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Award Winning Comedy-Horror/True Crime Podcast “The Last Podcast on the Left” Coming Out With a Book

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Award Winning Comedy-Horror/True Crime Podcast “The Last Podcast on the Left” Coming Out With a Book

One of our all time favorite podcasts, The Last Podcast on the Left, is coming to the book game with Last Book on the Left, Volume 1: Serial Killers.

Not only are we excited that Marcus Parks, Henry Zebrowski, and Ben Kissel will be publishing a book, furthering their dominance in the comedy-horror arena, but it would seem Vol.1 means that they are going to be publishing a series of books.

Currently, the LP on the Left team is writing the book, but we’ll definitely let you know when it goes up for pre-sale.

We can only imagine that there will be tons of hilarious footnotes throughout, some of which will probably argue with other footnotes specifically between Henry and Ben.

Amber Ruffin To Host the 22nd Annual Webby Awards

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Amber Ruffin To Host the 22nd Annual Webby Awards

Late Night with Seth Meyers stand-out Amber Ruffin is getting on the awards hosting track with this Webby Awards hosting gig. If her track record on Late Night serves as any indicator, we’ll be excited to see what Ruffin does for the ceremony, which is pretty weird as it is (ex. acceptance speeches have to be 5 words).

Seth Meyers alums are doing quite well as of late. Ruffin undoubtedly has bigger and better things coming her way on top of the Webby Awards in the not so distant future and Michelle Wolf is already having a hell of a year (WHCD, Netflix late night series)

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Baby Wants Candy’s Hamilton-style improvised musical is back yet again and something you shouldn’t miss, kind of like the actual Hamilton musical.

The latest edition is this Sunday, April 1st at 9PM at UCB Sunset and tickets are $7. Go get them real quick here (they 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.

Judd Apatow’s 2 Part Documentary “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling” Premieres Tonight

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It’s rare that you get such an in depth look not only into the mind of a comedian, but a deeper look into a being who simultaneously was one of the most beloved comedians of all time and sincerely pondering the meaning of it all and our connection to each other and the universe.

That’s only possible because the late Garry Shandling kept plenty of notes and diaries for several years and Judd Apatow, a disciple of sorts of Shandling’s, wanted to make a documentary about him.

Here’s Apatow giving a bit of a taste of the doc on Conan.

With that in mind, you can catch the world premiere of The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling tonight and tomorrow on HBO at 8PM.

Watch Trailer for What Might Be New Zealand’s Latest Comedy Gem “The Breaker Upperers”

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New Zealand’s Madeleine Sami and Jackie Van Beek mischievously turn the romantic comedy genre upside down with their film The Breaker Upperers, which focuses on an actual “breaking-up agency”.

In other words, if you’re too scared to initiate break-up with a significant other, there are “guns for hire” in this movie that will facilitate a break-up on your behalf. The concept itself has loads of potential for devilish fun and the trailer definitely delivers on that.

Just so you know, The Breaker Upperers has Taika Waititi, director of Thor: Ragnarok and America’s current favorite New Zealand export, attached and just played by SXSW. We can only hope that means that it will find its way into theaters across North America soon.

Get Your First Look at the Crazy Game Show Hosted by Reggie Watts, “Taskmaster”

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If you were to imagine what sort of games/obstacles/labors that one Reggie Watts were to put contestants through on a game show, it might involve the sort of thing that’d have you paint a picture of a horse whilst riding a horse.

See what other shenanigans abide in this preview here.

Then, look for Taskmaster to premiere on Comedy Central next month on Friday, April 27 at 11PM.

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The magnificent Chris Fairbanks will be playing Paul Ryan and holding a town hall meeting “like he’s supposed to”. This will all be going down at our favorite new venue, Dynasty Typewriter at The Hayworth Theater on Tuesday, May 8th at 8PM.

We’re not sure exactly what Fairbanks has up his sleeve with this, but it ought to be pretty damn great. Special guests TBA.

Tickets are $20 and you really ought to get them right here right now.

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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Dan Gill, David Venhuizen, and Colin McCormick have been putting together real slick line-ups for 3 years now at The Clubhouse for their show Idiots. It may be a theater housed in a storefront next to a Jons, but making it three years as a monthly show as a rambunctious comedy trio deserves respect.

So, come Wednesday, April 4th at 8PM, head to The Clubhouse (1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA) for FREE (they do accept donations) for the 3 Year Anniversary of Idiots and also catch the likes of Nicole Byer, Howard Kremer, Nick Rutherford, Jenny Yang, and more!

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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Since there is a nationwide #MarchForOurLives today, we thought it’d be nice to highlight the 3rd Annual Fun Lovers Unite : an Evening of Comedy, Music and Gun Sense! at The Regent Theater.

Proceeds will be going to Women Against Gun Violence and feature the talents of Jonathan Ames, Kurt Braunohler, Jeanne Darst, Josh Gondelman, Open Mike Eagle, Dengue Fever, Frangela, Greg Johnson, and more!

So, there’s a stellar line-up, a crucial cause, and almost no reason for you to not go.

Tickets are $25 in advance and $32.50 at the door. Go get them here now.

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

Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs Will Have You Smiling Almost the Whole Way Through

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Whether you’re a diehard Wes Anderson aficionado or not, it’s pretty hard to resist a rag tag crew of stop motion animation dogs and a determined young boy pilot trying to save all dog kind in the Isle of Dogs.

As with all Wes Anderson movies, everything in Isle of Dogs is so unapologetically crafted to the auteur’s signature style and yet done in a way that we never found rote or overdone. Also, seeing a Wes Anderson movie set in Japan, done inclusively and respectfully with Japanese actors voicing Japanese characters and a respected Japanese talent Kunichi Nomura consulting on the look and feel of the movie, is pretty spectacular on its own.

From the opening on, we were smiling for nearly the entire run time and found ourselves indulging in a childlike giggle throughout. Sincerely, as a cynical adult living in the bizarre time in human history that we live in right now, we never thought that was possible again.

So, go see Isle of Dogs wherever and whenever you can. Get tickets here.

Win Tickets to See Adam Cayton-Holland, Jake Weisman, Noah Gardenswartz, and Chris Locke at Next Week’s Hot Tub

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One just dropped an album on Comedy Central Records and did Corden, another is the co-creator of Corporate, another is a writer for the award winning Marvelous Ms. Maisel, and yet another still is a lovely visitor for Canada!

Those are only a handful of reasons that you should try to win some tickets to next week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen. Enter via DoLA here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

You’ll Finally Get to See Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity as a Special on Netflix

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Annually, Seth Rogen throws a big time event to support the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease that usually costs several hundreds of dollars to attend called for Hilarity for Charity. The actual event is happening this Saturday and props to you if can afford to go.

If you can’t go and catch Sarah Silverman, John Mulaney, Kumail Nanjiani, Nick Kroll, Michael Che, The Muppets, Tiffany Haddish, Sacha Baron Cohen, Craig Robinson and the Nasty Delicious, James Corden, Michelle Wolf, Jeff Goldblum, Post Malone do something that they’ll probably do for one time only, you’ll be in luck later next month.

The event will be presented as a special on Netflix as Seth Rogen announces here. In either case, you should, if you can, support HFC’s fight against Alzheimer’s here.

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The singular comedic talent Justin Sayre will be doing his sonata form/storytelling show The Boy Sonata for one night only at The Celebration Theatre on April 1st.

It’s not often that you get to Sayre perform solo here in LA and you shouldn’t miss a chance when you’d get to do so. Tickets are $20 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.

The Late Late Show Finally Puts That Cracked-Egg-Is-Your-Brain-on-Drugs Ad In Its Place

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Long ago, in the last era of big time anti-drug campaigns, there was one particular ad that suggested that your brain on illegal controlled substances was like an egg being cracked and fried on a pan.

With all the years that have passed, such an ad seems even more ridiculous. Corden’s The Late Late Show reminds us of that and points out what probably happened during the shooting of said ad.

Watch it here.

Adam Cayton-Holland’s Latest Album “Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits” Out This Friday

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Denver’s own Adam Cayton-Holland third album does a take a cue from the title Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits as a compilation of sorts done in a performance at in Brooklyn’s Union Hall. Adam, for years consistently combines sharp observation with a rambunctious spirit all foregrounded by his great talent for painting detailed, layered pictures with words.

This latest release is no exception. In fact, you can catch Adam on Corden tonight (as of this write-up being posted) to see what we’re talking about.

Adam Cayton-Holland Performs His Signature Bits comes out this Friday, but you can (and should) pre-order it here.

Also, we just had to include these promotional posters with Adam imagined in the iconic outfits of Andy Kaufman and Eddie Murphy.

Entire Monty Python Catalog Headed to Netflix

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Entire Monty Python Catalog Headed to Netflix

From Holy Grail to the Flying Circus to deep cuts like Eric Idle’s What About Dick? will all be coming to Netflix on April 15th.

It will probably be the freewheeling, absurdist reprieve that you might like on Tax Day, so get ready to binge a bunch of silliness in a few weeks.

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You might have heard yesterday that the Nerdmelt Showroom @ Meltdown Comics is closing its doors.

While that is sad, you do still have a week to catch shows there, which is absolutely something you do. That includes Nominees, I Think We’re Alone Now, Comedians Cinema Club, Let’s Go Atsuko!, Women Crush Wednesdays, Two Dykes and a Mic, my big show 🙂, and more.

Please get more details and tickets for all of this here.

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

Meltdown Comics and Nerdmelt Showroom to Close

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Meltdown Comics and Nerdmelt Showroom to Close

It would no exaggeration to say that we’ve cumulatively spent entire days of our life hanging out the backroom of Meltdown Comics, an unmistakable LA cultural landmark on a Sunset Blvd. chock full of them, catching some of the best comedy we’ve ever seen.

Of course, that back room is more formally known as the Nerdmelt Showroom. With the just announced closing of Meltdown Comics comes the closing of that back room theater as well as the Nerdist School and the podcast studio that resided upstairs above the ecosystem of comedy, comic books, D&D, Mario Kart, comic book signings, screen printing, etc. etc. Nerdmelt specifically saw the entire run of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, the flagship show of Nerdmelt, which lead to a Comedy Central series that was shot in that very back room.

There was really something magical about the room that actually transcended the notion of it being at the back of a comic book store. At least that’s what we think that’s partially responsible for seeing one of our favorite performances of all time: Rory Scovel roasting the house band on Greg Barris’ Heart of Darkness in sheer, pitch black darkness, seemingly in the voice of Werner Herzog.

FYI, the last show for Nerdmelt is Comedians Cinema Club on March 30th and they have shows every night up until then. We highly urge you to catch one of them if not all of them.

R.I.P., albeit pre-emptively, Meltdown and Nerdmelt.

Adult Swim Will Be Thowing an LA Music and Comedy Festival This Fall

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Adult Swim Will Be Thowing an LA Music and Comedy Festival This Fall

For awhile, we had Riot LA. Every now and again, we have Festival Supreme.

However, big time festivals featuring comedy in Los Angeles are had to come by. Adult Swim, fortunately, will be giving it a go by throwing a music and comedy festival at the Row DTLA this fall.

So far, a line-up has yet to be announced, but you can count on Run The Jewels being there. So, maybe, just maybe, you can forgive the delay on a new season of Rick and Morty if you’re in and around LA?

Get more details here.

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Well, any chance you get to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail in a fancy theatre with a live appearance by John Cleese is one that you take.

So, maybe you should get some tickets for when that happens at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Saturday, March 31st for $59-$70 on Ticketmaster?

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

Paige Weldon’s Debut Album “Girlfriend at the Time” Out Now

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It came out almost a month ago, but that doesn’t mean you should forget that the sneaky delight that is Paige Weldon just had her full length debut comedy album released on AST Records.

On “Girlfriend at The Time”, Weldon goes into a deep dive on the finer nuances of the title in a specifically low key way that has you surprised with her charm through every bit.

So, with that said and without taking up any more of your time here, go get and enjoy Girlfriend at the Time on AST Records or iTunes.

The Chris Gethard Show LIVE Returns Tonight on TruTV (Even Though Gethard Received a Jury Summons Last Week)

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Chris Gethard, more so than any other late night host, is willing take risks. That includes letting his production staff shoot footage of him opening a jury summons less than a week before the return of The Chris Gethard Show LIVE tonight on TruTV.

That’s only on one reason why you should be watching TCGS. Seriously, catch it at 11PM tonight.

Every Wes Anderson Film Gets The Honest Trailers Treatment All in One Go

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Roasting is best when you “roast the ones you love”. That is clearly evident in Screen Junkies’ Honest Trailer of the Wes Anderson filmography, making it one of their loveliest episodes yet.

Watch it here.

John Oliver’s Parody Children’s Book About Mike Pence’s Rabbit Marlon Bundo Sells Out First Run; 2nd Print on the Way

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John Oliver’s Parody Children’s Book About Mike Pence’s Rabbit Marlon Bundo Sells Out First Run; 2nd Print on the Way

So, is “The John Oliver Effect” still not a real thing?

John Oliver’s latest deep dive segment on Last Week Tonight dived into Mike Pence, the current Vice President of the United States.

In this segment, you might have learned that Pence has a pet rabbit named Marlon Bundo and has subsequently written a children’s book focused on his rabbit. Oliver and his Last Week Tonight team saw this happening and made their own pro-LGBTQ children’s book also about Marlon Bundo and had it published and distributed online with all proceeds going to the Trevor Project and Aids United.

The book’s first print run sold out and became an Amazon bestseller in less than a day, prompting for a 2nd print.

You can get more details and get your own copy of A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo here.

If you can’t wait that long, you can get an e-book or audiobook version (featuring the voices of Jim Parsons, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul).

While “The John Oliver Effect” may still be up for debate, at the very least this is a great example that comedy can actually make a direct difference in the world for the better.

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Eliot Glazer invites you yet again to hear those overplayed pop songs that you most likely saw week after week on TRL, but done in the most classy, sobering arrangement possible with his Haunting Renditions. The latest edition is just under a month away and we’ll be sure to give you chills in the silliest way possible.

Get tickets here!