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And Now for Addie Weyrich’s Impression of Her Fighting the Urge to Look at Her Phone When She Wakes Up
September 2, 2020
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Addie Weyrich is more than merely multi-talented. She’s innovative, hilarious, and, unlike many comedians, very athletic. This particular bit, captured at her former monthly live show, Everything’s Great at Dynasty Typewriter, wherein she impersonates a special morning routine trying to not look at her phone is great showcase of all of these traits (as well as something that hits close to home while we’re all in lockdown).

Maybe, just maybe this will inspire you to do more than just rely on Screen Time reminders to cut down on your smart phone usage?

Please enjoy Addie’s bit here.

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(don’t know when I’ll be able to do this live bit on a show any time soon, so heck why not put it on the IG! also this sentiment is still relevant seeing as reading the news first thing when I wake up absolutely destroys my day!)

A post shared by addie weyrich + her dog (@addieyomind) on Sep 1, 2020 at 11:57am PDT

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 23: Carmen Morales & Important Distractions
September 2, 2020
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To pull of a live-stream stand-up show is hard just as it. To do it consistently and charge and have a dedicated audience that’s willing to pay in an unprecedented time of economic fallout is truly amazing. That’s what Carmen Morales has done with her recurring live-stream Zoom stand-up show, Social D. Carmen zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger to see how she pulled it off and really disproves that comedy is dead right now (it’s just different). Also, “hot” takes on Jim Gaffigan’s rant against the RNC and Ayo Edebiri replacing Jenny Slate as voice of Missy on Big Mouth.

You can follow Carmen at carmenmorales.com and @thefunnycarmen across socials and listen to her podcast No Sir Pod.

Shout Outs: Mark Normand’s Out to Lunch  and Good Heroin the Podcast

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: Lucha VaVOOM: Stay-In VaVOOM 9/3
September 2, 2020
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Truly, there is no variety show in LA (or the world really) quite like Lucha VaVOOM. Luchadors, acrobats, burlesque, music, comedy, and so much more have made Lucha VaVOOM into an LA staple and sensation that has been enjoyed across the globe.

This Thursday, Lucha VaVOOM returns (virtually) with another round late night, high flying entertainment with hosts KCRW’s Anthony Valadez and LVV’s Miss Rita for Stay-In VaVOOM.

You can get access to this live-stream for FREE is you’re a KCRW Member or for $1 donation or more here.

Lucha VaVOOM: Stay-In VaVOOM is set for Thurs. Sept. 3rd at 8PM PT/11PM ET. Get more details here.

Please Enjoy Demi Adejuyigbe’s Mischievous Cupid Music Video for Eric Slick’s “Over It”
September 1, 2020
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In a time where dating and romance have been vastly limited due to lockdown/social distancing/etc., a world where there was a real life Cupid might be nice.

That said, a real life Cupid might be more bent on mischief than one might initially think and the effects of Cupid arrow might be a little more fleeting than in the fairy tales. That’s how comedy multi-hyphenate Demi Adejuyigbe imagines his version of Cupid for the music video for Eric Slick’s latest single “Over It” (that just happens to include so many fun comedy folks including Ayo Edebiri, Lou Wilson, Kate Comer, Natalie Morales, Mike Cabellon, Ify Nwadiwe, Gabriel Gundacker, Mia Vicino, Ben Cahn, Addie Weyrich, and Nick Kocher).

Though the video takes place in a world that isn’t going through a pandemic, the end of the video feels pretty cathartic for everything we’re going through right now. Please enjoy it here.

Video produced by Liz Maupin
Camera: Ed Ballart and Valentina Vee

Enjoy Trailer for Christian Movie Satire “Faith Based”
September 1, 2020
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For several years now, the niche industry of faith based movies, which are very specifically films geared towards those of the Christian faith, have proven to be quite the moneymakers. More and more prominent talent that previously never take part in a “Christian movie” have found that it isn’t as risky of a move and started popping up here and there in such movies.

So, Faith Based,from director Vincent Masciale and writer and co-star Luke Barnett, take on and satirize the whole cottage industry of these “faith-based” films by showing a duo schemes to get rich quick through producing their own ludicrous Christian full length feature about the first prayer in space.

Take a gander of what they have up their sleeve (including an ensemble cast featuring Jason Alexander, Lance Reddick, and Margaret Cho) with the trailer here, then look for Faith Based to roll out next month Oct. 9th.

Pick of the Day: Mike Schur Presents Parks and Recreunion 9/7
September 1, 2020
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While 2020 continues to be a nightmare, you now have a second Parks and Recreation virtual reunion to look forward to very soon. Parks and Rec creator Mike Schur, Nick Offerman, and Adam Scott (and special guests) will be joining Nithya Raman and supporting her campaign for LA City Council District 4.

If you look to Raman’s inclusive and compassionate campaign and platform, it’s kind of hard to not see parallels between her and one Leslie Knope. This event will be donate what you can for Nithya’s campaign ranging from levels of “Eagleton Resident” (free) to Lil Sebastian Memorial Fund ($500) or even Pyramid of Greatness ($800).

This Parks and Recreunion is set for Labor Day on Sept. 7th at 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET. Get more details and tickets here.

Gallery 1988 Is Now Taking Submissions
August 31, 2020
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One of our favorite art galleries in all of LA (and what might be the preeminent pop culture art gallery in the U.S.) is Gallery 1988 as it is one of a handful of places where art and comedy very directly intersect. They’ve hosted exhibitions of art dedicated to anything from The Simpsons to SNL to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to classic stand-up comedy and so much more.

Now, in these times, they’re taking a big leap by announcing an open call for submissions for the next few shows coming up. Just send 3-4 JPEGs or link to site to info@gallery1988.com and if they dig your stuff, they’ll reach out to you within four weeks.

If you have a penchant for making wonderful, curious, amazing art that’s very likely inspired by something in pop culture, you really ought to submit.

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We’ve only done this a few times in 17 year history – but we’re calling for submissions! We know more artists are home creating than ever before and we have some great shows coming up. Please send 3-4 JPEGs or a link to a website to info@gallery1988.com (no theme needed). We can’t respond to everyone, but if your work fits for an upcoming exhibit – you’ll hear from us within 4 weeks. THANKS!!

A post shared by Gallery 1988 (@galleries1988) on Aug 31, 2020 at 11:27am PDT

SYFY Adds “The Summoner” From Charlie Hankin to TZGZ Animation Block
August 31, 2020
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(via Deadline)

SYFY keeps beefing up its own late night animation block TZGZ (not too unlike Adult Swim is for Cartoon Network) and it seems to get more and more enticing with every new show they order. The latest addition comes from Charlie Hankin and Stoopid Buddy Studios and is called The Summoner.

We’ve followed and thoroughly enjoyed Hankin’s work for awhile now whether it be animating cartoons for The New Yorker or being one half of one of our favorite sketch duos Good Cop Great Cop. Hankin has such a great knack for finding absurdist minutia to tap for humor. This series caters to that strength perfectly as it centers on a pair of roommates, one of which is an alien that can summon any object, but never summons anything useful.

Three episodes of The Summoner are set for next year and we won’t be surprised if SYFY keeps adding even more series to TZGZ over the coming months to become an even more formidable animation block to tune into.

Good Heroin Is Now a Podcast
August 31, 2020
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Just to be clear, you can’t get actually get any sort of heroin in podcast form. However, you can get a taste of one of LA comedy’s favorite shows was like on a new weekly podcast.

One of the great weekly joys in the LA comedy scene was venturing down to Stories in Echo Park on a Saturday night to pack tightly into the back patio, spilling out into the parking lot, just to see one of LA’s best indie shows, Good Heroin. Hosts Dave Ross and Matt Ingebretson corralled a stacked line-up every week and put up a wall-to-wall great stand-up show in one of the more alluring, inviting bookstore/cafe patios the city has to offer.

Since it’s unclear when that version of Good Heroin will get to return (it got so packed that there was almost no way you could social distance and safely have that show with how it used to be done), Dave has opted to adapt Good Heroin into podcast that, a la the live show, features bits and clips of stand-up as well as interviews and more clever shenanigans that the format of a podcast allows. If you can imagine being at Stories (if you’re in LA, they are open for you to support FYI), you can get a sense of the wondrous rambunctiousness that was had every Saturday night for years.

Ross already has a few episodes up featuring the likes of Debra DiGiovanni, Sammy Arechar, Kevin Camia, Alex Edelman, Hannah Einbinder, Chris Charpentier, Matt Ingebretson, and Zahid Dewji. Get into, subscribe, etc. Good Heroin with Dave Ross here: goodheroin.buzzsprout.com/

Pick of the Day: All Fantasy Everything Celebrating 200 Episodes Livestream 9/5
August 31, 2020
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Positivity is so hard to come by these days, but you can rest assured that the All Fantasy Everything podcast is predicated on host Ian Karmel along with Sean Jordan, David Gborie, and a plethora of recurring and special guests fantasy drafting the things that they love.

On the verge of 200 episodes, The Good Vibes Gang is going to do something special via a live-stream celebration (we’re betting that they would have done a big live show if there weren’t a pandemic). Join in loving the podcast that’s about loving the very specific things that people love (with a little bit of fun bickering) this coming weekend on Sat. Sept. 5th at 4PM PT/7PM ET on YouTube right here.

Just letting everyone know that our 200th episode will be live streamed on Saturday! Celebrate with us! Help us put something positive out into the world right now 🙂 pic.twitter.com/yqHCxyOj9T

— All Fantasy Everything (@AllFantasyPod) August 30, 2020

The X-Files Animated Comedy Spin-Off in Development at Fox
August 28, 2020
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(via Variety)

The reverence that X-Files fans still have for the landmark sci-fi thriller series should make one wonder why there isn’t more official spin-off or attempts at spin-offs/reboots/etc. (even after that reboot a few years ago) Perhaps, the schedules of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny may prohibit it, but the X-Files brand is still pretty strong, especially as we are all in the peak of 90s nostalgia at this point in time, and would probably worth developing some sort of “X-Files TV universe”.

Thus, the announcement of an animated, comedic spin-off of the X-Files at Fox doesn’t entirely come as a surprise, especially as another animated spin-off of a sci-fi series is already streaming, Star Trek: Lower Decks on CBS All Access. This branch of the X-Files will presumably be set in Albuquerque hence the current title X-Files: Albuquerque. Any other details for the series are scarce, but Duchovny and Anderson are not involved with this project at this point in time. The mastermind behind the original X-Files, Chris Carter is attached to EP and has us thoroughly curious as to how will opt to pivot the tone to work for an animated comedy.

We’ll just have to patiently wait and see if the truth, albeit done more cheekily and as a cartoon, is out there again.

HBO’s Latest Dramedy “Gösta” Hails From Sweden
August 28, 2020
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Lukas Moodysson, one of Sweden’s most celebrated directors or multi-hyphenates (Moodysson writes poetry and novels as well), is bringing his latest work, the series Gösta to America via HBO. This show, centered on the titular character who gets taken advantage of for being too charitable, definitely seems to fall in live with HBO’s shift towards exploring humanity in their comedy programming as opposed to the biting satires of Veep and Silicon Valley.

You can get a taste of the sweet, but subtly sharp dramedy of Gösta with this trailer, then look to get into on HBO and HBO Max starting this Su. Aug. 31st.

Pick of the Day: John Cleese on Creativity 9/9
August 28, 2020
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Comedy legend John Cleese was planning to have quite the year with a world tour and a book that gives insights into his own personal process. Despite live events being cancelled almost entirely for 2020, Cleese did a virtual edition of his show Why There Is No Hope and is going forward with the release of his book that has a literally more cheerful title, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide.

He’ll be doing an exclusive conversation about the book (which ought to be fascinating at a time where creativity seems to be hard to come by for a lot of folks) with Judd Apatow next month, Wed. Sept. 9th at 6PM PT/9PM ET.

You can (and should) get tickets to stream the discussion for $10 here.

The Palm Springs International Comedy Festival Is Next Comedy Festival Happening Virtually
August 27, 2020
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A la Robert Frost, some comedy festivals are opting to take the road less traveled and opting for a virtual edition of a festival rather than postpone or outright cancel. So far in 2020, off the top of our heads, there has been virtual comedy festivals from Adult Swim, Austin Sketch Fest, Flappers Comedy Club, and the Pack Theater and, for the time being, it would seem that will likely keep happening as the pandemic persists.

Now, The Palm Springs International Comedy Festival is taking the virtual route from Sun. Oct. 11th-Sun. Oct. 18th and will be live-streaming shows that include Stand-up, Improv, Sketch, Feature Film, Short Film, TV Pilot, Web Series, Animation, and Music. While you don’t actually get to enjoy the trappings of Palm Springs for the festival, the PSICF is indeed happening and you’ll get to tune into their shows at your leisure for a whole week. Tickets are $10-$40 depending on how much access you’d like to have.

If you’re a stand-up that would like to get in on the festival, they are still taking submissions until Sept. 15th.

To submit, get passes, and more details, visit psicf.org.

Nicole Byer to Host 2020 Creative Arts Emmys Over 5 Nights
August 27, 2020
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The world would be a better place if Nicole Byer was hosting a lot of it.

Thankfully, that is happening. Already, she has a veritable empire of podcasts that she hosts/has hosted and she is rightfully earned an Emmy nomination for hosting Nailed It! on Netflix.

Now, she is being tapped to host The Creative Arts Emmys (i.e. the Emmys ceremony for the dozens of technical and niche categories you don’t ever get to see on TV), which is opting for a virtual experience to be streamed on Emmys.com over 5 nights. Since it’s streaming online, we can only hope that Byer’s let loose to do she wants and crack whatever joke, especially if it’s particularly blue, throughout her hosting run. Hopefully, this will lead to countless other awards hosting gigs for Nicole since, as stated above, the world would be a better place for it.

Catch Nicole Byer hosting The Creative Arts Emmys starting Mon. Sept. 14th-Sat. Sept. 19th at Emmys.com.

Drew Droege’s Amazing Solo Show “Happy Birthday Doug” to Stream as Special Next Month
August 27, 2020
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(via Deadline)

One of Drew Droege‘s latest works, a solo show Happy Birthday Doug, might be one of the best pieces yet from the comedian/actor/storyteller/professional Chloe Sevigny impersonator. We were lucky enough to catch Droege throw this up at Dynasty Typewriter and truly dazzled at Droege cleverly and deftly playing every character at a hysterically, disastrous 41st birthday of the titular character.

Droege managed to have an exclusive performance of Happy Birthday Doug taped by before lockdown and now, it will now go to streaming as a special on the BroadwayHD streaming service on Thurs. Sept. 24th.

We’ll keep you in the loop about when it does start streaming as this will be your latest chance to great theater that was captured right before lockdown happened.

Pick of the Day: Safe Housing 4 Nori Reed 9/5
August 27, 2020
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Nori Reed is a great comedian that blessed LA with her presence in moving down from SF not too long ago. She is also a trans woman who, tragically, is in need of safe housing due to being forced out earlier this month by a bigot she was living with.

So, there is a big benefit live-stream comedy show next month that aims to raise enough money to help her live and thrive in a space that she deserves. Safe Housing 4 Nori Reed will take place on Sat. Sept. 5th at 8PM PT/11PM ET and feature a terrifically stacked line-up of Kate Berlant, Patti Harrison, Naomi Ekperigin, Meg Stalter, Spike Einbinder, Sarah Squirm, Joe Castle Baker, Jes Tom, Jessica Henderson, and more TBA.

You can get more details on the show and where to donate here and in the flyer below.

Pick of the Day: OHAYO! From Inside a Monster with Atsuko Okatsuka (Live-stream) 8/30
August 26, 2020
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We were so excited to see a TV version of Let’s Go Atsuko: A Woke Japanese Game Show with Atsuko Okatsuka, but it would seem that COVID-19 has put that on hold like it has pretty much everything on this planet.

Fret not as Atsuko has been plenty busy in quarantine. She has kept Let’s Go Atsuko going in a podcast/web cast format AND she has started a new variety show OHAYO! that will have a live-stream debut this weekend via Dynasty Typewriter. It would be just enough to have Okatsuka to helm the show and have a fine round-up of variety acts, but Atsuko has taken it a fun-loving step further by having broadcasting and hosting the show while in the belly of a furry monster. That is the sort of absurdist break from reality we need while we’re are actually stuck in our houses from plenty of real monsters of viruses, systemic oppression, climate change, etc.

This first OHAYO! this Sun. Aug. 30th at 6PM PT/9PM ET will have a damn good line-up of Yassir Lester, Frankie Quinones, Aparna Nancherla, Frankie Quiñones, Chelsea Peretti, and Ever Mainard.

Tickets are only $5 and you can (and very much should) get them here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 22: Elyssa Phillips & Pack Mentality
August 26, 2020
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The Pack Theater here in LA has always been a small, but mighty theater with its verve and boundary pushing and irrefutable sense of community. Artistic Director Elyssa Phillips has been a big part of building that spirit and keeping it going under the pall of this pandemic. Phillips zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger and talks transforming The Pack into an entire virtual 7-night a week comedy theater and school, one of the few venues in the entire country that has persevered and pulled it off. Also, some quick takes on live action Powerpuff Girls, Amy Poehler’s Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz doc, Robin Thede’s overall deal at Warner Bros. TV, and Seinfeld defending NYC’s honor versus a disenchanted comedy club owner.

Follow Elyssa @elyssamp  and follow The Pack @packtheater and at packtheater.com or at their Twitch channel.

Shout outs: Beth Stelling’s HBO Max special Girl Daddy, short film Gone Fishing, Jay Light’s Good Guy with a Gun

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

97.9 The Rat Race, Our Favorite Dark Comedy Morning Zoo Radio Satire Podcast, Is Coming Back on All Things Comedy
August 25, 2020
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Of the send-ups of the so-called “morning zoo radio” that have existed in comedy over the last several years (and there are a fair amount as dealing with morning radio jocks is often the bane of comedians’ existence), 97.9 The Rat Race is absolutely one of our favorites. Ben Roy, Chris Marrs, and Beth Hoyt nail the voices and the problematic behaviors of such morning hosts between the trio of Donny D, Animal, and Tara and then take every episode to such a hysterically dark place that, for us at least, we kind of hoped a lot of “morning zoo radio” would stumble into.

The episodes would come out every now and again, but we’re so glad to hear that All Things Comedy is bringing 97.9 The Rat Race to their podcast network with whole brand new run of episodes starting Mon. Aug. 31st. So, go binge the original run of episodes of 97.9 The Rat Race on your favorite podcasting platform right before next Monday, so you can get ready to see how some dark secret gets uncovered after Turn The Beat Around gets played again.

RATS! The biggest story of 2020 has arrived! 97.9 is now under the corporate umbrella at i?audio, which means #DonnyD, Animal & Tara are moving to @allthingscomedy! New episodes begin 8/31… and never, ever stop! Details below! #RIPDinkums pic.twitter.com/9bgkNGp28g

— 97.9 The Rat Race (@979theratrace) August 24, 2020

Robin Thede Signs Overall Deal at Warner Bros. TV Group
August 25, 2020
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(via Deadline)

From The Nightly Show to The Rundown with Robin Thede to A Black Lady Sketch Show, Robin Thede has steadily risen as a power player in comedy television. Her profile just got raised even higher as she just signed an overall deal to develop programming for Warner Bros. TV properties over the next several years. Thede’s done so many things over the years

Not only does Thede deserve such a deal for her track record over the last several years, but this is definitely the sort of the equity that Hollywood needs in putting BIPOC in true positions of power. It wasn’t too long ago that Larry Wilmore got put in a similar position allowing him to bring Issa Rae to HBO to make the sensation that is Insecure.

So, we’re incredibly intrigued to see what Thede will get on to TV/computer screens next in the not so distant future.

#PickoftheDay: #Save Monkey Barrel Fundraiser 8/29
August 25, 2020
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Here is another chance to get a taste of what the Edinburgh Fringe Festival would be like AND help one of Edinburgh’s venues, The Monkey Barrel, weather the storm of this pandemic.

This Saturday at 11AM PST/2PM PST/7PM BST, The Monkey Barrel is putting on a big marathon featuring a cornucopia of comics that make the rounds at the Fringe including Sam Simmons, Lou Sanders, Tony Law, and more.

Again, if you’ve never been afforded the luxury of being take all of August off to go to Scotland to watch one of the world’s biggest performance festivals, then this is your chance to spend anywhere from £1-£50 to catch a virtual bit of what could have been at this year’s Fringe.

Get tickets for Sat. and help save The Monkey Barrel here.

 

Please Enjoy This Joyfully Bonkers Short Film “Gone Fishing”
August 24, 2020
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The outdoors and the accompanying activities of going outdoors seem to be quite in style right now, especially since that’s pretty much one of the only things we all can do somewhat safely during this pandemic. However, people are quite in the stir-crazy, traumatized daze of these times because of COVID-19 and everything else that’s going on the world.

So, going fishing these days might not be just “going fishing” as it is in this great wild, silly, and darkly comedic short film “Gone Fishing”. OK, we don’t want to give too much away, just trust us that Gone Fishing really captures the spirit of how cooped up some of us feel and that Nick Gligor plays what might be your new favorite psychopath.

Watch Gone Fishing here.

 

Directed by Phillip Clark Davis
Written by Davis, Nick Gligor, and Jake Disch.
Starring: Nick Gligor, Chance LaSalle, Jasper Sams, and Mark Kadlec

Pick of the Day: Speechless 8/27
August 24, 2020
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At this point in time, PowerPoint presentations have been hijacked quite expertly by comedians to all sorts of comedic and satirical mischief. One of SF’s longer running innovative, indie comedy shows, Speechless, is specifically centered on the intersection between comedy and PowerPoint presentation with folks having to improvise an entire presentation with PowerPoint slides that they’ve never seen before.

Chaos abounds, in a very fun way of course, especially when comedians take to Speechless. An upcoming virtual edition on Thurs. Aug. 27th at 7PM PT/10PM ET will actually have Eddie Pepitone, Eliza Skinner, Colleen Smith, and Calum Grant slickly spinning their spiel into whatever their presentation has to be. It’s a fine, fine line-up and we can’t wait to see how they’ll dig themselves out whatever hole they’ll constantly be thrown into.

Tickets are $5* and you can (and should) go get them here.

*A percentage of the proceeds will go to ACLU.

Enjoy Sam Taggart’s PSA for Joe Biden (Though It’s Not for His Presidential Run)
August 24, 2020
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With the DNC passed and Joe Biden officially becoming the Democratic Nominee for POTUS in the 2020 General Election, there are still a good amount of folks that are stirring about having to settle for Biden with the alternative being the world (probably) ending (for real this time) under another 4 years of Trump.

So, Sam Taggart is setting aside his clever satirical characters to spread a message of support, albeit a special kind that has nothing to do with the race for POTUS, for Biden.

Please enjoy it here (and please, please, please go vote to make our current nightmare a little less nightmar-ish).

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