Nathan Barnatt & Andre Hyland – As Not Seen On TV
@ UCB LA
Monday, April 25 at 11:00pmonly $5
Reserve Tickets here….
http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/reservations/create/19554Nathan Barnatt & Andre Hyland screen new, never before seen videos. See their new content that wasn’t good enough for TV but will have to do for a live audience & eventually the internet.
Hosted by:
-Andre Hyland (Fuel TV, The Jesse Miller Show)
-Nathan Barnatt (Comedy Central, Fuel TV)
(as various characters from their videos)Videos will include:
From Andre…
-Phil Gower’s Safe Place (co-starring Bob Odenkirk),
The New Jesse Miller action movie,
plus clips from The Untitled Andre Hyland Comedy Central pilot& From Nathan…
-New Ray Amsley and Keith Apicary videos including
the Dreamcast 2 music video.Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre – Los Angeles
5919 Franklin Ave Hollywood 90028
Jesse Miller Action Movie? Hells yeah, please!
“Melissa Sings!” Musical Comedy Show 4/20/11
Hey Everyone!!
If you enjoy my singing impressions and musical comedy in general come on
by tonight, Wednesday April 20th at Bar Lubitsch at 8 pm!! Free Show!!!
Here is the Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201498529870749
Hope to see you there!
Melissa Villasenor
Melissa Villasenor has her own show!!!
Hell yeah, fuck secret locales and keeping it on the DL, JESSE MILLER’S COMING TO DOWNTOWN LA!!!
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Trouble! Oh we got trouble!
The 4 & 20 is a show in Eagle Rock at the All Star Lanes. Come see 4 of the best comedians in Los Angeles working out rare, long form sets in a badass dive bar with cheap drinks. If you’re awesome maybe we’ll bowl with you afterwards.
Hosted by Josh Androsky
Aparna Nancherla
Brandie Posey
Paul Cibis
Tamra BrownClick the link for the Facebook Invite!
(Special Private Event Jesse Miller Show)
Jesse Miller Talk Show
Thursday, April 21st.
and It’s Free, and it’s a ………Private show. (that means invite only)But don’t worry, if want to go..just email me at blondchiliproductions@hotmail.com, and I Can send you the RSVP/invite info.
Hope you can make it.
-Andre
Death & New Life in LA’s Independent Comedy Scene
As cheesy as it may sound, the circle of life does extend beyond the context of actual human life. Where a hole exists in what’s hip/cool, there will undoubtedly be something to takes its place, which, in regards to LA’s vibrant and vast underground/independent comedy scene, translates to a show/room/venue ending and one or even a few more springing up elsewhere.
Silent Bob/Kevin Smith recently announced the closing of his live audience/podcasting venue Smodcastle before I had to chance to see anything there, tomorrow marks the end of my favorite shows Comedy Garage despite their long run, and Trick, one of the coolest shows in LA (the LA Times even wrote something about it) has been and remains, for all intensive purposes, shut down.
Yet, as tragic as the end of the Comedy Garage is (trust me, it’s one damn fine show as I wrote here), there are several new shows for all of LA to discover and enjoy with line-ups that rival those of arts and comedy festivals, mostly because many of the comics have been to or are going to a festival.
Namely, Brunch, which will be hosted by the wonderful Jamie Lee and Jake Weisman, will make its debut this Monday April 18th at the Park Restaurant in Echo Park 9PM, free of charge or any sort of food/drink minimum. As it’s in Echo Park, this show is already automatically cool, right?
Performance Anxiety, a comedy show put together by TJ Miller (on movie screens and comedy club stages across America) and Eli Olsberg (The Morning After Podcast) inside of the famous sex toy and accessories shop, The Pleasure Chest, Tuesday April 26th 8PM, for $7. The novelty of having a comedy show inside the Pleasure Chest should be enough to peak the interest of many, but the line-up itself (Rory Scovel, Ryan Stout, Morgan Murphy, Garfunkel & Oates, and more) is one not to miss.
Forget show; Loading Dock, a “comedy event” at the XRT Theatre, is also making its inaugural run on Tuesday April 26th featuring not only a spectacular round of comedians including Kyle Kinane and Eddie Pepitone, but it will also have art on display from local talents Brian McFadden & Natasha Bedu, as well as a petting zoo and a photo booth… FOR FREE!!! You read that right: Comedy + Art + Petting Zoo = $0 Admission. In addition to being put together by the minds of enterprising, talented, and up and coming comics Abbey Londer and Allen Strickland Williams, Loading Dock is also in the category of “do not miss or else…”.
Again, as sad it is to see Comedy Garage go right after a documentary about it had been made, plenty of other stuff has willingly stepped in. Also, I’m sure, the Comedy Garage gang of Sean Green, Paul Danke, and Cornell Reid will put together else amazing very soon because comedy doesn’t die, it just moves to another part of town.
The Comedy Morning Debriefing Discontinued
Due to additional responsibilities that we’ve overtaken at the Comedy Bureau, we are experimenting with dissolving the Morning Debriefing in separate posts throughout a given day.
There will still be frequent updates and posts everyday informing any and all about latest and best in comedy in the Greater Los Angeles Area and (sometimes) beyond. They’ll just be separate posts separate from two static calendars listing all the best upcoming shows and open mics.
Also, there will be more time to write more original articles like the Tip of the Hat and show recaps as well as get into interviews and other brand new things via The Comedy Bureau including covering the upcoming Bridgetown Comedy Festival.
Thanks for to all for your support and readership and we’re only going to get better from here.
-Bureau Director Jake Kroeger
Morning Debriefing 4/11/11
1) Comedian Barry Rothbart on national TV… again. After appearing frequently on national commercials for Taco Bell, web series “Do Whatever”, in which he stars, is set to air on IFC soon.
2) There’s still win a chance to win a spot on the Long Shot Podcast!!!
3) With an endorsement from Kate Micucci and this review, Re-Animator the Musical, might be something to catch at the Steve Allen Theater soon. It may not be the Human Centipede musical, but why the f*$# would you want to see that?
4) “All awards shows are bullshit made up clubs where people decide to give each other prizes. So, I want to thank Comedy Central for saying, ‘we could do that, we could give each other prizes.”-Tina Fey about the Comedy Awards/Reason the Comedy Bureau thinks that such awards shows really shouldn’t be broadcasted ever
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
The 4 & 20 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
Baron Vaughn opening for Adam Warrock @ Nerdist Theatre 8PM $10
Just for Laughs Showcase @ Hollywood Improv Lab 7:30PM/9:30PM $5
Stand Up Saloon @ Old Towne Pub 10PM FREE
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
6) OPEN MIC RUN
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/multiple sets allowed/$5 min.
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/call (213) 483-4458
GROUND ZERO USC 615 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA/USC Campus/Nestled between 3 dormitories approximately a block away from the intersection of Figueroa and Exposition/USC student sign-up 9PM/non-USC-student sign-up 9:15/Starts 9:30PM
7) So Comedy Central is 20 years old. Subtracting the 170 days we’ve been live, the Comedy Bureau has just over 7000 days to reach the same prominence.
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Morning Debriefing 4/10/11
1) As the Comedy Awards already happened and we already know who won, I’d say watch the premiere of Norm MacDonald’s Sports Show at 10:30PM April 12th first, but the Comedy Awards are chronologically on first at 9PM, so just watch both on Comedy Central.
2) You probably already suspected that American: The Bill Hicks Story was going to be reviewed like this, but it’s nice to actually read it in reality. [via PopcornBiz]
3) Weird Places to do Stand Up w/Chelsea Peretti, Pete Holmes, Howard Kremer, and more! [via HuffPo Comedy]
4) Tip of the Hat for Jim Hamilton
5) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Comedy Without a Cause @ Boardners 7:30PM FREE
Feel Good Comedy @ Hollywood Improv 7:30PM $10/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE
Ian Federgreen Presents @ Flappers YooHoo Room 7:30PM $10/2 drink min.
#hashtag @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Powerviolence @ The Complex 8:30PM FREE
Chatterbox Comedy Night @ Chatterbox 9PM FREE
Top Story Weekly @ iO West 9PM $5
Lettuce Entertain You! (W/Stand Up) @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
The Sunday Sunday Sunday Show @ The Improv Space 9:30PM FREE
6) OPEN MIC RUN
PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
TSUNAMEDY @ TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 9PM
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed
7) I apologize profusely for the tardiness of this post. There’s no excuse other than I can write an update this complex via my smart phone. Damn technology.
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French Toast @ Taix
You’re not going to find many better line-ups than the one that will be at TAIX French Restaurant (1911 W. Sunset in Echo Park) on Sunday. The show is free. The soupe du jour is Split Pea. The time is 8:30 p.m. The stars are aligned:
Brent Weinbach
Kyle Kinane
Jim Hamilton
April Richardson
Ricky Carmona
Morning Debriefing 4/9/11
1) Want to be part of the audience of an episode of Norm Macdonald’s Sports Show (premiering tomorrow night on Comedy Central)? Click that link. Also, watch Norm MacDonald’s Sports Show tomorrow because, simply, it’s Norm MacDonald’s Sports Show and that should be reason enough.
2) Though it was posted yesterday, there may still be room for the Comedy Store screening of American: The Bill Hicks Story on Wed. Apr. 13th 8PM. Try e-mailing at talent@thecomedystore.net.
3) Entertainment Fund Chiefs Pen Op-Ed urging need to raise money for American Comedy Fund via The Comic’s Comic.
4) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” this week to Jim Hamilton. Article/profile to follow later today.
5) ON THE HORIZON
An Evening with Tina Fey in Conversation with Steve Martin @ Nokia Theatre Tues. April 19th 8PM $29
Humanist Comedy @ Bar Marmont Mon. Apr. 11th 8PM FREE
6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
LA Comedy Shorts Festival @ Downtown Independent Theater
Ogre Mage @ Silverlake Lounge 6PM FREE
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10 (stand by only)
Lit Up! @ St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Parish Hall 8PM $10
Christina Pazitsky @ Downtown Comedy Club 9PM $11/2 drink min.
The Anytime Show/Magic Bag @ Underground Annex Theatre 8PM/10PM $5
Dana Gould @ Hollywood Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 item min.
Alonzo Bodden @ Ice House 8PM/10PM $17.50/2 drink min.
The Back Room @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10
The Tomorrow Show & Midnight Show COMBINE @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
7) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/people usually give feedback at end of set
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATRE 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-Up 6PM/Starts 6:30PM
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed
8) Said to someone last night, “I am the Comedy Bureau,” and felt more validated than ever for about 5 seconds before remembering I only have $5 in my wallet and my empty light is about to turn on.
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Morning Debriefing 4/8/11
1) Series “House of Lies” that Ben Schwartz is in got picked up on Showtime!
3) The BBC recently visited NY and was marveled at their plethora of storytelling shows. Though the Moth started in NY, we’ve got plenty here in LA including This is Not Happening @ Hollywood Improv, Public School Stories at M Bar, Two Headed Beast at Stories Books & Cafe, and plenty more that keep popping up. Check it BBC.
4) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 4/10-4/16. Thanks Wisepix.
5) If only I knew more about designing websites and HTML code, I could make an open mic map as pretty looking as this one on LA Comedy Insider.
6) The Comedy Bureau “Tip of the Hat” (meant to be written earlier this week) to the Walsh Brothers! (Next one will be on time)
7) ON THE HORIZON
Gelmania @ UCB Theatre Sat. Apr. 16th 10PM $10
West Memphis 3 Benefit @ Largo Tues. May 31st 8PM $30
8) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
Laugh-Your-Ass-Off-Palooza @ Columbia College Hollywood 6:30PM FREE
Risk! True Stories Boldly Told @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Alonzo Bodden @ Ice House 8:30PM/10:30PM $17.50/2 drink min.
Christina Pazitsky @ Downtown Comedy Club 9PM $11/2 drink min.
Stood Up Friday Night: The Meaning of Life @ Moving Arts Theatre 10PM $5
The Also-Ran Comedy Hour @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
9) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/given set list to improv off of
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/$3 min.
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Starts 8PM
10) Yes, that “Report 00167” means I’ve blogged for 167 days straight including Christmas, New Year’s, and Martin Luther King Day. You’re welcome.
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Dorksplosion Podcast Episode 2: Part 1
It’s Friday and that means it’s time for another Dorksplosion podcast!
This week we have Will Weldon, Asterios Kokkinos, Andrew DeWitt and Dan Bialek. We cover music and setting in video games and table top games and how those contribute to game immersion. Strap on the head phones cause we use naughty words.
Word up.
(Source: http://dorksplosion.tumblr.com/)
~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~: Mon 4/4 ~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~ Line Up!
~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~: Mon 4/4 ~What’s Up, Tiger Lily?~ Line Up!
Last week’s Tiger Lily had some stellar performances from TL regulars as well as awesome debuts. This week is destined to be fantastic So whatcha waiting for we will see ya Monday!
What’s Up, Tiger Lily?
Monday April 11th 2011 – 8:00P
Featuring
MATT BESSER
JIMMY DORE:
TJ MILLER
CHRIS…
#brainboxupdate: Set List – the great stand up show idea by Troy Conrad. I did the show…
#brainboxupdate: Set List – the great stand up show idea by Troy Conrad. I did the show…
Set List – the great stand up show idea by Troy Conrad. I did the show tonight with a bunch of great comics. The premise is: a comic is given a “set list” that you’ve never seen before and you perform it like it’s been in your act forever. It’s a fantastic idea for a show and a heck of an…
Great recap from a great comic of a great show. Trust me, I was there and it was…. GREAT!!! (think Tony the Tiger)