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Morning Debriefing 3/1/11

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1) The Los Angeles Comedy Festival is Officially Taking Submissions.

3) What to Watch/DVR This Week [via Splitsider]

4) Harland Williams interview on Conan. Spoiler Alert: This is the perfect way to start your day.

5) The Scoomie’s are coming soon. That’s right the awards for comedians by comedians and not really anyone else just like it should be. Have category suggestions? Go here.

6) Last night Chris Fairbanks’ Comedy Special aired late on Fuel TV. It’s the first comedy special they’ve aired and hopefully they’ll air it again. Check back here for details.

6) ON THE HORIZON:
Mary Mack’s North Star Comedy Hour & Meat Raffle @ Michael Woolson Studio Sat. Mar. 5th 8PM
Rory Scovel @ Hollywood Improv April 1st 8PM $18/2 item min.

7) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
¡Satiristas! LIVE @ The Actors Gang 7PM Pay What You Can
The Good Luck Show @ Good Luck Bar 7:30PM FREE
Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge @ Red Rock 8PM FREE
Found Footage Festival @ Largo $20 8PM FREE
Drunk on Stage @ Akbar 8PM FREE
Comedy Death Ray @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck! @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Lower Crust Comedy @ Genghis Cohen 9PM $6

8) OPEN MIC RUN
BACK HOME IN LAHAINA 519 E. Carson St., Carson, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st, Los Angeles, CA (downtown)/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Starts 8PM
WESTWOOD BREWCO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM

9) Did you know you could reach the end of your Twitter feed? Of course you don’t because you’re still part of society.

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Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Stand-Up Premieres March 12

Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Stand-Up Premieres March 12

This ought to hold us Normheads over until Sports Show debuts in April. It will be Norm’s first hour-long stand-up special ever.

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BIRDS OF PREY at COMEDY CENTRAL STAGE

tomorrow ~ wednesday ~ march 3rd ~ 8pm

6539 santa monica blvd ~ hollywood ~ 90038

susan burke ~ lizzy cooperman ~ emily maya mills

directed by joe wagner ~ photo by heather landis

reservations: (323) 960-5519

EVERYONE GO TO THIS PLEASE!!!

The Biggest Mistake: April Richardson and Andy Wood

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pauljay:

April and Andy join us for Sheen Talk 2011. Listen close and you just might hear a Brody Sheenvens impression.

thebiggestmistake.net

This post about a podcast should have a link like this.

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Patton Oswalt on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. I know this should have been posted earlier, but here it is now. Still, you’re welcome.

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Recently: A significant portion of Muslims claimed that the logo for the upcoming London 2012 Olympics is racist. If you take a look at and analyze the actual logo, there’s nothing really racist about it. If you need a refresher course, take notes from Kyle Kinane and how he imagines Trader Joe of Trader Joe’s promotes his “ethnic” alter egos.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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shanenickerson:

@christianduguay and I, hard at work.

A day in the life of a Los Angeles stand up comedians.

High Noon in the Garden of Good & Evil: A.V. Club Podmass: Quote of the Week

High Noon in the Garden of Good & Evil: A.V. Club Podmass: Quote of the Week

They love me — with one caveat! Ah yes, my old friend, The Onion: truly a sharp, rich and fretful garnish!

http://www.avclub.com/articles/week-of-february-1723,52391/

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“No, I literally wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener—because at least the roasting would be done…

This is the flier for the March Everybody’s Talkin’. It’s a great line up and it’s hosted by the brilliance and madness that is Eric Dadourian. The show will be especially good because I won’t be on stage. please come to this or I’ll eat a baby.

Morning Debriefing 3/2/11

1) Remember when I said there will be something posted HERE in March? Well, it’s March and later today you’ll find out what I was legally obligated to keep under wraps until now. HINT: Pretty much all comedy competitions are a waste of time.

2) Comedy Central Specials that you NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR: Jay Larson on Mar. 11th and Norm MacDonald on Mar. 12th. More details to come…

3) Have a short/sketch/viral video? Why not enter it in Burbank Film Festival’s Comedy Short Contest?

4) ON THE HORIZON
The Paul F Tompkins Show 9 Year Anniversary @ Largo Sat. Mar. 19th 8:30PM $25 (There’s still tickets for some reason)
Birthday Roast of Tess Barker @ Whitehorse Cocktail Lounge Inn Wed. Mar. 23rd 8:30PM FREE
A Great and Terrible Thing @ Hollywood Improv Lab Tues. Mar. 29th 10:30PM $5

5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Maria Bamford’s Singalong and Comedy Show @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock 8PM $5 suggested donation
Birds of Prey @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE
The Fix-Up Show @ ACME Comedy Theatre 8PM $12
Matt Kirshen & Dwayne Perkins @ Irvine Improv 8PM $17/2 item min.
Meltdown @ Meltdown Comics 8:30PM $8
Frolic @ Far Bar 9PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Westside Bar & Grill 9PM FREE
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $8
Beer in the Shower @ Whitehorse Cocktail Lounge Inn 9:30PM FREE
Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour @ Next Stage Theatre 11PM $5

6) OPEN MIC RUN
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM
CAFE MUSE 6547 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 8PM
LIBRARY A COFFEEHOUSE 3418 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM

7) It’s a rare occurrence as I’m actually feeling pretty good. Such is the life of a comedian/comedy journalist/blogger/insomniac…

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adrinkwithdave:

Join Dave and his guest Comedian Greg Behrendt.

Today’s Happy Hour Menu:
-Podcasting
-The future of TV
-How to Win Friends & Influence People by Hard Harry Hard On
-An intense love of cake(fucking).

Stay Tuned for Part 2…

Where podcasting can take you….

(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

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Congratulations.

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TJ Miller Fan Sean Siemantel (@hobbnill on Twitter) takes on and does a pretty smashing job of illustrating the thoughts of Comedian TJ Miller.

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James Adomian, live from the Dresden Room in Hollywood, California! Only here, on The Shakeytown Radio Hour!(photo by Robyn Von Swank)

James talks to Gene and Brodie about his stand-up, sketch, acting, and writing career and his impersonations of Jesse Ventura, Alex Jones, Brody Stevens, Paul F. Tompkins, Eddie Pepitone, and many more. The conversation also turns to “Saturday Night Live” and their monopoly on network television sketch comedy, archaic recording formats, the hotness of Mario Van Peebles, tense phone calls from Huell Howser, and the impending apocalypse and takeover of Earth by octopus people.

Also featuring… the music of Marty and Elayne!

(photo by Stephanie Cloutier)

James Adomian is literally everywhere…. like he should be.

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The Mostly Normal Show

All Jew Revue?

3/9 10pm Hollywood Improv

Eric Gruber
Carlos Herrera
Moshe Kasher
Ari Shaffir
Jamie Lee
and more

Taking a cue from Vic of the IFC series the Business, it’s an all(?) Jewish edition of the Mostly Normal Show.

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Recently: Kenya MP Gidion Mbuvi to fight for right to wear bling. Also, it turns out Mbuvi might have been a culprit to write this letter by Osama Bin Laden read by Comedian Tony Sam that might very well be incredibly lost in translation.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Puddin’-Eddie Pepitone’s Daily Live Action Comic Strip-“Quick”

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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The Jesse Miller Talk Show March 9th Promo. Yeah, just set aside $5 for next week because you’re already going and you don’t even know it.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Morning Debriefing 3/3/11

1) The closest you’ll see Doug Stanhope to Los Angeles for a while is tonight at the San Jose Improv 8PM $25/2 item min. and this Saturday Mar. 5th at Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara 7PM $20. That is as close as he’s going to get.

2) The Scoomie Awards-an award show recognizing distinction in open mic comedians in LA is coming up soon and is taking suggestions for categories. Here are some of the best suggested categories so far–take note Comedy Awards. (Listed in alphabetical order by first name)

-The “I’m an F-18, Bro” Award for Overconfidence
Andrew N. Solmssen

-Best Post Show Karaoke Performance
Andy Peters

-Most Likely to Die Before the Scoomies
Dave Ross

-The Award for Slightly More Honest Than I’d Care For, Conversely Best Fictional Stage Life
-Best Reworking of Mitch Hedberg’s Persona
James Bruce

-The Robert Yasumura Up-and-Comer Award and Scholarship
Jeff Wattenhofer

-The “Getting the Light Means 5 More Minutes, Right?” Award
Jim Hegarty

-Most Likely to Have Killed at Flappers Prior to Attending Open Mic/Show Currently Bombing At
Joseph Larkin

-Kutest Komedy Kouple
Josh Androsky

-Best Potential Mug Shot
Julia Bensfield

-Most Likely to Sign Up But Leave Before It’s Their Turn….Award…..Good luck trying to get an acceptance speech
Marianne Sierk

-The Heavy Meta Award
-Obscure Referenciest
-The TMI Award
Matt Manser

-“Female Comic Under the Sway of Domineering, Abusive Ike Turner-like Impresario"
Moses Robinson

-Most-sogynist
-The "When the hell did YOU get funny??” Award
Paul Jay

-The “Wait–This Person Doesn’t Look Damaged at ALL, So Why is He/She Up There? Oh, Oh Wait. Oof. Nooow It Becomes Plain. This Person Makes Me Look Like the Picture of Mental Health. This is PAINful to Watch.” Award
-The “PLEASE Shut Up About How Much Porn You Watch And Pot You Smoke You Horny Perverted Runt Troll; We Guessed Already By Looking At You” Award
Robert Buscemi

-The Saddest Bear in The Forest of Depression Award
-The Goes to More Open Mics in a Week than You Do in a Month Award
-The Most Likely To Stop Doing Standup and Start Doing Improv Award
-The Dryhumps you when Drunk Award
-Lifetime Achivement
Ron Babcock

-The “My Cat Is My Stage Time at Home” Award
Shawn Carlow

-Most Likely to Thrive at Homelessness
Vanessa Ramos

3) Jen Kirkman’s new album “Hail to the Freaks” is coming soon. More details to come as soon as the Comedy Bureau receives them. Stay tuned.

4) DO NOT MISS THE PREMIERE OF MASH-UP ON COMEDY CENTRAL FRI. MAR. 11th AT MIDNIGHT W/TJ MILLER, MATT BRAUNGER, KYLE KINANE, KUMAIL NANJIANI, and HANNIBAL BURESS. YEAH, IT’S IN ALL CAPS. IT’S THAT IMPORTANT.

5) ON THE HORIZON
Jim Bruce’s Mustache @ The Gardenia Wed. Mar. 9th 8:30PM $5
One-Two Punch @ Benton Manor Sat. Mar. 12th 8PM $2 suggested donation (for chairs)
The Walsh Brothers Show @ UCB Theatre Mar. 26th MIDNIGHT $5

6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Meat Art Show @ Meltdown Comics 7PM
Continuous Comedy @ Hollywood Laugh Factory 8PM $20/$30 VIP/2 item min.
Joe Wengert’s Stages of Adulthood @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Piñata @ Bang Studio 8PM $14
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Comedy is Dead @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery 9PM $15
How to Live with Chelsea Peretti @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Live!* at Carnegie Hall @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE

7) OPEN MIC RUN
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM
THE SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guaranteed
TKO SHOW @ 212 CAFE 212 Pier Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM

8) Anyone know how to put actual code for ads on Tumblr? It would be pretty great if this was my job and I’d keep everyone even MORE updated on everything LA comedy, wouldn’t it? Please e-mail thecomedybureau@gmail.com if you have tips/suggestions/help/etc.

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MEAT! is tonight!

Full of great artists!!!

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‘Ulnar Fragment’
9” x 12”
cel vinyl on wood

..a piece I did for the MEAT SHOW tonight at Meltdown!

Oh yeah, this is happening tonight. Just in case you haven’t pieced it together yet, the back room of Meltdown Comics is one of those “places to be”.

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Comedians Davey Johnson and Ron Lynch getting donuts.

March 6th LINEUP

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Matt Peters

Curt Neill

Jake Kroeger

Zoe Jarman

Rodney Berry

FREE!
BYOB
Beer for Donation

Let’s Murdalize ‘em.

If you put the puzzle pieces together, you’ll figure that the Comedy Bureau will be going up here.

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Recently: The Supreme Court backed the protests of the Westboro Baptist Church against homosexuals in the military as they reasoned “hurtful speech” is still protected by the Constitution. Apparently, “confusing speech” is also protected as Jimmy Dore found out while getting heckled.

(Source: http://www.jimmydorecomedy.com/)

Blam! Blam! Blam! TUESDAY MARCH 8th RBAR KTOWN 9PM THE KRAKEN GOES BY MANY NAMES HERE ARE A FEW: +ERIK CHARLES NIELSEN +BECKY GARCIA +SELENE LUNA +PAUL DANKE +JOHNNY PEMBERTON +LAURA KIGHTLINGER +ROBERT BUSCEMI +CORNEL REID +MATT KAYE +CHUCK WATKINS +ANDRE HYLAND

All of that = you should probably go