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Please Get and Enjoy Rhea Butcher’s Latest Album “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg”
February 10, 2021
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Brand new stand-up that was recorded with a live audience (that’s pre-pandemic) is in short supply it would seem. It almost seems like an alternate universe whenever you do get to hear or see such a thing, especially if it’s a well-crafted, forward thinking.

Luckily, there’s such an hour that arrived last week from Rhea Butcher in Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg is their latest record and the latest release from the always stellar AST Records. Though it may take a second to adjust to hearing people clearly laugh while they’re gathered very close in an dark, enclosed place, it is a refreshing reminder of not only how truly wonderful it was to enjoy stand-up in the before times (and we’ll get back to enjoying stand-up like that at some point in the future), but how great Rhea as a stand-up deftly and joyfully dismantling our ideas of gender as a non-binary person. Butcher’s fills the album with carefully examined observations and polished stories that include facets of their non-binary identity intersecting with being a hillbilly and it is, simply put, a hoot.

With all of that in mind, go get or stream Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg here.

My new album “Pull Yourself Up By Your Bootleg” is out TODAY! You can stream it, buy it, or even get a cool pin! Out now on @aspecialthing! https://t.co/yNAbXpXjHu

— Rhea "RB" Butcher (@RheaButcher) February 5, 2021

Pick of the Day: Ground Game LA Winter Fundraiser 12/10
December 2, 2020
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The election is well past us now and Biden is going to be 46th POTUS, which means Trump won’t thankfully be President anymore. In LA, a lot of progressive measures/candidates got voted in. Yet, as you might very well know, there is plenty of more organizing, strategizing, mobilizing that has to be done to actually affect real change.

Ground Game LA has been a great mutual aid LA org that will be crucial going forward in instituting and sustaining said change. Thus, they’re putting on a virtual Winter Fundraiser that will not only include appearances by newly elected LA councilwoman Nithya Raman, but a stacked row of LA comedy favorites such as D’arcy Carden, Ira Madison, Quinta Brunson, Adam Conover, Mal Blum, Nicole Byer, and Rhea Butcher.

Some of the best comedy live-streams have been benefit fundraisers, especially when Nithya has been involved, and this Ground Game LA Winter Fundraiser should be no different. The live-stream is set for Dec. 10th at 7PM PT/10PM ET and donations will be accepted for access (you can even stream for free if you’d like).

Get more details and access here.

Upcoming Book “Notes from the Bathroom Line” Has One of Hell of a Line-up of Contributors
November 2, 2020
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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.

 

 

Pick of the Day: OHAYO! From Inside a Monster with Atsuko Okatsuka (Live-stream) 8/30
August 26, 2020
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We were so excited to see a TV version of Let’s Go Atsuko: A Woke Japanese Game Show with Atsuko Okatsuka, but it would seem that COVID-19 has put that on hold like it has pretty much everything on this planet.

Fret not as Atsuko has been plenty busy in quarantine. She has kept Let’s Go Atsuko going in a podcast/web cast format AND she has started a new variety show OHAYO! that will have a live-stream debut this weekend via Dynasty Typewriter. It would be just enough to have Okatsuka to helm the show and have a fine round-up of variety acts, but Atsuko has taken it a fun-loving step further by having broadcasting and hosting the show while in the belly of a furry monster. That is the sort of absurdist break from reality we need while we’re are actually stuck in our houses from plenty of real monsters of viruses, systemic oppression, climate change, etc.

This first OHAYO! this Sun. Aug. 30th at 6PM PT/9PM ET will have a damn good line-up of Yassir Lester, Frankie Quinones, Aparna Nancherla, Frankie Quiñones, Chelsea Peretti, and Ever Mainard.

Tickets are only $5 and you can (and very much should) get them here.
May 29, 2018
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Well, NYC’s renowned Las Culturistas podcast, hosted by Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang,  is finally coming to LA to do a round of their beloved I Don’t Think So, Honey! next month.

For the uninitiated, 50 comedians (you can see above that they’ve assembled many of LA’s best) will get to fiercely rant for one minute on anything in culture kicked off by the eponymous phrase “I don’t think so honey”. Arguably, it raises sh*t-talking to an art form. Do yourself a favor and listen to the live episodes that they’ve done in the NYC in the Las Culturistas archives.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. We highly recommend to go get them here ASAP.

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.

A Bunch of Seeso Series and Special Just Found a Home at Starz
April 16, 2018
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A Bunch of Seeso Series and Special Just Found a Home at Starz

Take My Wife, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, The UCB Show, Andy Richter’s Home for the Holidays, Sklar Brothers: Hipster Ghosts, Lachlan Patterson Live From Venice Beach, The Pistol Shrimps, Brian Posehn: Criminally Posehn and New York’s Funniest all just landed over at Starz and will be available on Starz’s own app and on-demand on May 1st.

Just in case you didn’t get around to watching anything on Seeso, there was a lot of innovative and fun stuff that was made and licensed over there. Hopefully, more people will come to realize that as they see Seeso shows and specials at other, more established networks and streaming platforms over the next year or so.

Sarah Silverman and Lizz Winstead to Host Star Studded Lady Parts Justice Telethon Fundraiser in February
January 11, 2018
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Lizz Winstead’s Lady Parts Justice will be livestreaming a telethon with performances and auctions from the stacked line-up that you see above. From that, they’ll raise funds for their efforts in fighting and raising awareness for pressing issues on several fronts important to LPJ. 

The Life is a LIVING NIGHTMARE: A Telethon to Fix It will be livestreamed on Thursday, February 1st at 6PM PST with Sarah Silverman and Lizz Winstead (you know that she’s co-creator of The Daily Show, right?) as co-hosts at LadyPartsJustice.com or on FB here.

Get more details here.
December 27, 2017
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Looking forward to next year, this comedy benefit show for Ivannhoe Elementary and Public Education is one of the most stacked line-ups in Jan. 2018. They’ve got comedy power couples Tom Segura & Christina P. and Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher as well as the fantastic comedic stylings of Rob Corddry, Kyle Kinane, and Moshe Kasher AND hosts The Sklar Brothers.

Whether it be $50, $100, or $250, it’s worth the money (especially as it’s for a good cause). Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
December 14, 2017
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Your favorite comedy show that’s played like a baseball game, On Deck, is back for their December edition at Nerdmelt! Join in to watch teams of some of LA’s best comics try to knock it out of the park with their best jokes with hosts Mike Mulloy, Jamel Johnson, & Courtney Karwal call the game.

Tickets are $10 and you can get them here OR you can enter to win FREE tickets here.

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

Pick Up Married Couple Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher’s Album “Back to Back”
December 11, 2017
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Sure, plenty of comedians talk about being married. There will always be plenty of material to mine from matrimony.

However, very few, if any, actually do stand-up together and release it as an album. Even if both spouses are indeed comedians, the majority of the time, they’d want an entire hour to themselves. 

Leave it to one of comedy’s most affable couples Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher to delve into pretty much uncharted territory. Together, they give a delightful look into their lives, between two people that happen to be wondrous, introspective stand-up comedians, as a happily married couple in 2017 via their album Back to Back. 

Much like their live show/podcast Put Your Hands Together, they start off the hour together, then do separate sets, highlighting their individual comedy stylings and their playful back-and-forth as a duo on stage. 

Don’t be surprised to see if this starts a trend of hours from married comedy couples.

You can get Back to Back now off of AST Records with buttons or shirts (or both) or off of iTunes.
November 25, 2017
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The comedy alone for this show is worth going, but there will be great music and it’s for a good cause. 

Get your tickets ASAP here.

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

The Hard Times Will Present Comedy at KROQ’s High & Low Fest
August 12, 2017
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Less than a month from now, KROQ will be taking over San Bernadino’s NOS Event Center for music and arts festival that will feature several fine servings of comedy courtesy of satirical punk news outlet The Hard Times.

As you can see in the flyer above, many of LA’s finest will head about an hour outside of town to offer up the comedy stylings while Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, Best Coast, and more play the music stages.

It’s $92.70 for GA pass and $278.10 for VIP

GA Ticket includes entrance to the festival grounds, access to all stages, food and drink areas, and vendors.

VIP Pass includes all the GA Ticket amenities + a VIP special hangout area with private bar, food and drink. VIP Passes will also enjoy an open Craft Beer Bar, a special viewing area for the main stage, private restrooms, a separate private festival entrance, and will receive a limited edition festival tee shirt. These tickets are extremely limited and available those 21 years of age or older. VIP wristband must be worn at all times.

Get more info and buy tickets here.

Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher Will Be Going on a National Tour in September/October
July 19, 2017
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Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher, who we’d hope you would know from their wonderful stand-up, Take My Wife, or their show/podcast Put Your Hands Together, are indeed going on tour across the U.S. as the seasons change from Summer to Autumn. 

Please go see them at any of the dates above. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 21st.
June 13, 2017
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Revered punk label Fat Wreck Chords is throwing a comedy show, their first one in fact, this Wednesday night. Appropriately called Fat Calm Eddie, the show will go down at The Lost Room in Echo Park (1538 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA) and really does feature some of the funniest people that LA has to offer. 

It doesn’t get much more Echo Park, and we mean that in the best way possible, than this. 

Get more details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more at www.thecomedybureau.com.
March 20, 2017
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The Best Friends Show is always pretty great. 

This line-up though is pretty special, even by their standards as best friends and real life married couples Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani and Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher are on the line-up for this Saturday.

Tickets are $5 online and $6 at door. You can (and should) get tickets in advance here.

Seeso Orders Second Season of Take My Wife
December 19, 2016
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Seeso Orders Second Season of Take My Wife

Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher and their charming TV show, Take My Wife, will have another season at NBC’s streaming service Seeso.

Add this to the list that you’re probably already making of what to look forward to in 2017.

Rhea Butcher’s Debut Album “Butcher” Out Now
August 19, 2016
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Kill Rock Stars continues their stellar catalog of comedy albums that includes Kurt Braunohler, Hari Kondabolu, Cameron Esposito, and starting today, Rhea Butcher.

Butcher’s first album, aptly titled Butcher, offers a great introduction to Rhea as the honest, yet very charming stand-up comedian. Specifically, Rhea gives a great glimpse into her cool life as a lesbian, vegetarian, a baseball enthusiast, and more, but she does so in a way where you’d never think of her just as a funny lesbian, vegetarian, or baseball comedian. You just think she’s a funny comedian that happens to identify with all those things. 

So, get Butcher here along with collectible t-shirts and hats off of Kill Rock Stars.

“Take My Wife” Is Now Streaming at Seeso Plus You Can Preview First Episode on YouTube
August 11, 2016
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Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher, a comedy couple that we’ve been big fans of ever since they moved here to LA, have their brand new scripted series debuting today.

Take My Wife is a really great snapshot (we saw and really enjoyed two episodes earlier this week) of their lives as comedians at different stages in their career, women and LGBTQ people in comedy, and a couple trying to figure out their life together that’s both very personal and charming (i.e. Cameron and Rhea’s wonderful brand of comedy). Also, know that Laura Kightlinger plays a weird neighbor and it’s icing on top of this cake.

The series is now streaming at Seeso, but you can a free preview of the whole first episode, courtesy of Seeso, on YouTube. 

Preview Rhea Butcher’s “Butcher” Coming Out This Month at Kill Rock Stars
August 5, 2016
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Preview Rhea Butcher’s “Butcher” Coming Out This Month at Kill Rock Stars

Rhea is the co-host of Put Your Hands Together, the co-creator/star of upcoming Seeso series Take My Wife, and has been a great transplant for the LA comedy scene from Chicago. 

Naturally, we’re excited about her first album coming out very soon as well as the above preview clip.

Specifically, Rhea Butcher’s debut comedy album Butcher will be coming on Friday, August 19th off of Kill Rock Stars, but you can pre-order it now and in on a sweet t-shirt and baseball cap.

New Orleans’ Hell Yes Fest 2016 Announces Headliners
July 29, 2016
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If you’re in, around, or near New Orleans, the Hell Yes Fest is an annual comedy happening that you shouldn’t miss.

For this year, Hell Yes Fest is running from Friday, October 7th-Sunday, October 16th and will have:

SARAH SILVERMAN
CAMERON ESPOSITO
FORTUNE FEIMSTER
HASAN MINHAJ
CARLY AQUILINO
RHEA BUTCHER
JAMIE LEE
ANNIE LEDERMAN
CLAYTON ENGLISH
MATT INGEBRETSON
NICK SWARDSON

Get more details and tickets here.

Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher’s Seeso Series “Take My Wife” Gets Its First Trailer
July 19, 2016
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Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher, a comedian couple that we’ve got enjoy for the last few years here in LA, now has their own semi-autobiographical series coming out following their lives inside and outside of comedy.

It’s cleverly called Take My Wife, starts streaming on Seeso on Thursday, August 11th, and we personally can’t wait for that date to come around the corner.

In the meantime, here’s the trailer for Take My Wife.

Do note plenty of great cameos from Paul F. Tompkins, James Adomian, Laura Kightlinger, Ron Funches, Jonah Ray, and more in aforementioned trailer.

Watch Rhea Butcher’s Set on Conan
July 1, 2016
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We’ve had the pleasure of enjoying Rhea Butcher come up over the last couple of years since she moved to LA. 

Thus, it’s lovely to see her get her very first set on Conan that aired last night. 

You can watch her performance here.

Feminism Finally Gets Explained in a Concise, Non-Exclusionary, Fun Way by Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher
November 24, 2015
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The latest episode of Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher’s web series She Said over at Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls gives us all a gift in explaining exactly what feminism is in a succinct and entertaining way.

For those who keep mistaking it for something that it’s something that isn’t about equality or those looking for a good way to summarize feminism in order to demystify people’s stereotypes, watch this video right here.

Seeso Continues to Parody Scientology, Secret Societies with Its Own Inside Seeso Web Series
November 19, 2015
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While Seeso is a highly anticipated comedy subscription service from NBC, it would also seem that it’s an ancient, very secret society for only the highest order of comedians.

Just watch Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Kulap Vilaysack, Cameron Esposito, Rhea Butcher, and Jonah Ray kinda sorta let us all know what’s up with this thing called Seeso.

Don’t forget that a Beta version will be free for us all on December to get us all hooked before we “join in”.

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