy shows at Comedy Central Stage.

All shows start at 8pm with limited seating at The Hudson in Hollywood. Call (323) 960-5519 for reservations.

6 Wednesday
RACE HARMONY
Black Pedro and Johnny Walker
Comedians Black Pedro (BET, Comics Unleashed) and Johnny Walker (TBS’ Comedy
Festival Vegas, The Tonight Show) present a night of topical standup comedy, short
videos.
http://www.raceharmony.com/

7 Thursday
HOT BUTT
Lindsey Fisher and Patrick Babbitt
Lindsey and Patrick dive into the weird and awkward in this sketch show. You’ll meet some interesting characters along the way and watch them weave in and out of each other’s lives. http://www.facebook.com/hotbuttcomedy

12 Tuesday
THE LATE LIVE SHOW
Comedic Talk Show
A late-night talk show from Chicago with a bizarrely silly sensibility cultivated by a writing staff whose credits include The Onion News Network and Funny or Die! Featuring Joe Kwaczala, Joe McAdam, Christina Boucher, Cullen Crawford, Megan Green, Dan Ronan and Chris Stephens.
http://thelateliveshow.com

13 Wednesday
HORRIBLE WOMEN
Maribeth Monroe
Maribeth Monroe, best known for her role as ‘Alice Murphy’ in Workaholics, brings you a collection of monologues that highlight the dark, destructive, and deplorable side of all things female. Meant to offend, provoke, and (hopefully) disturb, this is not a show you’d want to bring your mother to. Unless you hate your mother.
https://twitter.com/MaribethMonroe

19 Tuesday
CANNOLI & HAGGIS
Written by Camille Solari
Camille and Marie are two dreamers who’ve just made the big move to L.A. But will the East Coast let them go? Based on their true misadventures starring Camille Solari and Marie Del Prete. Featuring Mhairi Morrison, Paul C. Morrissey, Allan Murray, Nick Leidl and Tara Hunnewell.

21 Thursday
SIT N' SPIN
Writers' Reading Series
Real funny stories from real funny people (Now the 3rd Thursday of every month). With Jill Demby, Xaque Gruber, Amanda Marks, Wendy Wilkins, Kemp Powers and a special musical guest. Presented by Jill Soloway, Maggie Rowe and Anderson Gabrych.
http://sitnspin.org/

25 Monday
LOST FRIENDS
A Time to Remember
We live in a very scary world: the war on drugs, overcrowding of preschools, and the constant threat of Andy Dick showing up on your front stoop again, fill our seemingly never-ending days. Lost Friends (Lauren Benz Phillips, Donald Ian Black, Guerrin Gardner, Michael James Nelson) doesn’t have the answers or cure to any of these problems, what they do DO is sketch comedy.
www.lostfriendscomedy.com

Wednesday, March 27
STARDUMB!
Hosted by Bil Dwyer
Fresh from a sellout at San Francisco Sketchfest, TV’s Bil Dwyer brings his star-studded mash up of game and talk to the Comedy Central Stage. Inappropriately probing into the most private career histories of comic panelists: Samm Levine, Jon Dore, Baron Vaughn and Karen Kilgariff. Co-hosted by web starlet Erica Rhodes.

There are two types of people in this world — those who live in Boston and those who don't. If you are one of the former, then you have no excuse to miss free tapings of the second season of The Half Hour from Tuesday, February 26 - Friday, March 1. Fill out a free ticket form HERE. Do it now before you forget.

This season features: Andy Haynes, Baron Vaughn, Ben Kronberg, Cristela Alonzo, Dan Soder, Dan St. Germain, Erik Griffin, Gabe Liedman, Jared Logan, Joe DeRosa, Jonah Ray, Lil Rel, Mike Lawrence, Nikki Glaser, Sean O'Connor, Brody Stevens and Sean Patton.

In the meantime, watch some of the stand-ups' former work below. See you in Boston.

Whether Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow or not, one thing you can definitely predict about February is another month full of great, free comedy shows at Comedy Central Stage.

All shows start at 8pm with limited seating at The Hudson in Hollywood. Call (323) 960-5519 for reservations.

6 Wednesday
DUCHESS RIOT
Comedy Troupe
Bold, fearless and off the cuff, LA's hottest comedy troupe Duchess Riot is all-female and all-funny. Featuring Lauren Howard Brown, Suzanne Cotsakos, Chelsey Crisp, Katie Elsaesser, Dione Hardin, Debbie Lockhart, Jen McGlone and Erin Muroski.
www.duchessriot.com

7 Thursday
MARQ N’ PARK:
The Speakerboxx/Love Below Show
After 8 years of performing sketch comedy together, Marques and Randall are calling it quits. Come discover why they're parting ways and if there's any hope for their future. Written and performed by Randall Park and Marques Ray.

13 Wednesday
SERIOUS V-NECK
Improv Comedy
Long-Form Improv that exposes a little too much. The LA Examiner calls them "a tight-knit, tightly-wound group of improv titans…one of the most consistent on-the-spot groups." Featuring Christopher Duva, Jeff Grimm, David Jacks, Patrick McGrath and Samantha Roy.
www.seriousvneck.com

20 Wednesday
DELICIOUS MOMENTS PRESENTS:
That’s Show Bizzus
A journey through Hollywood and satire and political and love and relationships and parody and social hot button issues. And fun and laughs and buh buh buh…zzzzzzzzz. Delicious Moments is Brian Shortall and Ithamar Enriquez.

21 Thursday
SIT N' SPIN
Writers' Reading Series
True stories from real people. (Now the 3rd Thursday of every month). With Ron Zimmerman, Rick Overton, Tom Saunders, Fia Perera, Katya Lidsky and special musical guest. Presented by Jill Soloway, Maggie Rowe and Andersen Gabrych.
http://sitnspin.org/

25 Monday
A BUNCH OF LOSERS READING THEIR ESSAYS
Improvised
Seen any personal essay shows? This is worse. Shlomique Bloomingdale and her “writing students” improvise personal essays and hold a Q & A with the audience. Featuring Sara Cravens, Drew Droege, Phyllis Katz, Mike Rose and Chase Winton. Directed by Phyllis Katz.

26 Tuesday
MANEATER: The True Story of the Champawat Tigress
Written by and Starring Matt Dennie and Josh Sharp
Witness the true story of a menacing tigress that killed 436 people before being gunned down by a legendary hunter. Through song, dance and some stage magic, Matt Dennie and Josh Sharp will show you that no one is safe from the tiger's claws. These events are 100% insanely true.

27 Wednesday
TEN WEST
Jon Monastero and Stephen Simon
L.A.’s premiere physical comedy duo returns with INEFFABLE their hit show all about death. "Breathtakingly hilarious and infinitely theatrical…these top notch farceurs have achieved poignancy, laughs, pathos, charm, and more." Directed by Bryan Coffee.
www.tenwest.net

Start getting excited…now. Everyone's favorite stand-up show designated into 30 minute increments is back. The Half Hour returns this spring with 16 comedians who you might recognize from Mash Up, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show, Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution and more.

This year features Andy Haynes, Baron Vaughn, Ben Kronberg, Cristela Alonzo, Dan Soder, Dan St. Germain, Erik Griffin, Gabe Liedman, Jared Logan, Joe DeRosa, Jonah Ray, Lil Rel, Mike Lawrence, Nikki Glaser, Sean O'Connor and Sean Patton.

There's no premiere date set, so stay posted. While you're waiting, familiarize yourself with the stand-ups former work. You may now go about your business.

The good news is that Anthony Jeselnik's latest one-hour special is premiering this Sunday. The other good news is that his new Comedy Central series kicks off later in February. The final good news is that we've collected some of our favorite clips from his stand-up and Roast appearances to get you primed. There is no bad news.

Tune in to the premiere of Anthony Jeselnik: Caligula, Sunday at 10/9c, and watch the first episode of The Jeselnik Offensive, Tuesday, February 19 at 10:30/9:30c.

If you're like me, you believed the Mayans were right and blew all of your money before the end of 2012. Well, here we are, in 2013 with the world decidedly not ended. But even our broke asses can catch a bunch of great free comedy all month long at Comedy Central Stage.

All shows start at 8pm with limited seating at The Hudson in Hollywood. Call (323) 960-5519 for reservations.

9 Wednesday
RACE HARMONY
Black Pedro and Johnny Walker
Comics Johnny Walker White Label and Black Pedro aren’t different. They just aren’t the same. Enjoy a night of topical standup, songs, videos and discussion.
http://www.raceharmony.com/

10 Thursday
STRONG CHOICES!
Drew Droege and Sam Pancake
“Do you feel lost? Unfulfilled? Bitter? Sticky? Maybe you aren’t making STRONG CHOICES!” Let Renowned Life Guides Pyotor and Grimsley shepherd you through a deeply personal, shockingly sensual tour of your very essence. Their wise words and tender touch will shatter your soul and finger your brain. NO REFUNDS.

16 Wednesday
ONASSIS
Sketch Comedy Group
Originating as a house sketch team at UCB, ONASSIS has gone on to win acclaim as one of the best sketch comedy groups in New York City and was recently named Best Sketch Team at the Friars Club 2011 National Sketch Competition.
www.onassiscomedy.com

17 Thursday
SIT N' SPIN
Writers' Reading Series
Best Sit N’ Spin of the New Year!! Confessions from people who should know better. With Michael Rachlis, Steve Peckingham, Melinda Hill, Katya Lidsky and music by The Sludgemonkeys. Presented by Jill Soloway, Maggie Rowe and Andersen Gabrych.
http://sitnspin.org/

22 Tuesday
ONE NIGHT ONLY
John Dittrick, Katie O’Brien and Dan Torson
Come see the desperation of high school meet the desperation of Los Angeles. John, Katie and Dan bring their high school experience from Omaha, NE to life that includes a rousing show choir number to boot.

23 Wednesday
REAL FUN HANG
Mary Faber
Real Fun Hang aims to bring you an evening of exquisitely rendered complicated human beings that represent basically all of humanity. But it’s mostly a parade of delusional white chicks, plus one deity. Mary Faber has appeared on Nurse Jackie and The Good Wife and was also in the original cast of Green Day’s American Idiot on Broadway.

28 Monday
MA’AM Sketch Comedy Group
An all-female sketch comedy group Ma’am who are excited to show off their “lady bits”. Written by and starring Annie Baria, Katierose Donohue, Kate Frisbee, Misty Monroe, Courtney Pauroso, and Corey Podell. Directed by the beautiful and hilarious Colleen Smith.

29 Tuesday
BOAT
Amos Vernon, Mike Lane, Nunzio Randazzo
For the past three years, Boat has brought their sharp, satirical, and often surreal brand of sketch comedy to venues throughout New York City, colleges, and festivals across the United States. Their show “Seven Comedic Sketches” is currently enjoying a run at the UCB Theater in NYC.
www.boatcomedy.com

31 Thursday 
PERSONA!
Tony Sam, along with some of L.A.’s finest stand-up comedians, brings his hit show Persona! to the CC Stage. A comedy spectacle with character(s), featuring Tony’s extensive array of characters. Laughspin Magazine called Persona! "A Total Riot."
www.tonysam.com