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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 197: Sachi Ezura & Legend of 50 First Jokes

January 3, 2024
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Sachi Ezura has overseen, along with longtime host John F. O’Donnell, the comedy institution that is 50 First Jokes for well over a decade and is, for the first time ever, doubling up the show to feature 100 comics telling their first new jokes of the new year. Ezura joins us for the TCB Field Report to give us the rundown of the history of this show, now in its 17th year, and spread across more than a dozen cities, and how exactly they pull it all off.

Get tix for 50 First Jokes on Sat. Jan. 6th here and here.

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

Pick of the Day: 50 First Jokes (in LA) 1/7

December 29, 2023
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If you were wondering if the annual big show at the beginning of the year where 50 or so comedians tell the first joke they wrote in the new year was going to happen, indeed it is. 50 First Jokes is an institution around the country where the best comics in their respective scenes gather for an extravaganza.

This year’s LA edition will happen at The World Famous Comedy Store, a new destination for 50 First Jokes (and actually the first time it has happened at an actual comedy club in LA). 2024’s 50 First Jokes is slated for Sun. Jan. 7th at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20 and you can (and should) go get them here.

 

Pick of the Day: 16th Annual 50 First Jokes (in NYC) 1/6

December 15, 2022
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Next year is just a couple of weeks away and the arrival of 2023 signals the coming of one of the best annual comedy traditions around, 50 First Jokes. Going on its 16th year in NYC, 50 (or more) of the best comedians in the city come together to deliver their very first jokes of the new year. It’s a raucous good time and, honestly, better than trying to keep your  New Year’s resolution going.

This year’s edition will be back at The Bell House in Brooklyn on Fri. Jan. 6th (any takers on how many comics will have a Jan. 6th joke?) at 8PM and have John F. O’Donnell hosting and feature the brand new joke(s) of:

Alison Leiby
Andy Haynes
Anthony Devito
Asha Ward
Brittney Carney
Carmen Lagala
Casey James Salengo
Chanel Ali
Charlie Bardey
Chloe Radcliffe
Courtney Maginiss
Dan Perlman
Dave Ross
Eman El-Husseini
Emmy Blotnick
JP McDade
Jeff Scheen
Jess Salomon
Kate Willett
Kendall Ferrell
Kenice Mobley
Maria Wojciechowski
Michael Cruz Kayne
Natasha Vaynblat
Rachel McCartney
Rebecca O’Neal
Sabrina Wu
Sam Evans
Shalewa Sharpe
Shane Torres
Zach Zimmerman

…just to name a few.

Tickets are $25.42 right now and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: 15th Annual 50 First Jokes *RESCHEDULED* (in NYC) 2/18

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

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

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

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

Go snag tickets here.

January 4, 2017
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At the beginning of every year, 50 or so of LA comedy’s favorites gather to share their new favorite joke(s) that have been born in the new year at 50 First Jokes LA.

Kyle Kinane, Brent Weinbach, Brody Stevens, Adam Conover, Eliza Skinner, Emily Heller, Byron Bowers, Cameron Esposito, Caitlin Gill, Dave Ross, James Fritz, Matt McCarthy, Sam Jay, Solomon Georgio, and so many more will convene at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this Saturday and show you what they’ve got so far in 2017.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door and you can get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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