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Pick of the Day: Bust Down Screening with Jak Knight (in NYC) 3/12

March 9, 2022

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As we’re getting into the thick of the streaming wars, each service tries to get a leg up in the current conversation with their latest acquisitions or brand new, shiny series. HBO finally unveiled the long awaited Winning Time and Peacock might just have something that’ll delightfully take us all by surprise with Bust Down, the single cam trying-to-get-by-in-life comedy with Chris Redd, Sam Jay, Langston Kerman, and Jak Knight, that premieres this Thurs. Mar. 10th on the NBC exclusive streaming service.

To mark the occasion, Jak and surprise guests from Bust Down will be presenting a special in-person screening (and doing stand-up) at Union Hall this Saturday, March 12th at 10PM ET. It won’t get more intimate of a special release/premiere screening than this, so you ought to snag tickets for $15 right now right here.

In case you haven’t seen it or are only catching wind of Bust Down just as you read this, please enjoy the announcement trailer here.

Pick of the Day: Chris Redd: Why Am I Like This? (in LA) 2/15

February 2, 2022

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Throughout every season of Saturday Night Live, there are bye weeks that allows the cast and writers to, well, do whatever they want. Sometimes, they take some well earned rest, but many of them choose to go back to the things that brought them to the institution that is SNL in the first place.

Thus will be the case when SNL’s Chris Redd returns to LA and headlines Dynasty Typewriter this month with his vibrant and colorful observational stand-up comedy. Redd had been making his way in LA right before he got cast a few years ago (or over a decade ago if you feel like the pre-pandemic times were a very long time ago) and you’ll have a small window here to see him live.

Redd is set for a special evening of stand-up comedy that he’s calling Why Am I Like This? on Tues. Feb. 15th at 8PM PT, thankfully saving us from any residual, forced schmaltz of Valentine’s Day.

Tickets are $25 and you can (and should) go get them here.

Get Your First Look at Chris Redd, Langston Kerman, Sam Jay, and Jak Knight in Peacock’s “Bust Down”

January 28, 2022

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Though Peacock reported yet another loss for the mega media conglomerate Comcast NBC Universal to the tune of several hundreds of millions of dollars this week, they did also report a healthy subscriber base of 17 million. That’s a pleasant surprise considering they were a late entry into the streaming service game.

Part of that has to do with the sort of content they’ve amassed and put out, perhaps the revival of cult favorite MacGruber being part of that reason. NBC’s streaming service has another card to play in the coming months of 2022 with a brand new comedy in Bust Down. The cast of Jak Knight, Langston Kerman, Sam Jay, and Chris Redd, all rising star comedians through SNL, Big Mouth, Insecure, or maybe even their own show, Pause with Sam Jay, is a selling point all on its own.

The premise of “Four casino employees in a dead-end job in middle America attempt to find self-worth in their bad ideas,” from Luke Del Tredici and Dan Goor could very well be frosting on this cake of a show. It might end up being the sitcom for these late stage capitalist, ongoing pandemic-ridden, climate change ravaged times that makes any and all of us in the thick of struggle feel less alone.

Or, it could be a great vehicle for Redd, Knight, Kerman, and Jay to show off, which we’re also on board for.

Whatever the case may be, get the very first look at Bust Down here, then look for it stream on Peacock starting Mar. 10th.

Team Coco’s HBO Max Comedy Specials Start Streaming Next Month; More to Come Soon

July 23, 2020

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Right before lockdown, Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco managed to shoot two hour long comedy specials, destined for HBO Max, from the amazing Beth Stelling and James Veitch. More specials that they had planned to shoot got postponed because of COVID-19 shutting down production right around their shoot dates.

Still, those special are set to start streaming on HBO’s newly minted HBO Max next month in an announcement made yesterday.

Also, hour specials from Chris Redd and Moses Storm that had been previously slated for production, along with shorter specials featuring the likes of comedians that you really ought to know already: Naomi Ekperigin, Solomon Georgio, Tommy Johnagin, and Ismo. The dates for when those will happen and subsequently released are TBA. We’re assuming that the nature of the dates will depend on how protocol on TV production with any sort of live audience might change (as that’s not really happening right now) over the next few months.

In any case, you have two new hour comedy specials that are coming in a few weeks from the HBO and Team Coco side of things rather than at Netflix, which is still pretty much on pace for releasing a comedy special every week.

Watch Roy Wood Jr. as Host of This Is Not Happening in Season 4 Trailer

January 24, 2018

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Roy Wood Jr. has taken over hosting duties from Ari Shaffir for the fourth season of Comedy Central’s storytelling series This Is Not Happening.

Per usual, there are very insane stories, several of which probably benefit from certain statutes of limitations being over, and crazy looking interstitials inspired by the title of the show.

By the way, Roy looks pretty damn slick in his get up, doesn’t he?

Here’s the trailer.

This Is Not Happening season 4 premieres Friday, Feb. 2nd at Midnight on Comedy Central.

Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents, the Latest Round of Half Hour Specials, Starts Tonight

September 15, 2017

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Chris Redd and Yamaneika Saunders will be kicking off the latest season of half hour stand-up specials, Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents, respectively at Comedy Central starting at midnight tonight.

As far we’re concerned, that’s a pretty good pair to start off with.

June 3, 2017

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It’s been a few weeks, or way too long, since Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen had a mini-break.

Fortunately for all of us, Hot Tub is returning this Monday with, per usual, a real strong line-up.

As always, tickets are $5 in advance and $8 cash at door.

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

November 28, 2016

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Mike O’Brien from 7 Minutes in Heaven with Mike O’Brien and SNL fame and Mark Raterman from one of the most respected improv troupes around, Cook County Social Club are putting on their own stellar night of comedy variety with The Go’Head Show featuring the likes of TJ Miller, Beth Stelling, and Chris Redd.

Tickets are $8 online and $10 at door at Nerdmelt. You can (and really should) get your tickets here.