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Dream Corp LLC Season 3 Reveals Sneak Peek

October 13, 2020

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Outside of The Midnight Gospel, Dream Corp LLC is one of the trippiest comedies that has ever been created. That’s saying a lot considering a good deal of it is live action. The shenanigans of Dr. Roberts and co. are and have been mind-bending and so damn funny over their two seasons on Adult Swim.

Needless to say, a break from reality is one of the most valuable things while in quarantine with a nightmare bumbling on as POTUS. Season 3 of Dream Corp LLC is definitely going to serve up plenty of absurdity as a respite for whatever you’re specifically going through.

Get a taste of what that will be like with this sneak peek here, then look for the premiere of season 3 on Sun. Oct. 25th at 12:30AM, right after The Eric Andre Show.

May 3, 2019

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First off, there’s a National Cartoonist Society Festival happening down in Huntington Beach this month. Already, that’s something that should highly peak your interest as it will be a big shindig for comics and cartoons (plus a zombie walk).

On top of that, there will be one of our favorite concept shows, Picture This!, down in the OC for a special free, pop-up show in, perhaps, the perfect setting

They’ve got many of their favorites and stalwarts of the show coming down from LA to Huntington Beach and it’s your chance to see if you’ve avoided making the trek to The Virgil in Silverlake over the last few years.

Get more details here.

December 21, 2018

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Very simply, many of LA’s best tell their worst jokes that they come up with this year. It’s a great, cathartic way to kick 2018 to the curb. Barbara Gray and Dave Child will be presiding over hosting duties.

As a holiday gift to us all, it’s free to attend. Get more details, full line-up here.

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

December 21, 2018

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As a holiday gift to us all, it’s free to attend. Get more details, full line-up here.

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

April 26, 2018

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Echo Park’s bright, shiny, and new barbershop, American Barbershop, will not only feature all the trappings of a classic barbershop, but will also have its fair share of live comedy (FYI, this won’t be the first live comedy show that Echo Park has had in a barbershop).

Coming up, there’s Cut It Up this Friday at 10:30PM and Classic Comedy on Monday, Apr. 30th at 9PM. Both shows have stacked line-ups and are FREE.

Get more details here and here respectively.

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

December 18, 2017

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If you’ve always liked the idea of playing “White Elephant” (the competitive holiday gift exchange game that often includes gifts that you wouldn’t give to people you care about), but wanted to do in a much less low stakes conditions, the very first White Elephant Live might just be for you.

Comedians and audience members alike will be going around trying to win at gift giving and there will even be a special holiday dance by the one and only Emmy award winning choreographer Kat Burns.

Tickets are $7 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.

ATTN: Secret Test Screening for Lauren Lapkus and Nick Rutherford Feature Is Happening Today

October 12, 2017

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If you follow what we do here, odds are you love both Lauren Lapkus and Nick Rutherford. If not, spend a few minutes looking them up online (With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus, Dream Corp LLC, etc.) and you’ll have yourself an objectively better day.

Anyhow, later today, there will be “secret” test screenings for this movie starring both Lauren and Nick (that Rutherford wrote FYI). The screenings will be at 6:30PM and 8:30PM in Burbank.

Admission, popcorn, and drinks are all free. All you have to do is RSVP at russell@ralphsmyth.com. Space is limited, so send your RSVP in ASAP.

Watch the First Trailer for Adult Swim’s Ultra Trippy Comedy “Dream Corp LLC”

October 5, 2016

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Have you asked yourself what the acid-induced love child of Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and A Scanner Darkly would be like?

Even if you haven’t asked that question, you should definitely see what the answer is in the trailer for the brand new Adult Swim live action, rotoscope animation hybrid Dream Corp LLC from Daniel Stessen.

Watch it here, then look for the series premiere on Sunday, October 23rd at 11:45PM.

Watch Barry Rothbart as a Sort of Underdog in “Underdog: The Devin Tate Story”

June 10, 2016

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The story of an underdog in sports has been told in every which way you can imagine.

Well, that was the case until this short sports mockumentary Underdog: The Devin Tate Story from Barry Rothbart and Andy Landen came along to The Kicker. There is literally no other underdog story like it because it’s almost not an underdog story

Watch it here.

May 13, 2016

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

A new comedy show in a vintage store! More details here.

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

March 1, 2016

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Stand-up comedians Hampton Yount, Josh Sharp, Nick Rutherford, Greg Barris, Andrés Du Bouchet, Kiran Deol, Clare O’Kane, and more join host Ryan Singer and guest co-host Dave Waite in not only doing anything that isn’t stand-up, but getting delightfully weird about the whole affair.

CC:Studios Shows You The Best/Worst House to Live in with “300 Sunnyside”

September 19, 2014

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The gathering of Barry Rothbart, Betsy Sodaro, Brian Huskey, Cornell Reid, Nick Rutherford, and Chris Reinacher under one roof makes for batshit crazy house. It also makes for a very funny web series that was just released at CC:Studios called 300 Sunnyside.

Watch episodes one, two, and three now and be thankful that you get to watch the insanity at their house from the comfort of YouTube rather than actual live it.

Watch Trailer for What Might Be a Sports Movie Parody to Remember “Intramural”

April 9, 2014

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Intramural from Andrew Disney and Bradley Jackson just might be the sports movie parody that we’ve been waiting for. You were waiting for that right?

Even if you’re not, an ensemble comedy featuring the likes of SNL cast, BriTANick, Good Neighbor, DC Pierson and more playing intramural sports is definitely enticing.

Watch the trailer here before it makes it premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Apr. 19th.

Kyle Kinane, Alison Agosti, and Nick Rutherford Tell Jokes In Order to Not Drink Prison Wine

March 30, 2013

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As part of Tasted’s Why Would You Eat That? Challenge, funny folks Kyle Kinane, Alison Agosti, and Nick Rutherford are gathered together by the very funny Ron Babcock and Michael Truly for a prison wine drinking challenge.

Basically, whoever, between Kinane, Agosti, and Rutherford, makes the Why Would You Eat That? judge laugh, makes the other two drink pruno. Watch, laugh, and cringe now.

March 21, 2011

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shannonhatch:

A jealous @mrrrianne dumps her fake boyfriend @nickrutherford for paying too much attention to the transvestite lip syncer on stage. Nick professes his love to the performer who accepts his keys, wallet, and heart in this inspiring tale of finding true love at your local tranny lounge.

Though Silverlake Lounge promotes several non-comedy events, it’s clear that comedy is ever present here no matter if it’s tranny karoake or not.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

March 13, 2011

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The Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour – March 16th

Tracy, Dean, & Jesus is back
(for a stripped down first time ever acoustic set) Next Wed. March 16th.

Great line-up

Featuring:
Wendy Wilkins,
Brandie Posey,
Matt Peters,
Nicholas Rutherford,
Tracy, Dean, & Jesus,
and
James Adomian
Next Stage/Tres Stage Theater1523 N. La Brea Ave
11pm BYOB only $5

Morning Debriefing 12/25/10

1) Unlike Judy Carter suggests in one of her bestselling books, dinner with a table full of comedians is not incredibly depressing. It’s actually the antithesis of the stereotype/notion. In fact, two tables of LA comics on a Christmas Eve in Chinatown will turn into a spirited competition of who can order first, who is having more fun, and whether to trade members of each table for another. As comedian Ed Salazar said to comedian Eli Olsberg, “Our table will be blogged about.” For the record, Ed’s table was the better table. Yes, I was sitting at “that” table. Either way, some people think we, comedians, are a depressing bunch, which has a basis in truth, but that’s not all of who we are. As obsessive, impulsive, and condescending distorted caricatures of actual people as we may come off, all of it is all in the goal of going on lit stage and getting laughs in a darkened room full of strangers. So on this Christmas morning, or whenever you happen to be reading this, appreciate comedians, not only as ones that inspire laughter when you need it the most, but also as hard-working real people that strive diligently at their craft through much personal sacrifice. Perhaps, give them a hug, if they deserve it and if they’re OK with their personal space. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE COMEDY BUREAU/JAKE KROEGER TO ALL OF YOU IN THE LA COMEDY COMMUNITY AND JUST GOOD FOLKS THAT LIKE LAUGHING!!!

2) Just one more night without a COMEDY CRAWL as we all, in the LA comedy community, attempt to attain some sort of temporary normalcy.

3) OPEN MIC RUN: ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW? You WANT to do an open mic on Christmas Day? Try working on your material while opening gifts. Does that sound like a good idea? Of course, it doesn’t. That’s why you should just enjoy Christmas.

4) Yesterday, I wrote about James Adomian’s inspired performance that included a painfully hilarious story about opening for Joan Rivers. It’s definitely one of the better “road” stories I’ve heard and there’s actually visual proof of it RIGHT HERE.

5) Paul F. Tompkins was actually trending on Twitter both in Los Angeles and NYC last night.

All of this came about for his live tweeting during the Pope’s Midnight Mass, which, in thinking about it, IS the Christmas gift that Tompkins gives to us all. Follow @PFtompkins and read all tweets with #midnightmass2010.

6) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” today to GOOD NEIGHBOR-“best videos contest 3” Making the thought of absurdity in of itself absurd, amazing sketch group Good Neighbor attacks your senses in the best, most enjoyable way possible at such a furious pace that it’s really unimaginable not to get a kick out of them. Featuring seasoned performers Nick Rutherford, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, and non-performer/filmmaker Dave McCary, Good Neighbor is a treat to watch and should not be missed. Check their website or back at the Comedy Bureau for details on their next performance.

7) From the “You Should Have Been There” Lagoon: Blackadder’s Christmas Carol Part 1 of 5 [on Youtube] (My favorite Christmas Special of all time)

8) Donate. It’s Christmas. Even if you don’t celebrate, it’s a pretty convenient time to donate to the Comedy Bureau.

9) Many people thank me for my personal dedication to this blog and to all of them, I heartily say, “You’re quite welcome.”. To anyone who doubts this fact, I am writing this at 2:43AM Christmas Morning.

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Morning Debriefing 11/3/10

1) Making it to more than one open mic in LA is so hard that I can’t even think of a metaphor to relate how incredibly difficult it really is. I missed out on the Nugget Grill & Pub at CSULB as non-student parking is about a mile away from where you’re supposed to go. HOWEVER, I managed to make it to BACK HOME IN LAHAINA in Carson and did 35 MINUTES! 35 MINUTES! No matter how many times I write that, it won’t make it seem more plausible. There was a crowd that mostly came there for the delicious Hawaiian Zagat rated cuisine, but I got 35 minutes. That’s the only selling point you should care about. Back Home in Lahaina. 2nd official “Bureau Approved” open mic. Running on first and last Tues. of every month, starting at 6PM, 519 E. Carson St. #A, Carson, CA.

2) Chatroulette LIVE! @ The UCB Theatre proved to be one of the most innovative and hilarious live comedy shows on “the scene”. Imagine taking Crank Yankers to the stage, then using real, AWESOME comedic performers as a panel, then going on the twisted/addicting website that is Chatroulette to “prank video chat” people around the world such as shirtless kids in Brazil asking to see tits. Chatroulette LIVE is farcical, macabre, and uproarious the whole way through. Hosted by the amazing Allan McLeod and Dominic Dierkes, featuring Sean Clements, Harris Wittels, Kate Micucci & Riki Lindhome, and Jackie Clarke, it’s an amazing night of the hilarity/horror of social networking gone too far. Chatroulette LIVE! $5. 1st Tues. of every month at the UCB Theatre, 5919 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA.

3) Post Election Comedy Crawl where you can maybe get high off some laughs: Highland Park Sing-A-Long w/Maria Bamford @ Cafe de Leche 7PM FREE, then Ed Galvez’s Punk House @ The Westside Comedy Theatre 9PM $8, then Tiffany King’s LOL Comedy Show 9PM $5, then Beer in the Shower @ White Horse Inn Cocktail Lounge 10PM FREE, then Fresh Faces @ The Hollywood Laugh Factory 10PM $20/2 drink min., and come nicely off the high with/ Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour @ The Next Stage Theatre 11PM $5. If that doesn’t help with trying to stomach the election results, I can’t help you.

4) On Halloween, Schtick or Treat @ Taix was absolutely fantastic the whole way through. This, however, was literally a tour-de-force impression of Russell Brand by LA Comedian Nick Rutherford. Witness.

5) Please give to the Donation Box to support what is, or will be depending on your opinion, LA’s live comedy source. Right here.

6) The Big Trouble in Little Tokyo Open Mic is PRIVILEGED to kick off its inaugural night with performances by the lovely LAUREN ROCHELLE and the one and only JOE BRAZA! Again, Nov. 9th @ Señor Fish. 6:30PM. 422 E. 1st St. DO NOT MISS!

7) No on Prop. 19 frustration and Dancing w/the Stars updates. Two topics I don’t want to hear about at open mics, but absolutely will tonight.

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Morning Debriefing 11/1/10

1) Schtick or Treat @ Taix made the word “epic” seem a woeful and paltry adjective in attempting to describe what was one of the best times I’ve ever had a comedy show. Even though there were over 30 performers, it was the epitome of a “good ol’ time” the whole way through. Seriously, what other show in LA can you see “Steve Martin”,“Russell Brand”, “Carrot Top”, “Eddie Pepitone”, “Sarah Silverman”, “Rowdy Roddy Piper”, “Kyle Kinane”, “Gilbert Gottfried”, “Andy Kindler”, “Weird Al Yankovic”, and “Jake Weisman”? That’s right you can’t think of one until 364 days from now, but go to the normally schedule French Toast every Sunday 8:30PM for FREE at the same lovely 321 Lounge @ Taix.

2) Tonight’s “Comedy Crawl” is slightly more manageable, IF YOU CAN TELEPORT!!! Go to What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8:30PM FREE, then Hotel Cafe Presents: Hotel Comedy @ The Hotel Cafe 9PM $15, then Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE, then make your last “jump” to Crash Test @ The UCB Theatre 11PM $5. BLAM!!! (if that’s the sound you make when/if you teleport)

3) Like I mentioned yesterday, there’s a new feature in a long line of innovations from the Comedy Bureau that allows you to keep track of most regularly scheduled live comedy in LA. NOW UPDATED WITH THE J-SPOT. Other fine comedy establishments soon to follow. Again here it is, The Comedy Bureau’s very own Calendars.

4) Unlike “real people” with “actual money”, comedians have to/should be working on our act and, as such, THE COMEDY BUREAU will be attempting an open mic run of 3 spots, which, if you know anything about driving in LA, is near impossible. Well, IMPOSSIBLE CAN GO TAKE A DIRT NAP!!! TRIBAL CAFE. GROUND ZERO USC. TAIX. The Comedy Bureau’s very own Bureau Director will be live tweeting during this test of endurance/patience/more patience, so stay tuned for the play-by-play right here.

5) At least, someone likes us. Thanks Shayne-Michael.com

6) Now it has a face. The Big Trouble in Little Tokyo Open Mic. NOV. 9TH. 6:30PM. Please don’t forget, mostly because I don’t have any enforceable consequences if you do.

7) Given the impulsive notion of large scale chain retailers in the U.S., is it too early to tell Black Friday jokes?

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Dream Corp LLC Season 3 Reveals Sneak Peek

ATTN: Secret Test Screening for Lauren Lapkus and Nick Rutherford Feature Is Happening Today

Watch the First Trailer for Adult Swim’s Ultra Trippy Comedy “Dream Corp LLC”

Watch Barry Rothbart as a Sort of Underdog in “Underdog: The Devin Tate Story”

CC:Studios Shows You The Best/Worst House to Live in with “300 Sunnyside”

Watch Trailer for What Might Be a Sports Movie Parody to Remember “Intramural”

Kyle Kinane, Alison Agosti, and Nick Rutherford Tell Jokes In Order to Not Drink Prison Wine

The Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour – March 16th

Tracy, Dean, & Jesus is back(for a stripped down first time ever acoustic set) Next Wed. March 16th.

Morning Debriefing 12/25/10

Morning Debriefing 11/3/10

Morning Debriefing 11/1/10

Tracy, Dean, & Jesus is back
(for a stripped down first time ever acoustic set) Next Wed. March 16th.