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TCB Debriefing 9/15/23: Joe Pera Special, Derrick Brown Album, Spaghetti Fest, Thank You For Coming, Conan on Trump, Hasan Minhaj

September 15, 2023
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1. The most gentle soul in comedy, Joe Pera, is releasing his very first special, self-produced and set to be released on YouTube on Fri Oct. 6th. True to his spirit, it’ll be called Slow & Steady and very likely be the sort of soothing and surprising glee with the way the world is these days. Please enjoy Joe’s announcement here.

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2. The multi-talented, multi-faceted, very funny and very evocative Derrick Brown has just come out with his first album, A Close Shave with Heaven, fresh off the presses from Pretty Good Friends. We’ll fill you in on Brown’s synchronous blend of comedy & poetry soon, but enjoy the record (and amazing cover) as it has dropped today (wherever you get your comedy albums).

3. The Elysian‘s Spaghetti Festival (AKA Forget About Spaghetti Fest) is set to return with completely original new, never before seen comedy productions come Nov. 1st-11th. Tickets, details, and line-up to come soon!

4. One of the gala films at TIFF is a Bollywood sex comedy that takes aim at the patriarchy cheekily called Thank You For Coming (Variety). A female empowerment comedy hailing from Bollywood is a pretty big deal and we hope Thank You For Coming finds its way to American theaters soon.

5. Preach, Conan O’Brien, preach.

6. Hasan Minhaj admitting to embellishing his stories in service of comedy is actually very much at the heart of the art form of comedy itself; artistic expressions that are, above all, in service of the joke.

TCB Debriefing 9/8/23: Typist Artist Pirate King, Tiffany Haddish’s Pay for Movie Debut, Hasan Minhaj Tour, Julie Seabaugh

September 8, 2023
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1. While the Brits were the originators of “kitchen sink realism”, perhaps their M.O. now is more accurately described as “bathroom sink irony”, a more deeply personal, yet acutely satirical view on British life that’s either wryly bittersweet or woebegone hilarious. The latest entry to join this wave might be Carol Morley’s Typist Artist Pirate King, a dramedy following the latter days of celebrated real life artist Audrey Amiss and a journey she took with her psychiatric nurse. Kelly MacDonald and Monica Dolan star here in the newest UK comedy export to make you feel all the feels. Take a gander at the UK trailer here for its UK rollout (and maybe VOD?) to start on Oct. 27th.

2. Before launching in to undeniable stardom in Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish didn’t get paid a cent for the first movie she starred in as it was a non-union role leaving her nothing more than a handful of DVD copies of the movie from the producers for her to sell (Variety). Just a friendly reminder about the importance of staying #unionstrong.

3. These are the dates and cities for Hasan Minhaj’s Off With His Head tour. Get tickets here quick as they’re already going very, very fast.

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4. Our good friend Julie Seabaugh, who just happens to be, for our money, one of comedy journalism’s most preeminent voices, just published a book of her best interview and pieces, many of which are in their unedited, full form (i.e. everything that should have been fit to print). Wonderfully titled A Tight 20: Two Decades of Comedy Journalism, it is a must read/have for comedy fans of all kinds.

5. We remember a showrunner once telling us that it’s “show business, not show art”, though it’s clear now, more than ever, that the show business can’t really run without the show art.

TCB Debriefing 9/5/23: Beth Stelling, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Hasan Minhaj, Woody Allen/Cancel Culture, Meme Fighter LIVE

September 5, 2023
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1. Following up one of the best comedy specials in recent memory, Girl Daddy, the brilliant Beth Stelling just announced a new hour special, If You Didn’t Want Me Then,  exclusive to Netflix, due out just under a month from now on Tues. Oct. 3rd. Definitely set aside time to watch/revel/laugh/enjoy this the second it comes out.

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2. Also due out on Netflix is the latest from stop motion animation legend Nick Park, the sequel to the unequivocally charming Chicken Run, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. By the way, if you’re feeling out of sorts these days because of, well, the world, a deep dive into the Nick Park universe is a pretty great pick-me-up.

3. Make sure you’re at the ready tomorrow morning when tickets go on sale for Hasan Minhaj‘s latest tour, Off With His Head. That will mark the third hour in a trio of hours entitled Homecoming King, The King’s Jester, and, now, Off With His Head. A la Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Cornetto trilogy, will this be a sort of a ‘Royal Court’ trilogy?

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4. Woody Allen claims to not know what it means to be canceled during the screening of his latest movie at Venice Film Festival (Deadline). He hasn’t every really stopped working and putting out movies (and that Amazon series that was very quickly forgotten), so was he ever really canceled (even if his work from the last several years have been his least acclaimed)?

5. Once again, we’re doing a very special live game show, Meme Fighter LIVE! on 9/23 in LA, with the good folks at brand new meme-making-app, Meme Fighter. See Dylan Adler, Ify Nwadiwe, and Jenny Zigrino try and claim comedy supremacy with only memes at their disposal with Nick Gligor presiding over the battle of memetic wits. Tix now on sale HERE.

6. Ironically, Shane Gillis, who is no stranger to controversy, told essentially the same joke that Bill Maher got in trouble for right after 9/11 in his new hour special, Beautiful Dogs. We’re pretty sure it’s parallel thought, but Gillis won’t experience anywhere near the heat for the joke in 2023 and, given how schadenfraude-obsessed edgelords and their fans are, it isn’t necessarily because 9/11 happened over 20 years ago.

Pick of the Day: Will Ferrell’s Best Night of Your Life 2 (in LA) 10/21

August 11, 2023
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Will Ferrell is doing it again.

No, not play basically the same character he was in both The LEGO Movie and Barbie, but throwing a big, blowout night of comedy and music in support for the amazing charity that is Cancer for College, supporting young people trying to make their way in the world despite battling cancer.

It’s going to be another “Best Night of Your Life”, a sequel if you will (as that is how it’s being billed).

Thus far, Ferrell has wrangled the comedic stylings:

Jon Stewart
Hasan Minhaj
Jo Koy
Patti Harrison
Roy Wood Jr.
Rory Scovel
SmartLess with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett. 

AND music curated by Mike McCready including:

Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band)
Beck
St. Vincent
Cindy Blackman Santana
Dogstar featuring Bret Domrose, Robert Mailhouse & Keanu Reeves
Jack Black and Fred Armisen who will perform as the one-time supergroup ‘Mike McCready and The Casual Acquaintances’
DJ White Shadow
Princess featuring Maya Rudolph 

For that much show, tickets start at $80 (and go up to around a $1000). Still, at $80, that’s kind of a deal.

Will Ferrell’s Best Night of Your Life 2 is set to take over the Greek Theatre on Sat. Oct. 21st at 7PM and you best go get your tickets here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 137: Hasan Minhaj & The Mise En Scène of Comedy

November 9, 2022
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The look and feel of a comedy special has been largely subtle, unadorned, and stripped down for a long time. Thankfully, that is starting to change thanks to folks like Bo Burnham and this week’s TCB Field Report guest, Hasan Minhaj. Fresh off the release of his latest, fantastic special The King’s Jester, we get into the finer points of how to redefine stand-up through reimagining how a special, arguably the pinnacle of a comedian’s work, can be done.

Follow Hasan @hasanminhaj across platforms and watch The King’s Jester, streaming now on Netflix.

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

Hasan Minhaj’s The King’s Jester Continues to Prove That a Comedy Special Can Be More Than Just Being Alone on Stage for an Hour Telling Unconnected Jokes

October 5, 2022
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Since 2017, the year of his last special, Homecoming King, Hasan Minhaj hosted his groundbreaking show on Netflix, Patriot Act, took a major recurring role in The Morning Show and founded a production banner, 186K Films. He has been so busy that all of that would explain what seemed to be an extended break from stand-up (not to mention the COVID years taking almost all stand-up out of the equation for awhile).

That said, Minhaj seems to pick up right where he left off, not losing a step, with his latest Netflix hour, The King’s Jester with more moxie, more slick graphics, and a thoroughly entertaining journey through all the feels. For those wanting more out of someone doing stand-up for an hour, Minhaj more than delivers here.

Where Homecoming King was an enthralling, hilarious story of coming-of-age, self-acceptance, and love, Minhaj focuses on how important his family is to him through his career highs of punching up at everyone he could with Patriot Act or taking the mic at esteemed honorary ceremonies. Minhaj is very likely the most impassioned storyteller in comedy these days and it’s marvelous to watch how he interconnects all the narratives of past and present throughout The King’s Jester with undeniable fervor.

This hour shows itself to be as emotionally colorful is as the extremely slick graphics display Hasan uses to highlight his points. With as many raucous laughs and applause breaks, there are many points in the special where you can hear a pin drop followed by a precision slicing of a very thick tension. In fact, there are “awwws” and gasps and almost every sort of reaction you can have when you have the audience completely tied to your every word as a comedian.

Akin to Moses Storm’s Trash White, there is so much to take in visually with The King’s Jester that it would be a disservice to just listen to it as an album (even though Netflix will likely release an album version so it can qualify for Grammys consideration). The wild changes in color and utilizing the sort of graphics package that Hasan had at Patriot Act are a more than welcome break from the routine hour of seeing someone in a soft wash behind a nice curtain in a packed venue (though Bo Burnham sure does know how to make that set up look absolutely stunning). We can only hope that, in the not so distant future, it might be jarring to see a comedy special that could double as a very special live episode of a podcast.

Above all, Hasan’s zeal in his performance is what really ties everything together to make The King’s Jester one of Netflix’s best releases this year. There is such urgency in his delivery and all of his act outs that one can’t help be drawn into his world and want to get caught up, with the rest of the audience, on whatever journey Hasan is taking us on. He’s very animated on stage to be sure, but, at the same time, it never feels so outlandish that it takes away from the gravity of criticizing the Saudi government or dealing with American Islamophobia. We  would even venture to say that part of his firebrand way of delivering jokes and stories get fueled by his sticking to the full truth of what he’s talking about as much as possible.

Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester is now streaming on Netflix.

JFL Montreal Will Officially Be Back with Galas and Big Names and All in Person This Summer

March 22, 2022
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 Since 2019, the annual, internationally renowned JFL Montreal Comedy Festival has had to call audibles and make due with having to go pretty much virtual for their festivities. One of the world’s longest running comedy festivals suffered the same fate as so many festivals, big and small, over the last two years and had to forego their routine of gathering thousands of people together to enjoy a show.

Fortunately, at this side of the pandemic, Just For Laughs will be resuming their marquee festival (on top of expanding their reach to Austin and the UK in the coming months) with the same big, flashy line-ups they’ve always had. For 2022, just as their first line-up announcement, they’ve got:

JOHN MULANEY – HASAN MINHAJ – CHELSEA HANDLER – JO KOY – ILIZA SHLESINGER – RUSSELL PETERS – HANNAH GADSBY – RONNY CHIENG – PATTON OSWALT – MARC MARON – TOMMY TIERNAN – VIR DAS – CELESTE BARBER – NEAL BRENNAN

JFL will of course have way more comedians than just that (not to mention that the whole round of New Faces of Comedy are being determined as you read this).

If you’re in and around Montreal or are aiming to get back to one of comedy’s biggest shindigs on a regular basis, you can purchase pre-sale tickets starting 3/23 at 7AM PT/10AM ET (or when everyone else gets it on 3/25 at 7AM ET/10AM ET) at www.hahaha.com.

Let’s hope that sub variant or any other variant is considerably less pesky than any of the other variants that came before it.

Hasan Minhaj Launches 186K Films with Bollywood Dance Competition Comedy “For The Culture”

December 9, 2021
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(via Deadline)

When the cancellation announcement for Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj came, it was heartbreaking and seemingly being entirely out-of-left field. We thought that Minhaj was on the forefront of where topical/late night comedy was heading and it kind of gave us a spark of new vitality in the genre. Netflix and their ever-mysterious metrics seem to disagree.

Thankfully, that was only a milestone in the rise of Hasan as he has gotten a major role on season 2 of The Morning Show on Apple TV+ and, now, is pushing forward with his own production arm, 186K, with his go-to collaborator, Prashanth Venkataramanujam. Minhaj already hit the ground running with a feature comedy that is focused on competitive Bollywood dancing called For The Culture.

Other than Prashanth and Hasan co-writing the movie, there are no other details for it at this time, but we can only hope that this is yet another milestone in a set of several grand milestones for Hasan. We truly have a hard time imagining that Hasan put out Homecoming King and doing Patriot Act and then not doing something even bigger in scope than all of that combined. We hope that 186K might be that very thing.

Pick of the Day: Padma Puts On a Virtual Comedy Show 12/17

December 15, 2020
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We told you that there would be plenty of big time comedy benefit shows for the Georgia Runoffs and, lordy lordy, there sure are. This latest one is being put up by the one and only Padma Lakshmi that’s very explicit in this regard by being called, “Padma Puts on a Virtual Comedy Show for the Georgia Runoff Elections: An Evening to Benefit FairFight”.

Stacey Abrams’ FairFight was instrumental in registering voters and contributing to Biden’s 2020 Election win and will undoubtedly be crucial in the upcoming special Georgia Senate Runoffs.

So, they tapped Padma for a live benefit show and she, in turn, got one hell of a line-up that includes:

Hasan Minhaj, Phoebe Robinson, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Peretti, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, Benito Skinner, Mike Birbiglia, John Early, Roy Wood Jr., Julio Torres, Michelle Buteau, Patton Oswalt, Aparna Nancherla, Caleb Hearon, Wanda Sykes, Joel Kim Booster, Tituss Burgess, Meg Stalter, Patti Harrison, Nikki Glaser, Ayo Edebiri, Jo Firestone, Amber Ruffin, Dulce Sloan, Naomi Ekperigin, W. Kamau Bell, Mitra Jouhari, Sydnee Washington, Marie Faustin, and Andy Cohen.

There will also be music from King Princess, Perfume Genius, Waxahatchee, Brittany Howard, Local Natives, Aloe Blacc, and Cautious Clay.

Lastly, the evening’s virtual festivities will be hosted by none other than the Las Culturistas themselves, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang.

Reads like a festival line-up, doesn’t it? Well, we still can’t do that in person right now, but you can enjoy this gigantic Padma Puts on a Virtual Comedy Show comedy live-stream on Thurs. Dec. 17th at 6PM PT/9PM ET at youtube.com/padmalakshmi and donate to FairFight here.

Pick of the Day: Laughing All the Way to The White House 10/20

October 19, 2020
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As you may well know, Wisconsin is a major swing state. As such, there are plenty of big fundraisers that are going towards making sure it swings left.

One of them, Laughing All the Way to the White House, will be one of the biggest comedy live-stream fundraisers that we’ve seen yet. Slated for this Tue. Oc.t 20th at 6PM PT/8PM CT/9PM ET, the live-stream will feature the likes of: Sarah Silverman, Sarah Cooper, Seth MacFarlane, Kumail Nanjiani, Mike Birbiglia, Hasan Minhaj, Lewis Black, Bassem Youssef, Chelsea Peretti, Whitney Cummings, Judd Apatow, Roy Wood Jr, Maria Bamford, Harry Shearer, Bradley Whitford, Sklar Brothers, Mandy Patinkin, Ahmed Ahmed, Cristela Alonzo, Greg Proops, Jackie Kashian, Will Forte, Ben Gleib, and more.

That’s a line-up worth catching in support of almost any cause. Taking Wisconsin back for the left just happens to be a really great cause to boot.

Access to the live-stream is available via donation. Do so 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).
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Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

“Super Serious” Offers an Oral History of LA Indie Stand-Up Scene in a Gorgeous Coffee Table Book

July 14, 2020
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It’s unclear as to exactly what was going on in 2010 in LA comedy, but it was the starting point of almost everything that makes it special now (well, right before COVID-19 struck anyway). The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail started around then, WTF with Marc Maron was picking up steam and kickstarted LA’s comedy podcast explosion, and even we had our humble beginnings around then. Also, so many indie comedy shows popped in and around LA giving the LA comedy scene the sort of connective tissue that it was missing years prior.

One such show is The Super Serious Show and, as they’ve kept their high flying variety show going for a decade between a handful of unique, wondrous venues around LA, they’ve seen the ebbs and flows, the new, the old, the highs, the shifts, the rumblings, the lows, and everything in between that has been going in the venerable indie LA comedy scene, especially when it comes to stand-up. Thus, Super Serious Show co-creator and portrait photographer Mandee Johnson assembled a lovely and exhaustive oral history of the comedy scene here in LA, accented by her signature polaroid portraiture of the hundreds and hundreds of performers that have stepped on The Super Serious Show stage. Contributors to this special oral history entitled Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy include Hasan Minhaj, Rory Scovel, Anthony Jeselnik, Karen Kilgariff, Baron Vaughn, Dave Anthony, Andy Kindler, Natalie Palamides, Kristen Schaal, Ron Funches, Reggie Watts, Rachel Bloom, Dana Gould, Eddie Pepitone, Cameron Esposito and dozens more.

If you’re as obsessive about comedy as we are, it’s definitely a must have for your coffee table (or whatever table you have). Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy is available for pre-order now and will be released on Aug. 18th from Andrews McMeel Publishing. Given how there are plenty of shipping delays for non-essential items these days in the U.S., best to put your order in now. Get more details and get your copy here.

Fun news alert: We have a BOOK!

Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy is available for pre-sale NOW!

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Hasan Minhaj Stresses the Importance of Other Minorities Not Staying Silent About George Floyd

June 4, 2020
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When it comes to going on a rant, Hasan Minhaj is and has been one of comedy’s best. The passion and eloquence of which he puts on display is, honestly, inspiring.

So, in the wake of the protests following the murder of George Floyd, he utilized the platform of his show Patriot Act to make sure that other minorities, even within his Desi community do not stay silent or “sit this one out” because they think it’s not their fight. Taking this to heart, know that none of us should stay silent and not only be vocal and take action now, but continue to do so for the long haul to bring about permanent, necessary change.

Please watch it here.

White House Correspondents Dinner Rescheduled for Aug. 29th; Hasan Minhaj and Kenan Thompson Still Set to Host

April 14, 2020
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Originally, the annual White House Correspondents Dinner held by the White House Correspondents Association that usually has been a scathing comedy roast of the media and the current POTUS (except for last year) was going to be held in March. The COVID-19 pandemic of course made sure any such events of that magnitude would be postponed several months from then, if not outright cancelled.

This year’s WHCD was set to see a return of comedians being at the helm, namely both SNL‘s Kenan Thompson and Hasan Minhaj of his own Netflix series, Patriot Act. Now that there has been a new date of Sun. Aug. 29th set by the WHCA for the event, we’re thrilled to see that both Thompson and Minhaj are also back on board to speak. The roast aspect of the evening definitely has taken a “scorch the earth” (as comedy roasts are supposed to be) under the Trump Administration (especially since Trump is too much of a thin-skinned to show up) and we can only ponder what it might be, possibly even more no-holds-barred, than it has ever been.

We’ll have to just wait and see if the Aug. 29th sticks and, if it does, what Thompson and Minhaj will exactly do.

White House Correspondents Dinner Returns to Having Comedians with Kenan Thompson and Hasan Minhaj

February 18, 2020
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White House Correspondents Dinner Returns to Having Comedians with Kenan Thompson and Hasan Minhaj

It would seem the shift to having a historian preside over the White House Correspondents Dinner didn’t really stick for a night that essentially celebrates our (supposed) American rights to free speech and freedom of the press. 

Kenan Thompson will be set up as host and, as Trump is a vain coward and will never change and will very likely sit this one out once more as a vain coward only to tweet how unfunny it is (because he’s, again, a vain coward), Hasan Minhaj as the featured speaker, returning to the WHCD stage once more. 

We’d imagine that Minhaj will scorch the earth as he hosted the White House Correspondents Dinner, but we are curious how Minhaj and Kenan Thompson will balance/focus both of their monologues. It’s historic as two comedians are essentially hosting the WHCD and will undoubtedly be double the amount of hate-tweeting from Trump. 

In any case, we can be assured that all the jokes will be picked apart by news outlets when decorum in politics hasn’t been the standard for years now. 

The stage for the White House Correspondents Dinner is set for April 25th.

Get a Bit of a Preview Goatface’s Special Before Its Premiere Tonight on Comedy Central

November 27, 2018
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Goatface, made up of Hasan Minhaj, Asif Ali, Fahim Anwar, and Aristotle Athiras, will indeed have their first comedy special premiere on Comedy Central tonight at 10PM.

For those jonesing for some really great sketch comedy on TV, this is your ticket (not to mention that you should have been following what Hasan, Asif, Fahim, and Aristotle have been doing for awhile now). 

They’ve got these two sketches up that happen to be two of our favorites that we’ve seen from them. Enjoy and tune in tonight!

Goatface’s Comedy Central Special Finally Gets a Trailer

October 24, 2018
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Goatface Comedy, the sketch group that includes oh, you know, Hasan Minhaj, Asif Ali, Fahim Anwar, and Aristotle Athiras, is about to have a special on Comedy Central. It’s been a long time in the making, but it’ll be arriving just after Thanksgiving this year.

We have a pretty damn good feeling about it (just binge through years of past sketches and you’ll see what we’re talking about) and if you’ve been missing the days of Key & Peele, you might want to mark down Tues., Nov. 27th when the Goatface Comedy special premieres.

For now, get a lovely taste of what’s to come here.

Here’s Your First Look at Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj

October 4, 2018
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Or, you could call this your first look at government surveillance watching Hasan do his upcoming weekly Netflix show.

In any case, if the (slightly?) fictionalized watching of Hasan Minhaj doing his topical comedy series is a new angle, which might play well in the arena occupied by Trevor Noah, John Oliver, and Samantha Bee. 

We’ll be excited to see what Hasan has cooked up and if Netflix will have finally figured out how they want to do a weekly comedy show where they can’t release all the episodes at once. 

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj starts streaming Oct. 28, then releases new episodes every Sunday after that.

Hasan Minhaj’s Weekly Netflix Show Will Be Called “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” and Premiere Oct. 28th

August 9, 2018
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Hasan Minhaj’s Weekly Netflix Show Will Be Called “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” and Premiere Oct. 28th

It’s been a long time in the works, but we think a weekly show helmed by Hasan Minhaj is well worth the wait (he’s the correspondent that should have been bumped up to hosting The Daily Show after Jon Stewart left).

The satirical title is only making us want to skip the weekend before Halloween, when the show premieres, even more. 

This first promo cleverly urges “Follow us.

@hasanminhaj is used to it.” To keep tabs on it, you might indeed want to follow Hasan’s show @patriotact.

July 17, 2018
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Hasan Minhaj is set to go on a big ol’ North American tour starting this August. Called Before The Storm, Minhaj will actually be kicking off his tour in LA with three shows at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in DTLA. 

The three shows are as follows:
Saturday, August 11th 8PM & 10:30PM 
and 
Sunday, August 12th 8PM

Tickets are $30-$75 and you should get them sooner rather than later as we can imagine that these will sell out.

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

Hasan Minhaj Will Be Hosting This Year’s Peabody Award in Addition to Getting Nominated for His Netflix Special “Homecoming King”

April 12, 2018
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Hasan Minhaj Will Be Hosting This Year’s Peabody Award in Addition to Getting Nominated for His Netflix Special “Homecoming King”

“Honored to be hosting the @PeabodyAwards…oh, and ‘Homecoming King’ got nominated! ?????? https://t.co/ZfbOHWCSdi”

–@hasanminhaj

Congratulations to the well-deserving Hasan Minhaj for the prestigious gig and the nomination. We look forward to the ceremony as it’ll double as a great spotlight for Minhaj and a nice warm-up for his weekly Netflix show.

Netflix Orders Hasan Minhaj Weekly Talk Show for 32 Episodes

March 1, 2018
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Netflix Orders Hasan Minhaj Weekly Talk Show for 32 Episodes

First off, though we think it’s long overdue, we’re so glad to finally see that Hasan Minhaj has his own show. We honestly thought that Minhaj was going to get the gig of hosting of The Daily Show if Comedy Central was going to promote internally because of how passionate and magnetic his persona is. 

So, as far as late night/talk shows go, Netflix now has/will have series from David Letterman, Joel McHale, Michelle Wolf, and Hasan Minhaj. That’s a hell of a line-up that stacks up pretty well against any other network’s late night/talk show roster. 

Please Watch Hasan Minhaj’s Homecoming King, Now Streaming on Netflix

May 24, 2017
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With Homecoming King as a special, Hasan Minhaj offers up an hour that’s equal parts heartfelt, innovative, clever, crucially relevant, slick, and expertly executed.

Along with killing it in hosting the WHCD this year, we wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up getting his own show very soon. 

“Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King” Gets First Trailer as Netflix Stand-Up Special

May 11, 2017
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2017 might just be Hasan Minhaj’s year. In addition to his stellar WHCD performance, he has an hour special coming out.

From solo show to The Moth to Off-Broadway to touring around the country, Hasan Minhaj’s Homecoming King has been not only a great hour of comedy, but an incredibly relevant story that he has gotten to share. 

Now, Homecoming King will be presented as a comedy special on Netflix very soon, starting Tuesday May 23rd.

Watch the trailer here.

With Trump Planning to Be Absent, Hasan Minhaj Will Host This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

April 11, 2017
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With Trump Planning to Be Absent, Hasan Minhaj Will Host This Year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner

We love that Hasan Minhaj will be the host for this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. Not only is he a great Daily Show correspondent, but he hosted last year’s RTCA Dinner and took no prisoners with both his jokes and his message.  

Even though Trump isn’t attending, Hasan will very likely make the most of the evening and, perhaps, a very historic roast of what might be one of the most despised Presidents in U.S. History.

The 2017 White House Correspondents Dinner is set for April 29th.

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