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Please Enjoy Jamel Johnson’s Comedy Central Stand-up Featuring Set

May 19, 2022

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If you follow us and you somehow don’t know about Jamel Johnson, you seriously need to address that issue. Jamel has been killing it on every stage that we’ve seen him on with his charming frustrations with many of life’s smallest absurdities (as well as a few big ones too).

Jamel got handpicked to be part of the latest crop of Comedy Central’s digital stand-up series Comedy Central Stand-up Featuring and Jamel put up a ridiculously fun set from wire to wire. In fact, this performance, much like every other performance we’ve seen from Jamel, makes us wonder why he hasn’t been tapped to host some sort of lifestyle/culture show where he just gives his hot takes on everything under the sun.

Make your day better and watch Jamel’s set here.

Pick of the Day: Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring Tapings (in LA) 3/1

Comedy Central is doing another round, their 10th season in fact, of their short form digital stand-up series, Comedy Central Stand Up Featuring in LA. As the Satellite has sadly closed its doors awhile ago, CC will be going to another hip venue in LA on Tues. Mar. 1st, the even more kitschy Lodge Room in Highland Park (the place where you can catch Paul F. Tompkins on a somewhat regular basis these days).

Also, of course, they have rows upon rows upon rows of great handpicked comedians that, if you’re reading this, you’ve might have come to know and love by seeing them making the rounds in LA, NYC, and elsewhere. This gorgeous line-up will include (over 3 shows):

6PM: Brittany Schmitt, Mike Mulloy, Jes Tom, Jamel Johnson, Brandon Wardell & Chloe Radcliffe

8PM: Daniel Weingarten, Giulia Rozzi, Niles Abston, Felonius Munk, Mo Welch & Chloe Hillard

10PM: Danielle Perez, Joey Avery, Ali Macofsky, Sean Grant, Katrina Davis & Caleb Hearon

The show is FREE (almost nothing is free at the Lodge Room, FYI) with RSVP to 21+ with proof of vaccination. Go get your tickets right this second at theblacklistnyc.com/ccsufla.

Pick of the Day: Blam! Blam! Blam! (in LA) 12/14

December 13, 2021

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Yet another touchstone LA comedy show returns on this side of the pandemic. Truly, we just had no idea who or what was going to survive when March 2020 came to pass. There was a point at which we, and so many others, legitimately thought that perhaps none of it would come back. We continue to thankful for the instances where some of our favorite things in comedy have survived and are making a big, big comeback.

One such thing is another one of the LA comedy scene’s longest running comedy shows, Blam! Blam! Blam!, the monthly institution at K-Town’s super cool R-Bar is making its first official show since lockdown happen right at the end of 2021. For years, we loved spending a late night on Tuesdays at 3331 W. 8th St. with Paul Danke at the helm and a beautiful mix, curated by DeMorge Brown, of stand-ups, characters, and the always mind-bending surprise from Davey Johnson.

This return of Blam! Blam! Blam! has all of its favorites including:

James Adomian
Lizzy Cooperman
James Fritz
Nana the Cat Lady
Kimberly Clark
Anna Seregina
Jamel Johnson
Daniel Webb
Tom Waits

Don’t miss out this Tues. Dec. 14th. Get there at 9PM PT if you want street parking to be slightly less difficult.

Pick of the Day: The Sarah Vaccine Live + In the Flesh (in LA) 9/23

September 6, 2021

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Sarah Squirm‘s epic, delightfully twisted short, The Sarah Vaccine, is getting it’s very own in-person night, which is perfect for all of us waiting for that booster shot.

Squirm will be “IN THE FLESH” as will a fantastic line-up of comedians and performers from every freaky little corner in LA. That’ll include Jamel Johnson, Natalie Palamides & Courtney Pauroso, music from Maylee Todd, and a Dynasty Handbag original video (and there might be more to come). This sure-to-be-never-forgotten evening will take place at Brain Dead Studios on Fairfax, which rose from the long smoldering ashes of Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre on Thurs. Sept. 23rd at 8PM PT.

Tickets are $14, all said and done, and you really best get them here.

Pick of the Day: Jamel Johnson & Megan Gailey (in LA) 9/10

August 26, 2021

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Both Jamel Johnson and Megan Gailey have been, time and time again, an uncompromising delight to watch the numerous times that we’ve seen them go up, both in and around LA and on Conan. Essentially, you will be charmed by them and they will hysterically not let up until that happens (in the best way possible, of course).

So, it’ll be quite a night at Dynasty Typewriter next month when Jamel and Megan co-headline. Sure, we’ve seen them on plenty of line-ups together, but never just as the main attractions as they will be on Fri. Sept. 10th at 8PM PT.

Do not miss this special co-headlining night at Dynasty Typewriter. Tickets are $20 right now and $25 on the day of. Best go get them ASAP right here.

Pick of the Day: Faded’s Drunk Spelling Bee 2/26

February 25, 2021

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Watching adults trying to spell while wasted on the sauce is a pretty damn good time.

We got to catch such this hilariously inebriated phenomenon a couple of times before lockdown, but we haven’t been so lucky to catch it since last March.

Thankfully, the Faded Comedy gang is gearing up for such a thing on their Twitch channel this Friday. This first Faded Drunk Spelling Bee will, thus far, feature the likes of @objsucks, @nonprofitcomic, @megangailey, @DonovanStrain, @IfyNwadiwe, @nitzbluv, @sladkow, @DragonflyJonez, and more contestants who possibly will get in over their heads trying to use a skill that has very likely been used in years due to autocorrect.

The Faded Drunk Spelling Bee will stream live on Fri. Feb. 26th at 6PM PT/9PM ET at twitch.tv/fadedcomedyla. As always with Twitch live-streams, live-stream access is free, but donations are accepted.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 28: Jamel Johnson & The LA Outdoors

October 7, 2020

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Jamel Johnson was one of the first comedians to record a special in all of quarantine during this COVID-19 pandemic with the audience-less Friend or Foe. He’s also done a remote segment on Conan, kept up a basketball podcast going during the NBA Playoffs, and managed to do some of LA’s newly minted outdoor shows, which means he has maintained himself working as much as he can and being so damn funny while doing so. Jamel zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger to discuss all such things as well as SNL managing to have a live audience, Second City being on sale, things to think about in doing in-person shows during a pandemic and more.

Follow Jamel on IG @broccolihouse & Twitter @nonprofitcomic and listen to his podcasts Air Buds and Sorry We Love Football. Get and watch his special, Friend or Foe.

Shout outs: Michelle Buteau’s Buteaupia. Chinedu Unaka’s Mostly Kidding, and Josiah Johnson

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

Please Enjoy Jamel Johnson Weighing in on Various Neighborhood Black Lives Matter Posters

August 6, 2020

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Jamel Johnson has been one of a handful of comedians that have found a way for to make comedy work for them under quarantine. Johnson, pretty much at the start of lockdown, recorded and released a great stand-up special without an audience.

Johnson continues to pull off bits and shenanigans, the latest being a bit for Team Coco.

While Johnson isn’t technically a professional art critic and is very clearly wearing a wig, him going around LA and giving his hot takes on various Black Lives Matters posters and “art” is worth him saying he is an art critic and all of us believing that is his real hair.

Please enjoy Johnson’s neighborhood BLM art tour here

Pick of the Day: Helltrap Nightmare & DSA LA for Nithya Present: A Campaign Comedy Fundraiser

August 5, 2020

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The upcoming November election is not only a chance to get Trump out of the White House, but a chance to also change so many other elected offices for the better including at the municipal level.

Nithya Raman is running as one of the most progressive and forward-thinking candidates for Los Angeles City Council. She has a chance to unseat incumbent David Ryu for District 4 in LA and has laid out a comprehensive, thoughtful platform that speaks to the most critical issues for Angelenos and aims to actually take action.

So, there will be a big comedy live-stream fundraiser for Nithya presided by everyone’s favorite horror comedy troupe, Helltrap Nightmare. You better bet that there’s a marvelous line-up for the show that already has John Early, Kate Berlant, Demi Adejuyigbe, Mitra Jouhari, Joel Kim Booster, Jamel Johnson, Camirin Farmer, The Shrimp Boys, and Mood Killer.

Right now, you can (and very much should) RSVP here for admission to Helltrap Nightmare & DSA LA for Nithya Present: A Campaign Comedy Fundraiser for this Sat. Aug. 8th at 8PM PT/11PM ET. Also, you can support Nithya for the City directly here.

Pick of the Day: Aesthetical Relations 8/6

August 4, 2020

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We were truly taken by Christina Catherine Martinez’s first foray into the IG Live space with her comedy/art talk/experimental comedy show Aesthetical Relations. We’re still taken by the audacity of the opening, which has us still ruminating on its audacity and how she cleverly pushed the boundaries of the aesthetics of the Gram (in addition to have all sorts of weird and wonderful treats with offbeat characters, high art/literary folks, and niche, but thoroughly satisfying bits).

So, we wouldn’t dare let ourselves go without specifically telling you about the very next Aesthetical Relations that Christina would be exhibiting, which just happens to be this Thursday, Aug. 6th at 7PM PT/10PM ET over @xtina_catherine on Instagram. Very, very special guests include the hysterical Jamel Johnson (who possibly made the first legit comedy special in quarantine), Dr. Angelo Castoria, and clowning/character sensation Courtney Pauroso.

Until that time, please enjoy Christina’s personal announcement for this edition of Aesthetical Relations.

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These people are going to be on Aesthetical Relations this Thursday and I don’t trust any of them ♥️ . . 8.6.2020 7PM Pacific on my IG Live @xtina_catherine

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Jamel Johnson’s New Special “Friend or Foe” Made Without an Audience Because of COVID-19 Pandemic

April 28, 2020

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In addition to being one of the comedians that you should be watching as they make their ascension, Jamel Johnson is so self-realized in his comedic persona that we could truly hear him rant about anything for quite awhile.

That notion really got put to the test with Jamel’s brand new special Friend or Foe that, because of that damn pandemic we’re all living through, was made completely without an audience. Johnson did shoot this 1/2 hour special with a two-man crew and proper social distancing of course at one of LA’s most beloved indie venues, The Lyric Hyperion.

It will never not be strange to hear stand-up without a live audience laughing, but, for our money, Jamel’s passionate rants about the socio-political minutia of life are just so damn funny that they transcend a completely empty room.

Interestingly enough, Jamel’s special actually stands out from any other sort of special that was done with little to no audience. Drew Michael’s HBO special was set up to seem like he’s in his own head as he’s telling his own jokes along with some staged scripted scenes and Harland Williams’ Force of Nature was shot in the middle of a desert. Both were conceptual adventures in to what might happen at outer limits of stand-up comedy.

Johnson’s Friend or Foe, on the other hand, is a half-hour special that was made out of what the circumstances have afforded him. There isn’t really any tailoring of any of his material to the times or for the strange conditions in which the special was produced. Jamel is just standing alone delivering the his material out a sheer, undeniable need to. While defying the art form of comedy in so many ways, an unfazed Johnson rolling through his material with no audience (with the same sort of vigor he would normally have in the before times) somehow speaks to the tireless drive of being a stand-up comedian. The image of Jamel yelling about the small stuff in an empty room is, in of itself, a pretty great over-arching joke that, for us, had us busting up laughing the whole way through.

Jamel Johnson: Friend or Foe is out now on Vimeo for $5. Go get and enjoy it here already.

Jamel Johnson’s “I Think It’s Good” Is a Hot, Hilarious 21 Minutes of a Comedy Album EP

February 13, 2020

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The crackling energy and attitude of Jamel Johnson starts from the very first second of this EP, I Think It’s Good.

As such, we were laughing, giggling, slapping our knee, and definitely cackling throughout the entirety of Jamel’s 21 minutes on this debut EP. Johnson can rant about the most innocuous minutia and make hysterical bits that feel so live and are very satisfying (as well as a fun morsel of sketch mischief tagged on the end).

Jamel Johnson’s I Think It’s Good comes out this Friday, Feb. 14th, fresh off the presses from AST Records.

October 24, 2019

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The comedy baseball mash-up phenomenon known as On Deck is having its “World Series”, just in time for a certain MLB World Series, with Megan Gailey’s Lucy Lucy Apple Juicys vs. Caitlin Weierhauser’s The Uncles. Both teams will be taking the stage together, trying to “smack” their punchlines/bits out of the park, one by one, making for a stand-up comedy experience like no other.

Join hosts/umpires Jamel Johnson, Courtney Karwal and Mike Mulloy to see who will the On Deck Commissioner’s Trophy. Tickets available here.

September 11, 2019

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Not only are Daniel Webb, Jamel Johnson, and Logan Guntzelman three comics that make a damn fine line-up of stand-up comedy with their unique styles of charming rapid fire barbs, silly rants, and wry, dark observations respectively, they’re three comics that are about to tape their EPs.

Also, you’ve got to be sold with that flyer, right?

We highly recommend that you be in attendance to see them lay their comedic stylings down on digital wax at the Hollywood Improv at the end of the month. Tickets are $10/2 item min. Go get ‘em here.

July 26, 2018

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Jamel Johnson, who has made our TCB Most Wanted List in the past, is recording an album within earshot of the Hollywood Bowl this weekend.

We highly urge you to attend to see Jamel lay down a sweet hour down on digital wax. FYI, it’s 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.

May 6, 2018

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On Deck, the baseball game version of a stand-up comedy show (really, they have innings, umpires, etc. etc.) is marking 2 years here in LA.

The line-up features plenty of LA comedy starters including Marcella Arguello, Alice Wetterlund, Chris Garcia, Sheng Wang, Zainab Johnson, and Jak Knight.

The On Deck 2 Year Anniversary will be on Thursday, May 17th at Dynasty Typewriter at Hayworth Theater at 8PM. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Go get them here.

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

Boy oh boy, we’ve (yes, we, The Comedy Bureau, are putting on a show) got a showcase of some of our “most wanted” (favorite) stand-up comedians in town that you need to be on the look out for.

Wednesday, July 26th at 8PM at The Comedy Central Stage.

Don’t be late.

Again, it’s free, but you have to RSVP here or at 323 960 5519.

Flyer by The Brain Trust’s Ed Weseloh with logo by Chris Fairbanks.

Instead of bats and balls, this game of quasi-baseball is played with jokes.

Get more info 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.