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So, Sacha Baron Cohen Might Have a New Show Coming Soon

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So, Sacha Baron Cohen Might Have a New Show Coming Soon

A mysterious tease and reports of one of the biggest provocateur satirists around shopping a possible new show (currently in talks at Showtime) are very intriguing.

However, there are almost no details outside of that and whether Cohen will be diving deep into a ridiculous character like he’s done in the past or trying his hand at being himself and pointing a mirror back at society from a new angle.

In any case, with the likes of Nathan Fielder around in addition to Baron Cohen’s reputation of Borat, Ali G, and Bruno being pretty well established at this point, he’ll have to up his game if he’s going to pull another large scale prank performance.

Superego, One of The Funniest Podcasts Around, Will Return for 6 Episodes

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Superego, One of The Funniest Podcasts Around, Will Return for 6 Episodes

Together, Matt Gourley, Jeremy Carter, Mark McConville, and Paul F. Tompkins form Superego, one of our all time favorite podcasts. It’s as ridiculous as it is brilliant and Superego one-up each other in how absurd they can be in absurdist situations, but doing so with precision.

Seriously, go binge listen to and enjoy past episodes here.

According to this announcement, there will be six new episodes, 4 done in studio and 2 done live, later this year thanks to Earwolf and Stitcher Premium.

Even though the date isn’t announced, it should be something to mark somewhere on your calendar because we think it’s that noteworthy.

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Undoubtedly, Kathryn Burns is often the intersection of dance and comedy as she has won an Emmy for her work as the choreographer on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (in addition to creating dance numbers for the likes of Key & Peele, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, and more).

So, to mark her reaching working on a 100 episodes of TV, Kat is putting on a comedy dance extravaganza at UCB Sunset that you need to attend.

Oh yeah, we should mention that Rachel Bloom, Garfunkel & Oates, and Matthew Patrick Davis will be there.

Tickets are $5 and are going fast. Buy them quick here.

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

Win Tickets to See Next Week’s Hot Tub Featuring Chris DiStefano, Ron Lynch, Giulia Rozzi, and More!

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Our weekly ticket giveaway for Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen is here! Sure, the line-up is, per usual, hot, making for a hot show, but only in a metaphorical way as opposed to this weekend’s very real heat wave.

Enter to win at DoLA here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

“Under The Tree” Serves Up a Great Dark Comedy, Icelandic Style (Extra Dark, That Is)

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We got a sense from the Icelandic History episode of The Dollop that folks from Iceland have a deliciously bleak sense of humor akin to The Coen Brothers.

Iceland’s latest comedy export, the film Under The Tree, relishes in this sort of dark comedy that’s so dark and dry, it’s hilarious how dark, dry, and schadenfreude-laden it is. A very muted color palate only amplifies the effect.

A neighborly dispute over trimming a tree goes horribly, horribly (and we really want to stress the word “horribly” here) awry. Yet, the leads are all kind of despicable in their own way making it fun, albeit in a somewhat sinister way, to watch them destroy each other (in the same fashion you root for no one to win in an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia).

Under The Tree, directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson and co-written by Hafsteinn and Huldar Breiðfjörð, opens in limited release this Friday, July 6th and, as such, will be playing in LA. Get your tickets here.

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The Super Serious Show will be marking their 8 year milestone this month and that alone could be a reason to go. However, you won’t to get to a line-up quite specifically like this one very often (even though LA is veritable spoil of comedy riches on a nightly basis).

So, we highly urge you to get your tickets ($7 in advance and $10 dollars cash at door) as soon as you can for this momentous occasion.

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

Netflix’s 1st Batch of 15 Minute Stand-Up Specials, The Comedy Lineup, Is Definitely Binge Worthy

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If one of Netflix’s main goals in producing original content is to make things that you can’t help but watch more of, then they succeeded yet again with their first round of 15 minute stand-up specials with The Comedy Lineup.

Specials from Michelle Buteau, Ian Karmel, Taylor Tomlinson, Phil Wang, Sam Jay, Sabrina Jalees, Jak Knight, and Tim Dillon all began streaming this week and are offer a delicious morsel of stand-up from a well curated line-up (that’s pretty intersectionally represented in so many different ways). It’s more to enjoy than an average stand-up set on television that isn’t a special and, as is Netflix’s style, done looser to allow the comics to be who they really are. Once more, Netflix is blazing a trail in the stand-up arena and it’s hard to imagine them slowing down any time soon.

In fact, The Comedy Lineup is so enjoyable that you’ll forgive how generically bland the name of the whole series sounds.

So, binge away through two hours worth of stand-up this 4th of July (and the rest of the week that you’re probably treating kind of like a holiday) as The Comedy Lineup is now streaming at Netflix.

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There are still tickets for the beloved Thrilling Adventure Hour’s WorkJuice Players’ next show.

It’s at Largo and just happens to benefit the Detroit Creativity Project, an organization that aims to service underprivileged Detroit youth in achieving success in all aspects of life,

Go get your tickets ASAP before they sell out here.

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

The Feels Is Now Streaming on Netflix

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The Feels Is Now Streaming on Netflix

The Feels was unquestionably one of our favorite movies of the year (and probably one that you didn’t get much of a chance to see in theaters).

You can read why we felt that way here. In short, it’s wonderfully hopeful romantic comedy set in a future that we could hopefully get to.

Thankfully, it’s now on Netflix for your streaming convenience and definitely should be part of your binge watching line-up this 4th of July.

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Really, you should be taking any opportunity to catch Mike O’Brien, but this upcoming show this Sunday ought to be pretty special. The line-up includes the current host of MST3K, Esposito who just released a great special Rape Jokes, and a comedic performance artist extraordinaire whose viral videos you’ve probably have seen many times over.

Really, we have a feeling this will be worth finding parking on the Sunset Strip.

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.

Lyric Hyperion Is Holding Its Very First Lyric Hyperion Short Film Festival

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One of favorites venues in town is doing yet another cool thing by throwing their very first short film festival.

The Lyric Hyperion Short Film Festival, produced by Philip “Dr. Brown” Burgers & Joshua Turek, will be an all day-and-night affair that’ll showcase the best shorts they can find, which ought to be pretty good considering the sorts of shows and screenings that they’ve been doing at The Lyric Hyperion over the years (just go through our listings here at TCB if you’re not familiar and you’ll notice plenty of Lyric Hyperion events).

The submission deadline is Wednesday, August 1st with a more than reasonable fee of $10 and films are to be no longer in running time than 30 minutes. The festival itself will take place on Saturday, September 1st.

Get more details and submit here.

HBO Orders Spanish-Language Comedy ‘Los Espookys’ Written by Fred Armisen, Julio Torres, and Ana Fabrega to Series

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HBO Orders Spanish-Language Comedy ‘Los Espookys’ Written by Fred Armisen, Julio Torres, and Ana Fabrega to Series

Well, this is a much welcome surprise to find its way to HBO.

In case you didn’t know, Julio Torres and Ana Fabrega have been been off-beat English language comedy gems for quite some time and we can only imagine what will come with a Spanish language comedy that they’re writing with Armisen. They’ll also been co-starring in Los Espookys with Fred as well as Bernardo Velasco and Cassandra Ciangherotti.

From the sounds of it, Los Espookys sounds kind of like Atlanta on FX, but done in Mexico City and focuses in on trying to make it in the horror genre rather than rap. That’s pretty much all we need to hear to wait with bated breath for the first teaser/trailer.

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Very quickly, the two shows at The Lyric Hyperion where the one and only Rory Scovel will be riffing his whole set sold out of advance tickets (7/14 will have a limited number of tickets available at door).

Lucky for you, we got a pair of tickets for someone with a bit of luck on their side!

Enter here for you chance to see what ought to be a night you’ll never forget with Rory on 7/14: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

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

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In and around LA, there will be fireworks aplenty. If you just get to a high point of elevation, you’ll be able to glimpse as bursts of lights as far as you can see.

If you also want to see comedy in addition to that, there are actually a few options for you including:

An afternoon of stand-up at Comedyland Presents iO Family Reunion (in Frogtown) 3:30PM, $5 Suggested Donation

One of LA’s best variety shows Scot Nery’s Boobie Trap w/special guest host Justin Willman @ King King 8PM, $17 in adv./$25 at door

Drunk comedians reenacting Jaws for Comedians Cinema Club @ Black Rabbit Rose 8PM, $15

For more comedy than that, you’ll have to just wait until July 5th, when you’ll have your usual festival’s worth amount of live comedy.

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

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Sure, the Fourth of July is this week, but you’ve got tip your caps to Canada, which seems like they’re doing much better than us Americans right now.

So, for Canada Day, why not go see some of the funniest Canadians that thankfully are residing in LA (that includes Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson).

Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) go get them right now right her

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

Next on the Docket for Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green at HBO Is a Pilot for Satirical Family Ministry Comedy “Righteous Gemstones”

Next on the Docket for Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green at HBO Is a Pilot for Satirical Family Ministry Comedy “Righteous Gemstones”

Together, McBride, Hill, and Gordon Green have brought you and, more importantly, HBO the likes of Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals.

With such a track record one has to wonder what and when the wickedly satirical trio will do next at the premium cable network. Turns out that they just got a pilot order for a series centered around a popular, but corrupt family ministry with John Goodman playing the patriarch.

While only based on the notion that is entirely something that we’d binge watch, we do think this is already good for greenlight at HBO.

Animals’ Season 3 Teaser Promises Anthropomorphized Critters Running Even More Amok

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HBO’s animated series Animals will be returning for its 3rd season and it sure looks like, according to this teaser, the animals are even less domesticated than you might have seen in previous seasons. Even though they’re rats, cats, horses, lizards, etc., it still seems pretty with the zeitgeist.

Also, you might enjoy knowing that the voices of Aisha Tyler, Cheri Oteri, Edie Falco, Demi Moore, Tracy Morgan, John Leguizamo will be taking part in this new season.

Season 3 of Animals premieres Friday, August 3 at 11:30PM on HBO.

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Basically, anytime Jamie Loftus does a show, your presence and attention should be mandatory.

Thusly, as Jamie Loftus has a new show about being a hacker, you should get yourself to the Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe in Silverlake on Saturday June 30th and Friday, July 6th at 8PM.

Tickets for this show, The Hacker Who Codes (A Work in Progress), are $5 and you can (and should) get them here and here respectively.

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

Win Tickets to Next Week’s Hot Tub with Ron Funches, Justin Willman, Nate Craig, Zainab Johnson, and more!

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A perfect way to ramp up to a midweek 4th of July, as far as we’re concerned, is another visit to Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal!

Per our weekly tradition, we have a way for you to do just that for FREE!

Enter to win our pair of FREE tickets: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

YouTube Orders Jordan Peele Sci-Fi Anthology ‘Weird City’ to Series

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YouTube Orders Jordan Peele Sci-Fi Anthology ‘Weird City’ to Series

“Co-written by Peele and Sanders, Weird City is an anthology set in the not-too-distant future metropolis of Weird. Each episode is an exploration of issues that pertains to present day life, stories that could only be told now through the prism of sci-fi and comedy.”

Anyone feel like Jordan Peele will be getting to do his own version of Black Mirror with this show? Whatever Weird City ends up being, plenty of folks will undoubtedly be watching.

In fact, this is quite the nice get for YouTube, considering what sort of big talent find themselves at Netflix these days. Come to think of it, this might be the first YouTube Premium series that has peaked our interests in quite some time.

The Stars and Minds Behind “Joe Pera Talks With You” Are Going on Tour

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Joe Pera, Jo Firestone, Conner O’Malley, and Dan Licata, the folks responsible for one of the best shows this year, Joe Pera Talks With You, will be bringing their mostly innocent mischief in stand-up comedy form across the country this August.

If you’re in any of the cities above, do not miss out on what is sure to a very nice time, dabbled with some controlled chaos on the BlueBerry Tour (that makes us think that Pera will have an accompanying web series about trying blueberry pie across the U.S.).

In any case, you really ought to get tickets for those dates here.

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Yes, it’s happening (it being What’s the Story with Todd and Rory? @ Dynasty Typewriter at the Hayworth) again!

Todd Glass and Rory Scovel will be doing a completely unprepared hour of wherever their minds take them.

We went to the first one and can assuredly say that Todd and Rory are among the best at “totally winging it”

Tickets are $10 a pop in advance and $15 at the door. Go 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.

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If you love Search Party, Joe Pera Talks to You, Too Many Cooks, Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough, TV Carnage, etc., odds are you’d like to see more rare and unseen videos from the very minds behind all of those wonderful things, right?

Lucky for you, such a thing is happening this weekend with Canary Underground at Coaxial in DTLA and we highly recommend not missing out on it.

Get your tickets for this ASAP here.

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

BoJack Horseman Season 5 to Drop on Friday, September 14th

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BoJack Horseman Season 5 to Drop on Friday, September 14th

BOJACK SEASON 5 is coming SEPTEMBER 14! Here’s a semi-relevant painting I made last night. @BoJackHorseman #bojackhorseman

-@lisadraws (Lisa Hanawalt)

This is just a friendly neighborhood reminder that your favorite existential crisis-ridden cartoon horse is coming back right at summer ends (you know, a time you’re probably getting pretty introspective anyway).

Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters Gets a Trailer

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Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters, the mutli-genre hybrid anthology from celebrated film auteur and comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, will be coming very soon (July 11th in fact).

Ever since this show was announced, how it would look, sound, and feel has been a bit of a mystery, but Bobcat’s past work (World’s Greatest Dad, God Bless America) had us imagining something crazy, clever, and wonderfully imaginative.

This trailer certainly didn’t disappoint.

Thus, let’s all look forward to the premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s Misfits & Monsters on Wednesday, July 11th on TruTV.