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12 Years of Voicemails From Todd Glass to Blake Wexler Is 2018′s First Great Comedy Record
This album is compilation drawn upon from 12 years worth of archives of voicemails indeed from Todd Glass to Blake Wexler.
It’s also a beautiful example of what friendship can be between comedians, men, artists, etc. as well as how far comedians can push jokes with each other. We’d like to add that Glass might be one of the best voicemail-recording-artists of all time.
Get 12 Years of Voicemails from Todd Glass to Blake Wexler and hear and enjoy all of this for yourself.
It’s been more than awhile (and much longer than we prefer) since this show has been around, but, thankfully, We Still Like You is coming back.
All the comedians booked tell a story in which they are definitely not the hero. At the end of each story, the audience cheers “"We still like you!“ in act of forgiveness. Per usual, the line-up is great.
Tickets are $5 and you can get more info here.
Watch Stars and Co-Creators of Corporate Jake Weisman and Matt Ingebretson’s Interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers
We’re thrilled that Matt and Jake’s first time on late night is because they are the stars and the co-creators of their first TV series, Corporate.
In our opinion, they were prime for a stand-up spot for quite some time, but doing panel interview for your TV show is pretty fantastic too.
Watch and enjoy them further impressing the dark brand of humor in this interview with Seth Meyers.
Then, for the love of whatever you believe in, watch Corporate premiere on Wed. Jan. 17th at 10PM.
Amazon to Stream Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for Free This Weekend
Amazon to Stream Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for Free This Weekend
Following the big Golden Globes wins for Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon wants to make a big push, kind of like they did with Transparent when the critical acclaim for the series started rolling in, for more viewers.
For the purposes of bingeing, the series only has 8 episodes thus far, but they are almost an hour long each. Plan accordingly.
Here’s the Teaser for Season 5 of Silicon Valley
It’s more than a couple of months away, but you can start looking forward to a whole brand new season of Silicon Valley. It’ll even feel a little newer than usual as there will be a noticeable absence of one Erlich Bachman.
See what that looks like in this trailer here.
The first season of Silicon Valley premieres on Sunday, March 25th on HBO.
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Gets 2 More Seasons at TBS, Which Will Carry the Series Into 2020
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Gets 2 More Seasons at TBS, Which Will Carry the Series Into 2020
As you probably well know, 2020 will be the year when we do all the election chaos again.
Thankfully, Samantha Bee and her crew will be there to help ease the pain a little.
Here’s the Trailer for Todd Glass’ Netflix Special “Act Happy”
The world getting to see Todd Glass perform an hour with a live band is long overdue.
Finally, that will be happening with Todd Glass: Act Happy coming to Netflix near the end of this month on January 23rd.
Get a taste of what it’s like here.
Want to hear some of LA’s best and brightest do their first jokes of 2018?
If yes, 50 First Jokes is always the show for you.
Get your advance tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Sarah Silverman and Lizz Winstead to Host Star Studded Lady Parts Justice Telethon Fundraiser in February
Lizz Winstead’s Lady Parts Justice will be livestreaming a telethon with performances and auctions from the stacked line-up that you see above. From that, they’ll raise funds for their efforts in fighting and raising awareness for pressing issues on several fronts important to LPJ.
The Life is a LIVING NIGHTMARE: A Telethon to Fix It will be livestreamed on Thursday, February 1st at 6PM PST with Sarah Silverman and Lizz Winstead (you know that she’s co-creator of The Daily Show, right?) as co-hosts at LadyPartsJustice.com or on FB here.
Get more details here.
Watch Trailer for Dark, Yet Colorful Comedy Thriller “Flower”
Equal parts coming-of-age story and thriller involving an alleged sex criminal, Flower not only seems like a timely movie for this year, but yet another welcome work that is co-written by Matt Spicer (co-writer/director of Ingrid Goes West) and a film that also appears to be a breakout role for Zoey Deutch.
See for yourself in the trailer.
Flower has a limited theatrical release scheduled for Mar. 16th.
Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater’s Soft Opening Weekend Is Just a Few Days Away
OK, it’s time take LA’s newest comedy venue “for a drive”.
The Hayworth Theater, operated by Dynasty Typewriter, will be having a “Dawn of the Dynasty” soft opening weekend this Friday and Saturday featuring the likes of such performers as Rory Scovel, Dana Gould, Laurie Kilmartin, Beth Stelling, Jermaine Fowley, Alice Wetterlund, Tony Sam, Sara Schaefer, Scot Nery, Steve Simeone, and, of course, Jamie Flam and Vanessa Ragland.
This will be the first official show put on the beautifully restored theater and you really ought to not miss the soft opening/inaugual weekend.
Catch these first shows on Friday, Jan. 12th and Saturday, Jan. 13th at 8PM. Tickets are $20 and really ought to get them here and here respectively.
Also, it might be worth it to follow what they’re doing @jointhedynasty or check their upcoming events page often here.
Joanna Lumley To Host BAFTA Film Awards
Joanna Lumley To Host BAFTA Film Awards
Yes, Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous will be hosting a big awards show this year.
This is an especially big deal as Lumley will be following in the footsteps of the venerable Stephen Fry who has hosted the ceremony a dozen times.
The BAFTA Film Awards are set for Sunday, Feb. 18th.
There is so much good stuff to be had here:
-Celebrate one of the best weekly comedy shows in LA hitting the three year mark.
-See a great line-up.
-Support the Downtown Women’s Center.
-Get to see an episode of Comedy Central’s new series Corporate before it premieres.
So, get your tickets already!
Poster by Jack Sjogren
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee to Parody The Amazing Race with The Apology Race
Trump has done plenty to make America look stupid again (and again and again).
With that being the case, Sam Bee is making her writers go out and see who can apologize the fastest ‘round the world for a special Apology Race episode of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
Here’s a teaser of what they’ve got up their sleeve.
Look for the race on Wed., Jan. 24th on TBS.
Here’s a Better Look at Bill Hader Switching Between Acting and Being a Hitman in HBO’s New Comedy “Barry”
We didn’t really think about it too much until now, but this show will really let Bill Hader play a bunch of different personalities all in one very conflicted character.
See for yourself in the latest trailer.
Barry premieres on Sunday, March 25th on HBO.
Fairfax Theater, LLC Takes Over Silent Movie Theatre from Cinefamily
Fairfax Theater, LLC Takes Over Silent Movie Theatre from Cinefamily
One of the sad losses in LA venues in 2017 was Cinefamily. Also, it happened in disastrous fashion as its downfall was the beginning of the wave of sexual harassment and abuse claims that has been reverberating through every inch of the entertainment industry since.
It would seem now that it will be reopened under a new name as Fairfax Theater, LLC has been registered by the reported owner of The Silent Movie Theatre.
Just in case you forgot, Cinefamily hosted a number of comedy events including the Benson Movie Interruption, Wayne Federman International Film Festival, Supertight, and many more (as well as several screening of classic and cult comedies from all over the world).
Any other details as to what will happen and when that’ll be have yet to be announced, but we’ll keep you posted.
The Room to Play Nationwide for One Night Only This Wednesday
Though probably not through any design that Tommy Wiseau had thought of when he was making The Room (i.e. a tell all book about the making of his movie being made into an awards contender movie), his best/worst classic The Room is actually getting one night in hundreds of theaters across the United States.
That night is tomorrow, Wednesday, January 10th. You can find tickets for a theater near you (there should be plenty) here.
Not only is the great live animated stand-up show, Picture This! back for their first show of 2018, but they are, for the first time, having improv that will be also animated live from some of the best in town (Wild Horses-Lauren Lapkus, Mary Holland, Stephanie Allynne & Erin Whitehead).
You’re not going to want to miss this. In fact, you might want to show up before the door time if you want to get a seat.
Get more details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Comedy Winners and Seth Meyers’ Monologue for 75th Golden Globe Awards
The first awards monologue of the year from Seth Meyers probably has set the tone for many monologues to come this year as he immediately and often joked about powerful men being brought down for their past sexual abuse, assault, misbehavior, etc.
Secondly, here are the winners:
BEST MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)-“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST MOTION PICTURE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-“Lady Bird”
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (DRAMA)-Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN ANY MOTION PICTURE-Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN ANY MOTION PICTURE-Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
BEST SCREENPLAY-Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST TELEVISION SERIES (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)-Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”
It’s intriguing how Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is getting thrown into the dramatic category, but maybe that is where it has a better chance against the crowded field of prestige pictures that are indeed comedic in some way shape or form (Lady Bird, I, Tonya, The Disaster Artist)
Also, congrats on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel scoring wins in an also crowded TV field.
By the way, here’s the full list of winners.
We’ve been hinting at it in the past several weeks, but, as you can see with Three Billboards and Allison Janney beating out dramatic nominees in the Best Supporting Actress in Any Motion Picture category, comedy is very likely going to have an awards season unlike it has in a very, very long time.
Finally, there will be weekly stand-up comedy back at Nerdmelt at Meltdown Comics on Wednesdays. The revered slot once held by Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail, then briefly held by Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel, will now be taken over by Woman Crush Wednesdays with Marcella Arguello.
Hence the title, a variety of the funniest women around will be featured on Wednesdays with Marcella leading the charge.
Get your tickets to the inaugural edition of Women Crush Wednesdays for this Wednesday here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com
Here’s the Trailer for the Colbert Animated Trump Spin-Off “Our Cartoon President”
The spin-off from the animated Trump segment of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is coming to Showtime next month, specifically on Sunday, February 11th 8PM.
As you can see in the trailer, everything going on the Trump Presidency if it were just a cartoon and connected to reality in anyway.
If there was a way for you to appreciate songs that are widely panned or hardly known for various reasons, it would be comedians telling their story of why they love said songs and then perform a live cover of it, complete with a live band.
Thus, we highly recommend to catch Guilty Treasure this week in Hollywood at Three Clubs. Please get tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Dark: Stand Up Comedy in Pitch Black is finally back next weekend.
Truly, it’s comedy done in complete darkness and, as always, features a great line-up. This time it’s Chris Garcia, Barbara Gray, Michael Glazer, Chris Riggins, Jono Zalay, and Caitlin Gill that you’ll be hearing while having wearing a sleeping mask.
If you get your tickets now (which you should), it’s $5, then it’s $10 at the door.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.