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It’s a round-up of some of the best shows in town and you can enter to win a pair of free tickets here.
2017 Outside Lands Barbary Comedy Tent to Have Nick Kroll, Roy Wood Jr., Last Podcast on the Left, Wild Horses, Talk Show the Game Show
One of SF’s big festivals, Outside Lands, returns for its 2017 edition on Friday, August 11th-Sunday, August 13th.
As you can see above, they have a pretty swell line-up for their Barbary Comedy Tent.
On top of that, music acts will include, but certainly not limited to, headliners such as The Who, Gorillaz, Lorde, Tribe Called Quest, and Queens of the Stone Age.
You can get tickets/passes here.
Here are the prices going for Outside Lands right now:
3-DAY GA: $375.00
3-DAY VIP: $795.00
FRIDAY GA: $149.50
FRIDAY VIP: $345.00
SATURDAY GA: $149.50
SATURDAY VIP: $345.00
SUNDAY GA: $149.50
SUNDAY VIP: $345.00
Sunday July 30th will bring a one day comedy and music festival to Lincoln Heights (just north of DTLA) to an ultra cool Victorian style house known as HM 157.
Danger Collective Records’ Concerto Con will feature comedy from Baron Vaughn, Brent Weinbach, Matt Braunger, Jay Weingarten, Rachel Scanlon, Max Baumgarten, Ellory Smith, Sydney Feyder, and in house host comedian, Pierre Concerto to name a few and music from Jerry Paper, Boyo, C Roy, Momma, Brutus VIII, Wild Wing, Astral Mary, DJ Temple Judea, and DJ Marshall.
Tickets are $20 at the door and $15 online in advance. You can (and should) get your advance tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
“The Incredible Jessica James” Gets Its First Trailer
With this full length trailer of The Incredible Jessica James, it’s revealed that there’s a definite romantic comedy thread here with Chris O’Dowd.
On top of that, you’ll see that this film, more and more, looks to be the perfect vehicle for Jessica Williams to go forth post-Daily Show.
See the trailer for yourself here, then look for The Incredible Jessica James to start streaming on Netflix on Friday, July 28th.
Having talked to serial killer profilers, alien documentary directors, people who have been kidnapped, etc. and making into a great comedy talk show/podcast, Dark Matters with hosts Franky Guttman and Michael Bilow is marking its 1st year anniversary with bringing back some of their favorite guests and, of course, plenty of live calls.
The Dark Matters 1st Anniversary Spectacular is set for Saturday, July 22nd 11PM at The Pack Theater and admission is still ‘pay what you can’.
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Please Enjoy Peyton Manning’s 2017 ESPYS Opening Monologue
Peyton Manning continues to uphold his reputation as one of the most comedically reliable in all of professional sports.
He’s been a surprisingly good host on SNL and, just this past week, offered up a very solid opening monologue for this year’s ESPYS. There are some good burns as well as few slightly meta threads throughout that we’d guess that almost all pro athletes couldn’t get through in the tightly crafted 10 minutes.
See for yourself here.
Norm MacDonald Live Returns for Season 4 Later This Month with Letterman as a Guest
You knew that Norm Macdonald had his own show where he does whatever strikes his fancy, right?
Well, his eponymous show returns for its 4th season on Tuesday, July 25th via JASH with none other than comedy/showbiz/late night legend David Letterman as one of the guests.
See for yourself in this preview clip here.
Also, you can catch up the previous three seasons of Norm Macdonald Live here.
“The Big Sick” Finally Expands to Playing Theaters Everywhere
Slowly but surely, The Big Sick has been rolling out in theaters across America over the last few weeks.
It indeed is one of the best movies of the years, certainly one of the best romantic comedies this side of the 21st century. Also, if you’ve been following the film’s star and co-writer Kumail Nanjiani on Twitter, you’ve seen that the film has been touching to so many different kinds of people in so many wondrous ways.
So, go see it/go see it again in a theater that’s now probably very close to you.
Connor Ratliff’s The George Lucas Talk Show, the clever and popular reworking of the talk show where he plays, you guessed it, George Lucas as a talk show host is returning to LA once again on Sunday, July 23rd at 9PM at UCB Sunset.
With all the recent Han Solo movie drama that has happened recently, you’ll bet Ratliff’s Lucas will have a thing or two to say.
Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.
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Here’s the First Teaser for “You’re The Worst” Season 4
You’re The Worst along with Jimmy and Gretchen’s shenanigans (and by “shenanigans”, we mean the impulsive, rash decisions that constantly keep their relationship embattled) are coming back for season 4 at the end of this Summer.
See for yourself in this teaser, which, if you watch closely might hint at where Jimmy and Gretchen are at with themselves and each other.
Season 4 of You’re The Worst premieres Wednesday, September 6th on FXx.
Jackie Kashian Reveals Secret to Marriage in Her Lateset Conan Set
If you’re not already on the Jackie Kashian train yet, please hop on board as soon as you can.
Let this latest set on Conan (she’s got plenty under her belt) be a wonderful intro to her brilliant stand-up.
Here Are Your 2017 Emmys Comedy Nominees
Today, the nominations for the 2017 Primetime Emmys were announced. For comedy specifically, it’s probably what you expected.
Premium cable and streaming services continue to dominate the Emmys with Netflix and HBO coming out strong. FX also maintains its status as a premium cable network disguised as a basic cable network with its handful of nominations for Atlanta, Better Things, and Baskets.
Colbert’s Election special and Sam Bee’s Not the WHCD thankfully were bestowed nominations here as well.
One thing that was a delightful surprise is Lauren Lapkus and Ben Schwartz gaining nominations for their performances in The Earliest Show, a web series that followed a morning talk show with one of the hosts going through all the stages of grief.
Take a gander at all the comedy nominees below.
*All comedy nominees are in italics
OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta, FX
Black-ish, ABC
Master Of None, Netflix
Modern Family, ABC
Silicon Valley, HBO
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Veep, HBO
LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Pamela Adlon, Better Things, FX
Jane Fonda, Grace And Frankie, Netflix
Allison Janney, Mom, CBS
Ellie Kemper, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep, HBO
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish, ABC
Lily Tomlin, Grace And Frankie, Netflix
LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish, ABC
Aziz Ansari, Master Of None, Netflix
Zach Galifianakis, Baskets, FX Networks
Donald Glover, Atlanta, FX Networks
William H. Macy, Shameless, Showtime
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent, Amazon
VARIETY TALK SERIES
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, TBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, HBO
The Late Late Show With James Corden, CBS
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, CBS
Real Time With Bill Maher, HBO
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Anna Chlumsky, Veep, HBO
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent, Amazon
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Judith Light, Transparent, Amazon
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live, NBC
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Louie Anderson, Baskets, FX Networks
Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Ty Burrell, Modern Family, ABC
Tony Hale, Veep, HBO
Matt Walsh, Veep, HBO
VARIETY SKETCH SERIES
Billy On The Street, truTV
Documentary Now!, IFC
Drunk History, Comedy Central
Portlandia, IFC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Tracey Ullman’s Shows, HBO
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM
Archer, FX
Bob’s Burgers, Fox
Elena And The Secret Of Avalor (Sofia The First), Disney Channel
The Simpsons, Fox
South Park, Comedy Central
UNSTRUCTURED REALITY PROGRAM
Born This Way, A&E
Deadliest Catch, Discovery Channel
Gaycation With Ellen Page, Viceland
Intervention, A&E
RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, YouTube
United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell, CNN
HOST FOR A REALITY/REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
Alec Baldwin, Match Game, ABC
W. Kamau Bell, United Shades Of America With W. Kamau Bell, CNN
RuPaul Charles, RuPaul’s Drag Race, VH1
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway, Lifetime
Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef Junior, Fox
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party, VH1
OUTSTANDING CHARACTER VOICE-OVER PERFORMANCE
American Dad!, Dee Bradley Baker as Klaus, TBS/20th Century Fox Television
Bob’s Burgers, Kevin Kline as Mr. Fischoeder, Fox
BoJack Horseman, Kristen Schaal as Sarah Lynn, Netflix
F Is For Family, Mo Collins as Ginny, Jimmy Fitzsimmons, Lex, Ben, Cutie Pie, Netflix
Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Glenn Quagmire, Fox
The Simpsons, Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Fox
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Brown Girls, Open TV
Fear The Walking Dead: Passage, AMC.com
Hack Into Broad City, ComedyCentral.com
Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot, ABC.com
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM VARIETY SERIES
Behind The Voice
Epic Rap Battles of History
Honest Trailers
The Daily Show-Between the Scenes
The Star Wars Show
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM NONFICTION OR REALITY SERIES
Creating Saturday Night Live
Feud: Bette and Joan: Inside Look
Jay Leno’s Garage
National Endowment For The Arts: United States of Arts
Viceland at The Women’s March
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Ty Burell, Boondoggle
Alan Tudyk, Con Man
Kim Estes, Dicks
Jason Ritter, Tales of Titans
Ben Schwartz, The Earliest Show
John Michael Higgins, Tween Fest
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A SHORT FORM COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES
Mindy Sterling, Con Man
Jane Lynch, Dropping the Soap
Kelsey Scott, Fear The Walking Dead: Passage
Mindy Sterling, secs & EXECS
Lauren Lapkus, The Earliest Show
OUTSTANDING SHORT FORM ANIMATED PROGRAM
Adventure Time, Cartoon Network
Disney Mickey Mouse, The Disney Channel
Marvel’s Rocket & Groot, Disney XD
Steven Universe, Cartoon Network
Teen Titans Go!, Cartoon Network
DIRECTING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Jamie Babbit, Silicon Valley
Morgan Sackett, Veep
David Mandel, Veep
Dale Stern, Veep
DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
Derek Waters & Jeremy Konner, Drunk History
Andy Fisher, Jimmy Kimmel Live
Paul Pennolino, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jim Hoskinson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Don Roy King, Saturday Night Live
DIRECTING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
Paul Pennolino, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Glenn Weiss, The Oscars
Jim Hiskinson, Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This S—?
Jerry Foley, Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best is Yet to Come
WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, Atlanta
Stephen Glover, Atlanta
Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe, Master of None
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley
Billy Kimball, Veep
David Mandel, Veep
WRITING FOR A VARIETY SERIES
-Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdae, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Melinda Taub & Jason Reich
-Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss & Juli Weiner
-Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovky, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker & Ben Warheit
-The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Opus Moreschi, Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Matt Lappin, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Django Gold, Gabe Gronli, Daniel Kibblesmith, Michael Pielocik, Kate Sidley, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack & John Thibodeaux
-SNL, Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker, Pete Schultz, James Anderson, Kristen Bartlett, Jeremy Beiler, Zach Bornstein, Joanna Bradley, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Nick Kocher, Dave McCary, Brian McElhaney, Dennis McNicholas, Drew Michael, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Streeter Seidell, Will Stephen & Julio Torres
WRITING FOR A VARIETY SPECIAL
-Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Ashley Nicole Black, Patt Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn & Melinda Taub
-Louis C.K. 2017, Louis C.K.
-Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust, Sarah Silverman
-Stephen Colbert’s Live Election Night Democracy’s Series Finale: Who’s Going to Clean Up This S—?, Jay Katsir, Opus Moreschi, Stephen Colbert, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Rob Dubbin, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Django Gold, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Michael Pielocik, Tom Purcell, Kate Sidley, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack & John Thibodeaux
-70th Annual Tony Awards, Dave Boone, Mike Gibbons, Lauren Greenberg, Ian Karmel, Ben Winston & Justin Shanes
WRITING FOR A NONFICTION PROGRAM
Amanda Knox, Brian McGinn
Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years, Mark Monroe
Bill Nye Saves the World, Prashanth Venkataramanujam, CeCe Pleasants, Sanden Totten, Mike Drucker & Flora Lichtman
13th, Ava DuVernay & Spencer Averick
OUTSTANDING INTERACTIVE PROGAM
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Saturday Night Live Multiplatform Experience
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Get the full list of all this year’s Primetime Emmys nominees, including all of the Creative Arts Emmys here.
Unless you’re going to do a living funeral, you’re never going to get the opportunity to hear your own eulogy.
This Friday, you’ll have the opportunity to not only get a eulogy, but one from some of LA’s finest comedians in the very first It’s Your Funeral.
Get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Please Enjoy Curt Neill’s Robbery-Gone-Wrong Short “The Getaway”
If you’re like us and enjoyed the super stylish fun piece of popcorn that is Baby Driver, heist getaways are probably fresh on your mind.
Knowing that, you’ll probably enjoy this short The Getaway from Curt Neill, co-starring Anna Seregina and Clay Tatum, showing a much different sort of heist and subsequent result of said heist.
Actually, even if you’re not think about how bank robbers escape, we’d wager that you’ll really enjoy this short.
Issa Rae’s Insecure Season 1 Will Stream on YouTube Later This Month for Your Binging Convenience
Issa Rae’s Insecure Season 1 Will Stream on YouTube Later This Month for Your Binging Convenience
On July 23rd, you’ll be able to watch the entire first season of Issa Rae’s Insecure if you don’t have HBO or HBOGO or a friend or family member nice enough to lend you their password.
All of it will be up on HBO’s YouTube channel, which does mean you will have to watch it with commercials, but we’re guessing that you’ll be OK with that.
Those shows sound pretty cool, right?
Well, if you wanna go, we have tickets to giveaway! Enter here.
TNT Renews Claws for Season 2
Looks like TNT will be keeping their true crime dramedy around, which, we think, might lead to a change of that “We Know Drama” that they’ve had for so many years.
Funny or Die Celebrates 10 Years with a Special Retrospective Series by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay
10 years ago, The Landlord came out on Funny or Die and led Will Ferrell and Adam McKay on a path towards changing the game in terms of comedy content on the Web.
To mark the milestone, Will and Adam are doing their own “accurate” recounting of FoD’s history in a new weekly series. Start with part one here.