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TCB Debriefing 7/7-7/20: Bob Newhart, Emmys Noms, Hulu Comedy Specials

1. R.I.P. Bob Newhart, 1929-2024. Never forget that Newhart had the first #1 Billboard charting comedy album with The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart. Honestly, can’t remember the last time that happened since then.

2. Noms for this year’s Primetime Emmys were announced this week, which saw Ryan Gosling get nominated for breaking a bunch of times on SNL and The Bear getting a record number of nominations as a comedy with almost no comedy in it (don’t get it twisted– it’s a brilliant, astounding, paradigm shifting sort of show). Thank goodness What We Do in the Shadows got nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. Their honors are long overdue.

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES NOMINEES:
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
Palm Royale
Reservation Dogs
What We Do in the Shadows

Full list of Emmy noms here.

3. Hulu, alongside Amazon, is gunning for Netflix’s big comedy fish, which, this week, includes Bill Burr and Roy Wood Jr. At one time, getting an HBO special was the gold standard for comedians, then it shifted to a Netflix special. The time for some new standard might be nigh.

4. Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson (who we hope you would have seen in Under the Skin) take a different approach to facing off in A Different Man, the latest dark comedy from A24 and director Aaron Schimberg. This very well could be a hallmark episode of The Twilight Zone, but with what seems like a hilariously satirical twist. Please enjoy the trailer for A Different Man here, then look for it in limited release this Fall.

5. Inside Out 2, at $1.37 billion in global box office, is now the second highest grossing animated film of all time (Collider) only to The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Don’t be surprised if it gets #1 and if Disney Pixar has to figure out how to do sequels that cover Riley’s college and early twenties.

6. Oof, what a time for Tenacious D to cancel a tour and put all creative endeavors on hold because Kyle Gass said “Don’t miss next time,” referring to the recent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, during a concert. It almost seems like they will actually have to legitimately come up with the greatest song in the world to fix this mess.

7. Rachel Bloom‘s high concept comedy special, “Death, Let Me Do My Special” is going to find it’s way to Netflix (Variety). It’s kind of criminal that Bloom has gone this long without top billing after Crazy Ex-Girlfriend went off the air.

8. Star Wars, one of the most popular franchises of all time, went anime and now it’s Rick and Morty, one of the most popular animated franchises in the 21st century. Thursdays at midnight, starting on Aug. 15th, Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith will be a bit more stylistically animated and probably even zanier with this anime bent to the series from Takashi Sano. Adult Swim will be airing both English and Japanese language versions. Take a gander at the trailer here.

9. Futurama just keeps Futurama-ing (perfectly skewering the present time thousands of years in the future) and we like it that way. Peep the trailer for season 12 here, due out July 29th on Hulu.

10. The one and only Margaret Cho has just been bestowed the Vanguard Artist-in-Residence at Joe’s Pub that will allow her to handpick and personally curate a fair chunk of programming at one of NYC and NYC comedy’s most cherished stages (THR). Maybe this’ll lead to Cho opening up her own venue at some point?

11. There’s quite a bit major reshuffling in LA comedy theaters over the last couple of weeks. The Ledge Theatre in LA is coming to a close at the end of this month with The Pack Theater relocating from The Broadwater in Hollywood to their current space in Los Feliz. There’s a lot of dust to be pardoned here, but make sure to go support the Ledge while you still can and patronize the Pack when it gets up and running just a few doors down from The Clubhouse.

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12. Variety announced it’s first Comics to Watch line-up that would have to forego a victory lap at JFL Montreal. Hats off to this year’s picks Asif Ali, Ralph Barbosa, Jackie Fabulous, Rachel Feinstein, Tina Friml, Troy Iwata, Preacher Lawson, Leslie Liao, Nathan Macintosh, and Saul Trujillo, all comics that you have probably seen on TV more than a few times already or come up endlessly in one of your social media feeds.

13. Those missing Darcy C’Arden and Will Forte on the reg, fret not, as they will be the stars of a dramedy following a tanning business gone out-of-control called Sunny Nights (Deadline). One tiny detail is that it’ll be streaming on Aussie streamer, Stan, so, umm, you’re going to have to find a way to get access to that.

14. Jennifer Lawrence is staying in the comedy lane with Why Don’t You Love Me? (Indiewire). It’ll be from A24, so, as a comedy, you can count on reality probably being bent in some way shape or form (and we’re here for it).

15. Upcoming Tubi comedy series, Z-Suite (has nothing to do with zombies unfortunately), possibly sounds like a PG-rated update of The Lord of the Flies (Deadline) with Gen-Z’ers suddenly in charge at a NYC ad agency.

16. We’ll leave you with this: Mr. Show might play differently with Jay Johnston with being a Jan. 6th insurrectionist.

TCB Debriefing 7/25/23: Comedy Store Paid Regulars, Strange Planet, Rachel Bloom, Poor Things, Craig Ferguson, Sam Bee

July 25, 2023

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1. The Comedy Store just celebrated Names Night, christening their latest round of Paid Regulars. That includes Dulce Sloan, Luke Schwartz, Hormoz Rashidi, Saul Trujillo, Matt Lockwood, Dave Waite, King Congdon, Sara Weinshenk, Bruce Gray, Shapel Lacey, Laura Peek, Amy Miller, and Quincy Weekley.

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2. Strange Planet, the webcomic sensation turned best selling book is now going to be the latest reason that you’ll have to go in on if you don’t already have it. See for yourself with the first official trailer here with what might be the best comic adaptation we’ve seen in quite some time (yes, that does mean shots fired at MCU and DCEU).

3. Rachel Bloom set the TV world ablaze with the beautifully genre-bending, hilarious Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and is set to do the same with her one-woman musical comedy, Death, Let Me Do My Show at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Off Broadway (Deadline). Bloom’s time on Broadway or on Off-Broadway is far past due. Previews begin Sept. 6th, so you best watch for tickets on her socials very soon.

4. Poor Things, the latest work from one of the great comedy auteurs of our time, Yorgos Lanthimos, will be an early holiday gift as the release date just got pushed back to Dec. 8th (Collider).

5. A mockumentary feature about producers not getting their act together gets a SAG-AFTRA waiver to move forward with production (Deadline). Can’t imagine this being done without addressing the strike and AMPTP.

6. A brand new podcast for iHeart simply called, Joy, marks the official entry of once late night talk show mainstay Craig Ferguson into the podcast realm (even though he did a SiriusXM radio show that you could listen to like a podcast online). Just a polite reminder here that some of the best interviews and monologues in late night came from Ferguson and CBS barely put any of it on YouTube.

7. Though Full Frontal has been gone from TBS for some time now, Samantha Bee is still front and center with her current live show Your Favorite Woman: The Joys of Sex Education. If you’re just hearing about it for the first time, fret not, as she has just extended her tour by adding 17 more dates in North America (Deadline).

8. Speaking of late night, it’s undeniable that there’s a bit of a void without topical jokes being delivered in some fashion on a nightly basis by someone who isn’t Greg Gutfeld.

Pick of the Day: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Sing-a-Long (in LA) 7/6

June 23, 2022

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It has been almost three years since Rachel Bloom said good by to her groundbreaking musical comedy series, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Of course, those three years seem like eons ago, but, all the same, we’re thrilled to hear that Rachel will be putting on very special Crazy Ex-Girlfriend sing-a-long evening come next month.

A “few very special guests” will be joining Rachel at Julian Velard’s new DTLA piano bar, The Stowaway, to sing many of your beloved bangers from the show (and, of course, encourage you to sing right along with them).

This Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Sing-a-Long will happen on Wed. Jul. 6th at 8:15PM PT. Tickets are $19.06 and we highly suggest you snag them before they very likely sell out here.

Pick of the Day: Rachel Bloom Is Rusty @ Dynasty Typewriter

June 1, 2021

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First off, we’re thankful that Dynasty Typewriter, one of our absolute favorite venues in LA (a place that we, if we were to add up all the time that we’ve spent there would equal several weeks) has survived all the way to now as we get towards the other end of the pandemic.

Indeed, they have begun doing indoor shows for fully vaccinated audiences only that are distanced from each other. Also, they have started to fill their calendar with same sort of stellar talent that used to grace their gorgeous walls and stage in years past.

For starters, the musical comedy brilliance of Rachel Bloom will be doing three shows entitled “Rachel Bloom Is Rusty” on July 16th & 23rd and Aug. 20th, live at Dynasty Typewriter. It promises “music + comedy” and even though the title utilizes the word “rusty”, we have no doubt the excitement of both Rachel and everyone in attendance ought to be electric.

Tickets for each show are $30 and you can (and should) get them at DynastyTypewriter.com.

Upcoming Book “Notes from the Bathroom Line” Has One of Hell of a Line-up of Contributors

If you’re looking for something way in the future to look forward as a way to potentially have something to get you through the end of the year all the way into 2021 when maybe, possibly, hopefully there will be a vaccine that we all can get for COVID-19, there will be a magnificent collection of essays, poetry, toons, short stories, art, and so much more for well over 100 of the best women in comedy (from all corners including stand-up, writing, sketch, acting, podcasting, musical comedy, and more) in Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy.

Amy Solomon (producer on Silicon Valley, Barry) curated the incredibly impressive literary gathering for this book and we really can’t wait for Mar. 16th, 2021 when Notes from the Bathroom Line is set for release.

Thus far, slated to contribute are:

Lolly Adefope, Maria Bamford, Aisling Bea, Lake Bell, Rachel Bloom, Rhea Butcher, Nicole Byer, D’Arcy Carden, Aya Cash, Karen Chee, Margaret Cho, Mary H.K. Choi, Amanda Crew, Rachel Dratch, Beanie Feldstein, Jo Firestone, Briga Heelan, Samantha Irby, Emily V. Gordon, Patti Harrison, Mary Holland, Jen Kirkman, Lauren Lapkus, Riki Lindhome, Kate Micucci, Natalie Morales, Aparna Nancherla, Yvonne Orji, Lennon Parham, Chelsea Peretti, Alexandra Petri, Natasha Rothwell, Amber Ruffin, Andrea Savage, Kristen Schaal, Megan Stalter, Beth Stelling, Cecily Strong, Sunita Mani, Geraldine Viswanathan, Michaela Watkins, Mo Welch, and Sasheer Zamata.

More contributors will be added down the line for a book that’s so much more promising than a lot of what 2020 has given us.

By the way, you can pre-order Notes from the Bathroom Line here.

Rachel Bloom Set to Write Comedy About Real Life NSYNC Superfan Best Friends

October 30, 2020

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The fantastic Rachel Bloom is definitely making the most of her quarantine. She was routinely doing kind of whatever she wanted at Largo every month or so before the pandemic took hold in the States and we were really looking forward to what that might evolve into. Now, we’re just as jazzed that she has a book that’s coming out next month, I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are, and, as of yesterday, a gig to write a script inspired by NSYNC’s Lance Bass about NSYNC superfans.

It’ll actually be based on two real life best friends following NSYNC on their final world tour. As you hopefully know, Bloom prowess for meshing truthful comedy and music is almost unparalleled (just watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and all her sketches/music videos) and she is the perfect person to write this movie that dissects nostalgia of one of pop music’s biggest boy bands.

At this point, there’s no word on cast, but we’d absolutely dig seeing Bloom on the big screen if that’s in the card for this project.

Enjoy a Bit of Rachel Bloom Doing a Panel Discussion with Her Childhood Bully

October 29, 2020

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Of the many intriguing things going on Vulture Festival right now, one of the most intriguing things they slated for their virtual edition was a one-on-one discussion between the brilliant Rachel Bloom and her childhood bully. Bloom has always been one for being ultra-vulnerable in so many of her sketches, songs, or the multiple seasons of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, even if they’re breaking jovially into song.

So, Bloom got as vulnerable as can be for this live-stream convo with her bully (and now friend) Zach Hillman and it’s a doozy. Just get a taste of it with the start of their chat from Vulture Festival here.

Vulture Festival’s Virtual 2020 Edition “In The Nest” Announces Line-Up

October 6, 2020

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The annual Vulture Festival is probably one of the best collections of panels, screenings, and other strange, but splendid events with cast/creators/icons/etc. (several of whom are comedy folks) who are deep in the cultural zeitgeist (i.e. an AIM chat with PEN15 stars and co-creators Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle that they did last year).

So, ever the inventive festival, Vulture is going virtual with Vulture Festival: In The Nest for this year and they will feature yet another very impressive stack of live-streamed events including:

Rachel Bloom in conversation with her fifth-grade bully
Vulture Honorary Degree: Whoopi Goldberg
The Winkler Method: A Henry Winkler Acting Class
State of the Union with Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister
Screening of HBO’s new series How To with John Wilson
A Night with The New Girl Boys

This time, we’re all blessed with not having to find parking in or around The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood Blvd. and rushing in and around from room to room so you won’t miss too much of any one of these events.

Vulture Festival: In The Nest is set for Mon. Oct. 26th-Fri. Oct. 30th and passes are on sale now starting at $30. Go snag ’em here.

Rachel Bloom Is Coming Out with a Book “I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are”, This Fall

August 21, 2020

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One of the main reasons for Rachel Bloom‘s comedic brilliance is her knack for being so incredibly vulnerable about her own mental health including her OCD and depression and working it into very fun, elaborate musical numbers and sketches, especially when it came to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend or her OCD Dance.

That spirit is going into her upcoming book, I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are, that’s due out later this year, in November that will represent a whole myriad of cross sections Bloom’s comedic psyche. Supposedly, Rachel is making an entire amusement park map, just for this book that will also feature plenty of personal essays and other works.

For our money, we’ll look forward to thiis book to keep us a little sane while the election approaches.

You can, if you’d like, to pre-order I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are right now, right here.

“Super Serious” Offers an Oral History of LA Indie Stand-Up Scene in a Gorgeous Coffee Table Book

It’s unclear as to exactly what was going on in 2010 in LA comedy, but it was the starting point of almost everything that makes it special now (well, right before COVID-19 struck anyway). The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail started around then, WTF with Marc Maron was picking up steam and kickstarted LA’s comedy podcast explosion, and even we had our humble beginnings around then. Also, so many indie comedy shows popped in and around LA giving the LA comedy scene the sort of connective tissue that it was missing years prior.

One such show is The Super Serious Show and, as they’ve kept their high flying variety show going for a decade between a handful of unique, wondrous venues around LA, they’ve seen the ebbs and flows, the new, the old, the highs, the shifts, the rumblings, the lows, and everything in between that has been going in the venerable indie LA comedy scene, especially when it comes to stand-up. Thus, Super Serious Show co-creator and portrait photographer Mandee Johnson assembled a lovely and exhaustive oral history of the comedy scene here in LA, accented by her signature polaroid portraiture of the hundreds and hundreds of performers that have stepped on The Super Serious Show stage. Contributors to this special oral history entitled Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy include Hasan Minhaj, Rory Scovel, Anthony Jeselnik, Karen Kilgariff, Baron Vaughn, Dave Anthony, Andy Kindler, Natalie Palamides, Kristen Schaal, Ron Funches, Reggie Watts, Rachel Bloom, Dana Gould, Eddie Pepitone, Cameron Esposito and dozens more.

If you’re as obsessive about comedy as we are, it’s definitely a must have for your coffee table (or whatever table you have). Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy is available for pre-order now and will be released on Aug. 18th from Andrews McMeel Publishing. Given how there are plenty of shipping delays for non-essential items these days in the U.S., best to put your order in now. Get more details and get your copy here.

Fun news alert: We have a BOOK!

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Gayme Show Trailer Give You Your First Look at One Hell of a Game Show That’s Coming to Quibi

March 30, 2020

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Exquisite hosting duo Matt Rogers and Dave Mizzoni have spent years fine tuning their amazing game show extravaganza, Gayme Show. Essentially, two straight male comedians compete in challenges that test the depth of their LGBTQ knowledge to be crowned Gay as F*ck. Of the comedic game shows that we’ve seen up close, this is one of the best, most entertaining, dazzling ones we’ve ever seen.

So, not only is Gayme Show deserving to be made into a TV show, which it will be on Quibi, but it is undoubtedly one of the shows we’re most looking forward to on the mobile streaming service that’s finally arriving next month.

For this version, you ought to know that guests and judges for Gayme Show include Ilana Glazer, Rachel Bloom, Darcy Carden, Jon Gabrus, John Gemberling, Joel Kim Booster.

See and enjoy just a taste of all of this with Gayme Show’s trailer here.

Pop TV Orders “Mother Mary” Pilot Starring Betsy Sodaro as a Modern Day ‘Mother Mary’

January 14, 2020

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Pop TV Orders “Mother Mary” Pilot Starring Betsy Sodaro as a Modern Day ‘Mother Mary’

More props should be given to Pop TV for taking a chance on Schitt’s Creek and, as such, more credence should be paid to whatever is on their slate going forward.

For our money, a sitcom that stars the purely funny Betsy Sodaro (the mere sound of her voice and cadence has us giggling) as a millennial bestowed with “the Immaculate Conception” in a project developed by a stacked team of Sodaro, Rachel Bloom, Dan Gregor, and Casey Feigh could land anywhere and we’d be pretty excited for it.

So, Mother Mary with Sodaro landing a pilot order at Pop TV is pretty damn intriguing to us. Perhaps, it’s the next thing that Pop TV will focus on after Schitt’s Creek closes out as a series later this year.

“Laughing Matters: The Funny Business of Being Sad” Doc Short Follows Many of Your Favorite Comedy Folks and Their Journey in Dealing with Depression

October 10, 2019

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This very riveting documentary short Laughing Matters: The Funny Business of Being Sad from SoulPancake, Funny or Die, director Mike Bernstein, and producer/editor Georgia Koch shows how depression has woven its way through the lives of many of your favorite comedic writers, actors, and stand-ups and how they’ve managed to cope.

Included in the doc are harrowing stories of such celebrated funny people Chris Gethard, Sarah Silverman, Rachel Bloom, Baron Vaughn, Neal Brennan, Aparna Nancherla, Rainn Wilson, Sara Benincasa, Riki Lindhome, Wayne Brady, and Anna Akana.

It is indeed #WorldMentalHealthDay and it’s especially worth watching today, but how Laughing Matters effectively navigates the thread of everyone journey with depression, anxiety, and more in this doc is pretty amazing and worth a watch at any time. It’s yet another reminder of how prolific issues with mental health are and why it’s important to take care of it and to know that you’re not alone in how you feel (even though it might feel that way)

You can (and should) watch it here.

Please Enjoy “I’m So Happy 4 U” from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 4 (That Will Also Likely Become an Anthem About Deflecting Your Anxiety)

August 8, 2019

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One of the many great things Crazy Ex-Girlfriend was able to do over its four season run was to have a dialogue about mental health via musical numbers without seeming overwrought or preachy.

Even though “I’m So Happy 4 U” ultimately got cut from airing in season 4, it nails a very specific moment that so many of us have throughout our daily lives, but probably don’t talk about because we really wouldn’t want to bother anyone with how we feel, right?

Please enjoy Rachel Bloom, once more as Rebecca Bunch, “being completely fine” in I’m So Happy 4 U.

Oh yeah, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s Season 4′s soundtrack is up for sale now too!

August 2, 2019

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As the title of show suggests, Rachel Bloom and co. will get to emotionally travel back in time to revive their fondest memories of doing theater in their younger days as well as take a mulligan on some not-so-fond moments.

Altogether, it should be a night of remembering that will be, in of itself, a night to remember as Bloom will be at the helm for Theater Kid Redemption Night.

Tickets for Theater Kid Redemption Night are on sale for $37 ($30 + $7 srv. charge). Go get ‘em here.

July 1, 2019

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When the mind and, subsequently, the comedy of Rachel Bloom are such a fascinating thing, especially when they get to roam free. Things like the award winning Crazy Ex-Girlfriend or the OCDance! get to happen.

Hi, I’m Rachel Bloom and This Is My Show coming up this month at Largo is your chance to see Rachel unfettered as the show description even says, “Join Rachel Bloom for 60-90 minutes of whatever she wants to do!” We have no doubt that it’ll be something special.

Tickets are $35 and you best get them before they sell out here.

Rachel Bloom to Host This Year’s Obie Awards

April 3, 2019

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Rachel Bloom to Host This Year’s Obie Awards

Post Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, we can definitely see Rachel Bloom being the perfect person to host those big, high stakes awards shows.

It’s this celebration of Off-Broadway productions at The Obie Awards for now, but we’d like to see her host the Tonys, Golden Globes, Emmys, etc. (maybe even the Oscars if they decide to have a host again) as her skill set is exactly what’s needed at a big time awards show (comedic chops, singing, dancing, making fun of the entertainment biz). Don’t be entirely surprised if she becomes a go-to awards host in the not so distant future.

For now, The Obie Awards are set for May 20th in NYC and, hopefully, we can find clips of it shortly thereafter.

July 6, 2018

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Undoubtedly, Kathryn Burns is often the intersection of dance and comedy as she has won an Emmy for her work as the choreographer on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (in addition to creating dance numbers for the likes of Key & Peele, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, and more).

So, to mark her reaching working on a 100 episodes of TV, Kat is putting on a comedy dance extravaganza at UCB Sunset that you need to attend.

Oh yeah, we should mention that Rachel Bloom, Garfunkel & Oates, and Matthew Patrick Davis will be there.

Tickets are $5 and are going fast. Buy them quick here.

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

May 27, 2018

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Help refugees resettle via supporting Miry’s List and get a chance to see Rachel Bloom and Milana Vayntrub lead off a stacked comedy show at the lovely Largo at the Coronet Theatre.

Tickets are going for $35 ($80 for artist meet and greet) and you should go get them here.

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

Most Likely To Murder, a Raunchy Modern Screwball Comedy Thriller, Out Now on Digital Platforms, VOD, and DVD

May 2, 2018

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Though you may have not known that you’d want some sort of cross between Rear Window and an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (with a sprinkling of Young Adult on top), it’s what indie comedy Most Likely To Murder so deliciously serves up for you to enjoy.

It’s a unique murder mystery as it’s so laugh-out-loud funny throughout, but also so engrossing to follow and enjoy Adam Pally as a very, very amateur sleuth and getting his comeuppance at almost every turn. A great supporting cast in Rachel Bloom, Doug Mand (Most Likely to Murder’s co-writer), and Vincent Kartheiser play off of Pally’s disgraced former HS king come home so well from so many different angles. Also, props to co-writer/director Dan Gregor for oh so slightly toeing the line between having a plethora of physical comedy set pieces and just enough thriller elements to keep the audiences on its toes.

You can now get Most Likely to Murder digitally, on demand, or on DVD, which we highly recommend, here.

“Just turned on my wifi on our flight to Chicago and found out that #CrazyExGirlfriend has been renewed for a final season.

April 2, 2018

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“Just turned on my wifi on our flight to Chicago and found out that #CrazyExGirlfriend has been renewed for a final season.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has always been a show that does everything, from top to bottom, on its terms, especially being a dark musical rom com done from a feminist perspective and getting acclaim from the get go and subsequently winning awards.

Something tells us that Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, and company are going to keep doing just that as they will bring Rebecca Bunch’s story to a close.

Watch Trailer for Noir-ish Comedy “Most Likely to Murder” Starring Adam Pally, Rachel Bloom, and Vincent Kartheiser

March 9, 2018

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If you wonder how Adam Pally might handle a situation like the one in Hitchcock’s classic Rear Window, look no further than Most Likely to Murder.

Pally unintentionally stumbling into a mystery along with Rachel Bloom and Vincent Kartheiser as seen in this trailer looks pretty fun. Dan Gregor who directed and co-wrote with Doug Mand have got some pretty clever bits of physical comedy in here.

If you’re into it, look for Most Likely to Murder to be released digitally on May 1st.

Lionsgate’s Studio L Will Release Noir Comedy “Most Likely to Murder” with Adam Pally, Rachel Bloom, and Vincent Kartheiser

February 26, 2018

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Lionsgate’s Studio L Will Release Noir Comedy “Most Likely to Murder” with Adam Pally, Rachel Bloom, and Vincent Kartheiser

Dan Gregor and Doug Mand wrote and produced what ought to be a great start under Lionsgate’s new production arm Studio L.

On May 1st, this noir-style comedy with Bloom, Pally, and Kartheiser that is targeted at millennials, will roll out digitally.

All of this, including the cast, genre, release strategy, has our curiosity peaked very high and we’ll definitely be keeping a close eye out for a trailer.

February 20, 2018

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Not only should you buy a ticket to this show to raise money in the fight to end gun violence here in America, but the line-up, as you can see, is star-studded and the show will probably sell out very quickly.

Get tickets here.

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

Rachel Bloom Is Going on a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Tour

February 14, 2018

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Seeing Rachel Bloom live is reason enough to get tickets to go see her at a city near you, but an entire live production of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend making 8 stops around the U.S. should give you all the reasons you need to catch one of these shows.

By the way, tickets just went on sale today. Get them here.

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