For the record, we, and most in attendance, all like the jacket.
As they’re in their second season, Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani upgraded their threads. Specifically, Kumail got a fancy mixed media jacket that he looks great in.
However, just looking good in a nice, new jacket isn’t enough for Kumail to feel comfortable. Watch it here.
(via Deadline)
For many of us, this will be a fascinating trip through comedy history.
“Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of National Lampoon” is a documentary by Douglas Tirola that will follow the long history of National Lampoon, which was so highly regarded and launched the Vacation and Animal House movies.
There is no word on a release date yet, but expect to have this run through indie and art house theaters in the coming months.
By now, you’re used to long 15-20 min. segments on Last Week Tonight that delve into incredibly thorough detail on a broad very relevant topic.
Well, since every show took the week off for the 4th of July, Last Week Tonight decided to leave us a quick hit, speed round version of the show where John Oliver races through 15 topics with 15 or so corresponding jokes in a minute.
Jesse Case is one of the funniest people we know and he is only 29. A month ago, he was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and has now opted to share his experience via a podcast, which we’re so thankful for.
For all the attempts by movies, TV, and books at showing what having cancer as a young person is like, there are few things that you’ll probably hear that’s as funny, poignant, and unflinching like Jesse’s experience being stricken with what might be terminal cancer.
Few people outside of Bill Burr can pull off doing a podcast where they go and talk for an hour and make it endless entertaining and enlightening, but Jesse is one of those people and the situation he’s in should make it all the more intriguing for you to get into.
So, with all of this in mind, we urge you to make room among the podcast you routinely listen to and listen and subscribe to this brand new weekly podcast Jesse vs. Cancer.
ON THE HORIZON
Brooks Wheelan @ Hollywood Improv Sat. Jul. 11th 8PM $15/2 item min.
Talk Show with Paul Scheer and Jake Fogelnest Celebrates in 10 Years of UCB in LA @ UCB Sunset Sat. Jul. 18th 9PM $10
COMEDY CRAWL
Before You Were Funny @ UCB Sunset 7PM $5
Everybody’s Great @ The Clubhouse 7PM FREE
Cool Thanks @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 8PM FREE
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal @ The Virgil 8PM $5 in adv., $8 at door
In Vino Veritas @ Colorado Wine Company 8PM FREE
Swallows Comedy Hour @ Spitz Los Feliz 8:30PM FREE
Harold Night @ UCB Franklin 8PM (stand by only)/9:30PM $5
Wayne Brady Presents: Play It By Ear @ UCB Sunset 8:30PM $5
Beta Test @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM FREE w/RSVP
The Business LA @ Little Joy Cocktails 9:30PM FREE
Dr. Brown and Sam Simmons: The Ceremony @ The Virgil 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
NERDMELT SHOWROOM 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/3 min./Lottery/No purchase necessary
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/End 8PM/First come, first served/One item min.
OH HEY GUYS @ UCB INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Storytelling only/8 min. only/4-5 min./4-5 slots/Lottery/No purchase necessary
IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:15PM/Starts 6:30PM/Ends 8PM/Lottery/3-5 min.
ANCHOR BAR 2675 Irvine Ave., Costa Mesa, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up at evan@dudelyjones.com
THE WAREHOUSE LOUNGE 4499 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 7:45PM/First come, first served/5 min./8 spots only/No purchase necessary
THE GOOD NIGHT 10721 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:20PM/Ends 9:30PM/Lottery/1 item min./3-5 min./Hosted by Lindsay Adam, Ever Mainard, and Caitlin Bergh
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:15PM/Lottery/One item min./Hosted by Jay Weingarten
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7:30PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT THEATER 251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./stand-up or movie/Have movie on YouTube, Vimeo, or on flash drive/Hosted by Tony Bartolone and Stamati Arakas
HOOTERS 6922 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:45PM/Starts 9:15PM/Lottery/4 min./No purchase necessary/Presented by Stephen Holleman, Joleen Lunzer-Hernandez, Kristen Alberts, Tom McNaughton
MELODY LOUNGE 939 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 9:15PM/Starts 9:30PM/Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Meg Swertlow, Terrence Newman, Alex Hana, and Chloe McGovern
CORNER BAR 924 S. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 9:30PM/Starts 10PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 10:30PM/Mixed mic/$1-2 donation/First come, first served/Hosted by Jasmin Leigh
BIG WANGS 1562 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/1 item min./First come, first served
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around MIDNIGHT after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
Why? with Hannibal Buress premieres this week and just a few days ago, Hannibal chatted with Conan O’Brien about what fans, viewers, etc. have to look forward to with his new show as punctuated by his “shark week” promo.
Look forward to all of this, as we are, on the series premiere this Wed. Jul. 8th at 10:30PM on Comedy Central.
Amidst this golden age of television, John Mulaney gave us all some reasons that HBO’s The Jinx should win as many TV awards that it can for his set on The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.
Also, take not of there being a teenager in the crowd during his hilarious explanation.
IFC’s upcoming Documentary Now! from Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers got the perfect cherry on top of their fictional parody docu-series when they landed Dame Helen Mirren as a host.
Get your first look of how pitch perfect this series is going to be here then mark down Thurs. Aug. 20th 10PM for the premiere on IFC.
Take your song of the summer, whatever it is, and forget it. Then, replace with your suite of the summer as done by the endlessly talented Eban Schletter and his Amity Suite.
He played it recently at Paul F. Tompkins live variety show, Varietopia and it in place of lyrics that you can scream over and over, there’s plenty of twists and turns that will be fun to hum and see if you can get the timing right.
Also take note of the announcement at the end that Tompkins’ Varietopia will return.
ON THE HORIZON
Earwolf Presents The Wahlberg Solution! @ UCB Sunset Tues. Jul. 7th 8:30PM $5
Picture This: An Animated Comedy Show: BoJack Horseman Edition @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Jul. 24th 7PM FREE w/RSVP
COMEDY CRAWL
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Sunset 7PM FREE
2 Girls 1 Pup @ Tailwaggers LA 7:30PM $5
Gravid Water @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5
UnCabaret @ Au Lac 8PM $10-$30
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Pointless Comedy @ The Clubhouse 8PM FREE
Comedy in English @ Hostelling International Santa Monica 8:30PM FREE
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
Neal Brennan & Friends @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
SKETCH TASTIK @ Now Improv 9PM FREE
The Faculty @ Nerdist School 9PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5
Search History @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
BLACKLIGHT DISTRICT LOUNGE 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA/Starts 12PM/Ends 4PM/First come, first served/10-20 min./Hosted by Spencer Kalander
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min.
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign up is 12PM at Facebook page/See http://www.facebook.com/BombShelterComedy for more info and to sign up/Starts 5PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/5 min./Hosted by John Silver & Ryan Pfeiffer
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
VENICE GRIND 12224 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/5 min./Mixed mic/2-3 songs for musicians/Hosted by Shanon O’Donnell/No purchase necessary
IMPROV JAM @ NERDIST SCHOOL 7518 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/For improvisers only/No purchase necessary
THE PIG & WHISTLE 6714 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:15/Starts 7:45PM/First come, first served/20 spots only/$5 cover/5 min./Hosted by Sally Mullins
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 0PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Miranda King and Kat Yeary
M-BAR 1846 ½ E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/5 min./1 item min./Hosted by Tony Alfieri and Steven Moreno
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses/Music guy-Kenneth Lion
John Roy took the stage at Conan for a great set in 2012 with a dark hoodie and a red t-shirt.
Three years later, he did pretty much the same thing with what looks to be the same hoodie and t-shirt combo and another great set. Maybe he’ll make it a tradition?
Watch this latest and greatest set from John Roy here.
Before you indulge in loud explosions, shiny colors, and loads of grilled goods, enjoy an attempt at a patriotic, Declaration of Independence recitation, 4th of July video from Sam the Eagle from The Muppets (as well as some “speech crashers”).
Watch it here.
Oh yeah, Happy 4th of July from “all of us” here at The Comedy Bureau.
ON THE HORIZON
TNT Improv 8 Year Anniversary @ The Clubhouse Tues. Jul. 7th 8PM FREE
Radio Picture Show @ The Virgil Wed. Jul. 8th 8:30PM $6 in adv., $8 at door
The Raggle Taggle Dance Hour @ UCB Sunset Sat. Jul. 11th 10:30PM $5
The John Mulaney Files @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Fri. Aug. 21st 8:30PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Animation Breakdown’s Saturday Morning Cartoons: Classics @ Cinefamily 11:30AM $10
Laurie Kilmartin @ Flappers Burbank 7PM/9PM $20/2 item min.
Tomorrow! with Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
JULY 4TH ABANDONED NAZI BUNKER HIKE MIC @ RUSTIC CANYON PARK 1600 Amalfi Dr., Pacific Palisades, CA/Meet at corner of Amalfi Dr. and Capri Dr. at 1PM/Hike in 2 mi./Mic starts 2PM/Ends 5PM
FLAPPERS BURBANK YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA
-Sign-up 4PM/Starts 4:15PM/Lottery
-Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
Recently, Chris Gethard was invited to a HS graduation and wanting to making a fun video in the process, a very forced pun was given to him to say as a “joke” to tell when greeting the graduates.
The results are similar to when Chris going through with his very literal Ritz Carlton dance with a little bit more frustration at the end.
Watch it all unfold here.
Pick-up lines are pretty much a bad idea, especially these days when most people would prefer a pre-arranged social media based arrangement to meet rather than being talked to by strangers.
Comedy Central’s interactive web series CC:Social Scene sees how much of a disaster can come about with trying to say pick-up lines.
Spoiler alert: it gets pretty disastrous.
In case you were wondering, Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Vanessa Bayer and Mike Birbiglia are having plenty of fun on The Trainwreck Comedy Tour.
For instance, a fan left a copy of Judd Apatow’s new book Sick In The Head on stage with a message inside requesting that he graciously autograph the book. However, the book was discovered while Mike Birbiglia was on stage and Mike, for a funny moment, gave a surprising reaction. It was the sort of surprise that Apatow felt needed a revenge.
Watch the whole sequence of events transpire here, then watch more road footage of the Trainwreck tour here.
Conan O’Brien’s latest remote segment follows him crashing, with permission, a girls’ night out comprised of his female staff to go watch Magic Mike XXL at midnight.
In case you’re already wondering, O’Brien did try some “Magic Mike” like dance moves to a variety of reactions.
Watch it all happen here.
ON THE HORIZON
Animation Breakdown’s Saturday Morning Cartoons: Classics @ Cinefamily Sat. Jul. 4th 11:30AM $10
Laurie Kilmartin @ Flappers Burbank Sat. Jul. 4th 7PM/9PM $20/2 item min.
Tomorrow with Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater Sat. Jul. 4th MIDNIGHT $8
COMEDY CRAWL
Dead Authors with Paul F. Tompkins @ UCB Franklin 6:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $10
Groundlings Kung Fu Battle Island @ The Groundlngs 8PM $20
Laurie Kilmartin @ Flappers Burbank 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Sauce @ Desano’s Pizza 8PM $5 suggested donation
Bangarang Presents The Weekend @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Tig Has Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 8:30PM $30 (stand by only)
Your F’ed Up Family @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Soundtrack @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $10
Underbelly @ Echoes Under Sunset 10PM FREE
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $10
Orpheus Roy & Friends w/Dummy @ iO West 10PM $10
JV Presents: #ThrowbackFriday @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
The Deltones @ iO West 11PM $5
Teddy Roosevelt’s Presidential Funk Pad @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5
OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/Set list of topic provided to improvise off of/No purchase necessary
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery/35 spots only/Hosted by Megan Koester and Alison Stevenson
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./One item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8PM/5 min./First come, first served
IMPROV JAM @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can perform/Hosted by Mano Agapion
THE IMPROV SPACE 954 Gayley Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/First come, first served/5 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Alan Santiago
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/5 min./First come, first served
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 min./brought to you by Myke Wright, Kat Yeary, Sam Jae, and Terrence Newman
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
TAO COMEDY STUDIO 7466 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA #201/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover/includes drink/Hosted by Bobbie Oliver
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 10:45PM after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
MUSICAL IMPROV JAM @ IO WEST 6366 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/STARTS 11:55PM/For musical improvising only/Anyone can play
Yes. There was a time where not only absolute segregation was enforced in South Africa, but free speech, including comedy, was also illegal.
The latest episode of Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee had Jerry Seinfeld taking internationally renowned comedian and the new host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah, around NYC and Brooklyn while learning about what comedy in a place where it was illegal to freely express yourself for a long time.
As a result, Trevor has a killer Nelson Mandela impression among his several great impressions and a fresh comedic perspective on race that will serve him well when taking over The Daily Show.
Watch it all here.
The unfortunate passing of Taylor Negron at the beginning of this year made us all revisit the long, storied, diverse career of Negron including when he performed comedy and told stories.
One of LA’s famous, longest running shows Uncabaret was one of Negron’s favorite and most frequent places where he would perform. There, he spun fresh tales that might seem “tall” if it was anyone else other than Negron telling them.
Uncabaret and Comedy Dynamics some of his best sets onto one album, Uncabaret Presents Taylor Negron.
Get a preview here, then get the album/piece of comedy history here.
Comedian Annie Lederman has been doing a fun web series with stop motion animated hot dogs called Sausage Party for awhile now.
Little did she know that stop motion animated hot dogs would be the absolutely perfect thing to do a recreation of The Magic Mike XXL trailer. Like we were saying above, it’s beefcake vs. beef tubes.
Watch and enjoy the side by side trailer here.
It took awhile, but there is now an heir apparent to the Chappelle Show’s Wrap It Up! awards speech music box.
Inside Amy Schumer has now made Listen Alert, which offers 24/7 support to those so desperately in need of attention for their stories that trail off and trying to vent about very non-crucial problems.
Get the full rundown here.
We’re going back into a wormhole with our show that cross dimensions of jokes, bits, meta jokes and bits, and even something deeper and more hilariously bizarre than that.
Once again, Wormhole is improv based on stand-up based on improv based on improvised stand-up.
Join us, Matt Kirshen, Pretty Pretty Pony, and Matt McCarthy on Tues. July 14th at Westside Comedy Theater at 9PM for the journey that will probably change your life, but will most certainly make you bust up with laughter.
It’s only $5 to strap in and go into the vast, undiscovered territory of deep(?) comedy. Get your tickets here.
So, the cast of Wet Hot American Summer has returned to do a series that is a prequel to the original movie even though it’s been 14 years.
So, even though it’s been over a decade, they’re “younger” and still horny for Wet Hot American Summer; First Day of Camp. Also, the likes of Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, Jon Hamm, Weird Al Yankovic, Judah Friedlander, and more are also joining for the fun.
Watch the first full trailer here then look for the episodes to come out on July 31st.
Many of you have probably gotten to see Cameron Esposito’s fantastic joke about women’s periods. She got to finally do the bit on TV, though, with the added bonus of appropriately giving the crowd jelly donuts right before she delves into the wonderfully graphic bit on The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.
You can watch a clip of it here, watch more in the whole episode at CC.com here, and then get an awesome t-shirt marking the whole occasion here.