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Morning Debriefing 6/9/11

1) Everyone’s A Comedian: Comedy Is Hard. So, Why Is Everyone Doing It On The Internet? for Internet Week in NY [via SoMuchFunItHurts] w/Judah Friedlander, Michael Ian Black, Sara Benincasa, Alf Lamont, and moderator Sean McCarthy.

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2) First image of Sasha Baron Cohen as The Dictator [via Huffington Post]

3) Hello Giggles gets written up in Forbes.

4) Julia Prescott Interview with the Humourdor.

5) Can’t Wait for the Movies: Super 8

Can’t Wait for the Movies: Super 8 – watch more funny videos

6) @BobDucca has a podcast: Affirmation Nation. [via Ploplist]

7) Barb & Whitney Blackout: Do You Want To Go Upstairs? NOTE: Watching this is a great way to start your Thursday.

9) Jesse Miller of the Jesse Miller Talk Show goes to ICM in NY. Make sure to take notes on how to introduce yourself at management companies.

10) Compatish-“Paper Planes”

11) COMEDY CRAWL
Real Spit @ Palms 8PM FREE
Comedy Speakeasy @ The Loft 8PM FREE
Subversive Comedy w/Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $12/2 item min.
Nick Thune, Arj Barker, Kate Miccuci, and Very Special Guests @ Largo 8:30PM $20
The Josh & Josh Show w/Andrés Du Bouchet @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Lot 1 Comedy Crunch @ Lot 1 Café 8:30PM FREE
Comedy Palace @ The Palace Restaurant 9PM FREE
The Los Angeles Comedy Festival: The Armando Show w/cast from Community @ iO West 8PM $25
Stripped Stories @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Sweet Sweet Standup @ M Bar 10PM $5
Rest in Peace @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE

12) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
COFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA, Suite 180/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/no purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/10 min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary

13) If you’re an audience member at a comedy show and you’re debating whether or not to tell a comedian they were funny because you’re shy, tell them they’re funny. We keep count of compliments after shows like college football stars do with stickers on their helmets.

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BECOME A FAN OF CRASH TEST

Rob Huebel and I do a Bi-weekly show at the UCB Theater in Los Angeles called Crash Test. If you haven’t seen it, you are missing out on…

Us setting people up on blind dates, giving you real world advice about what to say and not to say in job interviews, accidently ruining relationships, texting from people’s phones against their will, chugging contests, learning how to properly celebrate Passover and so much more

In addition to that, each week we have an amazing line up of comedians, show exclusive videos and will give you all a nick name.

So be a Friend on Facebook for updates, show line-ups and info on touring.

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Lopez Tonight standup set (TBS, 6/8/11)
My “openly gay” tight five!

James Adomian on Lopez Tonight; this is another one of those drop what you’re doing right now and watch type of moments.

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STRIPPED STORIES is at UCB LA tonight!!!

The hit NYC sex-themed storytelling show brought to you by moi, Giulia Rozzi (Mtv, CNN, Vh1) and the lovely Margot Leitman (Spike Tv, Vh1, Conan O’Brien) returns to LA! Stripped Stories features comedians, musicians and guests revealing hysterically honest stories about their sex lives. Giulia and Margot will also each reveal their own juicy stories amidst some games, audience interviews and hookups…hopefully.

With stories from
Megan Ganz (Writer for NBC’s Community)
Nick Ross (“Cool Your J”)
and music from Dava Krause (FOX’s House)

$5 tickets on sale at http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/shows/1799 or by calling (323) 908-8702
More at http://www.strippedstories.com/

One of the Bureau’s favorite shows and luckily Margot Leitman has moved here to LA and Stripped Stories will become more frequent. Do not miss some of the funniest story tellers in the nation.

JUNE 14. KUMAIL NANJIANI.

holyfreecomedy:

A New Comedy Show in Silverlake!
Totally free w/ very cheap booze.

with:
Kumail Nanjiani Pete Holmes Sean Patton Sean O’Connor Barry Rothbart Luke Cunningham Fahim Anwar Shawn Pearlman Matt Ritter Rob Turbovsky Rob O’Reilly

Hand Shucked Comedy Show
Saturday (June 11) 8pm
Moving Arts Theater
1822 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Free show with cheap booze!
No age limit

Dig Me Live!

Morning Debriefing 6/10/11

1) The Walsh Brothers Planking video has taken off getting mentioned as buzzworthy at MTV, the International Business Times, Punchline Magazine, and Huffington Post. Oh, the power of the Internet and it’s need to be entertained with people laying down.

2) Conan on Lopez Tonight.

3) The hilarious Jamie Lee will be co-hosting the Critic’s Choice Awards for VH1.com on June 20th. Do not miss this.

4) Casting Director by Fahim Anwar and Aristotle Athiras

5) The Ploplist on Greg Proops’ Smartest Man in the World.

6) Can’t get enough Gentlemen Scumbags while they’re having scheduling difficulties? Why don’t you ask them some questions?

7) How to Give a 5 Word Acceptance Speech at the Webbys by Alex Blagg.

8) If you haven’t been reading Rob Delaney’s weekly column at Vice Magazine, you can catch up with all the sage advice on life and women’s parts here.

9) Puddin’-“Water Park”

10) Brendon Walsh and Kyle Kinane as Hobo Warriors on Web Soup.

Game Trailers – E3 2011

11) Just in case you didn’t catch it the other, other, day/time we posted it. James Adomian on Lopez Tonight.

12) ON THE HORIZON
Hand Shucked! @ Moving Arts Theater Sat. June 10th 8PM FREE
The Charlyne Yi Show @ UCB Theatre Sun. June 12th 9:30PM $5
Tony Clifton @ the Egyptian Mon. June 13th 8PM $8

13) COMEDY CRAWL
Risk! presents “The Horror” @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Say Something Funny Bitch @ Theatre Asylum 10:30PM
Jackie & Judy: Looking for Good Dick @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Michael Rayner @ Flappers Claremont 8PM $15/2 item min.
Re-Animator @ The Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30

14) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/$3 min./mixed mic/booked show in middle around 8PM
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served

15) As Tracy Morgan’s booked Carnegie Hall because of his credits and now taking into his consideration his latest unfiltered spewing of hate-filled nonsense, I take it that it’s currently much harder to book Largo at the Coronet Theatre in LA.

16) Special Thanks to Maria Bamford and Jake Weisman for giving us a #follow on Twitter. Follow them @mariabamfoo and @weismanjake for their constant hilarity even though you probably already follow them.

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New Proopcast

Bring joy and Vodka to your aural life.

DRINKING BUDDIES PODCAST

I was on the Drinking Buddies podcast a few weeks back, my first podcast done in an actual fancypants radio station at Cal State Long Beach. Jerry Brandt and Chris Adams hosted. You can listen to it in iTunes or just click here to listen to a streaming feed. I come in around minute 21.

I listened to a few minutes of it. Jeez I say the word “like” a lot.

June 12th Lineup

powerviolencecomedy:

By Evan Mays

barbchronicles:

SPACE BONERS is going to be super fun tomorrow night!! Free show, hosted by the devious duo of Allen Strickland Williams and Megan Koester.

June 12th Lineup

powerviolencecomedy:

By Evan Mays

Curtiss Angel’s Freakmind (Criss Angel’s cousin)
-Video will be posted this coming Monday

Rob Delaney: City Mottoes

Rob Delaney: City Mottoes

I love to travel and I recently found out that every city with a population of over 100,000 is required to have an official motto. I looked a bunch of them up online and thought I’d share a few with you.

Chicago: Gateway to America

Boston: Paul Revere’s Bedpan

Cincinnati: Two Ns, One T; How…

Morning Debriefing 6/11/11

1) LISTEN TO THIS NOW: Paul Scheer reading excerpts from Jim Belushi’s book “Real Men”

Day 4 – How to Fight w/ your Girlfriend by PaulScheer

2) If you still haven’t gotten Jen Kirkman’s latest release Hail To the Freaks, check out some of reviews of at Punchline Magazine and Comedy Nerds United, not mention realize it’s a comedy album that made the Billboard charts. Why don’t you just do yourself a favor and go ahead and pick it up.

3) The Morning After Podcast with Jake Weisman and Eli Olsberg outside of Digital Underground’s Top Guns XXX Release Party

4) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 6/12-6/18. Thanks Wisepix.

5)

Not to discourage anyone from doing open mics, but sometimes you to just power through it, no matter what’s happening. This picture above of hilarious comedienne Barbara Gray was taken during a live show at the Downtown LA Artwalk on Thurs. Here’s a recap from last night from another open mic, iCandy, that takes place in Long Beach every Friday that had the type of heckler that starts another show while the first show is still happening.

5) If you haven’t checked out any clips for the upcoming Comedy Central series “Jon Benjamin Has A Van”, you can now thank the Comedy Bureau later.

Jon Benjamin Has a VanSpring 2011Preview – You Can’t Shoot Here www.comedycentral.com Comedy Central TV Shows Comedy Videos

6) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” this week to Tony Sam! Look for profile/article later today.

8) ON THE HORIZON
Jackie Kashian’s Dork Forest @ Nerdist Theater Thurs. July 7th 8PM $10
Jamie Kilstein @ Steve Allen Theater Mon. July 18th 8PM $10

9) COMEDY CRAWL
Space Boners @ Silverlake Lounge 7PM FREE
Conan O’Brien Writers Live @ iO West 7PM $25
North Star Comedy Hour & Meat Raffle @ Michael Woolson Studio 8PM FREE
Hand Schucked @ Moving Arts Theater 8PM FREE
The Anytime Show w/Dominic Dierkes @ Underground Annex Theater 8PM $5
Del Close Lifetime Achievement Award: Jeffrey Tambor @ iO West 8PM $25
Magic Bag @ Underground Annex Theater 8PM $5
Pop & Politics w/Jimmy Dore @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Re-Animator @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Michael Rayner @ Flappers Claremont 8PM $15/2 item min.
Sappity Tappity: A Drunken Romp Through Liquor Forest @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
Chris Farley Award: Adam Scott @ iO West 10PM $25
Truth or Dare @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
LAICF Harold Competition Championship @ iO West 11PM $10
Tomorrow Show w/Lynch, Small, and Anton @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-up (lottery) 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/no purchase necessary/4 min.

11) So I’m going up tonight in a place accessible only by alley in Garden Grove. I’m not worried so much about being mugged as what I’m supposed to relate to people that frequently walk to their homes via alley ways.

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Tony Sam-Tip of the Hat 6/11/11

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The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” this week to TONY SAM.

Any person involved in comedy that has respect for comedy as an art form will tell you, if you so ask, that one of the most important things for a comedian, or any artist really, is a unique “voice”. There needs to be something distinguishing in the way a person is funny for them to be a truly great comedian.

The Puppy Calendar @ Comedy Carhole from Anthony Sam on Vimeo.

Tony Sam has “voice” in spades. One of the funniest people in the intensively competitive and crowded LA Comedy scene, Tony has managed to become of favorite of both audiences and comics with a brand of comedy that’s quirky, yet captivating. Through his stand-up, plethora of hysterical characters, and his actual physical voice, Sam leaves an indelible impression on anyone who sees and hears him perform. Tony’s actual voice is so unique, drastically wandering up and down in frequency, that he makes some of the most unique characters such as Electroface and Reverend Boone Turde that are exceptionally hilarious and absolutely unforgettable.

The Reverend Boone Turde from Anthony Sam on Vimeo.

Tony’s most recent character, a Fun Police Officer, has been simply amazing, even though I’ve seen on five separate occasions. He starts off, dressed as a police officer, walking in from off stage, “Well, well, well…. well, well, well, well, well…. WELL, WELL, well, well… Anybody know why I pulled this show over? I clocked ya doing boring!”

Truly, Tony Sam is part a new surge in comedy that presents the art form of comedy and where it can possibly can go. Whether as one of his incredibly original characters (he even has one where he’s a country singer with a shark for an arm), just himself doing stand-up, or in a sketch or improv, Tony is deftly and skillfully pushing the bounds of comedy while managing to have crowds rolling in laughter.

As a result, Tony not only frequently performs around LA at some of the city’s best show, but has his own stellar show, Persona!, a character based comedy show, which has gotten stellar reviews from Punchline Magazine as well as here at the Comedy Bureau. Taking place every month, Sam has himself and several of LA’s best comedians and they only perform as characters, which has made for quite a hit amongst a sea of fantastic comedy line-ups every night in Los Angeles.

Sam is also the head editor and writer/contributor at HahaJK.com, which, in short, is news the way you would want to hear it. Daily, Sam posts news stories that are based on real news, but are funny just the way you would really want.

As of this week, Tony will be performing at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Chicago this Tuesday and later this month he’ll be having his fantastic Persona! on June 30th at the Hollywood Improv Lab. If that’s not enough for Tony for you, you can follow him on Twitter @toekneesam and check his website tonysam.com. Really, any chance you get to catch Tony Sam and his many “voices” on stage should not be missed.

robchristensen:

Look how gangsterific this flier is! This is a week away! Featuring the three comics who are responsible for every spot I get Sean Green, Colby Dant and Michael Q!

I’m hoping at least 4 ex-girlfriends will show up. That alone is worth coming for.

Wait, you said a bald eagle descending in the dusk clutching a wolf head in its talons?!?! WELL she-e-e-e-it, NEGRO, THAT’S ALL YOU HAD TO SAY!!!!!!!

Blam! Blam! Blam! Tuesday at 9PM! THE RBAR in KoreaTown. FOR FREE.

don’t sleep on this. we are a factory of dreams and a memory making assembly line.

April Richardson, Chris Thayer, Matt Dwyer, Emily Maya Mills, Vance Sanders, Brent Weinbach, Eric Andre, Charlyne Yi, Jon Daly, David Huntsberger, Michael Driggs, Matt Manser. You will enjoy this. Man I wish BLACK UHURU was right now to back me up with ROOTS, mon!!!

Morning Debriefing 6/12/11

1) WHAT WENT VIRAL: A girl crying about cats while making a dating profile video. WHAT NEEDS TO GO VIRAL: a remix of a girl crying about cats while making a dating profile video by sketch group Women Comedy.

2) The Hollywood Fringe Festival is already under way with several comedy events that are on the “fringe”, but if you want to submit for next year, you can now, according to their guide for this year, go here and post about it.

3) Comedy Store paid regular Jerrod Carmichael has been on Twitter for awhile, but he’s only now starting to share his brilliant humor with the microblogging world, @NotoriousRod as he live tweets his niece’s dance recital.

4) Hilarious Atom.com webseries Kid Farm w/Pete Holmes finally has another episode!!! (that would be your cue to click the link or press the play button below)

Kid Farm Channel
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5) The Flaming C/Conan is calling out for fan art!!!

6) Garfunkel & Oates have a new song! “My Apartment’s Very Clean Without You”. Great way to start off a nostalgic Sunday

7) Below is a clip of Louis CK doing a 3 minute set in 1987. He’s doing dolphin jokes. There’s hints of what he does now, but only hints. It’s now 2011 and some of his best material is about his two daughters. To anyone thinking wondering about development as an artist as a comedian, well, here’s a perfect example of how drastic it can be.

8) Tip of the Hat Article/Profile-Tony Sam

9) COMEDY CRAWL
Jeff Garlin-No Sugar Added @ UCB Theatre 6PM $5
LA Indie Improv Tournament @ Impro Theatre 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
8 Ball Stand Presents the Niche Players @ Westwood Brewco 7:30PM FREE
Re-Animator @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
French Toast @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Power Violence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly w/Jim Bruce @ iO West 9PM $5
The Charlyne Yi Show @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Respect the Danger of Knives Presents @ Chatterbox 9PM FREE

10) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
NERDIST THEATRE 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (back room of Meltdown Comics)/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/lottery/30 spots available/no purchase necessary
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
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/bottled water and coffee available

11) Last night I did 20 minutes that I would best describe as mostly nonsense riffing with a strong start and finish that I would most likely want to delete off of my phone’s voice recorder. Yet, a real person (not a comic) came up to me and thanked me for making him laugh. Despite what I thought, I didn’t correct him because, really, he’s right.

12) Special thanks to Jordan Brady for the shout out on Twitter this morning. Please follow him at @IAmComicMovie (oh yeah, did I mentioned he directed I Am Comic?)

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Comedy Central Bonnaroo webcast in a few minutes! Get ready!

Comedy Central Bonnaroo webcast in a few minutes! Get ready!

somuchfunithurts:

Amy Poehler on WTF Podcast

somuchfunithurts:

Man Alone: Louis C.K.’s tribute to truth | The New Yorker

whatsuptigerlily:

Two fantasic people just added to Tiger Lily Monday June 13th

The always awesome

DEMETRI MARTIN !

&

He has something special planned and we adore him

BRETT GELMAN!

So come on down and laugh it up along with : DANA GOULD, MATT KIRSHEN, KUMAIL NANJIANI, PETE HOLMES, BARBARA GRAY, ERIC DADOURIAN,GIULIA ROZZI, MR. GOODNIGHT + more

MONDAY June 13th @ 8pm
HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL
6122 SUNSET BLVD

Free Parking! Free Show! Woo Hoo!

whatsuptigerlily:

Tiger Lily is going to be pretty awesome, a not to be missed night!

Just added

VICTOR VARNADO!

Super funny NY comedian you have seen on Jimmy Kimmel and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, star/director of the Awkward Comedy Show that premiered on Comedy Central last year, as well as the director of the highly anticipated Tell Your Friends Concert Film

So Whatcha Waiting for? See ya Monday @ 8pm

WHAT’S UP TIGER LILY?
HOLLYWOOD STUDIO BAR & GRILL
6122 SUNSET BLVD