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Nathan Fielder Is Trolling Sean Spicer by Sending One of His Holocaust Awareness Summit Ice Jackets to Him
April 13, 2017
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“.@seanspicer you’re an XL right?”

After the massive faux pas made by White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer that featured an incredibly tone-deaf contrast between Assad and Hitler, the the world, especially the Internet, collectively (that also includes Alex Jones) was disgusted. 

Nathan Fielder, famed comedian and the man behind Nathan For You and proprietor of Summit Ice, an outdoor clothing company that promotes Holocaust awareness and education, was disturbed as well by the comments. Fielder opted to troll Spicer by sending him one of his jackets that, again, is completely done with the mission that people know about and remember the Holocaust.

This picture and tweet is just the nice, subtle burn that Nathan Fielder is so good at.
April 13, 2017
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One of our favorite all time podcasts, The Dollop, is coming out with a book, The United States of Absurdity (pre-order it here).

To mark the occassion, they’re doing a live Dollop at Nerdmelt next month with guest Sarah Tiana. 

Tickets are still available at $15 a pop 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.

Trailer for “Beatriz at Dinner” Has a Rich People Dinner, in Trump Era, Go Awry
April 13, 2017
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Having dinner with friends and especially friends of friends under the Trump Administration is a dicier proposition than it has been in recent memory. 

The new dark comedy, Beatriz at Dinner, from director Miguel Arteta and writer Mike White attempts to capture that tension in a dinner at a lavish mansion between rich folks and their professional healer. The cast that includes Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Jay Duplass, Chloe Sevigny, and Amy Landecker make this doomed dinner even more enticing.

Get a taste of what’s coming with this trailer. 

Look for Beatriz at Dinner in theaters on June 9th.
April 12, 2017
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But as I’ve thought so much more about Trump in the last year, there’s nobody more Trumpy than Selina. In some ways, she has been Trumpy for six seasons. So much of the show is her barging into things headfirst, saying the wrong thing, screwing up, getting caught, lying about it. If that’s not Trump, I don’t know what is. Everyone keeps asking, “Well, how has Trump changed things?” Trump, in a weird way, is sort of doing us. We’re not doing him.

David Mandel, Veep Showrunner in Guest Column for THR

John Cleese to Co-Star in BBC Sitcom “Edith” from Charles McKeown, The Writer of “Brazil”
April 12, 2017
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John Cleese to Co-Star in BBC Sitcom “Edith” from Charles McKeown, The Writer of “Brazil”

In this new Golden Age of television, John Cleese is indeed returning to the realm of sitcom with a new show from the writer of Brazil, Charles McKeown. 

The premise, the engagement of an elderly couple is interrupted by an old son moving in with them, seems kind of straightforward and a bit classical in a sort of Odd Couple, Three’s Company sense. 

That being said, with Monty Python alums Cleese and McKeown on board, we wouldn’t be surprised if there’s something special that they’ve got hidden up their sleeve for this series in tone, writing, etc.

RIP Charlie Murphy, 1959-2017
April 12, 2017
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Today, comedian, actor, and writer Charlie Murphy passed away from leukemia at the age of 57.

Murphy had a long career, keeping busy with TV and movies including Chapelle’s Show, Black Jesus, CB4, Harlem Nights, The Boondocks, and more, then later with stand-up as you can see in his extensive filmography on IMDB.

Of course, Murphy will be fondly remembered for his contribution to Chappelle’s Show known as Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories. The stories and reenactments of encounters with Prince and Rick James (in two parts) remain as some of the most beloved sketches of Chappelle’s Show. 

You’ve probably already watched them a few times, but do so again here, here, and here.

Watch Trailer for Chris Gethard’s HBO Special Version of “Career Suicide”
April 12, 2017
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Chris Gethard’s Off Broadway solo show, Career Suicide, presented by Judd Apatow, got made into an HBO special. 

The taping went for a rather intimate feel, which is refreshing to see and probably appropriate for the show.

Catch a glimpse of it with this trailer, then look for Career Suicide to premiere on HBO on Saturday, May 6th.
April 12, 2017
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Mouth Time, the podcast hosted by Reductress editors, is going live next week at The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe in Silverlake with a very special guest, Paul F. Tompkins.

If that’s right up your alley, you can still get tickets for $10 here. 

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

Here Are Your Comedy Nominees for the 21st Annual Webby Awards
April 12, 2017
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There are a lot of perennial favorites and heavy hitters here, but we are really happy to see The Last Podcast on The Left, possibly the best distillation of comedy and horror that there has been, getting some love here.

Also, you can vote on all of these categories up until April 20th and see the rest of the nominees, of which there are hundreds, here.

WEBSITE-HUMOR
-Funny or Die
-The Onion
-The Daily Show: Black Trump
-CollegeHumor
-Cracked
Honoree:
-Above Average

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-INDIVIDUAL SHORT OR EPISODE
-The New iPhone is Just Worse, CollegeHumor
-3AM, The Simpsons
-Tinder: The Superhero Movie, Rooster Teeth
-Epic Rap Battles of History: Wonder Woman vs. Stevie Wonder, Maker Studios
-Woke Bois-White Male Feminist, Casual Sketch
Honorees: 
-Absolutely Beautiful: Watch This Woman Tell Her Husband She’s Pregnant While Conan O’Brien Pours Good Milk Down The Sink, The Onion
-Pac-Dog (Animal Arcade Ep. 1), Denizen Company
-Stranger Things: The Truth About Steve & Jean-Ralphio, CBS Interactive
-Katy Perry Votes Naked, Funny or Die
-What If Donald Trump’s Been Using a Teleprompter This Whole Time?, Bloomberg Politics
-White Fragility Workplace Training, AJ+

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-LONG FORM OR SERIES
-Brooklyn Sound
-Mean Tweets, Jimmy Kimmel Live
-Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, Funny or Die
-Clueless Gamer with Conan O’Brien, Team Coco
-If Google Was a Guy, College Humor
Honorees:
-Celebs Have Issues, AOL Studios
-Hashtaggers, Stun Creativetoon
-Toon, Newbe TV
-Jingle Ballin’: A Holiday Special Starring Liza Koshy, Above Average
-Funny Or Die Presents Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie, Funny or Die
-How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps!, JASH
-The 5th Quarter, OBB Pictures
-BuzzFeed’s The Try Guys, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures

FILM & VIDEO-BRANDED-COMEDY
-Say my name, say my name, Jhpiego
-Lemonade, Not Ice T, The Martin Agency
-Craft Services: Old Spice Sweat-Blastin’ Robot Tank, Viacom Velocity
-Giphy Keys to Sucess, Giphy
-Undercover Lyft, Lyft
Honorees:
-We Know Acne, We Don’t Know Teens, Ways & Means
-Timer: Behind the Scenes, TBWAMedia Arts Lab
-Rise of the Tomb Raider and Broad City Vignette, The Story Lab
-Emily Ratajkowski Shares Her Social Media Secrets, Capture This
-Viralocity: Linsanity, Viacom Velocity
-Kevin Hart Press Conference, R/GA New York, R/GA London, and R/GA Portland
-Girls Can’t Code – Boobs, McCann New York/Tool

SOCIAL-HUMOR
-Eavesdropper, Mete Design
-TSA/Instagram, TSA/Public Affairs
-Kirby Jenner
-@ConanOBrien, Team Coco
-The Onion
Honorees:
-Cracked on Facebook, CRACKED.COM
-Vice Principals Morning Announcements, HBO

PODCASTS & DIGITAL AUDIO-COMEDY
-The Last Podcast on the Left, Cave Comedy Radio
-The Carson Podcast, Mark Malkoff LLC
-2 Dope Queens, WNYC Radio
-My Dad Wrote a Porno, Medium Maze
-The Hilarious World of Depression, American Public Media
Honorees:
-Hard Nation, EARWOLF/MIDROLL
-Comedy Bang Bang, EARWOLF/MIDROLL
-The Cracked Podcast, CRACKED.COM

Watch Ian Abramson Do Stand Up in a Shock Collar on Conan
April 11, 2017
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When doing stand-up on late night, there is a lot of pressure to deliver your set perfectly just as you’ve rehearsed for dozens and dozens of times over. 

Ian Abramson upped the ante by performing his late night set on last night’s Conan with a shock collar designed for dogs and giving the remote control that operates the collar to a random audience member. 

It’s one of the more weird and wonderful sets of stand-up that you’ll have seen in your lifetime. 

Watch it here.

Boomerang Will Be Getting Its Own Subscription Based Streaming Service
April 11, 2017
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Boomerang Will Be Getting Its Own Subscription Based Streaming Service

For $4.99 a month, you’ll be able to stream more than 1000 episodes of cartoons old and new including Looney Tunes, and Tom & Jerry, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, and much more. Some of these will even be airing on the Boomerang cable channel.

You can essentially have Saturday morning cartoons whenever you want.

See The Lucas Brothers Do a Special in Front of a Backdrop of Nixons in Trailer for Their Upcoming Netflix Special
April 11, 2017
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Yep, “Lucas Brothers: On Drugs”, coming to Netflix on Tuesday, April 18th, not only features the amazing twin comedy do doing stand-up, trippy accompanying animation, but it also has a fabulous and timely backdrop of repeating portraits Richard Nixon. 

See for yourself in the trailer then make sure to catch the special when it starts streaming next week.

Here’s a Promo for Full Frontal’s Not The White House Correspondents Dinner, Which Will Air the Same Night of WHCD
April 11, 2017
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With the fate of the White House Correspondents Dinner undecided a few months back, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee announced that they’ll be doing their own special that evening that would assure the Trump Administration would get their due that night.

Coined as “Not The White House Correspondents Dinner”, you can see what Sam Bee and company have in store with this promo released this week.

As announced today, Hasan Minhaj will be hosting this year’s actual White House Correspondents Dinner. So, you can actually pick between a current and former Daily Show correspondent and their televised special event on Saturday, April 29th.

As Trump isn’t attending because he ostensibly doesn’t want his feelings hurt to his face, you have to wonder exactly how hard Sam and Hasan will go on Trump, Bannon, news outlets, etc..

With Trump Planning to Be Absent, Hasan Minhaj Will Host This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner
April 11, 2017
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With Trump Planning to Be Absent, Hasan Minhaj Will Host This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

We love that Hasan Minhaj will be the host for this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. Not only is he a great Daily Show correspondent, but he hosted last year’s RTCA Dinner and took no prisoners with both his jokes and his message.  

Even though Trump isn’t attending, Hasan will very likely make the most of the evening and, perhaps, a very historic roast of what might be one of the most despised Presidents in U.S. History.

The 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner is set for April 29th.
April 11, 2017
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A swell stand-up show, a pop-up shop for items from people’s past relationships, and proceeds going to Planned Parenthood? Sounds pretty swell to us. 

This show Ex-Collection, hosted by Kayla Rosenberg, will take place this Thursday at Junior High. Admission is at $5 at the door. Get more details here.

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

Boston Calling Announces Its First Comedy Line-Up
April 10, 2017
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For years now, Boston Calling has been a big music shindig for Boston not unlike Outside Lands for SF, Bonnaroo for Tennessee, SXSW for Austin, etc. 

Like those festivals, it’s now featuring a dedicated comedy portion of the festival billed as a “A Comedy Experience Hosted by Hannibal Buress”. In fact, look at the flyer and you’ll see it’s a pretty nice weekend all around that they’ve got lined up. 

Tickets range from $99 for Single Day GA to $199 for 3 Day GA and $199 for Single Day VIP to $529 for 3 VIP.

Get more details and tickets here.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Gets First Multi-Season Series Pick-Up at Amazon
April 10, 2017
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Gets First Multi-Season Series Pick-Up at Amazon

Right from the get go, Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls, is getting two seasons at Amazon for her new show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

It’s a period piece starting off in 1958 and following a family woman’s journey into becoming a successful stand-up comedian working her way through Greenwich Village in NYC to being on TV.

With two whole seasons to play with, we’ll be curious to see the series arc that Palladino makes for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Angie Tribeca Season 3 Premieres Tonight
April 10, 2017
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10:30PM tonight, you’ll get the much needed dose of unfiltered silliness as season 3 of Angie Tribeca will premiere on TBS.

Until then, you can watch this wonderfully goofy promo.

Watch Trailer for Jill Soloway’s New Series “I Love Dick”
April 10, 2017
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Jill Soloway has already sealed her throne at Amazon with Transparent and now her next series, I Love Dick, is about to premiere next month.

This new show follows the new found obsession of a married woman played by Kathryn Hahn of Kevin Bacon who plays an alluring, but mysterious professor that her and her husband, played by Griffin Dunne, come to study with.

From this trailer, you can see that Soloway has honed a signature style of cinematic dramedy. 

Look for I Love Dick to start streaming on Amazon Prime on Friday, May 12th.
April 10, 2017
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Desus & The Kid Mero of Viceland’s late night show Desus & Mero will indeed be spending an evening with Deadline for their AwardsLine live events series next Monday at 7:30PM the Landmark Theatres in West LA (10840 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA).

You can RSVP for tickets for the event here.

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

Comedy Crawl & Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week
April 10, 2017
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Comedy Crawl & Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week

For 4/10/17 and beyond, we got all your LA comedy needs covered.

Late Night Gets Its First Blue Demon Host Tonight with The Gorburger Show with TJ Miller
April 9, 2017
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At the stroke of midnight this eve, a blue hairy, eldritch, yet somewhat friendly demon known only as Gorburger, voiced by TJ Miller, will descend upon an unsuspecting TV studio to host his own late night talk show. 

You’ll be able to see if his bloodlust overcomes his curiosity of celebrity guests and playing talk show games.

Again, the TV series premiere of The Gorburger Show with TJ Miller airs tonight at midnight on Comedy Central.
April 9, 2017
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HBO and Gallery 1988 are partnering up to put on an art exhibition in tribute to the comedic brilliance that is Veep.

Works from the following artists will be featured:
100% Soft
Alexander Wells
Anthony Petrie
Barry Blankenship
Bruce White
Chet Phillips
Chris McGuire
Clark Orr
Clinton Reno
Cuyler Smith
Dan Mumford
Doug LaRocca
Fred Harper
Heather Perry
Kiersten Essenpreis
Lou Pimentel
Luke McGarry
Maggie Chiang
Malisa Suchayana
Maria Bjornbom-Oberg
Nan Lawson
Oh Sew Nerdy
Phil Noto
Rockets are Red
Steve Dressler

There will be an opening on Friday, April 14th with a reception from 7PM-9PM at Gallery 1988, 7308 Melrose Ave. It’s free to attend, but we highly recommend getting there early as the gallery space is small and there will be a line out of the door.

Also, the exhibition will remain at the space until April 22nd and you’ll have the chance to buy the works starting on opening night and at gallery1988.com.

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

Watch Trailer Don Rickles Series “Dinner With Don” Which Wrapped Before He Passed Away
April 9, 2017
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Watch Trailer Don Rickles Series “Dinner With Don” Which Wrapped Before He Passed Away

One of the more exciting things that were in the works was AARP’s series Dinner with Don that essentially would be Don Rickles’ version of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

Guests Amy Poehler, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, and Paul Rudd had dinner with Don and enjoyed going back-and-forth with Mr. Warmth.

Fortunately, before Rickles passing this week, 10 episodes of the show had already been shot. There is no word on when and where it will make its debut, but we hope that its soon.

You can watch trailer over at The Hollywood Reporter.
April 8, 2017
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One of our favorite indie comedy theaters in LA, The Pack Theater, is doing a pretty sizable comedy/music festival at the end of this month.

Called Packchella, see what they have in store for Friday, April 28th-Sunday, April 30th.

Friday April 28th
9p – Bill and Ted’s Excellent History Report
10p – Late Nightmare with Emily Candini
11p – Go Sketch Yourself

Saturday April 29th
7p – Packstage Passes – Featuring Ari Stidham
8p – Allie Goertz, Pat Regan and Jeremiah Watkins, Kindred Throats
9p – The Lady Scoutington Musical Comedy Hour Featuring Graham the Dancing Lawyer – With Jackie Tohn, Amy Albert, Alli Miller
10p – Rick Overton’s Improvised Musical
11p – Sketch That Tune
12a – After Hours House Party with Drac & The Swamp Rats and Pat Regan

Sunday April 30th
12p – The Scramble – With JETZO　（ジェットゾー）, The Brothers Brothers’ Band, Lewburger, The Chroma Keys, Gregory Lawrence Smith Esq.
8p – Opening Night: The Improvised Musical and The Sound of Musical
9p – Rachel Bloom and Friends – With Zach Sherwin, The Apple Sisters, Drennon Davis, Matthew Patrick Davis
10p – Ladies of TPT Sketch Night
11p – The 88 Show with Avery Pearson – with Eliza Skinner, Michael Glazer

Get more details here.

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

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