Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 7:30 pm: Man Up, Joel Stein and Rob Huebel: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity

Tickets, $20. At Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, 300 N. Clark Drive, Beverly Hills. Parking available across the street on Clark Drive. For reservations, click here or email reservations@writersblocpresents.com.

Time magazine isn’t supposed to be funny. Nor is it supposed to be provocative and politically incorrect.  But thanks to Joel Stein, it is all that. Joel’s Time pieces cover issues of the moment that we’ve absorbed and internalized– and he takes those issues, holds them up to us, and has at it.  Who would have thought that reading Time could be as fun as watching a great standup act? In his new book, Man Made: A Stupid Quest for Masculinity, Joel decides to look into becoming a real man, for the sake of his little boy.  He hangs out with firefighters. He hangs out with professional athletes and actually watches a game or two. He goes camping– the way Boy Scouts camp. He goes to macho bars. He tames wild beasts– for his research, he fosters a dog. And he undertakes a true test of masculinity: he tries to fix things around the house.  This is pretty hilarious stuff.

Rob Huebel is a comedian, writer and actor. He’s a great improv artist, and you can see him at Upright Citizens Brigade in Hollywood. He’s all over television and film– you’ve seen him on The Office, on 30 Rock, and in The Descendents. He’s the dishy Dr. Owen Maestro on Adult Swim’s Children’s Hospital, clearly one of the most unorthodox– and unmedical–shows on cable. Decide who’s funnier: Rob Huebel or Joel Stein.

Tickets, $20. At Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, 300 N. Clark Drive, Beverly Hills. Parking available across the street on Clark Drive. For reservations, click here or email reservations@writersblocpresents.com.