milan patel – The Comedy Bureau

Pick of the Day: Uh Huh (in LA) 4/23

April 19, 2024

christina catherine martinez, experimental comedy, los angeles comedy, milan patel, paul danke, stand up comedy, todd glass, veronica osorio

What goes into the magic that makes the live experience of a Comedy Bang! Bang!, Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen, The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail that brought hundreds upon hundreds of comedy lovers together every week? Well, honestly, there isn’t enough time or inches in this post to get into the finer points of that, but rest assured that the magic sauce behind each sauce is different and is part and parcel of the times they happened in.

With that in mind, a trio of Paul Danke, Christina Catherine Martinez, and Jake Kroeger are looking to capture that verve with Uh Huh. A tight, but free in spirit (mostly) stand-up show that gives you the unequivocal best of the LA comedy scene (and TCB’s Jake Kroeger and the beloved Danke and Martinez are the three best folks to give it to you).

This very first Uh Huh (hopefully with more to come) is set for Tues. Apr. 23rd at 7:30PM with a grand line-up of Todd Glass, Curtis Cook, Milan Patel, and Veronica Osorio. Tickets are $15 right now if you want to get in on the ground floor of something special. Go get tix here.

Pick of the Day: The Comedy Bureau’s Most Wanted List (in LA) 6/20

June 14, 2023

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Best Actress, best of, curtis cook, jessy morner ritt, los angeles comedy, milan patel, mk paulsen, roz hernandez, very best, who to watch

Our Director/Founder here at TCB, Jake Kroeger, watches comedy closely like no one else. Usually perched in the back of the room at multitudes of shows a night, every night of the week, he has a preternatural sense of comedy, especially when it comes to discovering who is deserving of the label “the next big thing”.

With all that in mind, Jake is going to assemble his very favorite comedians that deserve so much shine that they should be chased by everyone (i.e. “most wanted”) for a very special curated evening of comedy at Lyric Hyperion on Tues. Jun. 20th at 7:30PM of names you should be reading in Deadline for how damn funny they all are.

This edition of The Comedy Bureau’s Most Wanted List the brilliant comedic wares of

Best Actress (most wanted for their precision in high difficulty absurdity)

Curtis Cook (most wanted for his uncanny ability to distill the intersection of difficult subject matter into hysterical human stories)

Roz Hernandez (most wanted for her indomitable style, both with delivering a sharply written bit and colorful style)

Jessy Morner-Ritt (most wanted for her comedic verve that balances joy and ridiculous abandon)

Milan Patel (most wanted for seeing the comedic minutia in some of the most outrageous events in human history)

MK Paulsen (most wanted for being able to deliver more punchlines and tags than a multi-cam sitcom and being having them all be much more clever and subversive than them too)

SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT WE’RE SAYING BY BUYING TICKETS TO THE COMEDY BUREAU’S MOST WANTED LIST @ LYRIC HYPERION TUES. JUN. 20TH at 7:30PM RIGHT NOW (they’re only $15 right now).

Pick of The Day: TCB @ Townhouse Venice (in LA) 9/21

September 16, 2022

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amy miller, dave merheje, jet eveleth, los angeles comedy, milan patel, venice

Yes, we’re going to become more of a regular fixture at The Townhouse Venice. We had our first taste of putting on a show of the true, from-decades-past, speakeasy, Townhouse, that’s right at the iconic entrance to the Venice Boardwalk a few months back and it was every bit the rollicking, all-encompassing, intimate night of comedy that we’ve dreamed of doing for awhile.

So, Townhouse Venice has invited us here at The Comedy Bureau for another special handpicked evening of the best comedy folks (after having watched comedy every day/night of their life for 13 years or 10,000 hours several times over) on Wed. Sept. 21st.

This edition will feature the comedy stylings that you might have seen on Ramy or Vulture’s latest Comedians You Should and Will Know list including Dave Merheje, Amy Miller, Jet Eveleth, and Milan Patel.

Doors are at 7PM, show is at 7:30PM, and tickets are $10. Go get ’em here quick.

Pick of the Day: Dishoom Dishoom: A Bollywood Action Comedy Show (in LA) 6/9

May 27, 2022

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dishoom dishoom, meghana indurti, mike falzone, milan patel, neeraj srinivasan

While How Did This Get Made? and MST3K have a lot of loud American cinema covered with their comedic riffing, there’s not as much love given in the same regard to international cinema, despite there being plenty of source material. Nearly every Jackie Chan movie in the 90s (especially the ones from China) would be well worth a riff fest.

So, cue in the new live riff fest, Dishoom Dishoom, that will be digging into India’s biggest movie for 2022 RRR, directed S. S. Rajamouli, which might have more ridiculous action sequences than several Nicholas Cage movies. They’ll assemble some of LA’s funniest to watch and see what they can make of a guy kicking a motorcycle to stop it and then catch it while in mid-air amongst other ludicrous slow motion action packed sequences. This month, Meghana Indurti and Mike Falzone will be joining Milan Patel and Neeraj Srinivasan in the internationally flavored ludicrous watch-along.

See just how wild RRR gets with the trailer here.

All of this will be happening at Echo Park’s newest VHS store, Whammy Analog Media on Thurs. Jun. 9th at 8PM PT. Tickets are $10 and you really ought to go snag them here right now (as space is limited).

Pick of the Day: Big Rox (in LA) Tuesdays Starting 5/31

May 19, 2022

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addie weyrich, cameron esposito, christine medrano, dana donnelly, free show, jared goldstein, los angeles comedy, milan patel, stand up comedy, Sydnee Washington

Comedy in LA has gotten to a point now where there’s a bevy of weekly comedy shows for you to catch every night of the week. Well, almost every night of the week has that, save for Tuesday. If Roast Battle isn’t your speed (and you don’t want to pay for cover, parking, and 2 drink min.), you might want something else.

Well, cue in Big Rox, a brand spanking new weekly FREE stand-up show from an amazing LA based trio of Addie Weyrich, Dana Donnelly, and Christine Medrano on the Eastside at the lovely restaurant aptly named, Jewel.

They’ll be taking on the mantle of the free weekly stand-up show you should be catching on Tuesdays and will be kicking off their run on May 31st at 7:30PM PT (doors 7PM PT). Their inaugural line-up including Cameron Esposito, Sydnee Washington, Jared Goldstein, and Milan Patel is a pretty perfect for a first show.

So, set a weekly reminder to go to Jewel, a jewel in the hidden jewel of a neighborhood, Rampart Village.