planking – The Comedy Bureau

Morning Debriefing 6/15/11

1) The Comedian/King of Comedy 2? [via Punchline Magazine]

3) Thai Rivera’s releasing his album TOMORROW at the Ontario Improv at 8PM. The pic below can get you in for free (drag and drop to a folder or your desktop, and print).

4) Forget about exclusionary, overpriced dance clubs, check out The Legacy Music Dance Party with Brent Weinbach and Rob F.

The Legacy Music Dance Party – watch more funny videos

5) If you insist on getting your comedy through the small screen, the 2nd premiere night of Jon Benjamin Has a Van is tonight on Comedy Central 10:30PM and TOMORROW, Kyle Kinane is on Conan 11PM TBS.

6) NEW EPISODE OF KID FARM!!!

Kid Farm Channel
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7) Interview with Emily Gordon, the Nerdist Theatre Director. [via DelusionsOfGrandeur]

8) When you’re on the local news and Jimmy Kimmel parodies you, you’re doing something right. The Walsh Brothers’ planking video has done exactly that.

Planking Los Angeles: MyFoxLA.com

9) Tips to Get More of Stand-Up Videos. [via Connected Comedy]

10) Puddin’-“Justine Bateman”

11) ON THE HORIZON
Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop @ Regent Theatre Fri. June 24th
Comedy Off The Record @ The Basement Lounge Sun. 26th 8PM $5
Everything is Festival @ Cinefamily June 30th-July 4th

12) COMEDY CRAWL
Smartest Man in the World w/Greg Proops @ Bar Lubitsch 7PM FREE
LA Indie Improv Tournament @ Room 101 8PM For Donation
Meltdown @ Meltdown Comics 8:30PM $8
The Ed Galvez Punk House @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM $8
Frolic! @ Far Bar 9PM FREE
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Cafe & Bar (at Dunes Inn) 9:30PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
The Mostly Normal Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5
The Anna Lee Lawson Comedy Hour @ Next Stage Theater 11PM $5

13) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guarantee
CAFE MUSE 6547 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 8PM
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel, past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available

14) Saw a guy recently tape the comic before him at an open mic and I warned him that he shouldn’t really be doing that to which he responded, “Oh, I just want to show what a good comedian is like and then me, a bad comedian.” Is that where we are at open mics now? Just being bad for instructional purposes?

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Morning Debriefing 6/10/11

1) The Walsh Brothers Planking video has taken off getting mentioned as buzzworthy at MTV, the International Business Times, Punchline Magazine, and Huffington Post. Oh, the power of the Internet and it’s need to be entertained with people laying down.

2) Conan on Lopez Tonight.

3) The hilarious Jamie Lee will be co-hosting the Critic’s Choice Awards for VH1.com on June 20th. Do not miss this.

4) Casting Director by Fahim Anwar and Aristotle Athiras

5) The Ploplist on Greg Proops’ Smartest Man in the World.

6) Can’t get enough Gentlemen Scumbags while they’re having scheduling difficulties? Why don’t you ask them some questions?

7) How to Give a 5 Word Acceptance Speech at the Webbys by Alex Blagg.

8) If you haven’t been reading Rob Delaney’s weekly column at Vice Magazine, you can catch up with all the sage advice on life and women’s parts here.

9) Puddin’-“Water Park”

10) Brendon Walsh and Kyle Kinane as Hobo Warriors on Web Soup.

Game Trailers – E3 2011

11) Just in case you didn’t catch it the other, other, day/time we posted it. James Adomian on Lopez Tonight.

12) ON THE HORIZON
Hand Shucked! @ Moving Arts Theater Sat. June 10th 8PM FREE
The Charlyne Yi Show @ UCB Theatre Sun. June 12th 9:30PM $5
Tony Clifton @ the Egyptian Mon. June 13th 8PM $8

13) COMEDY CRAWL
Risk! presents “The Horror” @ UCB Theatre 8PM $10
Say Something Funny Bitch @ Theatre Asylum 10:30PM
Jackie & Judy: Looking for Good Dick @ UCB Theatre 7PM $5
Michael Rayner @ Flappers Claremont 8PM $15/2 item min.
Re-Animator @ The Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30

14) OPEN MIC RUN
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/$3 min./mixed mic/booked show in middle around 8PM
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served

15) As Tracy Morgan’s booked Carnegie Hall because of his credits and now taking into his consideration his latest unfiltered spewing of hate-filled nonsense, I take it that it’s currently much harder to book Largo at the Coronet Theatre in LA.

16) Special Thanks to Maria Bamford and Jake Weisman for giving us a #follow on Twitter. Follow them @mariabamfoo and @weismanjake for their constant hilarity even though you probably already follow them.

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Morning Debriefing 6/7/11

1) American: The Bill Hicks Story is out on DVD today here in the States!!!

2) You can win a copy of American if you submit your favorite Bill Hicks quote at the Sataristas FB event page here.

3) Do Modern Comedy Roasts Need More Class? (Punchline Magazine Article by the Comedy Bureau)

4) The Walsh Brothers Go “Planking”

5) One of the funniest people we know here at the Comedy Bureau (an early recipient of the Tip of the Hat) Abbey Londer is actually using her Twitter account, so we highly suggest that you follow @abbeylonder so you can catch “Stop fucking smiling at me it’s just a latte you idiot. #firemealready”.

6) Sappity Tappity, the Drunken Roller Skating English Christmas Tree (Jon Daly) Tries to Explain Himself.

7) Theatre of Life w/Nick Rutherford and Beck Bennett. Essentially, it’s “extreme people watching”, well… as extreme as “people watching” can get.

8) Connected Comedy: What I’ve Learned in My First Three Months on Tumblr. Great Article AND we’re mentioned in it. Thanks Connected Comedy.

9) Bad Hostage Negotiator with Rob Corddry. Plenty of you have seen this, but, truly, we’d regret not posting here.

10) COMEDY CRAWL
Drinking Buddies Presents @ Hollywood Improv 8PM $14/2 item min.
Drunk On Stage: Pride Week! @ Akbar 8PM FREE
The LA Improv Comedy Fest: The Armando Show w/Drew Carey @ iO West 8:30PM $25
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
For a Few Geeks More @ Michael’s Bar & Grill 9PM FREE
Lower Crust Comedy @ Genghis Cohen 9PM $6

11) OPEN MIC RUN
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/6 min./first come, first served/no purchase necessary
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
WESTWOOD BREWCO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/$4 min.
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided

12) A comedian asked me last night, “Is comedy even cool?” To that I say, “YES!!!” and suggest you watch this.

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