new year’s – The Comedy Bureau

Pick of the Day: 17th Annual 50 First Jokes (in NYC) 1/6

December 18, 2023

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Christmas harkens, which means the new year approaches, which means a new 50 First Jokes is almost upon us. That’s right 50 or so (probably more) of NYC comedy’s best and brightest do the very first joke they came up with since the turn to 2024 in a rapid fire joke extravaganza.

As always, John F. O’Donnell is hosting and The Bell House will be home to this mini-marathon of the shiniest new jokes of 2024 from such venerable NYC comics as:

Charlie Bardey
Kevin Iso
Shalewa Sharpe
Fareeha Khan
Zach Zimmerman
Moss Perricone
Kenice Mobley
Dan Perlman
Rojo Perez
Maggie Crane
Max Wittert
Casey James Salengo
Brittany Carney
Chloe Radcliffe

There will be two shows for 50 First Jokes this year at 6:30PM and 10PM (and maybe the 10PM will be more polished, but also, em, more unhinged?). Tickets are $20 right now and you best go get them here and here, respectively.

Pick of the Day: Pregame! (in NYC) NYE

December 28, 2022

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If you’re in NYC for New Year’s Eve, you’ve got, perhaps, too many options that all sounds oh so enticing. After all, there is only so ground you can cover between countdowns leading up to the ball dropping (or, rather, slowly being lowered) in Times Square.

Littlefield in Brooklyn is affording you the opportunity to get in a great comedy show, Pregame!, at a more than nice price before you really get going to a several stops for your NYE’s (unless you’re doing the thing where you stand for hours on end in the middle of Times Square). Starting at the early hour of 7PM, you can enjoy the comedy stylings of Josh Sharp, Aparna Nancherla, Jordan Carlos, Joe Castle Baker, Natalie Rotter-Laitman and Richard Perez, then have plenty of time to galavant across whatever boroughs your heart desires (or go in for the $60 VIP package that gets you into Parklife’s afterparty).

Tickets for Pregame! are only $15.54 (versus some of the close to triple figure admission fees you might right into elsewhere in town) and you really ought to get in on this deal here.

Pick of the Day: 50 First Jokes (in NYC) 1/8

A gathering of 50 comedians, much less 50 audience members indoors wasn’t really happening at the start of 2021. So, it’s been awhile since we’ve had the legitimate in-person annual comedy kick-off to a new year with 50 First Jokes.

Perhaps, pending some variants, an actual in-vaccinated-person edition of 50 First Jokes will happen for 2022 in NYC. The Bell House in Brooklyn will host the bright and shiny new jokes from the best of the NYC comedy scene, which ought to have a different, more electric urgency to them considering where we are now and where will be three weeks from now.

On the bill thus far: Alison Leiby, Anthony Devito, Chanel Ali, Charlie Bardey, Devon Walker, Dina Hashem, Emmy Blotnick, George Civeris, Kate Willett, Kenice Mobley, Martin Urbano, Max Wittert, Petey DeAbreu, Rojo Perez, Sam Taggart, Shalewa Sharpe, Sonia Denis, Tom Thakkar, and host John F. O’Donnell.

Of course, as you can tell by the count of those names, there will be way more comedians shuffling onto the Bell House stage to get out their freshest bits (as we round the corner on nearly two years of this waking nightmare).

2022’s 50 First Jokes is set for Sat. Jan. 8th at 8PM ET. Tickets are $15 right now and you best get them here before they sell out.

Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon, Er, Tish Cattigan and Cord Hosenbeck Will Host 2018 Rose Parade for Amazon Prime

November 22, 2017

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Perhaps, this Jan. 1st, you might want to either pull an all nighter on New Year’s Eve or not get so hammered on champagne that you sleep through the morning.

That way, you can watch Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon, in character as Cord Hosenbeck and Tish Cattigan, bring some mischief to the time honored New Year’s Day tradition of the Rose Parade.

You’ll be able to watch their hijinks at 8AM PST live via Amazon Prime.

Here’s a taste of what’s up their sleeve.

January 4, 2017

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At the beginning of every year, 50 or so of LA comedy’s favorites gather to share their new favorite joke(s) that have been born in the new year at 50 First Jokes LA.

Kyle Kinane, Brent Weinbach, Brody Stevens, Adam Conover, Eliza Skinner, Emily Heller, Byron Bowers, Cameron Esposito, Caitlin Gill, Dave Ross, James Fritz, Matt McCarthy, Sam Jay, Solomon Georgio, and so many more will convene at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this Saturday and show you what they’ve got so far in 2017.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door and you can get them here.

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

December 24, 2016

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If you don’t already have plans for New Year’s Eve, go to the show that knows how to do shows about today turning into tomorrow, Ron Lynch’s Tomorrow!

Eddie Pepitone, Martha Kelly, Jay London, Ember Knight, champagne, live music, dancing, and, of course, host Ron Lynch are all in store for Tomorrow! Auld Lang Show.

Tickets are $20 and you can get more details here.

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

Nikki Glazer, Julian McCullough, Seth Herzog and More on NBC’s What We Wasted Our Year On

December 27, 2013

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Nikki Glazer, Julian McCullough, Seth Herzog and More on NBC’s What We Wasted Our Year On

In addition to the New Year’s celebration that NBC will have with Carson Daly, NBC is also having a year end special where comedians Nikki Glaser, Julian McCullough, Seth Herzog, Sherrod Small, and hosted by TV personality Willie Geist presumably go over what was captivated our attention this year and was also a big waste.

What We Wasted Our Year On is on at 9PM EST/6PM PST on NBC tonight and it might be worth checking out especially in this no man’s land of time between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.