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Pick of the Day: We Still Like You (in LA & NYC) 7/14 & 7/20

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Though storytelling is no stranger to comedy, We Still Like You still stands out as one of the most original and daring comedic storytelling shows that we’ve ever seen and we’re so glad to find that it has survived to this side of the pandemic and is still putting up live shows around the country.

For the uninitiated, We Still Like You not only puts comedians in a position to tell a very personal story, but one where they are very clearly not the hero with the audience reminding them, at the end, in unison, that, “We still like you.” Cathartic and downright hysterical, you should never miss any one of these.

Lucky for both coasts that there are NYC and LA shows coming up.

7/14 @ Central Organic (in Brooklyn) w/Courtney Magginis, Melody Kamali, Rufat Agayev, Terence Hartnett, and Grace Freud w/Tyler Snodgrass and John Rosenberger hosting.

7/20 @ Secret LA Spot w/Sammy Mowrey, Tyjuan Lewis, Jake Noll, Allison Rose, Rachel Weeks, and Allen Strickland Williams w/Danii Gallegos & Tyler Snodgrass hosting (DM @westilllikeyou to RSVP/get address)

Allen Strickland Williams’ ‘Unmatched’ in Development at Quibi

November 20, 2019

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Allen Strickland Williams’ ‘Unmatched’ in Development at Quibi

Once more, Quibi scores another bleeding-edge cool comedy project, this time from Allen Strickland Williams with a show about rebelling against a perfected dating app for the sake of sexual freedom and personal agency.

Coupled with the debut of his half hour special at Comedy Central, Williams is having a pretty swell November.

Let’s hope that Unmatched makes it to series to see what ASW has up his very fancy sleeves.

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The somewhat controlled chaos of Late Late Breakfast is finally back with more hysterical, insane challenges for LA favorites in stand-up to attempt while doing their sets.

Hosts Tyler Jackson and Danny Maupin will be at Lyric Hyperion in Silverlake this time around on Sat. Jul. 20th at 4PM. Tickets are only $5 for what is truly a beautifully bonkers experience.

Please go get tickets here.

Please Enjoy These Short Sketches from Dave Ross’ Twitter

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Longtime TCB favorite Dave Ross has been putting up ultra short sketches @davetotheross on Twitter for over a month now and each one of them has been great and absurd as all hell.

We won’t explain any further and just let you enjoy these sketch morsels as fresh as possible:

5. Put Your Phone Away

Also, we’re pretty sure fans of Dave’s old sketch group, WOMEN, will be plenty thrilled with these.

Please Enjoy Dark Comedy Short About Finding Representation “Unmarketable” from Megan Koester and Steven Feinartz

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One of the perpetual mysteries of the entertainment business from the creatives/entertainers/talents’ side is how to get decent representation.

So many factors involve an agency or management company taking you on as a client and two of them are how marketable you are and, unfortunately, how lucky you are.

From the minds of Megan Koester and Steven Feinartz, comes a darkly comedic tale of how attempting to get an agent goes horribly awry with NYTVF selection, Unmarketable.

Watch and enjoy it here.

Also, props to LA born-and-bred Eric Dadourian giving Ari from Entourage a run for his money.

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Win Tickets to Next Week’s Hot Tub

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A writer for The Jim Jefferies Show, SNL cast member, and a “mindnoodler” are just a few of the special guests joining in for Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen next week!

Lucky for you, as always, we’ve got a pair of tickets for you to win. Just enter here via DoLA: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

FYI, you can still also win tickets to catch Tracy Morgan at The Novo too!

September 4, 2017

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Nikki Black and Nina Tarr’s It’s Your Funeral really does feature live eulogies of audience members that have not yet left this mortal coil after a brief interview by featured comedians.

If you wanted a fun preview of what a living funeral might be like, this is absolutely for you, especially for the fact that Black and Tarr play two charming Jersey Girls who love the macabre.

The latest edition of It’s Your Funeral is happening this week at Think Tank Gallery. Get more details here.

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

August 27, 2017

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On Sunday nights, there’s a good chance you might find us at Bigfoot Lodge East for our last stop of the evening, Babe Island.

Tonight, there unfortunately will be no Babe Island at said Bigfoot Lodge as ASW, Androsky, Gborie, and Fritz are moving their show one neighborhood over to Bar Angeles (AKA The Elliott Smith Bar at 4330 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA) two weeks from now on Sunday, September 10th.

Per usual, they stacked the line-up with LA favorites: Jon Daly, Alex & Jude, Richard Bain, Billy Bonnell, and Amy Silverberg.

Except for the location change, it should be business as usual with the show starting around 10PM and there being no cover or minimum.

Get more details here.

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

The Hard Times Will Present Comedy at KROQ’s High & Low Fest

August 12, 2017

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Less than a month from now, KROQ will be taking over San Bernadino’s NOS Event Center for music and arts festival that will feature several fine servings of comedy courtesy of satirical punk news outlet The Hard Times.

As you can see in the flyer above, many of LA’s finest will head about an hour outside of town to offer up the comedy stylings while Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, Best Coast, and more play the music stages.

It’s $92.70 for GA pass and $278.10 for VIP

GA Ticket includes entrance to the festival grounds, access to all stages, food and drink areas, and vendors.

VIP Pass includes all the GA Ticket amenities + a VIP special hangout area with private bar, food and drink. VIP Passes will also enjoy an open Craft Beer Bar, a special viewing area for the main stage, private restrooms, a separate private festival entrance, and will receive a limited edition festival tee shirt. These tickets are extremely limited and available those 21 years of age or older. VIP wristband must be worn at all times.

Get more info and buy tickets here.

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Monthly a house in Silverlake gets turned into a ridiculous “drinking game” comedy show/house party with Brew Haha. Hundreds of folks come out and it seriously looks and feels like you’re in one of those great parties that you’d only see in movies.

Brew Haha will now be trying their hand down in the OC at the Rec Room in Huntington Beach this Saturday, July 29th with a fine line-up of Allen Strickland Williams, Steph Tolev, Morgan Jay, Steve Hernandez, and Brad Silnutzer.

Tickets are $5-$10 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

At this point in time, you’ve probably heard how divided we are as a country ad nauseam over POTUS, healthcare, gun control, etc.

A nice solution or reprieve from that might be hear to comedians debate things that do not matter whatsoever like Dr. Dre vs. Dr. Seuss.

That is what the traveling comedy show and podcast Arguments & Grievances brings to the table and will be doing so next week at Nerdmelt with some of LA’s best.

Get your tickets here.

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

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Tickets are $14. Get them and more details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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This will be Super Tight’s “season 2 premiere”. Doors at 7PM. Starts at 8PM.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

WOMEN Comedy Show the Worst Way to Get Revenge From Getting Fired

September 22, 2015

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It’s probably not always a great idea to go postal after you get fired and take revenge on the people that fired you.

WOMEN Comedy show that it’s especially not a good idea if you go about it like this.

WOMEN Comedy Creates The Ultimate Procedural Series “Bomb City”

September 15, 2015

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Stop wasting time exploring the ins and outs of cyber criminals or sophisticated serial killers when you can find out what it’s like to fight crime in a place called Bomb City (because of all the bombs).

Let WOMEN Comedy take you to the nth degree of solving crimes in Bomb City over at IFC’s Comedy Crib.

How WOMEN Comedy Describes a Neighborhood Robbery

September 9, 2015

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WOMEN comedy knows how to describe a perp.

Just watch this.

Rather Than Solving Cold Cases, WOMEN Are Trying to Solve “Still-Open Case Files”

August 25, 2015

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For a very long time, you’ve probably seen show after show about how various horrific crimes have gone unsolved.

With that in mind, the boys of WOMEN have made “Still-Open Case Files” as their latest IFC sketch, which is completely different angle, somehow, to unsolved crimes.

Watch it here over and over, please.

Though It’s Probably Been Said Many Times Already, The 3rd Annual Small Town Comedy Festival Has a Real Big Line-Up

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Healdsberg, CA will get to enjoy some of best spoils of LA comedy all in one go over a couple of days.

From Jun. 25th-26th, The Smalltown Comedy Festival will bring Rory Scovel, Emily Maya Mills, Chris Garcia, Andy Haynes, Drennon Davis & Karen Kilgariff, Allen Strickland Williams, James Fritz, Richard Bain, Eric Dadourian, Casey Ley, Kevin Camia, Greg Edwards, James Austin Johnson, Christian Duguay, Caitlin Gill, Barbara Gray, Cory Loykasek, Dave Thomason, Cameron Edmonson, Ray Molina, Steve Ausberne, James Rowan, Donny Divanian to their city limits for what should be one great start to this weekend.

If you’re in or around Sonoma County, CA, put down the wine and get some at this 3rd Annual Smalltown Comedy Festival as well as enjoy some very fine comedy.

Women Comedy Have Their Version of “Sex Education”

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It’s probably more informative than what a lot of your parents told you.

Women Comedy’s new video shows what we’ve all probably been missing when it comes to sex education and life in general really.

Watch and learn that the birds and bees is a bunch of nonsense.

Women Comedy Continuing To Run Round The Whole Internet and Are Now at CC:Studios

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Women Comedy continue to spread their much needed brand of comedy at every corner of the web.

First it was just their YouTube channel, then IFC, then Funny or Die, and now, Dave/Jake/Allen/Pat are at Comedy Central’s CC:Studios.

Just watch why they’re at Comedy Central’s digital arm with this first sketch entitled “God’s Vagina”.

Matt Ingebretson Has Just Curated “The Impolite: A Collection of Comedic Lit From LA”Featuring Megan Amram, Eddie Pepitone, Karen Kilgariff, and More

February 18, 2015

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Matt Ingebretson, who we feature a lot here, has put together an entire collection of short form pieces from some of the funniest people currently in and around Los Angeles for The Impolite: A Collection of Comedic Lit From LA.

Those people include such comedy folks as:

Megan Amram, Nathan Buckley, Eric Dadourian, Raj Desai, Emily Heller, Karen Kilgariff, Megan Koester, Yassir Lester, Aparna Nancherla, Eddie Pepitone, Sean Tejaratchi, Amber Tozer, David Venhuizen, Patrick Walsh, Jay Weingarten, Jake Weisman, Nick Wiger, and Allen Strickland Williams.

The book has everything from “…high-concept humor to idiotic poetry to a detailed factual account of how Cash Money Records caused a rift between a step-father and his son,” says Ingebretson.

So, with all of that being said, we suggest taking $10 and spending on it buying and enjoying “The Impolite”.

What Waking Up From a Coma in 2015 Is Like According to Women Comedy

January 27, 2015

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Waking up from a coma after a long period of time, many years in fact can be jarring. Though a fictional depiction of someone waking up from a coma needs an update for these days rather than relying on something like While You Were Sleeping.

With that in mind, Women Comedy present a present day “100% real” reenactment of waking from a coma is like in 2015.

Women Comedy Show That Books Aren’t Top Priority at Book Clubs

January 20, 2015

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Women Comedy continue their run at IFC’s Comedy Crib with a new video that shows what we’re all really thinking when we’re discussing a book at a book club we’ve joined. (spoiler alert: not books)

Enjoy this sketch with great cameos from Jamie Lee, Eliza Skinner, Matt Ingebretson and then really question why you even read books in the first place.

Women Comedy Just Can’t Pick What Movie to Watch on Movie Night

January 13, 2015

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Women Comedy had a great start to their run at IFC last week and are keeping it up with their latest sketch where they explore the near impossible task of picking which movie to watch on Netflix.

Fortunately, you can just watch this sketch because you there’s no choice otherwise here.