nerdmelt – Page 2 – The Comedy Bureau

July 8, 2017

adam ray, comedy show, cry video, emotional video, follow that, hollywood, jason webb, jay larson, joe sib, joleen lunzer, laura house, live comedy, los angeles, matt lieb, michael kosta, nerdmelt, stand up

The show that has comedians following the most heart wrenching videos on the Internet is back.

Follow That! really does play a video that is almost perfectly designed to make you cry and has stand-up comedians see what they can do immediately afterwards.

It may sound cruel and unusual, but, as far as we have seen thus far, it has been a hell of a good time.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at door. Get your advance tickets here.

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

We’ve Got 9 Ticket Giveaways Going Right Now in Case You Wanted to Free Tickets to Some of LA Comedy’s Best Shows

July 6, 2017

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burbank, comedy shows, free tickets, hollywood, improv comedy, los angeles, nerdmelt, sketch comedy, storytelling, ticket giveaway, ucb

We’ve Got 9 Ticket Giveaways Going Right Now in Case You Wanted to Free Tickets to Some of LA Comedy’s Best Shows

Through DoLA, we’ve got ticket giveaways for:

Harmontown podcast taping (both 7/9 & 7/16)
The Super Serious Show 7 Year Anniversary (which is sold out by the way)
Cook County Social Club/Hebecky Drysbell (one of the best nights of improv anywhere)
Risk! LA (part of the Risk! storytelling podcast series)
Atlantic City @ UCB Franklin
Hard Times Comedy Hour (from satirical punk news outlet The Hard Times)
Andy Kindler’s Particular Show

If you want to win, enter to win any of them here.

July 5, 2017

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alex hanpeter, andrew smreker, chris stephens, conor sullivan, hollywood, joe kwaczala, joe mcadam, jude tedmori, los angeles, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, sketch comedy, stand up, trevor martin, variety show, wheel show

One of the best sketch shows in town, The Wheel Show, is celebrating a three year anniversary. They feature stand-ups and music guests as well, but their bits, sketches, and videos are a wondrous kind of silly.

For this 3 year milestone, voice acting legend Maurice LeMarche and the amazing Debra DiGiovanni will be joining in as their special guests.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Get advanced tickets here.

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

July 3, 2017

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andrea more, brandie posey, comedy shows, democratic socialists, drennon davis, dsa, fundraiser, gareth reynolds, josh androsky, los angeles, moshe kasher, nerdmelt, nicole byer, sara june, stand up

If you’re anti-Trump, you ought to know that one of the groups leading the charge is the Democratic Socialists of America.

The DSA is a volunteer activist organization that does a bunch of good shit around town like drive low-income women to abortion clinics, confront politicians who are cool with families being destroyed by deportation, or fight to get our City Council to stop investing money with banks that fund the Dakota Access Pipeline.

They’re throwing a comedy show fundraiser for their LA chapter and they’ve rustled up a damn fine line-up.

You can come watch the show at Nerdmelt in the back room of Meltdown Comics and they’re just asking for a $20 suggested donation. Get more details here.

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

July 1, 2017

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adam conover, ashley esqueda, comedy show, epic fail, heather anne campbell, jared logan, jon gabrus, live comedy, meltdown comics, mike drucker, nerdmelt, ramon rivas, video games

The inaugural edition of this show was so much damn fun. If you thought that comedians playing very bad video games was a winning formula, you were right on.

Again, Mike Drucker put together another great line-up that will play and riff through some of the worst of the worst in the video game canon.

Tickets are $10, but you can enter to win free tickets via our friends at DoLA.

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

At this point in time, you’ve probably heard how divided we are as a country ad nauseam over POTUS, healthcare, gun control, etc.

A nice solution or reprieve from that might be hear to comedians debate things that do not matter whatsoever like Dr. Dre vs. Dr. Seuss.

That is what the traveling comedy show and podcast Arguments & Grievances brings to the table and will be doing so next week at Nerdmelt with some of LA’s best.

Get your tickets here.

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

June 8, 2017

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dungeons and dragons, hollywood, john-michael bond, live comedy, los angeles, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, stand up

Somehow, John-Michael Bond will magically mash the worlds of stand-up and D&D together this Sunday at Nerdmelt in Hollywood. Also, the presence of the likes of Jared Logan, Chris Estrada, Grant Gordon, and Kate Willett make for just a great show on its own.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

June 4, 2017

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amy miller, boast rattle, charla lauriston, compliment contest, dan st germain, danny jolles, hollywood, kurt braunohler, kyle ayers, live comedy, los angeles, meltdown comics, mike drucker, nerdmelt, nikki glaser

For those looking for any bit of positivity in the world these days, you might enjoy a competitive comedy show where all involved try to out-compliment each other.

Boast Rattle acts like an antithesis, even in name, to the phenomenon Roast Battle and definitely takes your mom’s advice of “if you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say it” to heart.

Also, regardless of the compliments that will be hurled at one another, the line-up is stellar as well.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

April 25, 2017

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doppelganger, hollywood, jackie kashian, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, ophira eisenberg, stand up

By now, thanks to some viral posts and memes, you’ve probably heard of the general concept of a doppelgänger.

Yet, have you seen, or even heard a case of real life doppelgänger? We’re going to bet probably not (or if you have, it’s probably a stretch).

In any case, you should catch the doppelgänger voices of comedians Jackie Kashian and Ophira Eisenberg this week co-doing this “Vocal Doppelgänger” show at Nerdmelt.

Get your tickets here.

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

April 14, 2017

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cry videos, david gborie, hollywood, iliza shlesinger, jackie kashian, jason webb, jay mohr, kp anderson, los angeles, matt lieb, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, stand up, valerie tosi

Basically, Follow That! pits comedians into having to follow the screening of heart wrenching, highly emotional videos. The emotional roller coaster that you go on combined with the inevitable curiosity that you’ll have to see what a comic will do after seeing a tearjerker is indeed pretty great.

The next edition of Follow That! is set for the end of this month and you can (and should) get your tickets here.

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

April 13, 2017

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book release, dave anthony, gareth reynolds, hollywood, los angeles, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, podcast taping, sarah tiana, the dollop, united states of absurdity

One of our favorite all time podcasts, The Dollop, is coming out with a book, The United States of Absurdity (pre-order it here).

To mark the occassion, they’re doing a live Dollop at Nerdmelt next month with guest Sarah Tiana.

Tickets are still available at $15 a pop and you can (and should) get them here.

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

You Can Now Win Tickets to Some of Our Favorite Shows in Town Including Hot Tub, The Rabbit Hole, and Fresh Out LA

April 1, 2017

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DoLA, free tickets, fresh out, hollywood, hot Tub, live comedy, los angeles, los feliz, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, silverlake, stand up, ticket giveaway, ucb, virgil, what to do

After all, we are a bureaucratic agency for comedy and naturally have some connections to get you into some of the best LA comedy shows in town for FREE.

Right now, we’re running ticket giveaways for:
Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal
The Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel
Fresh Out LA with Adam Conover and Emily Heller

These shows often sell out or at capacity. If you want to go and not have to worry about buying a ticket in time or at all, you can enter our free ticket giveaway via our friends DoLA and possibly win admission for you and a friend to any one of these stellar nights of comedy here in LA.

For a chance to win tickets to Hot Tub, enter here.

For a chance to win tickets to Rabbit Hole, enter here.

For a chance to win tickets to Fresh Out LA, enter here.

Keep a close eye on us on Twitter @thecomedybureau and Facebook for future giveaways!

March 22, 2017

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bitch seat, hollywood, laurie kilmartin, liz glazer, los angeles, lyssa mandel, myq kaplan, nerdmelt, ramin nazer, show and tell, zach sherwin

The Bitch Seat, hosted by Lyssa Mandel, is a very entertaining version of show and tell that features comedians who probably never thought that they would have to do show and tell again, much less with things that possibly make them cringe about their childhood.

This LA edition of Bitch Seat (it’s based in NYC), is happening this Friday and tickets are only $5. You can (and should) get them here.

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

February 4, 2017

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follow that, hollywood, jason webb, live comedy, matt lieb, nerdmelt, stand up, tearjerker

Follow That! pits comedians to the challenge of following a very emotional video being shown to the audience (i.e. troops coming home to the surprise of their family). Having any sort of very dramatic pause at a comedy show can prove very difficult, but the line-up with Chris Fairbanks, Nikki Glaser, Dan St. Germain, Nicole Byer, and Jon Huck for this show is pretty great. In any case, our curiosity is peaked as to see what might happen.

Tickets for Follow That! are $8 online and $10 at the door. You can (and should) tickets online here.

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

December 31, 2016

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baron vaughn, comedy show, experimental comedy, fake show, gareth reynolds, greg proops, hollywood, jon dore, los angeles, nerdmelt, reunion, reunited

We would very much like to watch a reunion panel of TV show starring Greg Proops, Jon Dore, Baron Vaughn, and Gareth Reynolds.

Josh Androsky and Bryan Cook’s Reunited offers up something possibly better with bringing that line-up together for a faux TV series that they starred in without any of them knowing ahead of time what that fake TV show was.

Pretty great, right? Well, you can (and should) get your tickets for the show’s latest edition happening this Friday, January 7th here.

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

December 15, 2016

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benefit show, feliz navidad, feliz navipod, garfunkel and oates, hollywood, jimmy pardo, los angeles, meltdown comics, music, nerdmelt, planned parenthood, stand up, superego, variety show

Jimmy Pardo, Garfunkel and Oates, ½ of Superego are on the bill and that’s not even half of what next Monday’s Feliz Navipod’s Feliz Navidad Variety Show at The Nerdmelt Showroom has to offer on top of benefitting Planned Parenthood.

Get your tickets for $15 here.

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

December 10, 2016

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comedy show, gabe liedman, hollywood, joe mande, los angeles, meltdown, nerdmelt, stand up

Joe Mande (The Good Place, Master of None, Parks and Recreation, Kroll Show, Delocated, Conan, his own comedy mixtape) is doing a full hour at Meltdown this upcoming Thursday with special guest Gabe Liedman.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

December 4, 2016

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comedy bang bang, comedy show, james adomian, los angeles, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, stand up, trump vs bernie

The one and only James Adomian (Trump vs. Bernie, Comedy Bang! Bang!, @midnight) gets a night all to himself at Nerdmelt this week.

Do yourself a favor and get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

The podcast/live show Arguments and Grievances, stopping by LA once again from Chicago, takes the formula of comedians debating absurd issues and carries it out exquisitely.

Tomorrow night, see the likes of some of LA’s best in Solomon Georgio, Andrew Orvedahl, Will Weldon, Brodie Reed, The Puterbaugh Sisters, Jordan Doll, Dave Waite, and Megan Gailey go back and forth on such “important” topics like Donald Glover vs. Levar Burton or Bert vs Ernie.

Get your tickets here.

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

November 28, 2016

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beth stelling, chris redd, comedy show, comedy variety, hollywood, los angeles, mark raterman, meltdown comics, mike o'brien, nerdmelt, tj miller

Mike O’Brien from 7 Minutes in Heaven with Mike O’Brien and SNL fame and Mark Raterman from one of the most respected improv troupes around, Cook County Social Club are putting on their own stellar night of comedy variety with The Go’Head Show featuring the likes of TJ Miller, Beth Stelling, and Chris Redd.

Tickets are $8 online and $10 at door at Nerdmelt. You can (and really should) get your tickets here.

Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel Will Be Replacing The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail

November 16, 2016

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baron vaughn, bridey elliott, holllywood, jay larson, joe mande, kate berlant, live comedy, los angeles, meltdown comics, nerdmelt, rabbit hole, rory scovel, stand up, the meltdown with jonah and kumail, todd glass

One of the most revered weekly stand-up shows in the country, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, ended its 6 year run last month, which included three seasons as a TV series on Comedy Central.

Naturally, the 8:30PM slot at Nerdmelt where Meltdown took place was going to be filled in by something given Meltdown’s status as a flagship show at the theater.

In two weeks, you will all have a very exciting and worthy show filling in with Rabbit Hole with Jay Larson and Rory Scovel produced by Nerdmelt’s Caitlin Durante. Larson and Scovel are two of our favorites and this show will be in good hands as you can see with our thoughts on Jay’s recent album Human Math and Scovel’s latest Conan set.

In the inaugural show, Kate Berlant, Todd Glass, Bridey Elliott, Joe Mande, Baron Vaughn, and a surprise guest will be performing. It should go without saying that it’ll be a hell of a show and something that will get us all through the next few years and beyond.

Tickets are $10 and are available now here.

You can keep up with Rabbit Hole on @therabbitholela on Twitter, @therabbitholela on Instagram, and on Facebook.

November 12, 2016

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aclu, alice wetterlund, american civil liberties union, cartoons, courtney karwal, hell toupee, hollywood, jamie loftus, live comedy, los angeles, meltdown comics, neel nanda, nerdmelt, riley silverman, sheng wang, stand up

Just like millions of other people are doing and will be doing, comedy will be doing its part to keep as many vulnerable people safe as possible. This Hell Toupee: An ACLU Benefit, which should be a hell of a show too (in the colloquial-good-way), is just the start of that.

Get your tickets here.

Flyer by Jamie Loftus.

October 25, 2016

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