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Miss JFL Chicago? Catch Up with Wandertown & JFL Dailymotion Showcases

June 17, 2013

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Just For Laughs Chicago just happened over this past weekend and unfortunately we weren’t all lucky enough to be in Chicago (or maybe you were at Bonnaroo watching comedy & music there). Either way, you can catch up a little with JFL by listening to Wandertown with Andy Peters and watching live show clips of Andy Daly, Baron Vaughn, Ben Roy, Cameron Esposito, Michelle Buteau, Sean Patton, and more at JFL Chicago’s Dailymotion page.

Stream JFL Chicago Dailymotion Showcase

June 12, 2013

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Stream JFL Chicago Dailymotion Showcase

If you’re not fortunate enough to attend the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival going on right now in Chicago, you can catch a little bit of it thanks to Daily Motion. At 5PM PST/8PM EST, they’ll livestream stand-up showcases with pretty great line-ups tonight through Sat. Jun. 15th.

You’ll get to see Andy Daly host as well as Brendon Walsh, Sean Patton, Cameron Esposito, Michelle Buteau, Sam Simmons, Adam Burke, Ben Kronberg, Ever Mainard, and more. Basically, we suggest you catch it.

Andy Peters’ Wandertown Is Going to JFL Chicago

June 8, 2013

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If you enjoyed the hysterical Andy Peters’ travels and reporting at The Bridgetown Comedy Festival up in Portland this year through his SoundCloud podcast, Wandertown, you’ll definitely love that Peters is doing the same great running around recording all the exclusive things to be seen and heard and laughed at during the Just For Laughs Chicago this upcoming week.

Follow Andy’s wandering, interviewing, and more through JFL Chicago here starting this Tues. Jun. 11th.

Chicagoans Kyle Kinane and Brendan McGowan Attempt Drinking Infamous Chicago ‘Malort’

May 9, 2013

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The Why Would You Eat That? by Ron Babcock and Michael Truly is one of the funnest and funniest web series as of late. Look no further for proof than this latest episode where a Chicago rite of passage, supposedly, in the spirit known as ‘Malort’ is drank after grabbing fake cash from a wind machine/fan in a challenge between very funny comedians Kyle Kinane and Brendan McGowan from Chicago.

Tony Sam-Tip of the Hat 6/11/11

June 12, 2011

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The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” this week to TONY SAM.

Any person involved in comedy that has respect for comedy as an art form will tell you, if you so ask, that one of the most important things for a comedian, or any artist really, is a unique “voice”. There needs to be something distinguishing in the way a person is funny for them to be a truly great comedian.

The Puppy Calendar @ Comedy Carhole from Anthony Sam on Vimeo.

Tony Sam has “voice” in spades. One of the funniest people in the intensively competitive and crowded LA Comedy scene, Tony has managed to become of favorite of both audiences and comics with a brand of comedy that’s quirky, yet captivating. Through his stand-up, plethora of hysterical characters, and his actual physical voice, Sam leaves an indelible impression on anyone who sees and hears him perform. Tony’s actual voice is so unique, drastically wandering up and down in frequency, that he makes some of the most unique characters such as Electroface and Reverend Boone Turde that are exceptionally hilarious and absolutely unforgettable.

The Reverend Boone Turde from Anthony Sam on Vimeo.

Tony’s most recent character, a Fun Police Officer, has been simply amazing, even though I’ve seen on five separate occasions. He starts off, dressed as a police officer, walking in from off stage, “Well, well, well…. well, well, well, well, well…. WELL, WELL, well, well… Anybody know why I pulled this show over? I clocked ya doing boring!”

Truly, Tony Sam is part a new surge in comedy that presents the art form of comedy and where it can possibly can go. Whether as one of his incredibly original characters (he even has one where he’s a country singer with a shark for an arm), just himself doing stand-up, or in a sketch or improv, Tony is deftly and skillfully pushing the bounds of comedy while managing to have crowds rolling in laughter.

As a result, Tony not only frequently performs around LA at some of the city’s best show, but has his own stellar show, Persona!, a character based comedy show, which has gotten stellar reviews from Punchline Magazine as well as here at the Comedy Bureau. Taking place every month, Sam has himself and several of LA’s best comedians and they only perform as characters, which has made for quite a hit amongst a sea of fantastic comedy line-ups every night in Los Angeles.

Sam is also the head editor and writer/contributor at HahaJK.com, which, in short, is news the way you would want to hear it. Daily, Sam posts news stories that are based on real news, but are funny just the way you would really want.

As of this week, Tony will be performing at the prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Chicago this Tuesday and later this month he’ll be having his fantastic Persona! on June 30th at the Hollywood Improv Lab. If that’s not enough for Tony for you, you can follow him on Twitter @toekneesam and check his website tonysam.com. Really, any chance you get to catch Tony Sam and his many “voices” on stage should not be missed.