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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 82: Jeena Bloom & Forward Moving Needles
October 20, 2021
News, The Comedy Bureau Field Report
chappelle, history of the world part 2, jeena bloom, mel brooks, netflix walkout, tarantino, trans comedy

There is so much happening with comedians that are trans that has nothing to do with Dave Chappelle. This week’s guest, the splendid Jeena Bloom, is proof positive that there is much to be celebrated and enjoyed with the comedic stylings of many trans men and women just like comedians of any other background. That includes stand-up, TV, movies, podcasts, etc. as well as thorough discussion of local neighborhoods in LA and NYC (neighborhood maps per the podcast conversation linked below). Also, “hot” takes on Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part 2, Tarantino thinking about doing a comedy, and, oh yeah, that Chappelle mess over at Netflix (NOTE: this podcast was recorded on 10/19/21, the day before the #NetflixWalkout).

Follow Jeena @jeenabloom on Twitter and IG

For reference, as promised, here are neighborhood maps of LA (Frogtown is denoted as Elysian Valley for some reason) and NYC

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: Unprotected Sets (in LA) 10/26-10/29
October 20, 2021
News
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Unprotected Sets, Epix’s pretty unfiltered stand-up series, is not only returning to do another go around with a handful of very damn funny folks, but they’re going to up the ante by having each of them do an hour special, which you can (and very much should) go see in LA (especially no one really gets to truly headline around these parts very much).
The likes of Ali Siddiq, Tom Thakkar, Emma Willmann, Chad Daniels, Louis Katz, Chanel Ali, Lynne Koplitz, and Ronnie Jordan are all taking over the gorgeous Mint on Pico from 10/26-10/29. The tapings will be absolutely free to attend so long as you RSVP as well as have proof of vaccination and take a rapid COVID-19 antigen test.
The schedule for the tapings are as follows:
Tuesday, Oct 26 @ 7:30pm PT — ALI SIDDIQ
Tuesday, Oct 26 @ 9:30pm PT — TOM THAKKAR
Wednesday, Oct 27 @ 7:30pm PT — CHANEL ALI
Wednesday, Oct 27 @ 9:30pm PT — EMMA WILLMANN
Thursday, Oct 28 @ 7:30pm PT — CHAD DANIELS
Thursday, Oct 28 @ 9:30pm PT — LOUIS KATZ
Friday, Oct 29 @ 7:30pm PT — LYNNE KOPLITZ
Friday, Oct 29 @ 9:30pm PT– RONNIE JORDAN
You can go snag your free tickets at tblus.com/unprotectedsets. Do so right now (The Mint is a pretty intimate venue, so they’ll likely go fast).

Pick of the Day: Rod Stewart Live: The Return of James Austin Johnson and Sarah Squirm (in LA) 10/27
October 19, 2021
News
james adomian, james austin johnson, los angeles comedy, permanent records roadhouse, rod stewart live, sarah squirm, solomon georgio

It was only a few short weeks ago that LA comedy favorites James Austin Johnson and Sarah Squirm were plucked to be on SNL and blazing a trail ever since. SNL is taking a week off and letting them do whatever they want, which, thankfully, includes coming back to LA and getting in on shows here once more.

One of them will be the show that JAJ help found, Rod Stewart Live, now happening at Permanent Records Roadhouse in the Eastside’s Glassell Park this coming Wed. Oct. 27th at 8PM PT. They’ll be joined by an equally fantastic bill of Solomon Georgio and James Adomian and RSL co-hosts Sam Wiles and Zach Pugh.

The show is only $10 (proof of vaccination required). Go get your tickets here before they sell out (they usually sell out anyway and we bet this’ll go even faster.

Mel Brooks Will Finally Get to Make History of the World Part 2 (as a Series on Hulu)
October 18, 2021
News
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Almost more unbelievable than 1981 being 40 years ago, Mel Brooks is going to finally have the follow up to his History Part of the World Part 1 and it’s going to be a series on Hulu.

Says Mel Brooks, “I can’t wait to once more tell the real truth about all the phony baloney stories the world has been conned into believing are History!” We wonder how he’ll cover the rise of disinformation in the 2010s.

We’ll be throughly curious to see what Brooks’ sense of humor, which is so thankfully intact at his advanced age of 95, will be like in 2022. The first movie got mixed reviews, but, perhaps, something as ponderous as the history of the world, even in parody form, will be better presented as a series. Also, the mix of creatives involved should prove for a fascinating blend of generations of comedy. Including on the producing/writing team are such comedy luminaries as Nick Kroll, Wanda Sykes, and Ike Barinholtz to name a few and, with that in mind, we wonder if the series can go even bluer than the original movie.

We’ll just have to wait until later in 2022 as production starts in spring next year.

In case you are unfamiliar with Brooks’ History of the World Part 1, here’s the trailer.

The Elysian Is Going to Be Another Great, Brand New, Shiny LA Comedy Venue
October 18, 2021
News

It can’t be overstated how brutal this past year and a half and some change has been on live comedy (and, the world, of course). So many venues everywhere closed and, especially in LA, there has been an air of uncertainty as to what the way forward and where that place to head to might be.

Fortunately, things like The Glendale Room and now, The Elysian Theater, are making up for a lot of the live comedy vacuum that grew out of all live performance going dark (save for virtual performances from all of our apartments or whatever warehouse folks could get access to). The Elysian has actually been around since 1927, but hasn’t been nearly as active in recent years, especially when it comes to the very active LA comedy scene. Now, with the amazing Kate Banford (former head of The Good Good Comedy Theatre in Philadelphia) at the helm, The Elysian is poised to be another go-to comedy destination LA. You’ll very likely spot us there for how much cool sh*t they have on their calendar already (our 10/25 Double Anniversary Show being the first show there).

Already slated are shows from Jamie Loftus, The Shrimp Boys, Caleb Hearon & Brian Robert Jones, and plenty more to come.

Also, they take pitches for shows at your convenience. Get more details about shows, how to volunteer, put up a show, etc. at The Elysian Theater at elysiantheater.com and be sure to follow them @elysiantheater on Twitter and IG.

Pick of the Day: 5 Dates on Stage with Blake Rosier (in LA w/Livestream) 10/19-10/23
October 18, 2021
News
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After doing the marathon of live-streaming 5 days of living and performing in a theater, the daring Blake Rosier is both upping the ante with his next feat/performance and one-upping The Bachelor franchise at the same time with 5 Dates on Stage.

Blake will indeed be going on 5 different dates over the course of this week and having different costumers, make-up artists, therapists, comedians, and etc. take him through one of the most risky versions of speed dating we’ve ever heard of. On top of that, Blake will do his old marathon performance practice of only being fed what is brought to him. Unlike any sort of dating competition show, this will ACTUALLY be unscripted and full of the sort of chaos that things like Love Island try to manufacture. Already, Blake has taken over Nessa Barrett’s billboard in order to promote the show, so you ought to know that truly anything can happen.

Rosier will be once again taking over Oh My Ribs at 6468 Santa Monica Blvd. for 5 Dates on Stage with Blake Rosier starting Tues. Oct. 19th through Sat. Oct. 23rd with the actual dates happening at 7PM PT-12AM PT each night. You can stroll in to see one hell of a comedy/live performance experiment in person or stream it (as well as anything off hours) at youtube.com/blakerosier.

Big Mouth Season 5 Trailer Introduces Hate Worms and Love Bugs
October 15, 2021
News
andrew goldberg, big mouth, jessi klein, nick kroll

Hormone Monsters, Shame Wizards, Depression Kitties, and more have been whimsical, absurdly funny creatures of the Big Mouth universe that, as far as we know, goes as hard in on truthful, uncompromising humor of what puberty and adolescence is really like as any other movie or TV series has in the history of the moving image.

Through four seasons, the celebrated adult animated series has been so hysterically crass and yet so heart-wrenching, yet so sweet all in one package and always bringing new ways to marry magical realism and the unflinching truth, often based on the lives of its creators/writers.

The upcoming fifth season of Big Mouth seems like it’ll carry such a hallowed torch of this hormone driven fairy tale world and include new additional anthropomorphic concepts as cute-ish creatures, Love Bugs and Hate Worms. We have no doubt that’ll hit a nostalgic emotional nerve just like they have throughout the past four seasons.

You can get a taste of what that’s like here in the official trailer for season 5 of Big Mouth, just released today (and, as such, we’ll be curious to see if this will enter the fray of Netflix’s growing firestorm Chappelle controversy as other Netflix comedy talent has lashed out at the streaming giant in response to Chappelle’s The Closer).

All episodes stream Fri. Nov. 5th on Netflix.

Pick of the Day: Vulture Festival (in LA) 11/13 & 11/14
October 15, 2021
News
henry winkler, hollywood roosevelt, insecure, mira sorvino, niecy nash, romy and michelle, the great

While NYC is having it’s big ol’ New York Comedy Festival, LA isn’t just quietly having another week of the same (albeit, partially open) exciting comedy happening either.

The Vulture Festival is set to return to the Hollywood Roosevelt for an in-person edition on Saturday Nov. 13th and Sunday Nov. 14th. Vulture always assembles some of the most fun, curious, astounding panels and events for their LA based fest and this year is no different.

Just from this initial line-up announcement, there will be a “pre-union for Insecure, Mira Sorvino watching along with a screening of Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion, a panel for The Great, and an hour of Niecy Nash’s time. Of course, there will be way more announced (probably a showcase of their annual, high profile Comedians You Should and Will Know list?)

For now, you can get tickets and more info at vulturefestival.com. If you’re already all in for this, you can snag a festival pass for $300.

Pick of the Day: Incel Fest (in LA) 10/16
October 14, 2021
News
comedy show, la comedy, los angeles

So much of live comedy right now has been stand-up comedy, primarily as it was one of the easier types of live performance to pull in regards to COVID-19. That said, for much of the time that stand-up comedy has been inching its way back, there’s a lot of amazing improv, sketch, character folks that has been hanging in limbo.

Thankfully, with vaccination mandates in place, there’s a bit more of a window to do more sorts of comedy including some of the stranger, hysterical, category-defying things as will very likely be done at this weekend’s Incel Fest in Hollywood.

Ryan Asher & Jordan Cohen are assembling a lot of LAs funniest, best weirdos for a “demented night” of comedy (where, in truth, there will probably be zero incels and mostly just ingenious bits and characters). Still, Mike O’Brien, Scott Egleston, Annie Paradis, Annie Weis, Danny Sellers, Sam Walt Jones, and System of a Dong should make Incel Fest a night seared into your brain for how wild (and hilarious) it will be.

Incel Fest is happening at the theater space at  1312 N. Wilton this Sat. Oct. 16th at 7:30PM PT. Tickets are $15 and we think you better go snag yours fast.

Adult Swim Festival Is Going Virtual Once Again 11/12 & 11/13
October 14, 2021
News
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Whether you feel the pandemic is over or not, it’s undeniable that this past year and a half has shown the reach one could have by broadcasting a live performance onto the interwebs.

That’s probably part of why the Adult Swim Festival is doing another virtual edition that will feature the same sort of treasured collection of performers it would have in person, but from the convenience of YouTube (and HBO Max). Just over a month from now, you can, for free, tune into “never-before-seen” live performances form the likes of such Adult Swim comedy darlings as Jo Firestone, Joe Pera, Rick & Morty, Negin Farsad, Squidbillies, and Aqua Teen Hunger Force. We have no doubt they’ll add more to the line-up as Thurs. Nov. 11th & Fri. Nov. 12th comes closer.

With that in mind, set a reminder to tune into this year’s virtual Adult Swim Festival and all its weird and wondrous virtual glory here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 81: Caitlin Cook & New New York Comedy
October 13, 2021
News, The Comedy Bureau Field Report
aj holmes, caitlin cook, dave chappelle, new york comedy festival, nyc comedy, that 90s show, the closer

One of the more wide ranging comedy multi-hyphenates we know, Caitlin Cook, joins us as a musical comedian/writer/director/designer/illustrator to not only give us the lowdown on how in flux the NYC comedy scene is (even though it’s supposedly “back”), but the vast spread of projects she has taken on. That includes directing the fantastic solo show/musical hybrid, A.J. Holmes: Yeah, But Not Right Now, working on her own original music, comedy and otherwise, and gearing up to go back on the road (and a million other things as doing all that you can at all times is a prerequisite in NYC comedy). Also, “hot” takes on Chappelle, The New York Comedy Festival, That 90s Show, and more.

Follow Caitlin @thecaitlincook on IG and Twitter and get tickets to the final weekend of AJ Holmes: Yeah, But Not Right Now at aj-holmes.com.

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: Good Heroin (Actually Returns) 10/23
October 13, 2021
News
comedy show, dave ross, stand up comedy, stories echo park

One of LA’s very best comedy shows, the Saturday Echo Park cornerstone in the scene was and is Good Heroin @ Stories.

The back patio of Stories, the neighborhood book store, cafe, venue in Echo Park is one of our all time favorite haunts. We could wait to crane our neck from the pavement into their lovely patio to watch Dave Ross lead off a stellar stand-up show several weeks ago. Unfortunately, the Delta variant of COVID-19 put the return of Good Heroin on pause for a bit.

Thankfully, the wait is over and LA numbers of COVID-19 cases have been trending down since proof of vaccination requirements have started popping up around the city.

So, we’re thrilled that Dave has announced Good Heroin finally coming back Sat. Oct. 23rd. The show is at 8PM per usual, though you should come early if you want a good seat. The line-up hasn’t been announced yet, but you can rest assured it’s many of the LA scene’s favorites coming out of their comedy sabbaticals through lockdown.

Pick of the Day: The Comedy Bureau Double Anniversary LA 10/25
October 12, 2021
News
anniversary, byron bowers, clown zoo, dave ross, hannah einbinder, james adomian, la comedy, reggie watts

Not only are we celebrating our 10th and 11th years keeping the lights on TCB (again, we weren’t going to mark a decade of being a comedy institution by doing a show on Zoom), but we’re doing double the anniversary by doing it up with our favorite comedians on either coast. The NYC Double Anniversary is happening this Fri. Oct. 15th at Union Hall 7:30PM ET (get your tickets while you still can) and then we have the LA Double Anniversary at LA’s shiniest, new venue, The Elysian (located in Frogtown at 1944 Riverside Dr.) on Mon. Oct. 25th at 8PM PT.

It’s a dream line-up of our absolute favorites from past, present, and future, in and around all corners of comedy including:

  • James Adomian
  • Hannah Einbinder
  • Reggie Watts
  • Dave Ross
  • Byron Bowers
  • Clown Zoo

Also, TCB’s founder and director (and so many other things) Jake Kroeger will be serving as host.

Tickets are only $15 and you best get your tickets right here right now. If you somehow pull off going to both shows, we’ll give you one of our limited edition enamel pins that usually reserved for our top Patreon backers.

Yes, Jena Friedman Picks Apart the Sexual Proclivities In and Around Murder Cases in “Indefensible” (Exclusive Clip)
October 12, 2021
News
indefensible, jena friedman, sundance tv

Jena Friedman is doing the work of whatever higher power you believe in with her brand new SundanceTV true crime comedy series, Indefensible. She is not only succinctly and very sharply going in as investigative journalist revisiting horrifically botched murder cases, but sticking some satiric truth to some of the faces responsible for justice not being served to known and convicted killers.

A la her work on Soft Focus, Jena is so deft in her back-and-forth with many of the lawyers and experts that she interviews, they’re left in a pocket of absurdity that’s so funny, yet so representative of how the American legal system currently functions.

Take a gander at how Jena follows the strangeness of this interview with a defense attorney in a particularly heinous murder case in regards to sexual habits of middle aged men here in this exclusive clip.

Then, make sure you mark your calendars (or cork board full of red string) for Thurs. Oct. 14th at 11PM on Sundance TV for the series premiere of Indefensible. 

Third Annual (HBO & NYLFF) Latino Stand Up Competition Now Taking Submissions
October 11, 2021
News
hbo, hbo latino, new york latino film festival, open call, stand up competition

It’s a little wild to think an entire year has past since the last Latino Stand Up Competition, but here we are, yet again. HBO and the New York Latino Film Festival have once more partnered up to search for the best Latino/Latina/Latinx comedians across the U.S. to feature at the New York Comedy Festival next month and to give a special to the winner of the whole damn thing.

All you have to do as a Latino/Latina/Latinx comedian is submit a 3-5 minute of your stand-up for consideration for the competition. This is the third year of the HBO/NYLFF Latino Stand Up Competition and it’s still free to enter!

Get rules, specific deadlines, and instructions on how to submit here until 10/22 here.

.@HBO in partnership with the @NYLFF and VIVA Pictures, are now accepting submissions for the third annual Latino Stand-Up, a national competition in search of the best Latino stand-up comedians in the country: https://t.co/YqBbW6L43e pic.twitter.com/fD6A27brT8

— HBO PR (@HBOPR) October 8, 2021

Pick of the Day: NY Comedy Festival 11/8-11/14
October 11, 2021
News
colin quinn, david cross, dynasty typewriter, esther povitsky, hannah pilkes, jenny zigrino, mekki leeper, new york comedy festival, please don't destroy, sabrina jalees, stamptown, Sydnee Washington

It’s that time of year and we’re on this side of the pandemic, so get ready for the annual New York Comedy Festival to roar through the NY comedy scene once more with a a cornucopia of comedy throughout all five boroughs, through clubs, theaters, indie venues, and more with comedians from even corner of the art form.

Whether it be Colin Quinn or Please Don’t Destroy or Sydnee Washington or Stamptown or Jenny Zigrino taping her special or David Cross or Esther Povitsky or Butterboy or Mekki Leeper or Dynasty Typewriter @ The Bell House or Hannah Pilkes or Sabrina Jalees or Murder Book: A True Crime Comedy Night, the New York Comedy Festival is aiming to be back at full strength in taking over the city from Mon. Nov. 8th-Sun. Nov. 14th.

Take a full gander at the massive schedule and line-up and go get tickets here.

Better Things’ Fifth Season Will Be Its Last
October 8, 2021
News
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(via Variety)

Taking into account that there is a never ending supply of TV series to binge through and the fact entire silos of content get spilled onto us every single day, it can be hard to remember some of your very favorite shows, even if they were a show that gave you a bit of peace throughout the beginning of the pandemic.

With that in mind, we hope Pamela Adlon’s Better Things gets remembered fondly as one of the very best television shows from the 2010s to now. Despite complications from having Louis CK initially involved, Adlon and her TV daughters brought truly human moments to the small screen in a way that very, very few shows and people have. Better Things has been around for years and it almost feels like we take it for granted for how it finds the comedy in how beautiful and tragic life can be.

This week, it was announced that this will be the final season of the show and will have an arc that will wrap up the story of Sam Fox. Take a moment to revisit that astounding living funeral episode.

We indeed binged through all of Better Things last year and it’s depth is pretty unparalleled, even compared to prestige dramas. We don’t want to see Better Things go, but we hope this last season is something that snags a bunch of awards, has us in tears/double over laughing, and sends off Fox/Adlon the right way to whatever amazing thing she’ll do next.

Pick of the Day: Moses Storm HBO Special Taping (in LA) 10/21
October 8, 2021
News
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Moses Storm was set to tape his very first stand-up special in a collaboration between Team Coco and HBO Max. He was set to tape it right before a little thing known as COVID-19 struck and cancelled any such thing of any kind. As many comedians who had tours and tapings lined, Moses had to postpone it indefinitely and had to even reschedule it when it looked like things were getting back to “normal” right before the Delta variant arrived in LA.

Welp, after several of months of waiting, Moses is actually going to actually get to tape that special that he has been more than ready to do for so, so very long. It’s going to happen at The Montalbán Theatre in the heart of Hollywood on Thurs. Oct. 21st. at 7:30PM PT and 9:30PM PT. Best of all, just like in the before times, tickets to this taping are FREE. Get those tickets and more details here.

LA’s Getting a Nice, Extremely Cozy New Venue in “The Glendale Room”
October 7, 2021
News
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It’s no secret that the pandemic has ravaged live comedy in all of its facets. Performers, audiences, people who work in comedy, and, especially, venues. Many clubs and theaters have either closed or haven’t reopened in the last year and a half and a change.

Yet, as a volcano scorches the earth, it enriches the soil leaving fertile ground for something new.

Thus, LA has already opened a whole wave of new comedy and comedy adjacent venues such as Permanent Records Roadhouse and The Comedy Nook and is poised to open even more. The latest addition to the scene will be The Glendale Room located just around the corner from Downtown Glendale.

Sean Casey, who also is a crucial cog in the Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica, obtained a shipping container full of so many books and opt to use them as decor for what might instantly be one of LA’s coziest comedy venues. If there were a perfect venue for a live taping of Paul F. Tompkins’ old podcast, Dead Authors, this would be it. It’s set to seat just under 50, but has wiggle room with some creative seating and is looking to be a space for all corners of comedy (and others). Take a bit of gander of the space @theglendaleroom on IG.

If you’d like to see the space for yourself, head onto Glendale (which should be pretty easy if you’re on the Eastside) this Saturday, Oct. 9th at 4PM PT for the “softest” opening (that’ll happen to have free Topo Chico).

Get more details and info at theglendaleroom.com.

The Glendale Room is at 127 Artsakh Ave, Glendale CA 91206.

Pick of the Day: Fools’ Circle (in LA) 10/10
October 7, 2021
News
ashley ray, chloe hilliard, fools circle, free show, james davis, la comedy, outdoor comedy, rell battle, sasha merci, teklai, variety show

One of Brooklyn’s favorite outdoor shows had been happening in Prospect Park, but has been touring around the country for last few months. Host Teklai has been leading off the best way to spend your Sunday afternoons with a great blend of comedy and DJs, rappers, and more.

Luckily, one of the stops in LA and at the amphitheater at Pan Pacific Park (right next to The Grove) this Sun. Oct. 10th. Music starts at 2PM PT and the comedy goes up at 3PM PT and we have no doubt there’ll be a nice hang in one of LA’s pristine parks post-show.

On the bill:

Comedy Chloe Hilliard, Rell Battle, Sasha Merci, James Davis, Ashley Ray, and more

Music: American Matthew ( Believe in Yourself Do It Yourself Records)

Get more info, RSVP for the show here, and clear out your Sunday brunch plans.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 80: Alissa Nutting & Alyson Levy & Following Illogic
October 6, 2021
News, The Comedy Bureau Field Report
adult swim, alissa nutting, alyson levy, hbo max, silver linings playbook, teenage euthanasia

Now might be the perfect time an animated dark comedy that follows a reanimated/undead mother trying to redeem herself with her family that just happens to run a funeral home in Florida. Thus, Teenage Euthanasia has just arrived from the beautifully funny minds of Alissa Nutting and Alyson Levy, who just happen to be this week’s guests on TCB Field Report. They both take us through the long journey to getting one of the most unexpectedly joyful and redemptive new shows on TV and how it changed from its inception in 2016 to starting a writers room in April 2020 and going on air while the pandemic isn’t over. Also, “hot” takes on new HBO Max comedy from Chris Kelly/Sarah Schneider, Silver Linings Playbook becoming a musical, and more.

Oh yes, we do talk about ‘crotch beatles’ and its Florida origins.

Follow everything Teenage Euthanasia @teenageeuthanasia 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

Pick of the Day: Hybrid [with Open Mike Eagle] (in LA) 10/14
October 6, 2021
News
comedy show, jak knight, jesus trejo, la comedy, marcella arguello, megan gailey, open mike eagle, variety show

Whenever Open Mike Eagle dips into the world of comedy, it’s a damn good time. There has been New Negroes with Baron Vaughn and him, which hopped all around LA before it became a Comedy Central series.

Next week, he’s going to, after all of however interminably long you feel this time has been, put another music/comedy show, this time at El Cid called Hybrid (presented by Smarty Plants). Per usual, Eagle has a fantastic line-up of LA comedy’s finest (this one will have Jesus Trejo, Marcella Arguello, Jak Knight, and Megan Gailey) and his very own cutting edge rap along with a performance from Abstract Rude.

As the flyer says that Mike Eagle is “masterminding” this event, you ought to know that if you’re anywhere near Silverlake on Thurs. Oct. 14th at 7PM PT, you ought to take that big ol’ staircase down to El Cid.

Tickets are $12.30 and you can (and should) go get them here.

HBO Max & WarnerMedia Access to Highlight Underrepresented Animation with “Animated Shorts Program”
October 5, 2021
News
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(via Deadline)

Even as far along as we are in 2021, there is still wide gaps in representation when it comes to animation. Sure, there have been things like Persepolis and Tuca & Bertie, but those are more rare gems than a common occurrence.

So, it looks like HBO Max and WarnerMedia Access are looking to fill in some gaps that very much need filling in with their Animated Shorts Program. They’ll offer mentorship with handpicked folks to produce an animated short that’ll get screened on HBO Max.

Hopefully, that’ll lead to more ACTUALLY diverse animated cartoons and the like. In case you didn’t know, there are many animated programs that purport to be diverse via the stories and characters, but they are often not written or created by people from those communities/backgrounds (note the lack of women in writer/animator roles in all of Love Death + Robots).

If you’re interested in the Animated Shorts Program, they’re taking submissions from now until Oct. 24th. Get more details/submit here.

Pick of the Day: Daniel Simonsen (in LA) 10/7
October 5, 2021
News
daniel simonsen, dynasty typewriter, la comedy

Daniel Simonsen only comes through LA only every so often, but you shouldn’t miss one of the most original and unique voices in comedy right now whenever you can see it. Not only is Simonsen’s actual physical voice unique as he hails from Norway, but the angles in which Daniel takes to approach his comedy are also singular to him in such thoroughly funny way. There’s something so starkly dry and atypical about his delivery and cadence and that’s just skimming the surface of why and how he’s so damn funny.

Daniel is set to headline Dynasty Typewriter this week on Thurs. Oct. 7th at 8PM. Tickets are $20 right now and $25 on the day of (proof of vaccination required). Go get your tickets right now.

Here’s Our Line-Up for Our 10th & 11th Double Anniversary Show at Union Hall 10/15
October 4, 2021
News
astronomy club, Dylan Adler, hannah pilkes, jake kroeger, josh gondelman, ladies who ranch, nyc comedy

Even though we’ve only officially covered NYC comedy for a couple of months, there is so much about comedy in New York that we truly, deeply champion.

So, with that in mind, we wanted to do a portrait of NYC comedy for this very special Double Anniversary Show of The Comedy Bureau, marking both the 10th and 11th years of TCB (since we didn’t do any celebrating in 2020). Note, there will be a LA anniversary show on 10/25 at the shiny and new comedy venue, The Elysian.

With the help of the marvelous Carly Hoogendyk, we have such a colorful, lovely portrait indeed of NYC comedy (that has NYC stalwarts and brand new transplants) including:

Astronomy Club
Josh Gondelman
Dylan Adler
Hannah Pilkes
Ladies Who Ranch
TCB’s very own Jake Kroeger presiding as host

That’s right, we’re not just doing a stand-up show, we’re trying to highlight all of NYC (just like we’ve done in LA for years). We would love if you came just to see your amazing faces (or part of them, anyway) and marvel how long we’ve been keeping the lights on TCB on.

We absolutely can’t wait to bring all these hysterical folks on to the Union Hall stage on Fri. Oct. 15th at 7:30PM ET. Tickets are $10 right now and $15 at the door (proof of vaccination required, of course). Snag ’em here.

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