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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 216: Mike Bridenstine & Comedy Bar Show 101
May 15, 2024
News, The Comedy Bureau Field Report
comedy shows, los angeles comedy, microdose, mike bridenstine

Over two years, Mike Bridenstine has transformed a very atypical space for comedy, the lovely neighborhood bar that is The Fable in Eagle Rock, CA, into one hell of a destination for a weeknight stand-up show, Microdose, at a bar in Northeast LA. We have Mike return to the TCB Field Report to break down the basics of what it takes to make a field-of-dreams-comedy-show out of a locals’ favorite tavern.

Follow Mike @mikebridenstine and microdose @microdosecomedy on IG. Microdose is every Wednesday at The Fable at 8PM, free admission.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

Pick of the Day: Nick and Andrew’s Hellscape 6/25
June 16, 2021
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andrew michaan, atsuko okatsuka, chelsea peretti, comedy shows, dj douggpound, hannah einbinder, joe mande, kate berlant, la comedy, los angeles, nick thune, ron funches

Jam in a Van has been going for a minute in providing a unique outdoor comedy experience in a secret West LA location. On top of a DIY built, outdoor space, your ticket gets you and your party your own cooler of tasty refreshments (as opposed to waiting around to order two drinks).

Several different shows have come through and come through again in their space, but Nick and Andrew’s Hellscape, set for Fri. Jun. 25th, has one hell of a stacked line-up that could very well be a festival line-up if there were any big festivals happening this month. Chelsea Peretti, Ron Funches, Joe Mande, Hannah Einbinder, Atsuko Okatsuka, Kate Berlant, and hosts Nick Thune and Andrew Michaan are splitting an early show 7PM PT and a late show 9:30PM PT (not everyone will play both shows).

You really ought to not miss this show or, really, both shows if you can swing it. Ticket prices are as follows:

Regular Reserved: $35 (plus $2.50 handling fee)
($75 per pair).
VIP Premium seating and a Mr. Heater heater at your seat: $50 (plus $2.50 handling fee) ($105 per pair).

Go get your tickets as space is very limited for Jam in a Van here.

Pick of the Day: FresHair 6/25
June 9, 2021
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comedy shows, dave merheje, echo park, in person shows, jade catta preta, los angeles, rell battle

Before the pandemic happened, one of Echo Park’s biggest barbershops, American Barbershop, was home to a handful of really fun comedy shows. During the pandemic, they transitioned to having it outside, but still with a very cool, vintage barber’s chair on stage.

Now, with things opening up again, FresHair Comedy is going strong putting on a very cool comedy show in the heart of Echo Park in LA. They’ve got, for this latest show this month, Dave Merheje, Rell Battle, and Jade Catta-Preta along with esteemed producers Renee Gauthier, Ryan Dalton, and Allison Leber on the line-up and there will be, as we have seen them do in the past, plenty more great LA-based comedians (or ones that just happen to be in town).

This June edition of FresHair is set for Fri. Jun. 25th at 9PM PT and tickets are on sale starting at $15. Go snag them up before they sell out.

Pick of the Day: Stamptown (in NY & LA)
June 7, 2021
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clowning, comedy shows, daniel simonsen, idiot, jo firestone, jordan temple, la comedy, Marcia Belsky, martin urbano, nyc comedy, rosebud baker, stamptown, stavros halkias, zach zucker

Before lockdown, you may have not gotten a chance to catch the madcap variety show that is Stamptown hosted by one of its fearless leader Zach Zucker, but you damn well better not miss your chance this time around. It’s a wild round-up of comedians from every corner of comedy, though it definitely leans in to comedy’s more chaotic, alternative edges.

They’re currently doing recurring shows in both NY and LA, outdoors and indoors, for fully vaccinated audiences. They’ve got a backyard show lined-up for Jun. 15th in NYC as well two indoors shows, Jun. 17th @ Asylum NYC and Jun. 23rd @ Union Hall.

Follow them @stamptown on IG for further updates on shows as they sell out pretty quick.

Line-up for 6/17:
Rosebud Baker
Marcia Belsky
Please Don’t Destroy
Aj Holmes
Steve Girard
Daniel Simonsen
Jordan Temple
& Emily Wilson

Line-up for 6/23:
Jo Firestone
Martin Urbano
Larry Owens
Daniel Simonsen
Stavros Halkias
Marcia Belsky

Pick of the Day: The Ocean Show (in LA) 6/6
June 2, 2021
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blair socci, comedy shows, dj demers, jeremiah watkins, los angeles, malibu, outdoors comedy, zainab johnson

Without a doubt, The Ocean Show has the most gorgeous back drop of any live comedy show with the sunset glistening cinematically off of the Pacific Ocean. Also, it’s a very outdoors stand-up show that literally happens on the sands of Malibu’s heavenly Will Rogers State Beach.

There’s so much room to distance and keep to yourself/your bubble while enjoying many of LA’s finest. One of our favorite moments in comedy of all last year actually came at this show when Moses Storm frolicked in the ocean in a suit only to attempt to finish his set while soaking and freezing.

This edition of The Ocean Show is set for this Sun. Jun. 6th with a line-up that includes the Blair Socci, Zainab Johnson, Jeremiah Watkins, and DJ Demers.

“Doors” at 6PM PT and the show at 6:30PM PT and tickets are $20. Please go get them here and make this very worthy trek to the beach.

Here’s a Rundown of New Year’s Eve 2021 Comedy Live-streams Worldwide
December 29, 2020
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comedy livestreams, comedy shows, new year's eve

New Year’s Eve for this year is going to be have to be done at home, virutally, since the pandemic didn’t end by Easter or the Summer or October. As such, there will be no normal mass gatherings in the streets waiting for the ball to drop or packed bars or venues where you can sip champagne and hopefully have someone to kiss at the stroke of midnight local time.

While there also won’t be any NYE’s comedy live-streams in person (or there really shouldn’t be in almost every country around the world anyway), there will be a whole bunch of NYE’s comedy live-streams from every corner of the globe. Here’s a nice, convenient list of said comedy live-streams that will feature the likes of anyone from Mike Birbiglia to Reggie Watts to Romesh Ranganathan to Cameron Esposito to Laurie Kilmartin to Myq Kaplan to Judah Friedlander to Sandra Bernhard to so many more.

Take a gander, all in chronological order.

Just the Tonic Comedy Club- Working From Home: New Year’s Eve Special with Romesh Ranganathan & Al Murray (from the UK) 11AM PT/2PM ET £8.14 – £22.15

Mike Birbiglia: Working It Out (Virtually) (from NYC) 1:30PM PT/4:30PM ET & 3:30PM PT/6:30PM ET $25-$49

#UPYOURS 2020 (from the UK) 1:30PM PT/4:30PM ET £11.37

Every Joke I Wrote This Year with Teresa Lee (from LA) 3PM PT/6PM ET $20-$25

Lane Moore’s New Year’s Eve Zoom Hangout (from NYC) 5PM PT/8PM ET $20

Cameron Esposito’s New Year Steve (from LA) 6PM PT/9PM ET Free w/RSVP

The Comedy Studio’s New Year’s Late Show (from Boston) 6PM PT/9PM ET $20-$25

Judah Friedlander’s New Year’s Eve (from NYC) 6PM PT/9PM ET $1

“Us,” A New Year’s Eve Show with Christopher Titus and Rachel Bradley (from LA) 7PM PT/10PM ET $20-$60

Comedy Oakland: New Year’s Eve Special Show (from Oakland) 7PM PT/10PM ET FREE

Punchline SF: LIVE COMEDY ON ZOOM! Virtual Comedy on NYE (from SF) 7PM PT/10PM ET FREE w/RSVP

UnCabaret NYE Zoom Edition (from LA) 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET

Greg & Gleib: It’s an NYE Thing – Improv Comedy Celebration (from LA) 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET $15-$75

New Year’s Eve “Desi Comedy Night” Virtual Comedy Countdown (from SF) 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET $15-$35

New Year’s Thrillin’ Eve (from LA) 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET Pay what you can

KO Comedy Presents Bye Bye 2020 (from SF) 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET Free w/RSVP

NYE Comedy Mega Show (from LA) 8:30PM PT/11:30PM ET $10-$20

 

Pick of the Day: Freshair (in LA) 11/7
November 6, 2020
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aaron weaver, allison leber, chinedu unaka, comedy shows, Dan ahdoot, echo park, los angeles, renee gauthier, ryan dalton, yassir lester

American Barbershop in Echo Park, in the before times, was home to a handful of delightful live comedy shows in their spacious, stylish interior, complete with a stage under a moose head.

Now, they’re keeping the spirit alive with an outdoor show called Freshair that’s a partnership of longtime LA comedy shows Classic Comedy and Comedians You Should Know LA. It’s outside, out back behind American Barbershop, requires masks and distancing, and we’ll feature stand-up from many of LA’s finest.

This particular edition will feature:

Yassir Lester
Chinedu Unaka
Aaron Weaver
Ryan Dalton
Subhah Agarwal
Dan Ahdoot
Allison Leber
Renee Gauthier

Freshair is set for this Saturday, Nov. 7th at 8PM PT and tickets are going for $15. Enjoy a night out and a nice break from everything this week has been by snagging some tickets here (there are discounts if you buy two or four tickets).

Also, if you’re not down to watch the show in person, they’ll be live-streaming the show as well for only $5.
March 3, 2020
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comedy shows, david x cohen, futurama, improv comedy, long form improv, los angeles, santa monica

Pretty, Pretty Pony is and has been, hands down, one of our favorite improv groups amidst the ever-multiplying number of improv teams in and throughout LA. You should always catch their monthly residency where they do improv based off of a monologist’s stories at the Westside Comedy Theater for their high-level, yet subversive long form improv done exquisitely by a cast of Cole Stratton, Joey Greer, Vanessa Ragland, Ed Roe, Atul Singh, Chris Alvarado.

This edition of Pretty, Pretty Pony is especially special as their guest monologist is none other than David X. Cohen who has brought us one of the more fun visions of the future with Futurama. Undoubtedly, his stories of his own past ought to be something pretty special too.

Tickets are only $6 and you can (and should) get them here.
December 20, 2019
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comedy shows, hollywood improv, ione skye, jen kirkman, los angeles, real talk, talk show

A monthly Jen Kirkman live talk show at the Hollywood Improv Lab where Jen gets to talk as candidly and unfiltered as she so pleases? 

Yes, that’s what’s happening and we can’t wait for it to start. The first Real Talk with Jen Kirkman is set for Thurs. Jan. 9th at 8PM with special guest Ione Skye (from Say Anything of course).

Tickets for Real Talk with Jen Kirkman are $10 and you can (and should) go get them here.
November 26, 2019
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black friday, black metal, comedy shows, improv comedy, los angeles, ucb

Again, some of the coolest things at UCB these days often happen past your bedtime and this Black Metal themed improv show is just one of those things. 

Taking a pun on the massive American shopping day known as “Black Friday”, some of UCB’s best improvisers will be let the darkness of black metal fuel what should be hysterical chaos wrought there on the UCB Franklin stage. 

Also, we’re confident this will be much more fun than standing in line for deals on electronics at big box stores.

Black Metal Friday is set for this Friday Nov. 29th at 11:59PM at UCB Franklin and tickets are only $7. Go get ‘em here and get ready to delve into the black metal void (in a long form improv sense) this weekend.
July 17, 2019
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comedy festival, comedy shows, improv comedy, pack theater, sketch comedy, stand up comedy

If you’re not familiar with or been to or, more importantly, come to really dig what’s going at The Pack Theater over the last 4 years, you really ought to fix that.

A great way to do so is by going to PackCon, the annual celebration of the best of the best at The Pack Theater. Their favorite improv, sketch, stand-up, experimental comedy, and more will be on display for one giant day/night of comedy. That line-up will include Adam McKay, Kevin Dorff, Christina Gausas, Sean Conroy, Ryan Ridley, Stephnie Weir, Bob Dassie, James Adomian, Jackie Zebrowski, Henry Zebrowski, Tommy Blacha, Rob Haze, Annie Mebane, Nick Turner, Andres du Bouchet, Murderfist, Chopping Block, BioDome, Miles Stroth Celebrity All-Star Improv Set, Speedface, and more!

PackCon 4 will be taking place on Sat. Jul. 27th at The Pack Theater from 12PM-12AM???

There’s a good part of this PackCon4 that’s the nice price of Pay What You can, but there are specific shows that are $10. Get all the details for everything PackCon4 here.
June 27, 2019
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comedy shows, lgbtq, los angeles, put your hands together, stand up comedy

Over 6.5 years, Put Your Hands Together has been a regularly sold out stand-up show, an award winning podcast, and one of the best inclusive spaces for stand-up in LA. 

Hosts Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher along with the producing team of Ryan McMenamin and Hannah Settle continued to uphold the primetime Tues. night slot for stand-up at UCB Franklin. Before them, Comedy Bang! Bang! had their amazing run in that time slot, then faithfully passed the torch to PYHT.

Announced yesterday, Put Your Hands Together will be ending their wonderful run at the end of this July. Cameron will be hosting on July 9th & 16th (tickets on sale now) and Rhea will be hosting on the 23rd and 30th (follow @pyhtshow to see when they go on sale). 

Do not miss your chance, truly, to see and end of an era.
September 29, 2018
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clowning, comedy shows, dr brown, los angeles, silverlake

Dr. Brown and his company of clowns (Natalie Palamides, Juzo Yoshida, Chad Damiani, Courtney Pauroso, Bill O’Neill, Ian Bratschie, and Christina Catherine Martinez with live music from Braedon Speakman) are back on Mondays for awhile to give you that fix for all of your absurdist comedy desires. 

Tickets are $5 and they begin this Monday, Oct. 1st. Go 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.
August 15, 2018
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comedy shows, huntington beach, kyle kinane, orange county, rec room, stand up

Kyle Kinane is headlining The Rec Room in Huntington Beach. Need we say more to get you to go? The answer definitely should be no. 

Tickets are $20 + 2 item min. You can snag them in advance here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
July 1, 2018
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4th of july, boobie trap, comedy shows, comedyland, eric lampaert, hollywood, improv olympic, justin willman, los angeles, variety show, what to do

In and around LA, there will be fireworks aplenty. If you just get to a high point of elevation, you’ll be able to glimpse as bursts of lights as far as you can see.

If you also want to see comedy in addition to that, there are actually a few options for you including:

An afternoon of stand-up at Comedyland Presents iO Family Reunion (in Frogtown) 3:30PM, $5 Suggested Donation

One of LA’s best variety shows Scot Nery’s Boobie Trap w/special guest host Justin Willman @ King King 8PM, $17 in adv./$25 at door

Drunk comedians reenacting Jaws for Comedians Cinema Club @ Black Rabbit Rose 8PM, $15

For more comedy than that, you’ll have to just wait until July 5th, when you’ll have your usual festival’s worth amount of live comedy.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
May 30, 2018
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beverly grove, beverly hills, bo burnham, comedy shows, coronet theatre, daily show, largo, los angeles, ronny chieng, stand up, weho

The Daily Show’s own Ronny Chieng will be performing for one night only at Largo next week (not to mention that he will be joined by the one and only Bo Burnham). 

This will probably sell out, so you ought to get your tickets much sooner rather than later. Do so here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
May 19, 2018
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comedy shows, guilty pleasure, hollywood, jimmy pardo, kyle kinane, los angeles

This latest edition of Guilty Treasure (Andy Wood and Bryan Cook’s show forcing folks to explain the songs they love to hate and then perform with a live band) has a killer line-up.

Namely…

– Jimmy Pardo (“Never Not Funny,” “Conan”)
– Kyle Kinane (“The Standups,” “Drunk History”)
– Erin Whitehead (“Bajillion Dollar Propertie$,” Wild Horses)
– Maxim Ludwig (Stagecoach Festival)
– Mike O’Connell (“Another Period,” “Idiotsitter”)

Even the idea of just finding out what their guilty pleasure songs are might be worth the price of admission ($10).

So don’t miss this Guilty Treasure this Monday, May 21st with doors at 7:30PM. Tickets are $10 and you can (and really should) 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.
May 14, 2018
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comedy show, comedy shows, dtla, ktown, los angeles, macarthur park, stand up, todd barry, westlake

Todd Barry is marking 30 years in comedy and doing more of his signature crowd work. We really don’t think we have to sell you any more on this other than mentioning that one of the tour stops is here in LA at Dynasty Typewriter on Friday, June 22nd at 8PM and tickets are $20. 

Go get them here before they inevitably sell out.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
April 5, 2018
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bajillion dollar propertie$, comedy shows, improv, long form improv, seeso, ucb

These days, you might be missing the show known as Bajillion Dollar Propertie$. 

Well, if you’re in the LA area later this month, you might get a chance to get your Bajillion fix as the stars which could include Dan Ahdoot, Ryan Gaul, Mandell Maughan, Tawny Newsome, Drew Tarver and Paul F. Tompkins will be improvising together once more at UCB Franklin.

Also, tickets are only $5 and we have a sneaking feeling that it will sell out. So get them here quick.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
February 23, 2018
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anna seregina, asif ali, character comedy, cocktail party, comedy shows, experimental comedy, frankie quinones, hollywood, jay larson, jon daly, los angeles, outfit home, rory scovel

Toasty, the beautiful, ethereal blend between a character based comedy show and an actual, classy cocktail party, is returning once more!

It truly is one of our favorite things to go be witness to and, per usual, they have a stellar line-up.

Tickets are $17 , which includes free booze & snacks. The show is for ages 21+. 

Please get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
February 16, 2018
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bob baker, bob baker marionette theater, comedy shows, dtla, echo park, eliza skinner, jared ramirez, molly fite, puppets, ron lynch, variety show

The great puppet variety comedy spectacular known as When Puppets Are Your Only Friends finds its way to LA’s premiere puppetry venue, The Bob Baker Marionette Theater this Sunday, Feb. 18th at 8PM.

Molly Fite and Jared Ramirez will be joined the lovely talents of:
Eliza Skinner (Comedy!)
Ron Lynch (Prestige! SORCERY!)
Pam Severns (Puppets!)
Kaycee Krieg (Variety!)
Live music from Duk!
w/ Mischief and Mime from
Invisible Women (Nicky Soupi Giraffe & Juliana Giraffe)

Tickets are $15 and you should go get them here.

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

ATTN: all listings for shows, events, open mics, etc. for next week (1/22/18) are updated.
January 22, 2018
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-TCB
January 18, 2018
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comedy shows, free tickets, los angeles

Next week’s Hot Tub is ALREADY SOLD OUT!

Fortunately, we still have a pair of tickets to give away!

Enter to win here: http://dola.com/events/2018/1/22/hot-tub-w-kurt-kristen

Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run Are Updated for Beginning of 2018
December 30, 2017
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comedy shows, los angeles, open mics

From looking at what’s coming up, it’d be nice for 2018 to start already.
November 30, 2017
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3 year anniversary, cheap comedy, comedy shows, desano pizza, hollywood, los angeles, sauce, stand up

For three years, Sauce has built themselves up as cozy, warm, wonderful stand-up show to watch in a private room at a delicious pizza bakery.  Perhaps, they might be the best comedy show at a LA pizzeria. 

Come celebrate their three year anniversary with a line-up chock full of LA’s best (Nicole Byer, Debra DiGiovanni, Guy Branum, Ron Lynch), the great Sauce crew (Barbara Gray, Brodie Reed, Erin Lampart, and Jeff Wattenhofer) AND one of Sauce’s original founders and beloved LA son returned for an evening, Eric Dadourian.

As always, a $5 suggested donation is all you need for the show. Get more details here!

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

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