Morning Debriefing 3/15/11
1) The Bridgetown Comedy Festival (@bridgetown on Twitter) in Portland (it’s a big festival that relatively close to LA) has been officially announced!!! I.E. April 21st-24th with some of LA’s best including Kyle Kinane, Brent Weinbach, James Adomian, Jimmy Dore, Moshe Kasher, Mike Phirman, Jan Davidson, and much more!!! More details to come as we get them here at the Comedy Bureau.
2) #HigherStakesChildrensBooks-hilarious way to get through Tuesday on Twitter. Follow this hashtag to find stuff like this “@pattonoswalt Blueberries for Salo: 120 Day of Sodom” (may or may not be NSFW)
3) What to Watch/DVR This Week via Splitsider
4) Want to win guest spot on the Longshot Podcast w/Eddie Pepitone, Sean Conroy, Jamie Flam, and Amber Kenny? Make a video and you could be famous* (*amongst comedy nerds)
5) This Town is Big Enough for the Both of Us… and Even More-where the new comedy haunts in LA are.
6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
The Good Luck Show @ The Good Luck Bar 7:30PM FREE
Out of the Wheelhouse @ Palms Bar 7:30PM FREE/$10 drink min.
Alonzo Bodden @ Comedy & Magic Club 8PM $15/2 drink min.
Comedy Death Ray @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Lower Crust Comedy @ Genghis Cohen 9PM $6
Holy Fuck! @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
7) OPEN MIC RUN
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st, Los Angeles, CA (downtown)/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Starts 8PM
WESTWOOD BREWCO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM
8) Gilbert Gottfried got fired from Aflac as their spokesperson through tweeting what were deemed as offensive jokes about the recent disaster in Japan. Given the current state of the insurance industry, I’m pondering when they started caring about image?
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Number 69: John Oliver
Recorded in front of a live audience at SxSW on 3.14 (that’s right, PI DAY)! John Oliver, as expected, CRUSHED. We spoke of the Queen, British comics you should know, the daily Daily Show routine, and of course, the C word. This show was fun to the funth power!!!
Jan Davidson sounds a bit frazzled by her kids and should probably take a vacation.
Brendon Walsh as a Doctor, Susan Burke as a Goth Girl, and Dragons
Brendon Walsh as a Doctor, Susan Burke as a Goth Girl, and Dragons
Sure there’s talk of LARP-ing rules on Jeremy’s Dragon Table, but there’s also comedians Brendon Walsh and Susan Burke as a doctor and goth girl respectively. If only this was real…
The 4 & 20 is a biweekly show at the Eagle Rock All Star Lanes. 4 of the best comedians in town stretch out with rare, longer sets in a kickass dive bar. The drinks are cheap, the laughs are many, don’t miss The 4 & 20. Bowling & karaoke after the show! Click the flier for the FB Invite.
Mike Burns.
Kat Radley.
Andy Peters.
Brandie Posey.
Hosted by David Venhuizen.(I am more proud of this flier than my Bachelor’s Degree)
Comedy Speakeasy 9.0 w/ Host Josh Filipowski (via comedyspeakeasy)
We’re LIVE this Thursday with Tammy Jo Dearen, Jackie Monahan and Sean Patton! www.comedyspeakeasy.com
more clips coming sooooon
Super Serious St. Patrick’s Day!
Check out this awesome party show I’m doing Thursday at Smashbox Studios, with Eddie Pepitone, Jen Kirkman, Jay Larson, music, food, FREE BEER and much more. I’m taking the bus there — join me!
Blog: http://www.superseriousshow.com/blog/2011/3/14/james-adomian-character-builder.html
Tix ($10 advance): http://www.laughstub.com/buyTicket.cfm?showTimingID=70086&buy
The front page of Yahoo.com, because “Fuck you, everyone” just doesn’t meet their expectations of subtlety.
I’m not looking for the masterminds behind a free email service to break down the way of the world, but TOAST? The headline, five days after a world catastrophe, in the midst of a Middle Eastern revolution, while soldiers are still dying in an unjust war, while our country still bobs up and down in state of instability, and the headline is fucking TOAST? How about “We’re gonna take a day off so as not to offend you with how blatantly we’ve checked-the-fuck-out of day to day existence?” No, still need to run a story. Here’s how to make toast.
Oh, motherfucker.
BRING ME THE HEAD OF WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAYING “YEAH, GO AHEAD AND RUN THE TOAST PIECE.”
Japan’s earthquake/tsunami is not a message from God, as Glenn Beck would like you to think. I can accept that. If it’s true, that God is trying to warn us for being un-Christianly, it means God’s a fucking prick and fuck him anyway. If it’s false, it means Glenn Beck’s a frothing moron. Either way, the point is made. Either God is real and he sucks or God is fake and his believers have shit-for-brains. Personally, I think Japan’s earthquake/tsunami, while undeniably tragic, is the way the Earth and it’s scientific make-up works. Sometimes it’s beautiful and sometimes it’s horrific, but nature is unpredictable. We need to just rally and find a common goal, which is to just help out your neighbor. It’s 2011, and now “neighbor” means “everyone.” Yahoo deciding to put on it’s front page HOW TO MAKE FUCKING TOAST is a sign that we, as a culture, as a species, as a creation of circumstance and biology, have reached a point TO CALL IT QUITS. I mean, it’s not even an article on how to make bread—it’s an article on how to strategically burn bread. It’s an entire write-up on how to accurately destroy, to a degree, something that is heralded as a benchmark of human accomplishment.
Glenn Beck can ease up on this fictional “God” that’s giving us warning signs that the end is near. We’re providing them for ourselves. And the number of people that actually believe Glenn Beck as a truth-teller is one of the most glaring signs of all.
Glenn Beck is not a prophet, but a sign of the apocalypse.
Of course, sometimes Jesus does show up in a piece of toast…
Puddin’-Eddie Pepitone’s Daily Live Action Comic Strip w/Kyle Kinane-“Kyle #3”
Morning Debriefing 3/16/11
1) The Comedy Garage Movie. Now available for order or download. Just do it.. OK?
2) Looking for a web series with Andre Hyland and Bob Odenkirk coming soon in April? Well, luckily, Phil Gower’s Safe Place is just exactly that.
3) Even more of LA’s very own are going to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival including: Dave Ross, Brandie Posey, Barbara Gray, Tamra Brown, and Robert Buscemi.
4) Result of March Comedy Madness at the Comedy Store after the first round:
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
If This Doesn’t Work Out, I’m Moving Home @ Harlem Place Cafe 8PM FREE
The Fix-Up Show w/J. Keith Van Straaten & Guest Alan Thicke @ ACME Comedy Theatre 8PM $12
Meltdown @ Meltdown Comics 8:30PM $8
The Man with F.E.E.E.T. Launch Event @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM $20
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $8
Frolic! @ Far Bar 9PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Westside Bar & Grill 9PM FREE
The 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 COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
7) Just read thousands of tweets right before writing this. I’m surprised I can still write in complete sentences.
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Reading tweets live on The Daily Habit.
Killin’ it doin’ tweets. It can happen.
Puddin’-Eddie Pepitone’s Daily Live Action Comic Strip-“Kyle (Kinane) #4”
Morning Debriefing 3/17/11
1) Atom.com has a new webseries coming soon from Pete Holmes and Jamie Lee, “Kid Farm”. Here’s some pics of comedians handling kids. More details to come as soon as the Comedy Bureau gets them.
2) Two things I don’t like: recaps of reality TV and American Idol. Something I really like: Comedian Paul F. Tompkins doing a recap of American Idol.
3) New open mic to watch out for next Monday: Sneak Attack Open Mic @ Sonny McLean’s 8:30PM FREE
4) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
The Super Serious Show @ Smashbox Studios 7PM $15
Comedy Speakeasy @ Comedy Speakeasy 8PM FREE
Good Neighbor Presents Forever/Midnight Show in Primetime @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Alonzo Bodden @ Comedy and Magic Club 8PM $15/2 drink min.
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Mapping the Heavens @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Live! at Carnegie Hall* @ Hollywood Hotel 10:30PM FREE
Comedy Garage: St. Patrick’s Day Spectacular @ The Comedy Garage Party 9PM/Show 11PM FREE
5) 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/10 min. guaranteed
TKO SHOW @ 212 CAFE 212 Pier Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM
6) St. Patrick’s Day, yet another holiday that I forgot about and will subsequently forget about as I work on material about possibly not having a childhood.
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The 100 People You Should Follow on Twitter
The 100 People You Should Follow on Twitter
Oh hey, look. I’m number 2. Right between Al Gore and Alyssa Milano. Also, one of my good friends is an editor at PC Mag; so be impressed, but not really.
I don’t know about all of those other folks, but, yeah, you should follow @Just_Alison
Gallagher Auction via Splitsider
Gallagher Auction via Splitsider
That’s all you really need to know.
The line-up that you possibly missed at Meltdown at Meltdown Comics last night. (Photo by Jay Larson, the Larson on the line-up).
Recently: Are we celebrating a holiday today? I had no idea. Really, I didn’t. I’m a workaholic that actually barely processes the concept of a holiday. Luckily, comedian Jim Gaffigan fills in some holes as far as this whole “holiday mystery” thing is concerned. (Yeah, I’m still drinking tonight. Don’t worry.)
Puddin’-Eddie Pepitone’s Daily Live Action Comic Strip-“Kyle (Kinane) #5”