If you’re not in LA, there is already plenty of stuff up for auction on eBay.
You can live stream it on Facebook Live at the link above as well as donate to the ACLU here.
Here’s an opportunity to take a break from speaking out at actual town halls and enjoy a fake “American Town Hall” next week where all you need to do is laugh at “citizen speakers” from Newport, RI.
It’s $5 at the door and the ticket sales go to ACLU, so you’re still doing a good thing by going.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
When it comes to out of the box business ideas that are done for the fun of it, Howard Kremer is who you should be looking out for.
Kremer’s latest venture is really selling old headshots of his and guests (Brody Stevens pictured above) as if they’re products on a Home Shopping Network or QVC show. This does include embarrassing headshots with all different eras of looks and hairstyles and Howard and guests trying to explain what the deal was with them in those pictures at that time in their lives.
It’s called The Headshot Show and you might have noticed it happening live when catching a show or buying comics at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood. You can tune in every Wednesday (tonight included) at 8PM PST on ShopXsn.com or simply watch from the store if you go to Meltdown Comics on a Wednesday night.
Oh, we should mention that all proceeds from the selling of these headshots go to the ACLU until further notice.
Kellyanne Conway has caught a lot of flack recently for citing the “Bowling Green Massacre” in defense of Trump’s travel and immigration ban. The flack comes from there not being any such thing as the Bowling Green Massacre.
The Internet as a whole has been having fun throwing shade on Kellyanne and this non-existent tragedy. One of the best “pranks” is this legitimate looking donation page that raises funds for the “victims of The Bowling Green Massacre” that just leads to the donation page for the ACLU.
By the way, BowlingGreenMassacre.com also leads to the ACLU homepage.
Oh, in case it wasn’t obvious, you should, if you can, donate to the ACLU.
There is plenty that you miss out on if you’re not seeing what is going down on the weekly live Harmontown podcast tapings at Nerdmelt. For that alone, it might be worth $5 a month, which includes access to a video archive of past tapings and a video blog from Dan Harmon himself.
Now, you’ll have an even better reason to subscribe now, if you haven’t done so already, as the podcast will match all the money it gets from new subscriptions until April 15th in the form of a donation to the ACLU.
If you’re interested in signing-up, do so here.
The Dollop is going to have another live recording at Nerdmelt on Monday, February 6th at 9PM. It’s one of our absolute favorite podcasts and going to the recordings live is even better.
Joining hosts Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds will be Bert Kreischer, which is a wonderful topping to this Dollop.
Tickets are $15 and you should get them sooner rather than later here. Also, all proceeds will be going to the ACLU.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
A two year celebration of one of the best weekly comedy shows in LA and a benefit for the ACLU make for a show that you absolutely shouldn’t miss.
Also, Kyle Kinane, Rory Scovel, Moshe Kasher, Aparna Nancherla, Kate Berlant & John Early, Curtis Cook, and hosts Dave Ross and Matt Ingebretson being on the bill make it even more of a show that you shouldn’t miss next Friday.
Get tickets here.
Poster by Jack Sjogren
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The weekend of Donald Trump’s inauguration will come with plenty of protests as well as a nationwide comedy festival. Over 20 cities will be having comedy shows as part of the WHAT A JOKE Comedy Fest, raising money for the American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU.
Thanks to the efforts of NYC based comedians Jenn Welch and Emily Winter, the following cities (even one in the UK) will have WHAT A JOKE shows from Thurs., Jan 19th-Sat. Jan 21st:
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Austin
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Knoxville
Los Angeles
Madison
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oxford, UK
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Portland, OR
Salt Lake City
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Get more details, line-ups, and tickets here.
David Cross to Donate Profits of Album “…America…Great…” to ACLU
No matter the outcome of the election, you should have watched or listened to David Cross’ latest hour, …America…Great… Now, there’s another great reason to get in on buying Cross’ first album in years.
Now, Cross will be donating all the sales of his album until December 26th this year to the ACLU as well as matching whatever the sales totals are with his own money.
You can the album for $10 digitally or on CD. There’s an autographed version, but that’s currently sold out.
PAUL F. TOMPKINS HOGS THE COVERS
Paul F. Tompkins & Eban Schletter Present An Evening of Entertaining Song Interpretation Benefitting PLANNED PARENTHOOD & THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
Featuring AIMEE MANN, OPEN MIKE EAGLE, TED LEO and SURPRISE GUESTS
SATURDAY DECEMBER 3rd TICKETS
SUNDAY DECEMBER 4th TICKETS
Note: there will be only very slight variations in the set list from night to night
Just like millions of other people are doing and will be doing, comedy will be doing its part to keep as many vulnerable people safe as possible. This Hell Toupee: An ACLU Benefit, which should be a hell of a show too (in the colloquial-good-way), is just the start of that.
Get your tickets here.
Flyer by Jamie Loftus.