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We Were Right About The President Show with Donald Trump as Anthony Atamanuik Will Indeed Playing Trump in a Late Night Show Format

April 3, 2017

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Remember last week when Comedy Central announced a Trump themed show with very little details?

We had a hunch that it might be a late night series with Anthony Atamanuik playing Donald Trump that might fill in that gap between The Daily Show and @midnight.

Turns out we were right on the money.

Anthony Atamanuik, the best Trump impressionist out there, will be playing Trump as a weekly late night talk show host starting later this month. Here’s an official announcement video.

“In the world of The President Show, Trump is bypassing the crooked media by hosting a late-night show direct from the Oval Office. No unfair questions from reporters, no awkward photo ops with German ladies, and no bedtimes. Just a fun show where he can put his unique Trumpian spin on such late-night staples as desk segments, field pieces and guest interviews.”

The only regret we have here is that this show hasn’t existed since November.

Look for The President Show to premiere on Thursday, April 27th at 11:30PM on Comedy Central.

Rick and Morty Season 3 Premiere Will Re-Air Every Night This Week on Adult Swim; Rest of Season Will Air this Summer

April 3, 2017

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Rick and Morty Season 3 Premiere Will Re-Air Every Night This Week on Adult Swim; Rest of Season Will Air this Summer

If you were busy reveling in April Fool’s Day and missed out on the Rick and Morty season 3 premiere live stream, fret not.

Adult Swim will be airing reruns of the long-awaited premiere episode every night this week at 10PM EST/PST.

Whether you have or haven’t seen it, do take this opportunity to delight in another brilliant episode of Rick and Morty as many times as you can.

April 3, 2017

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Todd Glass will be headlining the Hollywood Improv Lab this Saturday, which is probably one of the most intimate spaces in which you can see Todd headline. In other words, please don’t miss out on this.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week

April 3, 2017

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Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week

For all the comedy you need in LA, check out listings for this week and beyond.

Season 3 of Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell Returns Tonight

April 2, 2017

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Tonight, Craig Rowin, Henry Zebrowksi, Matt Servitto, and their co-workers in hell return for the third season of Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell and continue to give a great glimpse of what earth in hell, as opposed to hell on earth, might just look like.

Here’s a bit of juicy taste of what’s to come.

Catch the return on Adult Swim at 11:30PM.

RIP Gary Austin, 1941-2017

April 2, 2017

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The one and only Gary Austin, the founder of The Groundlings, passed away yesterday at the age of 75.

Austin and his company literally built The Groundlings from the ground up with their own hands and made into a world famous comedy institution that provided SNL with some of its most celebrated cast members. You can get a timeline of how the company, theatre, and school came to be here.

Austin’s legacy in comedy, as you probably already knew, is forever secured.

April 2, 2017

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This week, you can get a double dose of Dr. Bassem Youssef, often referred to as the Jon Stewart of Egypt, here in LA.

On Wednesday, April 5th 7:30PM at The Vista, Cinefamily will be presenting an off-site screening of the documentary Tickling Giants by Sara Taksler that follows Youssef’s time as a popular satirist in a turbulent Egypt. Taksler, Youssef, and Larry Wilmore will be in person doing a Q&A following the screening.

On Thursday, April 6th at 8PM at the Freud Playhouse will be having an Evening with Bassem Youssef, brought to you by Book Soup, that will discuss his book Revolution For Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring.

Tickets for the screening of Tickling Giants are $14 and $15-$38 for the ‘Evening with’ and you can (and really should) get them here and here respectively.

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

Season 3 Premiere of Rick and Morty Now Streaming Until Midnight

April 2, 2017

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Season 3 Premiere of Rick and Morty Now Streaming Until Midnight

You get the point and we don’t want to waste time you could be spending watching brand spanking New Rick and Morty. It’s currently live streaming on a loop at AdultSwim.com. Also, this is not an April Fool’s Joke. Thank goodness.

Doug Benson Comes Out on Top in @midnight 2017 Tournament of Champions

April 1, 2017

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Doug Benson Comes Out on Top in @midnight 2017 Tournament of Champions

In many ways, it would seem as if Doug Benson was made for @midnight. Excelling at quick wordplay and riffing on the Internet has lead to him being one of the go-to competitors for the show and, for 2017, the @midnight champ. Take note that @midnight has been on the air for over 3 years, meaning that they have a deep, deep pool to pull from for this now annual contest.

Benson won this week in the final round of The Tournament of Champions over at Moshe Kasher and Milana Vayntrub.

Paul F. Tompkins has been the only other @midnight Tournament of Champions winner.

April 1, 2017

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Broke LA provides a great platform for new artists in music, art, film, and comedy as well as a big one day festival that doesn’t break the bank and is here in the Arts District in DTLA.

For the “Comedy Sandbox”, the line-up includes:

Alex Hanna
Allison Mick
Anna Valenzuela
Ashley Hamilton
Atsuko Okatsuka
Brendan Cooney
Christine Medrano
Connor McSpadden
Dan Nolan
David Gborie
Ed Greer
Harrison Greenbaum
Heather Marulli
Jessica Sele
Johan Miranda
Katrina Davis
Kyle Kinane
Marcella Arguello
Mateen Stweart
Mike Schmidt
Nat Baimel
Nick Petrillo
Omid Singh
Paige Weldon
Papp Johnson
Rachel Mac
Ramy Youssef
Simon Gibson
Valerie Tosi
Zach Noe Towers

In case you didn’t know, there a lot of talented folks that you should be catching in that line-up.

Get your tickets for Broke LA here.

You Can Now Win Tickets to Some of Our Favorite Shows in Town Including Hot Tub, The Rabbit Hole, and Fresh Out LA

April 1, 2017

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After all, we are a bureaucratic agency for comedy and naturally have some connections to get you into some of the best LA comedy shows in town for FREE.

Right now, we’re running ticket giveaways for:
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal
The Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel
Fresh Out LA with Adam Conover and Emily Heller

These shows often sell out or at capacity. If you want to go and not have to worry about buying a ticket in time or at all, you can enter our free ticket giveaway via our friends DoLA and possibly win admission for you and a friend to any one of these stellar nights of comedy here in LA.

For a chance to win tickets to Hot Tub, enter here.

For a chance to win tickets to Rabbit Hole, enter here.

For a chance to win tickets to Fresh Out LA, enter here.

Keep a close eye on us on Twitter @thecomedybureau and Facebook for future giveaways!

John Hodgman’s Latest Book “Vacationland” Now Available for Pre-Order

April 1, 2017

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Oddly enough, the world seems closer to ending than when John Hodgman jokingly mused about it a few years ago.

That being said, you can still enjoy his writings with his latest book Vacationland that’s decidedly less apocalyptic. It follows Hodgman through a layered journey to the “most painful beaches” of Maine.

The juxtaposition of ‘painful’ and ‘beaches’ alone has us on board.

Vacationland is available for pre-order now for a release on October 24th. Hopefully, Ragnarok doesn’t become real in that time.

Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Jon Hamm, and Amy Poehler Are Doing the Stand for Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU Benefit Live Stream Right Now

March 31, 2017

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Tina Fey, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Jon Hamm, and Amy Poehler Are Doing the Stand for Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU Benefit Live Stream Right Now

You can live stream it on Facebook Live at the link above as well as donate to the ACLU here.

Tickets for Ron Funches’ Funch-A-Mania North American Tour Now on Sale

At this point, we hope we don’t have to tell you that you should go to whichever stop is closest to you on this North American Funch-A-Mania tour happening this Summer.

You should know that Ron Funches is an American sweetheart and seeing him live is a transformative experience and should already buying up your tickets, on sale today, here.

Trailer for The Gorburger Show Has Larry King, Rob Corddry, Tig Notaro, Reggie Watts, Kenny G as Guests for Complete Talk Show Mayhem

March 31, 2017

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With a new lease on life on Comedy Central, The Gorburger Show is looking to go for broke for how crazy the blue demon-hosted late night talk show will be.

This trailer shows just insane it’s going to get with TJ Miller voicing the titular Gorburger and having his big time guests, which does indeed include the likes of Larry King and Kenny G, deal with Gorburger wishes.

Look for the series premiere of The Gorburger Show with TJ Miller on Sunday, April 9th at midnight on Comedy Central.

March 31, 2017

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Few explore the frontiers of silliness quite like Josh Fadem and Dicker Troy (Johnny Pemberton) and we think you would really regret any time the duo got together and reveled in their next level tomfoolery.

So, with that in mind, get tickets to their next show, this Sunday at The Satellite with guests Eddie Pepitone, Nick Vatterott, Mike Lawrence, and Kate Berlant. They are $8 and you can (and really should) get them here.

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

Jamie Loftus and JASH Will Be Livestreaming a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-1980s-Political Thriller/Ballet Performance “Swan Lake Live!” From a Locked Basement

March 31, 2017

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If you love absurdist, experimental comedy, please commit the name Jamie Loftus to memory (we’ve suggested doing this on a number of occasions as we find Jamie to be hysterical).

You can see why we love Jamie with her latest endeavor that mixes ballet, conspiracy theory, President Ronald Reagan, and choose your own adventure all into one event that will be livestreamed.

We’ll actually let Jamie further explain “Swan Lake Live! (from a Locked Basement)”:

The premise of the show goes: it is March 30, 1981, the day of Reagan’s assassination attempt, and I play a ballerina/government spy named um Jamie Loftus which is my name and my associate Gary and I come to in a locked basement that is slowly filling with gas from a stove full of ham upstairs. Suspecting that our employer, the president, may be in danger, we are tasked with escaping the basement and saving Ronald Reagan (who is a shitty president but we don’t know that yet it’s only 1981 keep up) while still performing Swan Lake in its entirety.

WHY WE NEED YOU: Because this is a livestream, I’m introducing several choose-your-own-adventure style choices in the show, including whether I should do a complicated ballet dance in a Ronald Reagan mask or whether I should buttchug a bottle of milk after punching through a pinata I made of Jodie Foster’s head.

THERE WILL BE: five dances to Swan Lake, five choices for the audience, three original cartoons from me Jamie, two miserable ballerina ingenues trapped in a basement that is slowly filling with gas, two costume changes I have to do live on camera and only one chance to see it live.

Also, my boyfriend is a young man named John Hinckley Junior, a man who you may not have heard of as of March 30, 1981 but who I think has the potential to really make something of himself.

Pretty great, right?

You can get more details about Swan Lake Live! (From a Locked Basement) here and livestream it on JASH tomorrow at 12PM PST-3PMPST.

Please Get Ron Babcock’s First Album, Just Released Today, “This Guy.”

March 30, 2017

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Polish, presence, craftsmanship, a great knack for when to really kick up his showmanship, and a keen sense of observation of the world and himself are what we’ve got to enjoy altogether in Ron Babcock for quite awhile here in LA.

It’s almost surprising that This Guy. is his first release as Ron has plenty under his belt with stand-up, but that just makes this album all the more satisfying. He put together an hour that flows together seamlessly and executed it with the precision of someone who is more likely on their third album.

So, you can get This Guy. on iTunes now as it was just released from Sure Thing Records today.

Also, we love all the fake covers that Ron made for his album that you can see at the bottom of his homepage.

Comedy Central Announces New Satirical Trump Show “The President Show” and We Have a Hunch That It’s Anthony Atamanuik as Trump Hosting a Late Night Talk Show

March 30, 2017

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Comedy Central Announces New Satirical Trump Show “The President Show” and We Have a Hunch That It’s Anthony Atamanuik as Trump Hosting a Late Night Talk Show

Now, there are almost no details about this so-called President Show with Donald Trump other than two twitter accounts, @presidentshow and @latenightdonald, and a press release that reads “Late night TV is broken. A TOTAL DISASTER. I alone can fix it!”

However, there being a slot where The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore used to be and Anthony Atamanuik’s fantastic appearances as Trump on @midnight lead us to believe that this would indeed be a mutation of the late night talk show format on Comedy Central with the one and only Donald Trump, as played by Atamanuik, at the helm.

In our opinion, Anthony Atamanuik has the best Trump impression out there. Between a series on Fusion, countless live shows, a nationwide tour, album, and more, Anthony knows how to skewer Trump by exemplifying his characteristics to a capital gold T.

So, if this indeed what we think it is, we’re all in for a wonderful treat that we’re guessing will start a Twitter feud between @realdonaldtrump and @latenightdonald.

War Machine Trailer Has Brad Pitt as a General Trying His Darndest to Solve the U.S. Presence in Afghanistan

March 30, 2017

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Give a watch to the trailer to David Michôd’s latest War Machine that follows a well-meaning general trying to make sense of what the U.S. was doing remaining in Afghanistan. Of course, anything dealing with foreign policy is relevant these days, but we’re getting a sense of deliciously wry satire in this film.

We know this might a stretch, but may this, mostly because of Brad Pitt starring in the lead role of a geopolitical dark comedy, be a spiritual sequel of sorts to Burn After Reading?

War Machine starts streaming on Netflix on Friday, May 26th, 2017.

March 30, 2017

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As part of working on an upcoming book, BoJack Horseman, creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg will be putting up an exclusive live reading of excerpts of the book (well before it’s release) performed by some of his favorite folks.

“Raphael Bob-Waksberg Works Through Some Sh*t (With Friends!)” is happening next weekend and we’re guessing tickets are going to go fast. So, buy them up as soon as you can here.

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

See How Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show Works in This Preview

March 29, 2017

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The talk show, nay, the televised interview might just get revolutionized as being a dull guest does not cut it at Guy Branum’s Talk Show the Game Show.

We’ve loved Guy’s show for years and we can now really show how the competitive talk show works and why we’re thrilled it’s getting a shot on television.

See for yourself with this preview and look for the series premiere on TruTV next week on Wednesday, April 5th at 10PM.

Here’s the Full Trailer for Silicon Valley Season 4

March 29, 2017

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Just when you think the stakes couldn’t get any higher for a bunch of people that probably shouldn’t be handling high stakes at all, the trailer for season 4 of Silicon Valley has made that possible

Watch it here, then look for the season premiere on Sunday, April 23rd at 10PM on HBO.

Please Enjoy Joe Pera’s Latest Set on Conan

March 29, 2017

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Joe Pera is a delight of a comedian in a way that you’ve probably never ever imagined a comedian could be.

That’s why we’re excited that he’s getting more and more performances in places for all the world can see.

Without further interruption, please watch Joe’s stand-up set from last night’s Conan.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Remake with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson to Be Helmed by Veep Director Chris Addison

March 29, 2017

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Remake with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson to Be Helmed by Veep Director Chris Addison

The remake of comedy classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is going forward with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson taking on the roles that Steve Martin and Michael Caine once played and, just announced, Chris Addison, a director on HBO’s Veep, as the director.

Also, he script is written by Jac Schaeffer who wrote and directed the intriguing TiMER.

It’s an interesting mix and, altogether, we hope that there isn’t the nonsense that happened with the Ghostbusters reboot.

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