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Crapshoot Comedy Festival Returns to Downtown Vegas with Quite a Fine Line-Up

February 1, 2017

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Scheduled to perform at this year’s Crapshoot Comedy Festival in Downtown Las Vegas:

Fahim Anwar
Dave Attell
Joel Kim Booster
Byron Bowers
Matt Braunger
Kurt Braunohler
Chris Cubas
Corinne Fisher
Krystyna Hutchinson
Sabrina Jalees
Morgan Murphy
Aparna Nancherla
Mark Normand
Chris Porter
Adam Ray
Ryan Sickler
Beth Stelling
Jesus Trejo
Liza Treyger
Brad Williams
Jenny Zigrino
&
Podcasts:
Guys We F@#cked: The Experience
About Last Night

If you’re in and around or Vegas and always wanted see the spoils of comedy in LA, but were never able to make it out, this is the perfect comedy festival for you.

Passes are now on sale from $179-$999.

December 30, 2016

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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.

December 2, 2016

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Yes, this means you can go watch a great comedy show with the likes of Margaret Cho, Ian Edwards, Johnny Pemberton, Aparna Nancherla, Yvonne Orji, James Austin Johnson, and Eli Olsberg in an adult entertainment store AND support The Trevor Project.

Get your tickets here.

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

JFL Northwest 2017 Announces Line-Up with Sarah Silverman, Trevor Noah, Tom Segura, My Favorite Murder, Jon Dore, Barry Crimmins

December 1, 2016

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If you’re in Vancouver in February, you would be doing yourself a big favor by going to JFL Northwest.

Just look at that line-up stacked with some of the best from around the country as well as local to Vancouver.

Tickets go on sale at 10AM PST this Friday, December 2nd right here.

Here’s the Official Riot LA 2017 Comedy Festival Line-Up Announcement Video Complete with a Stacked Line-Up and Watermelons

November 29, 2016

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One of LA’s best festivals Riot LA is coming back very soon, January 19th-22nd in fact.

Some of the best comedy from around LA, the country, and the world are coming to DTLA next month including Mel Brooks, Ali Wong, Rachel Bloom, Todd Barry, Rory Scovel, Tig Notaro, John Early, Aparna Nancherla, Daniel Sloss, Brew Haha, My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, Josie Long, Jo Firestone, Dr. Katz, and plenty, plenty more.

See those names scroll by as you watch watermelons get destroyed with a mallet that’s somehow not held by Gallagher in this announcement video.

After that, you can buy tickets or passes (Premium goes for $159.50 and are subject to limited availability) here.

It’s Record Store Day and You Can Now Get The Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen Double Vinyl Album

November 25, 2016

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It’s Record Store Day and You Can Now Get The Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen Double Vinyl Album

On top of the Black Friday shopping you might be already doing, it might be nice to pop in to your local record store (they do still exist) for Record Store Day and pick up the double vinyl album Hot Tub with Kurt (Braunohler) and Kristen (Schaal) Live at The Virgil. It’s just one of many exclusive releases today that you can only find in record stores.

It features the likes of Eddie Pepitone, Emily Heller, Aparna Nancherla, Karen Kilgariff, Kyle Kinane, and many more and comes with a download code as well.

You can find your the nearest Record Store Day participating record store here.

The Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen Double Album to Finally Come Out on Record Store Day This Month

The magic of one of the best live weekly comedy shows in the entire world, Hot Tub, was captured awhile back, but is now set to come out as a double LP as part of Record Store Day on November 25th thanks to Kill Rock Stars and Redeye Worldwide.

On the album, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen: Live at the Virgil, will be performances from Eugene Mirman, Kyle Kinane, John Roberts, Aparna Nancherla, Emily Heller, Eddie Pepitone, Beth Stelling, Karen Kilgariff, Andrés du Bouchet, Heather Lawless, and, of course, Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal.

Make sure that your local record shop will be carrying this so you can go and pick it up.

Aparna and Jo Attempt Learning How to Play Bridge

October 28, 2016

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The latest episode of one of our favorite web series this year, Womanhood, has the irresistibly silly Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone try their hands at learning the complex, but old card game, Bridge.

See if they pulled it off and if they made friends with some older folks here.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Are Forced to Go Aqua Cycling

October 21, 2016

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If you don’t know why you need to watch comedy darlings Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla attempt aqua cycling at the behest of their producers, then you really need to watch them do that more so than anyone else.

It’s a delight as is the rest of their RIOT web series, WOMANHOOD, at Refinery 29. Watch it here.

Aparna and Jo Try to Wax Like Miss America in Latest ‘Womanhood’

October 14, 2016

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Really, the only things we should need to say here are that Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone are delightful bubbles of weirdness and we’re lucky that they’re doing a web series sardonically covering the steps of womanhood.

Also, watch their latest episode of Womanhood where they give hair waxing a shot.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Go Prom Dress Shopping with Their Moms

September 29, 2016

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The latest episode of RIOT’s Womanhood takes us back to the days of high school and prom as hosts Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone not only go shopping for their prom dresses, but check for approval from their mothers.

Also, so much “drama” happened that they had to make it into a “two parter”. By the way, Womanhood just might be one of this year’s best web series.

Watch part 1 here.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Earnestly Try Dancing for Season 2 of “Womanhood”

September 23, 2016

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Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone had a hell of a run for their first season of Womanhood, their life advice series for women on RIOT.

Awkward looks, pauses, and Aparna and Jo’s magical goofiness make the both of them kind of irresistible.

So, for their second season of Womanhood, it looks like they’re going to amplify all of that in the best way possible.

Watch how Aparna and Jo try to manage to reach the end of a children’s dance class for the first episode and you’ll agree that America might have a new hosting duo on its hands.

Aparna Nancherla and Nate Fernald’s Half Hour Specials Premiere Tonight

September 9, 2016

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This weekend of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour will be one that will be definitely full of tomfoolery and we can’t wait.

Aparna Nancherla’s special is at 12AM and Nate Fernald’s is right after at 12:30AM on Comedy Central.

In Addition to Releasing Her First Album, Aparna Nancherla Performed on Conan This Week

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This weekend is definitely coming up Aparna, which is big plus for the rest of us.

Not only did Aparna release a great first album, which is also the first album for Tig Notaro’s Bentzen Ball Records, she also kicked off a big cross country tour on the same day.

On top of all of that, she got to perform on Conan on Thursday right before all of this happened in one fell swoop. Watch her set here.

Aparna Nancherla’s “Just Putting It Out There” Will Give You the Laughs and Smiles That You Might Really Need Today

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It’s no secret that the zeitgeist is brimming with negativity right now.

The comedy of Aparna Nancherla is a refreshing splash of fun amidst these tense times. As such, her debut album Just Putting It Out There, off of Tig Notaro’s Bentzen Ball Records, is a pure delight. Nancherla works in subtle layers of social commentary and existential quandries in the hour, but does so in such a bouncy, bubbly way that you almost forget that she might be doing jokes about depression or feminism.

Like we said above, if you feel the need to laugh and smile right now, you should get Just Putting It Out There right now. By the way, it’s available on iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, and on CD.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone’s “Womanhood” Covers Menopause/Witchhood(?)

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The “wisdom” of Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone will hopefully last through the centuries even though this web series looks like it got shot on VHS.

Watch the latest episode of their Womanhood series on Refinery 29′s RIOT on the subject of menopause, possibly ‘witchhood’.

Seeso Orders 6th Season of JFL’s “Funny as Hell”

You’ll be treated to the stand-up of Cameron Esposito, Eugene Mirman, Janeane Garofalo, Beth Stelling, Aparna Nancherla, Kurt Metzger, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Liza Treyger, the Lucas Brothers, Byron Bowers, Sean Patton, Sam Morril, James Davis, Ian Abramson, Sean Donnelly, Thomas Dale, Ahmed Bharoocha and Emo Philips.

Part of a great comedy cultural exchange between the U.S. and Canada comes around during the JFL Montreal Comedy Festival when JFL also shoots their stand-up showcase series, Funny as Hell.

As past episodes have been streamed plenty on Seeso, Seeso has opted to make the series more known in the States, especially because of its heavy use of U.S. talent, to order a sixth season that’ll offered on NBC’s comedy streaming service.

There will be more names that’ll be added to the series during the festival, but that line-up alone is reason enough to go watch it.

The Latest ‘Womanhood’ Has Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Confront Each Other During Their Midlife Crisis Episode

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What better way to cover the topic of a midlife crisis than to go through a “mid-show crisis”?

There isn’t one, so stop thinking about it already.

Just watch, listen, learn, and enjoy Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone’s latest Womanhood at Refinery 29′s Riot.

The 2016 High Plains Comedy Festival Announces Its Line-Up

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You might want to get to Denver in August.

From August 25th-August 27th, The High Plains Comedy Festival will bring yet another rollicking weekend of comedy to Denver’s already thriving scene.

Scheduled to appear thus far:

Adam Cayton-Holland
Andrew Orvedahl
Ben Roy
Bobcat Goldthwait
Jonah Ray
Sean Patton
Steve Agee
Aparna Nancherla
Baron Vaughn
Brooks Wheelan
Eliza Skinner
Brent Weinbach
Andrew Santino
Dulcé Sloan
Nick Vatterott
Sean O’Connor
Ahmed Bharoocha
Ian Karmel
Jermaine Fowler
Chris Garcia
Caitlin Gill
Joel Kim Booster
Noah Gardenswartz
Troy Walker
David Gborie
Kristin Rand
Bryan Cook
Chris Charpentier
Amy Miller
Jordan Doll
Sean White
Gilbert Lawand
Nato Green
Kate Willett
Kenny DeForest
Brandie Posey
Martin Morrow
Kristin Clifford
Sam Tallent

Passes and tickets are available here.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Are Back For Completely Accurate Advice About Womanhood in Your Thirties

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You might look at the comedy of Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone and say to yourself, and hopefully to the comedy ether, “They should have their own show.”

Thankfully, they do have a show where they get to dish out life advice for women that’s “not” just wacky, absurdist goofs, but “actual” tips to make living not so awful.

Watch their latest episode of Womanhood on Refinery 29′s comedy channel Riot.

“Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” Is Coming to Seeso and This Trailer Proves It

(via EW)

Seeso taped a bunch of Wyatt Cenac’s great weekly show in NYC, Night Train, and made into a series that they’ll start streaming at the end of this month at Thursday, June 30th.

To be featured in this taped version of Night Train will be:

Kurt Braunohler, Jen Kirkman, Janeane Garofalo, Roy Wood Jr., Jo Firestone, Hari Kondabolu, H. Jon Benjamin, Scott Adsit, Jean Grae, Michelle Buteau, Questlove, Seaton Smith, Aparna Nancherla, Natasha Muse, Clark Jones, Jeffrey Joseph, Matteo Lane, Eugene Mirman, Joyelle Johnson, Eugene Mirman, Michelle Wolf, Dan Soder, Brooke Van Poppelen, Larry Murphy, Damien Lemon, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Josh Gondelman, Sabrina Jalees, Donwill, Janelle James, Phoebe Robinson, Maeve Higgins, and Sasheer Zamata.

See for yourself in the trailer.

Variety’s Comics to Watch 2016 Has James Adomian, Anthony Atamanuik, Cameron Esposito, Lauren Lapkus, and Roy Wood Jr.

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Literally, you can watch a bunch of great things that all of these comics on Variety’s list are in already like Trump vs. Bernie, comedy specials on Netflix, Showtime, and Seeso, The Daily Show, and way more right now.

Variety’s annual big-to-do Comics to Watch list has a bunch of names of great comedy folks that, if you follow what we do here, you’re hopefully well acquainted with.

That includes:
James Adomian/Anthony Atamanuik
Aparna Nancherla
Cameron Esposito
Roy Wood Jr.
Ronny Chieng
Jermaine Fowler
Lilly Singh
Lauren Lapkus
Granger Smith
Vlad Caamano

If you’re not, do a deep dive on all of the stuff we’ve mentioned above.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Give Some Really “Useful” Tips on Turning 21

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You’re able to drink alcohol, but not quite able to rent a car. Also, if you’re a woman, there’s a whole new set of worries that comes with turning 21. It’s yet another weird, but very important time in your life.

Knowing that, let life experts/hilarious people Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla talk you through it all in the latest episode of their Womanhood series at Riot.

Comedy Central’s The Half Hour Will Feature Joe Machi, Aparna Nancherla, Ahmed Bharoocha, Mike Recine, Naomi Ekperigin, Nate Fernald, and More This Year

This should make for a really strong season of The Half Hour on Comedy Central.

Getting their own half-hour specials in the fall this year will be:

Cy Amundson
Erik Bergstrom
Ahmed Bharoocha
Matthew Broussard
Naomi Ekperigin
Nate Fernald
Noah Gardenswartz
Emily Heller
Martha Kelly
Joe Machi
Drew Michael
Aparna Nancherla
Jacqueline Novak
Mike Recine
Ramon Rivas II
Ali Saddiq
Nick Turner

There is a great deal of the folks above that it would be worth going to YouTube and checking out whether you’re familiar with them or not.

If you happen to be in New Orleans in the beginning of June, you can go to the tapings of these half hour specials.

Refinery 29 Launched Their Own YouTube Comedy Channel “Riot” and They’re Off to a Pretty Nice Start

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Refinery 29 is expanding beyond being an online cultural destination for women by getting into making their own online content. Amidst developing short films, channels, etc., Refinery 29 has also launched an online comedy channel on YouTube called Riot. It’ll give a platform to many of the best female voices in comedy.

Already, they have some great content from Aparna Nancherla, Jo Firestone, Jacqueline Novak, Phoebe Robinson, and Shannon Coffey.

Specifically, absurdist puberty tips from Aparna and Jo and an intimate conversation about depression and anxiety between Jacqueline Novak and Lena Dunham are two you definitely want to watch.

So, keep an eye on Riot or subscribe to make that way easier.