Tickets are $7 and $10 at door. You can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Poster by Barry Blankenship
These ‘Insecure Morons’ Show That Your Party Small Talk Isn’t as Great as You Think It Is
Max Azulay, Alex Mullen, and James Corbett or, together, Insecure Morons, offer up their latest video that sums up why party small talk usually sounds way better in your head than it does when it comes out of your mouth and makes whoever your talking to very ill at ease.
“The Pistol Shrimps” Documentary Gets a Trailer
Comedy and Women’s Rec League Basketball have intersected like they have never have before at The Pistol Shrimps.
Many women in the LA comedy community have found common ground by joining in on the same basketball league including The Pistol Shrimps that could be a powerhouse comedy troupe if it wanted.
Ultimately, this makes the game way more fun to watch. Where else are rec league games watched by a packed house and have members of Superego do commentary?
A documentary of this whole world was made, did the festival circuit, and has gotten picked up to stream soon at Seeso.
Here’s a taste of what’s to come in this trailer.
Comedy Central Is Roasting Rob Lowe, a Person Who Is in Comedy and Not at All a Controversial Figure
Finally, Comedy Central is getting back to the original roots of comedy roasts with making it about “the ones we love”.
Donald Trump, David Hasselhoff, Justin Bieber, and Charlie Sheen have been the “guests of honor” of Comedy Central’s roasts over the last five years. Roasting those folks is more of an excuse to have YouTube comments get rewritten by professional comedians, who may or may not personally know who they’re roasting, and have that well-crafted hate dished out to those who are hated by a good percentage of people. That line-up is a far cry from the Dean Martin roasts that really put “roasting” on the map as a televised event where beloved celebrities with a sense of humor were roasted by many that were closest to them.
So, it’s great to hear that Rob Lowe, formerly of Parks and Recreation and is a very beloved celebrity, will be the focus of the latest Comedy Central roast. Let’s hope the dais includes something like Aziz Ansari, Jimmy Kimmel, Amy Poehler, etc.
Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Are Back For Completely Accurate Advice About Womanhood in Your Thirties
You might look at the comedy of Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone and say to yourself, and hopefully to the comedy ether, “They should have their own show.”
Thankfully, they do have a show where they get to dish out life advice for women that’s “not” just wacky, absurdist goofs, but “actual” tips to make living not so awful.
Watch their latest episode of Womanhood on Refinery 29′s comedy channel Riot.
Comedy Central Does the Right Thing and Has Made Every “Key & Peele” Sketch Available Online
FYI, more than half of their over 300 sketches never made it online.
Key & Peele has forever made its mark in comedy with their trailblazing, gut busting sketches including Obama’s Anger Translator and the East/West Bowl. During the series run, only a limited number of sketches from the actual broadcast version of the show made it online where Key & Peele enjoyed as much, if not more, popularity than they did on air at Comedy Central.
Now that the dust has settled (i.e. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have made a movie and are involved in several other projects) Comedy Central has now had the hindsight to realize the true, long lasting, cultural value of Key & Peele. As such, they have overhauled the show’s site at cc.com to have every sketch, 176 which never made it online, available one click away.
So, if you’re reading this still, you need stop fooling yourself that you’re going to do anything else but stream Key & Peele sketches all day long right here.
MTV’s Feminist Prank Show “Ladylike” Premieres Tonight
11PM on MTV.
Nicole Byer, Blair Socci, Jade Catta-Preta, Megan Gailey, Shannon Coffey, and Matteo Lane finally get to show off their prank show that attempts to bring gender equality through flipping the script of traditional prank show.
Again, check it out at 11PM on MTV.
The Lucas Brothers Make a Really Good Point About Gun Control in Their Latest Set on The Tonight Show
The Lucas Brothers, one of the coolest pairs of twins, returns to The Tonight Show for their latest stand-up set.
Amidst their usual subtle, clever, slick material, they make one hell of a point about gun control in response to the NRA getting on board with Donald Trump.
“Yesterday’s Coffee” Gets Another Ad from Laura Linney and Stephen Colbert
The faux Twilight Zone-esque coffee brand created at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert gets a brand new ad for a new Yesterday’s Coffee product as Laura Linney, who was in the first fake ad, was Stephen’s guest last night.
The mash-up of comedy and a rave, aptly named Crave, is back for a new jetsetter themed show.
Tickets are $15 online and you can get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Inside Amy Schumer Makes a Nick Jr. Version of The Knick, “The Knick Jr.”
Sometimes, wordplay works out for the best.
Inside Amy Schumer presents a kid’s version, like something that might play on Nick Jr., of the critically acclaimed Cinemax drama about the turn-of-the-century medicine from Steven Soderbergh. The Knick.
A&E Wants to Make a Dramedy Inspired by “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead” But National Lampoon Isn’t on Board Yet
(via Deadline)
Maybe go the “unauthorized biography” route?
In this current comedy boom, there’s a particular fascination with the story behind comedy (just listen to most comedy podcasts and remember that Showtime’s doing a show about The Comedy Store in the 1970s). The documentary National Lampoon documentary Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of National Lampoon shows the glory days of the National Lampoon brand, when it used to be one of the biggest things in comedy.
It should go without saying that some network would want to adapt the documentary into a televised series.
A&E wants to be that network to make a show like that, but they’re opting to develop a series that’s only inspired by the documentary, offering up a fictionalized account of what happened at National Lampoon without referencing National Lampoon (a retro Studio 60?).
However, no one at A&E has contacted National Lampoon and this has National Lampoon rallying against the project until they’re involved.
Hopefully, they’ll settle their differences and not have to be “inspired by” as the National Lampoon origin story is plenty enticing on its own.
Nick Offerman Spends Father’s Day Exactly Like You Think He Would
The latest installment of Nick Offerman’s web series My Tales of Whisky for Lagavulin Whisky shows that Nick Offerman gets his stoicism from his dad and when they’re together it’s a sight to see. In fact, there’s very little hear as they’re so stoic.
“Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” Is Coming to Seeso and This Trailer Proves It
(via EW)
Seeso taped a bunch of Wyatt Cenac’s great weekly show in NYC, Night Train, and made into a series that they’ll start streaming at the end of this month at Thursday, June 30th.
To be featured in this taped version of Night Train will be:
Kurt Braunohler, Jen Kirkman, Janeane Garofalo, Roy Wood Jr., Jo Firestone, Hari Kondabolu, H. Jon Benjamin, Scott Adsit, Jean Grae, Michelle Buteau, Questlove, Seaton Smith, Aparna Nancherla, Natasha Muse, Clark Jones, Jeffrey Joseph, Matteo Lane, Eugene Mirman, Joyelle Johnson, Eugene Mirman, Michelle Wolf, Dan Soder, Brooke Van Poppelen, Larry Murphy, Damien Lemon, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Josh Gondelman, Sabrina Jalees, Donwill, Janelle James, Phoebe Robinson, Maeve Higgins, and Sasheer Zamata.
See for yourself in the trailer.
Adult Swim, Danny Jelinek, and Chris Sartinsky Invite You to “Mulchtown”
Whether it be a short film, an episode in a limited series, early morning programming for Adult Swim, or a collection of reenacted stories with varying degrees of fiction, Mulchtown from director Danny Jelinek and writer Chris Sartinsky ought to make your day better no matter wherever you are that isn’t Mulchtown.
Goddamn Comedy Jam Special at Comedy Central to Have Pete Davidson, Jim Jefferies, and Natasha Leggero
They’ll also have Adam Devine and Jay Pharoah.
The hit show The Goddamn Comedy Jam is getting an hour special on Comedy Central. The names above will do stand-up and then belt out a song of their own along with host/ringleader to the jam, Josh Adam Meyers, at the taping that’s happening on Tuesday, June 21st.
You can try and get on the waitlist for the show here.
Tickets are $15 with a two item minimum and you can get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Please Enjoy This Recent Stand-up Set from Brodie Reed at Hot Tub
Hot Tub is one of our favorite live comedy shows and Brodie Reed is one of our favorite comics that you should be keeping an eye on.
The two crossed paths recently for this delightful set that you should watch as soon as you can.
“Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” Returns Tonight
10:30PM on Comedy Central.
Nikki Glaser returns to investigate all the fantasies that you probably avoid talking about to anyone ever even though it might be what “gets you off” with new episodes of Not Safe.
Season 2 of “Casual” Is Now Streaming
In fact, two brand spanking new episodes have just been released.
Casual from creator Zander Lehmann and executive producer Jason Reitman returns after a critically acclaimed first season to find a very modern family once again while trying to pick up the pieces after their first try.
Stars Michaela Watkins, Tommy Dewey, and Tara Lynne Barr have really made this series shine so far.
So, get on Hulu, however you do that and get into episodes 1 and 2 as soon as you can.
Here’s a Preview Hari Kondabolu’s New Album “Mainstream American Comic”
<a href=“http://harikondabolu.bandcamp.com/album/mainstream-american-comic”>Mainstream American Comic by Hari Kondabolu</a>
(via The AV Club)
Hari Kondabolu’s Mainstream American Comic, the follow-up album to the excellent Waiting for 2042 is coming next month. It’s actually set for release on July 22nd from Kill Rock Stars.
If you need Hari’s politically charged, yet cleverly personal comedy sooner, here’s a great preview.
You can actually pre-order the subversively titled Mainstream American Comic on iTunes, Bandcamp, and Kill Rock Stars right now.
Zootopia’s Honest Trailer Highlights All the Complex Latent Social Commentary in This Blockbuster Kids Movie
From the box office figures going north of a $1 billion, it seems a lot of people watched DIsney’s Zootopia.
That also means that a $1 billion worth of audiences were saddled with all the social issues that Zootopia brings to the forefront for adults and the many kids that they probably brought with them to this cute looking family film.
Screen Junkies really pointed how “grown-up” Zootopia really is with this Honest Trailer.
Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner Scream at Their Intern in Season 2 First Look of “Difficult People”
In a way, Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner get to live out the sort of loud, frustrating type of people that seems like fun as long we’re not doing any of the outbursts or being personally subjected to them.
Just look what they do to a brand new intern in this clip from season 2.
After that, look for episodes of season 2 of Difficult People to start streaming on Hulu on Tuesday, July 12th.
Tickets available at the door. More details here.
Poster by Kevyn Schmidt.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Variety’s Comics to Watch 2016 Has James Adomian, Anthony Atamanuik, Cameron Esposito, Lauren Lapkus, and Roy Wood Jr.
Literally, you can watch a bunch of great things that all of these comics on Variety’s list are in already like Trump vs. Bernie, comedy specials on Netflix, Showtime, and Seeso, The Daily Show, and way more right now.
Variety’s annual big-to-do Comics to Watch list has a bunch of names of great comedy folks that, if you follow what we do here, you’re hopefully well acquainted with.
That includes:
James Adomian/Anthony Atamanuik
Aparna Nancherla
Cameron Esposito
Roy Wood Jr.
Ronny Chieng
Jermaine Fowler
Lilly Singh
Lauren Lapkus
Granger Smith
Vlad Caamano
If you’re not, do a deep dive on all of the stuff we’ve mentioned above.