We’re assuming that this Channel 5 announcement that a Tim & Eric library (which will include Dr. Steve Brule, Tom Goes to the Mayor, and new show SCUM) means all of the episodes of all of those shows will soon be available to stream somewhere on AdultSwim.com.
We’ll have to wait and see, but we’re pretty sure a good amount of your binge viewing time will go to this once it comes out.
For quite some time, Drew Michael has been on the darker side of comedy and we have quite enjoyed it (especially his album Funny to Death).
So, this minimalist, yet trippy trailer for his upcoming HBO special doesn’t come as a total surprise. However, it does leave us curious as to what lies in store for the hour stand-up special since stand-up-turned-comedy-impresario Jerrod Carmichael is directing, there is no audience, and there seems to be a secondary character played by a girl going through a roller coaster of emotions.
See for yourself here. Drew Michael premieres on HBO on Saturday, August 25th.
Hometown favorite drinking-game-comedy-show, Brew Haha, is back to film their next few shows as part of their new partnership with Thrillist.
The latest edition will be taking place in Echo Park this Saturday July 28th and will absolutely only be 21+ only.
Get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
As a comedy horror series, Stan Against Evil is already at certain level of funhouse chaos, especially having had two seasons under its belt.
From the looks of this season 3 teaser unveiled at Comic-Con, they’re raising their own bar on how bonkers they want to get including sentient puppets and their own version of Mulder and Scully. We’re on board for all of that and more.
See for yourself here, then look for the season premiere on Halloween on IFC.
Whenever we watch Andy Sandford, we can’t help but think how Andy makes his jokes as funny as they can be. Whether they be extended stories or classic set-up/punch style jokes, Andy meticulous tinkers with how his bits are written and delivered to their funniest point.
Shameful Information, Andy’s just-released special, exhibits Sandford’s exquisite craftsmanship that’s so enjoyable that you probably won’t even think about how an hour has passed by the time it’s done. Andy taped the special at Star Bar in Atlanta, his hometown, giving a much more genuine feel than you’d might get with a special performed in a gigantic theater. On top of all of that, Andy closes it with one of our all-time favorite jokes about inner city kids watching Abbott & Costello’s Who’s On First.
Also, we’d like to note that this special was recorded pre-2016 election and, for what it’s worth, there is a wondrous air devoid of the unmistakable cynicism of the current moment.
So, you can (and should) get and watch Shameful Information on iTunes right here.
There’s no subterfuge here. Let’s Watch Messed Up Cartoons aims to deliver on its name with a great line-up that includes BoJack Horseman’s Mike Hollingsworth and the wonderful Jamie Loftus.
Also, you’ll have a chance to play SNES Classic on a big screen post-show.
Let’s Watch Messed Up Cartoons will take place at Open The Portal LA (near Lincoln Heights) is FREE and you can get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
2 Dope Queens Will Be Getting Another Round at HBO
There will indeed be four more 2 Dope Queens specials with Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson coming to HBO. We can only imagine what Williams and Robinson will have up their sleeve after successfully swinging for the fences with the first four 2 Dope Queens specials.
We’re more excited for this than most stuff we heard about from Comic-Con.
In anticipation of Guy’s highly anticipated book My Life as a Goddess, the magnificent Guy Branum has two upcoming appearances in town that you absolutely shouldn’t miss.
One is a live reading and discussion at Barnes & Noble at The Grove next Monday, July 30th at 7PM. You can get a wristband for the event with purchase of My Life as a Goddess from B&N. Get more details here.
Oh, if you just want to go ahead and pre-order My Life as a Goddess (as you should), do so here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com
Amongst the wave of things that were unveiled during Comic-Con this weekend, Matt Groening’s newest series, Disenchanted, debuted its first trailer.
It’s the ultra clever comedy you’ve come to expect from the creator of The Simpsons, this time set in a fantasy world in the past. Though, as was the case of the distant future of Futurama, plenty of jokes will be plenty to relevant to the present day real world. We didn’t get to see much of it in the trailer, but we hope that there will be lots of signage humor in Disenchanted.
See all of this for yourself here and look for all episodes to start streaming on Netflix on Friday, August 17th.
2018 New Faces of Comedy Announced for This Year’s JFL Montreal
Announced a little earlier than usual, here is the latest class of New Faces that will be going up to Montreal, Quebec for the renowned Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy & Arts Festival. 49 were picked between stand-ups (both repped and unrepped), character comedians (sketch performers), and creators (writer/directors). Hopefully, you recognize some of these names as you’ve might have seen them on TV, on a big time podcast, or even here.
New Faces
* Rosebud Baker
* Emmy Blotnick
* Joel Boyd
* JC Currais
* Rocky Dale Davis
* Robert Dean
* Kenny DeForest
* Kellen Erskine
* Jourdain Fisher
* Simon Gibson
* Mekki Leeper
* Zach Noe Towers
* Erica Rhodes
* Paris Sashay
* Usama Siddiquee
* Daphinique Springs
* Nina Tarr
* Ron Taylor
* Jordan Temple
* Jeremiah Watkins
New Faces-Characters
* Sheila Carrasco
* Chloe Fineman
* Katie Hartman
* Michael Hartney
* Andrew Leeds
* Matt Richards
* Becky Robinson
* Sarah Shook
* Sarah Smallwood Parsons
* James III
New Faces-Creators
* Abby Feldman
* Anway Jibawi
* Sydney Marquez
* Manon Mathews
* Frankie Quiñones
* Josh Ruben
* Molly Schreiber
* Alan Wagner
New Faces-Unrepped
* LeClerc Andre
* Vincent Bryant
* Katie Hannigan
* Joe McMahon
* Avery Moore
* Dan Perlman
* David Rodriguez
* Amy Silverberg
* Dusty Slay
* Caitlin Weierhauser
* Ashton Womack
You Dirty Snitch, Blake Wexler’s anti-trust experiment, is probably not such a good thing to do in real life, but could provide comedy gold during a live comedy show. Guests and their friends will trade sharing secrets with the audience and dealing with the aftermath.
Also, the guests include the wondrous comedy stylings of Joe DeRosa, Hampton Yount, Kurt Braunohler, and Georgea Brooks.
Tickets to You Dirty Snitch are FREE so long as you RSVP here. Go get them ASAP.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The show where comedians try to out compliment each other is back!
Boast Rattle, perhaps one of the more positivity driven comedy shows that there is, has its latest edition coming this week at Dynasty Typewriter and, per usual, it will be a doozy.
Tickets are $10 online (and $15 at door). Save some clams and get your tickets right now right here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Just North of San Francisco rests the town of Petaluma, CA that hasn’t the pleasure of hosting a comedy festival like the one coming next month.
Pet-A-Llama, presented by Blonde Medicine, seems like it’s going to start off quite nicely for its first go around (just like at the line-up above).
Tickets range from $10-$20 (and some shows are even free) are on sale now here.
Get more details, schedule, etc. for the first Pet-A-Llama Comedy Festival here.
Not only is the fancy Ace Hotel downtown having a particularly nice comedy show Stand Up Stairs on their fancy rooftop that you should definitely go to (look at that line-up), you could also win an exquisite dinner up to $150 in value at their restaurant, Best Girl.
Enter to win by signing up for TCB mailing list at thecomedybureau@gmail.com!
Team Coco is sure having a bunch fun down in San Diego right now doing their annual visit to Comic-Con.
Faux auditions is always a solid go-to bit on late night, but pretty much everyone in this nails it.
Hit comedy/fast food podcast Doughboys will be doing a special live episode over at the main at The Hollywood Improv at the end of this month.
In case you’re not familiar, hosts Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell make arguing over fast food/chain restaurants into an art form and you shouldn’t miss it if you can see it live.
The show is set for Sunday, July 29th at 10PM. Tickets are $25-$50 (plus 2-item minimum). Go get your tickets 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.
Longtime TCB favorite Dave Ross has been putting up ultra short sketches @davetotheross on Twitter for over a month now and each one of them has been great and absurd as all hell.
We won’t explain any further and just let you enjoy these sketch morsels as fresh as possible:
1. Congressmen
2. New Jersey
3. Jackass
4. Phone
Also, we’re pretty sure fans of Dave’s old sketch group, WOMEN, will be plenty thrilled with these.
Our weekly Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen ticket giveaway is here!
We have a pretty good feeling about this line-up and you really ought to not miss it.
Enter to win a pair of tickets here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
Every so often…
…there comes a time…
…when UCB here in LA wants to do a very ambitious immersive comedy show…
…and use all the rooms at their disposal (specifically at UCB Sunset)…
…to give you one hell of a comedy experience!
That time is… this Saturday, July 21st when Cheap Ass Comic-Con presented by the Unfinished Target at Sunset and Western.
UCB has done a few of these over the years and they’ve always been otherworldly and so damn funny. So, don’t miss this latest one where they do a send-up of Comic-Con (also, it might be a great way to get an approximation of the Comic-Con experience without spending a whole lot of money and going to San Diego).
They’ve got three times that you can go this Saturday, 7PM, 8:30PM, and 10PM all at $12 a pop.
We highly recommend to get your tickets to catch this (probably) one time only Cheap Ass Comic-Con.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Dan Harmon EP’ing Rap Album by Comedian (and Big Harmontown Fan) Rob Tanchum
Dan and Harmontown Comptroller Jeff B. Davis will be on the album that started by Rob Tanchum recording and releasing his own song referencing Dan’s own freestyle raps on Harmontown. The album itself has a concept that seems like a fresh scheme from Rick’s lab.
The record sees Tanchum play a depressed loser from Earth, who is abducted by alien scientists, played by Harmon and Jeff Davis, who probe his unconscious mind and extract a concept album of self-loathing, id-driven rap songs.
August 21st is when Disturbed, Depressed, and Inadequate comes out via Starburns Industries’ SBI Press.
This sure looks like one of those rare, but wonderful cases where dreams do come true.
Netflix Will Soon Have Its Own Sirius XM Comedy Channel
For those that don’t have access to Netflix (or a friend or family member’s Netflix password), but somehow have a Sirius XM subscription, you’ll soon be able to listen to stand-up, talk show programs, and other original programming from Netflix, perhaps the dominant hub for stand-up these days.
When it comes to the “original programming”, we’re curious to see if this will become a proving ground for some projects, show ideas, etc.
There’s no start date as of yet, so we will have to just wait and see how all of this pans out.
When it comes to pushing the envelope in comedy (and doing so successfully), the name Conner O’Malley is one of the names that should immediately come to mind (just check his YouTube channel if you need proof).
UCB’s interview series about comedians and their craft, So, you do comedy? with Chris Witaske, has Conner as its next guest and you just might learn what’s cooking up in that head of his.
The show will be at UCB Sunset on Thurs., July 26th at 8:30PM. Tickets are $7 and you should go grab them here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, screenings, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
With that knucklehead Trump in office, satire is now more than ever presented as just satire with all the humor wrung out of it. That’s not to say that it isn’t good or effective, but there’s a reason that Black Mirror and all of it’s contemporaries are doing well at this moment.
Arguably, you could watch Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? and just look on sadly at the America that we collectively let happen as Cohen shoves that proverbial mirror over and over in our faces.
On the other hand, there’s Sorry To Bother You.
Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You, a feature debut from a multi-hyphenate artist, has so much panache and color and surrealistic elements that it’s ferocious satire is pretty damn enjoyable. In fact, there are echoes of early post-Monty Python Terry Gilliam throughout, which make it’s a message of systemic classism and racism even more accessible.
Think Office Space meets Brazil meets Get Out with The Coup (Boots Riley’s band) thumping in the background.
In any case, you should go see Sorry To Bother You while it’s still in a theater near you.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again. Mark Normand’s style, writing, cadence, persona, etc. are kind of perfect for the demanding nature of doing stand-up on a late night talk show.
His tight writing, structure, and transitions (and the fact that he dons a suit) calls back to a sort of a classic tight 5 on Carson (this set just happens to be a bit over 5 min. FYI).
In any case, you should enjoy Normand’s set here.
Hasan Minhaj is set to go on a big ol’ North American tour starting this August. Called Before The Storm, Minhaj will actually be kicking off his tour in LA with three shows at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in DTLA.
The three shows are as follows:
Saturday, August 11th 8PM & 10:30PM
and
Sunday, August 12th 8PM
Tickets are $30-$75 and you should get them sooner rather than later as we can imagine that these will sell out.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.