Comedy Living Room, the stand-up comedy show created by Matt Lottman and Frank Chad Muniz (and literally held in a living room), is hosting its first show in VR on Thursday, April 27th at 5pm PT. The collaboration between Comedy Living Room, comedy group JASH, and social VR app AltspaceVR will feature six comedians and a “house party complete with pool, BBQ and endless Frisbee”.
Starting in Lottman and Muniz’ living room in 2012 as an open mic with friends, the show became a recognised venue in the LA comedy scene, and has since expanded to different locations, such as the RIOT LA festival, SXSW in Austin, and a monthly residency at The Hollywood Improv.
But now that the landlady has sold the house where it all started, CLR has turned to VR, or specifically, AltspaceVR, a social VR platform which established itself on early Samsung, Oculus, and HTC headsets back in 2015, and now supports all major VR hardware including Daydream.
JASH, the comedy community founded by Michael Cera, Tim & Eric, Sarah Silverman, and Reggie Watts, has collaborated with AltspaceVR to bring stand-up comedy to VR since 2015, and The Comedy Living Room in VR (CLRVR) is its latest event.
Six performers hitting the virtual stage are:
- Paul Scheer – star of FX’s The League, regular on ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat
- Drennon Davis – Seeso regular and one of LA Weekly’s Top 10 Comedians to Watch
- Jay Larson – The Late Late Show performer and co-host of Best Bars in America by Esquire Network
- Justin Martindale – Laugh Factory regular and co-creator of Funny or Die’s “Not Looking”
- Daniel Van Kirk – Funny man and Upright Citizens Brigade regular
- Paige Weldon – Stand up pro and co-founder of online comedy magazine The Higgs Weldon
The use official CLRVR show page to join the event on Thursday, April 27th at 5pm PT. Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR, Daydream, and PC are supported.
