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2017 Gilda’s LaughFest Is Now Taking Submissions for Stand-Up, Sketch, and Improv
December 2, 2016
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2017 Gilda’s LaughFest Is Now Taking Submissions for Stand-Up, Sketch, and Improv

Gilda’s LaughFest has taken place annually in Grand Rapids, MI since 2011 bringing headliners and up and comers around the country to Michigan. 

This year, the festival will run for a week and a half from March 9th-19th.

You have a shot to perform as they’re taking submissions until December 18th this year. Get details and submit at the link above.

Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week 11/27/16 and Beyond
November 26, 2016
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comedy benefit, comedy shows, home alone, improv, jay larson, los angeles, planned parenthood, rabbit hole, rory scovel, screening, sketch, stand up

In the Greater LA area, we’ve got listings for anything from comedy benefits for ACLU, Planned Parenthood, etc. to screenings for some holiday classics such as Home Alone (accompanied by a live orchestra) to the replacement for The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Rabbit Hole with Jay and Rory. 

All of this and way more listed at TheComedyBureau.com

Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week 11/13/16
November 13, 2016
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Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week 11/13/16

It looks like live comedy shows will continue to exist next week and beyond. 

We got them all listed for the greater LA area for you to enjoy/cope with/etc.

Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week 11/6/16
November 6, 2016
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Comedy Crawl All Updated for Next Week 11/6/16

No matter who wins the election on Tuesday, you’ll probably need to laugh and there are more than plenty of shows to see, especially on Tuesday.

Funny Women Fest LA Is Taking Submissions Until October 14th
September 28, 2016
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Funny Women Fest LA Is Taking Submissions Until October 14th

The festival is set to take place in Highland Park on Thursday, November 30th through Saturday, December 3rd and will help benefit the Downtown Women’s Center.

They’re looking for female performers in stand-up, sketch, improv, storytelling, musical comedy, sketch, short film, and pilot scripts. Fees range from $20-$50 depending on whether you’re submitting as an individual or a group.

That’s not a pretty good deal especially considering you’re helping an LA foundation that deals with women overcoming homelessness.

Again, the submission deadline is Friday, October 14th, 2016 at midnight.

Conan Cameraman Mad at MacArthur Genius Grant Snub
September 28, 2016
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Here’s yet another Conan desk piece that rides that line of being spectacularly daft and very clever at the same time with one of the best fictitious cameraman of all time, Andrés du Bouchet.

Watch it here.

Please Welcome The Pack Theater, LA’s Latest Comedy Venue You Need to Check Out
July 22, 2016
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Like all good art scenes, the LA comedy scene is always growing, changing, and evolving whether it be comedians moving up the ranks, new bookers shaking things up at some of the city’s most established clubs, or groups of like minded folks striking out on their own to do their thing. 

The Pack Theater, which just opened up as full time comedy theater, looks to continue that pioneering spirit. 

Founded by renowned improviser Miles Stroth, The Pack will have shows 7 nights a week that run the gamut of improv, sketch, stand-up, everything in between, and everything outside of that. There will even be opportunities for classes (taught by the likes of Stroth, Heather Anne Campbell, Eric Moneypenny, and Sam Brown just to a name a few of their faculty that are among the funniest in their comedic discipline) and open mics (that includes sketch open mics and improv jams as well as stand-up) to be inclusive for all levels of performers, an important aspect of existing as new comedy theater in Los Angeles. 

For a few months, The Pack has already been putting on pretty swell shows with their aforementioned faculty, solid sketch and improv house teams, and some of the best all around comedians you get to know in LA. It really seems to echo the early, DIY, more rebellious days of UCB and, as you can probably guess, we’re excited to what else they’ve got cooking. 

This Saturday, they’ve got a gigantic show to really kick off their opening called PackCon featuring the likes of Bob Odenkirk, Adam McKay, The Whitest Kids U Know, Ian Roberts, Matt Jones (Breaking Bad), Nick Thune, Ron Lynch, Maribeth Monroe (Workaholics), John Gemberling (Broad City), EpicLloyd (Epic Rap Battles of History), John Ennis (Mr. Show), Alison Rich (Party Over Here), Shelly Gossman (SNL), Josh Fadem, Brent Weinbach and way more. From 5PM to midnight or maybe even later, we have no doubt it’ll be a hell of a ride.

The Pack Theater is located in Hollywood at 6470 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA and you can get more info here, follow them on Twitter and Instagram @packtheater or on Facebook. 

Best of all, all the shows will be pay-what-you-can for admission. 
June 5, 2016
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comedy shows, davey johnson, east hollywood, ian abramson, june 21st, karen kilgariff, katie crown, lizzy cooperman, los angeles, los feliz, nikki glaser, raj desai, silverlake, sketch, stand up, the virgil, variety, victory lap, virgil village, what to do

Lizzy Cooperman is one of our all time favorites and no one should miss when Katie Crown and Davey Johnson are hosting. The line-up of Glaser, Kilgariff, Abramson, and Desai is also a must-see. More details here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Just a Friendly Reminder About Our Open Submission Policy
June 4, 2016
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At The Comedy Bureau, we always strive to highlight great comedy that might not get seen by a good number of people otherwise. 

Thus, we’re always open to having stuff sent to us whether it be a sketch, web series, podcast, short film, live show, book, movie, album, TV show, essay, art installation, festival, etc. etc. for consideration to be featured at the site like we did for Derek Sheen’s fantastic album Tiny Idiot.

NOTE: we are still solely based in LA as of this time. So, live show listings/coverage tends to skew towards the Greater Los Angeles Area. However, we’re still game for big, one-off, and/or annual events like festivals, tours, and the like around the country such as Bridgetown or even the world (Eddie Izzard’s Force Majeure, Comedy Central International Festival, Edinburgh Fringe)

Please send all submissions to thecomedybureau@gmail.com. Apologies in advance if it takes us awhile to get back to you as our staff is on the small-but-mighty side.

The 2016 Bridgetown Comedy Festival Is Happening Next Week
May 23, 2016
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We’ve got the line-up for you here and, per usual, it’s a doozy.

Next Wednesday, June 1st through Sunday, June 5th, Portland will get its wondrous annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival.

Below, we have the full line-up (subject to change, of course) of performers and shows. After taking several moments to take all of that in, you can buy your passes and tickets here.

PERFORMERS
Rachel Bloom
Aimee Mann
Ted Leo
Eddie Pepitone
Morgan Murphy
Kyle Mooney
Sara Schaefer
Steve Agee
Brendon Small
The Thermals
Jonah Ray
Baron Vaughn
Greg Behrendt
Matt Braunger
Moshe Kasher
Aparna Nancherla
Oscar Nunez
Janet Varney
John Michael Higgins
James Urbaniak
Brooks Wheelan
Cole Stratton
Jessica Makinson
John Roderick
Merlin Mann
Dwayne Perkins
Lance Bangs
Louis Katz
Chris Cubas
Alice Wetterlund
Guy Branum
Laura Kightlinger
Bil Dwyer
Wimps
Laurie Kilmartin
Rick Overton
Josh Sneed
Julian McCullough
Eliza Skinner
Jay Larson
Dulce Sloan
David Huntsberger
Dan Telfer
David Gborie
Matt Kirshen
Rhea Butcher
Tone Bell
John F. O’Donnell
Mike Burns
Ryan Sickler
Matthew Broussard
Heather Thomson
Solomon Georgio
Jesse Popp
Matt Koff
Jenny Zigrino
Nick Youssef
Zak Toscani
Dino Archie
Sam Jay
Nathan Brannon
Steven Wilber
Curtis Cook
Bryan Cook
Sean Jordan
Joe Pera
Andy Wood
Dave Ross
Mike Bridenstine
Amy Miller
Casey Ley
Ahamed Weinberg
David Tveite
Alex Falcone
Rob Haze
Yusef Roach
Anthony Lopez
Bri Pruett
Carmen Lagala
Casey James Salengo
Caitlin Weierhauser
Derek Gaines
Hutch Harris
Rylee Newton
Andrew Michaan
Emily Galati
Emma Willmann
J.P. McDade
Gilbert Lawand
Hans Kim
Janelle James
Adam Pasi
Georgea Brooks
Gabe Dinger
Jack Martin
Mia Jackson
Jacob Christopher
Katie McCarthy
Robert Buscemi
Tony Sam
James Fritz
Geoffrey Asmus
Clare O’Kane
Josh Androsky
Jason Webb
Barbara Holm
Jesus Trejo
Nato Green
Martin Urbano
JoAnn Schinderle
Jon Washington
Kate Willett
Leah Mansfield
M.K. Paulsen
Janae Burris
Maria Shehata
Lizzy Pilcher
Rebecca O’Neal
Megan Gailey
Molly Ruben-Long
Abby Rosenquist
Tafadzwa Gwaze
Nariko Ott
Richard Douglas Jones
Jason Traeger
Natalie Palamides
Preacher Lawson
Nick Dixon
Nick Sahoyah
Patrick Susmilch
Toby Muresianu
Subhah Agarwal
Quincy Jones
Devin Field
Raghav Mehta
Mike Coletta
Tawanda Gona
Steph Tolev
Ella Gale
Sabrina Jalees
Philip Schallberger
Sammy Arechar
Simon Gibson
Shane Torres
Whitney Streed
Lou Perez
LeviathanThe Liberators
Curious Comedy Players
Andrew Ti
Ryan de la Garza
Jake Browne

SHOWS
Rachel Bloom
An Evening With Aimee Mann and Ted Leo (and Friends!)
Lance Bangs Presents: Come Laugh with Us
Theme Park Improv
Baked with Brendon Small and Steve Agee
Guy Branum’s Gay Bash
Roderick on the Line
Yo, Is This Racist? LIVE PODCAST
Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath
The Crabfeast with Ryan Sickler and Jay Larson
Julian Loves Music
Probably Science
Joke Thieves
Nato Green Presents: Laughter Against the Machine
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction
Persona!
Set List
Turnt Up with Eliza Skinner
Uncalled Four
Pep Talks Podcast
You Had to Be There
Unsafe Space
Reunited
Earthquake Hurricane
Stand Up For Yourself! With Amy Miller
Rants Off/ Dance Off
It’s Gonna Be Okay
The Liberators present Mood Music
Leviathan
Reading The Bible With Dan Live
The Dirty 30
New Negroes
Hound Tall with Moshe Kasher"Hidden America with Jonah Ray" Screening and Q & A
May 7, 2016
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Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at door. Get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

The 2016 Big Pine Comedy Festival Is Now Open for Submissions
April 18, 2016
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Big Pine, Flagstaff, AZ’s comedy festival is returning for another year and another round of discovering whatever comedy gems they can find. This time around, paid accommodation and more spots are up for grabs.

They’re considering stand-up, sketch, and improv performers for shows running from Thursday, September 22nd-Saturday, September 24th.

The early deadline is Sunday, May 15th and costs $25 for stand-up and $30 for sketch and improv teams. Submit here.

Party Over Here Shows What Else You Can Do with Time Travel Besides Saving the World
April 5, 2016
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Most movies and TV shows want to stop some catastrophe from happening if they’re invoking the technology of time travel within their premise.

Party Over Here is here to show you that time travel can be used for other things that don’t have the fate of the planet hanging in the balance and are, honestly, more fun.

Dave Ross & Ryan Singer’s Sketch Album “Three” Is Darkly Hysterical and Also Very NSFW
March 8, 2016
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Often, inspiration come in the 11th hour and at the spur of the moment. Such is the case with Three, a sketch album from Dave Ross and Ryan Singer recorded in four hours after they were having dinner one random night.

Oddly enough, the sketches contained therein pretty much cover all the bases of what you’re not supposed to talk about at the dinner table, mostly sex and religion. Also, they seemingly improvise in such a ridiculous way that wouldn’t be kosher at any table, save for the one for the sketch group that Ross is in, Women. 

The outright, ultra-blue absurdity of Three toes the line between being cringeworthy and the sort of comedy that breaks your brain for how farcical it is. 

If you’re into really dark comedy, you might really get into Three (just probably don’t play it loud at work as we mentioned in the headline).

Oh, did we mention it’s free to stream and download?

The Rest of the Folks on Fox’s New Variety Show “Party Over Here” Are Pretty Great Too
February 6, 2016
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(via Splitsider)

Heather Anne Campbell, Nick Wiger, Ryan Perez, Marques Ray, Danny Jelinek…

…Lauren McGuire, Yamara Taylor, Carl Tart, and Rachel Lee Goldenberg are the additional writers/directors/cast of Party Over Here on top of The Lonely Island, Paul Scheer, and Nicole Byer/Alison Rich/Jessica McKenna. 

That’s some of UCB and Funny or Die’s best that make this new late night sketch series at Fox even more enticing.

Phoenix’s First ‘Bird City Comedy Festival’ Is Now Taking Submissions
December 8, 2015
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Phoenix, AZ is getting a brand new comedy festival, The Bird City Comedy Festival, and in its inaugural year, it’s taking submissions for stand-up, sketch, improv, and more. The festival is taking place on the weekend of Apr. 8th going through to Apr. 10th.

Right now, the submission fee is $15 until the early deadline of Dec. 15th, then $25 for the final deadline on Jan. 15th, 2016.

Learn more here and submit here.

Cheap Smokes Shows That Karaoke/Lip Syncing and Driving Only Works In Movies and TV
May 18, 2015
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You can see in numerous TV shows, movies, etc. that singing your heart out or moving your mouth perfectly to lyrics in a song in your car works.

Cheap Smokes (Kaitlin Mamie and Laura Danowski) along with Nicole Aimée Schrieber show, in real life, that’s not the case.

Watch they’re important “message” here.

Women Comedy Continuing To Run Round The Whole Internet and Are Now at CC:Studios
March 23, 2015
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Women Comedy continue to spread their much needed brand of comedy at every corner of the web. 

First it was just their YouTube channel, then IFC, then Funny or Die, and now, Dave/Jake/Allen/Pat are at Comedy Central’s CC:Studios.

Just watch why they’re at Comedy Central’s digital arm with this first sketch entitled “God’s Vagina”.

Dead Kevin Goes niveK daeD
March 4, 2015
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.niveK daeD morf hcteks siht naht rehtruf on kooL

¿yad ruoy nethgirb ot ytidrusba dna ssenillis erup emos deeN 

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Need some pure silliness and absurdity to brighten your day?

Look no further than this sketch from Dead Kevin.

Superego Once Recorded a Nearly 40 Min. Sketch That They Are Holding a Contest To See What Someone Can Do With It
March 2, 2015
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Superego is one of the funniest podcasts around as they really let loose in all their sketches. In fact, just over two years ago, the did a sketch entitled “Stetch Maldonay: Scissor Shapener” that clocked in, raw and unedited, at 38:41. 

A quick Google search and check of Record Setter will leave you unsure of exactly if there’s a longer sketch on record in existence (there is a Shortest Comedy Sketch), so we’re going to say, for now, that’s the world’s longest single comedy sketch. 

Currently it’s in three separate tracks here, here, and here. 

Knowing all of this, the guys over at Superego have been racking their brains for years in trying to see what they can do to make Stetch Maldonay more manageable and into something that would put on a episode of the podcast that features numerous sketches of more standard length. 

Now, they’re giving all of us a chance to take this beast on.

If you have the audio know how and have a good sense of comedic structure and timing, you might want to give this a shot. They’re taking submissions until May 1st and might feature it on the actual show. Get all the details here.

Practical Folks Show How You Would Break Up With Your Cat If Your Cat Could Talk
October 10, 2014
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Any time you actually fight with your cat, it can’t say anything in whatever language you actually speak. You may think you understand what it’s saying, but you don’t. 

Don’t worry, that’s a good thing.

Just watch what would happen if a cat could talk and the inevitable break up that would ensue thanks to Practical Folks.

Women Comedy Answer The Age Old, Men Only Question of “How Much…?”
September 18, 2014
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If you’ve ever been a dude that’s way too insecure about your sexual identity and the sexual identity of others, you’ve probably dealt with the horribly juvenile question “How much?” in regards to a challenge to how committed to said insecurity about your sexual identity.

Well, Women comedy take the question head on, in a conference room, with people in suits. Well, most of them are wearing suits anyway. Watch it here.

Forget About Taking on Food, Boat Comedy Is Going a Step Further with “Man vs. Poison”
September 11, 2014
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NY based Boat Comedy sees the future of the “man versus…” competition based reality show. Although, entire seasons of the show will probably be rather short with their take, Man vs. Poison.

The Simple Solution to Road Rage as Demonstrated by Women Comedy
August 27, 2014
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allen strickland williams, dave ross, jake weisman, pat bishop, road rage, sketch, women comedy

It’s so easy to fall into the phenomenon known as road rage. Another car doing anything that’s the least bit unexpected could potentially throw you into a tirade of bigotry and threats. In fact, it’s such a cavalcade of hate speech, it’s kind of amazing that most people can string that many derogatory words into coherent thoughts.

Sketch group Women has a very simple solution for that. Watch it here.

Real Life Radiation Probably Won’t Be The Reason for Super Powers
July 17, 2014
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We’re sure you know that the origin story for many of your favorite comic book characters involve some sort of exposure to dangerous levels of radiation and that you also are aware that’s not what would happen in real life.

Just in case you weren’t aware, sketch group Hush Money has a great video to remind you to not expose yourself to radiation.

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