Top Story Weekly

The California Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will uphold the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. The rest of California will continue with no-sex marriages.

Rush Limbaugh accused Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor of being a “reverse racist.” In response, Sotomayor called Limbaugh a “regular racist.”

Time Warner is officially ending its relationship with AOL. Which makes Time Warner only ten years behind everyone else.

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On Monday, President Obama said he expects a positive response from his diplomatic outreach to Iran. Obama has positive expectations about Iran because he hasn’t been paying attention for the past thirty years.

A new national poll suggests that favorable opinions of former Vice President Dick Cheney are on the rise. Cheney’s approval rating is now up to one percent.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Tuesday that Ted Kennedy’s brain cancer is in remission. Doctors say that the cancer went in remission after Kennedy threatened to drive it home. (more…)

California might have been broke, but at iO West we were rich - with laughs! Especially with the comedy of our special guest Jimmy Dore!

In this episode:

- California sells off San Quentin!
- Donald Trump discovers the naked truth about Joan Rivers!
- Los Angeles’ gun buyback program goes awry!
- Nancy Pelosi’s recollection of intelligence briefings gets challenged by George Bush and Dick Cheney!
- A couple can date again after Craigslist gets rid of erotic services ads!
- Chesley Sullenberger challenges Captain Richard Phillips for the role of “Sully” in the movie about Flight 1549!
- Barack Obama tries to win over Notre Dame students!
- Kevin Bacon takes on Bernie Madoff!
- Plus the comedy of Jimmy Dore!
- And Arnold Schwarzenegger sells off California landmarks!

And you can subscribe to our podcast! We offer a few different options: iTunes, Miro, normal feed, and Revver. Go here to subscribe!

TOP STORY! WEEKLY Episode 3: “Hasta La Vista, Budget Crisis!”

Starring Christopher Biewer, Kipleigh Brown, Matthew Harris, Gregg Lopez, Jim Nieb, Melissa Okey, Artemis Pebdani, Brian Vestal and Phillip Wilburn

Directed by Tom Repetto (more…)

“Star Trek” opened! We found out that Manny Ramirez may have been getting a little help with both his bats!! And we welcomed our old friend Emo Philips who did a great set!

In this episode:

- William Shatner tries to impress a bunch of Star Trek fans waiting for the new movie!
- Manny Ramirez’s suspension means a mom and dad have to tell their son the facts of life!
- A collection of supervillians - Hans Gruber from “Die Hard,” the Penguin from “Batman,” Cruella da Ville from “101 Dalmations,” Mama Fratelli from “The Goonies,” and Rebecca de Mornay’s character from “The Hand that Rocks the Cradle” - plot how to get around Barack Obama’s new restrictions on offshore tax accounts!
- Accused Nazi John Demjanjuk stars in a new Fox sitcom!
- Gay marriage breaks out all over New England - with one exception!
- The recipient of a face transplant heads back to work!
- Wolverine welcomes “Star Trek”’s Zachary Quinto!
- Paula Abdul struggles against a painkiller addiction - in song!
- Plus the comedy of Emo Philips!
- And Christopher Biewer and Neil Garguilo debate California wildfires!

And you can subscribe to our podcast! We offer a few different options: iTunes, Miro, normal feed, and Revver. Go here to subscribe!

TOP STORY! WEEKLY Episode 2: “Mo’ Manny, Mo’ Problems”

Starring Christopher Biewer, Kipleigh Brown, Sean Cowhig, Rachael Drummond, Neil Garguilo, Jim Nieb, Melissa Okey, Artemis Pebdani, and Phillip Wilburn

Directed by Michael Hughes (more…)

After promising during the campaign to shut down Guantanamo Bay, President Obama has announced that he’s keeping the military tribunals intact. Obama also announced his new slogan: “Change You Stupidly Believed In.”

The Obama administration projected that the U.S. economy will grow by 3.5 percent by the year’s end. Unfortunately, 3.5% of zero is still zero.

Saying “his body of work is yet to come,” Arizona State refused to give Barack Obama an honorary degree when he spoke at their commencement. The University cited the fact that Obama had not honored the prized Arizona tradition of losing a presidential election.

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Come see Top Story! Weekly this week before Gov. Schwarzenegger sells our show to save the budget

Special Guest: Jimmy Dore (”Comedy Central Presents…”)

Sunday, May 17
9-10pm
iO West
6366 Hollywood Boulevard
$5/21 and over

Starring: Christopher Biewer, Kipleigh Brown, George Caleodis, Matt Harris, Gregg Lopez, Jim Nieb, Melissa Okey, Artemis Pebdani, Brian Vestal and Phillip Wilburn

Directed by Tom Repetto

Written by Kristina Adelmeyer, Ben Boodman, Brandon Burkhart, Shawn Carlow, Lisa Curry, Paula Dixon, Erich Eilenberger, James Engel, John Faga, Scott Garner, John Hallmann, Michael Hughes, Kyle Isao, Markus Kublin, Gregg Lopez, Matt Manser, Jason McClain, Mike McLendon, Ron Morelli, Andy Nordvall, Rick Paulas, Jeff Perlmutter, Joanna Quraishi, Faryl Saliman Reingold, Tom Repetto, Ben Rosen, Greg Shouse, Jay Starr and Ron West

Back in March, Nicholas D’Agosto, star of the hit film “Fired Up,” and Aaron Krebs, one of the great teachers at iO West (and one of the folks behind the new M.I.’s Westside Comedy Theater just off the Santa Monica Promenade), guested with our cast in a show that turned out to be one of our favorites - and one that you can now watch in the comfort of your own home!

In this episode:

- President Obama’s Internet press conference reaches new highs!
- Wolf Blitzer finds the Situation Room’s musical segues are “dead and gone!”
- A Florida school board deals with an explosive situation involving a student suspension!
- Current TV’s Laura Ling gets some big help to get out of a North Korean prison!
- Rod Blagojevich goes on Chicago radio and interviews Lady GaGa!
- The Octo-Mom meets her sperm donor!
- Bobby Jindal fights volcano monitoring in Alaska!
- George Foreman brings a struggling family a way to fight their financial woes!
- Kim Jong-Il tells George Bush why he loves North Korea!
- Plus the comedy of Ed Salazar!
- And Nick and Christopher debate deficit spending!

“Hope Floats?”

Starring Christopher Biewer, George Caleodis, Nicholas D’Agosto, Neil Garguilo, Jimmy Guidish, Jason Kelley, Aaron Krebs, Melissa Okey, Artemis Pebdani, and Phillip Wilburn

Directed by Michael Hughes (more…)

Our big premiere! You can enjoy it just as the folks who packed iO West that night did - only we can’t serve you cake afterwards!!

In this episode:

- A White House press briefing on swine flu gets personal!
- A computer takes on Alex Trebek!
- Arlen Specter meets his new constituents!
- Two guys from New Jersey tell you why “Pennsylvania Sucks”!
- US troops learn the truth about President Obama’s plan to withdraw from Iraq!
- Telenovelas work swine flu into their plotlines!
- Professor Xavier tries to convince Wolverine to become a Democrat!
- The townspeople in 1693 Salem, Massachusetts debate whether to investigate the previous year’s torture of witches!
- A bunch of great artists come together to sing about “Now That’s What I Call Swine Flu!”
- Plus the comedy of Matt Manser!
- And Barack Obama fills us in on his Supreme Court tournament bracket!

And you can subscribe to our podcast! We offer a few different options: iTunes, Miro, normal feed, and Revver. Go here to subscribe!

TOP STORY! WEEKLY Episode 1: “Swine Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

Starring Christopher Biewer, Kipleigh Brown, Jimmy Guidish, Michael Hughes, Jason Kelley, Gregg Lopez, Matt Moore, Melissa Okey, Artemis Pebdani, Brian Vestal and Phillip Wilburn

Directed by Tom Repetto (more…)

Manny Ramirez of the Los Angeles Dodgers has been suspended for fifty games due to a violation of baseball’s ban on performance enhancing drugs. Because of his suspension, Ramirez must now pass a drug test, forfeit his salary, and sleep with Madonna.

Mexican officials said Tuesday that the cost of the swine flu epidemic on the country’s vital tourism industry would total billions. Mexico plans to make up for the loss by selling oranges near the freeway.

At a National Teen Pregnancy Awareness event Wednesday, Bristol Palin promoted abstinence as “a realistic way for teens to avoid unwanted pregnancy.” Dissenting from this view: Bristol’s vagina thirteen months ago.

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