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Matt Dwyer’s First Album “Inside Looking Out” Is Out Now

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It’s a bit of a surprise to us that Matt Dwyer hasn’t had an album under his belt already given his exhaustive comedy resume, but perhaps that is what makes this first album feel special and imbued with a sense of urgency.

Inside Looking Out is indeed Dwyer’s first album is being released by Jonah Ray’s imprint label Literally Figurative Records off of AST Records. Dwyer impressively spans his comedy repertoire, both in content and form, which he delights in as there is a lot to cherry pick from. He includes traditional stand-up, song, and reading of short form pieces that come from a very a brutally honest and sincere place, but, sometimes, ratchets the absurdity up to the nth degree. For all of that, Inside Looking Out gives you a really expansive scope of comedy at its core and its fringes.

You can get Inside Looking Out off of iTunes or on 12″ red vinyl. You can also stream it on Apple Music.

“Hidden America with Jonah Ray” Is Now Streaming at Seeso

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It’s almost 100% guaranteed that you haven’t seen the America on Hidden America (unless you worked on the show).

If you’ve got Seeso or a friend or loved one’s Seeso password, you can now start streaming Hidden America with Jonah Ray. It’s a (mostly) faux travel show that sees the underbellies of America’s most beloved cities that are rarely seen (perhaps for a reason).

If you don’t have Seeso, you can get it for $3.99 a month here.

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Season 3 Tapings Happening July 12th-July 16th

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The free tickets are already all taken, but there will be a stand by line for every taping.

The LA comedy institution known as The Meltdown with Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani is going to tape for their third season as a showcase series on Comedy Central in a month and a half. Even though there are plenty of weeks between now and then, all the shows, of which there are eight, are sold out very quickly.

Still, like the actual weekly show, there will be a standby line for the two tapings per night that they’re doing at 7:30PM and 9:30PM on July 12th, 13th, 15th, and 16th. Here are some more details if you’re really set on going.

Watch the First Episode of Jonah Ray’s “Hidden America” Now on YouTube Thanks to Seeso

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Jonah Ray’s mock travel show Hidden America hasn’t even premiered on Seeso yet, but you can take a full gander of the first episode, for your convenience, on YouTube.

Watch Jonah go to a version of Boston on Seeso’s YouTube page here.

Look for the series to start streaming on Seeso Thursday, June 2nd.

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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.

Here’s a Trailer for Jonah Ray’s Mock Travel Show “Hidden America”

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Get ready for Jonah Ray to show you a side of America that you’ve never seen before on his new series on Seeso, Hidden America.

Why haven’t you seen it before?

No one has really seen it before because it exists in an alternate universe fabricated to parody all those travel shows that have become so ubiquitous on cable TV.

Well, there is a bit of truth amidst all the tomfoolery as you’ll see in the trailer.

Look for episodes to start streaming on June 2nd on Seeso.

The 2016 Bridgetown Comedy Festival Is Happening Next Week

We’ve got the line-up for you here and, per usual, it’s a doozy.

Next Wednesday, June 1st through Sunday, June 5th, Portland will get its wondrous annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival.

Below, we have the full line-up (subject to change, of course) of performers and shows. After taking several moments to take all of that in, you can buy your passes and tickets here.

PERFORMERS
Rachel Bloom
Aimee Mann
Ted Leo
Eddie Pepitone
Morgan Murphy
Kyle Mooney
Sara Schaefer
Steve Agee
Brendon Small
The Thermals
Jonah Ray
Baron Vaughn
Greg Behrendt
Matt Braunger
Moshe Kasher
Aparna Nancherla
Oscar Nunez
Janet Varney
John Michael Higgins
James Urbaniak
Brooks Wheelan
Cole Stratton
Jessica Makinson
John Roderick
Merlin Mann
Dwayne Perkins
Lance Bangs
Louis Katz
Chris Cubas
Alice Wetterlund
Guy Branum
Laura Kightlinger
Bil Dwyer
Wimps
Laurie Kilmartin
Rick Overton
Josh Sneed
Julian McCullough
Eliza Skinner
Jay Larson
Dulce Sloan
David Huntsberger
Dan Telfer
David Gborie
Matt Kirshen
Rhea Butcher
Tone Bell
John F. O’Donnell
Mike Burns
Ryan Sickler
Matthew Broussard
Heather Thomson
Solomon Georgio
Jesse Popp
Matt Koff
Jenny Zigrino
Nick Youssef
Zak Toscani
Dino Archie
Sam Jay
Nathan Brannon
Steven Wilber
Curtis Cook
Bryan Cook
Sean Jordan
Joe Pera
Andy Wood
Dave Ross
Mike Bridenstine
Amy Miller
Casey Ley
Ahamed Weinberg
David Tveite
Alex Falcone
Rob Haze
Yusef Roach
Anthony Lopez
Bri Pruett
Carmen Lagala
Casey James Salengo
Caitlin Weierhauser
Derek Gaines
Hutch Harris
Rylee Newton
Andrew Michaan
Emily Galati
Emma Willmann
J.P. McDade
Gilbert Lawand
Hans Kim
Janelle James
Adam Pasi
Georgea Brooks
Gabe Dinger
Jack Martin
Mia Jackson
Jacob Christopher
Katie McCarthy
Robert Buscemi
Tony Sam
James Fritz
Geoffrey Asmus
Clare O’Kane
Josh Androsky
Jason Webb
Barbara Holm
Jesus Trejo
Nato Green
Martin Urbano
JoAnn Schinderle
Jon Washington
Kate Willett
Leah Mansfield
M.K. Paulsen
Janae Burris
Maria Shehata
Lizzy Pilcher
Rebecca O’Neal
Megan Gailey
Molly Ruben-Long
Abby Rosenquist
Tafadzwa Gwaze
Nariko Ott
Richard Douglas Jones
Jason Traeger
Natalie Palamides
Preacher Lawson
Nick Dixon
Nick Sahoyah
Patrick Susmilch
Toby Muresianu
Subhah Agarwal
Quincy Jones
Devin Field
Raghav Mehta
Mike Coletta
Tawanda Gona
Steph Tolev
Ella Gale
Sabrina Jalees
Philip Schallberger
Sammy Arechar
Simon Gibson
Shane Torres
Whitney Streed
Lou Perez
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Curious Comedy Players
Andrew Ti
Ryan de la Garza
Jake Browne

SHOWS
Rachel Bloom
An Evening With Aimee Mann and Ted Leo (and Friends!)
Lance Bangs Presents: Come Laugh with Us
Theme Park Improv
Baked with Brendon Small and Steve Agee
Guy Branum’s Gay Bash
Roderick on the Line
Yo, Is This Racist? LIVE PODCAST
Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath
The Crabfeast with Ryan Sickler and Jay Larson
Julian Loves Music
Probably Science
Joke Thieves
Nato Green Presents: Laughter Against the Machine
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction
Persona!
Set List
Turnt Up with Eliza Skinner
Uncalled Four
Pep Talks Podcast
You Had to Be There
Unsafe Space
Reunited
Earthquake Hurricane
Stand Up For Yourself! With Amy Miller
Rants Off/ Dance Off
It’s Gonna Be Okay
The Liberators present Mood Music
Leviathan
Reading The Bible With Dan Live
The Dirty 30
New Negroes
Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher"Hidden America with Jonah Ray" Screening and Q & A

Watch First Preview of Jonah Ray’s Mock Travel Series “Hidden America”

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(via USA Today)

Seeso’s newest series (yep, they’re keeping the brand spankin’ new content rolling) Hidden America with Jonah Ray finally has a preview. When first seeing various images of it, it does indeed look like any one of those dozens of travel shows that fill up hours of cable TV programming.

Yet, there’s something a little off in this preview clip as Fresh Off The Boat’s Randall Park is running a new “vegan” restaurant.

We can’t wait for more mischief like this to start streaming on Thursday, June 2nd on Seeso.

Rifftrax Is Putting on a Mystery Science Theater 3000 Reunion with the Original Cast as Well as New MST3K Host Jonah Ray

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As the Kickstarter for the new MST3K proved, you probably still have plenty of nostalgia for the original series.

Rifftrax, which features many of the original MST3K cast members riffing on movies live that are streamed into theaters, is putting the MST3K gang back together for one last ride. This will include:

Michael J. Nelson (Mike Nelson)
Kevin Murphy (Tom Servo)
Bill Corbett (Crow T. Robot)
Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank)
Trace Beaulieu (Dr. Clayton Forrester, Crow T. Robot)
Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester)
Bridget Nelson (Nuveena, Mr. B Natural)
Joel Hodgson (creator and original host)
Jonah Ray (the host of the new MST3K)

The show will be broadcast live into theaters via Fathom Events on Thursday, June 28th.Tickets for that show go on sale Friday, April 15th.

February 23, 2016

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Steve Agee and Brendon Small lead off a great blend of a comedy and virtuoso rock along with a house band of Pete Griffin, Joe Travers & Matt Rohde. Jonah Ray, Henry Phillips, Johnny Pemberton & special guests will also be getting in the mix with their own stand-up and music.

Baked is on Sat. Feb. 27th at 10PM at The Hollywood Improv and tickets are $15 w/2 item min.

Paige Weldon’s “Uncomfortable at Best” Now Available as 7″ from Jonah Ray’s Literally Figurative

January 16, 2016

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This 14+ min. record of Paige Weldon, Uncomfortable at Best, is evidence that there are many delightful comedians that are, in a way, hiding in plain sight in and around the gigantic LA comedy scene. You get a taste of Paige’s disarming, self-deprecating, but easy going charm and hope that a longer record is in the not so distant future.

Get Paige’s Uncomfortable at Best from Jonah Ray’s Literally Figurative imprint off of AST Records here.

The MST3K Revival Has Almost Reached Its 4-6 Episode Goal on Kickstarter

November 30, 2015

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Hodgson and company have raised of $3,190,406 of $3,300,000 as of this post.

Ultimately, so many of us would like to see over $5.5 million raised for the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 in order to see 12 episodes featuring Jonah Ray, Baron Vaughn, Hampton Yount, Felicia Day, and a yet to be announced “evil henchmen”.

The Kickstarter campaign is inching closer to that goal, but it’s even closer to the 2nd tier goal of making 6 new MST3K episodes. There are 11 days left on the campaign and given how fast people contributed in the first go around of Joel Hodgson’s Kickstarter launch, we’re sure this is definitely within the realm of possibility.

FYI, there are only two $400 donation packages left where you can get a personalized voicemail from the new MST3K crew. Get in on all of it here.

“The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail” Renewed for Season 3 at Comedy Central

November 20, 2015

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Feel free to high five or hug someone.

Another 8 episodes of The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail are slated to come to Comedy Central in 2016 and, after all the food based bits, audience plants, and great stand-up, we can’t wait to see what Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Gordon, and the gang have got cooking next.

If they just celebrated their 5 year anniversary with a Frozen themed birthday party, complete with Jonah and Kumail in the same Frozen costume, we’re sure that’s going to be great.

Seeso Continues to Parody Scientology, Secret Societies with Its Own Inside Seeso Web Series

November 19, 2015

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While Seeso is a highly anticipated comedy subscription service from NBC, it would also seem that it’s an ancient, very secret society for only the highest order of comedians.

Just watch Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kulap Vilaysack, Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, and Jonah Ray kinda sorta let us all know what’s up with this thing called Seeso.

Don’t forget that a Beta version will be free for us all on December to get us all hooked before we “join in”.

The Return of MST3K Is Officially Funded and Jonah Ray Will Be Its New Host

November 17, 2015

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Yep, this all makes sense to us.

Only a few days after Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson announced a Kickstarter campaign to bring back MST3K, the $2 million goal to make 3 brand new episodes of the show has been reached.

With thousands of dollars pouring in literally by the minute, reaching the original goal was inevitable. Now, with 25 days left on the campaign, the stretch goal of $5.5 million for 12 new episodes of MST3K seems very attainable.

The other bit of great MST3K news should even make it seem more enticing to have more and more new feature length episodes.

Announced this morning, Jonah Ray will be the new host of the new MST3K, complete with jumpsuit and all. This is a pretty fitting choice given that Jonah’s a huge MST3K fan as well as having the hosting thing down per Nerdist podcasts and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.

So, knowing all of that, please keep contributing to the campaign as much as possible to make this new season of MST3K as big as possible.

Please Enjoy Eric Dadourian’s Recent Set at “The Meltdown”

October 29, 2015

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Simply put, the refined silliness of Eric Dadourian make us smile and double over laughing.

We hope his recent off-TV season performance at The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail will make you feel the same way.

NBC’s Seeso Teases a Secret Society

October 19, 2015

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NBC’s comedy subscription service, Seeso, has got a lot of people talking. As you can imagine, many folks are wondering what they’ll be in for with shows from Dan Harmon, the UCB 4, Jonah Ray, Lennon/Garant/Vilaysack, and Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher.

Well, for now, it’s kind of a secret (emphasis on “kind of”).

Learn more about Seeso’s so-called Secret Society here.

Here’s a Teaser for “Hidden America with Jonah Ray”

October 17, 2015

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A little trailer for the show I’ve been working on Hidden America with @jonahray. That’s the magical @astupidstupidman aka Demorge Brown in there too.

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One of the many exciting new shows that’s coming to NBC’s comedy subscription service, Seeso, is Hidden America with Jonah Ray.

Jonah Ray going to the nooks and crannies of the good ol’ U.S. of A? We’re on board.

Here’s a teaser to give you a taste of what’s to come.

NBC’s New Comedy Subscription Service, Seeso, Might Just Be The Shot in the Arm That NBC Comedy Needed

October 15, 2015

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For $3.99 a month, it looks like you’ll be getting quite a lot.

Starting in January, NBC will be officially launching Seeso, which will not only offer ad free access to all seasons of The Office, Parks and Recreation, Kids in the Hall, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The Mighty Boosh, SNL, and more, but also feature boat loads of new content and shows exclusive to Seeso.

Starting off with 20 new series from the likes of Dan Harmon, Amy Poelher/Ian Roberts/Matt Walsh/Matt Besser, Scott Aukerman, Cameron Esposito/Rhea Butcher, Wyatt Cenac, Tom Lennon, Ben Garant, Kulap Vilaysack, Jonah Ray, they’ll feature anything from scripted sitcoms, live stand-up, travel shows with a comedian, reality show parodies, and more.

It would almost seem that the whole of all of this represents the comedy that has been missing from NBC’s line-up for awhile.

They’ll also be bringing a curated collection of movies and series into the Seeso fold as well.

Sound good? Good. Well, make sure you start saving $3.99 a month after Christmas then.

SF’s Treasure Island Music Festival to Have Comedy Tent Presented by Funny or Die

September 24, 2015

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The Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco will be the latest big time music and arts festival to add a comedy tent to its line-up. On Oct. 17th and 18th, Funny or Die will host a comedy tent called The Blah Blah Blah featuring performances by:

Tim Heidecker
Jerrod Carmichael
Jonah Ray
Chris Gethard
Jon Dore
With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus
Throwing Shade with Erin Gibson & Bryan Safi
Hey™: An Afternoon with Kate Berlant and John Early
Guy Braunum Presents: Talk Show: The Game Show
Michelle Wolf
Max Silvestri
Barry Rothbart
Jermaine Fowler

That’s a real good line-up and you shouldn’t miss it if you can get to San Francisco that weekend. Oh, Chvrches, Run the Jewels, and Father John Misty will be there as well just in case you needed the extra encouragement. What’s really amazing is that Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival will be finishing its run at the same time in Austin, TX.

Get your tickets/passes here.

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.

Watch Extended and Uncensored Hannibal Buress Set From “The Meltdown”

August 16, 2015

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Get as close a sense of what it was like to catch Hannibal Buress live in the back of a comic book store while he was wearing sunglasses and a “loud-ass shirt” with this nice, long, uncensored set from The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.

Watch Lauren Lapkus Play Jonah Ray’s Sister on “The Meltdown”

August 14, 2015

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While you may have no idea who might drop in at The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, you also have no idea might be in the audience.

This particular night, several lucky folks had no idea that Lauren Lapkus would sit next to them and then interrupt the show as Jonah Ray’s sister.

Watch how that played out here.

Jonah and Kumail Practice Their Spit Takes at “The Meltdown”

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One of things that could happen any week at The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail is spit takes, multiple spit takes, or even a whole round of spit take practice.

Watch and learn how to properly spit water in shock and surprise here.

2015 Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin To Have Tig Notaro, Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, Eric Andre, Jonah Ray, and More

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JASH will be hosting the JASH Comedy Yellow Stage at this year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX from Nov. 6th-8th.

As you can clearly see above, whether it be live wrestling, motivational speaking from Andrew W.K., Air Sex Champsionship, or comedy from Tig Notaro/Kurt Braunohler/Jonah Ray/Eugene Mirman/Todd Barry/Sabrina Jalees, it looks like it’ll be a good time.

Get more details and passes here.