If you’ve been further wondering what Baron Vaughn as Tom Servo and Hampton Yount as Crow T. Robot might sound like when in action for the new Mystery Science Theater 3000, look no further than their “leaked auditions” for Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Funny or Die.
As we suspected, they look like they’re going to do just fine.
Hodgson and company have raised of $3,190,406 of $3,300,000 as of this post.
Ultimately, so many of us would like to see over $5.5 million raised for the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 in order to see 12 episodes featuring Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn, Hampton Yount, Felicia Day, and a yet to be announced “evil henchmen”.
The Kickstarter campaign is inching closer to that goal, but it’s even closer to the 2nd tier goal of making 6 new MST3K episodes. There are 11 days left on the campaign and given how fast people contributed in the first go around of Joel Hodgson’s Kickstarter launch, we’re sure this is definitely within the realm of possibility.
FYI, there are only two $400 donation packages left where you can get a personalized voicemail from the new MST3K crew. Get in on all of it here.
We’re going to venture a guess that both the MST3K loyal and newcomers to Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be pleased with this news.
As the Kickstarter to bring back MST3K has already reached its initial goal and speeds towards its stretch goals, creator Joel Hodgson has announced the folks that will being playing the roles of Mad, Crow T. Robot, and Tom Servo as well go into some detail over the dynamics of this new iteration of MST3K.
Earlier today, Joel sent the update out that Felicia Day will be playing Mad (specifically Kinga Forrester, the daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester), Hampton Yount will be filling the role of Crow T. Robot, and Baron Vaughn will be the next Tom Servo.
With Jonah Ray as the host, this almost rounds out a pretty swell cast, but, there seems to be a new role for an evil henchmen waiting to be announced.
Based off of who he got so far, we’re sure Joel has got someone great lined up for that role and that’s all the more reason that the Kickstarter should raise as much as it can to make as much new MST3K as possible.
James Austin Johnson reaching his hand out to a wonderful crowd at Echoes Under Sunset for our 4 and 5/12th Anniversary, full of mirth, wonder, comedy, silliness, and dancing.
All photos courtesy of Sarah Wood.
It truly was a spectacular night a week ago and we here at The Comedy Bureau thank all who attended as well as though who have kept us going throughout all these years and change. All of you make our efforts here worth it, despite not being any sort of “official” government agency with any government funding.
We also want to graciously thank Maria Bamford, Baron Vaughn, Candice Thompson, James Austin Johnson, Joe Wagner, Emily Heller, Drennon Davis, Karen Kilgariff, Brad Silnutzer, Avery Pearson, Christian Chavez, Echoes Under Sunset, Sarah Wood, and Mandee Johnson for all being part of or helping with the show.
The following is photographic evidence that this all happened.
Drennon Davis and Karen Kilgariff
Yes, dancing happened.
Oh yeah, this guy, Jake Kroeger. He works here and likes hats.
To another 4 and 5/12th years and beyond where we relaunch the website (happening soon), expanding beyond LA (hopefully happening soon), etc. (perhaps happening at a point TBD). Any donations (there’s a donation button right above the embedded Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run calendars) would definitely expedite any of these things happening.
Once more, thank you all for making this, whatever it is exactly we do, worth it.
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin play “frenemies” that come together over their husbands, played by Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen, revealing that they are gay and in love with each other. You in?
Here’s the first trailer to give you a promising taste of what’s to come for Grace & Frankie. You can see that June Diane Raphael, Baron Vaughn, and more will also be in the mix
Given the premise, Grace & Frankie very easily could have been a multi cam sitcom, but it’s not and we think it will be all the better for it.
All the episodes will be released on Netflix on May 8th.
The short of the long of it is that not that “we’re” vastly understaffed.
On Oct. 25th, 2014, The Comedy Bureau turned 4 years old. Most of you don’t know that because “we” really didn’t say anything. So, almost half a year later, “we’re” making up for that by throwing a belated anniversary show.
So, on Fri. Apr. 3rd, The Comedy Bureau we’ll be approximately 4 and 5/12th years old and we’ll be celebrating that exact time in our history at one of our favorite venues, Echoes Under Sunset.
With special guests:
Maria Bamford
Baron Vaughn
Joe Wagner
James Austin Johnson
Candice Thompson
Drennon Davis
Presented by Jake Kroeger and Brad Silnutzer
Doors 10PM
Starts 10:30PM
Echoes Under Sunset
1310 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Donations graciously accepted
(via Deadline)
Netflix’s latest comedy series slated for production is Grace & Frankie starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin featuring the two as arch rivals that become friends over the fact that their husbands want to marry each other. If that wasn’t intriguing enough, Sam Waterston is playing one of the husbands.
If that somehow not enough to draw your interest, perhaps the you’ll pay attention to June Diane Raphael and Baron Vaughn being cast as respective daughter and son on either side of this new family dynamic.
It’s announcements like these that make us glad Netflix releases all the episodes at once, so we can indeed binge watch.
After a long deliberation/our good friends at the fantastic Goorin Bros. Hats wanting to do a comedy show, we along with Goorin present the very first Night Cap at Goorin Bros. Hat Shop on Melrose Ave. (7627 Melrose Ave. to be exact) here in LA.
Remember this: Fri. Feb. 21st, doors at 8:30PM, starts 9PM (Tip: repeating 25 times helps).
There’ll be comedy, hats, comedy plus hats, and even a hat giveaway! Oh yeah, the wonderful comedic talents of Sean Patton, Baron Vaughn, Margot Leitman, Andy Peters, and more as well as some guy who works here at The Comedy Bureau, Jake Kroeger.
The show costs only $5 to attend, which is, we’d bet, cheaper and better than any other night cap you’ve had, so get your tickets now..
Flyer by Deborah Etta Robinson
Whether you’re acquainted with all the dramas surrounding terrorist cells and homeland security or not, Law of the Land at David Cross/French Kiss Records’ FKR.TV is a pretty great, hilarious comedy version of all those shows. Not to mention they have an amazing cast of Ron Lynch, Brendon Small, Matt Kirshen, Chris Walsh, Samm Levine, Baron Vaughn, Matt Besser, Ali MacLean and more.
Give their second episode a watch here.
Brendon Small, Ron Lynch, Baron Vaughn, Chris Walsh, Matt Kirshen, Samm Levine, Matt Besser, Ali MacLean, and more, making for a cast of some of the funniest people we know and you will hopefully know soon, all star in this wonderful parody of Homeland or any anti-terrorist hour drama.
Watch the first episode over at FKR.TV right now and get hooked like we did.
We’re really glad that Baron Vaughn got to share the perfect balance he’s struck between silliness, being very insightful, and really funny with The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson audience last night.
Watch his wonderful set on Ferguson here.
David Cross partnered with Syd Butler at French Kiss Records and the Orchard Video Network to create FKR.TV, another online content network to feature original content, many of which will be in the form of a comedy web series.
“Law of the Land” is one of their first series that has a pretty great cast in Baron Vaughn, Brendon Small, Samm Levine, Chris Walsh, Ron Lynch, Matt Besser, James Urbaniak, Phil Lamarr, as well as the show’s writer Ali MacLean in a comedic take on Homeland.
We have yet to see a trailer or teaser before the premiere on Aug. 15th, but we definitely think you should keep an eye on this like we’ll be doing.
We’re unsure if you’ve been keeping up with Comedy Central’s latest round of comedy specials on The Half Hour, but definitely tune in tonight for two, in our opinion, of the funniest stand-ups working today in Sean Patton and Baron Vaughn.
Make sure you’re home, set your DVR, or beg your bartender to change the channel to Comedy Central at 12AM tonight.
On this latest episode of Brody Stevens’ Push and Believe from CC:Studios, Baron Vaughn joins Brody in making an inspiring smoothie complete with Brody-isms.
Though his official album release isn’t until Thursday at the Nerdist Theater with Margaret Cho, Jonah Ray, and more, Baron Vaughn’s “Raised by Cable” is available for purchase now!
1) Yet another venue for comedy is opening up as other rooms have shut down: Dangerfield’s II in Silverlake, according to their Facebook page, is an intimate setting to work on new routines and ideas for comedians. There will be 4 performances a week including open mics and monthly podcasts. Although we at Dangerfield’s II will be booking most of the shows, we encourage performers to approach us with their show ideas. If you have an idea for a theme night, sketch show, performance art, or musical comedy, please contact us to see if we can work together. All shows are free with a requested $5 donation as we rely on these donations to keep the studio up and running.
More details here.
2) At 10:07AM PST, @allthingsbrody tweeted “Once the desire to pitch and drum returns, you’ll soon be able to see my brand of humor on the horizon. Oh, and yes, I’ll be podcasting.” Good to hear as well as seeing him tweeting right back at his usual speed. Can’t wait to see him take the stage again.
3) National Lampoon weighs in on the Katt Williams incident.
4) Baron Vaughn’s album “Raised by Cable” on AST Records drops this Tues. 9/6, but you can pre-order it right now.
5) Just in case what you were wondering what Emo Phillips performing in a tent at the FYF Fest yesterday looked like, here it is… [via Nerdist]
6) One of our favorite hashtags on Twitter this week: #IfOldJokesWereAboutDepression
7) ON THE HORIZON
The Matt Goldich Twitter Talk Show @ Twitter.com/MattGoldich Wed. Sept. 7th 4PM FREE
The Good Bits @ Witzend Wed. Sept. 14th 8PM $5
8) COMEDY CRAWL
Matt Besser: The Most Offensive One Man Show Ever @ UCB Theatre 6PM FREE
First Sunday Funnies w/Jeremy Paul Headlining @ Back to the Grind 7PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
French Toast-Margie’s B-day Edition @ Taix 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 9PM FREE
The Comedy Cooler @ Max Steiner’s 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly @ iO West 9PM $5
Gravid Water @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Shitty Jobs @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5 (stand by only)
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
PARADISE PERKS 15475 Jeffrey Rd., Irvine, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/only 10 spots available
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) After hearing stories about kidney transplants, heroin use, accidental suicide, forced cum swallowing, perhaps being “boring” and “lame” is OK.
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Yeah, you read that right: 2 awesome comedy tapings taking place in our fine city.
BARON VAUGHN (Fairly Legal)-Thurs. May 26th 8PM-UCB Theatre (5919 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA) $5
AND
Seriously, do not miss any of these. You’ll be part of history (I mean it probably won’t end up in a text book, but you know what I mean).
Last week’s @Comedy_Palace was nuts. We were packed to the rafters and everyone was great. The next show,on 3/24, will be no different.
Line up:
Pete Holmes
Baron Vaughn
Nick Thune
Greg Behrendt
Kumail Nanjiani
To me that is a murder’s row of fucking comics. Plus there maybe some surprise drop ins.
BTW if you come early and eat you can reserve a seat in the show room.
1) “Finally! It’s Saturday Night and I Need a Laugh”-the resolution to the Comedy Bureau investigative report started over a week ago will be later posted today (The Comedy Bureau coffee machine has been missing for the last week, which has severely cut down on productivity around here).
2) Now that it’s just the clip of him and that’s it, here’s Baron Vaughn on Lopez Tonight.
3) EAGLEHEART is on Tonight at MIDNIGHT on ADULT SWIM. Here’s the promo aaaaaaaand it should be as simple as that.
4) Free Episode of the Never Not Funny Podcast w/Jimmy Pardo AND Conan O’Brien? Yes.
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL-OK, I’ll admit, this is kind of ridiculous…
Comedy in the Raw @ The Canyon Club 7PM $10
Good Neighbor @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5 (stand by only)
Comedy Speakeasy @ TSR Lounge 8PM FREE
Subversive Comedy w/Jimmy Dore @ Flappers Burbank 8PM $12/2 item min.
The Sklar Brothers @ Irvine Improv 8PM $17/2 item min.
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Sausage and Smiles @ DiPiazza’s 8:30PM $5
Garfunkel & Oates @ Largo 8:30PM $20 (sold out-though if you show up there might be extra tickets)
Running Your Trap w/Jimmy Pardo @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Sean Patton & Friends @ Hollywood Improv 10PM $14/2 drink min.
6) OPEN MIC RUN 2/10/11
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM,
THE SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 7PM,
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guaranteed
TKO SHOW @ 212 CAFE 212 Pier Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM
7) Recently: Activision is retiring the wildly popular video game series Guitar Hero (thankfully), so maybe they can make a smart, innovative, thought provoking, and still vastly entertaining new style of video game in “Kyle Kinane’s Midnight Scientist”.
8) I’m so funny that a woman called me a battered woman last night at a party while laughing maniacally. As far as having “game”, well…..
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