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Pick of the Day: Thank You Very Much: A Juneteenth Comedy Show (in LA) 6/18

June 10, 2022

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As Juneteenth, a major milestone in slavery coming to an end in the U.S., is now a federal holiday, there are, of course, comedy shows/happenings to go right along with it, especially ones celebrating black comedians, giving them shine when they still aren’t receiving it the way they deserve.

The very funny Dave Helem is putting on a very special stand-up showcase, Thank You Very Much, in South Central’s cultural hub, Leimert Park, at The Metaphor Club to highlight some of those very same comedians that represent some of LA’s very best.

For this Juneteenth show, Dave will bring in

Zainab Johnson (Upload, Bust Down)
Chris Spencer (Black-ish, The Real Husbands of Hollywood)
Clayton Thomas (Family Time, Uncle Buck)
Chinedu Unaka (Insecure, House Party)
Candice Thompson (The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon)

Thank You Very Much: A Juneteenth Show is set for Sat. Jun. 18th at 8PM PT, again, at The Metaphor Club. Tickets are $20 and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Greg Barris Deep Healing Taping (in LA) 6/11

June 6, 2022

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Whenever AST Records and Greg Barris are recording something, you need to go. Barris, ever clever, but always-in-tune-with-his-spirtual-side comedian/raconteur is, of course, aiming for something higher than just a new hour of stand-up.

Greg is calling this latest show DEEP HEALING and is considering it an “extreme act of audience participation”, which, for the lack of human connection we all suffered over the last two years, sounds pretty swell. Whatever Greg has up his sleeve for any and all that attend the very intimate taping at The Glendale Room this coming Saturday, June 11th at 8PM PT, we’re sure it will be transformative/leave you in stitches, only the metaphorical kind, at the same time.

Tickets are $15 right now and you better go snag them here (space is limited)

Pick of the Day: Joel Kim Booster Residency (in LA) 6/13 & 6/20

June 3, 2022

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In case you weren’t aware, Joel Kim Booster is having a moment right now. His movie Fire Island is debuting on Hulu today, but you might have also alongside Maya Rudolph in the new trailer for Loot amongst other delightful roles he’s popped up in over the last couple of years. Also, his stand-up is as shrewdly sharp as it has ever been (especially when it comes to sexual and adoptee identity). That’s great news considering that Fire Island had started off at the ill-fated Quibi.

With all of that in mind, you absolutely should go see Joel live ASAP. If you’re in LA, there are two dates left on his residency at The Elysian on Mon. Jun. 13th & 20th at 7:30PM PT. Tickets are $20 and you better get them while you still can here.

Please, Please Enjoy Jes Tom’s Comedy Central Featuring Set

June 2, 2022

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June is, as you should know, Pride, and, as such, you’ll be seeing a pretty fair share of queer comedians on plenty of networks and streaming platforms. Many of those comedians you should be watching, falling in love with, and following whatever they’re doing no matter the time of year.

One of those comics is Jes Tom. Jes is one of the most whipsmart comedians on any stage today with a wealth of sharp observations and stories about gender and sex that are both forward thinking and yet so damn funny. Just see for yourself in their latest set on Comedy Central’s digital stand-up series, Featuring, here.

Then, as we said earlier, follow everything they do @jesthekid on IG.

Pick of the Day: Danny Jolles Films His Second Comedy Special (in LA) 6/4

May 31, 2022

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It was a rarity, but there were really great comedy specials that came out during the thick of the pandemic. One of those specials was Danny Jolles’ 6 Parts. It wasn’t only us that was saying that. Both Paste Magazine and The New York Times picked it as one of their favorite specials last year.

So, with that in mind, we don’t think you will want to miss Jolles and Don’t Tell Comedy doing another hour special this weekend on Sat. Jun. 4th. This time, Danny will be getting to sharing his wonderfully crafted comedy offerings to us all on a proper stage, the grand Dynasty Typewriter (as opposed to a surf shop, art store, etc.).

There will be an early and late show, at 7PM PT & 9:30PM, and tickets are going for $15 right now. Go get them ASAP here and here, respectively.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 113: Cara Connors & Your First Nationwide Tour

May 25, 2022

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The prospect of doing your first nationwide tour as a comedian is as thrilling as it can be daunting. So much of it is a mystery that you can’t really prepare for ahead of time. That said, to actually play to folks that specifically came to see you across the country is part of the electrifying feeling of doing comedy that makes up for all the other numerous hardships you go through in trying to make a living through comedy.

Cara Connors just embarked on a successful first run across the U.S. and is actually extending her Straight For Pay tour with additional dates. Connors talks us through the whirlwind you’re required to go through when on your first tour as well as her feelings on where she fits in as a comedian that is queer and the ever changing landscape of what might be one of the more fluid art forms out there.

Also, yes, oof, we talk about Gervais’ unsurprisingly controversial special and Chappelle’s attacker at The Hollywood Bowl, Isaiah Lee.

Follow Cara @caraconnscomedy on IG

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Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Please Enjoy Jamel Johnson’s Comedy Central Stand-up Featuring Set

May 19, 2022

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If you follow us and you somehow don’t know about Jamel Johnson, you seriously need to address that issue. Jamel has been killing it on every stage that we’ve seen him on with his charming frustrations with many of life’s smallest absurdities (as well as a few big ones too).

Jamel got handpicked to be part of the latest crop of Comedy Central’s digital stand-up series Comedy Central Stand-up Featuring and Jamel put up a ridiculously fun set from wire to wire. In fact, this performance, much like every other performance we’ve seen from Jamel, makes us wonder why he hasn’t been tapped to host some sort of lifestyle/culture show where he just gives his hot takes on everything under the sun.

Make your day better and watch Jamel’s set here.

Pick of the Day: Big Rox (in LA) Tuesdays Starting 5/31

May 19, 2022

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Comedy in LA has gotten to a point now where there’s a bevy of weekly comedy shows for you to catch every night of the week. Well, almost every night of the week has that, save for Tuesday. If Roast Battle isn’t your speed (and you don’t want to pay for cover, parking, and 2 drink min.), you might want something else.

Well, cue in Big Rox, a brand spanking new weekly FREE stand-up show from an amazing LA based trio of Addie Weyrich, Dana Donnelly, and Christine Medrano on the Eastside at the lovely restaurant aptly named, Jewel.

They’ll be taking on the mantle of the free weekly stand-up show you should be catching on Tuesdays and will be kicking off their run on May 31st at 7:30PM PT (doors 7PM PT). Their inaugural line-up including Cameron Esposito, Sydnee Washington, Jared Goldstein, and Milan Patel is a pretty perfect for a first show.

So, set a weekly reminder to go to Jewel, a jewel in the hidden jewel of a neighborhood, Rampart Village.

Pick of the Day: Picture This! Anniversaries (in NYC & LA) 4/30 & 5/ 21

It has been both 10 years and 6 years for one of the most innovative live comedy shows out there today, Picture This!

Combining the best artists in animation with the best comedians, Picture This! has brought us so many unforgettable stories that are punctuated with the drawings of cats, genitalia, and actual illustrations of a story that was being told.

It has been 10 years since it became a regularly recurring show in LA thanks to Naked Comedy and host Brandie Posey and 6 years in Brooklyn out in NYC (also thanks to Naked Comedy). They’ll be celebrating both anniversaries with shows respectively at Union Hall on Sat. Apr. 30th at 7PM ET and Permanent Records Roadhouse on Sat. May 21st at 7:30PM PT.

Per usual, they’ve gathered the best of both worlds in animation and comedy with :

(for NYC)

Comedy from : Spike Einbinder, Julia Shiplett, Sam Taggart, Karolena Theresa, Rob Haze, Anthony Atamanuik

Artists: Bryan Brinkman, Chrissy Fellmeth, Jerald Lewis II, Dima Drjuchin, Dan Pinto, Ray Alma

Hosted by Samantha Ruddy

(for LA)

Comedy from: Joel Kim Booster, Atsuko Okatsuka, Greta Titelman, Mo Welch, Brian Bahe

Art from: Mike Mayfield, Mike Hollingsworth, Ty Goodwin, Ashlyn Anstee & more!

Hosted by Brandie Posey

Get tickets for the 6 Yr. NYC Anniversary here and the 10 Year Anniversary (in LA) here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 109: Alice Hamilton & Shots Fired

April 27, 2022

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Though roasting in comedy has taken on a new chapter via the Comedy Central Roasts and Roast Battle, it’s rare to see actual fury channeled into comedy. It has also even been rarer that the predators and monsters within comedy are held accountable in a meaningful way. Alice Hamilton, a rising comedian in the LA scene, struck both rare chords with her self-produced and self-released half hour special CEX KRIMINAL, which goes for the jugular, in great detail, of all the alleged and confirmed pests/predators/pieces of trash that she can think of.

We have Alice on to talk about how she came to put all of this together in the matter of a few weeks (or days if you ask her) and what such a special means in the art form of comedy.

Follow Alice @alicerhamilton on Twitter and @missalicehamilton on IG and watch CEX KRIMINAL here.

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Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Get and Enjoy Amy Miller’s Sophomore Album “California King”

April 22, 2022

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So much of the last few years has been defined by disruption. Nothing is as it was and everything violently changed in just a handful of days over two years ago. Now, there is so much dust still settling (and, not to mention, droplets) as we’re rolling through 2022 with dread, apathy, and a yearning for some sort of relief or peace.

Amy Miller who was already on the way to having a banner year from 2019 leading into 2020 picked up right where she left off with both half hour Comedy Central special and, especially, her debut album, California King. Ever clever and going-the-extra-mile to be inclusive, Amy delivers an hour of comedy that’s a calming breeze of joy and a fun cocktail that has a stiff pour of your spirit of choice. California King captures not only a return of live, in-person comedy as we all are forced to navigate the most unprecedented times in all of our lives (we didn’t even know that Russia was going to invade Ukraine at the time of the recording), but such a exuberant reminder that we’re not alone, no matter how alone we all felt in the last two years (or 6 or 12 if you’ve been carrying stress from the housing market crash or Trump becoming POTUS).

Please get and enjoy a splendid sophomore hour, California King, from the funniest people that you should really get to know more on these days, Amy Miller, now available on streaming platforms and CD and vinyl.

Emmy Blotnick Makes a Case for Humans Getting Pampered Like Dogs

April 22, 2022

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At this point in human history, there are many dogs that get treated so well that their humans don’t take care of themselves nearly as well. We’d hope that you’ve made it to this side of the pandemic with the understanding that you do actually have to active steps to take better care of yourself and that you might not be able to help others if you can’t help yourself.

Emmy Blotnick’s latest late night set hinges on radical self-care, so radical that perhaps humans should show themselves as much care as the pets that they adore, obsess over, or sometimes call their children. Blotnick dazzled the Colbert stage once again for a delight, uplifting late night set and you can (and should) watch it here.

Please Enjoy Jay Jurden’s Latest Late Night Set on Corden

April 21, 2022

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Punchline for punchline, Jay Jurden has proven himself to be one of the best joke writers/tellers working today. There is so many punches and tags in his jokes that even we stop thinking about the classical structure of his stand-up and just how precisely everything fits together. It’s unmistakably good old fashioned stand-up, but cleverly made so splendid for everyone in 2022.

Jay already showed off his skills in his late night debut in 2019 on The Tonight Show and he just did it again for second late night set that aired on last night’s Late Late Show with James Corden.

Please enjoy it and brighten your day because it’s so good here.

Sheng Wang Is Getting a Netflix Hour Special with Ali Wong Directing

April 20, 2022

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(via Variety)

At this moment in comedy, very few voices are as unique as Sheng Wang. His measured cadence, calming ease on stage, and chill delivery are all extremely clever dressing for his perfectly written jokes. Wang has been one of comedy’s best artisans (with one of the most soothing voices to boot) for years now and has been well overdue for an hour special.

If you’ve gotten lucky enough to snag tickets to see Ali Wong recently, you might have seen Sheng open and know what we’re talking about. It’s great to see that Sheng will be one of the specials in Netflix’s comedy special pipeline coming up considering that the streaming giant has really saturated itself with so many specials from, perhaps, too many comedians that it’s harder and harder to stand out on the platform.

Thank goodness that Netflix has wised up and given him an hour special with his good friend Ali Wong attached to produce and direct. If you’re in or around the LA area on Jun. 12th, you be witness to this debut hour special from Sheng at either 6PM PT or 8PM PT. Pre-sale tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10AM PT w/code PEPPER and GA goes on sale at 5/22 at 10AM PT all at shengwangtime.com. So, you better set a reminder.

Alice Hamilton Scorches the Earth (i.e. Bad Men in Comedy) That Needed to Be Scorched in “CEX KRIMINAL”

April 19, 2022

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There has been so much debate over cancel culture in comedy that even saying that there is so much debate about cancel culture in comedy is a hackneyed notion. One of the most tiresome aspects of the argument is that those who have caused harm on or off stage don’t seem to suffer appropriate repercussions. Cancellation, as it is currently enacted, seems to be worn more like a faded prison tattoo than any sort of system for accountability and actionable change.

In fact, Louis C.K.’s ill gotten Grammy for Best Comedy Album might be a great beacon that signals the progress made in the last couple years for a gender equity/parity/safety in comedy still has gaping blind spots.

Alice Hamilton’s very first special CEX KRIMINAL is a red hot, firebrand response to this cancer in the art form of comedy. For a half hour, Hamilton spares no sex pest/criminal, alleged or confessed, even more boldly than you would see in most Comedy Central roasts or many Roast Battles, brutally laying into Chris D’Elia, Louis C.K., and a myriad of men that have gotten lost in the rush of being found out for taking on their worst demons. CEX KRIMINAL is a refreshing jolt of a rare sort of vitriol on stage, captured impassioned and potent, delivered with the hopes of taking the piss out of the monsters trying to put back on their sheep’s clothing and emphasizing it with searing punchlines throughout. The only thing we can remember in recent memory that was like this was Kelly Bachman’s rogue set where she grilled a post-expose Harvey Weinstein to his face at a private comedy show.

Hamilton, a rising comedian in the LA scene, could have drawn from a deep well of well observed, confidently delivered material that we’ve seen and thoroughly enjoyed (part of what got her to be on our 100 Best list last year), but she chose to take a more Kill-Bill-style route with a list of targets to dispatch and, at the very least, make sure the world doesn’t forget how truly absurd it is the bad in comedy gets to fester on.

Watch, enjoy, and revel what is the most unfiltered (and thank goodness that it is) comedy special with Alice Hamilton: CEX KRIMINAL here.

Pick of the Day: (2nd Return of) Blamblamblam (in LA) 4/19

April 18, 2022

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In November 2021, we thought we had reached a threshold where we all the things that we knew and love in comedy could somewhat return to happening as regularly scheduled pre-pandemic.

Then, Omicron hit and set most folks/shows/etc. back for months. Thankfully, we’re back to where they rescheduled their shows to or decided to return again and that includes one of LA’s torch bearing shows, Blamblamblam. Faithfully housed in what seems like the lower decks of tall ship in K-Town’s one and only R-Bar, Blam has offered up an otherworldly monthly comedy show for almost a decade and a half.

There’s such a mystical energy to it even when it’s simply a well curated collection of comedians from many corners and disciplines of the art form by one DeMorge Brown. This 2nd return of Blamblamblam is set for this Tues. Apr. 19th at 9PM ish PT (doors at 7PM PT) and a barnburner of a line-up including Ron Lynch, Brodie Reed, Max Beasley, Anna Seregina & Kyle Mizono, Chris Thayer, James Adomian, Vanessa Jeha, Steph Tolev, Brian Kiley, and host Paul Danke & resident mischief starter Davey Johnson are all set to welcome Blam back into the world of living once more.

Oh yeah, it’s free to attend in case we didn’t sell you on it enough already.

There Are Dozens of ‘Next Up’ UK Comedy Specials Coming Stateside

April 14, 2022

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Thanks to the comedy powers that be at Comedy Dynamics and a brand new advantageous partnership with Next Up, a formidable UK comedy brand, there’s a whole bunch of comedy specials, amassed from over the last several years, for you to dig into here in the U.S.

Previously, hours from the likes of Fern Brady, Kiri Pritchard McLean, The Pajama Men, Jen Brister, Aditi Mittal, Tommy Tiernan, Tiff Stevenson, Luisa Omeilan, and Marcel Lucont were primarily just available for streaming to those Brits tuned into Next Up. There are a few great comics from this side of the pond as well like Kira Soltanovich, Dave Meherje, and Dave Hill.

Now, over 150 specials from Next Up’s library will get U.S. streaming distribution across almost every major platform via Comedy Dynamics. You’ll probably have more than enough specials to get through the end of 2022 just from this deal alone.

Here’s the list of specials that Comedy Dynamics is bringing to us soon.

Aaron Simmonds	Disabled Coconut
Adam Hess	Seahorse
Aditi Mittal	Mother of Invention
Alasdair Beckett-King	The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries
Alex Kealy	Rationale
Alexander Fox	Ringo
Alexis Dubus	A Ruddy Brief History of Swearing
Ali Brice	Bin Wondering
Alison Thea-Skot	Thea-Skot Through the Heart and You’re to Blame
Andrea Hubert	Week
Andrew Maxwell	Showtime
Andrew Maxwell	Yo Contraire
Andy Field	The Andy Field Experience
Anesti Danelis	Six Frets Under
Anna Mann	A Sketch Show for Depressives
Anna Mann	How We Stop The Fascists
Archie Maddocks	Matchstick
Ashley Storrie	Hysterical
Bec Hill	I’ll Be Bec
Ben Target	Discover
Ben Van der Velde	Fablemaker
Brennan Reece	Everglow
Casual Violence	Hang The Suits
Christopher Bliss	Writing Wrongs
Daliso Chaponda	What The African Said
Daniel Cook	For Money
Danny McLoughlin	Phillip Was Right
Ed Aczel	Is Edward Aczel Infinite?
Eleanor Morton	Great Title, Glamorous Photo
Esther Manito	Crusade
Fern Brady	Male Comedienne
Funmbi Omotayo	–
Gráinne Maguire	Great People Making Great Choices
Hal Cruttenden	Straight Outta Cruttenden
Hal Cruttenden	Chubster
Helen Duff	How Deep Is Your Duff
Holly Burn	The Best of the Burn
Ian Smith	Half-Life
Jen Brister	Meaningless
Jessica Fostekew	Silence of the Nanns
Joe Sutherland	Toxic
Joey Page	The Last Night Before Lockdown
John Hastings	Integrity
Jonathan Pie	Back To The Studio
Jonny Pelham	An Hour
Jordan Brookes	The Making Of [Director’s Cut]
Jordan Brookes	Body Of Work
Joseph Morpurgo	Hammerhead
Joz Norris	The Incredible…
Juliette Burton	Defined
Kat Bond	Loo Roll
Kiri Pritchard McLean	Hysterical Woman
Laura Lexx	Tyrannosaurus Lexx
Laura Lexx	Trying
Lauren Pattison	Lady Muck
Lazy Susan	Forgive me, Mother!
Lloyd Langford	Rascal
Lost Voice Guy	I’m only in it for the free parking
Lou Conran	At Least I’m Not Dog Poo Darren
Maisie Adam	Vague
Marcel Lucont	Gallic Symbol
Mark Smith	Old Smudge
Matt Winning	Ragnarok
Matthew Highton	Insufficient Memory
Max & Ivan	The Reunion
Michael Legge	Jerk
Michael Legge	The Idiot
Norris & Parker	Burn the Witch
Pat Cahill	D.O.T.T.
Patrick Turpin	To Me, You Are Perfect
Paul Sinha	Shout Out To My Ex
Peter Brush	t
Rachel Parris	Best Laid Plans
Ray Bradshaw	Deaf Comedy Fam
Richard Stott	Right Hand Man
Richard Todd	Live
Rob Oldham	Worm’s Resolve
Robin Morgan	What a Man, What a Man, What a Man, What a Mighty Good Man (Say It Again Now)
Róisín and Chiara	Back to Back
Sarah Callaghan	The Ballad Of Sarah Callaghan
Sean McLoughlin	Kamikaze
Séayoncé	Déjà Voodoo
Shappi Khorsandi	Live from Soho
The Delightful Sausage	Cold Hard Cache
Tim Renkow	King of the Tramps
Tom Parry	Parryoke
Tom Stade	I Swear To
Tom Ward	Sex, Snails and Cassette Tapes
Tommy Tiernan	Under the Influence
Twins	Pret A Comedy
Zoe Lyones	Entry Level Human
Abigoliah Schamaun	Namaste, Bitches
Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall	Alasdair Lists Everything
Alexander Bennett	Alexander Bennett’s Terrifying Smile
Alexander Bennett	Housewive’s Favourite
Alice Fraser	The Resistance
Alice Fraser	Ethos
Archie Maddocks	Shirts Vs Skins
Ashley Haden	We All Die C**ts
Ashley Haden	Fk You And Fk Your Beliefs
Becky Brunning	Bloom
Bobby Mair	NextUp Special
Brendon Burns	Selfies in the Grand Canyon
Chris Chopping	Chris Chopping’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Danielle Ward	Seventeen
Danny McGinlay	The Complete First Season
Dave Hill	The Pride of Cleveland
Dominic Holland	The Glory Year
Dominic Holland	Alive In Tring
Dr. George Ryegold	The Worst Of
Dylan Brody	Driving Hollywood
Eleanor Morton	Lollipop
Gareth Cooper	Mishmash
Garrett Millerick	Devil’s Advocate
Gavin Baskerville	Reasons
Georgie Morrell	Eyecon
Grey Griffin	My First Comedy Special
James Ross	Leopardoptera
Jarred Christmas	Live from a Village Pub
Jeff Leeson	Grandma Used To Heckle Me
Jeff Leeson	Off The Cuff
Joe Bor	A room with a Jew
Joe Bor	The Story of Walter and Herbert
Joe Matarese	The Poster’s Wrong
Jordan Brookes	Bleed
Juliette Burton	Butterfly Effect
Laura Davis	Live at the Easey Street Concert Hall
Luisa Omielan	Politics for Bitches
Marcel Lucont	Numero Dix
Matt Gubser	Daddy Issues
Nick Capper	Pork Palace
Njambi McGrath	Breaking Black
Njambi McGrath	African In New York – Almost Famous
Njambi McGrath	Accidental Coconut
Njambi McGrath	One Last Dance With My Father
Paul F Taylor	Pick Of The Litter
Phil Nichol	The Naked Racist
Phil Nichol	Nearly Gay
President Obonjo	Goodbye Mr President
Robert White	Tank Top Tour
Robert White	InstruMENTAL
Sam Avery	The Learner Parent
Sam Rhodes	Americanarama
Samantha Hannah	How to Find Happiness (In A Year)
Scott Bennett	Leap Year
Shane Todd	Holywood to Hollywood
Shirley & Shirley	Marriage Material?
Stephen Grant	Taken For Granted
Stuart Laws	So Preoccupied…
Stuart Laws	Stops
The Pajama Men	Pterodactyl Nights
The Pajama Men	The Last Stand To Reason
Thenjiwe Moseley	Live in London
Tiernan Douieb	Miserably Happy
Tiernan Douieb	The World is Full of Idiots
Tiernan Douieb	This Isn’t For You
Tiff Stevenson	Optimist
Tiff Stevenson	Mad Man
Umar Khan	Live In Baltimore
Andy Parsons	Live & Unleashed – But Naturally Cautious
Bec Hill	Bec in an Hour
D.J. Demers	[Indistinct Chatter]
Dave Merheje	Good Friend Bad Grammar
Ed Byrne	Crowd Pleaser
Ed Byrne	Different Class
Ed Byrne	Roaring Forties
Ed Byrne	Outside Looking In
Ed Byrne	Spoiler Alert
James Mullinger	Almost Canadian
Kira Soltanovich	You Did This To Me
Mark Forward	Presents Mark Forward
Mark Steel	Vive La Revolution
Mark Steel	Mark Steel’s In Town
Miles Jupp	Is The Chap You’re Thinking Of
Miles Jupp	Fibber In The Heat
Norman Lovett	Outside the Box
Paul Zerdin	All Mouth
Richard Herring	Lord of the Dance Settee
Sean Hughes	Penguins
Simon Munnery	Hello
Stewart Francis	Pun Gent
Tony Law	An Hour & Some of Tony Law
Tony Law	Brainporium
Tony Law	Maximum Nonsense
Tony Law	Go! Mr Tony Go!
Ben Rosenfeld	Don’t Shake Your Miracle
Celia Pacquola	The Looking Glass

Follow @comedydynamics across socials to keep tabs on how these will all roll out.

Pick of the Day: Pizzazz with Gary Gulman (in NYC) 4/18

April 13, 2022

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Gary Gulman has been and remains as one of the finest artisans/practitioners/craftsmen of stand-up comedy, especially when it comes to how exquisite and complex a single joke can be (and, of course, how wildly funny it can be the whole time). Watch The Great Depresh if you need a reminder about how great Gary is. This has been true at his home in NYC and pretty much anywhere else he plays for several years at this point, making a live appearance by Gulman a special, do-not-miss event.

Thankfully, Gary is starting a monthly show where New Yorkers will get that chance a lot more often. Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn will be the home for Pizzazz that will showcase Gulman along with a collection of NYC’s finest. Their inaugural line-up certainly hits that mark with Emmy Blotnick, Nore Davis, and Martin Urbano.

This very first editino of Pizzazz with Gary Gulman is set for Mon. Apr. 18th at 7PM ET. Tickets are $14.02 (includes fees) and you can and should get them here (and not miss any one of these).

Pick of the Day: Kristal Adams Does 39ish Minutes Album Recording (in LA) 5/5

April 8, 2022

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Though sheer hard work and also being funnier and funnier every time we see her, Kristal Adams has worked her way up through the LA comedy scene. Kristal’s poise and intelligence on stage are a special charm on top of her very well-observed observations and personal comedic truths whether they be about race, jazz, or anything else in between.

Kristal will be doing a taping for her very first album, a 39ish minute performance in honor of her 39th birthday, at The Glendale Room on Thurs. May 5th. While much of LA will be hustling from Netflix Is a Joke Fest show to Netflix Is a Joke Fest show around then, you can watch this celebratory stand-up performance (that will also be a taping) from one of LA comedy’s rising stars.

There are two tapings, one at 8PM PT & the other at 10PM PT and admission is pay what you can. Go ahead and reserve a ticket anyway while you’re getting more details here.

Please Enjoy Emil Wakim’s Late Night Debut on The Tonight Show

April 6, 2022

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It’s still a toss up as to which late night show will take the baton from Conan to most prominently feature stand-up during an episode. Thankfully, in the race that’s mainly between Corden and Fallon, plenty of great comedians are getting highlighted and really getting to do their thing.

NYC’s Emil Wakim is the latest to make their late night debut and Wakim really plays with the negative space (i.e. for comedy, extended pauses and dramatic passages) while painting a honest image of his intersectional biracial identity. It’s a pretty fun, very confident late night debut and you should give it a watch here.

Pick of the Day: Brew Haha (in LA) 4/8

April 6, 2022

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Very, very few comedy shows in LA, or anywhere for that matter, threw down party-wise quite like Brew Haha. The hybrid stand-up/drinking game game show put on a house show of the likes that you would largely only see in coming-of-age comedies. It would get so packed that folks would ascend to a rooftop if there was no space down below to watch the show.

Having the audience drink every time that one of the best of the LA comedy scene would say a certain thing during their set turned out to be one of the most successful alt comedy formats in the last several years.

All that said, Brew Haha is returning for their first in-person show in years this Friday, Apr. 8th at 8PM PT at Hollywood’s Thymele Arts. Tickets are only $10 and you really ought to get tickets before it sells out here.

Pick of the Day: (The Second Return of) Loud Village’s Comedy Night at Best Fish Taco (in LA) 4/5

April 1, 2022

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Best Fish Taco in Ensenada, thankfully, has remained throughout almost the entirety of the pandemic, serving up fish tacos that does their name proud and is part of making Los Feliz the popular hang out destination in LA that it has been for several years now.

Also, they’re twice-a-month comedy show presented by Loud Village has been one of the most popular neighborhood stand-up shows for years with draws such a big crowd that people will stand out in the sidewalk and maybe even the street to see the show. Many of LA comedy’s best and brightest grace the carpet that has been placed over Best Fish Taco’s cozy and kitschy outdoor patio.

They had returned last year when the outdoor mask mandate was lifted, but took a break for the Winter/Omicron. The weather is warmer (though the pandemic continues), but Loud Village’s Comedy Night @ Best Fish Taco will return next week on Tues. Apr. 5th at 8PMish (maybe more like 8:30PMish) and go back to its 1st and 3rd Tuesday schedule w/line-ups posted hours before.

Pick of the Day: Tig Notaro: Hello Again (in LA) 5/14

March 30, 2022

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Simultaneously a calming, yet silly, yet also so cathartically honest voice in comedy, the one and only Tig Notaro is back out on the road for the very aptly named Hello Again tour. There is no one quite like Tig who now sports one of the most unique presences in comedy history with the frosting of having been a Chief Engineer on Star Trek: Discovery and a badass helicopter pilot in Army of the Dead. We have no doubt that the stories from either production, hopefully stories that she winds all of us through in this new hour, will be something that pretty much just Tig and Tig alone could come up with.

Tig’s return to LA on Hello Again will be a very special evening at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in DTLA on Sat. May 14th at 7PM PT. This particular stop on the tour will double as a record release party and that is double the reason to go get tickets starting at $39.50 (plus fees) right here.

Pick of the Day: Chris Gethard: America’s Loosest Cannon (in LA) 6/25

March 28, 2022

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While the Internet is fixated with Chris Rock getting slapped by Will Smith at last night’s Oscars and subsequently giving a surge to Rock’s ticket sales for his upcoming tour dates, Chris Rock is not the only renowned Chris in comedy that you should shell out for tickets to go see.

Chris Gethard, comedian, podcaster, TV host, actor, raconteur, pride of NJ, alt comedy elder statesmen, is back out on tour in person. He’ll be doing various stops that may be either a live episode of Gethard’s podcast Beautiful Anonymous or a special, intimate evening of stand-up comedy.

For his LA stop, Gethard will be bringing his wonderfully hilarious vulnerability and unflappable genuineness to Zebulon on Jun. 25th at 7PM PT. Tickets for what will be called Chris Gethard: America’s Loosest Cannon are on sale now for $24.60 and you ought to go snag them right now.

Oh yeah, for NYC folks, we should mention that Gethard will be opening for Jawbreaker 4/27-4/30.

Jen Kirkman Says Goodbye to Comedy with What Will Be One of the Best Comedy Albums of 2022 “OK, Gen-X”

March 25, 2022

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One of our least favorite beginnings to a comedic premise is “Back in my day…” An overwhelming majority of the time, the sentiment is followed by older generations reminiscing in the glory of their hardships or the simplicity of their younger years. Jeff Foxworthy’s latest special The Good Old Days functions almost entirely on that singular well-worn, dull theme to the point where “…in the good ol’ days…” becomes the latest crutch of a catchphrase, a follow-up to “You might be a redneck if…”

Jen Kirkman embarks down a somewhat parallel path in her latest and last(?) album OK, Gen-X, but then veers off to explore the transition between generations with less focus on value judgments and more on how there are always people trying their very best no matter what time they’re born into. There is so much truly beautiful vulnerability on this album, which may be in part as it’s supposed to be Jen’s valediction from comedy. Examining the finer points of how different of a world she lives in now than when she grew up and, often times, being pro-millennial or Gen-Z is refreshing take, both for its affirmation and how rare it is in comedy.

If we’re to go by generational stereotypes, Gen-X often gets pegged for being endless cynical and sarcastic and this hour is almost a love letter from Gen-X to young people all while weaving a charmingly loose Jen still at the height of her comedy powers. It’s only March and this is undeniably one of the best hours of comedy that’ll come out this year.

Also, Jen sticks it so well to Louis CK by telling her story in full as an amazing parting salvo and gives a stiff reminder (full of great punchlines) how far we still have to go for parity between women and men in comedy (and the world in general). We can only hope that Jen is pulling a Hannah Gadsby and just saying that’s she quitting only to change her mind in a few months or a year or two.

In the meantime, have a really swell time listening to one of the best of our time, Jen Kirkman, and what will be her final comedy record for now, OK, Gen-X, available now wherever you get your comedy albums.

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