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Eddie-Pepitone-Tip of the Hat 2/26

February 28, 2011

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The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” this week to EDDIE PEPITONE for

“Puddin”-Eddie Pepitone’s Daily Live Action Comic Strip that has Eddie walk into a break room and wreak havoc on a co-worker trying to eat pudding. My personal favorite is this one where Eddie yells at a magazine that has Taylor Swift on the cover.

There are so many reasons I could have given Eddie Pepitone a “Tip of the Hat”. There’s Eddie’s hilarious Twitter feed where he posts his “to do lists” and/or “signs things aren’t going well” or his performance nearly a month ago as Sven the Clown at the Tomorrow Show where he played a clown running laps around stage just so he could plug his interior painting services at the end, but “Puddin” that premiered just over a week ago puts Eddie and his uproarious character in the person in the perfectly unassuming situation leaving nothing but laughs the whole way through.

No matter how many times I see Eddie take the stage or watch an online clip over and over, he is one of those comedic voices that are so unique and so brilliant and just so damn funny, I keep laughing every time almost to the point of my vision going blurry. As a character comic, Pepitone has perfected his onstage persona of an “unrelenting manic prophet of an apocalypse that he believes is coming in the next second” so well that he can tell jokes, do bits, riffs, engage with audience members, and it will seem flawless and you’ll have no idea whether this was prepared or not.

Literally, it’s magic. Well, it’s magic that yells at an empty stage in at attempt to heckle yourself.

As you’ve might extrapolated from everything written above, Eddie Pepitone is involved in quite a lot of projects AND is one of the funniest people on Twitter meaning you should follow him @eddiepepitone right now, then finish reading this article. He performs frequently in and around Los Angeles, a member of the lovely Long Shot Podcast, and the Comedy Bureau will keep you updated as anything else he’s up to because you should drop whatever you’re doing to see him perform.

Morning Debriefing 1/11/11

January 11, 2011

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1) ON JAN 24TH THERE WILL BE A NEW COMEDY CLUB IN TOWN: SABOR COMEDY LOUNGE! Located in downtown, the Sabor Comedy Lounge promises to be the hottest new comedy in LA with some of the best Latino and non-Latino acts. Check back at the Comedy Bureau for more details on the “sabor”.

2) Louis CK’s Hilarious is out on CD/DVD download on iTunes today, which means you should drop everything that you’re doing (a la “Don’t Stop Believing” Karoake Family Guy scene) and buy it and listen/watch.

3) Comedy Central and MTV have just announced their first annual Comedy Awards giving recognition to the “best” in the comedic arts decided by those in the comedy community including Billy Crystal, Will Ferrell, Whoopi Goldberg,Seth MacFarlane, Adam McKay, Jimmy Miller, Jay Roach, Ray Romano, and Rory Rosegarten. Taking place on Mar. 26th at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC and airing on several networks on April 10th, check back at the Comedy Bureau for more details.

4) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL may be small, but it’s DAMN MIGHTY!!!
Comedy Death Ray @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Blamblamblam @ R-Bar 9PM FREE (there’s a password at the door).

5) OPEN MIC RUN:
THE PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 4:30PM/Starts 5PM
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM
WESTWOOD BREWCO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM
COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Starts 8PM
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed

6) Still haven’t gotten any sponsors, but here’s a Seattle’s Best commercial with Mike Bridenstine in it.

6) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” today to JULIUS SHARPE-“@juliussharpe Hangman is a pretty good career. You basically tie a knot and work 8 seconds a day.” Like many of Twitter’s funniest, Julius is a member of the writing staff for Family Guy. Julius has been on TV in both sketches and doing stand-up, so check back at the Comedy Bureau for more details on a performance or perhaps another brilliant tweet. Twitter. Myspace. IMDB.

7) From the “You Should Have Been There” Lagoon: The Unbookables Trailer

8) Adomian. Kinane. Señor Fish. Happy Hour. 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA. Sign-up 6:30. Starts 7PM. Big Trouble in Little Tokyo Open Mic. Be there.

9) There was an actual miscount and I’m on Report number 81. I was really hoping it was 100 already and I could just throw a party for that reason alone. Oh well.

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Morning Debriefing 1/11/11

January 11, 2011

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4) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL may be small, but it’s DAMN MIGHTY!!!
Comedy Death Ray @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Blamblamblam @ R-Bar 9PM FREE (there’s a password at the door).

6) Still haven’t gotten any sponsors, but here’s a Seattle’s Best commercial with Mike Bridenstine in it.

7) From the “You Should Have Been There” Lagoon: The Unbookables Trailer

8) Adomian. Kinane. Señor Fish. Happy Hour. 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA. Sign-up 6:30. Starts 7PM. Big Trouble in Little Tokyo Open Mic. Be there.

9) There was an actual miscount and I’m on Report number 81. I was really hoping it was 100 already and I could just throw a party for that reason alone. Oh well.

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Post Brunch Update 1/6/11

1) It’s simply not enough to say that Frolic @ Far Bar is just a great show with a fantastic line-up of comics (which it is). With live comedy, running over 90 minutes, in my opinion, one enters extremely tricky territory as the audience tires, settles their check, and checks any pertinent e-mail/texts. Yet producer/comic Josh Rencher

put together such a tightly-run show with a plethora of great comics (who are so funny that it doesn’t matter that they have “credits” even though they all do) comprising what could be four different amazing shows on their own that I was able to sit and watch and laugh with the packed room throughout for the entire duration (approximately 2 hours). As host (and as cliché as this sounds, it’s true) with the most Asterios Kokkinos said, “There’s no fat on this show.” Within one of the parts of LA that actually looks like a city and has the type of nightlife where people actually WALK around, Little Tokyo, the hip, though very retro Far Bar offered Rencher’s Frolic! that very intimate setting that live comedy demands to work. Thus I simply enjoyed a night of some of my absolute favorites comics in LA that are regularly featured here at the Comedy Bureau and more: Host Asterios Kokkinos,

and Eddie Pepitone.

None of those people should be missed wherever they’re performing, but certainly not at the Frolic show. Unfortunately, Frolic will be on hiatus until a date and location to be yet determined, but check back at the Comedy Bureau for details on the next one.

2) Forget about the N word being taken out of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and how he must be rolling in his grave LAUGHING and saying, “I told you so!” Go on tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL instead. Persona @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $5/free for comics, The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE, Fifty First Jokes @ Zephyr Theatre 9:30PM $7 (stand-by only), How to Live with Chelsea Peretti @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5.

3) OPEN MIC RUN: SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park, Santa Monica/Starts 7PM, COMEDY CRATE OPEN MIC 1061 S. La Brea, Ingelwood, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM, HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM, CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM, 212 CAFE 212 Pier Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM, MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed

4) Next Tues. Jan. 11th. Louis CK will be dropping his upcoming album “Hilarious”. You should go buy it. I don’t think I can make this anymore matter-of-fact than the last two sentences except for this next one. Just go and buy it.

5) If you suffer from not having enough Marc Maron in your smartphone like I do, there is now a WTF Podcast w/Marc Maron app available for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad that you can stream multitudes of episodes off of or even be able to call the show when it’s taping. It’s Marc Maron for only $0.99. You can’t really turn that down. Really.

6) My faith in people has just been partially restored (approximately 2%) Conan O’Brien just won a People’s Choice Awards for Best Talk Show Host as you can see here.

7) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” today to DAN DOMINGUEZ-“@dandomingueznow And, Lo a pale rider, on a skeletal horse, and Hell followed with him, and behind Hell: Incredible savings! Over 30% off on all housewares!” Dan not only cheats the edges of absurdity with his comedy, but comprises one third of the force that is the Biggest Mistake Podcast (other 2/3 is Paul Jay and Jen Goldberg) and a major part of the “manly as f” site manosterone.com. Check back at the Comedy Bureau for show dates as you don’t want to miss whatever Dan is going to say next. Website. Twitter.

8) From the “You Should Have Been There” Lagoon: Richard Pryor on Love

9) Donate to the Comedy Bureau. This is day 4 without food, and by food, I mean sanity…. Also, day 4 is really day 78.

10) Only other that is stupider than asking to be heckled on stage is telling a crowd that they don’t deserve you and then stay silent for the rest of your 5 minutes.

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