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Please Get and Enjoy Barbara Gray’s Fantastic Debut Album “If I Did It”

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Barbara Gray has been a favorite of ours for so long here in LA seeing her play almost every spot we can possibly imagine in town. Gray’s unapologetic love for the absurd and also her very own, very personal truth makes for sets that had us howling with laughter for years. This debut album, If I Did It, most certainly captures Barbara’s wild playfulness on stage and her candor in such a pitch perfect way.

Recorded in Salt Lake City, Barbara takes everyone on a rollicking ride through this hour and is so present that it almost feels like you’re there to witness her marvelous blend of vulnerability and silliness (ex. there’s a great bit of narration that’s not unlike one for a nature documentary for a very specific ‘humping the stool’ bit).

With live comedy seeming to coming back around the country and being on the precipice of summer, Barbara’s If I Did It might be the perfect album for this very moment with how it jolts us to the wonder of just how damn fun live comedy can be.

So, please go get/listen to If I Did It now, fresh off the presses from AST Records.

August 27, 2019

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Whether Babs Gray is killing it in the world of podcasts (Lady to Lady and Britney’s Gram) or being a long standing staple in the LA comedy scene or bringing her silliness to the masses across the country, Babs has been a favorite of ours for years.

Thus, we would highly urge you to go check her out doing her own show Babs Gray Does: Babs Do It at the Lyric Hyperion (even if she’s playing coy with exactly what’s going to happen in said show). Go get tickets for Babs Gray Does: Babs Do It, which Babs says are “$4.20 and 80 cents” here.

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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.

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First off, there’s a National Cartoonist Society Festival happening down in Huntington Beach this month. Already, that’s something that should highly peak your interest as it will be a big shindig for comics and cartoons (plus a zombie walk).

On top of that, there will be one of our favorite concept shows, Picture This!, down in the OC for a special free, pop-up show in, perhaps, the perfect setting

They’ve got many of their favorites and stalwarts of the show coming down from LA to Huntington Beach and it’s your chance to see if you’ve avoided making the trek to The Virgil in Silverlake over the last few years.

Get more details here.

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The show where comedians try to out compliment each other is back!

Boast Rattle, perhaps one of the more positivity driven comedy shows that there is, has its latest edition coming this week at Dynasty Typewriter and, per usual, it will be a doozy.

Tickets are $10 online (and $15 at door). Save some clams and get your tickets right now right here.

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

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The fantastic weekly comedy show Sauce at Desano Pizza is taking every Friday during the whole month of June to present Pizza Coven: All Female Comedy Festival and highlighting LA’s best female comedians that you should know about.

Get more details and specific line-ups here.

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

Win Tickets to The Gateway Show Where Comedians Try to Tell Jokes When They’re Too High

January 19, 2018

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Tomorrow, The Gateway Show is back at Echoes on Pico to run comics through a weed soaked ringer by having them tell jokes sober, then do it very, very high.

If that’s your jam, then we’ve got tickets for you to win. Enter here: http://dola.com/events/2018/1/20/the-gateway-show

January 6, 2018

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Dark: Stand Up Comedy in Pitch Black is finally back next weekend.

Truly, it’s comedy done in complete darkness and, as always, features a great line-up. This time it’s Chris Garcia, Barbara Gray, Michael Glazer, Chris Riggins, Jono Zalay, and Caitlin Gill that you’ll be hearing while having wearing a sleeping mask.

If you get your tickets now (which you should), it’s $5, then it’s $10 at the door.

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

September 23, 2017

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The Rainbow Brainskull Hour, the creation of comedian, artist, and multimedia hyphenate Ramin Nazer, is an indie comedy show truly suited to its home in an neighborhood comic book store. It’s a great stand-up comedy show paired with phosphorescent magic and animation conjured up by Nazer himself.

The next edition of The Rainbow Brainskull Hour is set for Saturday, September 30th at 9:30PM (sharp) at Alternate Universe (1498 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA). Admission is free. 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 13, 2017

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Lindsay Ames’ My Diary is back for its August 2017 edition this week and has a line-up whose diaries will be undoubtedly something special including a cast member of People of Earth, the founder of Feral Audio, a host of Lady to Lady podcast, a trans comedian, and a comedian that created an entire complimenting contest.

Tickets are $7 and you really ought to get them here.

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

Please Enjoy Matt Ingebretson and Pat Bishop’s Award Winning Short Film “Oh Damn”

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As Tribeca Film Festival Selection and a Nonplussed Fest Audience Award Winner and a nod from us here at TCB, we think you ought to enjoy this short film “Oh Damn” (which includes a great cameo by Fred Willard) from two personal favorite writer/director/comedians of ours, Pat Bishop and Matt Ingebretson.

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We got to see this extremely fun show, Dungeon, awhile ago and it really has stand-up comedians taking the reins to a streamlined version of Dungeons & Dragons. More often than not, that means they play for what might be funnier rather than what’s prudent and wise on their quest.

John-Michael Bond hosts as a Dungeon Master and really blends stand-up and D&D almost seamlessly with this show. This latest edition this Sunday, July 30th will feature a great line-up of Jordan Temple, Kaseem Bentley, Jordan Doll, Barbara Gray and Christine Medrano.

Please get tickets here.

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

“Burn This Election” Will Be a 2016 Election Themed Comedy Album Supporting RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)

October 27, 2016

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There’s so much to love about this project called Burn This Election.

It’s a comedy album that will be recorded in a house featuring some of LA’s best comedians including Jackie Kashian, Dave Ross, Sean Keane, Kate Willett, and way more spitting fire, comedically, about this year’s election with all of the proceeds going to support the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the country, RAINN.

Yes, they did pick that group in response to the words and actions of Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump.

We’re guessing that you’ll rarely get to see comedy delivered with such urgency in the intimacy of a house. Also, the album is set to drop on Election Day, which should be a nice palate cleanser to this nightmare of an election cycle.

The taping of the album will be hosted by Brandie Posey and is set for next week in a house in Hollywood on Wednesday, November 2nd at 8:30PM. Admission is free, but they’ll also be taking donations for RAINN as well.

Instead of bats and balls, this game of quasi-baseball is played with jokes.

Get more info and tickets here.

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

September 23, 2016

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Here, comedians are challenged to try doing jokes while one of many challenges including anything from singing their jokes to not being allowed to say “the” or “uh”. Odds are that’ll get their adrenaline pumping, hence the name.

Get your tickets here.

All proceeds from this particular edition of Sauce will go to the Pulse Victims’ Fund.

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

Tickets are $15 with a two item minimum and you can get them 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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The award winning hit podcast from Chicago, Arguments and Grievances, comes back to the Nerdmelt Showroom for another round of comedians debating such pressing issues as Hugs vs. Drugs.

Next Friday, March 25th at 8PM, the line-up of absurdist debating will be as follows:

Jared Logan vs Bryan Cook
Ryan Singer vs Chris Charpentier
(MegaChurches vs Megabuses)
Brandie Posey vs Barbara Gray
(Magic Mike vs Magic Kingdom)
Dulce Sloan vs Joe McAdam
(Gene Wilder vs Gene Hackman)

Arguments and Grievanaces’ Kevin Brody will be on hand to wrangle the evening’s proceedings.

Get your tickets in advance for $8 and at the door for $10.

The rest of our listings for shows and mics and corresponding mics are embedded www.thecomedybureau.com.

Barbara Gray and Whitney Teubner Test Out #TBT Time Travel

August 20, 2015

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Barbara Gray and Whitney Teubner use Throwback Thursday, better known as #TBT, so much on social media that they were apparently the best candidates to test out time travel that only works on Thursdays in the past.

Watch how that all went in this sketch they made for Comedy Central.

“Lady To Lady” Is Going on a West Coast Tour

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The unforgettable trio of Barbara Gray, Brandie Posey, and Tess Barker AKA Lady to Lady are going on a West Coast tour wonderfully called On The Pun starting tomorrow May 11th-May 23rd.

You’ve probably enjoyed their hijinks on their podcast that’s now part of the Maximum Fun network or, if you’ve been in LA, at their live shows where stuff like grown man baby pageants have been known to happen.

Get your tickets for their tour, playing near a West Coast city near you, here.

Dave Ross & Barbara Gray Going on Him & Her Tour Along West Coast

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Dave Ross & Barbara Gray Going on Him & Her Tour Along West Coast

Going from here in LA all the way to Seattle, WA, the very funny Dave Ross and Barbara Gray are going out on tour along the West Coast for the first two weeks in August.

We highly suggest that you see any stop of this Him & Her Tour if you can and the Him & Her Tour would like you to know that Dave and Barbara are indeed two close friends that are not having sex.

Barbara Gray Finds “Real Life” Adele Dazeem To Sing Frozen’s Let It Go

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Barbara Gray might have done the impossible by finding the real life Adele Dazeem, the name John Travolta said when introducing the live performance of Oscar winning song “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen.

Here’s “Dazeem’s” performance of Let It Go and you decide which is better.

Morning Debriefing 6/26/11

1) In Portland, OR now for a week, technically on vacation. Just hope you all appreciate that we still haven’t missed a single day of posting since we started.

2) Watch out for this: @marcmaron Okay, I guess the cats out of the bag. There is a feature on me and the show in the new @EW. Dunno if its out on newsstands.

3) You can still submit something to RE:COM for a few more days. Get in by June 30th. Don’t miss an opportunity to 1) to be a force/voice for comedy 2) see your name in print (that’s right it’s a print magazine).

4) Congratulations to Barbara Gray and her fantastic show One Two Punch getting written up in the LA Times. Follow @BabsGray on Twitter to keep up to date when the next One Two Punch is as well as damn hilarious tweets.

5) Comedy Bang Bang has a blog about their podcast?!? Alternative comedy gone ever more self-reflexive…

6) Speaking of self-reflexive, this video by “comedy artist” by Charlotte Young was posted by the Daily What several days ago, but who hasn’t thought they were bullshitting whatever they were saying at least once while on stage? Only the other week, I could have swore that I said on stage, “I have material that works, I swear."

7) This isn’t LA comedy exactly, but it’s pretty fuckin’ hilarious: Kurt Braunohler and the World Wild of Animals.

Kurt Braunohler’s World Wild of Animals: Dolphins – watch more funny videos

7) ON THE HORIZON
Doug Stanhope @ Irvine Improv Wed. Nov. 30th 8PM $25/2 item min.
Doug Stanhope @ Brea Improv Thurs. Dec. 1st 8PM $25/2 item min.

8) COMEDY CRAWL
Enter the Hot Chicks Room w/Matt Besser @ UCB Theatre 6PM FREE
Comedy Without A Cause @ Boardner’s 6:30PM FREE
Tim Lee @ Brea Improv 7PM $ /2 item min.
The Family House with Auntie Sara @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7PM $5
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Re-Animator the Musical @ The Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Comedy Off The Record @ The Basement Lounge 8PM $5
Warm n’ Fuzzy @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
Indiglo @ M Bar 8:30PM FREE/$10 min.
French Toast 1 Year Anniversary @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 8:30PM FREE
Neil Hamburger with Special Guests @ The Satellite LA 8:30PM $8
Top Story Weekly with Frank Conniff & Emo Phillips @ iO West 9PM $5
Running Your Trap w/Jimmy Pardo @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5

9) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/lottery
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
NERDIST THEATRE 7522 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (back room of Meltdown Comics)/Sign-up 7:15PM/Starts 7:30PM/lottery/30 spots available/no purchase necessary
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/mixed mic
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee available

10) Got a brand new off-brand moleskine notebook yesterday. Let’s hope there are less pages of scribbling "Fuck” over whatever was already written this time around.

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Morning Debriefing 3/14/11

1) One Two Punch, really an in-home live comedy experience, is one of those events that sounds amazing on paper, then absolutely exceeds expectations thanks to the one and only Barbara Gray. Here’s a fraction of a slice of a bit of how awesome a comedy show in your living room can be in the form of a few pictures by liezlwashere.

2) Though there’s plenty happening in town, A Reggie Watts Interview w/BajillionHits.biz’s Alex Blagg at SXSW would have sure been nice to be a part of…

3) If you happened to catch the vastly under publicized special “Mash-Up” on Comedy Central featuring stand-up, re-enactments of jokes, sketches, etc. this past Friday, here’s the story of how came to be from the formerly Chicago based comedy tank, The Blerds. [via Connected Comedy]

4) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Are You F*#king Kidding Me? @ Puka Bar 7:30PM FREE
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Stand Up Saloon: Bowser’s Birthday Edition @ Old Towne Pub 8PM FREE
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Stand Up Spotlight: TJ Miller @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5

5) OPEN MIC RUN-check back here as this is updated throughout the day
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/multiple sets allowed/$5 min.
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM
D’AMORE’S 8369 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 8PM/Purchase required

6) I’m so entrenched in comedy that I had no idea that St. Patrick’s Day was happening until someone cracked a joke about it.

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February 4, 2011

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Comediennes Barbara Gray and Whitney Teubner give us a glimpse of what their Mondays are like (which is kind of like everyday for me)

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