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Pick of the Day: BUTT (in LA) 5/27

May 20, 2022
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If it is pure silliness you seek as a salve and an escape from the constantly mutating terror of our waking reality these days, one should look no further than the sketch duo of Joe McAdam and Chris Stephens, better known as BUTT.

Their ridiculousness is so often transcendent in such a hysterical way and has their absence due to the pandemic has left a void in our soul. Just thinking about their Yoda dating app sketch keeps us going many days that we’re particularly down.

It’s just fortunate for us all that Joe and Chris and their butts are returning to Dynasty Typewriter come next Fri. May 27th at 7:30PM PT with special guests Eddie Pepitone and Steph Tolev. It should be an undeniably rambunctious night of comedy that will make you forget, above all else, people are trying to distract themselves from the world by watching a horridly messy celebrity defamation trial.

Get tickets to the live, in-person return of BUTT for $20 right now here.

Pick of the Day: An Evening with Butt & Friends 8/14

July 29, 2020
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If you’re looking for a hard break from reality right now and a nice cruise through the absurd, look no further than the sketch duo Butt (Joe McAdam & Chris Stephens). We feel lucky to have enjoyed some of the most brilliantly daft sketch comedy in person over the last few years and we have no doubt that they’ll cook up something as amazing and unabashedly silly for a live-stream.

Dynasty Typewriter, one of the main venues where they got to pull such shenanigans as introducing a dating app based off of different user-submitted pictures of Yoda and nothing else, is presenting a special virtual Evening with Butt & Friends next month, Fri. Aug. 14th at 7PM PT/10PM ET.

Joining Joe and Chris will be quite the very special handful of guests including Eddie Pepitone, Liza Treyger,  and Tommy McNamara.

For all of this, tickets are only $5-$10, which is a steal if you ask us. Go get tickets for An Evening with Butt & Friends here.

Butt Is Going on Tour Across America

June 26, 2019
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One of our absolute favorite sketch duos in LA is BUTT (Joe McAdam and Chris Stephens) and they’ll be thankfully sharing their wares with a big chunk of the rest of America this Summer on the appropriately titled Butt Across America Summer Tour.

Starting in the end of July through the beginning of August, McAdam and Stephens will bring their top notch absurdity to NYC, Chicago, Lincoln, NE, and more.

Get more details and tickets here.

Oh, also, you can also see them in LA this Sunday 6/30 at our Most Wanted List show at The Satellite.

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Please Enjoy “Shrinker’s Pizza” by Butt

May 21, 2019
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Tapping into the ridiculous and absurd is often risky proposition in comedy as it very likely that you might just make something that is so esoteric and weird that it’s more off-putting than comedic.

However, cleverly pulling off being “stupid” (and we mean that in the best way possible) in sketch comedy is a thing of beauty. We believe that is what Butt (Chris Stephens and Joe McAdam) have done with this sketch, Shrinker’s Pizza.

We don’t want to ruin it, so just watch it and if you dug it like us, you should go check out Chris and Joe as Butt at Dynasty Typewriter on May 31st.

Comedy Sketch Group Butt Is Currently Doing a 12 Hour KISS-Themed Livestream to Promote Their Non-Kiss-Themed Show Next Month

January 22, 2019
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Butt, the sketch comedy duo of Joe McAdam and Chris Stephens, are masters of being sublimely and hilariously daft. 

In this spirit, they are promoting their upcoming show at Dynasty Typewriter on Sat. Feb. 9th at 10PM by doing a 12 hour livestream from 8AM PST-8PM PST that is themed around the classic rock band KISS. 

Thus far, they’ve done a KISS cam on Hollywood Blvd., attempted to play KISS’ video game (yes, there is one), got a video of Bam Margera attempting to be Gene Simmons to promote the show, and try to figure the perfect way to get a shout out from Gene Simmons. Again, they’d like to reiterate that their live show will have nothing to do with KISS. 

In short, it’s a pretty great way to have some beautiful absurdity and stupidity in your life for today.

So, watch the livestream on Twitter @buttguys here and go get tickets for their Feb. 9th in LA at Dynasty Typewriter at the Hayworth Theater show here.

June 17, 2018
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Simply put, Joe McAdam and Chris Stephens AKA Butt are some of the funniest sketch comedy folks around these days.

They’re doing a half hour at UCB Franklin this Thursday, June 21st at 8PM and you really ought to not miss it. Tickets are $7 and you really ought to get them here.

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

March 31, 2018
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When it comes to where being daft and brilliant meet on the comedy spectrum, few duos coming up are quite as good as Joe McAdam and Chris Stephens otherwise known as Butt.

That’s why we highly urge you to catch them on an early evening this coming Thursday for $5 at UCB Sunset. Get tickets here.

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

July 5, 2017
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One of the best sketch shows in town, The Wheel Show, is celebrating a three year anniversary. They feature stand-ups and music guests as well, but their bits, sketches, and videos are a wondrous kind of silly. 

For this 3 year milestone, voice acting legend Maurice LeMarche and the amazing Debra DiGiovanni will be joining in as their special guests.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Get advanced tickets here.

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

Please Enjoy Joe McAdam and Chris Stephens’ Super Fun, Absurdist TV Pilot “Butt”

November 29, 2016
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Need some pure silliness right now? This ought to do the trick.

From Chicago-to-LA comedy transplants Joe McAdam and Chris Stephens, this TV pilot directed by Ty Greene called Butt is a nice slice of precise absurdist humor, free of fear mongering and politicking. Oh, some of it might be NSFW. 

Please watch and enjoy Butt in its entirety here.

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