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All Fantasy Everything’s Going on Tour

May 10, 2019
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It would seem that more and more folks are coming to hear the beauty in the comedy fantasy-draft-of-anything podcast All Fantasy Everything like we have.

As such, Ian Karmel along with David Gborie and Sean Jordan AKA The Good Vibes Gang are embarking a nationwide Summer Breeze ‘19 Tour that will take them all across country.

That’ll include:
June 26 – Seattle – The Showbox

June 27 – San Francisco – The Great American Music Hall

July 11 – Boston – Sinclair

July 12 – Brooklyn – The Bell House

July 13 – DC – The Black Cat
July 14 – Philly – Underground Arts

July 18 – MPLS – Turf

July 19 – Chicago – The Hideout

July 20 – Columbus – Woodland Tavern

July 21 – Detroit – The Magic Bag

Tickets are on sale now and you best get them quick because we’re pretty sure that they’ll sell out quick.

April 19, 2019
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Demi Adejuyigbe and Miel Bredouw have made themselves into some of the best song parodists around via their hit podcast Punch Up The Jam. Just recently, their “punch-ups” of Enya’s Only Time, Lil’ Nas X’s Old Town Road, and Shania Twain’s That Don’t Impress Me Much show how sharp, quick, and oh-so-damn-fun they are when it comes to re-engineering pop songs inside out.

That means you should absolutely go to their live taping at the Regent in DTLA near the end of May. TIckets are $15 right now and $20 on the day of. Go get those advance tickets here (do so quickly before they sell out).

March 7, 2019
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Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell are returning once again to the Hollywood Improv stage on Sun., Mar. 24th at 7PM to do another live episode of their cult comedy, chain restaurant podcast Doughboys. Of course, those in attendance will be witness to more (i.e. the eternal love-hate relationship of Nick and Mike as a result of this podcast) than just some thoughts on some long time LA food chain (maybe Zankou Chicken finally?)

Tickets are $25 (plus 2 item min.). Go 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.

November 14, 2018
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On December 5th in years past, we’re sure something important that’s tangentially adjacent to a podcast about chain restaurants/late capitalism’s effects on two friends happened somewhere near Brea, CA. 

This December 5th, 2018 at approximately 8PM, which is a Wednesday, Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell will reconvene for what should be another rollicking, wild live episode of the Doughboys podcast, this time at the big Brea Improv. It’s an occasion that no one in the greater LA/OC area should miss. 

Tickets are $20 (plus a 2-item minimum) and you can (and very much should) snag them here.

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

July 20, 2018
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Hit comedy/fast food podcast Doughboys will be doing a special live episode over at the main at The Hollywood Improv at the end of this month.

In case you’re not familiar, hosts Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell make arguing over fast food/chain restaurants into an art form and you shouldn’t miss it if you can see it live.

The show is set for Sunday, July 29th at 10PM. Tickets are $25-$50 (plus 2-item minimum). Go get your tickets 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.

“Good One” Podcast Gets Close as It Can to Answering the Question of How Comedians “Make” Comedy

July 16, 2018
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Though there are dozens upon dozens of comedy podcasts that are essentially just about comedy, very few get to the nitty gritty of the actual art form and craft of it. Stuart Goldsmith’s Comedian’s Comedian is a very good one, but Stuart is based in the UK and, as such, has more access to comedians from across the pond than those from those in the States (i.e. ones you’re probably more familiar with).

Good One: A Podcast About Jokes picks up the ball wonderfully for American comedy with Vulture’s senior editor Jesse David Fox dissecting a single joke by his guests, which happens to include Reggie Watts, Bo Burnham, Cameron Esposito, Patton Oswalt, Bill Burr, Jimmy Fallon, Will Forte, and Taika Waititi to only name a few. 

Fox digs with guests (you’ll notice it’s more than just stand-ups, which we very much dig) in at each joke/bit/scene and the greater context in which it exists without veering off into nostalgic territory completely. With the idea that there is no single way of “doing” comedy, especially with how subjective it can be, this podcast captures the many facets of how very successful comedians figured out how to make strangers laugh on their own terms. 

The just released Reggie Watts episode is pretty enlightening if you’ve (like so many people probably) have asked “How does Reggie come up with that?” 

Get into Good One over at Headgum here or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Music Parody Is at Its Best on the “Punch Up the Jam” Podcast

April 6, 2018
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Within the ever burgeoning art form of comedy, musical comedy is unfortunately oft-maligned, especially when it comes to parodies of popular songs.

That being said, Miel Bredouw (YouTube star, writer) and Demi Adejuyigbe (currently a writer on The Good Place) not only do a smash up job of parodying songs that they feel they can “punch up” with an extremely clever change in the lyrics (that usually takes on a much more nuanced existential perspective than the original song), but also dissecting those songs every which way they can, lyric-by-lyric. That formula plus their irresistibly charming chemistry combine to make up their great podcast Punch Up The Jam.

Miel and Demi have wonderfully tackled and punched up anything from Auld Lang Syne to Friday I’m in Love to Mambo No. 5 (done live at SXSW). 

So, get in on Punch Up the Jam right here, right now.

You Should Be Listening to “All Fantasy Everything” If You Need Some Positivity In Your Life

March 12, 2018
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It’s a hard feat within the realm of comedy to be both positive and being funny at the same time. The crux of so many jokes comes rely on a critical, yet pithy and/or clever angle of the world by the comedian/writer/humorist/etc.

Still, that doesn’t mean that being funny about something that’s good can’t be done. That’s where the podcast All Fantasy Everything comes in.

Wonderful comedian and writer Ian Karmel hosts a fantasy draft like you would for football, but, as the title suggests, for everything else. That includes: Taco Bell menu, moments in songs that give you chills, what you would do with a billion dollars, what fictional character you’d date, movie soundtracks and treating yourself just to name a few. The draft itself has a bit of drama kind of like an actual Fantasy Football draft, but nothing too heavy as the podcast is a round-robin of what and why one loves what they love in a certain category.

Karmel is often joined by David Gborie and Sean Jordan along with great guests who really swing for the fences with their pick. They’re 72 episodes in, and, just this past weekend, did a live episode at SXSW, which should give you plenty of reason to binge All Fantasy Everything. Do so here.

Nicole Byer Takes Honesty About Dating to Whole New Level with “Why Won’t You Date Me?”

February 24, 2018
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Nicole Byer is 13 episodes into her dating/relationships/sex podcast and it’s amazing how she has courageously taken an unfiltered, in-depth into her own perpetual “single-dom” as well as dating in general and the dating history of her guests. 

As is with much of Byer’s comedy, her candor on the podcast is both compelling and funny. On top of that, Nicole goes an extra mile to ask all of her guests whether or not they would date her (which is made even more frank as she has hooked up with some of her guests in the past) as well as their thoughts on her online dating profiles. 

So, please take and listen (and if you’re into it like we are) and subscribe to Why Won’t You Date Me? with Nicole Byer.

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