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Nick Youssef’s Latest Album “1982″ Out Now

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Nick Youssef has just come out with his follow up to his solid debut album Stop Not Owning This, 1982 (a riff on Taylor Swift’s album title “1989″ perhaps?).

For this hour, Youssef examines making it out of his 20s into his 30s. It’s well trodden territory for comedy, but Nick delivers it effortlessly with such painstaking, colorful detail that it does stand out from the pack. He also balances poking fun at millennials and those even younger for all their shortcomings as well as throwing himself under the bus as a pretentious coffee addict. From start to finish, 1982 flows together so well almost like you just watched a “slice-of-life” indie flick of Youssef’s life these days.

You can 1982 off of iTunes now.

One Dachshund Brings Four Unlikely Stories Together in Trailer for Todd Solondz’s Latest “Wiener-Dog”

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It’s been quite some time since singular director Todd Solondz’s last film, but after many years, Wiener-Dog will be hitting theaters soon.

The man who brought us the engrossingly enigmatic, and often bleak, humor of Welcome to The Dollhouse, Happiness, Palindromes, and Storytelling now brings us a story of life being connected via a dachshund.

Greta Gerwig, Danny DeVito, Zosia Mamet, Ellen Burstyn, Kieran Culkin, and Julie Delpy make up for a stellar ensemble cast and, knowing Solondz’s filmography, the trailer only teases slightly what batty darkness is bubbling underneath the surface.

Look for Wiener-Dog in theaters on June 24th.

Here’s a Sneak Peek for a Song About Pringles Off of “Bo Burnham: Make Happy”

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We’re already hooked in from the first trailer for Bo Burnham’s upcoming Neflix comedy special Make Happy.

Now, get even more hooked by a new trailer that previews one of Bo’s signature style meta satirical pop songs.

Again, Make Happy starts streaming next week on June 3rd.

Conan’s Andrés du Bouchet Records Orgastic Noises for ‘Spanish Sound Library’

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Conan still has some of the best bits in late night these days since he lets folks like Andrés du Bouchet run wild.

Watch du Bouchet play one of the most suspect sound men of all time here.

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More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Watch Trailer for Breakfast Club-Esque Korean Comedy “Seoul Searching”

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Being set in the 80s and having a crew of misfits from all different walks of life is a pretty good blueprint for what made John Hughes movies so iconic.

Writer/director Benson Lee took said blueprint and applied it to the story of Korean teenagers from all around the world spending a summer in Korea to learn more about the motherland (not unlike Birthright for Jewish people).

Thus, Seoul Searching was made.

The trailer looks pretty promising and definitely lives up to the John Hughes tribute label.

Look for it in LA theaters starting June 24th.

Stephen Colbert Shows How “Expensive” a Gender Neutral Bathroom Would Really Cost

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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to flip flop and becoming more vague on his position about the unfortunate issue of gender and bathrooms. On Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, he evaded any sort of legitimate answer like any hollow politician would.

As this is the case and since every late night host is contractually obligated to poke fun at Trump, Stephen Colbert cleverly shows how all of America how this is not a problem and is a non-issue in literally one fell swoop on last night’s Late Show.

FYI, Reggie Watts Will Be Performing in VR Tonight

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…or, knowing Reggie, it might as well be a whole new dimension.

As part of AltspaceVR’s push towards inclusive interactive virtual reality, Reggie Watts will be performing via an avatar in a digital space at 8PM PDT.

It might just be a little like a real life version of Creative Control where Reggie appears in an “Augmented Reality” headset.

They’d like it to be the largest attended VR event ever and since you can watch it on your laptop on top of Samsung Gear VR, Rift, or Vive, that might just happen.

Get more details, download AltspaceVR app, and more here.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Give Some Really “Useful” Tips on Turning 21

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You’re able to drink alcohol, but not quite able to rent a car. Also, if you’re a woman, there’s a whole new set of worries that comes with turning 21. It’s yet another weird, but very important time in your life.

Knowing that, let life experts/hilarious people Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla talk you through it all in the latest episode of their Womanhood series at Riot.

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More details and tickets here.

The rest of our listings comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Whether You Believe in Love or Not, “The Lobster” Is One Hell of a Dystopian Fairy Tale Rom Com That You Should Go See

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Writer/Director Yorgos Lanthimos and Co-writer Efthymis Filippou offer up a fantastic romantic comedy in The Lobster. Set in a world where you will turn into an animal of your choice if you don’t find love, the film will definitely strike a chord with those melancholic lonely hearts out there.

However, The Lobster is so wildly imaginative and also so dark, even grotesque at times, delightfully picking apart finding love on all levels (including being alone) that couples and those still committed to their search for true love won’t feel left out. In fact, those romances set up in those post-apocalyptic dystopian young adult franchises are put to shame here in a very complex examination of what lengths one might go to find someone to be with.

Also, Colin Farrell gives one of the best, most nuanced performances of his career as a forlorn, quiet architect.

It’s currently playing in a handful of theaters around LA and you can search for times and get tickets here.

Jermaine Fowler Gets Another Pilot Order for His “Superior Donuts” from CBS

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Sounds a lot like what happened with Jerrod Carmichael with eventually getting The Carmichael Show on the air.

Well before Jerrod got his 3rd season renewal earlier this month, he went through several rounds of pilots and pilot presentations of his show over a few years before NBC brass decided to give The Carmichael Show a green light.

In a similar way, the only potentially new diverse multi-cam sitcom at CBS, Superior Donuts, is getting reworked as CBS execs really dig Jermaine Fowler.

Based off the initial heat they’ve been taking from their very white, very anti-millennial, new fall comedy line-up of Kevin Can Wait, The Great Indoors, and Man With a Plan, CBS probably shouldn’t wait around in going forward with Fowler and Superior Donuts.

The Honest Trailer for Angry Birds, The Game, Shows You What You’re Really Doing with Your Life by Playing Into the Angry Birds Empire

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Ever wonder how a mobile game like Angry Birds gets a star-studded studio movie and what you’ve accomplished by playing the game for days on end ignoring friends, family, responsibilities, etc.?

In addition to The LEGO Movie for Hollywood getting to be irresponsible with adapting toy franchises, Honest Trailers breaks down Angry Birds ascension into the forefront of pop culture.

Melissa Villasenor Does a Spot On Impression of Kristen Wiig Doing Her Anti-Impressions

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The latest episode of Melissa Villasenor’s Daily Itineraries web series on Above Average’s Mas Mejor channel has Melissa take on the daily routine of comedy darling, Kristen Wiig.

Of course, Wiig’s notorious for doing impressions that are, well… more inspired than accurate (just look up most of her late night appearances).

Melissa nails her voice, mannerisms, and her faux-impressions in her impression. Watch it here.

Here’s a Teaser for Season 3 of BoJack Horseman, Returning in July

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You’re favorite jaded anthropomorphic horse is coming back July 22nd for the 3rd season of BoJack Horseman.

You can hear BoJack’s thoughts on all the accolades that have come to this point in Netflix’s season 3 date announcement here as well as ponder on how he’ll pick up the several pieces he left lying everywhere from last season once more.

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Admission is free. More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Watch Harland Williams Do Stand-Up on The Tonight Show

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Usually, Harland Williams opts for panel interviews and gets really “out there” with his ideas and general thought process when on talk shows. Just watch and clip of him chatting with Conan O’Brien for proof.

Last night on The Tonight Show, Harland showed us that he could also do stand-up and be just as weird and wonderful when on the couch in an interview.

Watch his set here.

Lewis Black and Stephen Colbert Catch Up Post-Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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In this post-Jon Stewart era of late night, many alumni of The Daily Show have branched out to almost every imaginable corner of the TV realm.

Stephen Colbert is now the host of The Late Show for instance. However, as an interesting contrast, Lewis Black is still regularly contributing to The Daily Show, now hosted by Trevor Noah.

When Lewis stopped by The Late Show, since he’s getting ready for a stand-up tour, Colbert and Black chat about what has kept the rage flowing through Lewis’ segments all these years, through different hosts, at The Daily Show.

Samantha Bee and Conan O’Brien Examine the Value of Desks in Late Night

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It’s rare that you see two late night hosts get really ‘inside baseball’ about their craft while on air on one of their own late night programs.

When it does happen, it’s fascinating as you’re pointed out subtle, subconscious nuances that probably contribute to why you love something like Full Frontal with Samantha Bee or Conan.

Watch Conan O’Brien, Samantha Bee, and Andy Richter do exactly that when they dish over desks in late night here.

Watch a Completely Untrue, But Still Remarkable Biography of John Candy

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TBS has done well with its comedy rebranding since last year and are only doubling down on the more niche and/or weird comedy that they’ve filled their current line-up with.

One of their latest endeavors is a digital short that makes up an entire biography of someone. In this case, they’ve made a pretty fun one for noted comedic actor John Candy.

Watch it here and hope that they make a few more of these.

“Get Shorty” Adaptation Gets Series Order at Epix

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If there wasn’t an Elmore Leonard novel about Hollywood and the Mob crossing paths, we’re sure someone else, with the way TV is going these days, would make up a series like that eventually.

In the last millennium, there was a movie adaptation of Leonard’s novel Get Shorty starring John Travolta, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, and Gene Hackman. The crime comedy story is getting revisited in this millennium, but this time doing so on the small screen.

Epix has just handed down a series order for the TV adaptation by veteran writer/producer Davey Holmes.

Currently, this TV version of Get Shorty is being billed as a drama even though the movie was a comedy. We’ll have to wait for the series premiere to find out which side of the dramedy spectrum it’ll fall on.

Lisa Hanawalt, Celebrated Cartoonist and Production Designer of BoJack Horseman, Has a New Book Coming Out “Hot Dog Taste Test”

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BoJack Horseman gets a good deal of love for its unique animation style thanks to the amazing Lisa Hanawalt.

Hanawalt, who also has made a plethora of her own great comics, is now pointing her focus to a new book that skewers today’s obsession with food. Called Hot Dog Taste Test, it will combine Lisa’s cleverness, wit, and depth that we’ve come to know and love in all of her past work.

You can pre-order it now before it’s release on June 14th. Lisa is also going on a book tour through June and stopping in LA, NYC, San Diego, Phoenix, Berkeley, and Portland.

Here’s a Trailer for Jonah Ray’s Mock Travel Show “Hidden America”

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Get ready for Jonah Ray to show you a side of America that you’ve never seen before on his new series on Seeso, Hidden America.

Why haven’t you seen it before?

No one has really seen it before because it exists in an alternate universe fabricated to parody all those travel shows that have become so ubiquitous on cable TV.

Well, there is a bit of truth amidst all the tomfoolery as you’ll see in the trailer.

Look for episodes to start streaming on June 2nd on Seeso.

Mark Normand Returns to Conan for His 4th Appearance

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It would almost seem that Mark Normand was tailor-made to do stand-up on late night tv with his short, punchy jokes and classic delivery.

His 4th appearance to perform stand-up on Conan backs that claim up pretty well. Watch it here.