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Henry Phillips’ Henry’s Kitchen Is Back and Now Putting on a “Masterclass”
October 22, 2018
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If the myth of Sisyphus were translated into a modern day form (that also happened to be one of the funniest things on the Internet), it just might be Henry Phillips and his existential laden attempts at hosting a cooking show.

That show, of course, is called Henry’s Kitchen and is indeed one of our all time favorite web series and just got a whole new lease on life via Thrillist to do a “Masterclass”. In it, Henry gets an even nicer kitchen to ponder point of it all while doing his best with/botching whatever he’s cooking.

Dive in with this first entry Green Onions and then a whole row of new eps here.

The President Show’s Hopeful Mockumentary (Maybe Documentary?) “The Fall of Donald Trump” Premieres Tonight
October 22, 2018
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Anthony Atamanuik and company are at it at The President Show again (right before the midterm elections) with their “documentary” special set in a possible near future where Donald Trump falls from power.

Perhaps, this will hit the mark in comparison to the real world in similar fashion the way Anthony did leading up to the 2016 election and pretty much predicting what Trump would say in debates and or rallies.

Get a taste of what is (hopefully, in real life) to come here.

A President Show Documentary: The Fall of Donald Trump premieres tonight on Comedy Central at 11PM.
October 22, 2018
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Whether it be his stand-up, a play, his exquisite piano skills, painting on pics of the GOP to make them into drag queens, you should get into whatever Daniel Webb is doing/being the ringleader for.

So, we urge you to go to Parfait! “a monthly comedy play starring female and queer standups, laced with sketch, music, cartoons, and drag queens!” 

For this inaugural show, they’ve got the likes of Maggie Maye, Kerri Lendo, Pete Zias, and Laurie Kilmartin (and Ramin Nazer as the house band). 

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Go get them now here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
October 22, 2018
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Besides it being Neil Hamburger and the fact that it’s a very, very, very, very stacked line-up (perhaps almost worthy of a gala?), next Sunday will mark 11 years of Neil’s residency (the longest solo residency in the comedy scene that we can think of) at The Satellite in Silverlake.

If you need more reason to go, then just trust that we’re telling you to go because it’s worth it.

Get your tickets here quick as we have a feeling that it might sell out.

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

Trailer for Showtime’s “Black Monday” Looks Like a TV Series Prequel to the Wolf of Wall Street Starring Don Cheadle
October 19, 2018
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In short, that’s enough for us to get on board.

Martin Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street did cover the infamous stock market crash known as Black Monday, but this upcoming eponymous Showtime series from Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, David Caspe, and Jordan Cahan is entirely dedicated to it. 

In fact, we could almost see this as a spiritual prequel to both Wolf of Wall Street and, in a way, especially because of star Don Cheadle, House of Lies.

Get a taste or, in this case, a line off the table of what’s to come on Sun., Jan. 20th 10PM on Showtime here.

Fox Makes Script Commitment Plus Penalty to Riki Lindhome’s “Tails”
October 19, 2018
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Fox Makes Script Commitment Plus Penalty to Riki Lindhome’s “Tails”

This makes for yet another intriguing addition to Fox’s development slate as a project from Sabrina Jalees and Diablo Cody was also announced this week.

Lindhome, who we hope you’d know from Garfunkel and Oates and Another Period, will indeed be writing and starring in the project about a late 30s woman refusing to settle. 

Based off of how incredible the song and music video for Garfunkel and Oates’ 29/31 is, we have no doubt that Riki’s take on what would might be a decade after that song will be worth watching.
October 19, 2018
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The monthly solo character comedy reunion-themed show Reunion is always a fantastic dive into some parallel universe and a great showcase of many of LA’s best characters. 

As Halloween is right around the corner, they’ll be doing a special “Hell” edition where people reunite to “remember their death day”. With no irony at all, this sounds like a hell of a good time (pun intended). 

On the line-up is:
David Bly
Leslie Collins
Laura McDonald
John Milhiser
Mike O’Gorman
Hosts Leah Rudick & Steve Soroka

Admission is free, but the good folks at Reunion ask for a $5 suggested donation with all proceeds going to Human Rights Campaign.

Get more fun/spooky details here.

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

Nate Craig’s Preferred Customer Is One of Our Favorite Comedy Albums of the Year
October 19, 2018
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The opening to, Preferred Customer, this new album from Nate Craig, should set a new standard for opening an hour of comedy. It’s, at the same time, warm, inviting, just the right, measured amount of sass, and an actual extended greeting beyond the routine “great to be here” or story about what part of town the venue in which the album/special was recorded at. 

Such care and consideration are the bedrocks of what makes up Craig’s latest and greatest album. The observations within Nate’s bits, ranging from inventions to abortion to Adobe Flash, are so clever and original, yet never too farfetched. Similarly, the hour progresses smoothly and nothing seems shoe-horned in, though the material is incredibly varied, topic-wise. Craig just seems to stick the landing here, whether it be in delivery, pacing, diction, etc. 

Simply put, we were laughing out loud, wire-to-wire, in our car while listening to Preferred Customer. Thus, we’ve found one of our favorite stand-up albums of 2018.

Preferred Customer comes out this Thursday (in just a few hours of this post) wherever you stream your albums, but you can (and should) pre-order it on iTunes right now.

Sabrina Jalees To Write (and Possibly Star in) Multi Cam “Hanging On” with Diablo Cody Now in Development at Fox
October 18, 2018
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Sabrina Jalees To Write (and Possibly Star in) Multi Cam “Hanging On” with Diablo Cody Now in Development at Fox

We’ve dug Sabrina Jalees ever since she set foot in LA and started hitting the ground running on stand-up stages all around town. Her coming up with a series with  Diablo Cody sounds intriguing, especially as it’s being made as a multi cam that deals with a family reconnecting with their lesbian daughter and her fiancé. 

Though Jalees hasn’t nabbed the role of the daughter just yet, she is so fun to watch that we have a hard time imagining not being on screen for this project. We’ll just have to wait and see.

Also, it’s worth nothing that, If picked up, this will certainly be a fascinating addition to Fox’s comedy line-up, which currently includes Last Man Standing.  
October 18, 2018
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Jill Soloway, creator of Transparent, and Hannah Gadsby, the lightning rod comedian behind Nanette, will indeed be live in person chatting about the Jill’s memoir, She Wants It: Desire Power and Toppling the Patriarchy.

Should be kind of a powerful night, no? 

Tickets are available as follows:

$53 Reserved Section Seat + Book
$43 General Admission Seat + book
$20 General Admission 

You can and definitely should get tickets for this at Live Talks LA here.

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

Please Enjoy Joe Zimmerman’s Latest Set on Last Night’s Corden
October 17, 2018
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It would seem that both Joe Zimmerman’s phone and comedy are kind of blessed.

Witness it for yourself from his set on last night’s Late Late Show with James Corden.

Puddles Pity Party Lands Las Vegas Residency at Caesar’s Palace at Start of 2019
October 17, 2018
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Puddles Pity Party Lands Las Vegas Residency at Caesar’s Palace at Start of 2019

A few years ago, we were at The Paul F. Tompkins Show at Largo and, in the middle of the show, Paul mysteriously got a call that he “had” to take. The stage was empty for a few seconds, but out of the corner of our eye, we caught the glow of lantern coming from behind us, walking through the aisle.

That lantern was carried by none other than the towering sad clown that is Puddles Pity Party, who then took the stage with several vintage trunks that were part of an ingenious bit and sang beautifully. It was enthralling, funny, and all kind of unbelievable simultaneously.

Naturally, we’re glad that Vegas will be giving him a residency at Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesar’s Palace from Jan. 17th-Feb 9th next year, so many more rows of people can hopefully be witness to the magic and charm of Puddles Pity Party.
October 17, 2018
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Next week, the wonderful Jen Kirkman back in town doing her new material show Lab Test and there are still tickets on sale! It’s a rare chance to see Jen in a very intimate setting do a long set and you really ought to not miss it.

Tickets are only $12 a pop (w/1 item min. Go get them here before the inevitably sell out.

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

“Nathan for You” Has Ended, Comedy Central Confirms
October 17, 2018
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“Nathan for You” Has Ended, Comedy Central Confirms

Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, it might be worthwhile to give a round of applause to comedic mastermind Nathan Fielder.

If you’d like to hold out hope that this might, possibly, maybe be a bit by Fielder, it’s a little weird that this announcement would show up on Pitchfork, a site almost entirely dedicated to music only, rather than something like Deadline. Also, as of this post, there is nothing on Nathan Fielder or Comedy Central’s social media channels backing this up. 

However, Fielder accomplished whole hell of a lot with his run at Nathan For You and if he feels like he wants to wrap up the series so he can regroup and find a new angle in which to elevate pranking to an art form, we can’t wait to see what he has in store next.

Ann Lupo Looks to Offer Up a Beautiful and Surreal Look at a Young Woman Falling In and Out of Love with Her Debut Feature “In Reality”
October 17, 2018
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Ann Lupo’s trippy debut feature In Reality is only making the rounds at festivals right now, but, based off of what we can see in the trailer, we hope that it gets some kind of release soon.

If love is a drug, this film might show you what it’s like to be on it in the best way possible.

Watch Trailer for Sally4Ever, the Latest Charming UK Sitcom Export Coming Stateside
October 17, 2018
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We’d like to think that because of the successes of series like Catastrophe and Fleabag, us Yanks will now get to see more UK sitcoms right when they come out in the UK (or pretty close to it) as opposed to waiting for a random amount of time to get US distribution or just straight up remade with an American cast (kind of like HBO’s other new comedy Camping). 

A new beneficiary of a possible “British Comedy Invasion” will be Sally4Ever coming to HBO and Sky Atlantic from UK gem Julia Davis, who also created the aforementioned UK original version of Camping (this actually has HBO in both the Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan business, suggesting a new affinity for female writer/director/producer/actresses from across the pond). This new show will follow a fun, but prickly love triangle and already shows promise from this trailer.

If you’re digging it, Sally4Ever set to premiere on HBO on Sunday, Nov. 11th at 10:30PM. 

Ted Alexandro’s New Hour “Senior Class of Earth” Is a Finely Crafted Hour of Comedy in 2018
October 17, 2018
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Due to the nature of showbiz and the instantaneous demand of something new, crafting an hour of comedy often is rushed and, consequently, ends up looking rushed. You’ll find that there’s no connective tissue between the material and the arc of tone and energy seem random at best.

Ted Alexandro’s Senior Class of Earth is a welcome break from all of that.

Ted Alexandro is a great comedian and an exemplary artisan of the form. He has done it before, but Ted shows again what a well crafted hour of stand-up can be (and can be for the world weary audiences of 2018) with Senior Class of Earth. As always, Ted is so perfectly laid back in this special/album with his performance that he can sail through choppy waters and keep the audience on board the whole time. That’s not so easy these days with the mere mention of a certain political figure or divisive topic freezing up comedy audiences immediately.

Here’s a trailer to get a taste of what we’re talking about.

So, we urge you to get and enjoy Senior Class of Earth, available now as a special from All Things Comedy and as an album from 800 Pound Gorilla.

It’s not part of the special, but Ted showed how very good he is at making the medicine go down with a spoonful of sugar in this recent set about Louis CK and Cosby.
October 16, 2018
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Halloween is just around the corner and, from our end, one of the better ways to get into the spirit of the holiday this year is a screening of the classic film Beetlejuice in the gorgeous Wiltern theater that will have a Halloween maze and a full bar available.

Tickets are only $10-$15. Snag them up quick here.

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

During Transition from Hour to Half-Hour, Conan O’Brien Will Be “Looking for a Friend” Via a New Podcast
October 15, 2018
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While there a streamlining of Conan over at TBS that will debut in January, there will still be plenty of Conan to have in your life over the next few months.

One of those things will be a podcast with open conversations between O’Brien and guests in an attempt to get to know them outside of the pre-arranged stories they’ve done on his show for a quarter century and maybe, just maybe, make a new friend. If anything, it’ll probably allow to be Conan O’Brien that we enjoy the most, which is a Conan O’Brien with as little boundaries as possible.

Episodes will start dropping soon, but you can listen to a trailer and subscribe over at Earwolf here.

10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival to Bring Rory Scovel, Emily Heller, Ian Karmel, More to the Twin Cities This Year
October 15, 2018
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This week, specifically Wednesday, October 17th-Saturday, October 20th, many LA favorites will be headed to the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul), MN for the annual 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival.

That line-up includes the aforementioned Scovel, Heller, and Karmel as well as Rhea Butcher, Taylor Tomlinson, Ahamed Weinberg, Ahmed Bharoocha, and Andy Erikson. There will also be a live taping of one of the most fun podcasts out there, All Fantasy Everything and a special edition of the stunt comedy variety spectacular known as Late Late Breakfast. From the schedule, it looks like it’ll be a nice and tight weekend of comedy that you really ought to not miss if you can swing it.

If you’re in, around, or headed to Minnesota this week, you might want to snag some tickets right here.
October 15, 2018
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Ever since Bri Pruett arrived in LA, her comedy and infectious upbeat energy has really charmed us (and the LA scene as well). 

That’s why we’re excited to hear that she’ll be doing a run of her own show, STELLAR, as part of The Bootleg Theater’s 2nd Solo Queens Fest. It’ll be a funny evening full of body positivity, sex positivity, and more as related to relationships/dating all underscored with a “Sade-heavy soundtrack.”

The show has multiple dates between Oct. 26th-Nov. 18th and tickets are $15-$20. Go find specific times and get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
October 14, 2018
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The beloved, award winning, internationally acclaimed clowning duo Zach & Viggo are back in LA and are doing a (somewhat) secret show with one of their favorite bands, the funk punk outfit known as Thumpasaurus.

On Wednesday, October 17th at 8:30PM, you should probably find yourself over at Artshare LA (801 E. 4th Pl., Los Angeles, CA) for one hell of a silly, out there, downright fun, groovy, dance filled night, Where Does The Love Go. 

You can (and should) get tickets starting at $10 here.

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

The Chicago Podcast Festival Returns for 2018 with The Dollop, Off Book, Yo Is This Racist?, and High & Mighty
October 13, 2018
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The Chicago Podcast Festival Returns for 2018 with The Dollop, Off Book, Yo Is This Racist?, and High & Mighty

Post Thanksgiving this year might a nice time to get away from whatever you had to put up with on Thanksgiving and attend live tapings of your favorite podcasts.

Luckily, if you’re in, around, or headed to Chicago from Nov. 26th-Dec 2nd, The Chicago Podcast Festival, now in its 3rd year, will be the perfect thing to fill that niche. Many of the best podcasts from LA as mentioned above will play alongside local favorites and more.

By the way, we don’t know when the next podcast festival is going to happen in LA, so, if podcast festivals are your thing, you might want to hop on over to this.  

Get tickets, schedule, info, and more here.

Ryan Singer’s Free Love, His Great New Album, Is Being Offered as “Free Love” (i.e. Free to Download)
October 12, 2018
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It would seem as through comedian Ryan Singer has been and will forever be on a quest to simultaneously understand the connective tissue of the human experience and how we reconcile it with the infinite universe around us and make comedy about said quest for any and all. 

His latest album, Free Love, is a notable milestone in said quest as Singer beautifully weaves through nuanced and spirited jokes about esoteric knowledge, singularity, and milkshakes. Ryan also keeps a good sense of self-awareness so it doesn’t seem like you’re going for the trippy ride that you’re going to go on (and will delight in) within this hour.  

Perhaps, nicest of all, Ryan is living true to the title and offering up this album for FREE download. We say that you should take up Singer on his Free Love. Do so here.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Fourth and Final Season Premieres Tonight
October 12, 2018
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Fourth and Final Season Premieres Tonight

In a not so distant past that seems oh so distant, Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna were set to do a dark rom com musical series over at Showtime. 

A network change to CW and a handful of award wins later, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has redefined what a musical can be, what a romantic comedy can be, what a female led series can be, what the CW’s branding for comedy could be, and how to talk about a plethora of sensitive, timely topics in a nuanced and informed way AND still be funny and very clever while doing so. 

For all what it has acheived, it might be worth your time to tune in tonight at 9PM for the fourth and final season premiere on the CW (or tomorrow on the CW app).

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