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Maria Bamford’s “Special Special Special” Was Really Performed in Her Living Room with Her Parents and Now Available

If you had any doubts about Maria Bamford doing a stand-up special in her living room with her lovely parents, of which she does voices of to them, (along with Wayne Federman on keyboard,  Jackie Kashian introducing, and, a source tell us, Jordan Brady, director of ‘I Am Comic’) in attendance, well, look no further than this trailer for “The Special Special Special”.

After that, do what you were already planning to do and buy it for $5 and watch it to cope with the stresses of not knowing what to get anybody for Christmas/being too poor to Christmas shop/etc.

On Conan, Marc Maron Says He Does His Best to Have Fun on Vacation

Marc Maron continued his record setting number of appearances on Conan last night by telling his wonderful story of trying to have a good vacation with his girlfriend at an island timeshare; the key word being “trying”.

Here are parts one and parts two.

If You Have to Go on a Hollywood Star Tour, Go with Jesse Miller/Andre Hyland

No tour guide that offer you a drive to the homes of celebrities will actually go knock on the door and then talk to the gardener unless that tour guide is “management mogul" Jesse Miller (played by the hysterical Andre Hyland). Watch him do exactly that and more like trying to crash the Playboy Mansion.

Henry Phillips’ Henry’s Kitchen Has Lost Episodes

Though it would seem one of our favorite web series of all time, Henry’s Kitchen, had ended in a blaze of glory, there are now lost, now found, episodes for us to enjoy the most bizarre cooking show/therapy session ever.

Check out this latest one on how to make “Holiday Potatoes”.

Funny or Die’s Adam McKay & Owen Burke Have a New Podcast

Earwolf keeps building their podcast empire with this latest addition, “Owen & TJ Read the News” with Adam McKay and Owen Burke. It’s up to you to think if this is a sign that there are too many podcasts and more coming everyday or that this medium is well on its way to something much bigger.

Trailer for Season 2 of ‘Girls’ on HBO

While you’re waiting for Jan. 13, 2013 to roll around (season 2 of Girls’ premiere date), here’s the trailer for new season of Girls to keep you going until then. 

Dan Harmon Has Powerpoint Fun at XOXO Festival

Dan Harmon was asked to be the keynote speaker at the XOXO Festival, a festival focused on “disruptive creativity”, and he started off by admitting that he looked up the definition of the word ‘keynote’ as well as putting together a powerpoint presentation of the likes that only Dan Harmon could only think of and execute perfectly. 

Watch this, be amazed and have a laugh, and then, think to yourself who would have thought that the cashier in this sandwich franchise training video would the guy in the video embedded above later in life?

This Trailer for ‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III’ Makes a Good Case to Watch a Movie with Charlie Sheen

Based off the trailer, along with Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, and Aubrey Plaza co-starring and Roman Coppola writing and directing who has worked on several Wes Anderson movies, we kind of do want to see “A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III” starring Charlie Sheen.

Everything Is Terrible Is Going on a Holiday Tour Across the Country

Masters of found footage and supercuts, Everything Is Terrible, are simultaneously putting together a holiday show and touring around the U.S. Stopping by San Francisco, Denver, Portland, Boise, Phoenix, Montreal, NYC, Boston, Pittsburgh, Nashville, and much more. Some of the weirdest Christmas movies all mashed together for anything but 24 hours of “A Christmas Story” on TBS.

Here’s a preview and then a place where you can look the city they’re coming to nearest to you and buy tickets.

A Note on a Lot of Things Ending in LA Comedy

Comedy Bang Bang has ended their live weekly run at UCB Theatre in LA. 

The Bang Theater on Fairfax has closed.

The Hollywood Improv Lab has closed.

The stage at Red Rock on the Sunset Strip is closing.

The Little Modern Theater is closing later this month.

Times like these where there are empty spaces in such a crowded place like LA comedy are fascinating. Plenty of things are coming to an end just as, undoubtedly, shows and venues will start up. This by no means is signifying the end of an era as the comedy scene in Los Angeles is as vibrant as ever with a virtual comedy festival every night.

We don’t have any details or ideas as to what will specifically happen, but comedians want to perform and now have the opportunity to start something without having to promote against something more established. These are the times when people in comedy, who years from now will be having specials whether they’ll be on TV, the Internet, or theaters, are starting something or expanding something they’ve already started into bigger and greater things. 

Already, Holy Fuck celebrated three years of running, Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail has celebrated two years since going weekly, and they all have much bigger things in store according to our sources.

In short, as we have always maintained here at The Comedy Bureau, go out and see comedy live because you’ll see something hilarious and probably, in the long run, historic.

This Is Close to Our Hearts: James Adomian Plays Huell Howser for Funny or Die

If you’re a Southern California native, you’re hopefully familiar with the wonderfully bizarre world of Huell Howser, former host of California’s Gold (he just retired), person most excited about literally anything just because it exists. We’ve seen Howser interview people that sleep in the backyard of their house and sound like he just won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.

Whether you knew it or not, the hysterical James Adomian does an impression of him (imagine Howser watching Inception) and Funny or Die and director Payman Benz thankfully made some videos of him doing so.

Enjoy.

Aziz Ansari and Paul F. Tompkins Talk Stand-Up & Suits

Not enough is said by most dapper men in comedy about their attire. Luckily, Paul F. Tompkins’ Speakeasy web series brought fellow dapper comedian Aziz Ansari and Tompkins together to have a nice in-depth conversation about fancy wear, comics that don’t care, stand-up, and Aziz trying to replicate restaurant food.

Amazon Studios Looking for Scripts to Produce

Whether it be web series or movies, Amazon is now entering the realm of digital content and looking for something to start with and they’re putting money for it to the tune of $10,000 if selected for a development slate and more if you make it further.

Interested? Click around and read here.