Anything but an ordinary TV chat show, IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! has built on the podcast success and eccentric questioning of its host, Scott Aukerman. He started CB!B! over a decade ago as a stage show, with most of L.A.’s alt comics dropping by; after various name changes, it then became a podcast with still more boldface names visiting; and now it’s a comedy tour augmented by his regular TV guests, Paul F. Tompkins and James Adomian. (Sorry, but Reggie Watts won’t be joining them; though half the show will be recorded for future podcast.) Aukerman favors a long, loose conversational style of comedy. Improv and absurd non-sequiturs gradually creep in, but never with a fanfare. (Kurt Braunohler, of IFC’s improv comedy show Bunk, will open.) BRIAN MILLER

Wed., Aug. 1, 8 p.m., 2012