Hell, or really anyone, hath no fury (because it would never think to come up with their own clothing line that shoe horns in the message that tragedy did happen in order to make up for inadvertently wearing a jacket from a company that honored someone that said that tragedy never happened) quite like Nathan Fielder.
Also, you can really get the jacket and really support Nathan’s cause here.
On Nov. 17th, Conan O’Brien’s trip to Armenia with his assistant Sona Movsesian will air as a special episode of Conan.
Get a taste of what shenanigans Conan pulled all the way in Armenia here.
As multicam sitcom adaptations of comedians’ lives were a thing of yesteryear, single camera adaptations of comedians lives with a bit more drama mixed in is where sitcoms as a genre are focused on, and rightfully so, right now.
Aziz Ansari’s upcoming series Master of None might be another example of why this sitcom trend keeps going as this trailer looks promising. Noel Wells as a co-star, cinematic look, and situations realistically drawn out from Aziz’s life (especially those dealing with his ethnicity and heritage) would seem to make for set of ingredients for something you’ll be binge watching soon.
Look for Master of None on Netflix on Nov. 6th.
(via Variety)
Well, that just might be the right amount of being “on the nose”.
As Trainwreck was a rom com for those tired of so many of the rom coms of decades past, perhaps Mother/Daughter starring Amy Schumer will be the Mother’s Day movie for those tired of a traditional Mother’s Day, yet still secretly wanting to recognize the importance of mothers.
While it’s definitely awhile from now and perhaps might be shifted in the next year, Mother/Daughter’s premiere date is on May 12th, 2017.
Casey Jane Ellison has managed to cleverly work in a fashion ad campaign into a fun web series where she deals with the inner dialogue between competing sides of her brain.
Called The Right & Left Brains of Casey Jane’s, she deals with her crazed life that she often brings on herself all while looking as fly as can be in BB Dakota clothing.
Looks like those Old Navy ads with Amy Poehler and Julia Louis-Dreyfus have some competition.
Jon Stewart is now a couple months out of being the host of The Daily Show and has found a great new balance in home life and writing.
CBS This Morning was chatting with his wife, Tracey Stewart, and ended up shooting the breeze with a very relaxed Jon leaning on the fence outlining their farm.
Watch how Stewart’s adjusted quite nicely after all those years of being a cultural focal point here.
(via Variety)
So, there will be a true story version and a based on a true story version of this movie.
Meet The Patels made a splash on the festival circuit as it was a documentary that had the makings of a cross-cultural, intercontinental romantic comedy. Now it’s going to be redone with a script by Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel, the folks behind and starring in the original documentary through Fox Searchlight.
We wonder if they’re going to make a behind-the-scenes featurette of the remake of what was essentially behind-the-scenes of arranged marriage.
When it comes to exploring the grotesque in cartoons, few have done it so well as John Kricfalusi, the man behind Ren and Stimpy.
So, naturally, scaring up the “couch gag” for The Simpsons annual Treehouse of Horror episode offers quite the terrifying sandbox to play in.
Watch Kricfalusi’s couch gag for Treehouse of Horror XXVI here.
ON THE HORIZON
Lucha VaVoom-Mexican Horror Story @ The Mayan Theater Wed. Oct. 28th & Thurs. Oct. 29th 8PM $40
Middleditch + Schwartz @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre Wed. Dec. 16th 8:30PM $30
COMEDY CRAWL
Harold Matinee @ UCB Franklin 4:30PM $5
Stand Up to Domestic Violence @ Angel City Brewery 6PM $5 suggested donation
Brand New Ball @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
The Last Comedy Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 7PM FREE w/RSVP
Beetlejuice + Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein @ New Beverly Cinema 7:30PM $8
Cristela Alonzo @ Irvine Improv 7:30PM/9:45PM $20/2 item min.
Ed Wood @ Aero Theatre 7:30PM $11
Gentrification in Highland Park 8PM FREE
Unnecessary Evil @ Westside Comedy Theater 8PM $12
Candice Thompson @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
The Bad, The Sad, & The Brokenhearted @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $20 (standing room only)
Bangarang! presents: The Weekend! @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10
Peachy Keen @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Andy Kindler’s Particular Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom 9PM $10
Opening Night: The Improvised Musical @ iO West 9PM $10
Winslow Presents: F*ck Marry Kill @ UCB Sunset 9PM $10
Soundtrack + BriTANick @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $10
Strip Comedy in Hollywood 9:30PM FREE
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $12
Orpheus Roy & Friends @ iO West 10PM $10
JV Presents #ThrowbackFriday @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/Set list of topic provided to improvise off of/No purchase necessary
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5:30PM/Starts 6PM/Ends 8:30PM/Lottery/35 spots only/Hosted by Megan Koester and Alison Stevenson
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4PM/Starts 6PM/5 min./One item min.
IMPROV JAM @ UCB SUNSET INNER SANCTUM 5419 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6:30PM/For improvisers only/Anyone can perform
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 12PM at Facebook page/See www.facebook.com/bombsheltercomedy for more details and to sign-up/Starts 7PM/Ends 11PM/5 min./Lottery/Hosted by John Silver and Ryan Pfeiffer
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Lottery/One item min./4 min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
SABOR Y CULTURA 5625 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/Sign-up is a lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary
TAO COMEDY STUDIO 7466 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA #201/Starts 8PM/First come, first served/5 min./$5 cover/includes drink/Hosted by Bobbie Oliver
IMPROV JAM @ THE CLUBHOUSE 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts around 10:45PM after booked show/For improvisers only/Anyone can play/No purchase necessary
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Sign-up 11PM/Starts 11:30PM/lottery/3-5 min./1 item min.
Rather than the “birds and bees” talk, you should wish that you got more of a “alternative”, so to speak, but still frank talk about sex like Little Esther Povitsky just had with Lauren Lapkus on her new Above Average web series Cocktales with Little Esther.
It will appropriately be called “L.A.ZY RIVER”.
You’ve seen Kurt Braunohler have a joke skywritten, waterski down the Mississippi, drive a double sided butt sculpture across America, and more delightful things that really have truly made the world a better place.
Kurt and his wife Lauren Cook are now going to celebrate the impending rain in LA that’s supposed to come with El Nino by hosting a tube race down the L.A. River from the river’s edge to DTLA.
On top of that, there will be a respectful rain dance, pre- and after parties, and awards.
A date has yet to be announced, but you’re going to want to make sure you keep a close eye for what’s bound to be an early Christmas present for us all.
Get more details on L.A.ZY RIVER here.
Don’t let her sweet and adorable demeanor fool you, Megan Gailey has well-crafted material delivered flawlessly.
She showed just how she combines the two nicely in her stand-up debut on Conan, which you can and should watch here.
In his time getting into people’s face on the streets of NYC for Billy on the Street, Billy Eichner has only found a few people he’s really connected with as contestants.
One of those folks is Elena as you can see here and here. Part of the reason she’s become a regular on Billy on the Street is the way her energy, or lack thereof, contrasts in such a great way with Billy.
This latest appearance is no different. Watch it here.
(via The Wrap)
Yes, these are the folks behind Bob’s Burgers.
In a quest for more unique, out-of-the-box ideas, Bento Box has agreed to sign a development deal with a producer or producing team involved in next year’s New York Television Festival. It’ll be a great opportunity on both ends as NYTVF attracts many great independent series and the people who make them.
So, with all of that in mind, you might want to work on getting in on NYTVF.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Calling all Steve Martin fans (i.e. most of you).
For the many folks who wish that Steve Martin would even just metaphorically dip his toe back into comedy, you got your wish granted in the form of an upcoming comedy stage production called Meteor Shower.
It’s an absurdist comedy that hones in on the potentially unspoken weak points of a marriage. Those are all the details that have been announced thus far, but you can look for it to open in previews on Jul. 30th, 2016, then run through the summer after opening night on Aug. 7th at San Diego’s Old Globe.
(via The Hollywood Reporter/Deadline)
It would seem nowadays that broadcast networks need their shows to have star power producing pilots and scripts even before they consider picking it up to series.
Thus, Fox is really stacking their comedy development slate with high profile, high concept projects this season. Just this week, they’ve added Weird Like Us from Ed Helms and Max Werner and Citizen Floyd from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg on to their docket.
Weird Like Us will follow the family dynamics of parents that go against the grain of society that end up raising kids that decide to join that very grain. Citizen Floyd has much fewer details as it’s only noted to be a workplace comedy with suspense and some political elements.
As far as Fox’s live action comedies go, we can see how these two series would pair nicely with Last Man on Earth.
ON THE HORIZON
Schtick or Treat @ Taix Sun. Nov. 1st 9:45PM FREE
The Imaginary Radio Program with Drennon Davis @ The Satellite LA Tues. Nov. 3rd 9PM $8
COMEDY CRAWL
Casey and Woods @ UCB Franklin 7PM $5
Cristela Alonzo @ Irvine Improv 7PM/9PM $20/2 item min.
Chris Hardwick: The Funcomfortable Tour @ The Regent Theater DTLA 7:30PM/10:30PM $37.50
Beetlejuice + Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein @ New Beverly Cinema 7;30PM $8
Yellahammered! in Westlake 8PM FREE
Set List @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Good Heroin @ Stories Books & Cafe 8PM FREE
Laurie Kilmartin @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $15/2 item min.
Problems with Alcohol @ Bar Lubitsch 8PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Franklin 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Crave @ Secret Westside Location 8:30PM $16.82
Frowntown @ Basic Flowers 8:30PM $5
Patton Oswalt & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $30 (stand by only)
The Armando Show @ iO West 9PM $10
Bill & Ted’s Spooky Halloween Spooftacular @ UCB Franklin 10PM $10
Main Room @ The Comedy Store 10PM $20/2 item min.
Mission IMPROVable @ Westside Comedy Theater 10PM $12
2 Hot Dogs Haunted Hell Hole @ UCB Sunset 10:30PM $5
12 Shiny Nickels @ Westside Comedy Theater 11:30PM $12
Let’s PARTY @ UCB Franklin MIDNIGHT $5
Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch Presents Hook Up @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
OPEN MIC RUN
ROCKPAPER COFFEE CO 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 2PM/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min
MAKAI COFFEE 2771 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/First come, first served/5-7 min./No purchase necessary
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade & 4th St.)/Sign-up 5:45PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Graham Rodgers and Scott Schnurr
HOUSE IN HOLLYWOOD 1027 N. Wilton Pl., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 6PM/Ends 9PM/Lottery/3 min./Booked spots mixed in/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Greg Edwards, Megan Rice, Jeff Sewing, Simon Gibson, Leah Kayajanian
THE LEXINGTON 129 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 6:45PM/5 min./First come, first served/No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton and Katie Valelly
GROUNDWORK COFFEE 1501 N. Cahuenga Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/3-5 min./1 item min./First come, first served/Hosted by Raab
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Sign-up in advance by liking this page: https://www.facebook.com/ericbcomedy/First 28 spots guaranteed on Facebook/Lottery for remaining spots/Hosted by Todd Smith, Matt Robinson, and Eric Bustamante/5 min./1 drink min.
FLAPPERS YOO HOO ROOM 102 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 11PM/Sign-up 11:30PM/Lottery/3-5 min./One item min.
Midnight on Comedy Central.
Comedy Central’s The Half Hour returns tonight with stand-up specials from Sam Morril and Joe List.
Make sure to tune in at 12AM and 12:30AM wherever you are. We’re sure football or whatever else you’re watching will be over by then.
The deadline is Jan. 13th, 2016 at 8PM EST.
The prestigious Peabody Awards is reaching as far as they can to find excellence in storytelling in all sizes and shapes and forms. As the Internet has expanded the medium far beyond our wildest imagination, The Peabody Awards has adjusted accordingly and widened their scope in what they’re looking for.
As you’ll note, comedy like Inside Amy Schumer have recently gotten honors from The Peabody Awards.
Podcasts, web series, interactive video, social media, apps, and more traditional forms like TV and radio are all being considered and you can submit for consideration.
Submissions fee do run $225 for radio/podcast entries and $350 for else, so do not submit on a whim.
Learn more and submit here.
No matter what you do, if someone you know is running a marathon, you’re probably going to hear about it whether you or them want that to happen or not.
Watch Above Average’s find the one case where the runner didn’t want to say anything.
(via NY Times)
If you’re in a “tourist-oriented” city next year, chances are you might get to see Kaufman and Foxx as holograms.
Hologram USA is showing how much they can do with holograms these days by having the holographic likenesses of Andy Kaufman and Redd Foxx not only doing their most highly regarded bits, but reenacting scenes from their lives based on their biographies.
They’ll play several times a day, not unlike The Hall of Presidents at Disneyland, in various cities where folks might be curious to see what this hologram business is all about.
If this goes well, expect more hologram of famous comedians going around in what could be a sort-of wax museum of the 21st century.
ON THE HORIZON
Lost Moon Radio’s Undead Cabaret @ The Virgil Fri. Oct. 30th 7:30PM $10
Straight White Males @ Curve Line Space Fri. Nov. 6th 8:30PM $5
COMEDY CRAWL
We’re Still Friends in Eagle Rock 7PM FREE
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ UCB Sunset Inner Sanctum 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Sunset 7PM FREE
Cristela Alonzo @ Irvine Improv 7PM $20/2 item min.
Extreme Gaming Championship @ UCB Franklin 7:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Uncabaret @ Au Lac 8PM $10-$30
Harmontown @ Nerdmelt Showroom 8PM $10
Small Town Comedy @ The Roar Room 8PM FREE
The Master Cleanse @ Boardner’s 8PM FREE
Top Story Weekly! @ iO West 8PM $5
Neil Hamburger with Special Guests 8 Year Anniversary Part 2 @ The Satellite LA 8:30PM $8
Halloween Episode @ M-Bar Music Lounge 8:30PM FREE
You Got Issues @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Babe Island @ Bigfoot Lodge 9PM FREE
Church @ UCB Sunset 9PM $5
I’m Going Somewhere With This… A Storytelling Show @ UCB Sunset 9PM FREE
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
French Toast @ Taix 9:45PM FREE
Search History @ UCB Franklin 11PM $5
OPEN MIC RUN
BLACKLIGHT DISTRICT LOUNGE 2500 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA/Starts 12PM/Ends 4PM/First come, first served/10-20 min./Hosted by Spencer Kalander
ROCKPAPER COFFEE 7509 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 4PM/Ends 6PM/5 min./One item min./Hosted by Chelsea Skidmore
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM/Lottery/Hosted by Lizzy Pilcher
VENICE GRIND 12224 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM/Lottery/5 min./Mixed mic/2-3 songs for musicians/Hosted by Shanon O’Donnell/No purchase necessary
55 DEGREE WINE 3111 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM/Ends 10PM/5 min./Lottery/1 item min./Hosted by Michelle Christine
ECHOES UNDER SUNSET 1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/Lottery/1 item min./Booked spots mixed in/Hosted by Megan Koester
LYRIC HYPERION THEATRE 2106 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 9PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Ashley Hamilton, Joel Jimenez, Roman Fraden, and/or Kat Yeary
NEXT STAGE THEATRE 1523 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 10:30PM/Starts 11PM/First come, first served/6 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Tarikh Joseph
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/First come, first served/7 min./One drink min.
THE COMEDY STORE BELLY ROOM 8433 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 11PM/Lottery/3 min./No purchase necessary/Hosted by Erik Marino and Brian Moses/Music guy-Kenneth Lion
Midnight on Adult Swim.
10 years ago, Seth Green has led a team of full grown adults into making absurdist stop-motion animation cartoons with his favorite action figures at Robot Chicken.
As a result, it’s now one of the pillars of Adult Swim and, with several collaboration specials and the 8th season kicking off tonight, it doesn’t look like that will change anytime soon.
You could also say that “we” have gone 1826 days without a time loss accident.
5 years ago to the day, “we” started The Comedy Bureau out of a single bedroom and had no idea that it would become the part of the LA comedy scene that it is today.
Of course, none of that would have happened without all you great folks clicking, watching, reading, bookmarking, subscribing, favoriting, sharing, and occasionally donating over the years, especially since we’re really “understaffed” when it comes to marketing.
We’re looking forward to keeping this pretty well oiled machine definitely going for more than 5 more years. So, if you can, donate to “us” for running it for half a decade from that aforementioned bedroom and various coffee shops with wifi (there’s a paypal link at thecomedybureau.com right above the google calendars) or, if you can’t do that, tell/post/tweet/etc. about us somehow being around for 5 years.
Sincerely, thank you to all from “all of us” here at the Bureau for making what we do worth it.
(FYI, we’ll have some sort of anniversary show/shindig at some point as soon as we can find where our party planning committee went.)
(via The Wrap)
Looks like there will be movies worth watch after Star Wars Ep. VII.
Modern day folk taking after Mark Twain’s beloved characters like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn to be a band of sort of honorable thieves sounds like a pretty enticing flick to us, especially with a trailer like this one.
That’s why we’re happy to hear Gravitas Ventures have acquired the rights to Aaron and Adam Nee’s Band of Robbers for a limited/VOD release that’s aimed at Jan .15th.
On top of that, the likes Hannibal Buress, Johnny Pemberton, Melissa Benoist, and Matthew Gray Gubler get to join in the fun on here as well.