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TCB Debriefing 12/18/23: Ziwe/Santos, Mo Welch, Colin From Accounts, Emma Willmann

December 18, 2023

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1. Breaking: Ziwe proves that Showtime was indeed idiotic for cancelling her show with this old-school Baited style interview with disgraced former Congressman George Santos. Please enjoy what should take up at least a paragraph in upcoming American History textbooks.

2. Sometimes, a hat on a hat works. Mo Welch made an entire comedy special featuring a clever subversion of the “dad joke” trope that is intercut with documentary footage of her reconnecting with her dad, 20 years estranged (oh yeah, it’s called Dad Jokes). Equal parts brash, hilariously dark, heart-string-tugging, and enthralling, Welch amazingly brings all these disparate tones and elements into a beautiful dramedic harmony for a mesmerizing hour special that really lives up to the moniker of a “special”. Watch Dad Jokes now on demand on Veeps.

2. The international Aussie rom com Colin from Accounts gets on with production of its second season (Deadline). Perhaps, in its 3rd season, people will be convinced to pay for Paramount +?

3. Curb Your Enthusiasm will be ending with a 12th season, which means it went 3 seasons further than Seinfeld. Had Seinfeld gone 12 seasons, would it have had a better finale?

4. Emma Willmann tells the truth about not being the best taxpayer (technically, a criminal?) in a damn fun Don’t Tell set. Please enjoy here.

5. We’ll leave you with this: Welp, Fox Nation is putting on a comedy tour.

Pick of the Day: Unprotected Sets (in LA) 10/26-10/29

October 20, 2021

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Unprotected Sets, Epix’s pretty unfiltered stand-up series, is not only returning to do another go around with a handful of very damn funny folks, but they’re going to up the ante by having each of them do an hour special, which you can (and very much should) go see in LA (especially no one really gets to truly headline around these parts very much).

The likes of Ali Siddiq, Tom Thakkar, Emma Willmann, Chad Daniels, Louis Katz, Chanel Ali, Lynne Koplitz, and Ronnie Jordan are all taking over the gorgeous Mint on Pico from 10/26-10/29. The tapings will be absolutely free to attend so long as you RSVP as well as have proof of vaccination and take a rapid COVID-19 antigen test.

The schedule for the tapings are as follows:

Tuesday, Oct 26 @ 7:30pm PT — ALI SIDDIQ

Tuesday, Oct 26 @ 9:30pm PT — TOM THAKKAR

Wednesday, Oct 27 @ 7:30pm PT — CHANEL ALI

Wednesday, Oct 27 @ 9:30pm PT — EMMA WILLMANN

Thursday, Oct 28 @ 7:30pm PT — CHAD DANIELS

Thursday, Oct 28 @ 9:30pm PT — LOUIS KATZ

Friday, Oct 29 @ 7:30pm PT — LYNNE KOPLITZ
Friday, Oct 29 @ 9:30pm PT– RONNIE JORDAN

You can go snag your free tickets at tblus.com/unprotectedsets. Do so right now (The Mint is a pretty intimate venue, so they’ll likely go fast).

Pick of the Day: Empower HER Presents-Comedy For Education 3/10

March 3, 2021

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Whether it’s Women’s History Month or not, the importance to providing a supportive pen pal program, women’s health workshops, and menstrual hygiene products to communities in need around the world cannot be overstated.

So, it’s pretty grand that Loyola Marymount University’s student org Empower HER is presenting a comedy benefit live-stream that will give such support to the Belize Rural High School. It’s a worthy, worthy cause as is the line-up that they’ve assemble for a pretty, fantastic evening of virtual stand-up.

That’ll include the comedy stylings from some of the funniest comics from every part of the country such as Malorie Bryant, Erica Switzer, Teresa Lee, Danielle Perez, Atsuko Okatsuka, and Emma Willmann.

Empower HER Presents-Comedy for Education is set for stream Wed. Mar. 10th at 7PM PT/10PM ET for a $5 suggested donation. Go donate and get tickets here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 21: Emma Willmann & Outside

August 19, 2020

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Emma Willmann has pioneered, like so few have, into the great unknown of doing stand-up in person in an indoors venue under the shadow of COVID-19. She also has driven all around the the U.S. of A and getting tested and quarantining from coast to coast. As this week’s guest on TCB Field Report, she zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger about her hopping from city-to-city and the caution she observes in an ever-changing landscape of even thinking about doing stand-up in person in this current moment. Also, they get into some quick-ish takes on the cancellation of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, the developing crisis at Ellen, Lilly Singh’s upcoming new sketch special, and an entire sketch festival going virtual from Austin, TX.

Follow Emma @emmawillmann on Instagram and listen to Emma’s Bunker and Inside the Closet

Shout Outs: Calise Hawkins Is 40 AF, Super Serious, Joe List “I Hate Myself”, Richard Jeni, Eddie Griffin

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).
Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

March 26, 2019

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Without question, Byron Bowers is one of our favorite comedians to watch around town and has been for quite some time. He takes the stage and it is immediately and he immediately has the room captivated and then dives head first into the beautifully dark territory of his life experiences. Also, the supporting acts of Mitra Jouhari, Quinta Brunson, Emma Willmann, DeWayne Perkins, and Caitlin Weierhauser will make this one hell of a great night.

So, as he’ll be headlining at Dynasty Typewriter next month, you should go get your tickets ASAP here ($10 in advance and $15 on day of).

Emma Willmann Breaks Down Her Identity as the “Man One” in a Lesbian Relationship

December 10, 2018

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Emma Willmann returned to Colbert last week for her second set on The Late Show and really showed us all the finer nuances of inner-relationship dynamics within the LGBTQIA community.

Also, Emma just saying that she’s the “man one” in the relationship over and over is pretty fantastic.

Please enjoy the set here.

Seeson Orders Another Season of Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, Which Will Be Shooting in Just a Couple of Weeks

Seeso is wasting no time in getting the second season of live comedy showcase series Night Train with Wyatt Cenac going. The renewal announcement was made today along with the line-ups feature much of the best in NYC and around the country. The tapings are all set up all around Valentine’s Day.

What makes us most excited about this new batch of Night Train is plenty more opportunity for Wyatt to spit the fire that he did with his immediate-post-election album, One Angry Night in November (you can still get it for free here).

You can get tickets, from which the proceeds will go to charity, here.

Watch Emma Willmann’s TV Debut on Colbert

September 27, 2016

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While Colbert certainly brought the goods in breaking down the debate, NYC’s Emma Willmann also had a great night in her very first stand-up performance on network television. That’s especially impressive given that last night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was completely live.

Watch her set and see for yourself here.

Fuse Will Have a Brand New Stand-Up/Sketch Show “Uproarious” Starting Next Month

September 8, 2016

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We guess it was inevitable that all the channels that once played music videos most of the time were going to get into original comedy programming, right?

Fuse is getting into the comedy game with their brand new show Uproarious that will mix stand-up and sketch, probably a little differently than Adam DeVine’s House Party. One Jimmy Tatro will host the show that will feature the likes of such comedy stylings that we enjoy from Jesus Trejo, Emma Willmann, and Janelle James.

Look for the series premiere of Uproarious on Fuse starting Friday, October 7th at 11PM.

Emma Willman to Host New Show on Raw Dog Comedy Sirius XM “The Check Spot”

February 25, 2016

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The monthly show will be used to highlight truly up and coming comics.

NYC’s wonderful Emma Willmann is set to host a new monthly show on Sirius XM’s Raw Dog Comedy Channel that will give exposure to comedians on the verge of their break. It’s called The Check Spot and WIllmann will interview said comedians and play selections from their albums.

The first episode is set for Tues. Mar. 1st at 12PM PST and will feature Nick Cobb, Paul Virzi, and Steph Tolev.

After that, new episodes will air on the first Tuesdays of every month at 12PM PST/3PM EST on Sirius XM 99 Raw Dog Comedy.