If you’re not in LA, there is already plenty of stuff up for auction on eBay.
A delight within the LA scene, Paige Weldon, is recording a whole comedy album about two weeks.
It’s free to attend AND you’ll get to sit in pews within a Chinese restaurant. Also, they’re so great guests on the show as well as you can see above.
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If you have a Seeso subscription OR Amazon Prime, you can now enjoy the further foibles of high stakes, 1%-er real estate as well as the unforgettable beard worn by Paul F. Tompkins for season 3 of Bajillion Dollar Propertie$.
Last year, real life married comedians Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher went on tour as part of their honeymoon. They not only captured their journey in a web series, but offered other couples sincere, but still hilarious, advice on how they might better their relationships.
So, Natasha and Moshe are embarking again across North America on what is now called “The Endless Honeymoon Tour” this summer.
We guess if you can keep the “honeymoon phase” going, the magic doesn’t stop, right?
Last year, Laurie Kilmartin made a terrific special following the passing of her father called 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad. It was one of our favorite things all year long from 2016.
If you have the unfortunate luck of not having a subscription to Seeso or Amazon Prime, you probably haven’t gotten a chance to enjoy it like we have.
However, that will all change next Friday, June 9th when 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad will come out as an album off of AST Records. We’ll be sure to remind you again next week so you can enjoy one of the best hours in comedy on dealing with death.
You can pre-order it off of iTunes here.
A screening of Harold and Maude is always something worth going to, but, having Greg Proops explain how great and important one of Hal Ashby’s greatest works makes it something special.
With that in mind, you should go get tickets for this month’s The Greg Proops Film Club: Harold and Maude at Cinefamily.
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We’ve got a whole bunch of tickets to give away to some of our favorite shows around LA! Click on the show to enter to win through our pals at DoLA.
Fresh Out LA @ UCB Sunset 6/1
Baked with Brendon Small and Steve Agee @ Hollywood Improv 6/3
Harmontown @ Starburns Castle 6/4
Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ The Virgil 6/5
Sh*t Arcade: Comedians Play Bad Games @ Nerdmelt Showroom 6/15
Harmontown @ Starburns Castle 6/18
Though a bit of a skeptic of psychics, NYC’s Farah Brook is curious what the future holds just like the rest of us. Unfortunately, this curiosity comes at a time where it’s more unclear than ever what might just happen and how far reaching the events to come will be.
So, why not have comedians call a real psychic hotline to find out and record it for a podcast?
That’s exactly what the podcast Psychic Hotline $1/minute is and it, as such, has a pretty inescapable charm. Farah and guests do talk to real psychics that you can call with a genuine desire to have some questions about their future answered. However, they still keep a healthy dose of skepticism to it and, because they’re comedians, make fun of the more ridiculous things that they hear are or told to write down. Also, Farah’s voice might be one of the most soothing we’ve heard on a podcast.
Though you might be still working through the last 5 series/special that Netflix dropped (not to mention what else you might be watching on another streaming service), you’ve got a fresh batch with season 2 of Bill Burr’s F Is For Family ready and waiting for you when you’re ready.
Also, take a moment to notice that, in addition to this being an era of peak TV, animated series targeted at adults (including Animals, BoJack Horseman, F Is For Family, etc.) are flourishing more now than ever.
Will Arnett Says ‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Will Be Much More Like the Original
Rather than trying to plan around shooting schedules and piecing together multiple storylines from multiple characters, there will be more of the Bluths coming together in the upcoming season of Arrested Development.
So, someone’s wishes (probably a lot of people’s) have been answered.
We’ll see how much season 5 will harken back to some of the best seasons of televised comedy, hopefully, not to far from now.
The Carmichael Show is a rare multi cam sitcom that is unafraid to dive into touchy territory and, as such, is a series where what is normally considered “a very special episode” is business as usual for them.
Catch the season 3 premiere tonight on NBC at 9PM.
Weekly show, Sauce Comedy, is using June to put on an entire all-female comedy festival that does indeed feature some of the best comedians (see for yourself in the flyer above) that LA has to offer.
Perfectly called Pizza Coven, there are five Fridays in June that will make up this festival held at Desano’s Pizza in Hollywood.
Get more details about Pizza Coven here.
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You Can Keep The Comedy Bureau Going Forever and, By Proxy, Keep Live Comedy Going Forever
Through Patreon, you can pledge money monthly to keep us (and by us, we mean just one guy) a float, but you could potentially make us bigger, better, and more efficient and user-friendly than ever.
If you are considering pledging, could you do so today as we’d get our first batch of funds from our Patreon subscribers starting tomorrow.
Kimmie Lucas and Kelsey Laine have a real good time recounting the entire 30 Rock series, episode by episode on their podcast, Talk 30 Rock to Me.
They were nice enough to have us on to talk about the “Gavin Volure” episode guest starring Steve Martin.
In prepping for it, we almost found a conspiracy theory. Listen and you can find out what sort of weird rabbit hole we descended into.
“The Square” from Ruben Östlund, an Expert in Dry Comedy/Satire, Wins Cannes Prestigious Palme d’Or
Ruben Östlund put the world on notice a few years back with his film Force Majeure. As we said, you’ll probably never see a better dry comedy involving an avalanche that questions gender politics ever.
As Ruben deals in a very sharp and refined comedic sensibility in his films, it’s heartening to see that some comedy gets recognition where heartbreaking dramas usually dominate. The Square clashes the world of contemporary art with moral quandaries, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, and men pretending to be apes and we can only hope for a full trailer and news of U.S. distribution soon.
Get a taste of The Square from this clip and read a full interview of Ruben Östlund by Deadline.
Following up We Are Miracles, the title to Sarah Silverman’s latest special seems to naturally progress some sort of greater, existential theme as it’s called A Speck of Dust.
That being said, Silverman has brought her signature blue cleverness to a more personal level on this special than she has in the past. A brush with almost dying adds some more gravitas throughout the hour and the closer, in an age where notable closing jokes in specials are becoming increasingly rare, is pretty spectacular.
Also, Sarah made this devilishly mischievous promo for it.
Mike Birbiglia’s latest stop in LA, for his “The New One” tour, will be in the gorgeous Wilshire Ebell Theatre on October 26th at 7PM. Tickets are going for $38-$48 and up for sale now.
Need we say more? Didn’t think so.
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If You Were Thinking About Supporting Us on Patreon, Could You Do So Before June 1st
Like rent, Patreon collects payments on the first, so we’d get our first batch of money pledged on June 1st. If you pledge anywhere from a $1 to almost whatever amount you want now, we’d get it very soon rather than having to wait over a month.
1) This is real.
2) The idea for this did come from author/actress/comedian Sara Benincasa experiences of watching an episode of American Gods and going to Cheesecake Factory blending in her subconscious (via Eater)
3) They’ve already raised $68,707
4) Here’s Neil Gaiman performing a commencement speech in case you forgot how lovely his voice sounds.
5) Here’s the Cheesecake Factory menu in case you forgot how massive and indulgent it is.
6) They’re trying to reach the goal of $500,000 by June 20th, World Refugee Day.
7) Again, this is real.
8) Donate to this delightfully silly and great thing here on CrowdRise.
(via SB Nation)
The Simpsons have just received yet another rare honor as an ongoing cultural institution.
Homer Simpson now has a place in Cooperstown, the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame, after it has been 25 years since the episode of “Homer at the Bat” aired, complete with the plaque above as well as a detailed exhibit.
The accompanying caption on the plaque, we must say, is pretty perfect.
Wolf Den is one of the more picturesque house shows in the LA scene. They’re a monthly show nestled in Silverlake, making it even more of a special occasion, that has a swell line-up for May.
Get more details here.
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Hulu Is Developing an Animated Comedy from Adam Pally Based on @LosFelizDaycare on Twitter
Jason Shapiro’s @losfelizdaycare has built up an impressive following over the last four years by satirizing the most modern and progressive version of parenting around.
Now, it’s going to be a series, which makes this the third Twitter-related comedy deal that has been struck this past week (the other two being a Netflix special for Ellen DeGeneres and Netflix developing the buddy comedy between Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o from what was originally some wishful thinking on Twitter)
As an animated series on Hulu and with Adam Pally in the mix, we’re very intrigued as to how this project might shape up and how not for kids this show about taking care of kids might be.
As we’re finding out more and more these days, prank shows from over 10 years ago blurred the line in regards to breaking the law and what they ordered comedians to do for a prank.
It’s just as funny as it is cringe-worthy through almost every beat of it.
