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Pick of the Day: TCB 12 Yr. Anniversary (in LA) 11/5
November 4, 2022
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Just starting from not exactly where open mics where outside of the one coffee shop in Long Beach that we started at to being as central a hub for all the comedy info you need in LA and NYC as can be, 12 years of The Comedy Bureau has been almost indescribable (mostly because pretty much all the work at TCB rests on the back of Jake Kroeger and he doesn’t have that much time to think about 12 years of doing this when there are listings to update).

It seemed prudent that we should celebrate the occasion and we’re doing exactly that this Saturday, Nov. 5th at the ultra cool Little Secret in Hollywood with the brilliant comedic talents of Natalie Palamides, Chris Estrada, Best Actress, Guy Branum, Rachel Kaly Roz Hernandez, Max Beasley, Ian Karmel. Oh yeah, TCB’s very own Jake Kroeger will be taking a slight break from having 200 or more tabs open on his web browser to host the show.

Also, this is the perfect way to party out the end of Daylight Savings Time.

The show is at 8PM. Tickets are $12. Go get ’em here.

Pick of the Day: All Fantasy Everything (in NYC) 12/16
October 12, 2022
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One of the most fun podcasts around, All Fantasy Everything, is back, out-on-the-road, in-person bringing non-sports fantasy draft joy to the whole world. Ian Karmel, Sean Jordan, and David Gborie have really made comedy gold out of pondering what your absolute favorite things are within hyper specific (and sometimes hilariously vague) niches. You have a rollicking, knee-slapping time over the debate of over the Taco Bell drive thru menu or best band names if they weren’t a band and the added bonus of knowing yourself that much better.

There are hundreds of episodes for you to binge on if you’re the uninitiated, but there are two very special live episodes coming to the Bell House in Brooklyn on Fri. Dec. 16th. The early show already sold out, but there’s a late show with tickets still available at $30.57. Make it an early holiday gift and go buy them here before they sell out.

 

Ian Karmel Thanks Folks for Wedding Presents While Doing a Tight Late Night Set on Weddings
August 30, 2022
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Ian Karmel is such an integral part of The Late Late Show and a force on the podcast he co-hosts, All Fantasy Everything, that you might need a reminder that Karmel is quite the hysterical stand-up comedian. That’s actually the thing that got him to elevated station he’s at now and he hasn’t lost a step while being one of the funniest co-hosts on TV and in your headphones.

This latest late night set from him on last night’s Corden is proof positive. Karmel does one of the best sets on weddings, perfectly observed and written bits sandwiched in between legitimate expressions of gratitude for wedding gifts he has received before his wedding this week.

Please enjoy his set here and make sure you take every chance you can to see Ian live.

Pick of the Day: Lance Bangs Presents (in LA) 9/2
June 28, 2022
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If you Google “Lance Bangs”, you’ll first read that he’s an American Filmmaker. While that’s very true, Bangs is also a curator of the underground, seeking out those thrilling voices, often in and around comedy that you hope to bare witness to at a live comedy and/or music show. Having worked with the likes of Jackass to Tyler the Creator to Marc Maron to Nirvana to George Harrison to John Hodgman to his latest work on Moses Storm’s acclaimed HBO special, Trash White, Bangs is one of the most respected figures behind the scenes.

So, the fact that he’s curating a very special night of comedy at The Elysian come Fri. Sept. 2nd should be something you mark down on your calendar immediately, right after you immediately get tickets.

The line-up features some of the best folks he’s worked with that happen to be some of the best, most clever, most subversive, funny voices in comedy.

That includes:

  • Fred Armisen
  • Reggie Watts
  • Girl God
  • Natalie Palamides
  • Caleb Hearon
  • Moses Storm
  • Brandon Wardell
  • Ian Karmel
  • David Gborie

It’s such a stellar line-up and you can see all of that for only $20. Go get your tickets for Lance Bangs Presents @ The Elysian on 9/2 right here.

Pick of the Day: All Fantasy Everything Celebrating 200 Episodes Livestream 9/5
August 31, 2020
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Positivity is so hard to come by these days, but you can rest assured that the All Fantasy Everything podcast is predicated on host Ian Karmel along with Sean Jordan, David Gborie, and a plethora of recurring and special guests fantasy drafting the things that they love.

On the verge of 200 episodes, The Good Vibes Gang is going to do something special via a live-stream celebration (we’re betting that they would have done a big live show if there weren’t a pandemic). Join in loving the podcast that’s about loving the very specific things that people love (with a little bit of fun bickering) this coming weekend on Sat. Sept. 5th at 4PM PT/7PM ET on YouTube right here.

Just letting everyone know that our 200th episode will be live streamed on Saturday! Celebrate with us! Help us put something positive out into the world right now 🙂 pic.twitter.com/yqHCxyOj9T

— All Fantasy Everything (@AllFantasyPod) August 30, 2020

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.

Please Enjoy Ian Karmel’s Latest Late Late Show Set
November 15, 2018
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Ian Karmel put on a clinic in “sitting in the pocket” all throughout his set on last night’s Late Late Show with James Corden. Really, the pregnant pauses are perfection.

Give it a watch and enjoy thoroughly here.
May 12, 2018
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For 3 years, in a “Little Cave”, James Austin Johnson, Zach Pugh, and Sam Wiles have been growing their Rod Stewart Live weekly stand-up show from the ground up.

Come celebrate 3 years with them and a very, very stacked line-up (Ian Karmel, Sklar Brothers, Nicole Byer, Debra DiGiovanni, and Maggie Maye) in a pretty intimate space. 

As always, their show is FREE to attend.

Get more details here.

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

The Late Late Show Finally Puts That Cracked-Egg-Is-Your-Brain-on-Drugs Ad In Its Place
March 22, 2018
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Long ago, in the last era of big time anti-drug campaigns, there was one particular ad that suggested that your brain on illegal controlled substances was like an egg being cracked and fried on a pan. 

With all the years that have passed, such an ad seems even more ridiculous. Corden’s The Late Late Show reminds us of that and points out what probably happened during the shooting of said ad.

Watch it here.

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.
January 25, 2018
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Last week’s @hottubshow sold out so fast! If you miss out on your chance to get tickets for next week’s show, you can always win tickets from us!

Enter here via DoLA: thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways
December 14, 2017
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Your favorite comedy show that’s played like a baseball game, On Deck, is back for their December edition at Nerdmelt! Join in to watch teams of some of LA’s best comics try to knock it out of the park with their best jokes with hosts Mike Mulloy, Jamel Johnson, & Courtney Karwal call the game.

Tickets are $10 and you can get them here OR you can enter to win FREE tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com
November 5, 2016
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Get more details and tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
October 30, 2016
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Spend a night watching a comedy show at a house in those Hollywood Hills. 

Get more details and tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics/maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Flyer by Ramin Nazer.
October 17, 2016
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Tickets are $7 online and $10 at door. Get your tickets in advance here. 

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Poster by Barry Blankenship
October 12, 2016
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More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
May 26, 2016
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More details and tickets here.

The rest of our listings comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
May 21, 2016
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Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
April 15, 2016
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This edition of Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction will be a taping for Seeso’s upcoming Comedy Show Show. It also happens to feature some of the best comedians to ever write pop-culture based sex tales. 

So, don’t miss it this on Sunday at The Virgil (4519 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, Blvd) at 7:30PM.

The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com

Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction to Be Featured on Seeso
March 22, 2016
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It’s about time this happened. 

One of the many new, exciting things that are happening at NBC’s comedy streaming service, Seeso, is a thing called The Comedy Show Show, which will feature plenty of different formats of comedy shows that have grown over the last few years.

Bryan Cook’s Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction is a prime example of such a format with comedians writing erotic fiction of a pop culture subject of their choice or by random. Having toured the country and becoming a hit podcast, it’s only logical that it would get to be featured in a series at some point.

So, a taping for Seeso’s Comedy Show Show will take place at the Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction’s current home, The Virgil, on Sunday, April 17th at 8PM (doors are at 7:30PM). 

The stellar line-up features past winners including such notable comedians as:

Moshe Kasher (Netflix special “Live in Oakland”)
Eliza Skinner (@Midnight, writer ‘The Late Late Show’)
Ben Roy (Star/Co-creator ‘Those Who Can’t’ on TruTv)
Dave Hill (Author, ‘Tasteful Nudes,’ Host ‘The God Damn Dave Hill Show’ on WFMU)
Ian Karmel (Conan, writer ‘The Late Late Show’)
Guy Branum (writer, ‘Another Period,’ ‘The Mindy Project’)
Andrés du Bouchet (Writer/performer on Conan)
Jackie Kashian (Conan, album ‘This Will Make An Excellent Horcrux’)
Solomon Georgio (Conan, Viceland)

The taping is free to attend, which should give you more incentive than you already have to go to this.

Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel’s “Crash Test” Special Is Now Streaming at CC.com
January 23, 2016
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Blizzard or not, you should go watch this right now.

Years ago, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel rented a giant bus and taped an entire comedy special for their live show Crash Test while driving around LA. They had anyone from Aziz Ansari to Natasha Leggero to Thomas Lennon/Robert Ben Garant to Ian Karmel and much more join them/run into them while the special was happening. 

While it was only available to stream after paying for quite some time, you can now watch the whole Crash Test special over at CC.com. 

So, go do that. 

Ian Karmel Does His Latest Set on Conan in Front of His Former Roommate, Ron Funches
November 20, 2015
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Nowadays, Ian Karmel and Ron Funches are doing well for themselves in comedy here in LA. However, they’ve both transplanted here from Portland, OR and have even been roommates.

So, naturally, being on Conan together is both a dream come true and a really fun, rare type of late night stand up set. Watch it here and here to see what we’re getting at.

Albums from Ian Karmel, Emily Heller, Ron Funches, and Sean Donnelly All Out Today
November 13, 2015
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All of you sure have got your comedy album binge listening cut out for you today.

What a day today is with Ian Karmel’s 9.2 on Pitchfork, Emily Heller’s Good For Her, Sean Donnelly’s Manual Labor Face, and Ron Funches’ The Funches of Us all being released.

All of them are definitely worth your time and money as we’ve stated before here, here, here, and here, respectively. 

OK, you should probably get to buying and listening already. There’s a lot of comedy for your ears to feast on.

Ian Karmel’s Debut Comedy Album “9.2 on Pitchfork” Out Tomorrow From Kill Rock Stars
November 13, 2015
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In addition to Emily Heller’s Good For Her, Kill Rock Stars is also putting another great comedy album, Ian Karmel’s 9.2 on Pitchfork.

This is Ian’s very first comedy album and it leaves a damn fine impression of Karmel and his stand-up. The hour weaves through every bit of Ian and gets quite personal, but Ian’s upbeat spirit and colorful attention to detail makes for one fun ride. Certainly, we think music tastemakers Pitchfork should entertain a special case for their rating system as the title of this album subtly suggests.

9.2 on Pitchfork comes out tomorrow, but if you’re really hankering for it, you can pre-order it from Kill Rock Stars here.

Watch James Adomian and Drew Droege’s BiPartisan Presidential Debate Live from UCB
November 7, 2015
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In real life or in parody, you’re probably not going to get a better bipartisan presidential debate than this one recorded live at UCB Franklin this week. It was put on by the amazing James Adomian and Drew Droege, appropriately called Decision Election 2016 All-Star Clusterf*ck with: 

James Adomian as Sen. Bernie Sanders
Drew Droege as Carly Fiorina 
Heather Anne Campbell as Sec. Hillary Clinton
Seth Morris as Gov. Lincoln Chafee 
Fortune Feimster as Donald Trump 
Ian Karmel as Gov. Chris Christie
Ryan Perez as Sen. Ted Cruz 
Chris Schleicher as Gov. Martin O’Malley 
Daniel Van Kirk as Gov. Jeb Bush 
Jerry Minor as Dr. Ben Carson 
Mike Still as Gov. Mike Huckabee 
Veronica Osorio as Sen. Marco Rubio 
Neil Casey as moderator

If you’re feeling conflicted about watching SNL tonight because of Trump, watching this will more than make up for it.

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