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You Knew That Desus & Mero Do Their Own Warm-Up on Their Show, Right?

March 9, 2020
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If you wonder how unstoppable Desus Nice and The Kid Mero are when it comes to riffing, you should know that, in addition to riffing their way through their own Showtime show and their podcast, The Bodega Boys, they warm-up the crowd themselves on their own show.

Almost 100% of the time, a stand-up comedian that isn’t definitely not the host of the show does some combo of explaining the rules, doing some stand-up, and some crowd work to the audience in attendance in order to bring the energy of the room to higher, cohesive point.

Yet, Desus & Mero can do that all by their damn selves. Thankfully, Showtime has put all of that online, for your convenience, on the Desus & Mero YouTube channel. Dig in and enjoy.

Pick of the Day: Don’t Laugh at Aaron

March 9, 2020
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Essentially, accomplished and esteemed writer, sketch performer, and comedian Nick Kocher is daring you to see if you can make it through the length of an entire live comedy show without laughing? The irony of daring people to not laugh at any comedy show is so rich that we can’t help already giggle at the idea of it.

Kocher is upping the stakes by letting his friend Aaron Schroeder (who is explicitly not a comedian) take the stage and just share his life, which is amazingly ridiculous (and very hard to not laugh at). We’re not sure what the prize is at this point, but you really ought to see what your limits of controlling your own laughter/seeing Aaron be his truest self and basking in the wonder of that.

We actually got to see a test run of this at Everything’s Great, which Nick co-hosts, and pretty much everyone failed to not laugh.

Tickets for Don’t Laugh at Aaron are $7 and you can should go get them here.

Vanessa Gonzalez’s My Birthday’s Tomorrow Is a Really Damn Good Debut Album

March 6, 2020
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It has been a relatively short time since Vanessa Gonzalez touched down in LA from Austin and she has been nothing but a delightful and silly force to be reckoned with.

Gonzalez combines a measured amount of attitude and verve with an irresistible sense of play in her stand-up. She speaks from the heart, expressing herself emphatically through all of her deeply personal stories, but threads so much fun in every bit that she does that it doesn’t matter how dark or blue she gets. Vanessa is just undeniably a hoot to watch and listen to. Her style is shown off exquisitely on her debut album, My Birthday’s Tomorrow, which offers so much vulnerability (pretty much from the second she takes the stage), but still is full of Vanessa’s unique charm.

My Birthday’s Tomorrow is available today from AST Records at Apple Music, Amazon, or wherever you get/listen to comedy albums.

Kids In The Hall Are Coming Back Thanks to Amazon

March 6, 2020
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(via Deadline)

The landmark dark and absurdist humor of the legendary Canadian sketch group, Kids In the Hall, are indeed set to return via Amazon Prime. The entire group, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson are all on board for 8 brand spankin’ new episodes.

They’re planning on bringing back many of your favorite characters, but we hope we get something new and as wonderfully offbeat for today as the Kids in the Hall were for the 90s.

Thus, the amassing of content for the streaming wars continues and Amazon, for our money, scored big.

Pick of the Day: 2nd Annual Brody Stevens Festival of Friendship

March 6, 2020
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May Brody Stevens rest in peace and may we remember the joy and light and artistry in comedy that he kept pushing further and further.

A great way to honor his memory is be in attendance for this 2nd Annual Festival of Friendship at one of what essentially was Brody’s home club, The Comedy Store next Tuesday.

The line-up is set to feature:
Bobby Lee
Steve Rennazzizi
Anthony Jeselnik
Josh Wolf
Adam Ray
Tony Hinchcliffe
Brenton Biddlecombe
Brian Redban
Matt Braunager
Cort McCown
Jayson Thibault
Annie Lederman
with Master of Ceremonies Sam Tripoli
+more TBA!

Please go get your tickets for this very special occasion. They are $20 (+2 drink min.) and you can (and should) purchase them here.

NATE

July 23, 2019
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Natalie Palamides has really pushed herself to new thrilling and hysterical territory with her solo show, NATE. Audiences and critics around the world (including some of the most prestigious comedy and performance festivals) agree in being awestruck with Natalie’s work here where she satirizes masculinity in such a daring way.

Also, one Amy Poehler feels similarly and, as such, will be presenting NATE to the world as a live comedy special that will tape next month, Fri. Aug. 9th, at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in DTLA. There will be two tapings, 7PM and 9:30PM, and you can (and very, very much should) RSVP for FREE tickets here.

7th Annual High Plains Comedy Festival Makes First Line-Up Announcement

July 23, 2019
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Denver’s High Plains Comedy Festival is one of the best comedy festivals (that’ just a comedy festival rather than part of a bigger music and arts festival) that we have going in the U.S. Now in it’s 7th year, it looks to keep that way for the weekend of Thurs. Sept. 26th-Sat. Sept. 28th.

The first wave of comics announced for this year sure makes it seem like High Plains will continue on its hot streak.

Thus far, scheduled to perform:

–   Moshe Kasher
–   Kyle Kinane
–   Rhea Butcher
–   Adam Cayton-Holland
–   Baron Vaughn
–   Andrew Orvedahl
–   Ben Roy
–   Ian Karmel
–   David Gborie
–   Kate Willett
–   Chris Garcia
–   Shane Torres
–   Sean Jordan
–   Nore Davis
–   Kyle Ayers
–   Amy Miller
–   Joyelle Nicole Johnson
–   Allen Strickland Williams
–   Eric Dadourian
–   Joe Kwaczala
–   Charla Lauriston
–   Dave Stone
–   Bryan Cook
–   Maggie Maye
–   Andy Peters
–   Sammy Arechar
–   Casey Ley
–   Barbara Gray
–   Mike Carrozza
–   Adam Burke
–   Chelsea Hood
–   David Perdue
–   Zach Peterson
–   Ian Aber
–   Anwar Newton
–   Mike Turner
–   Troy Walker
–   Chris Charpentier
–   Jordan Doll
–   Mara Wiles
–   Stephen Agyei
–   Brent Gill
–   Rachel Weeks
–   Matt Monroe
–   Kevin O’Brien
–   Mallory Wallace
–   Eric Henderson
–   Nolawee Mengist

Pretty great, right? If you’re in and around Denver, CO at the end of Sept., you really ought to snag a $140 pass or get some tickets to as much of this as you can. Get more details, tickets, passes, etc. for High Plains here.

Please Enjoy Steph Tolev and Debra DiGiovanni in “Steph and Deb”

July 23, 2019
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Steph Tolev and Debra DiGiovanni are two of the funniest comedians exported from Toronto to LA in recent memory. Wherever they take the stage around town, they’ve always crushed it by unapologetically being themselves on stage. 

So, this Comedy Central digital series Steph and Deb takes a cue from that and fully realize some of their best bits and stories. Get into it here.

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