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October 27, 2017

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For those who attended UCB’s amazing Gene Wilder & Fidel Castro’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (in Limbo) last year, you’ll know that UCB LA will be doing another immersive theater experience for Halloween with HOTEL HELL-A.

Basically, all of UCB Sunset (5419 W. Sunset Blvd.) will be transformed into a haunted house of sorts, but, you know, done with that Upright Citizens Brigade flair.

You have three chances to come into the “HOTEL HELL-A” on Halloween on Tuesday at 7:30PM, 9PM, and 10:30PM. Tickets are $7 and you should get them ASAP here, here, and here respectively.

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

October 16, 2017

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After gaining international critical acclaim at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Natalie Palamides’ groundbreaking show returns home for another run at The Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe.

Also, the show’s director (and Fringe Festival favorite), Dr. Brown, will attempt to perform the show. Show description reads (probably written by Natalie):
Dr. Brown has been developing this show with Natalie for over a year and knows the show like the back of his hand… SO HE THINKS. Come watch Dr. Brown crash and burn OR, more likely, blow the show so far out of the water that Natalie hands the role over to him forever. Following the show the audience is welcome to watch Natalie give notes on his performance.

Get tickets for LAID here and the Dr. Brown Edition here.

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

October 11, 2017

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Our 7th Anniversary show is next week! Yep, we’re almost 7 years old (and we actually remembered to do something to celebrate this time around!)

We added Talk Show the Game Show’s Guy Branum, James Adomian, who you might have seen wreak delightful havoc at LA Podcast Festival, and a flyer!

Also, we’ll be raffling some of those fancy enamel pins that are otherwise only available through Patreon and our brand new album from AST Records, Comedians of Interest Vol. 1.

Tickets are $10 if you get them in advance or $15 cash at the door.

October 3, 2017

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One of the UK’s beloved comedy duos, Max & Ivan, has crossed both the pond and the country to perform their award winning show The Reunion.

As of right now, this is a one-night-only special event, so you best get your tickets soon. They’re going for $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

October 1, 2017

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Out of the video archives from some of our favorite folks that put their comedy stylings into the ether of YouTube/Vimeo/etc. will come this special DTLA “video showcase”, The Canary Underground.

It’s put together by Grimy Ghost’s Derek Qxqx and we’re sure that you’ll get to see some potentially life changing comedy before most of the world wide web.

Tickets are $5 and you can get more details here.

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

September 26, 2017

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Second City will be doing two nights of Always Legal to Laugh, featuring all weed based sketches and improv, both from their archives and modern day originals, making for a nice way to remember that recreationally legal cannabis in California is only a few months away from being available.

They’re bringing their best and brightest to Hollywood’s Montalban Theater for the occasion including Frank Caeti, Edgar Blackmon, Jaime Moyer, Holly Laurent, Tawny Newsome, Eddie Mujica, Naomi Snieckus.

Tickets start at $25 and you can and should get them here.

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

September 25, 2017

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Gerald, the amazing absurdist, partially nude, uncanny, kind-of-adult epic, directed by none other than Dr. Brown, is returning for another run at the Lyric Hyperion next month with the amazing cast of Max Baumgarten, Chad Damiani, Isaac Kessler, Erin Lampart, Paul B Levenhagen, Natalie Palamides, Anna Seregina, and Mark Sherman.

We’ve seen it for ourselves and it really is all those things that we said above.

Please get your tickets as soon as you can here.

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

Please Enjoy “Adam’s New Look from “Harvard Sailing Team”

September 7, 2017

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While there is truth that “beauty is in the eye of beholder”, perhaps that there is too much truth in that for Adam Lustick of Havard Sailing Team.

See for yourself in their new sketch here.

Please Enjoy “WHAT IS THIS SH*T?”

August 18, 2017

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Presented gleefully without context, here’s WHAT IS THIS SH*T?

(we will say that props should be given to writer Eric Moneypenny, directors The Grimes Bros. and the cast: Josh Fadem (Twin Peaks, Better Call Saul, 30 Rock), Sam Brown (Whitest Kids U Know), Alex Walters, Luke Baldridge, Michael Gabriel, Jesse Arlen Klein, Alex Vaughan)

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Ithamar Enriquez’s stellar show Ithamar Has Nothing to Say is returning to Second City Hollywood this Saturday. As the show’s name suggests, Enriquez does a whole dazzling solo show without saying a single word.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and really should) get them here.

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

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One of the hands-down, best sketch groups in town, The Midnight Show, for several years now, will be celebrating their 9th Anniversary this Saturday, August 5th at UCB Franklin at, of course, Midnight.

Get tickets for $5 as soon as you can before they sell out.

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

Please Enjoy This Short Film “Date Night” by Finn Straley & Paige Weldon

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This short film, written by and starring Finn Straley and Paige Weldon, seems plucked out of a classic, timeless ensemble and/or romantic comedy.

Rather than pontificating on that notion, we’ll let the short film do the rest.

Watch and enjoy here.

All of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and more in the Greater LA Area for next week (7/24) and beyond are updated!

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Check them at the embedded calendars at www.thecomedybureau.com.

We’ve Got 9 Ticket Giveaways Going Right Now in Case You Wanted to Free Tickets to Some of LA Comedy’s Best Shows

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We’ve Got 9 Ticket Giveaways Going Right Now in Case You Wanted to Free Tickets to Some of LA Comedy’s Best Shows

Through DoLA, we’ve got ticket giveaways for:

Harmontown podcast taping (both 7/9 & 7/16)
The Super Serious Show 7 Year Anniversary (which is sold out by the way)
Cook County Social Club/Hebecky Drysbell (one of the best nights of improv anywhere)
Risk! LA (part of the Risk! storytelling podcast series)
Atlantic City @ UCB Franklin
Hard Times Comedy Hour (from satirical punk news outlet The Hard Times)
Andy Kindler’s Particular Show

If you want to win, enter to win any of them here.

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One of the best sketch shows in town, The Wheel Show, is celebrating a three year anniversary. They feature stand-ups and music guests as well, but their bits, sketches, and videos are a wondrous kind of silly.

For this 3 year milestone, voice acting legend Maurice LeMarche and the amazing Debra DiGiovanni will be joining in as their special guests.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Get advanced tickets here.

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

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Both the Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run are all updated for next week (i.e. other things than Twin Peaks returning are happening).

Check the listings on the calendars at www.thecomedybureau.com

Please, Please, Please Enjoy Nick Vatterott’s Sketch Show “No Outlet”

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Simply put, No Outlet is a sketch show fed directly from the inner psyche of Nick Vatterott. As such, it’s absurd, relentless, and, of course, hysterical.

Also, Mr. Show fans might find their new favorite thing when watching this tightly crafted work from Vatterott.

Like we said above, please enjoy No Outlet here and now.

Here’s The Origin Story of Much Lesser Known Superhero(?) “Cellphone For Hands Man”

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Jeff Sloniker, Heather Anne Campbell, and AOK have come up with a “hero” of sorts that has probably never been created throughout all the countless pages of comic book lore.

There’s probably good reason for that as the hero is known as “Cellphones For Hands Man”.

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Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run all updated for next week (5/8/17).

Via Airbnb, You Can Ride Along with The Comedy Bureau for an Evening

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UCB’s Cool Sh*t/Weird Sh*t taking the show into a convenience store, Hollywood

Airbnb has officially launched an exciting new “experiences” program where local experts can show visitors places and happenings that usually only denizens of that city could know and love.

Our founder, Jake Kroeger, is indeed hosting one of those experiences, a “Comedy Bureau Ride Along”.

Basically, we here at The Comedy Bureau see the best comedy in LA seven nights a week to keep tabs on what’s going on and what’s worth telling our readers about.

Good Heroin at Stories in Echo Park, Photo by Kelly Dwyer

So, if you want to see what we see and hang with us as we make the rounds around the LA comedy scene, you can book us for a night here.

Moses Storm literally connecting to his audience with a specially made sweater at UCB Franklin

For your money, we’ll cover all admission to shows we go to, let you grab a ride with us from spot to spot, and hang with us after with comedians wherever that may be. Think of it like a police ride-along, but it’s for comedy and it’s with one of the most highly regarded authorities in LA comedy.

As you can see above and below, we really go wherever we have to for a hearty laugh. There are limited spots for our ‘ride along’, two per night in fact, and we’ve already got people reserving their spots. So, you might want to act on this fast.

Again, get more details and reserve your spot for the experience right now right here.

Alex {Hanpeter] and Jude [Tedmori] having a bit of innocent, “harmless” fun at their “What A Time to Be Alive” show, Photo by Joel Mandelkorn

AOK Explores the Darker Side of Family Dinners with “Steaks!”

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AOK’s latest shows the dangers of when family dinners deviate from expectations, especially when it comes to the particular family in this sketch.

Watch and enjoy Steaks! here.

Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run for Next Week and Beyond Updated (4/17/17)

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Comedy Crawl and Open Mic Run for Next Week and Beyond Updated (4/17/17)

Following this Easter weekend, there’s plenty of comedy all around LA, especially because 4/20 is happening this week.

Check our listings here.

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We weren’t kidding about that pull quote from our ‘100 Best’ list from last year.

F*ck This Late Night Show, the late night talk show that has an enemy force actively trying to ruin the show, was so damn fun.

They’re finally doing another version of it next week and you really ought to not miss it.

Tickets are only $5 and you can (and really should) get them here.

Lo and Behold, There Is a New Video/Sketch/Short/Offering from Stella

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David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black reunited for the most recent SF Sketchfest to give us and the whole world a new piece from Stella, their renowned sketch troupe.

We could you give more description/explanation, but we’re betting that you’re already watching it rather than reading this, so we won’t waste anymore of your time and just allow you to watch the new “Rip Van Winkle” from Stella.

Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week (3/19/17)

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Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week (3/19/17)

We’ve got all the comedy you can handle/need/want/depend on listed for next week (and even a little beyond that).

Click the link for all of our listings.