Last year, TJ Miller hosted Mash Up, a unique comedy special blending live stand-up with sketches and other onscreen visualizations. If you saw it, then you probably won't be surprised to learn that Comedy Central is turning the special into a series. And if you're going to be in LA next week, you could attend a taping.

Two shows will tape each night on Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 4 at 7:45pm and 9:45pm at the El Rey Theater with a pretty astounding lineup that includes Deon Cole, Nick Vatterott, Reggie Watts, Sean Flannery, Tom Segura, Chris D'Elia, Jessi Klein, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jonah Ray, Pete Holmes, Jon Dore, Jared Logan, Chris Hardwick and Hannibal Buress, with more to be announced.

Click here to request free tickets. In the meantime, here's a clip from the special that started it all:

When you watch Jo Koy: Lights Out this Sunday at 10/9c, you'll see him talk about the benefits of natural birth-control, his mother's terrible advice, sleep apnea and more. But one thing you won't see is this backstage video. For that you'll have to wait for the DVD, which drops Tuesday. You can pre-order here.

by Mike Henneberger

Just when you think you’re out of Austin, Texas, they pull you back in! I finally wake up with no sign of the South by Southwest hangover, only to see that, this week, Austin’s inaugural Moontower Comedy and Oddity Fest added some more big names to the previously released list of over 40 comedians performing.

Host of Russell Simmons Presents: The Ruckus, JB Smoove, is among the new additions, which also include Wanda Sykes and Laraine Newman. And Nick Offerman will be joining his previously announced Parks and Rec co-star Aziz Ansari at the fest, along with the likes of Hannibal Buress, Maria Bamford, Seth Meyers, and John Mulaney.

Here’s JB last season of The Ruckus:

If you can’t catch JB in Texas, you can preorder his first-ever Comedy Central stand-up special, JB Smoove: That’s How I Dooz It, now, and be one of the first people to get it when the uncensored and extended DVD and digital download drop on Tuesday, April 3.

April is both National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month, which is fine if you're into that lowbrow kind of stuff. But for those of us with more refined tastes, there's Comedy Central Stage at The Hudson in Hollywood. They've got eight great shows lined up for April and they're all free. Check out the full schedule below.

All shows start at 8pm and have limited seating. Call (323) 960-5519 for reservations.

3 Tuesday
TREMENDOSAUR
Justin Michael & Jacob Reed
After years of making no money in comedy they believed in, Tremendosaur has decided to sell out. Join them for a farewell to their integrity via live sketches, product placement, videos, songs and the crisp, lemon-lime taste of America’s favorite beverage: Sierra Mist.
www.tremendosaur.com

4 Wednesday
SLOW CHILDREN CROSSING Presents:
Discie Barbo
The SCC gang is back again. And this time they are bigger, badder and blacker than ever! Don’t ask how, it just is. Join them as they bring some new bits out to play and give the fans their three most requested sketches. www.slowchildrenxing.com

12 Thursday
SIT N' SPIN
Writers' Reading Series
People telling the truth but funny! Come hear sad, dirty, funny tales from sad, dirty, funny people. With Annie Korzen, Eddie Pepitone, Drew Droege, C. Brian Smith, and other April flowers. Presented by Jill Soloway, Maggie Rowe and Andersen Gabrych.
sitnspin.org

17 Tuesday
PANGEA 3000
12 Years of Hard Work
Pangea 3000 is a four-man sketch comedy group from New York, comprised of writers and contributors to The Onion and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. They have performed in sketch festivals in countries ranging from the United States to Canada. Featuring Dan Klein, Arthur Meyer, Zack Poitras and Seth Reiss. www.pangea3000.com

19 Thursday
EX (IT) WOUNDS
Variety / Sketch Show
When relationships end, where does the love go? More importantly, where do the love letters go? Watch in shock and guffaws as the cast of Ex-It Wounds reinterpret the best real break-up letters into a comic cabaret of songs, spoken word, dance and even puppetry. Featuring Billy Gill, Lauren McCarthy, Molly Neylan, Erin Parks, and Matthew Welton with special guest Jerry Minor. Directed by Sabrina Lloyd.

24 Tuesday
CABBAGE! Presents:
“The Don Show”
Discover how a “primo” nickname can literally save your stupid, stupid life. Cabbage! is a sketch comedy group featuring Gabriel Tigerman, Shannon Holmes, Mike Nielsen and Kevin Robertson.

26 Thursday
“MAMA, WE’RE ALL CRAZY NOW”
A staged reading by Christy Stratton
There’s this thing called ‘hoarding’ and well, my mama does it. I ain’t gonna be like her, you hear? I had to purge some of my crap so that my baby could have room for some of his crap. How does Cars guitarist Elliot Easton fit into all this? Come find out! Please.

Tuesday, May 1st
DOMINATE YOURSELF!
Written and Performed by Amy Heidt
When one’s time as a dominatrix is up, what is left to do but start a self-help empire? Watch and learn as former whip mistress Katherine shares the many important lessons of dungeon life. “Dominate Yourself! announces a new talent (Ms Heidt). This woman can be sexy, rude, flighty, obnoxious…FOUR STARS.” –Time Out New York. Directed by Amanda Duarte.
amyheidt.com

New Field Guide w/ @UglyAmericans creator @Devoondimon. We talk about his painting "Fire-Breathing Meat Knife"! http://t.co/vLH6Rk55

March 29, 2012 10:48 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@wrestlingteam

Wrestling Team

Fire-Breathing Meat Knife? Am I the only one who just flashed back to my prom night? I am? Okay, just checking.

An all-new Ugly Americans airs Wednesday at 10:30/9:30c. And in case you didn't hear, Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon is now available on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network.

Follow: @ComedyCentral, @CCInsider, @Indecision and @ccstandup.

I've always had a distaste for the game 7 Minutes in Heaven, mostly because it was so often used as a ruse to lock me in a closet with a cete of rabid badgers when I was growing up. But Mike O'Brien's web series 7 Minutes in Heaven has definitely made me reconsider.

This episode featuring Kristen Wiig is up for Best Viral Original at this year's Comedy Awards. Click here to watch all of the nominees and vote for your favorite.

Find out who wins when the second annual Comedy Awards airs Sunday, May 6 on Comedy Central.

From Indecision…

(Confidential to everyone who's already downloaded our app: You can skip this post. The rest of you, keep reading.)

Comedy Central's Indecision Election Companion app for iPhone and iPad is now available from the App Store, and it's packed with exclusive features…

* Keep an eye on the 24-hour news cycle with our daily Snap Shots photo galleries

* Watch and react to real news shows, debates, speeches and primary turns with the Indecision community in the interactive Peanut Gallery

* Track key election dates, set personalized reminders and get Indecision blog updates on the go

Best of all, it's free! If we were the government, this would totally constitute a handout.

Download the Indecision Election Companion app now. You can also search 'Indecision' on the App Store from your iOS device.

Got questions? We've got a FAQ.

How did the character of Randall change after the casting of Kurt Metzger? What can Ugly Americans fans expect from the rest of Season Three? Why is my pee blue? At least two of those questions and many others are answered in this interview with Devin Clark and Kurt Metzger on the Slice of Sci-Fi radio show:

An all-new Ugly Americans airs next Wednesday at 10:30/9:30c after South Park.

@UglyAmericans Such a fun game! I love they kept the @UglyAmericans sense of humor in the game

March 28, 2012 11:13 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@speculumfight

robert bagalayos

In case you didn't hear, Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon is now available on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network. It's a great way to kill the next five-and-a-half hours until tonight's all-new episode starts at 10:30/9:30c.

Follow: @ComedyCentral, @CCInsider, @Indecision and @ccstandup.

1999 was a pretty big year, mostly because it was the last year before the Y2K bug ravaged society, leaving behind a barren, dystopian hellscape. But also because it featured the premiere of Futurama on this very date, March 28. To celebrate the show's 13th birthday, here's the pilot episode's very first scene. Whip up a Futurama cake and watch it again for the first time.