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TCB Debriefing 10/26/23: Lisa Frankenstein, Hasan Minhaj, Shane Torres, Manos Day, Grace Kuhlenschmidt

October 26, 2023

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1. A week before Halloween is just about the perfect time for a trailer for a new Diablo Cody movie, Lisa Frankenstein. Predictions: This will be a break out role for Kathryn Newton (please don’t come at us with Detective Pokemon and Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) and will be an inevitable fascinating contrast to the other Frankenstein-riff movie coming out soon, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. Have your curiosity more than peaked with Lisa Frankenstein’s first trailer here, then plan your Valentine’s Day around its release.

2. Hasan Minhaj goes Patriot Act-ish in response to the now infamous New Yorker interview where his act was reported to be embellished rather than 100% true. One has to wonder if, from now on, if there will be a literal switching of hats by comedians who do take on other roles in addition to their figurative one.

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3. Shane Torres had the final word on being a Guy Fieri apologist and he very well might have the final word on the proliferation of eating ass. Please enjoy it during his Don’t Tell set.

4. There are so many unnecessary holidays (we tag our daily posts on IG with them), so why not have a day dedicated to celebrating what is long regarded as one of the worst movies (making one of MST3K’s most celebrated and enduring episodes) of all time Manos: The Hands of Fate? Thanks to Dumb Industries, that will be canonized on the 57th anniversary of the legendarily bad piece of cinema on Nov. 15th (which they will be doing something very special for). Sign-up at Dumb Industries to get more details.

5. Welcome, Grace Kuhlenschmidt to The Daily Show (ahem, Comedy Central still hasn’t picked a new host though).

6. We’ll leave you with this: Even if you think of comedians as philosopher kings, the last line of free speech and expression, remember that they are, first and foremost comedians before those all those other titles (i.e. they’re always/should be going for the joke first).

Pick of the Day: Shane Torres Live Special Taping (in NYC) 3/18

March 9, 2023

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Shane Torres is and has been one of the funniest comics working out of NYC. Just watch him do an entire late night set on (and consequently have the definitive bit about) Guy Fieri.

With that in mind on top of the fantastic album Established 1981, it’s a bit wild that Shane hasn’t done an hour special yet. Thanks to the shirtless wonder that is Bert Kreischer, Shane is going to change that and tape his very first hour next week.

Specifically, Shane is doing two tapings, 7PM & 10PM on Sat. Mar. 18th, at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn with tickets going for $25.14 a pop. You can (and very much should) get them here and here respectively.

Pick of the Day: ¡Jajaja! (in NYC) 10/5

September 15, 2022

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Just in case you happen to not know, Hispanic Heritage Month just started today and runs through all the way to Oct. 15th (a two-for-one celebratory month, in a way).

As such, there will be plenty of happenings and events throughout the U.S. that are certainly worth your attention and money to go to, especially when it comes to comedy. On Wed. Oct. 5th at 8PM at Brooklyn’s Bell House, there will be a special evening dedicated to Brooklyn org Mixteca that serves Latinx immigrants in attaining a quality, sustainable life in the city. Called ¡Jajaja!, NYC’s finest including Matteo Lane, Carmen Lynch, Shane Torres, Martin Urbano, and Rojo Perez will bring an especially great night of comedy for a great, vital cause (especially since TX Gov. Abbott keeps sending immigrants from the border to NYC like they’re chess pieces).

Tickets are going for $25 right now and you really ought to get them here.

High Plains Comedy Festival 2022 Announces Line-Up

August 8, 2022

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Despite everything comedy has gone through, Denver’s High Plains Comedy Festival, one of the USA’s (and, dare way say, the world’s) best comedy festivals has come out the other side in tact and ready to take up its mantle once more. Spanning the weekend of Sept. 8th, Denver, CO will be the place to be for live comedy in North America with three days/nights of stand-up, podcasts, and much more all throughout Denver.

In fact, High Plains just announced its first wave of performers to remind us all how much they stack their programming with some of the very best comedians working today, some of which happen to be homegrown talent.

Thus far, High Plains will be giving their mics and stages to:

Kyle Kinane
Nick Thune
Steph Tolev
Sheng Wang
Guy Branum
Jenny Zigrino
Shane Torres
Candice Thompson
Blair Socci
Yedoye Travis
Tom Thakkar
Pink Foxx
Jim Tews
Amy Miller
Adam Cayton-Holland
Ben Roy
Andrew Orvedahl
Kimberly Clark
David Gborie
Sean Jordan
Michelle Biloon
Ahmed Bharoocha
Shain Brenden
Caitlin Peluffo
Zahid Dewji
Felicia Folkes
Sam Tallent
Rob Haze
Matty Ryan
Alex Kumin
Shaunak Godkhindi
Jay Menz
Raegan Niemela
JT Habersaat
Kenice Mobley
Colton Dowling
Chad Opitz
Anna Valenzuela
Mike Wiebe
Rob Gleeson
Troy Walker
Hayden Kristal
Chris Charpentier
Jordan Doll
Mara Wiles
Stephen Agyei
Kevin O’Brien
Allison Rose
Nolawee Mengist
Brett Hiker
Harris Alterman

Right now, you can get a Peak Pass to High Plains, which includes “…all three days of shows on South Broadway, a commemorative t-shirt, and reserved seating at ‘The Zarlengo Foundation Presents Ken Jeong & Joel McHale’ show at Bellco Theatre on Saturday, September 10th,” for $150.

Snag those passes and get more details at highplainscomedyfestival.com.

SXSW 2022 Announces SXSW Comedy Festival Line-Up for This Year (Yep, the First One Since 2020)

February 28, 2022

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In Jan./Feb. 2020, we were so excited that we were getting to go to SXSW for their big comedy shindig for the first time. For years, SXSW’s comedy off-shoot was a pretty big, fantastic swell of comedy in Austin, an already very solid, thriving comedy scene as is.

2020 was 2020 and, of course, that didn’t happen. SXSW was actually one of the world’s first major festivals to postpone indefinitely due to COVID-19.

Now, here in Feb. 2022, SXSW is thankfully resuming their comedy festival and are doing things up bigger than we remember from last time. From Mar. 11th-19th, those in attendance will get to see the comedy stylings of:

Alyssa Stonoha • Andy Haynes • Anthony Atamanuik • Blair Socci • Bonnie McFarlane • Bruce McCulloch • Byron Bowers • Camilla Cleese • Danielle Schneider • Doug Benson • Dulcé Sloan • Eddie Pepitone • Eleanor Kerrigan • Emma Willman • Ian Lara • Jessica Michelle Singleton • Jim Gaffigan • Joe DeRosa • John Cleese • John Gemberling • Jon Daly • Kiry Shabazz • Liza Treyger • Logan Guntzelman • Marina Franklin • Mary Lynn Rajskub • Matt Besser • Matthew Broussard • Mike Lawrence • Mike Yard • Mitra Jouhari • Nick Thune • Punkie Johnson • Rich Vos • Ricky Velez • Rosebud Baker • Sandy Honig • Scott Thompson • Sean Patton • Shane Torres • Stuart Goldsmith • Vanessa Gonzalez • Yamaneika Saunders

as well as special presentations/events:

Adult Swim Presents Three Busy Debras Season 2 Sneak Peek • ASSSSCAT (the first in-person since 2020) • The Comedian’s Comedian • A Night at the Comedy Store • Comedy with the Cleeses • The Creek & The Cave • Doug Loves Movies • Find Your Beach • Gotham Comedy Club • improv4humans • Matt Besser’s 420 Show • Roast Battle • The Stand NYC • Wide World of Dougs • Would You Bang Him?

Since SF Sketchfest had to postpone again, this will be the first big comedy festival of 2022 and you wouldn’t want to miss that, now would you?

If you don’t already have a badge for SXSW, you best get on that right now, right here.

Will Smith’s Stand-Up Series “This Joka” Will Actually Get to See the Light of Day

Well before COVID-19, there was a weekend where many of LA and NYC’s very best comedians that you needed to know were swept up to Vegas to tape a special stand-up comedy series that was entirely put up by the one and only Will Smith. Called This Joka, it was going to be a new introduction to many of our absolute favorite comedians that we personally try to highlight whenever we can here at TCB.

So, not only did COVID-19 put a pause, interrupt the scheduling of, or even outright shut down so much comedy, but This Joka temporarily fell victim to originally be at the ill-fated short form streaming service, Quibi. When the news broke that Quibi was closing up shop, This Joka was still on the docket to premiere and we were worried that this whole series would never get to be seen by you, us, and everyone else that needs to see the future of stand-up comedy.

Thankfully, Roku bought up Quibi’s library including This Joka and we will all get treated to see Will Smith’s curated stand-up series that features Baron Vaughn, Sam Tallent, Punkie Johnson, Rosebud Baker, Clayton English, Chris Estrada, David Gborie, Sean Patton, Megan Gailey, Rell Battle, Shane Torres, Vanessa Gonzalez, Daphinque Springs, Martin Urbano, Jackie Fabulous, and Christi Chiello.

Many have since gone to new heights in their career by the way. Estrada has his own Hulu series in the works, Rosebud got her own special, and Sam became an acclaimed author.

Come Fri. Mar. 4th, you’ll be able to stream This Joka for free on Roku. You can get a taste of what’s to come (and get nostalgic about comedy right before COVID) with the trailer here.

Pick of the Day: Late Late Breakfast Tries the Internet 4/18

April 15, 2020

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One of the most bonkers comedy shows around, Late Late Breakfast, is going live on a live-stream! For the uninitiated, Late Late Breakfast issued random challenges and games for comedians to do while trying to do their act including having to make as many burgers as possible, fighting with paper airplanes, having to do a plethora of impressions, and more. Personally, we’re excited to see how they will pull off their crazy format via Zoom/Twitch.

As always, Tyler Jackson and Danny Maupin will preside as hosts of the controlled chaos and they’ve wrangled quite the line-up from around the country including:

Shane Torres
Maggie Maye
Casey James Salengo
Chloe Radcliffe
Ian Aber
Dante Powell
Sean Smith
AND MORE!!

Tune in and witness the madcap delights of Late Late Breakfast on Sat. Apr. 18th at 1PM PT/4PM ET at Holdthephone.tv

September 5, 2019

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Comedy Central is doing more rounds of their digital stand-up showcase Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring, which highlights nice and tight sets of folks that you both, hopefully, already know and love as well as some newcomers that you absolutely should know (lord knows that we’ve sang the praises of almost all of these four line-ups.

It’s free so long as you RSVP.

8PM on 9/11 is already sold out, but you can snag tickets for the other shows here:
10PM Wed. Sept. 11th
8PM Thurs. Sept. 12th
10PM Thurs. Sept. 12th

FYI, it should read Jenny Zigrino and Logan Guntzelman where the flyers cut off.

2018 Bumbershoot Announces Line-Up Featuring Last Podcast on the Left, Eugene Mirman, Emily Heller, Sam Jay

April 30, 2018

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Seattle’s annual big music, comedy, and arts festival Bumbershoot is almost a hop, skip, and a jump away. Per usual, they’ve jam packed the comedy portion of their festival with lovely comedians, podcasts, letters-to-celebrities readings, improvised musicals, and more.

If you’re in the Seattle area on the weekend of Aug. 31st, you might want to get in on pass (3 Day pass starts at $220).

Get more info and passes here.

Wanna see a co-host of Who Charted?, a Moth winner, and the mind behind one of the best Guy Fieri jokes out there for FREE?

Well, per usual, we got tickets for you to win to see just that at next week’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen!

Enter here: http://thecomedybureau.dola.com/giveaways

Shane Torres’ “Established 1981″ Makes Dark Places Seem Kind of Charming

September 8, 2017

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From both his own name and the name of his album as well as the album’s cover, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that Shane Torres’ Established 1981 might be an hour of honest comedy tapped directly from Shane’s life that may snake its way through dark subject matter.

For this debut album, Shane indeed goes through stories and observations of a life that has been run through the ringer more than a few times. However, Shane has an unmistakable air of optimism in his comedic perspective, which left us with a smile on our face and the notion that maybe, things/life/etc. might be OK (eventually).

Get a taste of that here as he discusses a victorious way to quit your job.

Shane Torres’ Established 1981 is now available off of Comedy Central Records.

Comedy Central Announces 2017 Half Hour Specials Line-Up, To Call It “Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents” Instead of “The Half Hour”

Adam Cayton-Holland
Anthony DeVito
Jenny Zigrino
Jo Firestone
Solomon Georgio
Casey James Salengo
Sam Jay
Josh Johnson
Joel Kim Booster
Lashonda Lester
Chris Redd
Yamaneika Saunders
Julio Torres
Shane Torres

Those are the 14 names that will get to do a half hour Comedy Central special that will be now called “Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents” later this Fall. If you take a closer look, this might be CC’s best, most diverse half-hour line-up yet (i.e. it’s mostly fantastic comics that aren’t straight white guys)

Kind of harkens back to the days of when Comedy Central had “Comedy Central Presents”, doesn’t it?

The tapings will take place next month, Wednesday, April 19th-Saturday, April 22nd, in New Orleans at The Civic Theatre. You can get free tickets here.

Watch Shane Torres Late Night Debut on Conan

March 9, 2016

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Conan managed to break another stand-up that deserves a spotlight into the late night circuit with Portland’s own (by way of Texas) Shane Torres.

Shane not only gives a solid debut, but some solid advice to deal with dead relatives’ unfinished business.

Watch it here.