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January 13, 2020
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The well of comedy gold that flows from the imagination of Tom Scharpling (The Best Show on WFMU) never ends and never ceases to amaze. Just for the hell of it, he made an irreverent script for what he thought could be the third installment in the Grown-Ups franchise, the Adam Sandler and friends broad comedies that is pretty much just premised on reuniting old friends for some hijinks. 

This Grown-Ups 3 will be live read later this month (Tues. Jan. 28th 8:30PM) at the Bootleg by what we’re sure will be a stellar cast in order to raise money in support of Australian Wildfire relief. 

Tickets are starting at $15. Go get them for this special, one-off that supports a very, very good cause here.

March 28, 2019
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The comedic forces of Patti Harrison, Mitra Jouhari, and Catherine Cohen are assembling once more for their show known as It’s A Guy Thing, happening this time at The Bootleg on Thurs., May 9th at 7:30PM. 

On their own, you shouldn’t miss their experimental, absurdist, dark, musical-forward comedy and certainly shouldn’t miss it when they’re together (i.e. this will probably sell out soon). 

Tickets are $10. Go get ‘em here.

Hari Kondabolu Has Started to Release His Own Bootleg Albums with “Hari Kondabolu’s New Material Night”

March 27, 2017
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<a href=“http://harikondabolu.bandcamp.com/album/hari-kondabolus-new-material-night-volume-1”>Hari Kondabolu's New Material Night Volume 1 by Hari Kondabolu</a>

For years, Hari Kondabolu has done full length sets under the moniker of “New Material Night” that has allowed Hari room to breathe, play, develop, evolve with bits, concepts, premises, riffing, etc. 

Usually, no such sets find its way to the light of day because comedians generally prefer a few coats of polish on an album.

However, Hari is one of the most relevant, funniest, and all around best voices in comedy right now (give Waiting for 2042 and Mainstream American Comic a listen if you haven’t already) a and really can make you appreciate the artistry of stand-up when he feels like showing the seams. 

With all of that in mind, we’re excited (as you should be too) that he is releasing his own bootlegs from his New Material Nights from the past few years. 

You can start off with Hari Kondabolu’s New Material Night Volume 1 that’s now available off of Bandcamp for $5.

Note: “It was recorded on an iPhone & fellow comedian Sean Keane’s camera on Dec 5th, 2013 in the now defunct “Dark Room” in San Francisco’s Mission District.”

To Watch “Conan In Cuba” In Cuba, You Have To Bootleg It

May 25, 2015
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Even though sanctions have been lifted, there are some Cuban bans on U.S. TV that still have yet to be done away with.

Two months ago, Conan O’Brien beat everyone in television to doing the first big time American TV appearance in Cuba in decades. It was a landmark moment for U.S.-Cuba relations as well as a highly anticipated fantastic hour of television.

With that being said, the Cuban people, probably many of whom were featured in the Conan in Cuba episode, couldn’t legally watch any of Conan’s visit as watching many American TV programs are highly frowned upon by the Cuban government. 

We say “frowned upon” because many street vendors seem to get away with openly selling bootlegged DVDs of various American TV series, which coincidentally also includes Conan in Cuba.

So, watch Cuban folks buy bootlegs of Conan in Cuba in Cuba here.

Listen to Andrés du Bouchet Bootleg Live Performances

September 21, 2013
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Listen to Andrés du Bouchet Bootleg Live Performances

Bootleg is a little of a misnomer here as the hysterically absurd Andrés du Bouchet, the man behind some of the funniest sketches on Conan, recorded all of these tracks himself and released them for all of us to delight to via his website. 

Listen to performances at live shows over the last several months of excerpts from his one man show One Hundred and Me Percent or The Testiculating Horror as soon as you can because we found just listening to his album Naked Trampoline Hamlet wasn’t enough du Bouchet for us.

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