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May 23, 2017

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Next month, the hit podcast Dumb People Town is taking its first live outing here in LA and the newly formed Starburns Castle in Burbank.

Jason and Randy Sklar and Daniel Van Kirk will not only be covering the stories from the fine folks that inhabit “dumb people town”, but will be looking for stories of the dumbest people from the crowd as well.

Tickets are $20 and you can (and really should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com

So, That Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o Comedy That Was Dreamt Up Over Twitter Is Now a Real Project at Netflix That Might Be Written by Issa Rae and Directed by Ava DuVernay

May 23, 2017

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So, That Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o Comedy That Was Dreamt Up Over Twitter Is Now a Real Project at Netflix That Might Be Written by Issa Rae and Directed by Ava DuVernay

This seems much easier than The Secret, no?

Whether this ends up being a sort of heist buddy comedy that was originally imagined has yet to be spelled out, but Issa Rae possibly writing it and DuVernay at the helm gives us hope that whatever comes from this might be worth catching at a theater near you.

The Big Fire Festival Returns and Announces 2017 Line-Up

May 23, 2017

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Though the words ‘fire’ and ‘festival’ might conjure up the recent SNAFU that was the Fyre Festival.

That being said, The Big Fire Festival is nothing like that as it’s returning for its 3rd year, has nothing to do with Instagram celebrities trying to dupe you, and features plenty of comedy worth checking out in the desert under the stars as shown in the flyer above.

You can get more details here and tickets here.

Get a First Look at “Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters” Where Bobcat Is Thankfully Back in the Auteur Seat

May 22, 2017

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Auteurs in comedy are rare, but when they come around, they are quite something to behold. The films of Bobcat Goldthwait gives society at large a simultaneously unflinching and often hysterical look into the mirror.

His brand new show, Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, that will be arriving at TruTV early next year, will bring us all new sorts of genre-bending satire from Goldthwait himself in the form on an anthology series.

You can see what we’re talking about in this creepy, yet funny clip from one of those stories, Bubba The Bear.

Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter Season 2 Starts Tonight and Runs Through This Whole Week

May 22, 2017

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The 5 episode saga of season 2 of Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter starts tonight at midnight on Adult Swim.

In fact, the whole season will air this week at midnight, Monday-Friday, so you won’t have to wait to long to get the proper context of the photo above, which might be Jon Glaser in his most bad ass pose ever.

As This Promo Shows, TJ Miller Will Not Be Dry for His “Meticulously Ridiculous” HBO Special

May 22, 2017

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When doing things live on stage, you’ve probably seen that TJ Miller is never afraid to get silly.

This notion will especially be reinforced in his hour long HBO special aptly titled “Meticulously Ridiculous” as shown in this promo.

Look for the premiere on Saturday, June 17th at 10PM on HBO.

May 22, 2017

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Comedy Central’s will be taping their latest season of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir very soon at Cheetah’s in Los Feliz. There are 14 tapings currently available to attend for free, so long as you RSVP, and, as usual, they’ve got a very, very stacked line-up.

Stories will be coming from the likes of Darrell Hammond, Scott Thompson, Anthony Atamanuik, Byron Bowers, Sandra Bernhard, Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton, Chris Garcia, Joel Kim Booster, and Tom Segura to name a few.

Get more details, the full line-up, and tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

May 22, 2017

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Both the Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run are all updated for next week (i.e. other things than Twin Peaks returning are happening).

Check the listings on the calendars at www.thecomedybureau.com

Adult Swim Orders a Pilot of Vernon Chatman’s “The Shivering Truth”, a Stop-Motion ‘Dark Surreal Anthology Comedy’

May 22, 2017

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Adult Swim Orders a Pilot of Vernon Chatman’s “The Shivering Truth”, a Stop-Motion ‘Dark Surreal Anthology Comedy’

Given Chatman’s resume of South Park, Louie, Wonder Showzen, and The Heart She Holler, and an eclectic mix of many facets of comedy, one has to wonder if this project is the culmination of all of Chatman’s previous work.

What we imagine, at this stage, is a stop motion animation, probably like Anomalisa, take on Edgar Allen Poe with the darkly comic twist of Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales.

If anything like that comes out of the pilot process into being a show on Adult Swim, we’re on board.

TruTV Is Developing Projects from Liza Treyger, Austin Martinez, Rose Schlossberg, The Kloons, and Michael Torpey

May 22, 2017

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In the whirlwind of upfronts these last several days, there are some things that we’d like to mention now as we didn’t get around to them right when they were announced.

In addition to TruTV’s current solid slate full of returning series like Adam Ruins Everything and Those Who Can’t as well as the upcoming new show Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, they’ve got plenty in development to be excited about

Specifically:
-a Liza Treyger sitcom pilot
-a musically inclined sketch comedy pilot from Molly Austin and Shamikah Martinez AKA Austin Martinez (the comedy duo featured in Rachel Dratch’s Late Night Snack)
-a how to apocalypse survival guide comedy pilot End Times Girls Club from Rose Schlossberg
-presentation of a fake ad competition from The Kloons
-presentation of a game show that challenges what people studied in college in order to pay of their student debt from Michael Torpey

It’s almost like that time where TruTV almost exclusively made reality TV was long, long ago.

A24 Is Giving a Theatrical Release James Franco’s Comedy About the Making of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, “The Disaster Artist”

May 21, 2017

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A24 Is Giving a Theatrical Release James Franco’s Comedy About the Making of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, “The Disaster Artist”

Yes, James Franco really did make a comedy, The Disaster Artist, about the making of the cult comedy, “best worst” movie The Room from Tommy Wiseau. After making noise on the festival circuit, A24 has opted to give it a release in theaters for a possible awards run.

We’re on board that move for two reasons. One, it’s a comedy making head way into awards contention that always biases towards heartbreaking drama and two, it’s a nifty sounding alternative to whatever holiday fare is playing at most multiplexes.

We’re looking forward to seeing if The Disaster Artist can fulfill the plenty that its promising.

Bill Burr’s Animated Family Comes Back as Dysfunctional as Ever in NSFW Season 2 Trailer for “F Is For Family”

May 21, 2017

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Bill Burr’s F Is For Family is coming back for its second season in just over a week on Tuesday, May 30th.

There’s a lot of surprises in store, as hinted at in this NSFW trailer for the new season. Whether they’re pleasant or shocking is something we’ll leave to you to decide.

May 21, 2017

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Come celebrate 2 years of the best show for best friends telling stories on stage together.

Kim Seltzer and Aliya Kamalova will indeed by having the The Best Friends Show 2 Year Anniversary next week and tickets are only $5. Please get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

May 21, 2017

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We, and by “we”, I mean just one person, Jake Kroeger, love supporting LA comedy and, by extension, the art form of comedy through efforts put forth here by The Comedy Bureau.

We’ve been doing for almost 7 years. It might almost be 7 years. We’ve kind of lost count because we haven’t taken a day off since 2010. That’s not hyperbole. “We” just a) love comedy and b) are workaholics.

Being a publicly funded resource is hard enough through official channels a la grants or funds handed out by governments or well known benefactors.

Rather than go that route, we’re looking to all of you fine folks that have dug us throughout the years to help us out by pledging on our Patreon page to not only keep our operations going, but help us expand possibly to NYC and improve and streamline the Bureau as a whole.

Any bit helps. If you can pledge $1000 or pledge even just $1, spread the word, etc., we can keep serving our community at large forever.

In a Commencement Speech at Her Alma Mater, Maria Bamford Gives Back Way More Than Just Sound Advice

May 20, 2017

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If you’re weren’t sure about whether Maria Bamford is an American treasure that keeps giving and giving or not, please watch the short, but very sweet commencement speech she gives for the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts starting at 39:17.

May 20, 2017

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To kick off a brand new, upcoming Dr. Katz audio series on Audible, Dr. Katz: The Audio Files, Jonathan Katz, Laura Silverman, and 5 very special celebrity patients will record a live episode at Cinefamily next month.

Yes, you read that right. There is new Dr. Katz coming out very soon.

Tickets are $25 for general admission and $40 for VIP and you can them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Animals Is Getting a Third Season at HBO

May 19, 2017

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Animals Is Getting a Third Season at HBO

Score another win for The Duplass Brothers, Starburns Industries, animated animals with human problems and, most importantly, series creators Mike Luciano and Phil Matarese.

Please, Please, Please Enjoy Nick Vatterott’s Sketch Show “No Outlet”

May 19, 2017

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Simply put, No Outlet is a sketch show fed directly from the inner psyche of Nick Vatterott. As such, it’s absurd, relentless, and, of course, hysterical.

Also, Mr. Show fans might find their new favorite thing when watching this tightly crafted work from Vatterott.

Like we said above, please enjoy No Outlet here and now.

Watch Trailer for HBO’s Latest Sports Comedy Special “Tour De Pharmacy”

May 19, 2017

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HBO has already done specials parodying tennis, 7 Days in Hell, and baseball, Ferrell Takes the Field. Now, they’re moving on to the world of competitive cycling, specifically the part where they catch athletes using PEDs.

Called Tour De Pharmacy, they’ve got Andy Samberg, John Cena, Daveed Diggs, Orlando Bloom, Freddie Highmore, and even, somehow, Lance Armstrong playing a part in this Tour De France send-up.

See for yourself in this trailer.

Look for the premiere on July 8th at 10PM on HBO.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 Is Now Streaming and Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally’s Summer of 69: No Apostrophe Premieres Tonight

May 19, 2017

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You may or may not be done with getting through the latest season of Master of None, but Netflix has more peak TV comedy ready and waiting for you as they just started streaming all the episodes of season 3 of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt today.

On top of that, comedy’s favorite couple Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally’s Summer of 69: No Apostrophe comedy special will premiere at 10PM on Epix tonight.

OK, you’ve got your “work” for this weekend cut out for you.

Jeffrey Tambor Discusses His Book “Are You Anybody?” at Skylight Books 5/24

May 19, 2017

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Jeffrey Tambor has a brand new book that details his long, storied, and illustrious career called “Are You Anybody?”

Here’s a lovely promo video for the book featuring his kids.

He’s doing a live event next week at Skylight Books in Los Feliz on Wednesday, May 24th and you can attend with the purchase of the book from Skylight.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

By The Way, The Dress Up Gang (Robb Boardman, Donny Divanian, Cory Loykasek) Are Going to Make My Roommate, My Friend Into a Series on TBS

May 19, 2017

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By The Way, The Dress Up Gang (Robb Boardman, Donny Divanian, Cory Loykasek) Are Going to Make My Roommate, My Friend Into a Series on TBS

In the flurry of upfronts, we missed the mention of how the much beloved Dress Up Gang will be adapting their cult hit web series My Roommate, My Friend into a full fledged TV show at TBS. The show focuses on a subtle, yet slight absurd relationship between two roommates that is simultaneously two friends living together and something like a legal guardian taking care of a child.

The TV adaptation of the web series is currently untitled, but it very much follows the premise of the original.

They actually took down all the episodes from various sources online. So, until the show hits the air, you’ll have to had been lucky enough to catch them in years past to really see what we’re talking about.

Hopefully, the premiere will be very soon.

19th Annual DCM Line-Up, Schedule, Tickets, and Passes Now Available

One of the most renowned, if not the most renowned, improv events in the world is just around the corner.

The 19th Annual Del Close Marathon is coming next month and it, per usual, has an extremely stacked line-up as you can see above.

If you’re planning on going (and we hope that you would be) get your tickets and passes ASAP.

May 18, 2017

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If everyone who subscribes, follows, uses, loves, likes, etc. The Comedy Bureau pledged $1 (that includes the 20K followers we have here on Tumblr), we could probably function like a full fledged bureau with, you know, offices, furniture, employees, and being able to serve the whole country.

So, support us on Patreon here and spread the word so we can do all of what we’ve just said and more.

Comedy Knockout Returns to TruTV Tonight

May 18, 2017

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If you love seeing competitions where comedians face off on who can say the funniest thing based on a premise, you’re living in a veritable promise land.

One such show, TruTV’s Comedy Knockout, returns tonight at 11PM. Here’s a taste of what’s to come with Clayton English, Noah Gardenswartz, and Jessimae Peluso.

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