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Pick of the Day: Lance Bangs Screens Recent & Archival Footage (in LA) 9/3

August 26, 2022
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From Moses Storm‘s critically acclaimed debut special to Jackass to a music video made especially for the late George Harrison, there are seemingly so few things that Lance Bangs hasn’t done with some kind of motion picture camera. That said, there is so much in Lance’s archives that’s worthy of having its own exhibition in some sort of contemporary art museum that the general public haven’t ever come close to seeing.

That’s why it’s important to absolutely be in attendance whenever Lance does his every-once-in-awhile screenings where he shows a specially curated selection from his own personal archives, which, thankfully will be happening Sat. Sept. 3rd at 7:30PM at Brain Dead Studios on Fairfax in LA.

As if that wasn’t special enough, Lance will present special performances from Fred Armisen and Natalie Palamides, music from Britt Walford (Slint, The Breeders) David Pajo (Slint, Gang of Four) Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Head Wound City) Mike Watt (Minutemen, Dos, Firehose) and other special guests (as well as DJ sets by Chris Holmes, SAM i, and friends).

Tickets for all of this are $25 and you really ought to snag them here before they sell out.

Illustration by the one and only Dave Kloc.

Pick of the Day: Lance Bangs Presents (in LA) 9/2

June 28, 2022
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If you Google “Lance Bangs”, you’ll first read that he’s an American Filmmaker. While that’s very true, Bangs is also a curator of the underground, seeking out those thrilling voices, often in and around comedy that you hope to bare witness to at a live comedy and/or music show. Having worked with the likes of Jackass to Tyler the Creator to Marc Maron to Nirvana to George Harrison to John Hodgman to his latest work on Moses Storm’s acclaimed HBO special, Trash White, Bangs is one of the most respected figures behind the scenes.

So, the fact that he’s curating a very special night of comedy at The Elysian come Fri. Sept. 2nd should be something you mark down on your calendar immediately, right after you immediately get tickets.

The line-up features some of the best folks he’s worked with that happen to be some of the best, most clever, most subversive, funny voices in comedy.

That includes:

  • Fred Armisen
  • Reggie Watts
  • Girl God
  • Natalie Palamides
  • Caleb Hearon
  • Moses Storm
  • Brandon Wardell
  • Ian Karmel
  • David Gborie

It’s such a stellar line-up and you can see all of that for only $20. Go get your tickets for Lance Bangs Presents @ The Elysian on 9/2 right here.

April 25, 2018
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Super Tight has been a melting pop of comedy, film, art, and music for 3 years now all over LA and they’re going to send themselves off in their final show in style. 

Just look at this line-up:
Slut Island
Sorry About Everything
Lance Bangs
Mystiki Magic
Dan Harmon
Natalie Palamides
Courtney Pauroso
Colleen Green
Hosted by: Casey Rup

Join them in their swan song this Saturday! Tickest are $12 in advance and $15 at the door and you can (and should) get them here.

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

Watch Duncan Trussell’s Mega Trippy, Dark, NSFW Grieving Story for Party Legends

June 23, 2017
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The story of Duncan Trussell and a dominatrix he hired while grieving for his mother AND the amazing animation from Cole Kush definitely ranks up there with the more insane stories on Lance Bangs’ Party Legends on Viceland.

Get ready to go one hell of a journey and watch it here.

Party Legends Has Returned for Season 2 and Is Somehow Even Crazier

June 20, 2017
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The Lance Bangs’ orchestrated animated storytelling series Party Legends has returned for its second round at Viceland and has managed, so far, to top itself.

How so?

Well, for starters, Duncan Trussell recounts how he got a dominatrix as part of grieving over the passing of his mother and its animated in an extremely trippy, 3-D style.  

See a teaser (that includes a bit of that story) for the new batch of Party Legends here, then catch it on Thursdays at 10PM on Viceland.

June 11, 2017
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The Viceland series, Party Legends, where some of the craziest party stories get the animated treatment as directed by the one and only Lance Bangs, is having a premiere screening tomorrow at Cinefamily coupled with a stand-up show with some of LA’s best. 

If you wanna go (and we have a feeling that you just might), just RSVP over here.

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

10th Annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival Announces Line-Up

April 20, 2017
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The 10th Annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival will have a stacked line-up of:

PERFORMERS:
Patton Oswalt
Janeane Garofalo (Saturday Night Live, The Larry Sanders Show)
Andy Kindler (Bob’s Burgers, Everybody Loves Raymond)
Eugene Mirman (Bob’s Burgers, Delocated)
Karen Kilgariff (My Favorite Murder, Mr. Show)
Guy Branum (Talk Show The Game Show, Chelsea Lately)
Baron Vaughn (Grace and Frankie, Fairly Legal)
Jackie Kashian (The Dork Forest, Lady Dynamite)
Laurie Kilmartin (Conan, Last Comic Standing)
Kevin Avery (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)
Matt Braunger (Agent Carter, Big Dumb Animal)
Kyle Kinane (Comedy Central)
Brooke van Poppelen (Hack My Life, Girl Code)
Jonah Ray (MST3K, Nerdist, Hidden America)
Nico Santos (Superstore, Chelsea Lately)
Dave Hill (@midnight, Inside Amy Schumer)
Eliza Skinner (The Late, Late Show with James Corden)
Debra DiGiovanni (Just For Laughs, Last Comic Standing)
Ahmed Bharoocha (Adam Devine’s House Party, Conan)
Chris Fairbanks (Almost Genius, Conan)
Annie Lederman (We Have Issues, @midnight)
Shane Torres (Conan)
Andy Erikson (Last Comic Standing

and

SHOWS:
-Lance Bangs Presents: Come Laugh With Us
-An Evening With The Guys From Mystery Science Theater 3000
-Comedian Matt Braunger will be taping his third comedy special, and their first special ever taped at Bridgetown. 
-Hold On with Eugene Mirman
-Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction with Bryan Cook 
-The Jackie and Laurie Show 
-The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn 
-Jackie Kashian’s The Dork Forest podcast
-Palindrome Fight 
-Can I Pet Your Dog? Podcast
-A Good Trip with Shane Mauss
-Brew Haha: The Comedy Show Drinking Game 
-Turnt Up with Eliza Skinner 

As you can see, you won’t want to miss Bridgetown if you’re in or around Portland, OR next month.

Get passes here.

Final Season of The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail Premieres Tonight

September 27, 2016
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It’s really happening. The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail is coming towards singing its swan song. The live weekly show ends next month and the third and final TV version of the show kicks off tonight on Comedy Central.

For our money, it’s one of the few comedy shows that didn’t really get lost in translation when going from live show to TV series. You got a sense of the rollicking, magical fun that the Jonah Ray, Kumail Nanjiani, The Meltdown crew, comedians, and audience had every week for over half a decade. 

You can feel it in Jonah making fun of Kumail’s shirt at the top of the show.

So, with that said, don’t miss the season 3 premiere at midnight tonight.

The 2016 Bridgetown Comedy Festival Is Happening Next Week

May 23, 2016
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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 the First Episode of Viceland’s “Flophouse” That Showcases How Great House Comedy Shows Can Be

February 25, 2016
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Today, Vice’s new venture, Viceland, released its first batch of episodes for all of their new shows. Among them is Flophouse where renowned director Lance Bangs delves into the wondrous chaos that is a comedy show held in a house. 

The first episode is set in our backyard, specifically in Highland Park, at the house of Solomon Georgio, James Austin Johnson, and Eric Dadourian featuring performances from Solomon, Eric, James Adomian, Alice Wetterlund, Clare O’Kane, Brandon Wardell, and Curtis Cook as well as a complimentary rap battle w/Open Mike Eagle, a mattress in the middle of the floor, a bow and arrows, rain (for some reason) and more.

Watch it all really happen here.

Watch Trailer’s for Lance Bangs’ “Flophouse” Where He Explores the Comedy Underground

February 4, 2016
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Since time immemorial, comedians have often lived together in what many would considered cramped, messy, and raucous living situations. Comedians, for the most part, think it’s just fine. 

In this latest golden era of comedy, there’s a whole new excitement brewing in the underground and, with the aid of the Internet, it’s not quite as underground (i.e. no one has ever heard of it) as it used to be.

Lance Bangs explores this subculture that’s bridging its way to the big time, though, on its own terms, in his Viceland series Flophouse. Specifically, he goes through these comedian ‘flophouses’ and then sees them all put on a live show on a rooftop, in a back yard, in a garage, etc. 

Here’s a trailer for Flophouse in case you’re curious as to what this all looks like and haven’t gotten the luck to go to a house comedy show.

By the way, featured in the trailer are:
Kate Willett, Clare O’Kane, Solomon Georgio, Amy Miller, Brent Weinbach, Brandon Wardell, Eric Dadourian, Dave Stone, Maria Bamford, James Adomian, Sean Patton, James Austin Johnson, David Gborie, Steve Agee, and much more.

Look for Flophouse to come to Vice’s new Viceland on Feb. 29th.

Chelsea Peretti’s 1 Hour Stand-Up Special “One Of The Greats” Now on Netflix

November 14, 2014
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Netflix releases its latest stand-up special today with Chelsea Peretti’s “One Of The Greats” shot at The Palace of Fine Arts and directed by Lance Bangs. 

If you have to take a break from work in order to watch this, you could always say to people, “Hey, I’m watching One of the Greats” (We’re not sure if Peretti intended the title for that specific instance or not). 

Either way, watch it on Netflix here.

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