Well, well, look what came across the wire this morning!
“James Adomian has landed a co-lead opposite Sarah Paulson in NBC’s untitled Kari Lizer multicamera comedy. From Warner Bros. TV, it is a workplace comedy about Mary (Paulson), a relationship-challenged woman who, with the help of her co-workers, guides people through unexpected career transitions and downsizings. Adomian will play Mary’s assistant. Adomian, repped by ICM and Principato/Young, was a finalist on NBC’s Last Coming Standing last year.” (Deadline Hollywood)
Comedy Palace tonight in Los Feliz with Patton Oswalt, plus more shows all month!
(photo: Robyn Von Swank)
WELL F’N DESERVED!!! Congrats!!!
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My dumb face is going to be on the teevee again Thursday, March 24th at midnight on the John Oliver Stand-Up Show.
Also, Mash-Up premieres this Friday, March 11th, at midnight.
After all this I will fade away.
Yeah, what Kyle Kinane said… I’ll remind all of you-s about Mash Up tomorrow as well.
Puddin’-Eddie Pepitone’s Daily Live Action Comic Strip-“Moisturizer”
Morning Debriefing 3/11/11
1) Once again, congratulations to James Adomian landing a role on an NBC pilot!
2) MORE GOOD NEWS!!! Comedy Central is developing Paul F. Tompkins’ scripted show Evil Genius!!! [via Deadline]
3) Not sure where he’s going with this story/novel, but perhaps comedian Steven Wright is purposely playing against type. Follow him @stevenwright and find out.
4) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 3/13-3/19. Thanks Wisepix.
5) Mash-Up is finally here, though at midnight, it’s here w/Matt Braunger, Hannibal Buress, Kyle Kinane, Kumail Nanjiani, and Host TJ Miller on Comedy Central! Jay Larson’s Comedy Central Special right before at 11:30PM.
5) On Monday Mar. 7th, there was the Battle of 1739 (Public House), here’s some video of comedian Sean Green murdering one of the hecklers, if you can only imagine just being there…
6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Timeline B (Sax Carr’s CD Recording) @ Meltdown Comics 7PM FREE
Risk! True Tales Boldly Told! @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
Patton Oswalt @ Galaxy Theatre 8PM $25
Featuring @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
The Also-Ran Comedy Hour @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
The Garfunkel and Oates Hour @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5
7) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/given set list to improv off of
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
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Starts 8PM
8) On cracking jokes about the Tsunami in Japan-RT @joshcomers When tragedy strikes, jokes on Twitter feel like weird tumbleweeds.
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~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~: Mon 3/14 ~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~ Line Up!
~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~: Mon 3/14 ~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~ Line Up!
Last week’s Tiger Lily was pretty fantastic! This week is destined to be grand! So come down, laugh it up! So we will see ya Monday right?
What’s Up, Tiger Lily?
Monday March 14th 2011 – 8:00P
Hosted by:
BLAINE CAPATCHFeaturing:
DANA GOULD
GREG PROOPS
JIMMY DORE
MATT KIRSHEN
MATT…
Recently: Alex Sulkin, a staff writer at the popular adult-slanted cartoon Family Guy, was harshly called out for his insensitive, offensive attempt at making light of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that wreaked havoc, death, and destruction on Japan just yesterday. Lesson: don’t make jokes in the “never too early” spirit of trying to be as controversial as possible just for the sake of being as controversial as possible, thinking the shock itself is what’s funny. Make jokes because the accepted inconsistency or overlooked false assumption is legitimately funny. Take a cue from Paul Provenza and his angle on 9/11.
Morning Debriefing 3/12/11
1) Have you gotten your Scoomie’s ballot yet? Vote on your favorite open mic’ers in the Greater Los Angeles Area at the hyperlink before 6 PM Monday March 28th.
2) Nerdist Theater dates at Meltdown Comics. Uhh, yeah, you shouldn’t miss any of these really…
3) Another way you can see Greg Proops: Odd News on Yahoo.
4) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” to Megan Amram for all her gut-busting excellence on Twitter. Article/Profile to follow soon.
5) ON THE HORIZON
John Oliver New York Stand Up Show on Comedy Central Mar. 24th
TJ Miller @ Hollywood Improv Saturday April 16th 10PM $20/2 drink min.
One Hour of Mayhem with TJ Miller @ Comedy Central Stages Wednesday March 23rd 8PM FREE
6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
The Anytime Show w/Dominic Dierkes @ Smodcastle 8PM $8
One-Two Punch @ Benton Manor 8PM $2 suggested donation
Magic Bag @ Smodcastle 10PM $8
The Back Room @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
The Tomorrow Show w/Ron Lynch @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
7) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/people usually give feedback at end of set
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/one item min.
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATRE 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-Up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed
8) Note to anyone doing Sendai Earthquake/Tsunami jokes on stage: for at least a week or two, most audience members will be against you.
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The Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour – March 16th
Tracy, Dean, & Jesus is back
(for a stripped down first time ever acoustic set) Next Wed. March 16th.Great line-up
Featuring:
Wendy Wilkins,
Brandie Posey,
Matt Peters,
Nicholas Rutherford,
Tracy, Dean, & Jesus,
and
James Adomian
Next Stage/Tres Stage Theater1523 N. La Brea Ave
11pm BYOB only $5
TDFEP27 the notes are up at www.dorkforest.com but the show will take a sec a I guess.Hmmm.O iTunes.O libsyn.O instant gratification kashian
How ‘Red Riding Hood’ Got Made
“Hey, yeah, everyone here? Okay, thanks for doing this conference call. Okay, I- Kim, what’s this hand roll bullshit? NO, I wanted SASHIMI. Well then they fucked up! TAKE IT BACK! THANK YOU! Sorry about that, fucking new assistant. Okay, 2011… what do we got? We need a smash and grab job, you know? Real easy money. We gotta get those stupid kids in there. Let’s buy some dumb kid book. We got any vampire crap? Yeah I don’t know, kids love that shit. A real dark one that make em wanna fuck, ya know? With a pale dude with faggy hair? Market research what? Vampires on their way out? Fuck me. Okay, zombies? Sexy zombies? Nah, too gross. Look, it doesn’t have to be good… Like at all. I’m not worried about that, trust me. Kids are assholes, they’ll eat it up as long as fucking Justine Bober is on the soundtrack- what? Don’t correct me, you’re fired. HANG UP. She gone yet? Good. Okay, what else we got? Faeries? Retarded. Angels? Too religious. Post apocalypse? Kids like that, right? We already got one? When’s that coming out? 2012? Coincidence. OKAY, come on, you fuckers! I don’t hear something I like, I’m gonna start firing at random! We need dark, we need kids, we need a hot fuckin’ girl, and we need to win the weekend, understand? You know what, fuck buying some dumb book. What’s in the public domain? Gimme some freebies! We got some fairy tale shit to adapt? Um… sexy Headless Horseman? NO PHIL, HOW WOULD HE KISS THE GIRL IF HE DOESN’T HAVE A HEAD? Rumpelstiltskin? Oh yeah, cuz a little fuckin’ dude that lives in the woods is real sexy. But you’re on the right track, I think. Snow White? Nah, that’s a hot chick and seven weirdos. But what if it was like seven hot dudes and she fucks all of them? Nah, someone’s parents’ll fuckin’ sue us. OKAY, you’re all fired in 3, 2, -what? Little Red Riding Hood? Oh my god. That’s what I’m talking ABOUT. I’m literally hard right now. LITERALLY. We’ll get that girl from the thing, and she’ll like, fuck a wolf or something. Not like that. Make him a wolfboy or something. I don’t fucking know, Put some denim shorts on him like the other wolfboy thing. Alright, I’m sick of you fuckers. EVERYONE GETS BOATS! I’m hanging up now.”
The Art of Coming Off Casual: Cut Off Jean Shorts
The Art of Coming Off Casual: Cut Off Jean Shorts
I’m not a big fan of shorts in general, but if anyone can make a pitch for wearing them, Comedian Paul Danke can…
Recently: In lieu of everything that is happening, the very first episode of the popular webseries “Mr. Diety” just seemed to fit.
Megan Amram-Tip of the Hat 3/12/11
The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” this week to MEGAN AMRAM:
“@meganamram I’m giving up spell check for Lant.”
As far as escalating the art of being funny on the still new canvas of Twitter, there are few people that have mastered it quite like Megan Amram.
I’ve heard many people, especially avid Twitter users express hesitation at following comedians on Twitter as they only want to read gold instead of what’s about to be possibly tried out at an open mic. With Amram, there is no such worry as she has refined her wit to where most everything she tweets “from the hip” usually gets a solid 3 minutes of me busting up in laughter while slapping my knees profusely.
Being featured quite often in “who to follow” lists of who’s the funniest on Twitter, Amram is of a rare breed that has actually found a comedic voice through the microblogging site, often times well under 140 characters, which is a feat that some of the most established and revered comedians have not even developed yet. Perfectly absurd in her precise choice of words, references, and execution of the comedic twist within a joke, it’s no wonder that she has over 25,000 deserved followers without a network sitcom and a deranged personality to back her.
Megan also writes and contributes for other online publications in much longer form, which is equally as farcical and hysterical, as she’ll make a hilarious list of various topics including recently discovered unpublished Shakespeare plays, her own personal “bucket list” (included on that list: die), and stains.
Basically, you should follow anything she does online via Twitter, Tumblr, or anything else, which will most likely find its way somehow to the Comedy Bureau. If you’re wondering what this elusive tweeter/blogger is like live, you can check her out on Dave Holmes and Rob Delaney’s UCB LA show “Mapping the Heavens” Thursday Mar. 17th 9:30PM $5.
@Comedy_Palace Line Up 3/24
Last week’s @Comedy_Palace was nuts. We were packed to the rafters and everyone was great. The next show,on 3/24, will be no different.
Line up:
Pete Holmes
Baron Vaughn
Nick Thune
Greg Behrendt
Kumail Nanjiani
To me that is a murder’s row of fucking comics. Plus there maybe some surprise drop ins.
BTW if you come early and eat you can reserve a seat in the show room.
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Carly Craig’s Sexy Maxim Photo Shoot
Carly Craig sits down for a behind-the-scenes chat on the set of her sexy Maxim photo shoot.
THURSDAY (St. Patrick’s Day) at the UCB: Come see me, Dave Holmes, Maria Bamford, Megan Amram & Sharon Horgan, co-writer & star of my FAVORITE comedy series, the BBC’s “Pulling.” I am SHITTING that Sharon Horgan is doing our show because she’s such a brilliant comet. Our show is always fun, but this one will be bananas. My oldest comedy pal Dave Holmes who taught me how to be funny, candidate for most amazing living writer Megan Amram, towering space genius Maria Bamford, and the dangerous legend to whom I look for spiritual comedic guidance, Sharon Horgan. I am straight up jizzing all over the place. I hope you will come see us and do the same. I’d be grateful to anyone who reposted this.
GO TO THIS!!!
Morning Debriefing 3/13/11
1) My goodness, The Comedy Garage (@thecomedygarage) has a documentary about them! Watch out for it’s release on March 15th on Indieflix!
2) Proof that “college kids” are plenty dumb: College Humor’s Top 100 Comedy Movies of All Time (ranked by vote). In the top 10 OF ALL TIME: The Hangover, Anchorman, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Happy Gilmore, Dodgeball. I know we try to maintain an air of professionalism here at the Comedy Bureau, but WHAT THE FUCK!?!? Sidenote: my college degree feels even worth less.
3) The Greater LA Open Mic Map-UPDATED! You’re welcome very much…
4) Tip of the Hat: Megan Amram
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL-eat your heart out South by Southwest
#hashtag @ Bar Lubitsch 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Comedy Barre @ Barre Vermont 8PM FREE/2 drink min.
Pajama Party! @ Gaylord Apartments 8PM FREE
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 8:30PM FREE
Chatterbox Comedy @ Chatterbox 943 Citrus Ave., Covina, CA 9PM FREE
Set List @ Flappers 9PM $10/2 drink min.
Top Story Weekly @ iO West 9PM $5
The Sunday Sunday Sunday Show @ The Improv Space 9:30PM FREE
6) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/$5 min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed
7) That’s right, we’re not at SXSW. We’re here for you fine folks both in, for, and with comedy in Los Angeles. On a separate note, anyone have passes for Just for Laughs Montreal coming up?
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The Green Room with Sean Green
The Green Room with Sean Green
In this free comedy podcast The Green Room with Sean Green is live from the Sam Adams Brew Pub. Sean shares the story of a run in with two hecklers at one show. Guest co-hosts Zach and Steve, help interview some of the random drunks at the show. The Miami Heat have been crying in the locker room. Drunkest man ever is on the local news. Comedy Garage documentary is being released on 3-15. Charlie Sheen waves a machete.