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Pick of the Day: Hugo Let the Dogs Out! (in LA) 10/6
October 5, 2022
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The midterm elections are just a month away and it’s crucial to be aware of what is at stake (and that you should really vote, maybe even do so early).

With that in mind, one thing you could do leading up to Election Day, Tues. Nov. 8th, 2022 is go to a comedy show fundraiser Hugo Let the Dogs Out! for a choice progressive candidate for LA’s CD13, Hugo Soto-Martinez, at El Cid on Thurs. Oct. 6th with doors opening at 7PM featuring the comedy stylings of some folks you might have heard of including Joe Mande, Demetri Martin, Gareth Reynolds, Will Menaker, Matt Christman, Andrew Michaan, Megan Koester, and Derek & Dril along with hosts Amber Rollo and Josh Androsky.

You don’t have to pay to enjoy such a spoil of comedy riches (note that El Cid has a 2 item min.), but they’ll obviously be taking donations for Hugo’s campaign. If you can’t make the show, you can donate to Hugo at hugo2022.com.

Pick of the Day: Performance Anxiety (in LA) 4/26
April 21, 2022
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LA has had a penchant for doing comedy shows in odd places for decades, long before any sort of pandemic reached the county line.

One of those spots was the famed adult toy store, The Pleasure Chest, that featured the bi-weekly delight known as Performance Anxiety, hosted by Eli Olsberg. The last Performance Anxiety that was on the books was on Mar. 10, 2020 and it has been so long since that time that we forgot to see if it might even come back or if there would ever be anything to happen live and in person back at The Pleasure Chest.

Thankfully, it’s another thing that is confidently coming back to this side of the pandemic on Tues. Apr. 26th at 8PM PT (with the same nice price that they had in 2020, $7) and the same sort of fantastic line-up of comics surrounded by a bunch of sex toys and accessories.

This very first post-lockdown Performance Anxiety will feature the likes of Adam Conover, Joe Mande, River Butcher, Blair Socci, Hampton Yount, Dana Donnelly, and Subhah Agarwal.

Go get your tickets right now right here for one of the kinkier comedy shows that you’ll ever go to.

Pick of the Day: Nick and Andrew’s Hellscape 6/25
June 16, 2021
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Jam in a Van has been going for a minute in providing a unique outdoor comedy experience in a secret West LA location. On top of a DIY built, outdoor space, your ticket gets you and your party your own cooler of tasty refreshments (as opposed to waiting around to order two drinks).

Several different shows have come through and come through again in their space, but Nick and Andrew’s Hellscape, set for Fri. Jun. 25th, has one hell of a stacked line-up that could very well be a festival line-up if there were any big festivals happening this month. Chelsea Peretti, Ron Funches, Joe Mande, Hannah Einbinder, Atsuko Okatsuka, Kate Berlant, and hosts Nick Thune and Andrew Michaan are splitting an early show 7PM PT and a late show 9:30PM PT (not everyone will play both shows).

You really ought to not miss this show or, really, both shows if you can swing it. Ticket prices are as follows:

Regular Reserved: $35 (plus $2.50 handling fee)
($75 per pair).
VIP Premium seating and a Mr. Heater heater at your seat: $50 (plus $2.50 handling fee) ($105 per pair).

Go get your tickets as space is very limited for Jam in a Van here.

Pick of the Day: The Comedy Roof 6/2
May 31, 2021
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If you’ve followed for us any of our 10 year and a half run, you very likely know and enjoy LA comedy’s penchant and expertise for doing comedy outdoors. Having had years of comedy taking advantage of the postcard quality weather that we’re privileged to have in LA, doing comedy outdoors due to the pandemic wasn’t such a huge sweat around here.
Shows such as The Comedy Roof popped up on the roof of the parking garage next to Grand Central Market in DTLA to keep this facet of the scene going. Also, they observed as much COVID-19 protocols as they could (including mask policy, very socially distant tables/chairs, separate entrances and exits, etc.). On top of that, you literally get a pretty gorgeous view of DTLA’s skyline.
So, The Comedy Roof folks are back at it with their latest show coming this Wed. Jun. 2nd at 8PM PT (Doors 7:30PM PT) with a stacked line-up of:
Joe Mande (Comedy Cental, NBC)
Brian Simpson (Comedy Central, BS with Brian Simpson)
Nick Skardarasy (CollegeHumor, The A.V. Club)
Jenny Jennings (ROM-COMedians)
Ahmed Al-Kadri
+ Jeff Buck, Vee Bentley, Kate Mason, & Mikel Albagdadi
Tickets are only $15 and you can (and very much should before they sell out) get them here.
April 30, 2019
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Action Civics CA, an organization to educating the youth into being informed, responsible citizens of the world, is throwing another huge comedy benefit at DTLA’s Theatre at Ace Hotel that features many of your favorite comedy folks (really, just look at that line-up that will probably have more huge names added as they get closer to the day of).

It’s best to get your tickets for Let’s Save the Future now (they’re going for $40-$100) right now. Go get them here.

Joe Mande and Super Deluxe Are Developing a Joanne the Scammer TV Show
July 28, 2017
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Joe Mande and Super Deluxe Are Developing a Joanne the Scammer TV Show

Branden Miller, better known as Joanne The Scammer, has made quite the ruckus with the marvelously infamous character online and will now, apparently, be getting a chance to possibly do a TV show. 

Miller won’t be alone in trying to have a Joanne The Scammer TV series though as the very accomplished TV writer/comedian Joe Mande and the creative team at Super Deluxe are on board, helping shape the project before it makes the rounds to potentially get bought up. 

In the meantime, you can go down a rabbit hole where this all might have started on Joanne the Scammer’s Instagram here.

Joe Mande’s 1st Hour Special “Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special” Is Now Streaming
July 25, 2017
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Just for the fact that Joe Mande called his first hour special “Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special” should be enough to at least tug at your curiosity to give it a watch.

A la The Secret, Mande not only named this special with the hopes of it winning awards, but also weaved a silly, meta narrative thread through the hour that makes you wonder if Joe can really “moneyball” a comedy special. That includes surprise cameos from Bo Burnham, Blake Griffin, and George Wallace.

Also, the entrepreneurial pitches and Mande’s own personal crisis over free speech are bits that stand alone separate from the “award-winning” framework. 

With all of that said, you can now go stream Joe Mande’s Award Winning Comedy Special at Netflix.

Joe Mande Already Has Plenty of “Acclaim” in Trailer for “Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special”
July 17, 2017
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If you buy into The Secret, maybe it would be a good idea to call your yet-to-be-released-or-even-submitted-for-awards-consideration special an “award winning special” and project what you might think critics will say about it.

Whether that’s the reason behind it or not, that is what Joe Mande is doing with his special and the accompanying trailer.

See for yourself here, then look for Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special to start streaming on Tuesday, July 25th.

Two Upcoming Netflix Comedy Specials We’re Excited for Are Called “Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special” and “Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up For the First Time”
June 2, 2017
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Both Joe Mande and Rory Scovel are two great comedians of this current golden age of comedy that are deserving of their upcoming Netflix comedy specials that arrive this month and next.

Also, we just love the juxtaposition of the titles of their specials and how much of a goofy range it covers.

Oh, in case it wasn’t clear, mark these dates down as Joe and Rory’s new hour will definitely be worth watching.
December 10, 2016
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Joe Mande (The Good Place, Master of None, Parks and Recreation, Kroll Show, Delocated, Conan, his own comedy mixtape) is doing a full hour at Meltdown this upcoming Thursday with special guest Gabe Liedman. 

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel Will Be Replacing The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail
November 16, 2016
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One of the most revered weekly stand-up shows in the country, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, ended its 6 year run last month, which included three seasons as a TV series on Comedy Central.

Naturally, the 8:30PM slot at Nerdmelt where Meltdown took place was going to be filled in by something given Meltdown’s status as a flagship show at the theater.

In two weeks, you will all have a very exciting and worthy show filling in with Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel produced by Nerdmelt’s Caitlin Durante. Larson and Scovel are two of our favorites and this show will be in good hands as you can see with our thoughts on Jay’s recent album Human Math and Scovel’s latest Conan set. 

In the inaugural show, Kate Berlant, Todd Glass, Bridey Elliott, Joe Mande, Baron Vaughn, and a surprise guest will be performing. It should go without saying that it’ll be a hell of a show and something that will get us all through the next few years and beyond. 

Tickets are $10 and are available now here. 

You can keep up with Rabbit Hole on @therabbitholela on Twitter, @therabbitholela on Instagram, and on Facebook.

Watch Comedy in the Woods of Texas at the Very First Sound on Sound Fest
October 5, 2016
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It’ll be held in the Sherwood Forest no less at a site that’s usually meant for ren faires.

A month from now Tim Heidecker, Joe Mande, Todd Barry, Johnny Pemberton, Ever Mainard, The New Movement Theater, Air Sex Championships, and more will join in at The Globe Stage for the very first Sound on Sound Fest. 

Specifically, it’ll go from Friday, November 4th-Sunday, November 6th in McDale, Texas. It’s $85 for single day pass, $169 for three day pass, $445 for VIP three day pass. 

Oh, great non-comedic music acts like Phantogram, Run The Jewels, Big Boi, Death Grips, Mac Demarco, and Courtney Barnett will be performing as well.
August 16, 2016
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The annual neighborhood-wide party known as Echo Park Rising will have plenty of music, but will also make sure to include plenty of comedy as well. 

This weekend, Good Heroin will be running 3 nights at Stories Books & Cafe (1716 W. Sunset Blvd.), Party in the Back will kick off Saturday night at the New California Barbershop (2203 W. Sunset Blvd.), and Sauce (typically at Hollywood’s Desano’s Pizza) will serve up an Echo Park Rising edition of their show at the 826LA Time Travel Mart (1714 W. Sunset Blvd.) on Saturday as well at 8PM with Chris Fairbanks, Kate Willett, James Austin Johnson, David Gborie, Chris Estrada, Danielle Radford, and hosts Barbara Gray, Eric Dadourian, Erin Lampart, and Jeff Wattenhofer.

Oh yeah, all these are free to attend. 

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

Watch Joe Mande’s Extended and Uncensored Set at “The Meltdown”
August 19, 2015
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So few comics are brining the rap game into stand-up the way Joe Mande is.

Let his set from The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail be all the proof you need. 

Watch it uncensored and extended here.

Get an Inside Look of Season 2 of “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail” and The Whole Line-Up
June 26, 2015
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We went to as many of the tapings for season 2 of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and we have to say you’re in for lots of treats, many of which involve actual food.

Just watch this behind-the-scenes/inside look/interview with Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, and producer Emily Gordon to get a sense of the fun that’s in store for all of you.

Also, here’s everyone that’s going to be on this season of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail:

Hampton Yount
Matt Braunger
Adam Pally
Gil Ozeri
Sean Patton
Beth Stelling
Natasha Leggero
Cameron Esposito
Broad City (Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer)
Fred Armisen
Andy Daly
Claudia O’Doherty
Andrew Santino
Joe Mande
John Early
Al Madrigal
Ron Funches
Aparna Nancherla
Hannibal Buress
Kate Berlant
Paul Scheer
Lauren Lapkus
Nick Thune
John Mulaney
Brent Weinbach
Thomas Middleditch
Jak Knight
Bridget Everett
Kurt Braunohler
Brett Gelman
Chelsea Peretti

By now, we have a feeling that you’re going to be into all of this.

Tune in Tues. night, Jun. 30th, 12:30AM on Comedy Central for the premiere.

Joe Mande’s Million Dollar Podcast Has Raised Over $20K on Kickstarter
August 10, 2014
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3 weeks ago, we reported on Joe Mande being willing to do a podcast if he raised $1,000,000 on Kickstarter, hence the appropriate name of The Million Dollar Podcast.

Well, he’s currently at $20,177 as of this post leaving $979,823 to raise. So, if you just have a spare $980K laying around, make Mande’s podcast a reality because what else would you be doing with that money if just had it “lying around”.

Joe Mande Willing To Do Podcast For a Million Dollars
July 13, 2014
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Joe Mande Willing To Do Podcast For a Million Dollars

Joe Mande has drafted a project in Kickstarter, meaning it has yet to be approved and subsequently launched, that poses the idea of Mande doing a podcast so long as he gets a million dollars. 

If you pledge $1,000 dollars, Mande says, “I’ll mention your name on the podcast or something who cares.”

Whether or not this launches, Mande continues to game the Internet and we love it.

Joe Mande Does Stand Up on Late Night with Seth Meyers
March 29, 2014
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Not only can you watch the very funny Joe Mande do some of his stand-up from his set this week at Late Night with Seth Meyers, you can hear about that one time he fell into a job at Maury.

Watch his set here.

Stream Joe Mande’s Bitchface at Complex.com
March 7, 2014
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Stream Joe Mande’s Bitchface at Complex.com

Joe Mande’s upcoming comedy mixtape Bitchface feat. Amy Poehler, Jenny Slate, Nick Kroll, Roy Hibbert, and more is dropping next week (it’s on pre-order right now), but you can stream it right now over at Complex.com. 

So get to streaming and pre-ordering now.

Joe Mande’s “Bitchface” Comedy Mixtape/Album Dropping This Month
March 2, 2014
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The very funny Joe Mande will be releasing his latest work “Bitchface” this month, a comedy mixtape/album. From the likes of this teaser, there’s going to be plenty of Joe’s stand-up along with a few sketches, but it all should be worth a listen.

There’ll be an album release party too at The Virgil Tues. Mar. 11th 8PM for FREE.

           

Joe Mande & Noah Garfinkel Warn Us All About Going to a Taping of The Huckabee Show
November 26, 2013
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On last night’s episode of The Pete Holmes Show, comedians and writers Joe Mande and Noah Garfinkel share the best story about the worst way to go to a taping of the Fox News program The Mike Huckabee Show.

Basically, don’t go when you’ve eaten pot cookies. Watch them tell how terrifying the taping got here.

Joe Mande Is Trying to Buy a Million Twitter Followers
August 10, 2013
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Joe Mande Is Trying to Buy a Million Twitter Followers

Apparently, buying hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers is cheaper than rent according to the very funny Joe Mande who is trying to buy a million.

We’re really excited to see what comes from this as well as the hilarious story that Mande will have after all the Twitter bot dust settles.

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