Our first Montreal Showcase is tonight, and here is the lineup:
Tuesday, February 1 / 7:30pm
JUST for LAUGHS SHOWCASE – CS BELLY ROOM
Host: Dan Ahdoot
7:36 Justin Martindale
7:42 Steve Simeone
7:48 Aparna Nancherla
7:54 Nick Youssef
8:00 Nick Rutherford
8:06 Heather Thomson
8:12 Ali Waller
8:18 Jayson Thibault
8:24 Sina Amedson
8:30 Esther Povitsky
8:36 Daryl Wright
It is with a great deal of excitement that we have the pleasure of introducing The Comedy Store’s newest paid regular, Moshe Kasher.
You can catch Moshe this evening at 11:15 in the Original Room, as he takes his spot among the paid regulars.
Also, send some social media love his way…
Congratulations, Moshe!
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On today’s episode of The Worst, Danielle Stewart, Jayson Thibault and I discuss why it’s a terrible idea to outlaw passing gas in Malawi and how to give a proper foot job. And Jayson plugs his Montreal showcase 17 times.
Transformers: No Refunds
Transformers: The Racismening
Transformers: We Eat Your Childhood
Transformers: Boy, 1984 Sure Was A Long, Looong Time Ago
Transformers: Seriously, Most Of The People In This Movie Were Not Born Yet When These Toys Were Invented
Transformers: Revenge Of The Gobots
Transformers: Massacre At Khe Sanh
Transformers In The Time Of Cholera
In Conclusion, Transformers Are A Powerful Medium
1) Congrats to Moshe Kasher (@moshekasher) becoming the newest paid regular at the Comedy Store and consequently have his name painted on the outer walls of the Comedy Store for me to stare at while just “hanging out”.
2) If you still think in terms of “what’s the good thing that I can do today to fill me quota of being a good person?” Here’s a way to not worry about that for a while and SIMULTANEOUSLY seeing some f’n fantastic comedy (I wouldn’t be telling you about these shows this early if I didn’t think they were going to sell out or be packed to the gills).
The West Memphis Three Benefit Show w/Oswalt, Silverman, and Tompkins @ Largo Mon. Feb. 21st 8PM $40
and
WELCOME TO HOLLYWEIRD: A Night of Laughs Benefitting Inner-City Arts @ The Hollywood Improv Wed. Feb 23rd 8PM $15/2 item min.
3) It’s one of those “been preachin’ to the choir” moments: “…the answer is that playing to the audience rather than playing to your own instincts will always be a losing proposition.”- Doug Stanhope. Here’s his essay on offensive comedy that you should really take time to read instead of just repost (you do have to register w/site, but its free).
4) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL-You should feel lucky for both the weather and this….
Just for Laughs Showcase @ Comedy Store Belly Room 6:20 PM 2 drink min.
Maria Bamford’s Eagle Rock Singalong & Comedy Show @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 8PM $5 Suggested Donation
Greg Proops’ Smartest Man in the World LIVE @ Bar Lubitsch (7702 Santa Monica, West Hollywood, CA) 8PM FREE
“If This Doesn’t Work, I’m Moving Home” A Variety Hour @ Harlem Place Cafe 8PM FREE
Meltdown @ Meltdown Comics 8:30PM $8
Comedy Down Under @ The Basement Lounge 9PM $5
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $8
Beer in the Shower Presents: Just for Laughs Showcase @ Whitehorse Cocktail Lounge Inn 9:30PM FREE
Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour @ Next Stage Theatre 11PM $5
5) OPEN MIC RUN 2/2/11 (If it is difficult to use the new Open Mic Run feature, the Comedy Bureau is currently thinking of a new model, so don’t fret)
6) Recently: the Internet is back on in Egypt, which must be a lot like what Louis CK felt like about the cutting edge of technology.
7) Ever get an applause break by the specific people that you were making fun of in the particular joke that you were telling only leave you to with most bittersweet moment you’ve ever had? Anybody? OK….
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Do You Know what you are doing Valentine’s Day February 14th to be exact? I do.
Well I’m Planning to attend a very special What’s Up Tiger Lily?, won’t you join me and save the date! There will be cookies, raffling off a “coffee date w/a comedian”, old fashioned Valentine’s, kisses, hugs, music, laughter and you name it! W/ GREG BARRIS, KYLE KINANE, MOSHE KASHER, CHIP POPE, KARL HESS, BARRY ROTHBART, APRIL RICHARDSON, special appearance by R.O. Manse + more!
Won’t you be my Valentine?
(Awesome poster made by Dima Drjuchin)
Wednesday, February 2 / 6:45pm
JUST for LAUGHS SHOWCASE – CS BELLY ROOM
Host: Moshe Kasher
6:50 Tom Vrab
6:56 Francisco Ramos
7:02 Jeff Klinger
7:08 Brandie Posey
7:14 Rob Delaney
7:20 Leo Flowers
7:26 Jerry Rocha
7:32 Liz Stewart
7:38 Mat Edgar
7:44 Jason Collings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KdH8h6nPys
Trailer for Liam McEneaney’s Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film!
Featuring Reggie Watts, Kurt Braunholer & Kristen Schaal, Christian Finnegan, Leo Allen, and more.
Good times catching this taping at the Bell House.
1) Watch TELL YOUR FRIENDS! right now (even though i just posted) WATCH IT!!! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!! (both the name of the movie and what you should do after you watch that trailer).
2) Eagleheart. BOOM. The Return of Chris Elliot/Rise of Chris Monsanto. BOOM Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. BOOM. Midnight. BOOM Watch it. BOOM. OR. YOU. WILL. BE. PUNCHED. (metaphorically) (boom)-my text only version of an Eagleheart Promo. Seriously, watch it.
3) Just in case you forgot about the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, they’re accepting submissions until 2/28. The Comedy Bureau will keep you updated all the way along as a significant portion of you will probably forget to submit before the deadline.
4) OK. The amazing laugh riot of a sketch group the Birds of Prey are having a free show at the Comedy Central Stages on March 2nd. Call (323) 960-5519 for reservations because they will be packed out and you will get to witness the genius that is Lizzy Cooperman, Susan Burke, and Emily Maya Mills directed by Joe Wagner.
5) Jamie Kilstein on Conan. Whether you missed it or actually watched it or saw it live…. you should probably watch it again at the link above.
6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL-No, it’s YOUR fault if you can’t make all of these
Stand Up Spotlight @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
This Is Not Happening: Take This Job and Shove It @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/2 item min.
Literally Funny @ The Last Bookstore 8PM FREE
Comedy Speakeasy @ TSR Lounge 8PM FREE
The Josh and Josh Show: Lopez Presents Showcase @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Mustaches & Mai Tais @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM
How to Live with Chelsea Peretti @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Improv’s Finest @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $14/2 item min.
Live at Carnegie Hall* @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE
7) OPEN MIC RUN 2/3/11 (if you have any suggestions about improvements of this feature, please e-mail thecomedybureau@gmail.com)
8) Recently: The White Stripes broke up yesterday which really makes me hope, with no irony and/or sarcasm at all, that it all plays out like when Kyle quit Tenacious D.
9) Not going to lie, feeling good right now, which may be bad for business, but I’m feeling good.
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Sign Of Olden Times of the Day: Oregon Trail sign “spotted” in Los Angeles.
The world needs a lot more of this, and a lot less of everything else.
[pleatedjeans.]
See Also: Oregon Trail is now on Facebook.
~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~: Mon 2/7 ~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~ Line Up !!!
Last Week’s TigerLily was a beyond awesome night of comedy and laughs! This week is going to be pretty stellar we have some TigerLily favorites, visitors from NY and a special guest drop in from a super person, let’s just say if you watch Comedy Central you probably would have seen their…
Concept and design by Julie Gueraseva www.flickr.com/madebyjulie
photos: Ashley Macknica, Joel Barhamand, Chris FarberOne reason we adore Greg Barris at TigerLily is that he gets super creative when it comes times for his Residency! Case in point this awesome poster he had made by some uber talented people! We are just wild about the concept, ah if only TigerLily really did own a teeny bopper magazine!
If you don’t know Greg you really should! Click on the photo to visit his website also check out the interview we did with him this summer. http://www.tinyurl.com/TLilyGBarris
Plus catch him every Monday at Tiger Lily, believe me you will be glad you did!! Oh and the poster doesn’t lie you really could win a “(_)3 date w/ Greg!” aka Coffee Date. Come to the Valentine’s Show and get a raffle ticket! 😉
THE MELTDOWN was showcased on CARSON DALY…so yeah, we fucking made it to the big time.
Watch it, it contains: DANA GOULD, JEN KIRKMAN, SKLAR BROS, MOSHE KASHER, MAX SILVESTRI, KUMAIL NANJIANI, ME, ANDREW FURTADO, ART BY DAVE KLOC, and MURDERFIST, and ED SALAZAR
Katie Page and Rob O’Reilly are starting a new comedy show every Sunday 8pm in Los Angeles – Los Feliz specifically.
Comedy Barre. Every Sunday 8pm, starting February 13th.
Vermont Restaurant (1714 N. Vermont Ave)
Free show w/ 2 drink minimum
Line-ups:
FEB 13
Kyle Kinane, Kumail Nanjiani, TJ Miller, Sean Patton, Sagar Bhatt
FEB 20
Laura Kightlinger, Pete Holmes, Rory Scovel, Barry Rothbart, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes,FEB 27
No Show because of OscarsMARCH 6
Dana Gould, Jimmy Pardo, Sklar Bros., Matt Braunger, Luke Cunningham, Tig Notaro, Kyle Dunnigan, Harris Wittels
Hey everyone!
The Jen Kirkman Talk Show is back for another installment at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles!February 18th @ 8pm
My guests will be:
Rob Delaney, Sharon Houston, Paul F. Tompkins & musical guest Brendan Hines
This month’s theme: JOBS
Make a reservation now! The show will sell out – so get tickets in advance. http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/2633
The Jesse Miller Talk Show
Wed. February 9th 2011, 11pm
The Next Stage Theater
1523 North La Brea, Ave.
Hollywood, CABYOB
$5Come out and see some great comics/guests perform.
& Watch ‘em be interviewed by self described media mogul Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland). Along with some video and musical gems.Guests:
-Brody Stevens (The Hangover, Due Date, KImmel)
-Mike Mitchell (The Birthday Boys, Community)
-Tony Sam (Persona at the Improv)
-Eli Olsberg (Chelsea Lately, The Morning After Podcast)w/ Nathan Moroshan Bike demo (Cardinal, Primo)
Hosted by- Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland, Fuel TV)
Co-Host- Daryl (Paul Oyen, HBO’s Funny or Die)
Dancer- Tanya (Anna Lee Lawson, HBO’s Funny or Die)
Here’s an article I was interviewed for, but not quoted in!
I’m also compared to Chelsea Handler, which makes me feel weird.
1) If you’re reading the Comedy Bureau on a regular basis, odds are that you’ve probably watched the spotlight video of “Meltdown” on Last Call w/Caron Daly, but you should probably just watch it again because it’s important.
2) SET LIST-not yours and not really someone else’s either. In fact, it’s a whole stand up show of random topics listed for comedians to do “on the spot”. I’ve personally done one of these and it was a blast and now producer/host Troy Conrad is having a Comedy Central Pilot taping down at the Comedy Central Stages for free on Feb. 15th, which could be “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” for stand up comedy.
3) Open mics fall and rise and this Monday there will be a new one: JAKE’S, 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA. Feb. 21st. Sign-up 7:30PM. Thanks to Steve Hernandez for putting up another spot.
4) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 2/6-2/12. Thanks Wisepix.
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL–
Dead Authors @ UCB Theatre 6:30PM $5
Dan Cummins @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $18/2 item min.
Garfunkel & Oates Hour @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Baron Vaughn @ Flappers-Claremont 8PM/10PM $15/2 item min.
Stood Up Friday Night: If I Ruled the World @ Moving Arts Theatre 10PM $5
Christina Pazitsky @ Flappers YooHoo Room 11PM $10/2 item min.
6) OPEN MIC RUN 2/4/11-
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/$3 min. SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM
TRINITY CHURCH 1015 California Ave., Santa Monica, CA (in the basement), 8PM
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Starts 8PM
7) Recently: Kenneth Cole made quite the ripple on the Internet with an insensitive tweet promoting their clothes at the expense of cheapening the mass violence in Egypt. Maybe they watched Eddie Pepitone’s Commercial Auditions and didn’t take the joke quite the right way….
8) Following people on Twitter has become a stressful decision. I forgot, is the world over yet?
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Comediennes Barbara Gray and Whitney Teubner give us a glimpse of what their Mondays are like (which is kind of like everyday for me)
