Chris Gethard and company, as well as live callers, are underway with their election special marathon, back at their old public access home on MNN, that will run until 9PM PDT. It’s the start to plenty of much needed comedy coverage of the election that will happen today.
You can watch The Chris Gethard Election Day Special right here right now.
Kate Berlant, Nicole Byer, Alison Stevenson, Casey Ley, Kyle Mizono, Alexandra Tweten, Eileen Beard, Lenora Claire, Miranda King, and more will bring you another evening of comedy against unsolicited dick pics at The Virgil on Friday, November 18th.
This show is brought to you by Bye Felipe.
Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Every once in awhile a brand taps into a parody of their product just right. They send up the very thing it’s selling, but also does so in a way that makes them way cooler all the same.
Adidas has been doing a lot over the last couple years to boost their reputation in the ever burgeoning world of streetwear. Their latest collaboration with UK streetwear star Palace has an absurd, satirical campaign poking fun at how ridiculous the level of masculinity is within an men’s shoe ad.
In fact, this ad is way more clever, fun, and ridiculous than it need be. Watch it here.
FX Buys Shari Berman & Robert Pulcini’s Political Serio-Comedy “Flatlands”
When it comes to comedies on FX, they definitely look to continue standing with the premium cable networks and streaming services.
Shari Berman and Robert Pulcini, the filmmakers that brought you American Splendor are now developing a series following a Brooklyn PTA mother that becomes hungry for political power and doing whatever is necessary to gain said power.
If this goes to series, this will join FX’s current, active line-up of prestige comedies Baskets, Atlanta, and Better Things. That’s a pretty great batting order if you ask us.
One of the biggest strengths, amongst many, of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is the creativity in which they can descriptively tear someone apart.
To prove that point and to possibly give you a few minutes of ease today, they made a supercut of Sam Bee’s many many takedowns of The Donald. Watch it and enjoy it here.
Oh, you should also know we’ll all be graced with a double dose of Samantha Bee this week will be an episode of Full Frontal tonight and then on Wednesday after the election.
The premiere of the long-awaited off-kilter caper comedy Search Party is still a couple of weeks away (Monday November 21st to be exact).
That being said, TBS was nice enough, just like they did with People of Earth, to put the full first episode on YouTube for probably the most convenient way to watch it.
So, start to see why the hell Alia Shawkat is so obsessed with finding this girl named Chantal here, then, on the premiere day, you can binge the whole first season.
Pete Holmes is about to make a big return to TV starting off with his HBO stand-up special, Faces and Sounds. Crashing, a series from Holmes, is also set to follow not too long after on the premium cable network.
Get your first look at Pete’s upcoming special and his step back into the limelight here, then look for Faces and Sounds to premiere on Saturday, December 3rd at 10PM.
You can (and should) get tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com
Open Mic Run All Updated for Next Week (Including Election Night)
Whomever is elected president, we’re sure you’re going to want to talk about it into a mic. We’ve got all the places you can do that conveniently listed.
As you’re probably aware, one of the best parts of Conan O’Brien going outside of the studio is the remote segments where O’Brien really gets to let loose.
His recent trip to NYC allowed for visits to Harlem and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and, per usual, he doesn’t disappoint in getting to peak silliness and showing why he’s one of the best in all of late night.
It looks like one way or another, a U.S. version of Pulling will make it to television.
A decade ago, Sharon Horgan started off her rise in comedy with co-creating (along with Dennis Kelly) and co-starring in Pulling, a hit UK sitcom following the lives of three 21st century women living together. Since then, Horgan has worked her name into the States with the critically acclaimed Catastrophe.
Either making things come full circle or complete her rise in America (Horgan also has a bunch of other irons in the TV fire including being involved in HBO’s Divorce), NBC is developing an American adaptation of Pulling that will be written by Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux from Bob’s Burgers. Previous attempts to make this happen at ABC have gone nowhere (including one with June Diane Raphael, Jenny Slate, and Kristen Schaal), but maybe the timing was just off.
Certainly, Horgan has way more pull in the US than in years past.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if CBS had to bleep and blur most of it?
For the significant niche segment of late night viewers that don’t have access to Showtime and want to watch stuff through legal means, the election night special that Stephen Colbert is doing on the premium cable network will play on CBS in place of the normally scheduled episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35PM this Friday.
So, if you don’t watch any of the clips that will very probably appear online and don’t read any of the coverage of what Colbert will do for a few days, you’ll get to see it with completely fresh eyes at the end of the week. This probably means you’ll have to not know how won the election until Friday as well.
In this particular political atmosphere of the moment, non-political comedy can get lost in the shuffle of Trump and Hillary based humor.
With that in mind, you should watch the recent stand-up sets of Nate Bargatze on The Tonight Show and Liza Treyger on Late Night. They’re both tight sets and are politics free, which is something we’re looking forward to seeing more of after this Tuesday.
Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week 11/6/16
No matter who wins the election on Tuesday, you’ll probably need to laugh and there are more than plenty of shows to see, especially on Tuesday.
Stand-ups doing anything but stand-up will include hosts Chris Garcia and Ryan Singer also include Billy Wayne Davis, Drennon Davis, Dave Waite, Jason Saenz, Megan Koester, Robby Hoffman, and more.
Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The gang is at it again.
Mayhem from four deplorable people, each in their special, unique, charming way, return to Paddy’s in Philly once more.
See what’s exactly in store for January when It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia returns.
Having your own face on a billboard, especially on the legendary Sunset Strip in WeHo, is quite the milestone for any entertainer.
That’s why Mo Mandel wanted to make a promo for his brand new stand-up special Negative Reinforcement, which started streaming on Seeso this week, showing off his visage on the heart of The Sunset Strip.
However, you should know that the ad for Mo’s special is on a digital billboard that rotates through a cycle of plenty of other ads. He still gave a shot at making a promo anyway.
Oh, also, you should go watch Negative Reinforcement on Seeso since Mo is pretty damn funny as shown in these clips of said special.
Get more details and tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Celebrities cursing seem to to be taking the place of them simply telling you to “rock the vote”. Maybe things are just that dire this election, maybe?
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Rachel Bloom leads of a song that not only indulges in an expletive-laden ballad with the likes of Elizabeth Banks, Mony, Adam Scott, Adam Pally, Mayim Bialik, Melissa Rauch, Jane Lynch, Paul Scheer, Amber Rose, June Diane Raphael, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Naya Rivera, and Ginger Gonzaga, but also makes fun of all those songs where celebrities come together to encourage the general public to take action for a good a cause.
Watch it here and, oh yeah, make sure you go vote.
Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland took a break from their Oh, Hello run on Broadway and had to make a trip uptown to Harlem to see Conan O’Brien during his visit to NYC.
You can see why Conan has said of Oh, Hello, “Seen the show twice and it’s so funny it angers me.
The Simpsons could have their own channel that just plays non-stop Simpsons 24/7 and we’re pretty sure everyone would be cool with that (in addition to the marathon that FXx does.
Announced today, the cultural institution of The Simpsons will march forward to a 29th and 30th season at Fox.
Previously, Western drama Gunsmoke had the record for most episodes of a scripted series at 635, but The Simpsons will have had 669 total episodes by the finale of their 30th season.
Anyone think that they can take on Tonight Show’s record of 11,798 episodes and counting?
Tig Notaro and Stephen Colbert are both as charming as could be in this interview. In fact, this could have gone for a few more segments and we bet everyone would probably be on board.
Watch the interview here.
Norm MacDonald is doing a whole evening at Largo at the Coronet Theatre at the top of next year.
Get tickets here before they sell out.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The tournament will be even bigger this time around as preliminary bouts around the country will be aired in the weeks leading up to a main event.
The four night event of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle worked out well enough for a March Madness of roasting to happen again in January on Comedy Central.
In Atlanta, LA, NYC, and Denver, there will be preliminary roast battles that will make their way to TV on Sunday nights at 11PM. This will lead to the final bouts of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle II in a four night event from Jan. 26th-Jan. 29th in LA where the show was originally born out of The Belly Room of The Comedy Store. return to preside over the tournament.
The brackets have already started and are as follows:
ATLANTA – November 5th at Laughing Skull Lounge 8PM
Erik Bergstrom vs. Jacob Williams
Sean White vs. Megan Gailey
Dulce Sloan vs. Joel Byars
Kim Congdon vs. Kath Barbadoro
Jasmin Leigh vs. Candice Thompson
Get tickets here.
NEW YORK – November 7 at Village Underground 8PM
Kerryn Feehan vs. Luis J. Gomez
Aaron Berg vs. Dina Hashem
Zac Amico vs. Evan Williams
Yamaneika Saunders vs. JP McDade
Patrick Schroeder vs. Sean Donnelly
Eli Sairs vs. Scott Chaplain
Pete Lee vs. Mike Recine
Get tickets here.
DENVER – November 9 @ Comedy Works 8PM
Jay Light vs. Karlous Miller
Noah Gardenswartz vs. Clayton English
CJ Sullivan vs. Nate Craig
Bri Pruett vs. Erin Ingle
Justine Marino vs. Sam Tallent
Nicole Aimee Schreiber vs. Andy Haynes
Get tickets here.
LOS ANGELES – November 16 @ Comedy Store Belly Room 9PM
Frank Castillo vs. Greg Roque
Jesus Trejo vs. George Perez
Jamar Neighbors vs. Guy Branum
Keith Carey vs. Anna Valenzuela
Omid Singh vs. Toby Muresianu
Leah Kayajanian vs. Connor McSpadden
Joe Dosch vs. Alex Hooper
Robin Tran vs. Pat Barker
Get tickets here.
This will probably be the closest we’ll get to a new episode of Chappelle’s Show.
As a relief from the election being over next week perhaps, SNL has landed Dave Chappelle as a host for November 12th with guest A Tribe Called Quest.
This means that Chappelle will probably do some stand-up in the opening host monologue and undoubtedly have a hand in the sketches. This is kind of huge since Dave hasn’t really been as prominently featured on TV like this in over a decade.