So where does NerdMelt’s story fit in? Back in August, I had a frantic caffeinated conversation with Emily V. And, in best case scenarios, it’s just a lot more fun. We connect with friends who would have left as strangers. By pushing the boundaries of what we’ve come to know as single-use spaces, we grow in ways previously unimagined. Art in laundromats! Youth orchestras in noise venues! Every punk show you’ve ever been to in a coffee shop! But here’s the nice Shyamalan/softserve twist: Each one of these spaces is more sacred for it. Here’s our current reality: No space is sacred. On top of this, the NerdMelt calendar is packed weekly with comedy in all formats: improv commentary on hip hop videos, Horrible Movie Night (it is what it sounds like), a comedic spelling bee. Gordon below) and Harmontown, a talkshow featuring Dan Harmon (creator of Community, co-creator of Rick and Morty) and Jeff Davis ( Whose Line is it Anyway?) which just wrapped up a US tour for director Neil Berkeley’s recent documentary about the show. There are two weekly shows at NerdMelt: The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, a comedy showcase which recently finished its first season on Comedy Central (lots of good stories from Producer Emily V. Since Chris Hardwick took over the space four years ago as Nerdist Industries, these two seemingly separate scenes have enabled each other to grow bigger than they ever could on their own. Today, the space is a symbiotic poster child for combined spaces. Comics and the best alternative comedy in LA. As you’ll read below, the folks who started Meltdown always lent themselves to Frankenstinian mish-mashes of comics and art. Before that venue was NerdMelt Showroom, it was a space for one-off art shows.
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