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New York Comedy Festival Announces Headliners for 2022

August 15, 2022

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Not too too far from now, The NY Comedy Festival will take over NYC’s 5 boroughs to bring NYC even more comedy than the cornucopia it already has on a nightly basis. One of the real perks of NY Comedy Fest is the headliners they assemble, which, for this year will include the likes of Conan O’Brien, John Mulaney, Wanda Sykes, Jenny Slate, Ms. Pat, Mo Amer, Bassem Youssef, Jimmy O. Yang, and Tracy Morgan.

Of course, this is just a tiny sliver of what the entire line-up of the festival will be come Nov. 7th-Nov. 13th. If you want to get your tickets as soon as possible, you can use the presale code “NYCF” starting at 12PM ET on Fri. Aug. 19th at nycomedyfestival.com.

Pick of the Day: IIBA’s Sixth Annual Comedy Night for Immigrant Rights 5/13

April 28, 2021

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Though they’ll have to do it virtually, the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area is doing their annual comedy fundraiser, their sixth one in fact, in order to support the access they provide to those immigrating to the U.S.

In order to go big for this very special virtual version of their big time fundraiser, they’ve assembled a gala worthy line-up that includes Margaret Cho, Bassem Youssef, Naomi Ekperigin, and host Francesca Fiorentini.

As if this wasn’t enough to get you to chip in for a great stand-up show for a critical cause, there’s even a VIP option to have a “VIP Wine Tasting” with wine from Duckhorn Vineyards that would be delivered to your door (have to have your orders in by today, Apr. 28th).

So, this IIBA’s Sixth Annual Comedy Night for Immigrant Rights goes live at Thurs. May 13th at 7PM PT/10PM ET. Tickets are $40-$125 (even and tax-deductible). Get more info/tickets here.

Pick of the Day: Laughing All the Way to The White House 10/20

As you may well know, Wisconsin is a major swing state. As such, there are plenty of big fundraisers that are going towards making sure it swings left.

One of them, Laughing All the Way to the White House, will be one of the biggest comedy live-stream fundraisers that we’ve seen yet. Slated for this Tue. Oc.t 20th at 6PM PT/8PM CT/9PM ET, the live-stream will feature the likes of: Sarah Silverman, Sarah Cooper, Seth MacFarlane, Kumail Nanjiani, Mike Birbiglia, Hasan Minhaj, Lewis Black, Bassem Youssef, Chelsea Peretti, Whitney Cummings, Judd Apatow, Roy Wood Jr, Maria Bamford, Harry Shearer, Bradley Whitford, Sklar Brothers, Mandy Patinkin, Ahmed Ahmed, Cristela Alonzo, Greg Proops, Jackie Kashian, Will Forte, Ben Gleib, and more.

That’s a line-up worth catching in support of almost any cause. Taking Wisconsin back for the left just happens to be a really great cause to boot.

Access to the live-stream is available via donation. Do so here.

Hot Tub Ticket Giveaway for 6/25/18 Is Here!

June 22, 2018

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Summer is officially here, which should mark an increase in everyone going out, especially at night.

That being the case, why don’t you try your hand at winning a pair of free tickets that we have to next week’s Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen!

Enter to win here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

April 2, 2018

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Bassem Youssef, Egypt’s Jon Stewart, will be doing his solo show over at the Comedy Central Stage on Thursday, April 12th and Monday, April 16th. It’s something you shouldn’t miss as one of the Middle East’s top satirists gives their perspective on the insanity of these times.

Best of all, tickets are FREE w/RSVP here and here, respectively.

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

April 2, 2017

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This week, you can get a double dose of Dr. Bassem Youssef, often referred to as the Jon Stewart of Egypt, here in LA.

On Wednesday, April 5th 7:30PM at The Vista, Cinefamily will be presenting an off-site screening of the documentary Tickling Giants by Sara Taksler that follows Youssef’s time as a popular satirist in a turbulent Egypt. Taksler, Youssef, and Larry Wilmore will be in person doing a Q&A following the screening.

On Thursday, April 6th at 8PM at the Freud Playhouse will be having an Evening with Bassem Youssef, brought to you by Book Soup, that will discuss his book Revolution For Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring.

Tickets for the screening of Tickling Giants are $14 and $15-$38 for the ‘Evening with’ and you can (and really should) get them here and here respectively.

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

Matt Broussard’s Half Hour Special, Chris Gets Money, The Onion’s Election Special, and Bassem Youssef’s Muslim Invasion All Premiere Tonight

October 21, 2016

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Tonight’s a night for specials.

The latest episode of The Half Hour features the half hour stand-up special of Matthew Broussard. That airs at midnight on Comedy Central.

On Fusion, they have an entire block of specials starting with an docu-special about income inequality with Chris Cubas called Chris Gets Money at 5PM PDT. Following that, The Onion Presents Iconic Images of Election 2016 airs at 6PM PDT and Bassem Youssef’s own comedy docu-special Muslim Invasion at 6:30PM PDT.

OK, you’ve got your Friday TV watching cut out for you.

Here’s the Trailer for Bassem Youssef’s “Democracy Handbook”

June 6, 2016

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As No, You Shut Up! is no more, Fusion is going to fill its slot for its current events/politically charged comedy with a brand new show from “Egypt’s Jon Stewart”, Bassem Youssef.

Called Democracy Handbook, Youssef will learn about what America has done with the ‘grand experiment’ of democracy by going out and talking to people at on the street, Trump rallies, gun shows, and more.

Get a taste of it with this trailer here, then look for the premiere in July.

Bassem Youssef Will Be “Learning” About American Democracy in New Fusion Series “Democracy Handbook”

February 2, 2016

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While Jon Stewart is just appearing on shows here and there for now, the “Jon Stewart of Egypt” is getting his own show.

Announced during the live edition of No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins at Riot LA, Dr. Bassem Youssef who hosted Egypt’s satirical news show Al-Bernameg (often compared to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is being brought over stateside for his very own show by Fusion.

The idea for Democracy Handbook is that the attempts for democracy in The Middle East have not really gone that well and Youssef is coming to America to learn how to do democracy “right” since our version of democracy is running “just fine” with “no hiccups whatsoever”.

So, we’re on board for this and are standing by for a premiere date.

Help Finish Documentary About Bassem Youssef “Tickling Giants”

February 17, 2015

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Oft referred to as the Egyptian Jon Stewart, Bassem Youssef hosted a hit satirical news show in Egypt called Al Bernameg. However, as free speech seems to be more limited over there than it is here, Youssef ran into problems when poking fun at those in power.

A documentary is being made about his trials and tribulations in trying to pull off what he pulled off called Tickling Giants. They’re looking to crowdfund $150,000 on Indiegogo by Mar. 10th. As of this post, they have raised $47,827.

If you donate $20, you’ll get a digital download of the movie, but, in general, any amount donated to this project is definitely going to a good cause for both comedy and free speech.