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Help LA Indie Improv’s Clubhouse Reopen with This Kickstarter
November 24, 2021
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So many venues and things in comedy fell victim to the pandemic in one way or another. We won’t bring the mood down by listing those yet again, but, odds are, you have mourned the things that have closed and gotten anxious over the things in comedy whose fate is yet to be determined.

Fortunately, one of the things that will survive is one of LA comedy’s beloved indie improv venue, The Clubhouse, nestled in a very large strip mall on Vermont Ave. in Los Feliz. Dozens and dozens of improv shows as well as some sketch, stand-up, clowning, and other wild comedy experiments were held lovingly at one of the The Clubhouse’s two rooms.

We were thoroughly worried that it was going to be a place that was indeed going to close as a result of having to be dark for so long. That is not the case as you now know, but they will need help reopening. There is back rent that’s due and many long overdue and necessary repairs that The Clubhouse needs. That’s why its amazing and gracious founder, Rebecca Drysdale, is doing this very Kickstarter to have the Clubhouse rise from the ashes once more (and make sure no one gets tetanus from the security gate).

Please support a LA comedy venue that was a home for so many, big and small, weird and weirder, etc. etc. Do so on Kickstarter here.

The Ruby Theater Needs Your Help to Move (and Stay Open)
September 6, 2019
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Well, the block which used to house Meltdown Comics/Nerdmelt Showroom and currently houses the lovely indie comedy theater/school The Ruby LA is being torn down into turned into condos (probably high priced with commercial space on the first floor as is the trend currently in LA).

They have to be out of 7518 W. Sunset Blvd. by Nov. 30th and they’ll need your help in moving to keep the spirit of the great all-inclusive feminist-led theater alive. 

We’ll let the folks at The Ruby LA tell you a bit more.

They’re just looking for $15K to keep The Ruby LA going. So, please support them at their GoFundMe here. 

Help Launch Earios, a Podcast Network by Women for Everyone
July 26, 2018
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Podcast veterans Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci (that includes Trading Movies, The Big Ones, and The Complete Woman) with accomplished entertainment behind-the-scenes multi-hyphenate Priyanka Mattoo are looking to start, as mentioned above, a podcast network by women for everyone called Earios. 

The aim of Earios is to provide a greater platform for female voices under the umbrella of full scale podcast network and like the plethora of famous folks they have in their delightful campaign video, we’re also think you should support their Kickstarter to launch the network. 

As of this post, they’ve raised $13,626 of the $25K goal and they have just under a month left to get it funded.

Oh, some of the rewards, which include having podcast star Matt Gourley on your podcast as a guest and developing your podcast, are pretty sweet.

So, get more details and back Earios here.

Please Back This Kickstarter That Will Have Kyle Kinane Voice an “Action Dinosaur”
February 15, 2018
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If you know and love Kyle Kinane, you ought to know that one of his purposes in life must be two be the voice of an anthropomorphized dinosaur in a cool jacket and sunglasses just like the one in Jason Merrin’s animated project Action Dinosaur.

They’re looking for finishing funds via Kickstarter, specifically $20K over the next 26 days (as of this post being written). 

Here’s their Kickstarter promo to explain the whole project further.

If you can, please support it so the world can enjoy Kinane (whose lovely voice you’ve heard in stand-up and all over Comedy Central) as a rad dinosaur.

Hayworth Theater To Be Revived as a Multi-Purpose Venue by “Dynasty Typewriter” and Former Hollywood Improv Booker Jamie Flam
October 25, 2017
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Though LA is losing the Steve Allen Theater in a few weeks and Cinefamily is closed indefinitely pending an internal investigation of the extent of sexual harassment and assault, the city is gaining two new venues where primo comedy will get to live. 

Yesterday, we tipped you off to the rebirth of Echoes. Today, we can tell you about the revival of The Hayworth Theater as restored classical theater (restoration done by building owners Jenji Kohan and Christopher Noxon architect Linda Brettler) near MacArthur Park that is aiming to bringing premium comedy, music, podcasts, variety shows, screenings, etc. to LA’s Eastside. 

Thanks to Jamie Flam, a former booker of the Hollywood Improv and one of the most fun loving people we know, and his Wes-Anderson-esque fake company Dynasty Typewriter, a whole new wave of live shows is set to come in the next few months.

See Jamie tell you himself in this pretty swell Kickstarter video and read Julie Seabough’s write-up of the whole affair in LA Weekly. 

Speaking of Kickstarter, “Dynasty Typewriter” is looking for $100K by November 16th to spend on A/V installation, operation costs for the first 3 months, and staffing via this Kickstarter campaign. Knowing what Jamie is capable of and having been to the space throughout the years, we definitely think it’s worth backing.

Join the Dynasty (and support what will be a great indie venue) here.
July 18, 2017
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If we have helped you, at all, stay on top of comedy in LA (and a little more) over the last several years, please help us by pledging $ a few month on Patreon so we can actually make a living at this.

For a few $ pledged a month, you can help make TCB’s budget go beyond the scope of covering just food and gas.
July 17, 2017
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For a few $ pledged a month, you can help make TCB’s budget go beyond the scope of covering just food and gas.

A new stapler or an actual office space would be nice.

For a few dollars a month on Patreon, you can feed a “starving” Comedy Bureau.
July 15, 2017
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For a few dollars a month on Patreon, you can feed a “starving” Comedy Bureau.

More accurately, we’re workaholics that make little very time for eating, but any $ pledges is greatly appreciated.

We haven’t taken a day off since 2010 to keep The Comedy Bureau up and running to faithfully serve you.
July 14, 2017
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We haven’t taken a day off since 2010 to keep The Comedy Bureau up and running to faithfully serve you.

If you think we deserve some money for that, please pledge to our Patreon campaign.

We’d love to reach our goal of making a TCB app at $4K pledged on Patreon. Currently we’re at $551.
July 12, 2017
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We’d love to reach our goal of making a TCB app at $4K pledged on Patreon. Currently we’re at $551.

You can help make that happen here.

Not sure if you’re aware of this, but “we have one person” manually update these entire calendars for LA comedy shows and open mics at TCB pretty much every day and have done so for several years. If you think we deserve your support for doing that, please pledge $ at The Comedy Bureau’s Patreon.
July 10, 2017
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Not sure if you’re aware of this, but “we have one person” manually update these entire calendars for LA comedy shows and open mics at TCB pretty much every day and have done so for several years. If you think we deserve your support for doing that, please pledge $ at The Comedy Bureau’s Patreon.

Hey LA and comedy, we think you’re worth it (i.e. all of our time).
July 8, 2017
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Hey LA and comedy, we think you’re worth it (i.e. all of our time).

If you feel the same way about The Comedy Bureau, please pledge some $ to our Patreon.

To have The Comedy Bureau keep supporting LA and comedy at large, it needs your support on Patreon.
July 6, 2017
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To have The Comedy Bureau keep supporting LA and comedy at large, it needs your support on Patreon.

Please pledge $ if you can.

Our ad money is a far cry from making TCB sustainable. Only your $ pledges through Patreon can keep us and running.
July 2, 2017
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Our ad money is a far cry from making TCB sustainable. Only your $ pledges through Patreon can keep us and running.

Already, our current amount pledged on Patreon is already more than we make, most of the time, in three months from ads.
June 30, 2017
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For Comedy Bureau Patreon supporters, we’ve got pins and stickers. For more, you can actually hang with us for a night (if you’re in the LA area) or for a cool $1K a month, we’ll actually do some professional comedy scouting for you.

Find out more about and pledge to our Patreon here.

Since Oct. 2010, we virtually haven’t taken a day off from operations here at The Comedy Bureau. We’d love to keep that going (and also forgetting the concept of what a “vacation” is) with your $ pledged at Patreon.
June 27, 2017
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Since Oct. 2010, we virtually haven’t taken a day off from operations here at The Comedy Bureau. We’d love to keep that going (and also forgetting the concept of what a “vacation” is) with your $ pledged at Patreon.

We’re just that dedicated to our mission statement.

So far, we’ve got 10% of our goal to make a full fledged app for The Comedy Bureau. If you’re one of the dozens upon dozens of folks that really do want to a TCB app, it’s not out of your reach to have it happen.
June 25, 2017
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So far, we’ve got 10% of our goal to make a full fledged app for The Comedy Bureau. If you’re one of the dozens upon dozens of folks that really do want to a TCB app, it’s not out of your reach to have it happen.

We’re at $436 pledged monthly and our app goal is set at $4000. Pledge here.

Rather than a beer or a coffee that you might buy us when you see us around LA, you could pledge that $ to our Patreon page and have that be infinitely more helpful. Besides, we’re not big drinkers and are edging up on drinking way too much coffee.
June 23, 2017
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Rather than a beer or a coffee that you might buy us when you see us around LA, you could pledge that $ to our Patreon page and have that be infinitely more helpful. Besides, we’re not big drinkers and are edging up on drinking way too much coffee.

Just in case you weren’t aware, The Comedy Bureau has been solely run by me, Jake Kroeger, for nearly 7 years. I’ve loved serving both LA and comedy that whole time. Though I’ve gotten side gigs in this past, the Bureau takes up most of my time (i.e. it turns out that it’s a full time job running a whole agency by yourself) even though that has proven to be an ill advised idea financially time and time again (i.e. I make almost no money doing it and continue to live with my folks). Through monthly $ pledges on Patreon, I could have this be a sustainable public service that wouldn’t ever have to end. The more I get, the better The Comedy Bureau can be as well (app, NYC branch, etc. etc.). So, with all of that said, please support The Comedy Bureau on Patreon.
June 12, 2017
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Just in case you weren’t aware, The Comedy Bureau has been solely run by me, Jake Kroeger, for nearly 7 years. I’ve loved serving both LA and comedy that whole time. Though I’ve gotten side gigs in this past, the Bureau takes up most of my time (i.e. it turns out that it’s a full time job running a whole agency by yourself) even though that has proven to be an ill advised idea financially time and time again (i.e. I make almost no money doing it and continue to live with my folks). Through monthly $ pledges on Patreon, I could have this be a sustainable public service that wouldn’t ever have to end. The more I get, the better The Comedy Bureau can be as well (app, NYC branch, etc. etc.). So, with all of that said, please support The Comedy Bureau on Patreon.

P.S. you can also support via Venmo (@jakekroeger)

If You Were Thinking About Supporting Us on Patreon, Could You Do So Before June 1st
May 30, 2017
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If You Were Thinking About Supporting Us on Patreon, Could You Do So Before June 1st

Like rent, Patreon collects payments on the first, so we’d get our first batch of money pledged on June 1st. If you pledge anywhere from a $1 to almost whatever amount you want now, we’d get it very soon rather than having to wait over a month.

Also, we added a new goal: if $4K gets pledged, we’ll have a Comedy Bureau app made. Sound cool? Cool.

What You’ll Get If You Support The Comedy Bureau Patreon
May 26, 2017
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You might have heard that we’ve started this Patreon page in order to live our best life as an actually publicly funded bureau. As with all crowdfunding campaigns, we’ve got rewards on top of providing the invaluable service.

They are as follows (and there are more to come):

TCB “Electricity” Fund-$1 or more per month
You’ll be acknowledged and thanked at official Comedy Bureau meetings for keeping our lights on. Also, you’ll get access to pre-sale tickets to exclusive Comedy Bureau events before anyone else.

TCB “Hat” Fund-$5 or more per month
Support our penchant for hats. For this, you’ll get pre-sale access to Comedy Bureau events and be included on a Comedy Bureau “Digital Wall of Trustees”

TCB “Lunch” Fund-$10 or more per month
Help us be a more legit LA office by letting us order lunch for the office. For that, you get an official sticker of our fancy new logo done by Chris Fairbanks, access to pre-sale for Comedy Bureau events, and included on our “Digital Wall of Trustees”

TCB “Fossil Fuel” Fund-$20 or more per month
We can’t cover comedy like we do by taking the train here in LA, so covering our gas expenses would be a blessing. For that, on top of pre-sale tickets, Digital Wall of Trustees, and a sticker, we’ll send you a fancy, shiny enamel pin of our official logo. Also, if you’re against fossil fuels, you can give us way more money and we can be able to go get a Tesla.

TCB “Step and Repeat” Fund-$40 or more per month
Yet another part of being a legit LA operation is having a “step and repeat”. Helping us out with “that” will get you pre-sale tickets access, sticker, enamel pin, Digital Wall of Trustees and a download of our Comedians of Interest Vol.1 done in collaboration with AST Records.

TCB “Actual Office Space” Fund-$100 or more per month
Little known fact: We are a “mobile” operation. Help us “work a little less” at whatever coffee shop or bar has wifi. For that get everything above, then go on one “ride along” and grab drinks with The Comedy Bureau (availability pending and must be within the Greater LA Area)  

TCB “Spy Equipment” Fund-$1,000 or more per month
We are a bureau, but one that just doesn’t have spy equipment. Help us with “that” and you’ll get the rewards above, we’ll personally scout comedy for you with whatever you’re looking for to the best of our very highly regarded abilities. 

Also, if we get $9000 pledged monthly, we’ll start a NYC Branch of The Comedy Bureau (it’s probably the #1 thing we get asked about outside of “what are the good mics?).

So, please support The Comedy Bureau on Patreon and you could get a slick looking enamel pin and look slightly more official in the world of comedy.
May 15, 2017
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If everyone who used The Comedy Bureau pledged a $1 a month, especially with 11K followers on Twitter and 20K+ on Tumblr, we could run forever and go nationwide.

Please support us here. You can also support us through Venmo @ jakekroeger.

Support The Comedy Bureau on Patreon
May 10, 2017
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From The Comedy Bureau founder/CEO/intern/etc. himself:

“The Comedy Bureau is a vital resource to the gigantic LA comedy scene and acts the glue that helps keep comedians, comedy fans, industry members, and the city together. For almost 7 years now, The Comedy Bureau has been serving anybody and everybody that it can in this regard.

Unfortunately, it’s not actually a real government backed bureau (and the current POTUS would probably eliminate it if it were), so we greatly appreciate any and all support you can give all of us*.

It helps keep the lights on and, the more you give, the more that we can do. That includes starting a "NYC Branch” (i.e. up-to-date listings for the NYC comedy scene), Branches for other cities around the U.S., a Comedy Bureau app, original productions/content, one-of-a-kind live shows, taking part in comedy festivals around the globe, and much much more.

*all of us is just one, Jake Kroeger”

If you love, like, use, etc. us here at The Comedy Bureau at all, you can support us monthly at Patreon now. Also, if you want to make supporting us even easier, you can support us through giving us money through Venmo @jakekroeger.

Also, we’ve got enamel pins and stickers made and the only way to currently get them is through Patreon.

Please Support the Kickstarter for Wonderful Non-Profit Art/Community Space, junior high
March 23, 2017
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Please Support the Kickstarter for Wonderful Non-Profit Art/Community Space, junior high

Since it’s inception, junior high, in Thai Town, really has lived up to its mission of emboldening and empowering marginalized voices (i.e. women, LGBTQ, POC) in Los Angeles. 

Comedy in LA especially depends on indie art spaces like this and junior has provided a space for stand-up, storytelling, open mics, and much much more.

Please support this Kickstarter here ASAP. There’s only three days left, as of this post, on the campaign and they’re only at $10,498 out of $20,000.

CAKE Comedy Now Using Kickstarter to Tour City by City
January 23, 2017
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CAKE Comedy Now Using Kickstarter to Tour City by City

Carrie Gravenson, Abbi Crutchfield, Kaytlin Bailey, and Erin Judge, otherwise known as CAKE Comedy, having been touring together across the U.S. since 2012. 

Now that it’s 2017, they’re looking to streamline their touring model via Kickstarter. 

Basically, they’ll be selling tickets for a show directly through Kickstarter and if they meet their goal, a pretty great show will happen. If not, everyone walks away with no cost to them and then CAKE Comedy can move on to the next show. 

Their first show that they’re crowdfunding is in Philadelphia on April 24th, but their deadline to raise money is 12 days away (as of this post). They’ve got $577 raised out of the $1000 goal. 

Please support them as you’ll be supporting independent live comedy, women in comedy, and overall good comedy. 

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