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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 62: Kevin Allison & Pandemic Storytelling

June 2, 2021
News, The Comedy Bureau Field Report
comedy dynamics, john oliver, kevin allison, risk, storytelling, tribeca film festival

Kevin Allison, founder of the nationally beloved storytelling institution RISK! and member of legendary sketch group The State, joins TCB’s Jake Kroeger to give a bit of a state-of-the-nation breakdown of what the storytelling scene/art form has gone through during the pandemic. As you might imagine, folks have gone through so much and are still, largely, processing what has happened/is happening still.

RISK! thankfully evolved into a recurring virtual show and survived through 2020 and 2021 and is now set to return to in-person events (where the intimacy and vulnerability of storytelling is best featured). Also “hot” takes on Comedy Dynamics x Tribeca Film Festival’s slate of comedy specials and John Oliver’s latest ‘gonzo comedy’ pranks.

Follow Kevin @thekevinallison on Twitter and RISK @riskshow on Twitter and IG. Tickets for upcoming RISK! shows including 6/17 @ Caveat in NYC can be purchased at risk-show.com/tour. Listen to RISK! wherever you get your podcasts.

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

Pick of the Day: Zoom with The State (Benefit for CA Immigrant Resilience Fund & NAACP)

June 8, 2020
News
benefit show, california immigrant resilience fund, david wain, joe lo truglio, ken marino, kerri kenney silver, kevin allison, michael ian black, michael patrick jann, michael showalter, naacp, reunion, the state, thomas lennon, todd holoubek

A reunion of one of the most foundational sketch troupes and absurdist comedy of all time, The State, is a rarity. Leave it to a time like now where supporting organizations like the NAACP and the California Immigrant Resilience Fund is more important than ever for The State to reconvene to do a live reading of their favorite sketches, visit unreleased material, do a Q&A as well as an exclusive memorabilia auction.

Slated to appear will be almost all of The State including Kevin Allison, Michael Ian Black, Todd Holoubek, Michael Patrick Jann, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Michael Showalter, and David Wain.

All of this will be taking place on Zoom this Wed. Jun. 10th at 6PM PT/9PM ET. You can and should get your tickets here.

2016 NYC Podfest Announces Line-Up

March 14, 2016
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dave hill, gilbert gottfried, jo firestone, keith & the girl, kevin allison, nyc podfest, paul mercurio, reductress, risk, robert kelly, wfmu

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.

The State’s “State by State with The State” to Come Out as E-Book Next week

November 1, 2013
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david wain, ken marino, kerri kenney silver, kevin allison, michael ian black, the state, travel book

Legendary sketch group, The State, is re releasing their book State by State with The State: An Uninformed, Poorly Researched Guide to Traveling the United States as an e-book Nov. 5th, which is on pre-order right now. You can still buy a physical copy, which begs the question about why is it a big deal about releasing as a e-book? 

Well, making this promo with all the members of The State is a good enough reason as far as we’re concerned.

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