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Pick of the Day: Cameron Esposito: Home for the All-The-Days Thanksgiving Special Edition 11/25

November 13, 2020

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Well, it looks as though Thanksgiving is going to be have to done, like almost everything else this year, remotely, if at all. Continuing to be in quarantine/lockdown, it’s very likely that you won’t be able to dig into turkey and fixings with your family or friends like you would in the before times.

Yet, there’s still hope for some Thanksgiving week as Cameron Esposito will be a Thanksgiving Dad to us all with a very special virtual stand-up show with some TBA special guests, presented by Dynasty Typewriter. Esposito’s candor and warmth are the perfect recipe to bring feelings of joy, mirth, and togetherness at a time when those are in short supply.

Cameron Esposito’s Home for the All-The-Days: Thanksgiving Edition is set to stream on Wed. Nov. 25th at 5:30PM PT/8:30PM ET. Tickets are only $10. Go make this Thanksgiving just a little better and get tickets here.

If You Still Need an Absurdist Break from Reality, Enjoy Aunty Donna’s “Everything’s a Drum” (and Their “Big Ol’ House of Fun” Sketch Show)

November 12, 2020

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Though we all knew that Trump would deny that he lost and seemingly refuse to leave The White House if that were the case, the horrifically taut tension of 2020 is still very much straining the entire world.

So, we’d like to suggest a nice little break for some self-care in the form of the peak absurdist musical/sketch comedy of the fantastic Australian sketch group Aunty Donna comprised of Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, Zachary Ruane, and Sam Lingham. Specifically, this song “Everything’s a Drum” offers up one of the more sensationally ridiculous sketches we’ve seen in some time.

If you dig that, you might want to hop on over to Netflix to catch their entire six episode run of Aunty Donna’s Big Ol House of Fun that just started streaming this week. Just like they’ve done in any of their internationally touring live stage shows in the past, Aunty Donna is pretty fearless in how silly and daft they go and really reap the rewards for doing so.

Also, Ed Helms is actually is on camera in the show as an EP if you need more convincing for some reason to go binge it right now.

Netflix Enlists David Spade, Fortune Feimster, and London Hughes for “Netflix After Party”, an After-Show for All of Netflix

November 12, 2020

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For the last several years, Netflix has aimed to show its dominance over traditional TV networks by often doing things on a much larger scale than any broadcast or cable network could or would. The announcement of Netflix After Party is definitely such a move as Netflix is setting the table to have a companion after-show for not just a single show, but rather the entire streaming service.

Also, the streaming behemoth will be employing comedians, specifically David Spade, Fortune Feimster, and London Hughes (this is pretty much her intro to the U.S. hailing from the U.K.) as hosts that will riff on the boat loads of content that Netflix releases every single week across the globe. We have no doubt that other comedians as well as the typical collection of cast members, writers, etc. will be guests on the show to dish about whatever’s most popular on Netflix (i.e. it’d be The Queen’s Gambit if the show were on right now).

It has been a minute since a full-fledged after-show was introduced (minus that comedians-making-fun-of-House Hunters series that got produced at the beginning of quarantine). There have been plenty of companion podcasts as producing audio remotely is plenty safe and so much easier to pull off than an entire TV series production. However, The Netflix After Party is set to get going in 2021 when, maybe, perhaps, there might just be a vaccine and it might be an easier series to produce.

With Biden in office by that point, we’re intrigued to see if people will be more game to see comedians to make fun of TV and movies as the election, pandemic, and the cultural uprising has dominated the zeitgeist for most of 2020.

Pick of the Day: The Dollop Live Show 11/19

November 12, 2020

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The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds remains one of the best podcasts that points out some of the most egregiously overlooked bits of American History. Often, Dave and Gareth point out, while hilariously riffing of course, how we all got here and that there has indeed been precedent for the current chaos that reigns over us (even as Trump’s presidency is hopefully devolving into some sort of death rattle before getting kicked out of office).

They’ll be doing another special live virtual episode of The Dollop next week on Thurs. Nov. 19th at 6PM PT/9PM ET via Looped Live and yes, there will be a VIP Meet-and-Greet too for $75. If you just want access to the live-stream, it’ll only run you $20. In any case, you really ought to get your tickets soon right here.

Please Enjoy This Great Short “Two Pan Dan” From Sergio Cilli with Rory Scovel and Drew Tarver

November 11, 2020

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Even in the midst of everything that’s going on right now, there are people who still don’t want to admit that they’re having problems or maybe that they’re truly wrong about something.

This marvelous short film, Two Pan Dan, from writer/director Sergio Cilli shows how absolutely ridiculous that can be even when it comes to as simple as delivering a belated wedding gift. Rory Scovel and Drew Tarver continue to shine as they have in Robbie or The Other Two as close friends, supposedly.

There is a deftness in the writing and performance in this short that had us laughing in a way that has been so incredibly rare in quarantine. So, we highly urge you to take ten minutes to enjoy Cilli’s latest here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 33: Chad Damiani & Clowning/Idiot in a Pandemic

November 11, 2020

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Before COVID-19 took hold, a new form of “clowning” that was so much more rebellious and absurd than most other live comedy, or even any clowning you likely would have seen in the past, had really started to take hold in Los Angeles. Through the last few years, such inspired, spirited, and ingenious performers like Chad Damiani were instrumental into not only pushing the boundaries of what you could do with blending characters, improv, physical comedy, etc. on a live stage, but pushing the boundaries of what you could do with live comedy as a whole. Chad dives into the whole world of clowning/idiot, with TCB’s Jake Kroeger, as it was in 2019 going into 2020 and what the clowning/idiot community has had to do to adapt to the pandemic (a growing number of outdoor shows in parks). Also, some quick “hot” takes on Adult Swim Festival’s full virtual line-up and Sacha Baron Cohen setting his sights for Mark Zuckerberg.

Follow Chad @thechaddamiani on Instagram

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: Virtual Q&A with John Mulaney 11/17

November 11, 2020

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Normally, Daniel Pearl Music Days are “an international network of concerts that use the power of music to reaffirm our commitment to tolerance and humanity,” but they’re expanding that just a bit to include an exclusive virtual evening of chit chatting with the one and only John Mulaney.

It’ll be the 14th Annual Daniel Pearl Music Day and Mulaney, fresh off from hosting SNL once more, will be virtually appearing for an exclusive Q&A for this festival and you just might have chance to get your long-standing queries about him and his comedy and answered. Also, Mulaney is usually one of the best sort of late night guests, with stories at the ready, but also game for something strange happening in the moment and seeing where it goes, which very well could happen on this evening.

This Virtual Q&A with John Mulaney is set for Tue. Nov. 17th at 5PM PT/8PM ET and tickets are $5-$10. Go get them here before they sell out!

Here’s Your First Look at Colin Quinn’s Drive-In Showcase Special “Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show”

November 10, 2020

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As drive-in shows were one of the first and only things that were afforded to live comedy in the pandemic, it was inevitable that there would be comedy specials produced from it. So much overhead goes into producing a drive-in show anyway that it only stands to reason that they would shoot the performance and try to do something with it.

Indeed, drive-in stand-up comedy specials are coming. Comedy Dynamics has a handful of them and then there’s Colin Quinn’s showcase of his favorite comics performing at a drive-in in Brooklyn. It’s aptly named Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show, perhaps highlighting how far live comedy has had to adapt in order to get some sense of normalcy (i.e. not doing stand-up on Zoom).

Today, Quinn released a trailer and gave us all the first look of Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show that will feature performances from Sam Jay, Marina Franklin, Dan Soder, Bonnie McFarlane, Chris DiStefano, Rich Vos, Robert Kelly, and, of course Colin Quinn himself.

If you haven’t been to a drive-in stand-up show (they are pretty expensive), you’ll get a taste of the history that has been made this year of comedians, very likely for the first time ever in history, performing to people in their cars who resort to honking and flashing their headlights to, hopefully, show appreciation for a bit.

Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show premieres on HBO Max this Thursday, Nov. 12th.

Can’t believe I accidentally leaked this trailer. “Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show” premiering this Thursday only on @hbomax pic.twitter.com/qEzNpQbv5k

— Colin Quinn (@iamcolinquinn) November 9, 2020

Pick of the Day: Helltrap Nightmare x Nolympics x LA Tenants Union: Food Not Rent Fundraiser 11/13

Famed horror comedy troupe Helltrap Nightmare did so much leading up to this most recent election in support of local candidates and organizations. Thankfully, their work is continuing on with intersecting affecting change on a local level and putting on extravaganzas of live-stream comedy fundraisers.

This Friday, Nov. 13th, Helltrap Nightmare is partnering with LA local orgs NOLYMPICS and LA Tenants Union to support the Food Not Rent fund for their latest show. Rental assistance for Angelenos has simply not been enough during this pandemic, especially with the end of it continuing to be uncertain and this is great way to give relief to many vulnerable folks at this time.

Slated to perform for this Food Not Rent live-stream are: John Early, Kate Berlant, Everything Is Terrible!, Julio Torres, True Anon’s Bruce Belden, Liz Franczak, Seth Bogart, Jeremy Levick, Rajat Suresh, Nick Ciarelli, Brad Evans, Claywoman, Ian Sweet, Naomidrome, Lou Wilson, Thu Tran, Anna Seregina, Mister Wallace, Drac and the Swamp Rats, and more with hosts Meg Stalter and Sarah Squirm!

You can get access to the live-stream with a donation of anywhere from $5-$420 or more to the Food Not Rent fund. Do so here and make your Friday that much better.

Sacha Baron Cohen Tweets Pic of Trump and Mark Zuckerberg, Says “One Down. One to Go”

November 9, 2020

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With the release of Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm in the thick of this year’s General Election, Sacha Baron Cohen stirred up the sort of controversy that he has made an entire career out of and specifically targeted the Trump administration. Specifically, Cohen dressed up in a Trump costume while in character in Borat to interrupt a Mike Pence appearance in order to present his fictional daughter, Tutar, to Pence as a gift. Even more notably, Cohen duped current Trump legal counsel Rudy Giuliani into a similar situation.

Now that Trump has lost to Biden over the past weekend, Cohen has indeed tweeted, “One down. One to go.” with a picture of Trump shaking hands with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Supposedly, one facet of comedy is indeed speaking truth to power and, within that, ridiculing those whole abusively wield power. No matter how hard hitting a joke (or even just a line in a joke) might be, it’s hard to truly see what the effect might be. There are plenty of very, very shrewd political jokes that, ultimately, only preached to the choir and an aside during a set by Hannibal Buress led to an accelerated downfall of Bill Cosby. Then again, the words of George Carlin still ring very loud and very true as a wake-up call, even in 2020.

It’s curious to ponder if Cohen showing the ridiculous incompetence, ignorance, and prejudice of Trump cronies (and, by proxy, Trump himself) has affected anything. Four years of Donald Trump as POTUS has given more than enough proof of this. Really, his first 100 days should have been enough proof to show how bad his Administration was and would ultimately end up being. It’ll be great to see Cohen dupe Zuckerberg especially since he has him, as of this tweet, in his crosshairs, but how that will bring about the downfall of Zuckerberg/Facebook is a mystery at this point.

There is no doubting that Cohen is mastered in the art of satirical comedic performance and that showing ridiculous bigots to be ridiculous bigots can be very satisfying. We want to hope that whatever he has planned will actually dismantle the social media giant and other like them. If Cohen actually pulls that off, that definitely would cement his legacy in the art form of comedy and The Kennedy Center should automatically give Sacha the Mark Twain Prize for Humor.

One down. One to go. pic.twitter.com/eQYi1pBqku

— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) November 7, 2020

Pick of the Day: ATLANTA ROBBIN’ SEASON: A Drive-In Fundraiser for LA Black-Owned Businesses (in LA) 11/13

November 9, 2020

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This week, you’ve got a chance to not only go to a drive-in theater for one of the better screenings that we’ve come across during quarantine, but you’ll be able to support a very good and crucial cause.

In one evening, you can watch (or probably re-watch if we had to guess) four remarkable episodes of the critically acclaimed, award winning, brilliant series Atlanta, get out of the house to go to a drive-in theater, and support black owned business in LA (specifically Eso Won Books, Hot & Cool Cafe, and The Underground Museum). Oh yeah, there will be an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with EP/director Hiro Murai and EP/writer Stefani Robinson following the screening of Episodes 3, 5, 6, and 8 of season 2 AKA Atlanta: Robbin’ Season.

This Atlanta Drive-In Fundraiser is set for Fri. Nov. 13th at 7:30PM PT at the Vineland Drive-in and tickets are $50. Please go get them right now right here.

Adult Swim Festival 2020 Announces Full Virtual Line-Up

November 9, 2020

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While there were impromptu celebration at the official downfall of ego-maniacal Captain Planet villain Trump, there are more celebrations of all kinds to be had this month. The COVID-19 pandemic is still going on, so something like a big comedy and music festival is still going to be virtual. Yet, Adult Swim has tapped their resources and connections for what should be a pretty spectacular virtual shindig. Also, they’ve been live-streaming for quite some time, well before COVID hit, so don’t be surprised if they have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Today, they just announced their full line-up, which includes live-streams from Rick and Morty, The Eric Andre Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Tuca & Bertie and live-chat watch-alongs of Space Ghost: Coast 2 Coast, Three Busy Debras, Metalocalypse, and, as you can see above, so much more.

Best of all, Adult Swim Festival will all be free to stream on YouTube, right here, this Fri. Nov. 13th and Sat. Nov. 14th.

For your convenience, here’s the schedule:

And Now For Some Perfect Election Thoughts from Jordan Firstman

November 6, 2020

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The impressions and characters of one Jordan Firstman have been a godsend during quarantine. Firstman’s specificity and cleverness with dreaming up all of his videos on Instagram have not only gotten him a big following on IG, but also got him into Vulture’s annual Comedians You Should and Will Know List.

For this week, Firstman made two absolutely perfect videos that score everything that we (and the rest of the universe) is going through.

Please enjoy them here and here and the rest of Firstman’s catalog @jtfirstman.

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Seems true idk

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Don’t fuck this up – god

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Pick of the Day: Freshair (in LA) 11/7

November 6, 2020

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American Barbershop in Echo Park, in the before times, was home to a handful of delightful live comedy shows in their spacious, stylish interior, complete with a stage under a moose head.

Now, they’re keeping the spirit alive with an outdoor show called Freshair that’s a partnership of longtime LA comedy shows Classic Comedy and Comedians You Should Know LA. It’s outside, out back behind American Barbershop, requires masks and distancing, and we’ll feature stand-up from many of LA’s finest.

This particular edition will feature:

Yassir Lester
Chinedu Unaka
Aaron Weaver
Ryan Dalton
Subhah Agarwal
Dan Ahdoot
Allison Leber
Renee Gauthier

Freshair is set for this Saturday, Nov. 7th at 8PM PT and tickets are going for $15. Enjoy a night out and a nice break from everything this week has been by snagging some tickets here (there are discounts if you buy two or four tickets).

Also, if you’re not down to watch the show in person, they’ll be live-streaming the show as well for only $5.

If You Haven’t Already, Get Into “How To With John Wilson” To Help Get Through Right Now

November 5, 2020

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Though we all were thoroughly warned about the election results taking much longer than normal, the actual experience of waiting is interminable, especially with everything that’s at stake. Coupled with the continuing having to quarantine/sheltering-at-home, the collective anxiety/tension is at an all time high.

To get through this particularly nightmarish time until the election results are finally tallied up (and after as well), How To With John Wilson might be the perfect thing to bring some peace and calm as well as one of the funniest new series that you can watch/stream.

The titular John Wilson explores very niche, very offbeat topics and “how to” do them. Wilson rarely appears on camera and instead focuses on narration and capturing multitudes of intimate moments that accentuate the quiet and charming absurdities of everyday life (well before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of course). Thus far, Wilson has dissected how to make small talk and put up scaffolding, but goes further in exploring the human condition often oscillating between real life ironic moments and genuine connection with any one of the numerous strangers that he chats up.

The result of Wilson’s DIY docu-series is something so warm and inviting in all of its glimpses of humanity (well, mostly humanity in NYC) that captures the strangeness and humor of the most overlooked everyday minutia. It should come as no surprise that Nathan Fielder serves as an Executive Producer since How To with John Wilson has tinges of Nathan For You accentuating the feel of Joe Pera Talks With You. As far as new TV comedy series go, it’s the comfiest of comfort food (though we have absolutely have to note that the show does has substance and a unique soul) and, as of this post, the two current episodes available to stream at HBO Max will get you through an hour of this week/near future. There will be four more episodes coming to get you through the rest of 2020, FYI.

Pick of the Day: Wild Horses with Special Guest Kate Moennig 12/5

November 5, 2020

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The ballots are still being counted and no matter who wins, Thanksgiving is very likely going to still be a turkey-scented nightmare this year (maybe more so than in 2016?). Overall, November is going to be a hell of a month to get through in an already hellish 2020.

That being said, at the top of December, a very special performance of Wild Horses, one of the best improv groups in existence thanks to its brilliant, inspiring, clever, honest, and hilarious members Lauren Lapkus, Stephanie Allynne, Mary Holland, and Erin Whitehead, awaits us all. Wild Horses will be doing an exclusive live-stream show via Dynasty Typewriter that will feature very special guest, Kate Moennig (The L Word) on Sat. Dec. 5th at 5PM PT/8PM ET.

Tickets are $5-$10 and you ought to go snag some in case they sell out (Wild Horses routinely sold out all their performances in the before times, FYI). Do so here.

Trump Claims Early Victory (in Beating Pokemon) Thanks to James Austin Johnson

November 4, 2020

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Once again, James Austin Johnson delivers an elegant, yet almost effortless (seemingly made during a road trip) offering of his Trump impression, made special for Trump post-Election Day as he whines about winning before all the votes are counted.

Here, James imbues his deep knowledge of the world of Pokemon through Trump-speak for DJT to claim a false early victory in the world of Pokemon (the early Blue and Red versions that is).

We can only hope that going forward from today that JAJ will make these videos with a decisive Trump loss and diving into further video game lore at the same time.

Without further adieu, please enjoy JAJ’s latest here.

OMG DON CLAIMS HE "BEAT" POKEMON, HAS NOT CAUGHT 'EM ALL… TRUMP: "GAME ENDS WHEN YOU BEAT ELITE FOUR" pic.twitter.com/xSHxHCtlkG

— thanks austin giving (@shrimpJAJ) November 4, 2020

TCB Field Report Ep. 32: Chris Estrada & Making the Most Out of 2020

November 4, 2020

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LA scene favorite Chris Estrada was poised for a great 2020 before the pandemic took hold. Now, 8 months into lockdown, Estrada is, thankfully, still getting some great things that he deserves coming his way like a HBO Latino Entre Nos special premiering later this month. Estrada zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger about weathering the world throughout this year and keeping the flame of his comedy alive whether it be on Zoom, at an outdoors comedy show, or on his first stand-up special. Also, they dish “hot” takes on new series developments at ABC, Showtime, and Fox as well as representation for Latinx in comedy and the label of Latinx itself.

Follow Chris @chrisestrada85 on Twitter and @chrisestradacomic on IG.

Shout-outs: Bless The Harts, Bill Burr: Paper Tiger, Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning, and How To with John Wilson

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: Give Me Your Chaos 11/7

November 4, 2020

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Welp, everything is up in the air after Election Night and it feels chaos reigns over everything at the current moment. To channel such an energy and let it all out, some of NYC comedy’s finest are going to tap into their own personal chaos for a very special comedy show presented by the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Give Me Your Chaos.

A line-up of Devon Walker, Joe Castle Baker, Angel Yau, Karolena Theresa, Dylan Adler, Arti Gollapudi, Marcia Belsky, Spike Einbinder, and more TBA along with host Tim Platt will be dishing out what these times have wrought within them in what will be a wild comedy live-stream. If you’re looking for catharsis and hearty laughs, look forward to Give Me Your Chaos this Saturday, Nov. 7th at 6PM PT/9PM ET.

Get more details/TVCO streaming info here.

And Now For a Cathartic Election Day Web Series from Jena Friedman

November 3, 2020

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While Jena Friedman is going to be on Stephen Colbert’s Election Night special on Showtime that you’ll be able to check out later this evening (provided that you’re not cutting yourself off from all media to stay sane for the next couple of days), you can and should watch her very own exclusive, Election Day 2020 web series that you could almost think of as a handful of splendid segments on one of her Adult Swim Soft Focus specials.

She posted all four episodes early this morning and they don’t disappoint as they feature Jena drunkenly calling her local reps, checking in with the deranged former cybersecurity mogul John McAfee, and cameo appearances from her irresistible pooch, Potato.

As we head into the part of Election Day that people are going to hone in on returns (even through the unprecedented amount of mail-in ballots will postpone final results for awhile), please get some catharsis and joy from Jena here.

“Entre Nos: LA Meets NY” Has Chris Estrada and Ian Lara Co-Headlining a Comedy Special

November 3, 2020

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It would have seemed that stand-up comedy specials from the before times have been exhausted as Netflix and HBO haven’t released a comedy special with a live audience in quite some time. Yet, there’s still a bit of that good ol’ comedy before the pandemic took hold that’s left to see.

HBO Latino is set to release a brand new co-headlined special with LA’s Chris Estrada and NY’s Ian Lara for a bi-coastal comedy special, Entre Nos | LA Meets NY: Chris Estrada and Ian Lara. Either of them could carry their own special (Estrada has been a personal favorite of ours around the LA scene for years), but we’re glad to see that they’ll have an HBO credit to their name.

Get a taste of this latest Entre Nos special with this trailer and then look for it to premiere on HBO Latino on Fri. Nov. 13th at 9:30PM ET/PT and then also streaming on HBO Max.

Pick of the Day: A Very Funches Christmas Show 12/5

November 3, 2020

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An undeniable source of joy, something that we’re all in dire need for, especially today, is one Ron Funches. An evening of comedy with Funches is something that you can hang some hope on and look forward to and there will be one such night coming up.

A Very Funches Christmas Show will be another exclusive live-streamed show that Funches will be doing from a studio and pretty much feel like a real stand-up show (we saw Funches’ do this earlier this Summer and it was pretty damn great) and streamed on YouTube across the world.

As it’s a holiday show, there will be holiday songs and the sort of mirth and merriment that we could all use not only in December, but at any time in the world we currently live in.

A Very Funches Christmas Show is set to stream on Sun. Dec. 5th at 7PM PT/10PM ET and is only $10 for access to the live-stream (and $50 for a VIP show meet and greet). Please treat yourself and go get your tickets here.

Upcoming Book “Notes from the Bathroom Line” Has One of Hell of a Line-up of Contributors

If you’re looking for something way in the future to look forward as a way to potentially have something to get you through the end of the year all the way into 2021 when maybe, possibly, hopefully there will be a vaccine that we all can get for COVID-19, there will be a magnificent collection of essays, poetry, toons, short stories, art, and so much more for well over 100 of the best women in comedy (from all corners including stand-up, writing, sketch, acting, podcasting, musical comedy, and more) in Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy.

Amy Solomon (producer on Silicon Valley, Barry) curated the incredibly impressive literary gathering for this book and we really can’t wait for Mar. 16th, 2021 when Notes from the Bathroom Line is set for release.

Thus far, slated to contribute are:

Lolly Adefope, Maria Bamford, Aisling Bea, Lake Bell, Rachel Bloom, Rhea Butcher, Nicole Byer, D’Arcy Carden, Aya Cash, Karen Chee, Margaret Cho, Mary H.K. Choi, Amanda Crew, Rachel Dratch, Beanie Feldstein, Jo Firestone, Briga Heelan, Samantha Irby, Emily V. Gordon, Patti Harrison, Mary Holland, Jen Kirkman, Lauren Lapkus, Riki Lindhome, Kate Micucci, Natalie Morales, Aparna Nancherla, Yvonne Orji, Lennon Parham, Chelsea Peretti, Alexandra Petri, Natasha Rothwell, Amber Ruffin, Andrea Savage, Kristen Schaal, Megan Stalter, Beth Stelling, Cecily Strong, Sunita Mani, Geraldine Viswanathan, Michaela Watkins, Mo Welch, and Sasheer Zamata.

More contributors will be added down the line for a book that’s so much more promising than a lot of what 2020 has given us.

By the way, you can pre-order Notes from the Bathroom Line here.

Please Enjoy This Death Metal-Love(?) Song, Witch Taint’s “Ready 4 Lvv”

November 2, 2020

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If you need an oh so tiny break from the world, especially this election, COVID-19, climate change, the global reckoning with systemic oppression, might we suggest one of the wonderfully, ridiculously silly (and metal) things we’ve seen in awhile.

Half-death metal, half-tender love song, self-styled darkest lords of the darkest darkness that the darkness ever covered in darkness, Witch Taint (AKA “the most extremely extreme and Satanic Norwegian Black Metal band from Indiana”) have just released their latest single “Ready 4 Lvv” from their full length album Sons of Midwestern Darkness. It’s the perfect bleak interjection into a love song that only black metal masters like Witch Taint could dish out.

There is an accompanying music video for Ready 4 Lvv that further accentuates the romance/gloom here. We had a pretty big smile and laugh, the hardcore kind of course, while giving it a watch.

Oh, if you don’t know about Witch Taint, please familiarize yourself with the amazing and hilarious Black Metal Dialogues.

Pick of the Day: Dr. Katz Live 11/15

November 2, 2020

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In general, therapy is something that so should be in, but these times make the emotional/mental support that therapy provides is more crucial than ever.

Luckily, one of the best animated therapists around, Dr. Katz of Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, is doing a very special virtual show this month to see some of his more high profile clients including Jon Hamm, Oscar Nunez, Bob Saget, Susie Essman, Andy Kindler, and Paul F. Tompkins.

With the results of tomorrow’s election not being able to be confidently announced for awhile, a comedy therapy session is something to look forward to maybe, perhaps calm yourself, even just a bit.

Also, Laura Silverman will be reprising her role as Dr. Katz’s receptionist, FYI.

Dr. Katz Live will be presented by RushTix on Sun. Nov. 15th and tickets are going for $20. Go get them here, before they sell out.