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Pick of the Day: Matt O’Brien’s Sketch Show

April 21, 2020

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There are few folks that we know that can whip up a green screen quite like Matt O’Brien, especially when time is of the essence. Hell, he did an entire show where he was able to use his editing skills to make up an entire visual gag with motion graphics off an audience suggestion during the length of a comedian’s showcase set. In quarantine, he has even been doing miniature remakes of individual episodes of Frasier.

Essentially, he was doing Zoom background bits before the majority of the world did video conferencing more than a few times a year, if that. Thus, we’re pretty sure O’Brien is perfectly suited for this weird time in comedy where all of it has to live and be broadcast online and the limitations of your computer or mobile devices.

Matt doing a live-stream sketch comedy show only makes us think of what he has up his sleeve and what he’ll dare to pull off during a Twitch live-stream. Thus, you can and should check out The Matt O’Brien Sketch Show going live on Twitch here this Wed. Apr. 22nd at 5PM PT/8PM ET.

November 13, 2019

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So, Matt O’Brien has devised a way to have comedians act out a scene with a green screen, then finish a video with a background suggested by the audience before that comedian finishes a normal stand-up set.

For us, it sounds like some beautiful chaos and something you should definitely check out (especially with a great line-up of Julia Hladkowicz, Johnny Pemberton, JB Ball, Andrew Johnston, Steph Tolev).

This madness will be called Green with Matt O’Brien and happening on Fri., Nov. 22nd at 10:30PM at UCB Sunset. Tickets are $7 and you ought to go get them here.

March 30, 2016

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Conan’s Matt O’Brien, recent head writer Mike Sweeney, Todd Levin, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Andres Du Bouchet, Rob Kutner, Jessie Gaskell, Levi MacDougall, and Leah Krinsky all join Thrilling Adventure Hour creator Ben Blacker for a conversation about the inner workings of the Conan’s writers’ room.

The Writers Panel: Inside the Conan Writers Room will be at The Nerdmelt Showroom on Thursday, Apr. 14th at 7PM. Tickets are $10.

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

Conan Pays a Farewell Tribute to Staff Writer Matt O’Brien

May 7, 2014

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Long time Conan staff writer and bit player, Matt O’Brien got his own farewell tribute from the show featuring some of his best performances during sketches.

Give a watch, a close one at that, for what costumes you’ll probably wear if you do sketches on Conan.