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.
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…
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
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.
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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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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.
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!!!
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)
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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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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 BLVDFree Parking! Free Show! Woo Hoo!
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
1) A few months ago, Joe Wengert’s character Mr. Girardi went viral with his speech about the misuse of the bulletin board at his frozen yogurt shop. Thanks to the very talented and funny Brandon Vaughn, we now have a pretty clear picture, actually a pretty fantastic one if you ask us… (watch the clip then look at the pic)
2) One of our favorite web series finally has a new episode: Anne Frankly (w/Jamie Lee and Shawn Pearlman)
3) Anthony Jeselnik is on Conan tonight. Watch or DVR or whatever you have to do to watch. 11PM/TBS.
4) Curtiss Angel, Criss Angel’s cousin… Thanks to Andre Hyland and his constant hilarity.
5) Usually, I’m tough on topical videos, but Bill Maher and Jane Lynch dramatic reading transcripts of Anthony Weiner’s posts is definitely Bureau Approved.
6) Marc Maron is doing a pilot. [via HuffPostComedy]
7) Conan O’Brien Commencement Speech at Dartmouth (yeah you’ve probably seen it somewhere else, but what are we going to do? Not post it?)
8) It’s been stirring up a lot of good buzz and we’re only giving a friendly reminder: Watch Jon Benjamin Has A Van on Comedy Central this Wed. and Thurs. 10:30PM.
10) COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Tony Clifton: The Movie @ The Egyptian 8PM FREE (e-mail talent@thecomedystore.net for free passes)
An Evening with Jeff Garlin @ Nerdist Theater (back room of Meltdown Comics) 8PM $10
Brunch @ The Park Restaurant 9PM FREE
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Stand Up Saloon @ Old Towne Pub 10:30PM FREE
Tulsa Skull Swingers @ Three Clubs (1123 Vine St., Hollywood, CA) 11PM
11) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 8PM/no purchase necessary/first come, first served
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 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided
12) There are so many comics in LA I’m beginning to think that we’re all “comic’s comics”.
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Comedy Bang Bang 108: Pussy CPR
Host Scott Aukerman “welcomes” Rob Corddry and Erinn Hayes from Children’s Hospital, and lil’ ol’ JAdo as American Apparel founder Dov Charney!
(As always, this and other podcasts are also available for download on iTunes — or whatever un-American, socialist podcast client you feel like using, Hugo Chavez!)
1) TJ Miller is going to be the lead in a movie! [via Hollywood Reporter]
2) Norm MacDonald’s Me Doing Standup
4) Tonight (if you don’t feel like going out to support live comedy) there’s Jeff Garlin making an appearance on Conan 11PM on TBS and the first night of the premiere of Jon Benjamin Has A Van 10:30PM on Comedy Central.
5) Independently produced Beer in the Shower has a new location starting tomorrow at Dreams Cafe (5625 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA). It’s still free it still has a hell of line-up with Kyle Kinane, James Adomian, Baron Vaughn, and more, AND it’s only a few blocks from the original location. Don’t miss out, tomorrow 9:30PM.
6) I got a chance to catch the Tulsa Skull Swingers composed of hilarious people in their own right: Craig Anton, Ron Lynch, Blaine Capatch, and Amit Itelman at 3 Clubs last night. Simply amazing. Imagine Link Wray retrofitted for a comedy variety show and you’ll start to get an idea… Stay tuned here at the Bureau for details about their next month.
7) Art and Slapstick Comedy: Josh Fadem and his pratfalls.
8) The 2 & 45 @ All Star Lanes on Mon. July 18th at 8PM will feature Brandie Posey and Barbara Gray both doing 45 min. sets. This could very well be one of those “I saw them back when they were performing at a bowling alley in Eagle Rock” type of moments.
10) COMEDY CRAWL
Performance Anxiety @ The Pleasure Chest 8PM $7
Drunk on Stage @ Akbar 8PM $5
Comedy Night @ Hamburger Mary’s West Hollywood (w/Drew Droege, Sharon Houston and more) 8PM FREE
The Mixer @ The Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $6
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck! @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Public School Show @ M Bar 9PM FREE/$10 min.
Jeff Garlin @ Second City Hollywood 9PM FREE
Blamblamblam!!! @ R-Bar 9:30PM FREE
11) OPEN MIC RUN
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/6 min./first come, first served/no purchase necessary
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
IRON GIANT OPEN MIC @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/mixed mic/no purchase neccesary
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/$4 min.
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
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 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided
12) So, the funniest things I’ve said in 2011 have been “These are the times when I want a bucket of chicken to throw at people I hate,” and “I write about comedy and I suck at it.” OK everyone, I get the message.
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Jon Benjamin’s Funny Or Die Twitter Takeover
Jon Benjamin is prepared to take over Funny Or Die’s Twitter and answer your questions at 2 p.m. PST. Are you ready for him?
Darkwing & Negaduck. Good & Evil. Peanut Butter & Jelly. East & West. When Harry Met Sally. Big Trouble In Little China. A League Of Their Own.
Barbara Gray & Brandie Posey.
Hosted by Erin Lampart!
Babsy & I are busting out headlining sets at the BEST dive bar/bowling alley in Los Angeles on Monday 7/18 – and it’s FREE! Click the flier for the facebook event & RSVP that shit!
All Star Lanes
4459 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Eagle Rock, CA
Monday 7/18
8PM
FREE
