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Jenny Zigrino and Jen Saunderson Made a Cooking Show Actually Inspired by Jokes with “The Filling Is Mutual”

February 20, 2017

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If you’re a fan of any cooking show where chefs all have to use a weird ingredient, you’ll dig IFC web series The Filling Is Mutual.

Hosts Jenny Zigrino and Jen Saunderson pick out a single joke from their comedian guests’ acts and then dream up a dish based on said joke. Sometimes, it’s delicious and sometimes, it really embodies the joke as much as a recipe can.

In any case, you should watch The Filling Is Mutual and maybe get hungry for ‘dicks in a komono’ or ‘white devil eggs’.

Watch Jo Firestone as Betsy DeVos, the New U.S. Secretary of the Department of Education

February 10, 2017

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This is just more evidence of the brilliant Jo Firestone’s ascent to her rightful place high up in comedy.

Also, we’re glad to see that this sketch was on Fallon and, perhaps, the beginning of a roll back on rubbing Trump’s hair last year.

Please Enjoy The Perfect Music Video for The Cooties’ Perfect Satirical Los Angeles Anthem “The L.A. Song”

February 7, 2017

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When it comes to poking fun at LA in a song, The Cooties, current Angelenos themselves, nail so much of the Los Angeles milieu in a pretty undeniably funny tune, The L.A. Song.

JASH made a wonderfully animated music video that accompanies every single lyric quite nicely. Watch it here.

Get Your First Look at Doug Benson and His Court Deciding Real Civil Cases While High as F

February 2, 2017

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In case you were in doubt of Doug Benson making court decisions on actual cases while being, per usual, high, here’s a teaser for the upcoming Comedy Central series The High Court to reassure you that this really happened.

If you look closely, you’ll note that Michael Ian Black, Jessimae Peluso, and Reggie Watts are all guest bailiffs in Benson’s High Court that are also pretty baked as well.

Look for the series premiere of High Court on Monday, February 27th on Comedy Central.

January 30, 2017

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Happy Canada Time has a set of very polite Canadians (Norm Sousa, Brendon Halloran, Stacey McGunnigle) are set to judge a “comedy contest” with the likes of Matt Kirshen, David Gborie, Chris Estrada, Lindsay Adams, and Aiko Tanaka in the line-up.

Ever Mainard and Deborah Etta Robinson (pictured above) host this giddy evening that will have Americans trying to please Canadians.

Happy Canada Time will happen this Tuesday, January 31st, at the Hollywood Improv at 10PM. Tickets are $5 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.

Watch Throwing Shade Cover the Struggles of Female Movie Characters in Space

January 23, 2017

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The fight for gender equality is on all fronts. That includes the lopsided motivations that movies have for women to go into space.

Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson follow through on the title of their show, Throwing Shade, and made this piece on the matter.

January 17, 2017

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Basically, Connor Ratliff plays a version George Lucas who makes good on want to host his own talk show. It’s normally based out of NYC, but it’s stopping by for a special LA edition this week and you absolutely get your tickets for it here.

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

January 16, 2017

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After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns with one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial productions in broadcast history. Sci-fi writers have dabbled often with alternative history stories – among the most common is the “What If The Nazis Had Won The Second World War” setting – but this huge interactive virtual reality project, which will unfold on TV, in the press, and on Twitter over the next four years, sets out to build an ongoing alternative present. The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president. It sounds far-fetched, and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible. Today’s feature-length opener concentrates on the gaudy inauguration of President Trump, and the stirrings of protest and despair surrounding the ceremony, while pundits speculate gravely on what lies ahead. It’s a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into, if we’re not careful.

Damien Love’s TV Highlights describing Trump’s Inauguration in Scotland’s The Herald

Andrés du Bouchet Plays a Recently Defected Kompromat on Conan

January 13, 2017

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Breaking the fourth wall, rolling with whatever comes along, clever ridiculousness, and Andrés du Bouchet are just some of the reasons why some of best late night sketches are on Conan.

Watch du Bouchet’s latest turn as a recently defected Russian ‘kompromat’ (state sponsored blackmailer) here.

January 13, 2017

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Next week will bring plenty of comedy that’s addresses a certain inauguration. Ian Abramson’s will actually have a show featuring the inauguration of one Mayor McCheese that, we’re guessing, is going to be way less innocent than the McCheese you know in McDonald’s ads. Get more details here.

That inauguration will take place this upcoming Tuesday at 7PM and tickets are only $5. Please get them here.

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

Chris Fleming Does His Own Take on the Urban Farmers on Forbes’ 30 Under 30

January 11, 2017

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Where Chris Fleming’s mind goes off of just seeing a top 30 Under 30 list on Forbes is magical.

Watch his version of what an ‘urban farmer’ is here.

AOK Shows What Happens When The Power Rangers Do Real Damage

January 1, 2017

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Before 2017 rolls in for America, please enjoy, thanks to AOK, a slightly more realistic depiction of what would take if the beloved Power Rangers of your childhood did as much as damage as they were shown to do.

For some reason, even though it’s not 2017 yet, this seems to capture the spirit of 2017.

Watch it here.

Vic Berger’s Latest Steve Harvey Remix Shows Harvey Having to Host Family Feud for Eternity

December 31, 2016

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We’re on the precipice of 2017 and leaving 2016.

For several people, that change is met with an angrily muttering of “good riddance!”

For Steve Harvey in this latest mash-up/remix done by Vic Berger for Super Deluxe, the changing of the years doesn’t seem to matter as hosting Family Feud has taken on a more Sisyphean task.

December 29, 2016

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UCB’s got something up their sleeve with Gene Wilder & Fidel Castro’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (in Limbo). According to the description, you’ll be able to wander halls of limbo that includes:

A Facebook Echo Chamber
Westworld World
The Physical Manifestation of Reddit
A Limbo Karaoke Room featuring the music of the approx. 1,000 musical artists who died in 2016
Hillary Clinton’s Woods
The Set of a Multi-Cam Sitcom
Fake News Ground Zero

Taking place all night long at UCB Sunset tomorrow, Friday, December 30th, this probably means you’ll get to actually wander the halls of the building (instead of just sitting in the theater), perhaps Sleep No More style, and see UCB’s go to performers recreate what they think 2016′s version of limbo is.

Interested? Good. You can (and should) get tickets here.

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

Conan Shares Last Trump-Obama Call for 2016 That Has Pretty Spot on Ending

December 22, 2016

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Conan’s great recurring segment of “leaked calls” between President Obama and Trump got in its last round for this year.

As that’s the case, Team Coco made sure to make the ending for this edition a little extra special.

Watch it here.

Here’s a Live Version of Fiona Apple’s Trump-ed Version of The Christmas Song

December 19, 2016

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Earlier this month, renowned singer-songwriter Fiona Apple did her own version of the classic holiday tune, The Christmas Song, with a bit of a zeitgeist-y twist.

The satirical, Trump inspired version of the song that give a ‘darkest timeline’ vibe to the normally heartwarming song went viral, almost a forgone conclusion of a Fiona Apple anti-Trump holiday parody.

Apple has been performing the song live and in this recent performance gives a bit of extra bite to the changed lyrics.

We really have a feeling this song might get more play even beyond Christmas over the next few years.

Henry Phillips Has a New Henry’s Kitchen and a Henry’s Kitchen Cookbook

December 18, 2016

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Henry Phillips has two gifts for us all this holiday season.

First, he made a brand new holiday themed episode of Henry’s Kitchen where he tries making a ‘holiday fish stew’. Watch it and decide if that’s a road you want to go down instead of ham or turkey.

Second, he has just released a Henry’s Kitchen Cookbook, which is perfect for anyone who is looking for an “alternative” to traditional cooking.

This year, Henry has really outdone himself in attempting to cook for us all during these holidays.

Finally, a Crackling Fireplace Video Gets a Director’s Commentary (Narrated by Maria Bamford)

December 15, 2016

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The holiday season is in full swing and, amongst several holiday trappings, uncut video of a soothing, crackling fireplace becomes popular once again.

Yet, the story behind the making of such a video has never been told… until now.

Thanks to Andrew Michaan, Zed Cutsinger, and Maria Bamford, there is now a director’s commentary for that static single shot of a fireplace that reveals a personal darkness lurking underneath the making of the video that focuses on light and warmth.

Enjoy this holiday treat here.

Conan’s Leaked Obama Trump Calls Are One of the Most Fun Recurring Post-Election Bits Right Now

December 14, 2016

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Conan O’Brien and his staff walk such a great, fine line with these recurring leaked phone calls between Obama and Trump.

The bit, born after the election out of the fact that Obama and Trump do have real life conversations, are very silly and clever, a cornerstone of Conan, but it still sticks it to Trump.

Plenty of roaring fire is being held to feet of Trump and his cronies by John Oliver, Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers and they’ll continue to do so exquisitely over the next four years.

With that angle covered, Conan takes the approach he has always taken where he aims for the comedy, specifically the silly and absurd, before getting too political or partisan.

These recurring leaked phone calls accomplishes that and also steers clear of normalizing the situation of President Elect Trump as all of these faux conversations are about how irregular all of this is.

Also, take note how spot on the Obama impersonator is.

It’s a little bit of the best of both worlds in late night satirizing Trump.

Fiona Apple Made a Darkly Humorous, Trump-Inspired Version of The Christmas Song

December 6, 2016

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Fiona Apple Made a Darkly Humorous, Trump-Inspired Version of The Christmas Song

In case you needed another reason to love Fiona Apple, here you go.

While, Fiona Apple isn’t a comedian and doesn’t really engage in musical comedy, she still made what could be the subversive hit of this holiday season.

Her freshly recorded, satirical twist on the holiday classic “The Christmas Song” that floats underneath the impending pall of the Trump Administration is worth a good laugh in these twilight weeks before Inauguration Day on Jan. 20th. Listen to it here.

Here are the lyrics by the way, which are NSFW is you sing them aloud, but we have a feeling that won’t stop you at this point.

Trump’s nuts roasting on an open fire
as he keeps nipping at his foes.
you’ll cry creepy uncle
every time he arrives
for he keeps clawing at your clothes
everybody knows some money and entitlement
can help to make the season white
mothers of color with their kids out of sight
will find it hard to sleep at night.

They know that truuump is on his way.
he’s got black boys in hoodies locked up on his sleigh
and every working man is going to cry
when they learn that Letch don’t care how you live or if you die

Sooo I’m offering this simple phrase
to kids from 1 to 92
although it’s been said many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Donald Trump, f*ck you

December 6, 2016

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In our opinion, one of the best and craziest iterations of the late night talk show format is The Jesse Miller Talk Show.

Imagine some wild dreamer from Cincinnati who seems to be aspiring to be Kenny Powers, but also has a boundless amount of pop culture knowledge and ability to make wordplay hosting a talk show and you’ll get some idea of the fun chaos that is going on with Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland).

In addition to his crew of his one man shredding house band Darryl and his girl Tanya, guests for this round include Johnny Pemberton and Kate Berlant.

Please get your tickets for The Jesse Miller Talk Show this Friday, Dec. 9th at 10PM at The Hollywood Improv here.

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

Get a Look at Adult Swim’s Twisted Parody of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, “Mr. Neighbor’s House”

November 30, 2016

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If you’ve been missing Childrens Hospital, you’ve got something to look forward to this week.

Brian Huskey, Jason Mantzoukas, Rob Corddry, Nick Kroll, Jon Daly, Steve Agee, and Jesse Falcon all teamed up to make a live action kid’s show that takes Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and makes it go on a really bad drug trip of sorts. Many of them last worked together on the award winning Adult Swim dark comedy Childrens Hospital making this project one you might want to check out.

Here’s a promo for Mr. Neighbor’s House. It premieres on Friday, December 2nd at midnight and goes for a full half hour as opposed to 15 minutes.

Devastator Press’ Latest Books “Toys 4 Cheap” and “Dream It! Screw It!” Feature Fake Failed Disney Rides and Cheap Toys That Should Never Exist

November 28, 2016

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Indie humor publishing arm Devastator has their latest releases that really take a world of children’s wonder to the dark, grown-up side.

Toys 4 Cheap by Asterios Kokkinos and Jimmy Hasse reads like those Sunday pull out ads, but features a multitude of children’s toys that more belong in a more clever version of Spencer’s Gifts than at Toys “R” Us. See plenty of examples of above.

Geoffrey Golden’s Dream It! Screw It!: 30 Years of Rejected Disney Park Ideas from Dipp Disney takes on the failed ideas of a fictitious career of a forgotten Disney relative. The attractions include a “child feeding zoo” and other dystopian Disney rides that never made it past “imagineering” stage.

Both will make great gifts for you or the comedy fan in your life this holiday season.

Matthew Patrick Davis Presents a Song of Unity (Sort of) with “Come Together (We Elected a Bigot)”

November 23, 2016

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It’s important that comedy keep holding certain people (Trump) and their feet to the fire.

Matthew Patrick Davis’ amazing musicianship and clever wordplay (he made an entire unauthorized musical about the King of Kong documentary) get put to great satirical use at a time where satire is probably more important than it’s been in awhile.

Watch the music video for Come Together (We Elected a Bigot).

Aasif Mandvi’s Satirical Muslim Family Sitcom “Halal in the Family” Seems More Important Than Ever

November 17, 2016

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Aasif Mandvi’s Satirical Muslim Family Sitcom “Halal in the Family” Seems More Important Than Ever

This web series was released awhile ago and won a Peabody Award, but given how fighting Islamophobia is, for some reason (potential Muslim registry, anyone?), now more important than ever, Aasif Mandvi’s Halal in the Family is a nice satirical reminder that we have more in common with each other than we don’t.

Oh, also, it’s so darkly funny on top of all of its social commentary. Watch, enjoy, and share.

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