One of our favorite house comedy shows Wolf Den is celebrating two years of having one of the most picturesque comedy shows on a patio.
Per usual, they have a great line-up (just take a gander above) and hosts Amy Silverberg and Lynn Maleh will kick off what’s sure to be another killer show.
You can (and perhaps should) reserve a spot in advance here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
It just seems like Mondays are the perfect day for hot tubs, the live comedy show version that is.
Make this next Monday extra nice by winning tickets to Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen! Enter for your chance to win here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
Well, it looks like Comedy Central isn’t the only place you’ll be able to find comedy roasts anymore.
Historical Roast (and Fictional Roast), for a few years now, have been putting the feet of anything from WWII to Shakespeare to Disney Princesses to the fire for fun on stages across LA in appropriate costumes (including Nerdmelt, The Comedy Store, and Dynasty Typewriter).
Given the success of Roast Battle, we thought it only a matter of time before this show created by Eddie Furth, Ryan Pigg, and Samee Junio got picked up somewhere, which just happened to be Netflix.
Similar to the way that Roastmaster General Jeff Ross brought Roast Battle to the forefront, Ross will have his stamp on the six episodes ordered for Historical Roasts.
We’ll keep our ears to the ground for when tapings happen and let you know ASAP.
If you thought Eighth Grade reminded how awkward and chaotic adolescence and puberty was, Big Mouth, the animated series that personifies hormones and teenage anxieties with monsters, seems like it will be going a few notches higher in this regard.
See for yourself in this trailer that promises season 2 will be more NSFW than it already it is (in a fun, gross way though, of course).
All episodes of Big Mouth begin streaming on October 5th on Netflix.
Coming home with the very prestigious Total Theatre Award from the renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Natalie Palamides’ NATE will be having an encore run next week from Thurs., Sept. 27th-Sat. Sept. 29th at the Lyric Hyperion.
Don’t miss your last chance to see Natalie’s award winning show whether you haven’t gotten a chance to see it or not.
Tickets are $20 and you ought to go get them ASAP here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Very soon, Bret and Jemaine will back in your lives via an entire concert special recorded live in London to come out on HBO.
From the looks of it, October 6th, Live in London’s premiere date will be a nice day.
As mentioned in the headline, Gilda Radner, one of the first breakout stars of Saturday Night Live, undeniably had “it”.
For several decades now, an oft-remarked quality brought up in evaluating talent in Hollywood is the vaguely defined (perhaps intentionally so) notion of having “it”. “It” could be understood as an undeniable magnetism and charm that emanates from a person and their mere presence on stage and screen, but the biz powers that be like keeping such a thing shrouded in a bit of mystery.
The documentary Love, Gilda, directed by Lisa D’Apolito, showcases, via clips of her several TV performances and appearances, home video, and diary entries (lovingly read by modern day SNL alums including Amy Poehler, Cecily Strong, Maya Rudolph, and Bill Hader), just how much Gilda shone wherever she was no matter what she was going through. Even in a long, hard fought battle with cancer, you can see that Gilda’s spirit couldn’t be tamped down as she was one of the very first comedians to publicly joke about having cancer on TV.
For many, Love, Gilda might be a beautiful tear jerker portrait that will also have you laughing because, again, Gilda just had “it”.
Love, Gilda is set to hit select theaters this Friday, September 21st. See where it’s playing and get your tickets here.
The one and only Dana Gould will indeed be doing an hour this Sunday at the lovely hole-in-the-wall comedy venue known as The Clubhouse with Valerie Tosi and Kandice Martellaro opening.
By the way, there is no cover, but donations will be accepted.
So, you might want to get there a little, if not very, early.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Dominates Comedy Categories at This Years Emmys
Taking home the Emmy statues last night for outstanding writing, directing, lead actress, and supporting actress is a pretty damn good sweep for Amy Sherman-Palladino’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The performances by Bill Hader and Henry Winkler took home two trophies for Barry making for an impressive win for the show’s first season.
Also, Mulaney’s special delivered on high expectations of being pretty damn good, so we’re glad to see that Kid Gorgeous won.
All in all, most expectations were fulfilled in the comedy categories as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has been really growing in buzz for the last several months.
Here are all the comedy winners from last night’s Primetime Emmys Awards:
-Outstanding Comedy Series-The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
-Outstanding Variety Talk Series-Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
-Outstanding Variety Sketch Series-Saturday Night Live
-Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special-John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous At Radio City
-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series-Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
-Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series-Bill Hader, Barry
-Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series-Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series-Henry Winkler, Barry
-Oustanding Writing for a Comedy Series-Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
-Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series-Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
If you missed out on the comedy winners for the Creative Arts Emmys this year, see them here.
If you want to see the full list of last night’s winners, do so here.
The spooky month October is just around the corner and a great way to join in the spirit is going to Chicago’s favorite horror comedy music extravaganza lovingly known as HELLTRAP NIGHTMARE.
We had such a blast the last time they (Sarah Squirm, the Shrimp Boys, Scott Egleston, and Ruby McCollister) were in town that we’d highly urge you to dare to enter the HELLTRAP NIGHTMARE on one of their two dates at the Lyric Hyperion coming up. Music from bands Vail and Mood Killer will be featured!
Tickets are $8 and you can (and really should) get your tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screening, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Over their extensive filmographies, both Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn have played a plethora of complex characters while still managing to leave an indelible stamp on every role. Whether it be Sideways, Billions, Transparent, or I Love Dick, Giamatti and Hahn have a knack for playing people that are doing their best in spite of their circumstances.
Private Life, an upcoming film that pairs these two together, provides a big canvas for them to show off and it sure looks like they show off exquistely. Also, it’ll be the latest offering from writer/director Tamara Jenkins, who also wrote and directed one of our favorite dark comedy/dramas, The Savages.
Get a taste of what’s to come in this trailer, then look for Private Life to begin streaming on Netflix starting October 5th.
Since An Emmy for Megan was unfortunately snubbed for an Emmy, tune into IFC at 11PM to be on the right side of history.
A live reading of the film classic Goonies with that very, very stacked cast and it all being done as a benefit for RAICES? Get. outta. town.
Well, actually, stay in town and go get tickets that are going from $35-$75 here. The Montalban is a pretty sizable venue, but you might want to get in on this before it sells out.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Yes, you read that right. It’s a late night talk show done in a river.
Absurd satirist Conner O’Malley has a knack for sending up pop culture to the nth degree and then some.
The Emmys for this year are tomorrow, but perhaps Conner will have a shot for one for next year?
In any case, enjoy this PCP version of a late night talk show here.
A favorite podcast of ours, Punch Up The Jam, is doing another live edition, this time at UCB Sunset.
Hosts Demi and Miel will be taking pop songs and “making them better” in person on Sunday, September 30th at 9PM and, unsurprisingly, advance tickets are sold out. However, watch as the date gets closer to see if tickets are released and, as always with UCB, there will be a stand-by line on the night of the show.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Tasteful, the best comedy show at Milk Tavern (528 S. Western Ave.) Koreatown’s best ice cream parlor is back!
This Wednesday, September 19th at 8PM, you’ll get to enjoy ice cream and/or cereal (with some booze if you’d like and you’re of age) along with the comedy stylings of host Langston Kerman, The Puterbaugh Sisters, Ramon Rivas, Jared Logan, The Lucas Brothers, Gavin Matts, and Kara Klenk!
Admission is free!
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This is just a friendly neighborhood reminder of what you’ll probably end up spending your whole weekend watching.
Who knew that an animated series following a misanthropic, anthropomorphized horse trying to process fame, existence, etc. peppered with clever animal puns would be one of the most poignant shows of our time and go for 5 seasons?
We had a feeling of season 1 of BoJack Horseman that this might be the case. In any case, all episodes of season 5 of BoJack are now streaming on Netflix.
Todd Glass and Rory Scovel are at “it” again!
What exactly “it” is that they’re at again is a mystery, hence the name of the show. That being said, “it”/the story is pretty damn fun (we’ve seen “it” for ourselves).
So, don’t miss out on Todd and Rory doing whatever the hell they want from scratch for $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Get tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
A quarter century ago, some of the fanciest hair on the one of the silliest people, Conan O’Brien, began what would be a legendary career (and is still in the making) of hosting late night talk shows.
To mark this milestone in comedy, television, and entertainment history, Team Coco will soon be having a Late Night Archive in which you can go through the aforementioned 4000+ episodes of Conan including (Late Night, The Tonight Show). We’re sure Gen Z will have a lot of fun discovering Fed Ex Pope, Conan spinning his wedding ring on his desk, and the early days of Conan roaming outside the studio.
For now, you can watch the very first episode on YouTube for your convenience and impatiently have to wait for the thousands of other eps. in Jan. 2019.
Electric Television, the good folks that used rotoscoping to make fun short films that punch up Cocktail and Dragnet into Cocktails & Dreams and Green Boy, will very soon being bring you another piece entitled Freeway to Hell. In a way, it’s like the next evolution of making fun of movies going from MST3K to actually being in the movie to satirize it.
This time, they’ll be hilariously cutting themselves into those specific types of 60s films that attempted to demonize subcultures like bike gangs, but seeming very cheesy while doing so. Get a taste of Freeway to Hell here. The full short will be coming soon!
Big Terrific, an evening comprised lovingly of Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri, is returning again to Largo once more on Fri. Sept. 21st at 8PM.
Don’t miss out on getting tickets as this usual sells out. They’re going for $35 online and you can (and should) get them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
ABC Commits to Put Pilot for Tessa Coates Comedy Produced By Greg Daniels
UK comedy multi-hyphenate Tessa Coates might well be on her way to living a bit of La La Land in real life. Not only did she come to LA and perform her solo show Primates, hoping to make a splash in Hollywood, but she did to an inimate crowd so at the very theater where Emma Stone’s Mia performed her solo show in La La Land, the Hayworth Theater (now known as the Dynasty Typewriter at the Hayworth Theater).
Coates was a pure delight and and irresistibly effervescent when we saw her there, her charm winning everybody right from the get go. Details as to what this project might exactly be haven’t been released yet, but we’re excited to see what Coates might have in store for us Yanks. Fortunately, with The Office’s Greg Daniels attached, that might just happen.
While their remake of True Grit was an entry into traditional Western genre, still done up with Coen Brothers’ panache, Joel and Ethan Coen haven’t done had a Western film to their name that’s completely their own.
Well, that is until now with the “six-part Western anthology film” called The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.There’s a lot of buzz as it works its way along the festival circuit and this trailer just released today really shows more of the subversive, gallows humor (in this case, literally) set in the cinematic landscapes that the Coen Brothers are so good at laying out. Tim Blake Nelson, the titular character, appears to shine bright in all ways from what you can see.
What’ll be interesting in the two-pronged release of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs on Netflix and in limited release on November 16th. All Coen Brothers movies should be seen on the big screen, but not having to wait until the movie possibly expands to a theater near you and just streaming on Netflix is awfully convenient.
Also, it seems like James Franco in a noose, confused, might become it’s own meme separate from the film, doesn’t it?
Did you happen to read John Roy’s thorough exegesis of one Roy Wood Jr. joke yesterday and be reminded of how funny Roy is?
Even if you just read it now, you’ll be happy to know that Roy is stopping into the Irvine Improv later this month for four shows. Tickets are going for $22 with a 2 item minimum. Go get them quick here.
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Season 2 of The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project Has Arrived
Whenever we’re relegated to enjoying the talents of Andy Daly merely on CarMax commercials, there is an undeniable void in our lives.
Thankfully, today, the second season of The Andy Daly Podcast Pilot Project, the podcast where Andy Daly along with Matt Gourley try a different podcast pilot concept every episode, has kicked off at Earwolf.
Get into binge listening to it for free wherever you listen to podcasts.