in the arena – The Comedy Bureau

Morning Debriefing 7/7/11

1) Paul Provenza’s “Comedians are more trusted than journalists,” becomes a poll on Huffington Post.

2) This Sunday is the season premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm AND Paul F. Tompkins plays Larry’s Lawyer. HBO 10PM, comedy fans/lovers/nerds.

3) APODDT (Awesome Picture of Drew Droege Thursday) [via BWS Pride Prom]. If you don’t know who Drew Droege is, watch this.

4) Doug Stanhope in Montreal…

5) Marc Maron’s Interview in A.V. Club (he talks about his new pilot)

6) Fan’s sketched interpretation of the Pod F Tompkast [via SenorCorazon]

7) Comedians shouldn’t let Twitter affect their real life act. (Our article in Punchline Magazine today)

8) Compatish-Eggstravaganza

9) Puddin’-“Birth Certificate”

10) ON THE HORIZON
TwentyWonder @ The Doll Factory Sat. July 9th 8PM $40-$100
Finale of Runyon Canyon w/Eddie Pepitone @ Flappers Burbank Sun. July 10th $10/2 item min.

11) COMEDY CRAWL
The Dork Forest Live w/Jackie Kashian, Dana Gould, James Urbaniak @ Nerdist Theater (back room of Meltdown Comics) 8PM $10–Maria Bamford just added
Mike Leffingwell: Stupid Husbands @ UCB Theatre $5 8PM
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The Eddie Pepitone Bloodbath @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5
The Smug Shift @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Live! at Carnegie Hall* @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE

12) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/20 spots available/5 min.
COFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA, Suite 180/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/no purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/10 min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
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 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available

13) The Comedy Bureau extends as much gratitude as we can muster to the inimitable Maria Bamford for her support of us as well as her general, to use a word of hers, AWESOMENESS, and unbridled hilarity. If you’re somehow unaware of who she is and somehow reading this, go to The Dork Forest Live @ Nerdist Theater tonight and get in the know.

14) Transformers 3 vs. Casey Anthony vs. Tree of Life vs. Something actually interesting? Which will be the most popular topic tonight at open mics? We’re talking to you, @boopityba #openmics #unurban.

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Morning Debriefing 7/5/11

1) So roasts have indeed lost class, like I said so, as Comedy Central announced it will be roasting Charlie Sheen in LA in September.

2) Keep watch close for this: “@JenKirkman If you guys are wondering why I am on Twitter all the time, I’m writing a book, due out in 2012. I’m alone all day, need constant breaks.”

3) Greg Proops Interview by us for Punchline Magazine.

4) Neil Hamburger continues his march against Corporate America on Viceland.com

5) The Sunset Grill Open Mic in Hollywood is back. Thurs-Sun. around 7PM, if you can put up with it, at 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., a few other open mics are within walking distance of it.

“It’s a good sign that people trust comedians more than journalists.”-Paul Provenza on In the Arena’s blog on CNN.com

7) Writing Movies for ~~Fun and~~ Profit with Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.

Writing Movies For Fun and Profit from Thomas Lennon

8) ON THE HORIZON
Return to Babylon w/Birds of Prey @ Dark Horse Saloon Wed. July 6th 9PM FREE
The Super Serious Super Bonus Show @ Smashbox Studios West Hollywood Tues. July 12th FREE w/purchase of ticket to July 21st edition of Super Serious Show
Heart of Darkness w/Andrés Du Bouchet, Ron Lynch, Jon Dore & Rory Scovel, and more @ Nerdist Theater (back room of Meltdown Comics) Sat. July 30th 8PM

9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Good Luck Show @ Good Luck Bar 8PM FREE
Ballgame’s Laugh Lounge @ Red Rock 8PM FREE
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Geekscape Presents: The Good, The Bad, and The Geeky @ Michael’s Bar & Grill 9PM FREE
Lower Crust Comedy @ Genghis Cohen 9PM $6

10) OPEN MIC RUN
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/6 min./first come, first served/no purchase necessary
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/$4 min.
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
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 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided

11) If you’re still putting Best Comedy Show (or Comics) in Southern California on your comedy flyer, you need to think of a new comedy flyer.

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