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Pick of the Day: 15th Annual 50 First Jokes *RESCHEDULED* (in NYC) 2/18
January 11, 2022
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Well, we had already highlighted NYC’s 50 First Jokes for 2022 as a #pickoftheday already, but that was when it was set for this month right as the year had started. Well, The Bell House had scheduled it before it knew how Omicron would overtake the world and spark a whole new series of outbreaks that would force the good majority of live comedy to go dark for most of December 2021 and January 2022.

Unlike some other shows that were slated for Jan. 2022 and opted to cancel altogether, 50 First Jokes is still happening, but will be doing so for the first time in its storied history in February, specifically on Fri. Feb. 18th at 8PM ET at The Bell House. That will very likely mean that everyone’s “first” joke(s) of 2022 will be much sharper than if they had only gotten a week to work on it (even though it’s a perennial good time).

Thankfully, the host is still John F. O’Donnell and the line-up is still stacked with NYC Comedy’s best and brightest including: Alison Leiby, Anthony Devito, Chanel Ali, Charlie Bardey, Devon Walker, Dina Hashem, Emmy Blotnick, George Civeris, Kate Willett, Kenice Mobley, Martin Urbano, Max Wittert, Petey DeAbreu, Rojo Perez, Sam Taggart, Shalewa Sharpe, Sonia Denis, and Tom Thakkar. More TBA!

Tickets are still available at $15 and hopefully, Omicron will have subsided enough so that we won’t have to write about this being rescheduled again. Oh yeah, it should go without saying at this point in the pandemic that proof of vaccination is required for entry.

Go snag tickets here.

R.I.P. Bob Saget, 1956-2022 (and our very nice, little run-in with him)
January 10, 2022
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By this point, you’ve read plenty about the accomplishments and exploits of star comedian, Full House’s Danny Tanner, and the original America’s Funniest Home Videos host, Bob Saget.

Saget sadly passed away this weekend, though, thankfully, no complications from drug abuse or foul play are suspected. Whether they were close to him or simply just fans or even just people he was nice to, people are memorializing him and notably mentioning his kindness.

In fact, his real, in-person kindness would almost subvert how blue he was on stage.

When we had just begun in comedy in what seems like an entirely different era (12 years ago), we had no idea what a “bringer show” was and had been roped into doing one that was being produced by a third party at The Comedy Store. We didn’t know that the show was going to have over 20 comics on the show and that there were going to place you on the line-up based on how many people you brought. A friend of ours brought 6 friends and they kept his group hostage for the whole show (otherwise, a third of the audience might have wisely left after an hour or so). It was the sort of hard lesson that one has to go through to learn it.

That said, a bright spot on the evening was the presence of Bob Saget who  just happened to be hanging out in and out of the hallways of The Store. It’s not uncommon for someone of Saget’s fame to just drop in at any of the shows there, but he treated any of the oversized line-up of comics in the green room with basic decency and respect, which many a comedy podcast about hell gigs will tell you is often not the case.

On top of that, he didn’t do a long set, which is seemingly perfunctory for big time drop-ins on a comedy show these days. The show already had far too many comedians doing at least 3 minutes and tiring out the audience half way through and he just did a nice, tight set, maybe just 5-7 minutes, and then graciously exited.

There are an egregious amount of things in comedy, especially in those first few years, that make you question your desire to do it and your faith in yourself to keep going night after night. Bob Saget’s being kind at a time and place when it would seem he didn’t have to be was a nice break from the worst of those comedy salad days.

So, may Bob rest in peace at 66.

Pick of the Day: Jes Tom: Less Lonely (in NYC) 2/12
January 10, 2022
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We put Jes on our 100 Best Things in Comedy of 2021 We Were Witness To in No Particular Order and, thusly, you shouldn’t miss out on any chance to see them. Their current hour is a pristine work of stand-up that’s so timely coming from Jes as one of the funniest people around who happens to be non-binary, yet so universal in its finding connection and love at this time and place that very much feel like the end of all things.

Jes’ hour Less Lonely is playing at Brooklyn’s Union Hall right before Valentine’s Day on Sat. Feb. 12th at 7:30PM ET at Union Hall. Please go get your tickets now and we can hope that Omicron will have died way down by then.

Wes Anderson’s Next Film Will Be Adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story Henry Sugar & Six More
January 7, 2022
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(via Deadline)

The charming anthology-ish movie The French Dispatch and its winding and intertwined stories seems to have set the new path for Wes Anderson. Anderson has just signed on to adapt Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More, a collection of short stories from the iconic Dahl, some of which are autobiographical.

Not only will be there a few stories that Wes will be adapting from the book, but the titular story feels particularly at home in oeuvre of Wes Anderson. That particular tale follows Sugar gaining the knowledge of some sort of clairvoyance from stealing a mystical book, winning fortune from gambling, becoming aghast at the concept of money, attempting to give those to more unfortunate, but then having to deal with certain organized criminal elements that he won his money from. We can see all the symmetry and the nuanced precision and specificity of Anderson’s screwball comedy sensibilities in a story such as that one and we can’t wait to see how he brings Henry Sugar (and whatever other stories he chooses) to life. We’ve already been treated to the Anderson treatment of a Dahl story with the stop motion animation adaptation of The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Perhaps The Boy Who Talked to Animals and Lucky Break will be the other stories? Those seem the most Anderson-ish as well.

Reportedly, Benedict Cumberbatch will play Sugar and this is part of Netflix’s goal of developing projects from The Roald Dahl Story Company, so you’ll be able to stream it (in case going to the movie theater is going to be a precarious activity from now on).

Pick of the Day: Varietopia with Paul F. Tompkins (in LA) 3/6
January 7, 2022
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Paul F. Tompkins‘ shows, wherever they may be and whatever wonderfully semi-improvised format he’s doing, have always been hot tickets here in LA and his first 2022 show on Sun. Mar. 6th is no exception. Paul originally had an in-person Varietopia lined-up for this Sunday at the Highland Park’s lovely Lodge Room, but, as with most every other comedy show right now, it has gotten postponed to the aforementioned 3/6 date.

As the race begins to reschedule all the shows and happenings that were lined-up for Jan. 2022, the race to snag up tickets for them has also started and, in some cases, gone at a full tilt sprint.

The late show is already sold out, but there are tickets for the early 5:30PM PT show. It’s a Sunday, so hopefully it won’t be too hard for you to swing a show happening around then, but trust that the everlasting hilariousness of Tompkins is worth it. Tickets are $20 and we hope it’s not sold out before you try to buy some right here.

Andrew Sleighter Delivers the First Stand Up Set (on TV) for 2022
January 6, 2022
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At the dawn of 2021, the prospect of late night was much different, well, actually, slightly different than it is now. Most shows didn’t have a live audience and there was a good majority reliance on doing interviews via Zoom or some other teleconferencing platform. While Fallon and Seth Meyers both caught COVID-19 in the last few weeks, late night is pushing forward somewhat as it once did, featuring stand-up comedians doing short sets included.

The slickly funny Andrew Sleighter starts off stand-up comedy for 2022 with their first televised set and, unlike in 2021, it’s not on a boat or on a rooftop, but on a big, fancy soundstage with a live audience. Omicron is refueling the pandemic, which we’re very much still in, but Sleighter gives a great take on his quarantine epiphany: millennials’ horrid financial health compared to their actual health.

Give Sleighter’s/2022’s first set a watch on The Late Late Show with James Corden here.

Pick of the Day: Clown Zoo (in LA) 1/12 (@ Old LA Zoo) 1/29 (@ Elysian)
January 6, 2022
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This first week of 2022 has been greeted with daily cancellations and postponements of all things of all shapes and sizes. So, we’re doing our darnedest to find what to look forward to in the coming weeks (that hopefully doesn’t get canceled or postponed either).

Clown Zoo, the outdoor comedy juggernaut (made our 100 best list again), faithfully served the LA area on Wednesday afternoons to provide one of the most fun, ridiculous live shows of this whole pandemic. The abandon and chaos with which they do an outdoor, traditional mask show is one of the surefire comedy bets we can always count on. They (and by they, we mean Natalie Palamides, Courtney Pauroso, Corey Podell, Chad Damiani, Christina Catherine Martinez, Max Baumgarten, Ian Bratschie, Juzo Yoshida, Bill O’Neill, and musical accompaniment by Jim Venable) are making a triumphant return for 2022 this month!

On Wed. Jan. 12th at their coveted time of 12:30PM PT, Clown Zoo will reconvene for their standing weekly show at the Old LA Zoo in Griffith Park (still outdoors and still socially distanced) and, as a new and thrilling entry in 2022, the Clown Zoo bunch will be going indoors at The Elysian for a monthly show starting Sat. Jan. 29th at 8PM PT (proof of vaccination and masks required).

The Wednesday show is still FREE, but you can (and very, very much should) snag your tickets for Clown Zoo Presents for $20 right here right now before they very likely sell out.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 93: Joel Mandelkorn & Oof, It’s 2022
January 5, 2022
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It’s technically a new year even though 2020 feels like it’s still happening. So much live comedy has already gone dark at the top of the year making the rest of 2022 feel uncertain to say the least.

That said, there was a bunch of great comedy things in happened in 2021 as captured in our actual-end-of-year list. We have Joel Mandelkorn, indie comedy producer extraordinaire, as one of the best authorities on the happenings in comedy, in for this week’s TCB Field Report to scratch the surface of what was great in comedy last year and break down what’s there to look forward to, if anything, in 2022 comedy. Also, RIP Betty White and John Bowman.

The 100 Best Things in Comedy We Were Witness To in No Particular Order

Follow Joel @cleftclips on Twitter and IG and listen to Haunt the Johnsons on Audible.

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Pick of the Day: Justin Elizabeth Sayre: Assorted Fruit (in NYC) 2/20
January 5, 2022
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While The Grammys just got shuddered again by COVID-19, it’s very likely that you’ll still be able to enjoy the whimsically refined comedic stylings of Justin Elizabeth Sayre. They’ve been one of our favorite folks to weave something equally bewitching and hilarious ever since we chanced upon catching them at UnCabaret years ago.

So, they’ll be at the helm of NYC”s latest queer variety show called Assorted Fruit! that we trust that Justin will curate with masterful taste. It’ll live at the beloved Joe’s Pub @ Public Theater in NYC and start off on Sun. Feb. 20th at 9:30PM ET with the queer splendor of Charlene Incarnate, Jon-Michael Reese, and more.

Tickets are $25 and you really ought to go get them here. Please note that proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or negative COVID-19 test no older than 72 hours are required.

Pick of the Day: UnCabaret (on Zoom) 1/9
January 4, 2022
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Welp, it’s another week (or few weeks more like it) of many live, in-person comedy shows going dark due to the current COVID-19 surge that will no doubt be bolstered by Christmas and NYE.

Thus, it’s a great time to remind you all that virtual comedy didn’t complete die out even though you very well might have checked out from it over a year ago. Also, there are a handful of folks that really figured out and managed to curate a great show on Zoom. One such show has been and still is legendary alt comedy show, UnCabaret. They’ve been doing a virtual edition of their show for a long stretch of the pandemic then opted to alternate between in-person and virtual when creator/host Beth Lapides took to the stage once more in 2021.

So, if you’re looking for some live comedy to look forward to that’s definitely happening and won’t risk your health with getting infecting with the Delta or Omicron variants of COVID-19, look no further than this Sun. Jan. 9th at 7:30PM PT for the latest virtual edition that will feature the likes of Julia Sweeney, Erin Foley, Jen Kirkman, Judy Gold, Justin Sayre and Jamie Bridgers as well as Beth and UnCabaret’s band leader, Mitch Kaplan, and their very tight house band.

RSVP for this Sunday here; admission is free, but they do take donations.

Pick of the Day: Dina Martina: Chariots of Failure (in LA) 1/27-2/6
January 3, 2022
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We made it to 2022, somehow, and, though we’re still in the turbulence of 2021 and 2020, there are things to look forward to that will kick this year off with a proper bang (tentatively). One of those things is the return of Dina Martina to Silverlake’s Cavern Club Celebrity Theater (attached to Casita Del Campo).

Dina is an otherworldly drag performer and something that will jolt your senses in a hysterically devil-may-care way as the self-styled “Second Lady of Entertainment”. The song and dance and ensemble of Martina are simultaneously subversive, surreal, and just downright hysterical and something that we dearly missed for the last two years (at least).

Dina will be doing a run of Chariots of Failure from Thurs-Sun. from Jan. 27th to Feb. 6th. Tickets are $33.85 and are selling out quick. Go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Everything is Terrible! (in LA & NYC) 2/3 & 2/26
December 31, 2021
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The last two years have been some of the worst on record for everyone alive right now (if they are not actually, in fact, the very worst). The hours are ticking away in America to greet 2022 and the normal sort of routine fanfare that comes with New Year’s Eve is, at this point, unsurprisingly not at the fever pitch that it has been in, perhaps, 2014.

With that in mind, perhaps the thing to look forward to is video and performance art collective Everything Is Terrible! going on tour with slicing, dicing, and mashing up all the weirdest bits of DVD and VHS ephemera they could possible find into a hilarious, mind-bending, absurdist dream scape. This specific outing by EIT, The Kidz Klub Tour, will be grinding up the best of media from decades past that was engineered for kids, but has not aged all that well.

Also, above everything else, isn’t it fitting to look forward to something called Everything Is Terrible (though rest assured the show will be an amazing trip fantastic through the overlooked nostalgia of our youth and not literally terrible). EIT will be stopping through both LA and NYC this February (so, it’ll likely still happen).

Everything Is Terrible’s The Kidz Klub Tour will hit the Lodge Room in LA on Thurs. Feb. 3rd at 8PM PT with tickets for $22 and the Bell House on Sat. Feb. 26th at 7:30PM ET & 10:30PM ET with tickets for $20 a pop. Go get them now while everything still feels terrible and make yourself, consequently, feel a little less terrible.

R.I.P. Betty White, 1922-2021
December 31, 2021
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The Golden Girls, Hot in Cleveland, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show only scratch the surface of Betty White’s long and storied career in comedy and television. Of course, from those three shows alone she has gained an iconic status in the U.S. and abroad for her subversively wholesome appeal.

It was that appeal that saw her become one of the most sought after game show panelists, rise from the ranks of radio as an 8 year old to being beloved on TV for decades upon decades, and even become an honorary mayor of Hollywood. In fact, she has the distinction of holding the Guinness World Record for Longest Television Career by a Female Entertainer. To say that she paved the way for so many women that came after her on stage and screen, might be underscoring her importance to the history of entertainment.

Today, Betty White passed away, just before 2022 arrived, at the age of 99. Take some time to revisit her vast filmography. Her legacy is beyond well intact and should remain that way, especially as the popularity of The Golden Girls lives on with new generations, especially queer ones, a la The Golden Girlz.

Pick of the Day: Dylan Adler: Hit That Track (in NYC) 2/18
December 30, 2021
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We might have told you before (and we will definitely tell you again in our best 100 year end list) that Dylan Adler is one of the funniest people that we got to see for the very first time in 2021. His vulnerable, personal, dark, physical (and often musical) comedy had us doubled over when we first saw it on a rooftop in DTLA earlier this year and it’s imperative to us that you go catch Dylan wherever he’s playing. Thankfully, for New Yorkers, that’s all over town all the time (and perhaps in LA in January).

Adler is actually doing his very own full length show that is a treat that no one in around the NYC’s LES should miss. Hit That Track will have Dylan headline Caveat on Feb. 18th at 7PM ET (so, hopefully that’s far enough from the reaches of this recent COVID-19 surge) and tickets are only $15.

Go get them right here right now and enjoy looking forward to something in mid February rather than worry about Valentine’s Day.

SF Sketchfest 2022 Postponed Due to COVID-19 Surge
December 30, 2021
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Over the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen and heard about live shows, performance venues, and awards shows canceling or postponing due to this most recent surge of the Omicron and Delta variants of COVID-19. There have been outbreaks not only amongst live comedy all across the country, but nearly all of live performance has been severely affected and has temporarily gone dark as a result.

SF Sketchfest always happens in January, which puts this festival, one of the biggest comedy festivals in the entire world, in potential reach of this latest surge in COVID-19 cases. Without any sort of advance knowledge of when numbers will trend down to safe-ish levels, the organizers of SF Sketchfest posted their postponement announcement just a few hours ago.

We have no doubt that this was a tough decision as SF Sketchfest had to got to a virtual one-day festival for 2021 and was geared up for an exciting three weeks of finally getting to be back in person and having the hundreds of shows and thousands of comedians performing for multitudes of audiences in and throughout the Greater SF Area.

SF Sketchfest founders Cole Stratton, David Owen and Janet Varney aim to maintain as much of this current line-up as possible and are looking for dates in the (hopefully) not so distant future. Stay tuned @sfsketchfest on Twitter and @sf_sketchfest on IG for further updates.

2022 Festival Update: pic.twitter.com/3BL2Ct6iLW

— SF Sketchfest (@SFSketchfest) December 30, 2021

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 92: Sam Varela & 2022 Electric COVID-loo
December 29, 2021
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As 2022 approaches, there’s a lot on the horizon, despite everything in live performance going dark for a few weeks at least, if not several. Thankfully, Sam Varela, one of the best people in comedy, joins again to not only break down the situation that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has brought to comedy, but highlight the ongoing importance of her virtual stand-up show, Self-Care Comedy, that has been going weekly for almost a year and still has strong regular audience as well as that there is no going back to any sort of element of 2019 ever again. For whatever we have to look forward to in 2022 with the pandemic still well in place, Sam and TCB’s Jake Kroeger attempt to see what’s ahead (and talk a lot about Adam McKay’s brilliant Don’t Look Up in the process).

Also, hot takes on the boycott of Licorice Pizza, Joe Rogan postponing a 4/20 show because he doesn’t want to obey any vaccine mandates, and more (including world politics and astrophysics even though this is a comedy podcast).

Follow Sam @naked_comedy on Twitter & @nakedcomedy on IG and please get tickets to Ever’s The Tops! top surgery fundraiser on 1/7 @ The Elysian. Stay tuned to Self-Care Comedy every Tuesday at 7PM PT/10PM ET here.

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Pick of the Day: Tinder Live! with Lane Moore (Livestream) 12/30
December 29, 2021
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As cases of COVID-19 are still on the rise once more from both the Omicron and Delta variants, the air of caution that you might have had months ago pervades every moment again. Thus, you are likely thinking twice or thrice about doing certain things that had you gather with folks indoors (hopefully vaccinated and masked).

So, virtual comedy, though out might have thought it died out, is still around (that’s a pretty good thing, no?) and luckily, the amazing Lane Moore is going virtual for her latest Tinder Live (the smash hit improvised comedy experience where Lane and choice panelists go through Lane’s Tinder profile and matches and have nothing but chaotic fun) over at Moment House this Thurs. Dec. 30th at 6PM PT/9PM ET.

Tinder Live! f*ck this f*cking virus is not only set for a fun night in on New Year’s Eve Eve, but will be available for replay for 72 hours after it streams. Tickets are $20 (and $60 if you want some rad merch from Lane). Go get your tickets right now so you won’t have to worry about whether you should go out or not.

This Teaser Atlanta Season 3 Is Slightly Less Mysterious Than the Last One
December 28, 2021
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Part of the allure of Atlanta is never knowing quite what to expect. The very DNA of the show defies having any sort of formula or tone or main character and has made some of the best television this side of the millennium.

So, with a highly anticipated, long awaited season 3, we’re all beset with the conundrum of wanting any sort of details on what lies ahead for Paper Boi and Earn’s trip to Europe, but knowing full well that there’s way more to this season than a rising star rapper having their first European tour as shown with the very first teaser of this season.

All that said, here’s a bit less of a cryptic look at this season here. Oh yeah, the wait for new Atlanta will be over on Mar. 24th.

Pick of the Day: Stamptown (in NYC) 1/27 & 1/29
December 28, 2021
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We’re not quite back at March 2020 in terms of live comedy being completely shut down, but there is a dreadful similarity to this week and the last couple, no?

To remedy that, let’s look further into the future for things that we were so glad that are back when lockdown lifted and will be thrilled to see once more (hopefully) in a few more weeks. Those include such things as one of comedy’s wildest shows, Stamptown. One of the only internationally traveling comedy showcases that rounds up clowns, sketch folks, stand-ups, musical comedians, and more genre defying comedic performers to do some of the wildest things anyone has seen on stage.

Currently, host/ringleader Zach Zucker/Jack Tucker is in the UK, but will be returning to NYC for two shows in January. Specifically, Stamptown will be at Union Hall on Thurs. Jan. 27th at 7:30PM ET & The Asylum NYC on Sat. Jan. 29th at 9:30PM ET. The line-ups aren’t announced yet, but you can rest assured that it will be jam packed with comedians you need to see as it has been for years.

Tickets are $20 a pop ($15 for Union Hall right now) and you can and should get them here and here respectively.

Pick of the Day: The Tops! A Top Surgery Fundraiser for Ever Mainard (in LA) 1/7
December 27, 2021
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The weird week between Christmas and NYE has begun and on top of there being little going on and the little that was going on getting canceled due to Omicron, one has to wonder if there’s any hope to bring into 2022.

Well, one thing you could do is bring hope to the hysterical Ever Mainard and their upcoming top surgery so they can fully realize themselves as the amazing non-binary person and splendid comedian that they are. They’ve got a massively stacked line-up for their The Tops! A Top Surgery Fundraiser for Ever Mainard slated for Fri. Jan. 7th at 8PM at The Elysian with the likes of:

  • Meg Stalter
  • Libbie Higgins
  • Nori Reed
  • Naomi Ekperigin
  • Solomon Georgio
  • Lindsay Adams
  • Danielle Perez
  • Silver Lake Icon, Tony Soto
  • Alysia Brown

Ever will be presiding over hosting duties and it should be a good time (fingers crossed that it still gets to happen). In any case, you should buy a ticket to support Ever (oh yeah, there will be a bake sale to boot) for $20 and you can do so right here right now.

The Only Holiday Greeting You’ll Ever Need from The Righteous Gemstones
December 25, 2021
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Jesse, Judy, and Kevin Gemstone do their holiday gift card better than anyone, no matter what holiday you observe during the holiday season. Please enjoy it and share it here.

Also, go binge both seasons of The Righteous Gemstones after you watch Elf, A Christmas Story, Die Hard, or whatever your holiday movie of choice is. It’s the way to get in our version of the holiday spirit.

 

Netflix’s The Standups Gives Its First Look of Season 3
December 23, 2021
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Naomi Ekperigin, Dusty Slay, Mark Normand, Melissa Villaseñor, Janelle James, and Brian Simpson make up for a well-rounded of class half-hour specials that Netflix is putting out as a way to roll into 2022. Luckily, Netflix just got these taped before Omicron took hold and all live stuff had to be put on hold for some minutes.

Who know what we’ll even look like on the other side of this particular variant of COVID-19, much less the other side of the pandemic, but we are very glad to see the likes of these six get to put out a tight new half-hour of material to a live, in-person audience. Truthfully, we’d rather see them all do an hour, but we’ll take what we can get. We have no doubt that they’ll all get to an hour if they want as they do, almost exclusively, kill it on stage.

We were fortunate enough to catch Naomi and Brian work on their particular half-hours and can confidently say that you’re in for something special and should make binging The Standups your big to-do on Dec. 29th when it streams on Netflix.

Get a taste of what’s to come with The Standups Season 3 trailer here.

Pick of the Day: NYE Mega Comedy Show 2022 (Live-stream) 12/31
December 23, 2021
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Welp, the normal big Bay Area NYE comedy bash put on by Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher won’t happen again in person because of Omicron, but, at the very least, it’ll still happen. Natasha and Moshe are opting to do it virtually and have yet another amazing line-up of some of the best comedians in the entire country.

You’ll actually, probably to ring in 2022 with more comedy fans than you would have gotten to if you were to see this in person.

This edition of NYE Mega Comedy Show will have:

Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite, Big Mouth)
Atsuko Okatsuka (TheLate Late Show)
Caleb Hearon(Variety’s Comics to Watch)
Natasha Leggero (Another Period, Endless Honeymoon Podcast)
Moshe Kasher (Netflix, Endless Honeymoon Podcast)
Andrew Michaan (Podcast But Outside, I Think You Should Leave)
Brent Weinbach (Gangster Party Line, Comedy Central)
You can get access to the livestream on YouTube for $15 and then be part of the VIP Zoom audience for $25, all done through Nowhere Comedy. The festivities begin at 8:30PM PT/11:30PM ET on Dec. 31st and they’ll do a countdown from CST. Get your tickets at tinyurl.com/2022megashow.

HBO Dedicating a Doc to Bob Einstein with “The Super Bob Einstein Movie”
December 22, 2021
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It would seem, right now, that perhaps HBO and Showtime are going toe-to-toe over in-depth comedy/comedy adjacent docs covering anything from Dick Gregory, Charlie Chaplin, The Comedy Store Cosby, Sesame Street, and more. It shouldn’t be any mystery that we are absolutely here for as many comedy docs as the two premium cablers want to make.

Cue in this latest Bob Einstein documentary at HBO Max.

Physical comedy, especially the sort cut from the cloth of Jackass, might not be the same without Bob Einstein. More famously known as Super Dave Osborne, the always-in-over-his-head daredevil, or Marty Funkhouser on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Einstein’s stature and outlandishness left his stamp on comedy and made him beloved, especially some of the most iconic figures in comedy (even while his brother Albert Brooks had his very own gigantic legacy in comedy).

Thus, Larry David, David Letterman, Steve Martin, Jerry Seinfeld, Susie Essman, and many more came out of the wood work to take part in a documentary special dedicated to the life, times, and memory of Bob Einstein, The Super Bob Einstein Movie.

See what’s to come with the trailer here, then look for The Super Bob Einstein Movie on HBO Max on Tues. Dec. 28th at 9PM on HBO Max.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 91: Rebecca Drysdale & Changing with Change
December 22, 2021
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Rebecca Drysdale has not only been one of the best all around comedy folks that we know with writing on Key & Peele and having the longest running UCB Cagematch record with Hebecky Drysbell (partnered with Heather Anne Campbell), but is the founder of the magical DIY-as-can-be comedy venue The Clubhouse, which has thankfully survived to this side of the pandemic (and will need your help to continue to survive on this Kickstarter). She joins in with Jake Kroeger and TCB Field Report this week to talk how doing punch up for superheroes was her salvation after having one of the Tonight Show’s shortest stints of being a head writer and getting into the nitty gritty philosophy of doing comedy as a career. It’s the sort of beautiful conversation where time just faded away.

Also “hot” takes on Lorne Michaels potentially retiring from SNL, Emmy rule changes for comedy and drama, and more.

Support the Clubhouse’s reopening Kickstarter ASAP here: kickstarter.com/projects/clubhouseisback/clubhouse-phoenix-rising and follow Rebecca @beckdrys on IG.

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

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