Things to do in LA this weekend:

Spectacular Superhero Variety Hour at the Bootleg Theater in Silver Lake/LA, Friday 7:30 PM, $10. [Interview with director Ben Dickow]

Tumblr Reads at the Mountain Bar in downtown LA, Saturday night 7 PM.

The Magic Meathands Present Variety Comedy Hour with improv groups the Magic Meathands and [this space left intentionally blank], and stand-up comics Jeff MacKinnon and Atul Singh at the Mary Pickford Studio in West LA, Saturday 8:30 PM, $5. (With me!)