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Watch THR’s Latest Full Roundtable Comedy Actress/Actor Discussions

The Hollywood Reporter always does a great job with these big roundtable discussions and this go around is no different.

They did probably more than an hour of discussion that was only slightly cut down between Kathryn Hahn, Issa Rae, Pamela Adlon, Emmy Rossum, Minnie Driver, and America Ferrera, for the comedy actresses, and William H. Macy, Kumail Nanjiani, Anthony Anderson, Ted Danson, Kevin Bacon, and Brian Tyree Henry, for the comedy actors.

It’s fascinating conversation that spans the current deconstruction of inherent expectations within female roles all the way to Kevin Bacon’s feeling on Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Watch them here and here, respectively.

Please Go See “The Big Sick” As It’s Expanding To Dozens More Cities This Week

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While The Big Sick’s nationwide release isn’t until July 14th, it’s still expanding onto more screens every week leading up to it.

It’s without doubt the best romantic comedy this year and might be one of the best we’ve seen in awhile. Every facet of The Big Sick including the story and writing by Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon, the directing by Michael Showalter, and the casting of and performances by Kumail, Zoe Kazan, Ray Romano, Holly Hunter, Anupam Kher, Adeel Akhtar, Kurt Braunohler, fires on all cylinders.

It’s a modern love story and, yet, it feels so timeless the whole way through.

You can see above where The Big Sick is opening up next on this coming weekend and you can get tickets here.

“The Big Sick” Opens Today in NYC and LA

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If you are in NYC or LA, please go see The Big Sick, the movie based on the true love story of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon.

It rolls out into a wider release next month, but you should go see it the movie if you can before then. Not only did Kumail and Emily write it and Michael Showalter direct it and it has this great trailer and this great clip, but it also isn’t the latest installment of an overblown franchise with robots.

Get tickets for a screening here.

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The Big Sick seems poised to be a big comedy hit this summer and, as such, there’s an accompanying live comedy tour with cast Kumail Nanjiani, Ray Romano, Aidy Bryant, and Kurt Braunohler.

One of those stops is here in LA at The Belasco Theatre in DTLA and tickets are on sale now for $61.50. Get them here.

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

Watch Trailer for “The Big Sick”, The Rom Com Based on the Real Life Love Story of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon

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Two protagonists from disparate worlds coming together, against all odds, to fall in love is an oft used formula in the world of romantic comedies.

However, a lot of the time, many of those stories are purely fiction and the verisimilitude takes you out of it.

The Big Sick, written by comedy power couple Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon about how they really did come from very different walks of life, under unusual circumstances, and fell in love, living happily ever after.

Watch the trailer and you’ll see the truth ring in their story as presented in what might be this Summer’s comedy hit.

Look for The Big Sick to come out in limited release on June 23rd and in wide release on July 14th.

Silicon Valley Season 4 Premieres Tonight

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Just your friendly neighborhood reminder with this Daniel Clowes poster that one of HBO’s prestige comedies is returning for its 4th season tonight.

Tune in for season 4 of Silicon Valley tonight on HBO at 10PM (or stream it later on HBO GO or HBO NOW).

Here’s the Full Trailer for Silicon Valley Season 4

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Just when you think the stakes couldn’t get any higher for a bunch of people that probably shouldn’t be handling high stakes at all, the trailer for season 4 of Silicon Valley has made that possible

Watch it here, then look for the season premiere on Sunday, April 23rd at 10PM on HBO.

Kumail Nanjiani to Receive CinemaCon Comedy Star of the Year Award

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Kumail Nanjiani to Receive CinemaCon Comedy Star of the Year Award

The National Association of Theater Owners, otherwise known as NATO (we’re curious if Trump is on their case too) gives out their own awards celebrating the biz and are honoring Kumail Nanjiani, who is set for a big summer run with The Big Sick, with their Comedy Star of the Year Award.

With everything else Kumail has had going for years (i.e. stand-up, Silicon Valley, his Twitter feed, The Meltdown, etc. etc.), we’d ask Hollywood to please give more awards to Kumail Nanjiani.

The Best Friends Show is always pretty great.

This line-up though is pretty special, even by their standards as best friends and real life married couples Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani and Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher are on the line-up for this Saturday.

Tickets are $5 online and $6 at door. You can (and should) get tickets in advance here.

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Watching comedians perform, you might think that they’re such succinct observers of the world around them that probably know a little more than just a thing or two.

This new show “Experts” (Note: the quotation marks are intentionally part of the title and suggest an air of sarcasm) will put comedians and their knowledge to the test via a completely factual multimedia presentation on a topic.

This first show has an amazing line-up that could make anything they talk about entertaining, but will focus in on a topic they feel that they’re an “expert” in. With Guy Branum, we’d guess it be Canada.

“Experts” will kick off next week at UCB Sunset. Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

Silicon Valley Season 4 Gets Its First Teaser

February 17, 2017

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Just because the world is topsy turvy and satires seem less and less fictional these days doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy hit satirical comedy shows like Silicon Valley.

Watch this teaser for season 4 and you’ll hopefully find that you can still enjoy the insanity of the tech world.

Season 4 of Silicon Valley premieres on Sunday, April 23rd.

The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon’s Love Story, Will Get a Wide Theatrical Summer Release

February 14, 2017

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The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon’s Love Story, Will Get a Wide Theatrical Summer Release

The Big Sick tells the story of how Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon became the amazing couple that they are now. It had a great showing at Sundance and has since been bought up to possibly be a big time summer romantic comedy this year.

Kumail and Emily wrote the movie, Michael Showalter directed, and Judd Apatow produced it, which hopefully are all the right ingredients for something that will be a critical and commercial success amongst all the tent-pole action franchise releases that it will undoubtedly be up against.

The Big Sick will start rolling out in theaters on June 23rd, then hit a theater near you on July 14th.

Last Week Tonight’s Season 4 Teaser Is Pretty, Pretty Good

January 18, 2017

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John Oliver and his crack staff at Last Week Tonight couldn’t come back sooner this year.

However, we have a few more weeks before Oliver takes up his desk behind one of the best satirical news shows ever on television. Season 4 of Last Week Tonight premieres on Sunday, February 12th at 11PM.

While we won’t have an episode of Last Week Tonight commenting on the inauguration of Trump right after it happens, Oliver made a great teaser (some might say pretty, pretty good) to tide us over in the meantime.

Funny or Die Putting on a Free “Jokes for Votes” Tour at Colleges All Through California

September 28, 2016

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Basically, to encourage voter registration, Funny or Die is bringing you the likes of Sarah Silverman, Reggie Watts, Kumail Nanjiani, Baron Vaughn, and James Adomian to perform at free shows at college campuses up, down, and all around CA on the Jokes For Votes tour.

Tomorrow’s they’re kicking it off at LA’s very own ELAC (East Los Angeles College) and you can get free tickets here.

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail to End After 6 Year Run

September 22, 2016

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Without a question, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail are going out on top.

It was widely agreed as one of the best live comedy shows in the country and got to do three seasons as a TV series on Comedy Central. Certainly, we feel privileged seeing the show from the very start grow into this beautiful, undeniable institution in the LA comedy scene.

“After six years of putting our blood, sweat, and urine into a live show every Wednesday, we have decided that it’s time to hang up our spurs on The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. When we started this thing in 2010, we only wanted a fun place to do comedy and hang out with our friends.”
-Jonah/Kumail/Emily/Ed

We know there’s still more than a few weeks to go, but we still salute you Meltdown.

Their last show is on October 19th and you can find out more details here.

September 10, 2016

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Authors going head-to-head, comedians and respected literary figures both judging, and an overall good time is what you can expect from Literary Death Match.

Best of all, this next one is free to attend. More details available here.

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

Season 3 of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Premieres on September 28th

September 2, 2016

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Season 3 of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Premieres on September 28th

As it’s September 1st today, it’s less than a month away before a whole brand spankin’ new season of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.

If you can’t wait for four more weeks and not able to get your fix at the weekly live show, you could just catch up/rewatch past seasons here.

Conan “Discovers” Audition Tapes for Young Han Solo

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It’s trips to Comic Con that brings out bits like this on Conan and we’re glad that we’re getting more of it.

Enjoy Bill Hader, Melissa McCarthy, 50 Cent, Kumail Nanjiani, Thomas Middleditch, Adam Sandler, Jeff Goldblum, and more audition for the new version of the iconic role of Han Solo.

Line-Up for 2016 Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival

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The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival returns as one of the biggest comedy touring festivals ever.

It’s interesting that they went with the bold red font for top billed acts and listed the line-up alphabetically instead of doing the traditional top-to-bottom-big-name-to-up-and-coming. It’s one way to be an oddball we suppose.

You can get your tickets here.

Kumail Nanjiani Shows How Beyoncé Really Does Brings Us All Together

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The power of Beyoncé is undeniable.

During his Conan appearance last night, Kumail Nanjiani shares a story that perfectly illustrates that notion.

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.

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Performance Anxiety celebrates its 5 year anniversary as a comedy show inside an adult toy store.

Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

New “Silicon Valley” Season 3 Trailer Has Stephen Tobolowsky Becomes a New Concern for Pied Piper

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Once the nagging insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day, Stephen Tobolowsky seems like he will be a thorn in the side of Pied Piper in the latest season of Silicon Valley as shown in this trailer.

Thomas Middleditch/Richard Hendricks goes through a bit of an early Steve Jobs phase as well.

Catch the premiere next month on Sunday, April 24th at 10PM on HBO.

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Ryan Sickler and Jay Larson return to the Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab for their monthly live episode of The Crabfeast this Tuesday (or Toozdee if you prefer) March 15th at 8PM. This month, they’ll be trading stories with Kumail Nanjiani (The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail, Portlandia, The Spirit Awards) and Adam Cayton-Holland (Those Who Can’t, Conan, High Plains Comedy Festival).

Tickets are $10 and we highly suggest that you get them sooner rather than later.

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

Watch Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani Parody “Carol” for Spirit Awards

February 28, 2016

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As hosts of yesterday’s Film Independent Spirit Awards, Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani engaged in the classic movie awards tradition of ribbing and parodying the movies that were nominated.

Their pedigree of SNL, Portlandia, and Silicon Valley served them well, especially with their great send-up of Carol. Watch it here.