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JFL Montreal New Faces 2016 Have Been Announced

July 25, 2016

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Right now, the world famous Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival is well under way and they’ve just announced one of the festival highlights, the newest class of the New Faces of Comedy.

From an extensive search, these are the folks that JFL thinks are “next”.

That includes from left to right:

NEW FACES OF COMEDY: Ahamed Weinberg, Casey James Salengo, Chris Garcia, Dave Ross, David Gborie, Dino Archie, Evan Williams, Jacqueline Novak, Jenny Zigrino, Jesus Trejo, Joel Kim Booster, Jo Firestone, Jordan Rock, Josh Johnson, Matt Donaher, Matt Ingebretson, Naomi Ekperigin, Randy Syphax, Robert Powell, Sarah Tollemache and Tim Dillon.

NEW FACES OF COMEDY-CHARACTERS: Alan Starzinski, Lily Sullivan, Ego Nwodim, Christine Bullen, Joanna Bradley, Colin O’Brien, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Natalie Palamides, Richie Moriarty and Nicole Sun.

NEW FACES OF COMEDY-UNREPPED: Brendan Lynch, Casey Crawford, Danny Palumbo, Geoffrey Asmus, J.B. Ball, Ismael Loutfi, JP McDade, Janelle James, Molly Ruben-Long, Neko White and Raul Sanchez.

Congratulations to all these New Faces. You should probably look up all of these names, some of which you’ve probably seen featured on here like Garcia, Ross, Novak, Kim Booster, Firestone, Ingebretson, Palamides, etc.

Get tickets here.

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

Poster design by Garrett Ross.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone’s “Womanhood” Covers Menopause/Witchhood(?)

July 7, 2016

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The “wisdom” of Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone will hopefully last through the centuries even though this web series looks like it got shot on VHS.

Watch the latest episode of their Womanhood series on Refinery 29′s RIOT on the subject of menopause, possibly ‘witchhood’.

2016 Outside Lands Announces Barbary Comedy & Improv Line-Up

As part of San Francisco’s big annual music and arts festival to do, Outside Lands, they always have a pretty sizable line-up of comedy reserved for the Barbary portion of the festival.

This year, as you can see above, is no different as it’s co-curated by SF Sketchfest.

If you’re on board, get your tickets here.

The Latest ‘Womanhood’ Has Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Confront Each Other During Their Midlife Crisis Episode

June 24, 2016

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What better way to cover the topic of a midlife crisis than to go through a “mid-show crisis”?

There isn’t one, so stop thinking about it already.

Just watch, listen, learn, and enjoy Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone’s latest Womanhood at Refinery 29′s Riot.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Are Back For Completely Accurate Advice About Womanhood in Your Thirties

June 9, 2016

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You might look at the comedy of Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone and say to yourself, and hopefully to the comedy ether, “They should have their own show.”

Thankfully, they do have a show where they get to dish out life advice for women that’s “not” just wacky, absurdist goofs, but “actual” tips to make living not so awful.

Watch their latest episode of Womanhood on Refinery 29′s comedy channel Riot.

“Night Train with Wyatt Cenac” Is Coming to Seeso and This Trailer Proves It

(via EW)

Seeso taped a bunch of Wyatt Cenac’s great weekly show in NYC, Night Train, and made into a series that they’ll start streaming at the end of this month at Thursday, June 30th.

To be featured in this taped version of Night Train will be:

Kurt Braunohler, Jen Kirkman, Janeane Garofalo, Roy Wood Jr., Jo Firestone, Hari Kondabolu, H. Jon Benjamin, Scott Adsit, Jean Grae, Michelle Buteau, Questlove, Seaton Smith, Aparna Nancherla, Natasha Muse, Clark Jones, Jeffrey Joseph, Matteo Lane, Eugene Mirman, Joyelle Johnson, Eugene Mirman, Michelle Wolf, Dan Soder, Brooke Van Poppelen, Larry Murphy, Damien Lemon, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Josh Gondelman, Sabrina Jalees, Donwill, Janelle James, Phoebe Robinson, Maeve Higgins, and Sasheer Zamata.

See for yourself in the trailer.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Give Some Really “Useful” Tips on Turning 21

May 26, 2016

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You’re able to drink alcohol, but not quite able to rent a car. Also, if you’re a woman, there’s a whole new set of worries that comes with turning 21. It’s yet another weird, but very important time in your life.

Knowing that, let life experts/hilarious people Jo Firestone and Aparna Nancherla talk you through it all in the latest episode of their Womanhood series at Riot.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone Preview What Becoming an Adult Is Like

May 12, 2016

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Transitioning from adolescence to adulthood is a strange, confusing, and unavoidable part of life.

Aparna Nancherla and Jo Firestone give you a “handy” “100% accurate” guide to navigating this time period in their latest video for Refinery 29′s Riot.

Refinery 29 Launched Their Own YouTube Comedy Channel “Riot” and They’re Off to a Pretty Nice Start

May 9, 2016

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Refinery 29 is expanding beyond being an online cultural destination for women by getting into making their own online content. Amidst developing short films, channels, etc., Refinery 29 has also launched an online comedy channel on YouTube called Riot. It’ll give a platform to many of the best female voices in comedy.

Already, they have some great content from Aparna Nancherla, Jo Firestone, Jacqueline Novak, Phoebe Robinson, and Shannon Coffey.

Specifically, absurdist puberty tips from Aparna and Jo and an intimate conversation about depression and anxiety between Jacqueline Novak and Lena Dunham are two you definitely want to watch.

So, keep an eye on Riot or subscribe to make that way easier.

Jo Firestone Pitches Already Rejected Pitches to The Chris Gethard Show Interns

April 13, 2016

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Chris Gethard Show writer Jo Firestone has had a number of pitches for bits/games/etc. that have been rejected by Chris Gethard. However, Gethard allowed for Jo to pitch those already rejected pitches to the interns and also allowed the interns to vote on an idea that would actually end up on the show.

Basically, Jo Firestone pitching things could be its own show.

Watch IFC’s “Boy Band”, the Darkest Satirical Boy Band Reality Show Parody in Recent Memory

March 28, 2016

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As the boy band formula continues to be successful throughout the decades, there has been parodies of boy bands right there following along. You might remember Conan’s Dudez-a-Plenti or MTV’s 2Ge+her as some of notable examples.

In 2016, Brett Davis of the subversive, meta, absurdist talk show, The Special Without Brett Davis, writes and stars in a new, similarly toned boy band parody in the IFC web series simply called Boy Band.

NYC comedy folks including Anna Drezen, Jo Firestone, Ana Fabrega, Julio Torres (who also co-wrote a good deal of the series), John Early, and more round out a great cast.

There are six episodes in total and you might not look at boy bands, or any reality show endeavor for that matter, the same way afterwards.

Or, if you have a pretty dark view on the music industry, maybe this would just redouble your feelings about the whole boy band model.

Either way, you should watch the whole series here.

2016 NYC Podfest Announces Line-Up

March 14, 2016

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From May 20th-22nd, The NYC Podfest continues to get bigger and feature more noteworthy podcasts that are born in bred in and around Big Apple.

So far, they’ve got:

FRIDAY, MAY 20
7 PM — Guys We F*cked (The Anti-Slut Shaming Podcast)
9 PM — Risk! (The State Book Release Show)
11PM — Tell ‘Em Steve Dave

SATURDAY, MAY 21
2:00 PM — Where’s Larry? An Impractical Jokers Podcast
3:00 PM — The Dave Juskow Podcast
4:00 PM — Lady Parts Justice’s Repro Madness
5:00 PM — Think Again – A Big Think Podcast
6:15 PM — Keith and the Girl & Kill Me Now with Judy Gold
8:30 PM — The Adventures of Danny & Mike
9:45 PM — Paul Mercurio: 2 Chairs And A Microphone
11:00 PM — The Flop House

SUNDAY, MAY 22
2 PM — Pretty Much it
3:00 PM — Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood)
4:00 PM — In The Conversation
5:00 PM — WMFU’s Dr. Gameshow with Jo Firestone/WMFU’s The Goddamn Dave Hill Show
7:00 PM — Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast
8:15 PM — The Ensemblist
9:30 PM — Robert Kelly’s You Know What Dude!
10:45 PM — Mouth Time with Reductress

All the shows/tapings/etc. will take place between Brooklyn’s Bell House and LES’ Cake Shop. Get more details here and tickets here.

Watch Jo Firestone Play a Freelance Independent Bathroom Attendant

January 20, 2016

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Jo Firestone is the bathroom attendant you never knew you needed.

NYC’s wondrous Jo Firestone shows that the new dynamics of the modern workforce have reached further you’re probably aware of. While certainly there are self-starters in the world of retail, online entertainment, and more, bathroom attending is yet another industry that you’ll apparently have to just do it to get anywhere with it.

Watch Firestone do just that in the new Video Frogs video at IFC.

As The Name Suggests, “The Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival” Will Host a Comedy Festival at a Biscuit Shop

July 9, 2015

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Though we had not thought of this question previously, it’s definitely worth asking now, “Wouldn’t three nights of live comedy and biscuits be lovely?”

Empire Biscuit in NYC, a dining establishment that pretty much deals in just biscuits, will try their hand at something way outside the biscuit wheelhouse by hosting three nights of a comedy festival.

With the line-up they’ve got, it looks like they’ll be having a pretty good time over those few days.

So far, at the Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival will be:

Liza Treyger
Alingon Mitra
Joe Pera
Mark Normand
Giulia Rozzi
Jo Firestone
Hadiyah Robinson
Jim Tews
Griffin Newman
Brett Davis
Josh Ruben
NANCY
Casey Jost
Livia Scott
Shakir Standley
Joe List
Ben Kronberg
Saurin Choksi
Nate Fernald
Calise Hawkins
Mike Drucker
Abbi Crutchfield
Mike Lawrence
Nick Vatterott
Matteo Lane
Hasan Minhaj
Jeffrey Joseph
Josh Gondelman
Andy Sandford
Joe Zimmerman
Nore Davis
Nick Turner
Mike Recine
Michelle Wolf
Myq Kaplan
Sasheer Zamata
Kevin Barnett
Seaton Smith
Sean Donnelly
Phoebe Robinson
Carmen Lynch
Aparna Nancherla

The festival goes from Sun. Aug. 2nd-Tues. Aug. 4th and you can and should, if you’re in NYC then, get your tickets here.

NYC’s Jo Firestone Gives a Rundown Through The Several Wonderfully Bizarre Shows She Has Created

April 18, 2015

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You might have seen NYC based Jo Firestone on Vulture’s recent 50 Comedians You Should Know in 2015 and that might have something to do with how she has let her imagination run amok and birth so many different, innovative, weird, and wonderful comedy shows like Punderdome 3000 or The NYC Inner Beauty Pageant.

NYC live late night talk show Running Late with Scott Rogowsky invited Firestone as a guest last month and went into detail about all of her crazy shows along with how she thinks they compare to a traditional format show like Running Late.

Despite what Jo self-deprecatingly said, they all sound pretty great including like the pun competition of Punderdome 3000 or Friends of Single People where friends of singles basically play The Dating Game for them.

She even introduced a new show/game with Bird, Murderer, or Birderer.

We’re not sure if anyone is keeping count, but Jo might have a world record for most comedy shows going at the same time and we hope that you can catch as many as you can soon.

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