Caution, gentle readers, this is a Blerds-laden post. Friday night at the Lodge will be a "non-Lodge Lodge show" featuring confirmed performers Eric Andre, Matt Braunger, Mike Bridenstine, Mike Burns, Mike Holmes as G-Carlo, Tim Kazurinsky, John Leadley as 80's Clown, Brady Novak, CJ Sullivan and Think Tank.

Brendan McGowan and Mike Bridenstine are kicking off a new series of Friday showcases called the Smoke Show, beginning with "50 First Jokes" June 8 at 10 PM at the Spot. What's the concept, you ask? It's 50 comics doing the first joke they ever told on stage, an idea Bridenstine heard about from Mike Burns, who saw it in New York. "I borrowed the idea from the Check Your Cool show in New York. It's a room John F. O'Donnell, Jiwon Li and Claudia Cogan run. I figured what better way to have everyone know about the show than to book everyone? The rest of the showcases will be booked with a host and two comics doing 15 minute sets and a headliner doing 25." The first five shows are listed here.

Also, this Saturday is the Blerds one year anniversary party, at which 12/13 of Blerds will converge at the Spot at 10 PM to rock your socks off.

And hey, there's another new Blerds video!

- Kristy Mangel