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Please Get Ron Babcock’s First Album, Just Released Today, “This Guy.”

March 30, 2017

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Polish, presence, craftsmanship, a great knack for when to really kick up his showmanship, and a keen sense of observation of the world and himself are what we’ve got to enjoy altogether in Ron Babcock for quite awhile here in LA.

It’s almost surprising that This Guy. is his first release as Ron has plenty under his belt with stand-up, but that just makes this album all the more satisfying. He put together an hour that flows together seamlessly and executed it with the precision of someone who is more likely on their third album.

So, you can get This Guy. on iTunes now as it was just released from Sure Thing Records today.

Also, we love all the fake covers that Ron made for his album that you can see at the bottom of his homepage.

Ron Babcock Has a Pretty Definitive Recipe and Way to Bake a Comedy Album

March 17, 2017

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How exactly to make comedy has always been up for debate for hundreds of years.

While the art form as a whole will change and defy any sort of formula applied to it, comedian and chef(?) Ron Babcock does have a convenient way to make– or rather bake a comedy album.

In fact, he even has a video to show you just how to do it just like he did for his upcoming album This Guy coming out at the end of the month from Sure Thing Records.

Talking to Plants Gets Thoroughly Tested by Ron Babcock

October 7, 2016

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Comedian Ron Babcock has a penchant for plants and, as such, really wanted to know if that claim that lovingly talking to your plants helps them grow and live longer.

So, he conducted a very “scientific” and thorough investigation to “unequivocally” see if you really should talk to your plants.

See the results here.

Ron Babcock Makes as Good of a Commercial for His 1999 Honda CRV as You Can in 2016

September 14, 2016

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In the used car game, Ron Babcock has just stepped up to a whole other level.

He has been keeping a 1999 Honda CRV running well past the turn of the millennium and wants to past the torch (with a price tag of course) to someone else.

Watch this ad he made, which looks more badass than all other car commercials in its class.

Ron Babcock’s Death Reel Really Shows Off His ‘Dying Range’

July 6, 2016

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When it comes to making in “the biz” as talent, you often have to have some sort of reel. For actors, it’s very common to have a reel for commercial, drama, comedy, characters, stunts, etc.

What’s probably not seen enough in these reels is the skill of portraying the act of death on screen.

Luckily, Ron Babcock made a “death reel” to ~~make fun of the inevitability of death and how uncomfortable we are in talking about it~~ start exploring this unexplored niche and get in on work that other actors are probably stupidly missing out on.

Watch it here.

Remember Devil Sticks? Ron Babcock Does Though Not Fondly

June 17, 2015

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Nostalgia from your youth is bigger than ever right now and with that in mind, you could you ever forget the spinning and tossing of Devil Sticks?

Well, Ron Babcock illustrates, in one of our favorite bits to watch, how Devil Sticks are less nostalgic for him and more like an ever present painful memory.

Watch it here as he does it live at The Super Serious Show.

Ron Babcock Across the Country on His Benz It Like Babcock Tour

September 11, 2014

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Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Washington D.C., Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, California and Texas you been put on notice to catch the hilarious Ron Babcock on his Benz It Like Babcock Tour starting next week and going through Dec. 12th.

Get specific dates here, but don’t not miss Ron if he’s anywhere near you soon.

Why Would You Eat That Challenge’s Michael Truly and Ron Babcock Are At It Again with “Why Would You Eat There?”

August 20, 2014

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Sure, there are plenty of purveyors of weird, amazing things in the culinary realm, but none of them are Michael Truly and Ron Babcock, the minds behind the hilariously demented Why Would You Eat That? Challenge.

They’re now back with a new web series called Why Would You Eat There? which has taken Truly and Babcock to The Heart Attack Grill, a place where if you don’t finish your thousands upon thousands of calories, you get spanked in front of everyone.

Why Would You Eat That? Challenge Has Dead Kevin Play the Worst Version of Spin the Bottle

November 11, 2013

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In the Why Would Eat That? Challenge style version of Spin The Bottle, there’s no kissing, just drinking naga chilli vodka, malort, etc. (i.e. some of the worst distilled spirits ever created)

Also, in this episode featuring awesome sketch group Dead Kevin, there were no chicks to make out with anyway, so just enjoy them ingesting bad decisions.

Ron Babcock and Michael Truly’s Why Would You Eat That Challenge Is Back in Full Effect

October 26, 2013

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Thanks to Ron Babcock and Michael Truly, one of our favorite web series to watch is the “Why Would You Eat That Challenge?” and we’re glad they’re back for a whole rounds of new episodes.

Check out the first one that taps into the classic formula of comedians cursing at eating an insanely hot chili pepper is comedy gold with Jordan Morris and Chris Fairbanks.

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 31, 2011

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ronbabcock:

GET WELL SOON

This is the worst “Get Well Soon” card I have ever seen. Here’s how it would go down in reality.

Gary the Coworker: Heard you weren’t feeling well, so we took up a huge collection for you.

Sick Worker: Oh wow, really? That was really nice of you. I haven’t been doing too good lately. This was really thoughtful.

Gary:  You now have the largest supply of staples, thumbtacks, sticky notes, printer paper, rubber bands, erasers, and papers clips in the entire office.

Silence.

Sick Worker: Serious?

Gary:  Yeah, funny huh?

Sick Worker: Your “huge” collection for me is just random office supplies.

Gary:  Uh, yeah. Haha.

Sick Worker: You realize I have lymphoma, right?

Gary:  What?

Sick Worker: Lymphoma. It’s a cancer that attacks the lymphatic cells in the immune system. It’s extremely painful and it turns out our health insurance doesn’t cover chemo.

Gary:  Oh.

Sick Worker: And your grand gesture was to raid the supply closet and give me staples and thumbtacks.

Gary:  And printer paper.

Sick Worker: First of all, you know I’m the one responsible for keeping track of office supplies, so fuck you. Second of all, these aren’t even new office supplies. Rubber bands mixed in with paper clips? Oh I can’t wait to spend my afternoons detangling all these while I sit here with lymphoma.

Gary:  We just thought it would be funny…

Sick Worker:  Oh yeah, fucking hilarious Gary. Remember when your car broke down and no one else would drive you home to the westside even though I live around the corner? And then I came back in the morning to pick you up?

Gary:  Yeah.

Sick Worker: And remember how I always end up paying for your coffee because at Brewster it’s cash only and you never seem to carry cash. Sooo fucking annoying by the way.

Gary: My wife doesn’t let me keep a debit card…

Sick Worker:  And how do you repay me?! You go around the entire office and ask everyone to part with their precious office supplies.

Gary: We weren’t trying to be mean.

Sick Worker: Oh what we’re you trying to be? Nice? You think it’s nice to give someone with cancer an eraser? What do you want me to be Gary? Gracious?! Ohhhhh thank for the precious thumbtacks and printer paper. I’m so glad you didn’t get me an iTunes gift card or something I could actually use, but these wonderful office supplies which is sooooo helpful considering how much office work I’ve been doing from bed. From my bed of cancer.

Gary:  Ok we get it, you don’t like jokes.

Sick Worker: Oh I like jokes Gary, but I also like jokes that have a little bit of tact. For instance, I’ve never made fun of your giant thumbs.

Gary: What?!

Gary looks down at his thumbs. They are very large. (Honestly, check them out above in the picture. They’re huge.)

Sick Worker: Everyone in the office makes fun of them, but I never have. Do you realize how hard it is to not make fun of them? Look at them! Who has thumbs like that? They look like they ate your other fingers.

Gary: Now you’re being a jerk. I have a condition.

Sick Worker:  Ohhh a condition, really? Well then here’s a box of shitty office supplies. Get well soon.

Gary turns and walks away. Remorse rushes over the face of the sick worker.

Sick Worker: Uhhh, Gary.

Gary slowly turns around.

Gary: What.

Coworker: I’m sorry… I forgot to say fuck you again. Fuck you.

The sick worker fires a rubber band hitting Gary squarely in the head.

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But Ron this is a humourous greeting card. Of course no one would do this in real life.

Exactly! The worst part about this card is that it’s just a card. You don’t even get any office supplies. Even if they were unorganized, phyiscal office supplies are better than imaginary office supplies. Instead of “Get Well Soon”, this card should just read:

“Hey you, you sick? Think of a shitty gift. Ok now pretend we gave it to you. Oh and fuck you. Love, your crappy coworkers.”

Comedian Ron Babcock taking unnecessary cards down a notch.

Morning Debriefing 2/21/11

February 21, 2011

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1) Kyle Kinane Interview by Ron Babcock in a nudie mag for women called Pool Boy. I’m just going to focus on the first six words of the previous sentence.

2) Would you look at that…? You can have a comedy special on Fuel TV. On Feb. 28th, Chris Fairbanks will air his special that he taped at M-Bar in November of last year, though just like every other channel that airs comedy specials, it’ll be on 1AM.

3) ON THE HORIZON: Shows you should be watching for because they might/should sell out
Welcome to Hollyweird Charity Event @ Hollywood Improv Wed. Feb. 23rd 8PM $15
The Sarah Silverman and Friends @ Largo Thurs. Feb. 24th 7:30PM $25
Conan Writers @ Hollywood Improv Thurs. Feb. 24th 8PM $14/2 item min.
Jeff Ross’ Roast in Peace @ The Comedy Store Fri. Feb. 25th 8:30PM $20
The Paul F. Tompkins 9th Anniversary Show @ Largo Sat. Mar. 19th 8:30PM $25

4) To go with Marc Maron coffee mugs, I just found WTF Roast Coffee.

5) Big Trouble in Little Tokyo is happening folks. Don’t worry. Glenn Wool and Jerrod Carmichael have got our backs on this one. Tomorrow. Señor Fish. 422 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA. Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM.

6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL-That’s the “nice price”
4 & 20 @ All Star Lanes 8PM FREE
What’s Up Tiger Lily? @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Melgard Mondays @ Melgard Public House 9PM FREE
Comedy Night @ Cherry Pit 9PM FREE
Keep It Clean Comedy @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE

7) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/one item min.
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PMish
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM. First 15 spots are 5 min. paired with 3 min. work-ins throughout the show.
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM-ish
HARLEM PLACE CAFE 124 W. 4th St. (in alley between Main and Spring St.)/Starts 8PM/e-mail speakeasyopenmic@gmail.com for spots
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 Cover/Free coffee & water.

8) Recently: I read this headline, “Washington: the blackest name in America”. I also had trouble thinking of something to post in this section today, so I’m just posting something without much of a purpose besides it being hilarious: Claire Titelman.

9) When you ask to be brought up on stage by having the host say, “Our next comic comes all the way from the city of ASSHOLE!” I begin to wonder wy you ever left.

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Morning Debriefing 12/9/10

1) For the sake of LA Comedy, I did 23 minutes at an open mic in Alhambra where I was only supposed to do 10, but was not given the light by anyone including the host, then checked out two shows of the 6 SIMULTANEOUSLY RUNNING shows at the Eagle Rock Comedy Festival, one of which was so rowdy that prompted the tweet, “@thecomedybureau Why can’t Lakers beat down the Clippers like their beating comedy right now?”. I could have ended the night there, but from Long Beach to Alhambra to Eagle Rock, I felt the need to go to the depths of the shadiest parts of Hollywood for one of the best shows in town to end the night properly, “The Jesse Miller Talk Show”. With Ron Babcock, April Richardson, Jason Nash (who brought a REAL homeless man on stage with him), Johnny Pemberton (check him out as the badass host of Megadrive tonight MTV 11PM), and the Jesse Miller Mogul Management crew (Andre Hyland as Jesse Miller, Anna Lee Lawson as Tanya Starlet, Paul Oyen as Daryl, and Matthew Cardapole as the for-hire Elf), the night was emphatically ended with a howl and “straight-up” huge laughs when, as depicted above, there was a contest to throw a real Christmas wreath in attempt to land it on top of Daryl’s head. This comedy sojourn was all for the sake of LA Comedy, which is why at one point in the night, I yelled, “I AM THE COMEDY BUREAU!”

2) Be part of LA Comedy history with the groundbreaking comedy spectacles on tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL with Day 4 of Comicthon @ Hollywood Laugh Factory HAPPENING RIGHT NOW (going for world record for longest running continuous live comedy show) one unwrapped toy, Eagle Rock Comedy Festival @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock & More 8PM FREE, The Comedy Speakeasy @ The TSR Lounge 8PM FREE (call 323-568-1616 to be part of live audience), Persona @ The Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5, The Josh and Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE, The Produce Section Show @ 761 Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 8:30PM FREE (say “produce section” to doorman to get in), and The Last Akaaba Presents @ The Seafood Shack (that isn’t the name of the show; it’s really their last show) 8:30PM FREE, Smug Shift @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5

3) OPEN MIC RUN: HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA/Starts 7PM, THE SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 7PM, CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guaranteed, SIPOLOGY 448 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/must work clean and no material on religion and politics, TKO SHOW @ 212 CAFE 212 Pier Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Starts 9PM, 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/multiple sets allowed.

4) As suggested above, you should never miss Andre Hyland’s Jesse Miller’s Talk Show and now the opportunity to do so is now available. STRAIGHT UP! The Jesse Miller “Straight Up” DVD is now available from Andre Hyland himself featuring over 20 different videos of Jesse Miller and his clients at Mogul Management including clips from their Comedy Central Pilot, Jesse walking around Cincinnati shouting that the Bengals are going to the Super Bowl with the tattoos to prove it, and other ‘Hard as Hell’ videos. Go to source for the “Straight Up” DVD here.

5) Comedic force of nature Mike O’Connell has made a book of his thoughts in poetry form available to the public TO WITNESS HIS MAD GENIUS!!! Please pick up ’Impractical Pocket Poesy’ here.

6) Rooftop Comedy National College Comedy Competition is BACK!!! Coming in spring, the competition will scour 32 different schools to find the best in comedy (categories include Stand Up and Films) all across the U.S. Also, submission is completely FREE! Check back at the Comedy Bureau for more details.

7) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” today to EDDIE PEPITONE: “@eddiepepitone Twitter is God’s way of saying fuck you to the novel.” Eddie is not only a prolific “tweeter”, but to see him live is to experience comedic brilliance like you’ve never seen before. You can actually have the privilege of doing so tonight at Persona @ The Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5 (mentioned above) and this Saturday Dec. 11th “Tomorrow w/Ron Lynch” @ Steve Allen Theater (4773 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Feliz) MIDNIGHT $8 or vote for him as the Best Tweeter for Punchline Magazine’s Punchlist 2010 via Facebook here. Oh yeah, don’t miss his website and, just in case I haven’t made it quite clear, FOLLOW EDDIE PEPITONE ON TWITTER right here.

8) From the “You Should Have Been There” Lagoon: Andy Kaufman “I Trusted You”

9) The Comedy Bureau Donation Box is still waiting for a 2nd donation.

10) “Be offensive. Say some racist shit. Be fucking offensive. Fuck it. If someone gets pissed, fuck it.”-Real person that I met two days ago

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Post Brunch Update 10/29/10

1) To all those pining for some decent stage time, the Sandwich Spot and TKO show open mics give you a nice run of trying out material/“build character”. Every Thursday, you can get two spots in one go. The Sandwich Spot @ 3101 Ocean Park, Santa Monica, CA, Sign up at 6:30PM, Starts at 7PM. TKO Show @ 212 Cafe, 212 Pier Ave., Venice, CA. Starts at 9PM and ends whenever no one else wants to go up because it’s a 24 hr cafe (Why LA hasn’t figured out to have more 24 hr venues?).

2) Ulitimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 10/31-11/6. Enough said. Thanks Wisepix.

3) Amongst the ranks of LA’s funniest, Ron Babcock and Lizzy Cooperman star in the short film “A Stand Up Guy” directed by Sarah Rose Bergman and written by Sarah Rose Bergman & Sara Mattison. Part of the New Filmmakers LA Screenings @ Sunset Gower Studios. $5. 6:15PM. 1438 N. Gower St., Hollywood, CA. If Ron Babcock and Lizzy Cooperman have anything to do with it, you will laugh guaranteed, repeatedly, over and over and over.

4) Comedy Crawl for 10/29/10. Go to watch “A Stand Up Guy” like I told you above, then Eli Braden Live @ Genghis Cohen 8PM/w Hampton Yount, then Stood Up Friday Night @ Moving Arts Theatre 10PM, then ProShoFoSho @ Our Secret Comedy Den w/Amy Dresner & Rick Shapiro 11PM.

5) If you more of a taste for one of the longest running open mics in the LA area and a show, meaning (especially for you comics) go up, then see some free comedy all in one place, try going down to iCandy in Long Beach for the Kerry Arnold Stevens Comedy Etc. Show. Sign ups @ 6:30PM. Starts @ 7PM. Show from 8:35PM to 10:35PM w/ Mark Fernandez, Gina Rodgers, and music from Judson & Mary. 1708 E. Broadway Ave. Long Beach, CA.

6) Señor Fish. Nov. 9th. A big bad new open mic will be in town. More details to come soon.

7) Though several months ago, this moment in comedy history happened.

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