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A New Brent Weinbach Stand-Up Special “Appealing to the Mainstream” Is Now Streaming

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A New Brent Weinbach Stand-Up Special “Appealing to the Mainstream” Is Now Streaming

To all subscribers of Seeso, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV, you now get the expressed privilege of having access to a brand new comedy special from Brent Weinbach, one of the best weirdos in comedy.

Even though it’s called “Appealing to the Mainstream”, Brent’s comedic voice has always stood uniquely, brilliantly and respectfully on its own and has done so much to our delight for many years.

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Comedy and the spiritual will overlap for an evening as part of Feral Audio and Be Here Now Network’s Mindful Ruckus. It’s a live podcast taping that will be starting the new performance venue known as Starburns Castle (1101 W. Isabel St., Burbank, CA) off.

Mindful Ruckus will happen this Friday, April 28th at 7:30PM.

Tickets are $25 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week (4/24/17)

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Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week (4/24/17)

All around the LA Area, we’ve got you covered for all your comedy needs for this coming week and beyond.

PBS SoCal’s ANGELENO Profiles Lisa Curry Putting in the Work to Make It in Comedy

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PBS SoCal’s ANGELENO Profiles Lisa Curry Putting in the Work to Make It in Comedy

ANGELENO has PBS SoCal find certain individuals throughout the dense sprawl of LA that highlight the intricate tapestry that makes up this city.

For comedy, they followed and interviewed Lisa Curry and showed the amount dedication, work, focus, and self-determination she has, on top of being funny, in order to make her own path in comedy here in Los Angeles.

You can watch it on PBS at Sun, Apr 23 at 6PM and Mon, Apr 24 at 7:30PM or stream it right now right here.

Silicon Valley Season 4 Premieres Tonight

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Just your friendly neighborhood reminder with this Daniel Clowes poster that one of HBO’s prestige comedies is returning for its 4th season tonight.

Tune in for season 4 of Silicon Valley tonight on HBO at 10PM (or stream it later on HBO GO or HBO NOW).

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One of LA’s long running comedy house shows, Comedy Living Room, is now being done in VR coming up this week through JASH and AltspaceVR.

The line-up is pretty fantastic and with someone like Paul Scheer on the show, you’ve got to wonder what shenanigans he’ll try to pull with it being a VR comedy house show.

Also, to all of those without a VR headset, you can enjoy the show on your desktop or laptop computer.

Get more details here.

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

George Carlin’s “Jammin’ in New York” Released on Vinyl for First Time for Record Store Day

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On this Record Store Day, you can get one of George Carlin’s most heralded works, Jammin’ in New York, on vinyl for the very first time. If you’re a collector, especially of the recent uptick in vinyl comedy albums, you’re probably going to want to have this in your collection.

It’s a RSD release, so, of course, go to and support your local record store by picking up a copy.

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Between her own innovative live performances and her roles in Trainwreck, Love, and more, Claudia O’Doherty is definitely one of the more fascinating comedians working today and one that we would love to know what makes her tick comedically.

The latest so, you do comdedy? at UCB Sunset on April 24th might just get to the bottom of that.

Get your tickets here.

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

“7-inches for Planned Parenthood” Will Be a Special Vinyl Record Box Set Featuring Great Comedy and Music in Support of Planned Parenthood

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Trump has let the states decide whether they want to defund Planned Parenthood or not. So, now, so many people are stepping up to have the back of Planned Parenthood.

So, to support the cause, a special collector’s box set of vinyl records featuring the comedy of Sarah Silverman, Aparna Nancherla, Jenny Slate, Margaret Cho, Tig Notaro, Janeane Garofalo, Pete Holmes, and Zach Galifianakis in addition to music from some of the musicians around like St. Vincent, Sleater-Kinney, Björk, Matt Berninger, Elliott Smith, Sharon Van Etten, Mitski, Feist, and Chvrches will be released soon. All of the comedy comes from Largo’s archives by the way.

Also, we like that the folks behind this project made this note:

Do we know there’s a joke in the name? We do. We hope the title evokes the rich history of 7-inch vinyl records as a medium for protest music and resistance.

Pre-sale date has yet to be announced, but you can get more info here.

Season 2 Trailer of Hidden America with Jonah Ray Includes a Not So Happy Anthony Bourdain

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Hidden America with Jonah Ray is indeed a fake travel show that expertly skewers the whole TV genre that explores the culture of traveling here and abroad. The upcoming season has excited for more sharp, nuanced parodies of what real travel shows done in real cities with guests Joel Hodgson, Yvette Nicole Brown, Janet Varney and Jorge Garcia.

Also, in blurring the lines between the parody and real world, the one and only Anthony Bourdain of Parts Unknown fame, and a particularly incensed one at that, makes what seems to be a “fun” cameo on this new season of Hidden America.

See all of this and more in the season 2 trailer, then look for the season to start streaming on Seeso on Thursday, May 4th.

Rachel Bloom’s Latest Music Video “Lady Boss” Examines the Hard Balancing Act of Being a Powerful Woman in the Workplace

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When it comes to breaking down tenets of feminism and how different waves of feminism might clash with each other, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom is one of the few people on the planet that can package such a lesson into a very entertaining, uber clever song and accompanying music video.

We also have no doubt that Bloom just kicked up sales for Ruth Bader Ginsburg throw pillows.

Watch the music video for Lady Boss, done with Vanity Fair, here.

Anthony Atamanuik Dissects How to Do His Perfect Trump Impression

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Tightening the face, sharp arm gestures, and Shih Tzus all figure into our favorite impression of Trump as done by the amazing Anthony Atamanuik.

Watch Anthony break it down to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.

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Recently, Baron Vaughn and Open Mike Eagle’s live show New Negroes got a series order at Comedy Central.

If you wanna catch the live show before it launches on TV, you can catch New Negroes this Sunday, April 23rd at 7:30PM at UCB Franklin.

Joining Baron and Mike will be Phoebe Robinson, Tashi Condalee, Bianca Da Silva Cristovao, Madison Shepard, Opeyemi Olagbaju and Lil’ Rel Howery.

Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

This May Be a Sketch About “Weed Sommeliers”, But Know That Weed Sommeliers Are Already a Real Thing

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Chris Garcia, Joey Izzo, Reign Morton, and Más Mejor do envision how a “weed sommelier” might be in a documentary in a great, off-beat way.

However, we wouldn’t be surprised at all if this wasn’t far from the truth as weed sommeliers do exist. If there are anything like wine sommeliers, this sketch might be bordering on a mini-doc.

TV Land’s Teachers Is Getting a Full Order for Season 3

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TV Land’s Teachers Is Getting a Full Order for Season 3

TV Land is really happy with their original comedy series Teachers.

They’re so happy that they’re giving that rarely-seen-these-days full season order of 20 episodes for season 3 of the show.

This means, we guess, that there is enough room for two single camera cable sitcoms about teachers who are more than a little rough around the edges on television. Remember that, earlier this year, TruTV renewed Those Who Can’t for season 3 too.

Husband and Wife Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook Have a New Audio Series Wedlock on Audible

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Most couples don’t start an audio series together examining the trials and tribulations of relationships.

Then again, most couples don’t create their own tube race held on the LA River on top of being performers and writers.

With that in mind, real life daring, married couple Kurt Braunohler and Lauren Cook have their own Audible audio series called Wedlock with six episodes available to listen to for free through Amazon Prime. Guests include a famous cam girl, hostage negotiators, a shaman, and Jim Gaffigan.

Here’s a bit of a preview.

10th Annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival Announces Line-Up

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The 10th Annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival will have a stacked line-up of:

PERFORMERS:
Patton Oswalt
Janeane Garofalo (Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show)
Andy Kindler (Bob’s Burgers, Everybody Loves Raymond)
Eugene Mirman (Bob’s Burgers, Delocated)
Karen Kilgariff (My Favorite Murder, Mr. Show)
Guy Branum (Talk Show The Game Show, Chelsea Lately)
Baron Vaughn (Grace and Frankie, Fairly Legal)
Jackie Kashian (The Dork Forest, Lady Dynamite)
Laurie Kilmartin (Conan, Last Comic Standing)
Kevin Avery (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)
Matt Braunger (Agent Carter, Big Dumb Animal)
Kyle Kinane (Comedy Central)
Brooke van Poppelen (Hack My Life, Girl Code)
Jonah Ray (MST3K, Nerdist, Hidden America)
Nico Santos (Superstore, Chelsea Lately)
Dave Hill (@midnight, Inside Amy Schumer)
Eliza Skinner (The Late, Late Show with James Corden)
Debra DiGiovanni (Just For Laughs, Last Comic Standing)
Ahmed Bharoocha (Adam Devine’s House Party, Conan)
Chris Fairbanks (Almost Genius, Conan)
Annie Lederman (We Have Issues, @midnight)
Shane Torres (Conan)
Andy Erikson (Last Comic Standing

and

SHOWS:
-Lance Bangs Presents: Come Laugh With Us
-An Evening With The Guys From Mystery Science Theater 3000
-Comedian Matt Braunger will be taping his third comedy special, and their first special ever taped at Bridgetown.
-Hold On with Eugene Mirman
-Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction with Bryan Cook
-The Jackie and Laurie Show
-The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn
-Jackie Kashian’s The Dork Forest podcast
-Palindrome Fight
-Can I Pet Your Dog? Podcast
-A Good Trip with Shane Mauss
-Brew Haha: The Comedy Show Drinking Game
-Turnt Up with Eliza Skinner

As you can see, you won’t want to miss Bridgetown if you’re in or around Portland, OR next month.

Get passes here.

Atlanta, Better Things, and Veep Win 2017 Peabody Awards

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This year’s Peabody Awards will honor three of the more praised comedies on television right now, Atlanta, Better Things, and Veep.

That seems to fit into their prestigious brand of recognizing excellence in storytelling, especially with how relevant all three of those shows are. Specifically, they give a deal of visibility for race relations, feminism, and politics with in their own singular, inventive way.

Also, score another big win here for FX with Better Things and Atlanta.

They announced the winners for their “Entertainment” category this morning and will announce the winners in News, Radio/Podcast, Children’s, Education, and Public Service on April 25.

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-Ality, the VR Game, Now Available for Purchase

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We can imagine very many other ways to enjoy 4/20 then playing a brand spankin’ new Rick and Morty VR game.

Get a full look of not only what’s possible in the game, but how much the game stays on brand by making fun of itself in the full trailer.

You can get Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality from Steam for $29.99. If there was a reason to get a VR headset, this might be it.

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Before the end of the Steve Allen Theater this Summer, you need to catch Tomorrow! with Ron Lynch, the long running, beloved midnight comedy variety show.

This week’s edition is of particular interest and Fred Armisen will be co-hosting. Also, a weird and wonderful line-up of:

KARL HERLINGER (ventriloquist)
SCOT NERY (juggler)
BRYAN & JAY (couple guys)
NANA THE CATLADY (gonzo musician)
APRIL HAVA SHENKMAN (performance artist)
PONY DEATH RIDE (sassy band)
& MORE!!
and Tomorrow Show players BRIAN BARLOW, KATIE CROWN, DAVEY JOHNSON & CHRIS WALSH

Please get your tickets here.

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

Watch Maria Bamford Make Up Voices for Realtors and James Adomian Arm Wrestle Guy Branum on Talk Show the Game Show

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Talk Show the Game Show is bringing talk show games to a whole other level as evidenced by these clips of Maria Bamford having to use her voice talents to bring pictures of realtors to life and James Adomian going head-to-head with Guy Branum in an arm wrestling match (with a spectacular finish we might add).

Also, unlike the majority of other talk show and late night games, the points and winners do matter and have a whole set of judges that keep them accountable to being the most entertaining guest throughout the evening. Again, we hope this revolutionizes playing games with celebrities on television going forward.

By the way, there’s a new episode of Talk Show the Game Show with Guy Branum tonight on TruTV at 10PM.

Michelle Wolf Will Tape Her First Hour Special for HBO with Neal Brennan Directing

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Michelle Wolf Will Tape Her First Hour Special for HBO with Neal Brennan Directing

Michelle Wolf, who you’ve probably seen rise from being a great stand-up to Late Night with Seth Meyers to The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, is now making her way to an hour long HBO stand-up special.

Between HBO, Netflix, Comedy Central, Showtime, and Seeso, you can now definitely see each network building up their reserves of comedy specials that they exclusively own and HBO made a pretty solid choice with Wolf.

It’ll tape this summer on Saturday, August 12th at NYC’s Skirball Center and the one and only Neal Brennan will be directing.

Here’s a recent set of Wolf performing in the UK at Live at the Apollo as a bit of a preview of what’s to come.

“The Lucas Brothers: On Drugs” Is Now Streaming on Netflix

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The Lucas Brothers get really political, specifically taking on Richard Nixon and the aftermath of his presidency in their Netflix special, “The Lucas Brothers: On Drugs”.

Well, they do that in addition to touching on Deion Sanders’ music career amongst other things all in their confidently laid back, slightly meta comedic style.

It’s now streaming on Netflix and actually comes in under an hour and has a great animation at the end too.

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This Friday, Tony Sam and Christina Catherine Martinez will gather a great line-up of performers that really know how to take tomfoolery to the next level and put on a show deep in DTLA that “explains the universe” (?).

The show is free to attend and you can get more details here.

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

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 Trailer Is Here

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Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is now coming up to its 3rd season and looks to be as fun and clever as ever (and must still have NBC kicking itself that it let it go).

See for yourself with the season 3 trailer, then look for all the episodes to start streaming on Friday, May 19th.