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Pick of the Day: Spaghetti Fest (in LA) 11/1-11/11

September 28, 2023

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Another day, another comedy festival. That’s a saying, right? Well, certainly this Fall is full of comedy festivals of all shapes and sizes including the daring, all original, all brand spankin’ new experiment Spaghetti Festival (FKA Forget About Spaghetti Festival).

10 nights of 10 freshly dreamt up and produced shows that span comedy to experimental performance from all corners of LA are set to take over the Elysian from Nov. 1st–Nov. 11th. There will be shows that imagine realities beyond a concession stand, a Kyle Mizono-ified world of Being John Malkovich, Nosferatu’s Sweet 16, the end of a cult, and an entire clown interpretation of the Zodiac. The first one was a beautiful fever dream and this one ought to pick up right where the last one last left off.

All shows are at 8PM each night and individual tickets are $18, but you can save yourself $30 if you wanna catch all 10 shows by being a Spaghetti Festival Pass for $150. Get all the info, specific schedule, and tickets/passes here. Do it right now. Seriously. It’ll be the best thing you spend money on November (and that includes whatever the hell you do for Thanksgiving).

Pick of the Day: Joe Kwaczala Album Release (in LA) 9/28

September 26, 2023

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With his prolific output of sketches at a single given time (31 for 31 and 21 for 21) and Joe’s simultaneous balancing that with his ever-so-clever stand-up, you’d think that he’d have a few albums under his belt.

If that’s what you’re thinking, then you’d be genuinely surprised to know that his very first album, the aptly named, Funny Songs & Sketches, is just about to come out. Kwaczala is having a very special night this Thur. Sept. 28th at 7:30PM at Dynasty Typewriter to celebrate the release that will very likely be every bit as magical as when we first saw Joe do The Wheel Show at Nerdmelt Showroom, a sketch variety show whose fate was decided by the spin of a wheel.

Tickets for Joe’s album release are $20 a pop and you better get them here soon as Thurs. 9/28 is coming up real quick.

Pick of the Day: Live After Death: a comedy show about grief and loss! (in LA) 10/13 & 10/14

September 22, 2023

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The hysterical and poignant Ben Wasserman did get to bring his very special solo show, Live After Death, to LA to mix unfettered silliness with deep healing from grief and loss, but had to do it in a traditional theater, an atypical set up for his show which was largely performed at a funeral home.

Thankfully, Wasserman’s return to Los Angeles with Live After Death is going to happen at Death Doula LA, a different sort of family planning service that guides individuals and their families through the end of life. Wasserman’s show is special as is with truly getting you to have you double over laughing and also “feel all the feels” between absurd bits and cathartic sharing of stories and remembering of loved ones that we’ve lost. It will undoubtedly be something, even more so, that one shouldn’t miss at a venue that deals with death on a day-to-day basis.

Ben has Fri. Oct. 13th and Sat. Oct. 14th at 7:30PM set for two exclusive performances of Live After Death with LA comedy darlings Reshma Meister and Camirin Farmer opening the shows respectively. Tickets are $15 and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Little Secret Climate Fest (in LA) 9/30

September 20, 2023

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Today, the UN has convened for a climate summit that supposedly will address the dire circumstances that the entire global population faces from undeniable climate change. Only four years ago, Greta Thunberg had assembled the largest climate protest in Manhattan and, as you can see in the headlines, natural disasters around the world have only gotten more violent since then (minus those few months during COVID-19 quarantine where everyone stayed inside, for the most part).

That’s all to say that a lot more has to be done, which is why Little Secret is throwing a big climate action bonanza at the end of this month. The best comedy, music, and climate focused minds will be coming together for Little Secret Climate Fest on Sat. Sept. 30th at 8:30PM.

On the bill thus far are Adam Conover, Leah Bonnema, Echo Kellum, Lance Bangs as well as Jenny O., Escape Artist of Lovers (feat. Rain Phoenix), Grace Mckagan, Amanda & Shepard Fairey, and many, many more. Proceeds will benefit the work of @sunrisemvmtla & @ycstrikela.

For all of this, tickets are only $10. Plus there’s a really kicking after party, per usual at Little Secret, going late.

Go get tickets here (address given 48 hrs. before event w/purchase of ticket).

Pick of the Day: Burning Clown: A One Hour Festival (in LA) 9/24

September 19, 2023

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Burning Man is over, done and dusted, but that doesn’t mean the spirit of it has faded (even if you couldn’t even afford it or have enough outrageous attire for you to appropriately go). Certainly, the clowns of the LA comedy scene revel in the wild and ethereal energy that Burning Man provides and want to keep it going (though there’s no official affiliation between the playa and clowning).

Thus, they’re having Burning Clown, a one hour clown comedy festival, coming to the Pack Theater @ The Broadwater this Sunday. The humor, light, and vulnerability of Jet Eveleth, Il Fungo, Freak Nature Puppets, Jill and Geri, and Cole Saleh will be on display starting at 7:50PM on Sun. Sept. 24th and go for an hour (and hopefully realign your vision of the world).

Tickets are only $7.50 and you can (and very much should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Kumail Nanjiani is Doing This Again (in LA) 10/3

September 18, 2023

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It has been seemingly an eon and a half has passed since hundreds of folks would gather at the back of Meltdown Comics to see Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani helm one of the best weekly comedy shows in the country. While the physical space that housed The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail is now slated to be another overpriced apartment building in LA, we’re over the moon to see Kumail’s return to stand-up comedy after becoming a legitimate movie star.

You’ve might have seen Kumail in and around LA popping up as a special guest, but he’s taking over a whole night at Largo at the Coronet (a short drive from Sunset x Gardner) on Tues. Oct. 3rd. The show was just announced today and bound to sell out. So, get your tix at $46 a pop here quick.

Pick of the Day: Luke Null: Live Special Taping (in LA) 10/2

September 14, 2023

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For all the well earned misgivings that come with musical comedy, especially the kind done with a guitar, Luke Null is a bright and shining exception. He subverts the songwriting form in a subtle, but masterfully comedic way and has penned and sung some of the best comedy songs we’ve heard in recent memory. Innovative, poignant, and devastatingly satirical, Null makes up (and then some) for so much hackneyed guitar comedy that you’ve very likely been subjected to over the last several years.

With that in mind, you really need to be at his taping to see and laugh at and tap your toe with on Mon. Oct. 2nd at Dynasty Typewriter. There are two tapings, 7:30PM & 10PM, and you can (and very much should) get tickets at $20 here and here respectively.

Pick of the Day: Chatterday Nite (in LA) Starting 10/7

September 12, 2023

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Though still far from what travel guides what consider the “hip” neighborhoods in and around LA, West Covina still remains home to one of the LA comedy scene’s best weekly nights of comedy at The Chatterbox. Partially due to its distance from LA proper as well as their well-earned group of regulars, Chatterbox Comedy, is well worth the trip to further reaches of the Greater LA Area for both comics and comedy fans.

Starting Sat. Oct. 7th at 8PM, you’ll have more chances to see what a great room they’re running out East as Chatterbox is launching a weekly Saturday night show for headliners (as opposed to their showcase format of 6-7 comics). This Saturday night show, which will be called Chatterday Nite, will go with a more traditional headliner format of host, feature, headliner and starting off with the amazing homegrown talents of Chris Estrada, Scott Luhrs, and host Corina Sagun.

Chatterday Nite will be every Saturday night, pairing quite nicely with the Sunday night show. So, make plans to head out to The Chatterbox starting, again, on Oct. 7th after you get your tickets for $10 a pop here. Keep up to date with all things Chatterbox Comedy @chatterboxcomedy on IG.

Pick of the Day: Goodstock ’99 (in LA) 9/9

September 8, 2023

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If going to the Elysian is one of your favorite ways to beat the heat in LA (and we’ve really been feeling it this Summer thanks to climate change), then you might want to turn up this Saturday, Sept. 9th to their big one-day comedy & music festival extravaganza. Called Goodstock ’99, the Elysian is gathering many of their favorite folks from all over town to raise money for their A/C system, a crucial part of the theater, especially with the record temperatures we’ve been getting in the Greater LA Area.

They’re running from 12PM all the way to midnight with a jam packed schedule as follows:

12:00PM: Vendors Open
2:00 PM: Childrens Hour w / Kate Micucci, Joybell & Brother James
3:00PM: Kyle Helf
3:30PM: Zoog Dabbity
4:00PM: BBY DRE
4:30PM: Johnny Ass
5:00PM: Pearl Charles
5:45PM: George McAuliffe
6:00PM: Pearl Derringer
6:30PM: George McAuliffe
7:00PM: Myke Wright
7:45PM: Roxanne Starnick
8:15PM: Gentleman Cowboys
8:45PM: Softer
9:30PM: MIRTHQUAKE
10:15PM: World Destroyers Pleasure Club
11:00PM: Number One Popstar

There will be food and fashion vendors as well all for the nice price of $25. That will directly go towards A/C repairs, refrigeration, and more to have the Elysian be it’s very best for it’s glamorous audiences.

Get more info and tickets right here.

Pick of the Day: Jay Larson Live Taping (in LA) 9/17

September 7, 2023

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One of the keenest observers and storytellers in comedy is, without a doubt, Jay Larson. To this day, he still has one of the most popular sets on Conan and, for our money, has some of the best crowd work questions. Larson has been the type of comedian for several years now, making his performances a delight whenever/wherever they happen.

With that in mind, Larson is doing a very special taping of his “signature bits” in the intimate space of the Belly Room at The Comedy Store. Don’t miss Jay essentially doing his “greatest hits” once more on Sun. Sept. 17th at 7PM & 9:30PM. Tickets are only $10 (+ 2 drink min.). Go get them here and here, respectively.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 180: Beth Lapides & Conversation Sanctity

September 6, 2023

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For an independent comedy show of any kind to last a year is a feat in such a city as Los Angeles. UnCabaret, created by Beth Lapides, has lasted for around 30 years and is very much continuing to foster a special community with its sort-of-light-bulb-moment-focused storytelling/stand-up show. It’s an undeniable institution in comedy and foundational to alternative comedy as we know and love it. This week’s TCB Field Report talks to Lapides and the history of her beautiful gathering that she has created and what goes into keeping conversation, especially the sort that’s had between performer and audience, sacred.

Follow UnCabaret @uncabaret across socials and Beth @beth_lapides on IG.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

Pick of the Day: Meme Fighter LIVE! (in LA) 9/23

September 5, 2023

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As it stands now, there is no undisputed sort of King of Iron Fist Tournament for comedy, but, we here at The Comedy Bureau have partnered with brand spankin’ new app, Meme Fighter, to get a bit closer to such a thing with the aptly named Meme Fighter LIVE!

As you might surmise, we pit some of the very best comedians (and you know we mean that when WE here at TCB say it) versus each other with memes as the only “weapon” at their disposal. Meme Fighter Live! will decide comedy supremacy through the shrewdest, most hysterical manipulation of the language of the Internet.

For this inaugural edition, we have the esteemed “fighters” of Dylan Adler, Ify Nwadiwe & Jenny Zigrino, all undeniable comedic forces in their own rights under the presiding of one of the best hosts around, Nick Gligor. They will all gather at Lyric Hyperion on Sat. Sept. 23rd at 9:30PM and for $15 you can get a front row seat to see who is the cleverest and funniest of them all (seriously, we’re part of the running the show, which means it’ll be a damn good time).

Get tickets right now right here.

Pick of the Day: The Simpsons Bailout: Rebooting an American Family (in LA) 9/11

August 31, 2023

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In its 34th season and having its very own theme park, The Simpsons has left its indelible stamp on civilization for several generations to come. That said, its latter years have been troubled with figuring its place in the ever-changing zeitgeist, especially with the emergence of other highly satirical adult animation shows such as BoJack Horseman and Rick and Morty.

Also, they really let handled the controversy surrounding recurring character Apu (a caricature of an Indian man being voiced by Hank Azaria) pretty poorly, even after Azaria volunteered to step down.

With that in mind, Laura Jacoves has created a show, The Simpsons Bailout: Rebooting an American Family, centered on jolting The Simpsons back towards the irrefutable significance from its pitch perfect satire that it delivered for so many years. On Monday, 9/11, at 9:30PM at the Elysian, LA’s home of boundary pushing comedy, Laura and company will be doing their own bailout of The Simpsons.

Esteemed performances/art/etc. to come from:

David Brown
Colin Burgess
Brett Davis
Bridey Elliott
Mitra Jouhari
Kaye, Loggins
Molly Bounds
Maggie Brennen
Conor Donahue
Simeon Kondev
Katie Lane
Branson Reese

At the very least, your curiosity has to be peaked, even if you haven’t watched The Simpsons in years. That’s actually part of why you should spend $15 to see what everyone has up their sleeve at this show. Get tickets right here.

Pick of the Day: Keegan-Michael Key & Elle Key: The History of Sketch Comedy (in NYC & LA) 10/3 & 10/6

August 30, 2023

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While there are many a book covering the history and experience of Saturday Night Live, the entirety of sketch comedy goes far beyond the late night sketch institution. In fact, most books that you’d find in the humor section of your local book store have little to do with the world of sketch comedy as it’s mostly comprised of memoirs of stand-up comedians or comedic actors. There isn’t much when it comes to the “history of sketch comedy”, which is why Keegan-Michael Key and Elle Key of Key & Peele fame have written/compiled an entire book on the subject, complete with chats with Mel Brooks, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jordan Peele, Chris Rock, and John Oliver.

The title gets straight to the point: The History of Sketch Comedy (due out on Oct. 3rd). The Keys will be doing an exclusive in-person event at Symphony Space in NYC to celebrate the release of their book on Tues. Oct. 3rd at 8PM. For LA, they’ll be at Barnes & Noble at The Grove on Fri. Oct. 6th at 7PM.

You can (and should) go get your tickets here for NYC starting at $42 and here for LA for $36.43, then go binge a bunch of your all time favorite sketches in preparation for this. The purchase of a ticket includes a hardbound copy of The History of Sketch Comedy (in case you thought the ticket price was a bit up there).

Pick of the Day: StraightioLab (in LA) 9/16

August 29, 2023

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NYC has the distinct pleasure of having the brilliant George Civeris and Sam Taggart, the hosts of the esteemed StraightioLab podcast, reside in their city. The duo are truly doing critical and acclaimed work exploring straight culture, which is pretty absurd (especially given how mainstream it is), through a gay lens (and being so damn funny while doing it).

Thankfully, they’re going on their Lab Leak Tour for StraightioLab and one of their stops is a still hurricane free Los Angeles. on Sat. Sept. 16th, Civeris and Taggart will take the stage at the Teragram Ballroom near DTLA at 6PM. The show is only a couple weeks away and, somehow, there are tickets still available ($30 plus fees). You might want to snag your very own tickets before they sell out right here.

Pick of the Day: A Night of Comedy Characters @ The Crow (near LA) 9/7

August 25, 2023

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The LA comedy scene is vast, often with reaches so far that this furthest edges don’t really come to the other side all that often. That’s all to say that a lot of the marvelous comedy that happens on the Eastside, and there’s a lot of it, doesn’t really find its way West of the 405 too much.

So, when the likes of LA comedy darlings Lisa Gilroy, Alyssa Limperis, Hannah Pilkes, Lily Sullivan, Taylor Ortega, and Natalie Ortega are gathered to do a very special westside night of character comedy, anyone with a 310 area code should absolutely not miss out. Santa Monica’s newest comedy club, The Crow, is putting on such a night with that very line-up (in addition to being a few degrees cooler and having, believe it or not, a gigantic free parking lot) on Thurs. Sept. 7th at 6PM.

Tickets are only $15, which is definitely not your typical Santa Monica price, and you best get tickets here even if you don’t live on the westside.

Pick of the Day: Kyle Ayers-Hard to Say (in LA) 9/15

August 24, 2023

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With the coming and going of the Edinburgh Fringe, there has been a big wave of solo shows that have come through LA and NYC in preparation to do it almost every night for a month. Thus, we have seen dozens and dozens of solo shows and, as you’d imagine, we have our favorites.

Kyle Ayers, who has been one of the funniest people in LA for years now, has also had to deal with the Trigeminal Neuralgia, a brain disease so painful that it has been nicknamed “Suicide Disease” (as it is reportedly the disease with the highest suicide rate). Ayers, even though he still has to navigate his condition everyday, came up with an absolutely hysterical, gripping, and cathartic solo show, Hard to Say, around how this has affected everything in his life and how it seems like he’s just going to have to live with it.

We got to see a performance of it months ago and was floored from start-to-finish, both with laughter and tugging at heart strings.

Lucky for Angelenos that Kyle is doing his show again at The Elysian on Fri. Sept. 15th at 7:30PM with the marvelous Joel Kim Booster opening. Tickets are $15 and that’s such a novel price to see Ayers doing an astounding show about Trigeminal Neuralgia while still very much having it. Please go get them right now right here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 178: Maddy Martin & Staying Aggressively Alive

August 23, 2023

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Often, the comedy version of Field of Dreams involves places and spaces that are much more humble than a field. Perhaps, an apartment courtyard to many is just something to merely pass by even though there might be seating of some kind. To others, like comedy producing team Maddy Martin and Ben Berke, creators of Aggressively Alive, it’s clearly the home of their very slick, DIY house show that has survived both the pandemic and the aftermath of it all the way to the 2 year mark. Any live comedy show lasting 2 years at this point in time is pretty damn impressive and we chat all about all things Aggressively Alive (and comedy in general) with Martin for this week’s TCB Field Report.

Follow Maddy @fakemaddymartin and Aggressively Alive @aggressivelyalive on IG. Get tickets for Aggressively Alive at aggressivelyalive.com.

Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and Jake Kroeger

Pick of the Day: aggressively alive 2 Year Anniversary (in LA) 8/30

August 21, 2023

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A lot of DIY shows popped up after quarantine and, while they had their time in the sun, they faded away as performing indoors become a more ready option. So, putting on a house show and keeping it going for years is really something.

Maddy Martin, Ben Berke, and Eli Josel have dutifully kept their monthly DIY show, Aggressively Alive, in WeHo bathed in blue light and white folding chairs and stacked line-ups of their personal LA favorites in a space that looks like it wouldn’t be able to host a comedy show going strong. Two years in, it’s a big monthly underground comedy party, complete with slickly branded merch.

They’re celebrating their two years officially on Wed. Aug. 30th (doors/party @ 7:30PM) with another line-up of their favorites from, well, all over the country.

That will include:

EJ Marcus
Jamel Dotson
Ketra Long
Langston Kerman
Laura Peek
Luke Mones
Megan Gailey
Sarah Coffey
Tom Thakkar
Vinny Thomas

Tickets are only $9 and we highly suggest snagging them before too long at aggressivelyalive.com.

Pick of the Day: James Adomian Stand Up Comedy Special Taping (in LA) 9/14

August 17, 2023

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It has been well over a decade since the release of the brilliant comedy album Low Hanging Fruit from the always astounding James Adomian. Though we’d like to have a new hour from Adomian to binge and listen on repeat much sooner, James has been, over the last 11 years, a little busy touring as Bernie Sanders opposite Anthony Atamanuik’s Trump, and playing several voices on your favorite adult animated series, doing one of the best hidden gem podcasts The Underculture, amongst several other things.

Thankfully, this Adomian drought will come to an end as James is set to tape his very first stand-up comedy special and brand new hour next month for 800 Pound Gorilla Media. At The Elysian on Thurs. Sept. 14th, James will give those in attendance the meticulously honed collection of hysterical, incisive socio-political coupled with the most spot-on impressions you’ve ever heard or seen.

Tickets are only $15 right now for either 7:30PM or 9:30PM tapings and you best go get tickets here now.

Pick of the Day: Will Ferrell’s Best Night of Your Life 2 (in LA) 10/21

August 11, 2023

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Will Ferrell is doing it again.

No, not play basically the same character he was in both The LEGO Movie and Barbie, but throwing a big, blowout night of comedy and music in support for the amazing charity that is Cancer for College, supporting young people trying to make their way in the world despite battling cancer.

It’s going to be another “Best Night of Your Life”, a sequel if you will (as that is how it’s being billed).

Thus far, Ferrell has wrangled the comedic stylings:

Jon Stewart
Hasan Minhaj
Jo Koy
Patti Harrison
Roy Wood Jr.
Rory Scovel
SmartLess with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett.

AND music curated by Mike McCready including:

Stefan Lessard (Dave Matthews Band)
Beck
St. Vincent
Cindy Blackman Santana
Dogstar featuring Bret Domrose, Robert Mailhouse & Keanu Reeves
Jack Black and Fred Armisen who will perform as the one-time supergroup ‘Mike McCready and The Casual Acquaintances’
DJ White Shadow
Princess featuring Maya Rudolph

For that much show, tickets start at $80 (and go up to around a $1000). Still, at $80, that’s kind of a deal.

Will Ferrell’s Best Night of Your Life 2 is set to take over the Greek Theatre on Sat. Oct. 21st at 7PM and you best go get your tickets here.

Pick of the Day: The Bride of Frankenstein with Live Orchestra (in LA) 10/27 & 10/28

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At nearly 90 years old, Bride of Frankenstein remains a great showcase of how closely tied horror and comedy can be, since it endures as a camp horror gem hailing from 1935. When October rolls around and everything Halloween-themed pops up, a screening of the James Whale classic starring Elsa Lanchester and the legendary Boris Karloff.

How about a very special screening of the movie with a live orchestra? Did you even know that still happens?

Well, The LA Opera Orchestra is indeed live scoring this exclusive screening of Bride of Frankenstein with Jenny Wong conducting Franz Waxman’s original score on Fri. Oct. 27th & Sat. Oct. 28th. In true 30s movie style, they’ll be doing it at a veritable movie palace of old, the Theatre at Ace Hotel in DTLA. While you’re surely going to get your horror movie fix throughout October, there probably won’t be any sort of screenings as grand as this one.

Tickets are only $29 for Bride of Frankenstein with the LA Opera Orchestra and you really ought to get them here sooner rather than later.

Pick of the Day: Superego: Forgotten Classics (in LA w/Livestream) 8/24

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When it comes to watching improv live on stage, there should be no question when it comes to catching one of the most renowned troupes/groups/improv podcasts around, Superego. Comprised of improv superstars Jeremy Carter, Matt Gourley, Mark McConville, Paul F. Tompkins, and James Bladon, they beautifully relish their own special brand of tasteful chaos.

It has been quite some time, even pre-pandemic since we’ve been all graced with their improv majesty, but the time for their return is nigh. Not only will be they taking the Dynasty Typewriter stage once again, but they’ll be improvising their version of James Joyce’s Ulysses, one of the most revered pieces of literature that’s also considered by many to be one of the most dense and confounding literary works of all time.

Thus, it should be one hell of a night of comedy to remember on Thurs. Aug. 24th at 7;30PM. Tickets are $20 right now and there’s a livestream option available for $15. Do not waste time in snagging your tickets right now here.

Pick of the Day: Bad Behavior (in LA) 8/16

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NYC’s Sterling Mulbry and Blair Peyton have carved quite a specific niche with issuing judgment to comedians stories where they are, shall we say, not quite the hero with their wickedly delightful podcast, Bad Behavior.

It’s especially fun when Sterling and Blair get to dish out their verdict live and in-person, which they’ve been doing in NYC. Later this month, Bad Behavior makes its way to the LA comedy scene for a special night at Dynasty Typewriter.

They’ll be adjudicating the moral scruples of Mary Beth Barone, Natasha Leggero, Dylan Adler, and Alyssa Limperis on Wed. Aug. 16th at 7:30PM. It should be beyond a devilish good time and you won’t even have to personally get in touch with your own personal demons.

Tickets are on sale for $20 a pop and you really ought to go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Skin Contact (in LA) 8/9

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LA is getting another weekly comedy show that’s going to make Wednesday nights even more of a comedy festival than it already is. In addition to the several great, affordable/free shows that make hump day a night to go out and catch many of LA’s comedy best, Skin Contact will take over the very chic, speakeasy style space in Bar Covell in Los Feliz.

The hysterical Rachel Pegram is leading the charge with this brand new Eastside show and already has three weeks on the books (Aug. 9th-Aug. 23rd). If folks are into Skin Contact enough through those three dates, expect to see Pegram keep it going and that will be part of your LA comedy regimen every week.

The inaugural Skin Contact will feature Carmen Christopher, Brian Bahe, Taylor Ortega, Ellory Smith, and Dani Lyle. Also, tickets are set at the nice price of only $5. Go get them now right here.