One of our “Comedians of Interest” that you’ll have to keep a close an eye on for on our upcoming Comedians of Interest Vol. 1 album is the endlessly clever James Austin Johnson.
Here’s a track of Johnson’s straight from “our” files.
Normally, a show like this would be in the walls of some hallowed indie music venue a la Neil Hamburger and Special Guests at The Satellite. However, next week, this wondrous line-up will brings some delightful mischief to the Gelson’s in Silver Lake.
Also, the show is free to attend. 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.
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation Is Now Streaming on Netflix (and You Should Watch It ASAP)
Patton Oswalt’s brand new hour special is now streaming on Netflix. That should be reason enough to carve out an hour today to watch Oswalt showcase his mastery of stand-up comedy.
However, you should watch this latest special as soon as you can, Annihilation, as Oswalt takes everyone on an unforgettable journey through the last year of his life, dealing with the passing of his wife Michelle McNamara and the aftermath. It’s as hilarious as it is heart wrenching and, ultimately, all the more beautiful for it.
Also, the message Patton has at the end is a maxim that we’d all do better to live by.
There are still tickets available for Mike Birbiglia’s two nights at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre next week. Very few are left for Thursday, Oct. 26th and a few more are left for Wednesday, Oct. 25th.
Please get them ASAP while they’re still around 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.
Not only is this a great week to be at The Virgil for both Hot Tub and The Super Serious Show, but we have free tickets for you to win for both shows!
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When it comes to comedy and Halloween, “seeing” stand-up in pitch black darkness sounds pretty ideal.
That’s why Marlena Rodriguez’s Dark: Stand Up Comedy in Pitch Black on Halloween weekend is kind of perfect.
The line-up is stacked with Debra DiGiovanni, Anna Seregina, Josh Fadem, Jesus Trejo, Chanel Ali, and Baron Vaughn.
This special Halloween edition of Dark will be at Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Cafe on Friday, October 27th at 8PM. Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at door and you can (and should) get advance tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Derek Sheen consistently holds up his reputation to process this world that’s almost too crazy to cogently make fun of and weave a hysterical tapestry of life’s oxymoronic tendencies.
He did it on his last album Tiny Idiot and he does it yet again with Disasterbation, which has a true life story entitled “Hitler Fatigue”.
Here’s a taste of the album from another track that details Derek finding a silver lining after a horrific car accident.
Please get Disasterbation as it’s out now from Stand Up Records.
Sam Jay’s Half Hour Comedy Central Special Is on Tonight at 12:30AM
This is just a friendly TCB reminder that you should tune in to watch the one and only Sam Jay (she has been causing a delightful ruckus ever since she set foot in LA) do her very first TV special (or remember to look out for a way to stream it very soon).
Please Enjoy Ismael Loufti’s Late Night Debut on Kimmel
Well, Ismael Loufti has one of the best jokes about Islamophobia that we’ve heard in awhile.
See for yourself in his charming and cleverly profound late night debut on last night’s Kimmel here.
Though Halloween will be over, you can keep the spirit alive with Chicago’s own Helltrap Nightmare, a surrealist, horror comedy show (seemingly in the same oozing vein of The Heart, She Holler) coming to the Lyric Hyperion next month.
Also, it might be a perfect night for the show as it’ll be exactly a year to the day after, well, you know, the 2016 election was over.
The line-up includes:
-host Sarah Squirm, The Shrimp Boys, and Scott Egleston, all from Chicago
-Ruby McCollister from NYC
-LA’s own Jamie Loftus, Bruce Bundy, and Lyra Hill.
Tickets are $10 and you can (and should, if you dare) get them here.
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.
Sean Patton is one of those comedians that we would tell you to never miss if you have a chance to see them.
Next week, you’ll have a chance to see the show that he went to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival with at the Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab.
Tickets are only $5 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.
Please Enjoy Christina P’s First Hour Special “Mother Inferior”
For those longtime fans, you probably know her as Christina Pazsitzky and are thankful that she finally has an entire hour special on Netflix to unleash her brash, colorful, unfiltered view of the world as a mother, wife, and human being.
For newbies, may we introduce you to Christina P., a fierce, yet delightful comedic voice that is lovingly presented in this first hour special, Christina P: Mother Inferior.
It’s streaming now on Netflix and you should go watch it (especially if you feel like, for some reason, you want to see more of women triumphing in entertainment/comedy/etc. right now).
Trailer for Patton Oswalt’s Latest Special “Annihilation” Only Slightly Prepares You For What’s Coming
Next Tuesday, October 17th, Patton Oswalt: Annihilation, Patton’s latest hour stand-up special, will begin streaming on Netflix.
From this trailer, everything seems in order for a new hour from Patton with some clever commentary on politics and white genocide.
However, as was hinted at earlier this year, Annihilation does indeed include his most personal material yet. He focused a significant portion of this hour on the untimely passing of his wife, Michelle McNamara, in a heartbreaking, beautiful, visceral, funny way that only Patton Oswalt could make happen.
You don’t see that in this trailer, but know that it’ll be one of the most affecting, unforgettable parts of the special when you see it next week.
October is well underway which means that Schtick or Treat is only a few weeks away.
In its 10th year, dozens of comedians will dress up and perform as a plethora of comedy icons like Bobcat Goldthwait, Maria Bamford, Louis CK, Sarah Silverman, The Amazing Jonathan, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Ricky Gervais, Bill Burr, and more.
Tickets for the LA edition at The Virgil are $15 and can be purchased here.
If you’re in NYC, get tickets to Schtick or Treat at The Bell House also going for $15.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Well, if you love schadenfreude and stand-up comedy, it’s doesn’t get more schadenfreude-ish than having comedians watch their earliest sets with other comedians commenting on it and a crowd strangers watching the whole affair.
That’s exactly what Jay Larson’s Burned Material will be when it kicks off at the end of the month at Nerdmelt with fantastic comedians Rory Scovel, Fahim Anwar, Brent Morin.
Tickets are $10 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.
Please Get and Enjoy Matt Goldich’s Debut Album “The Matt Goldich Guarantee”
If you like jokes extra dry, we’d urge you to take a listen to The Matt Goldich Guarantee, the very album release from one Matt Goldich that has one of the driest deliveries around in the world of stand-up comedy.
Matt combines cleverness and sharp writing together and plates it, if you will, in a minimalist style with the serving of every joke.
Get a taste of of what we’re talking about from Matt’s set on Late Night with Seth Meyers from this week, then go get The Matt Goldich Guarantee here.
Dana Gould’s Latest Album “Mr. Funny Man” Out Now
We’ve said many times in many ways that Dana Gould is kind of a gold standard when it comes to craftsmanship in stand-up comedy.
The precision that comes with both Gould’s writing and performing are top notch in all aspects, making it all seem kind of effortless. Also, Dana is a master of navigating dark subject material without it seeming exploitative or done for pure shock value.
His latest record Mr. Funny Man is another hour exemplifying all of the above, just as Dana has been doing for years and years and years.
With all of that said, we urge you to get Mr. Funny Man that was just released today.
The Comedy Bureau Presents of Comedians of Interest Vol. 1 Now Available on Pre-order
The Comedy Bureau, an LA comedy institution that has served the art form of comedy and Los Angeles since 2010, has handpicked “secret” recordings of their “comedians of interest” and release them to the public on an album through the venerable AST Records. More specifically, these 6 acts contained within this record are comedians that TCB believes have not gotten nearly enough of the attention they deserve. They are hysterical, original, innovative, and should be watched be very close by all. Knowing this, commit their names to memory: Anna Seregina, James Austin Johnson, Ahmed Bharoocha, Candice Thompson, The Walsh Brothers, and Eric Dadourian.
-Jake Kroeger, Director of The Comedy Bureau
You can (and really, really should) get Comedians of Interest Vol. 1. It comes out on Friday, October 20th, but is available for pre-order now here.
Please Enjoy UK’s James Veitch on Conan
Not only will comedian/TED talk speaker/professional prankster James Veitch prank the people he lives with, but he will document it for the world to see.
See for yourself here on Conan as he recounts really testing the mental and emotional limits of his roommate with ducks.
Entertaining Julia, the delightful monthly stand-up show from The Puterbaugh Sisters, is leaning into October and doing a special “Which Witch Is Which?” edition.
Basically, this very nice line-up:
Alison Stevenson
Mo Welch
Lydia Popovich
Candy Lawerence
Ryan Singer
Casey Ley
Alyssa Rusak
Lindsay Adams
Ricky Carmona
-will perform stand-up as if they are some sort of a witch this Sunday at Akbar in Silverlake. Sounds pretty damn fun (albeit a little spooky perhaps), no?
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.
Please Enjoy Caleb Synan Returning for Another Conan Set
Above smooth cadence and delivery, Caleb Synan highlights an undervalued tool in stand-up comedy these days: facial expressions. He really animates his jokes with fun act outs that hinge on what face Synan puts on for that specific joke.
See for yourself in his latest Conan set here.
Please Get Dave Anthony’s New Album “Hot Head”
At this point, a good amount of you now probably know Dave Anthony as one of the more accomplished and revered podcasters around with Walking The Room, The Dollop, and The LA Podcast Festival all under his belt.
We’d like you to know (or give you a friendly reminder) that Dave has been and is still a great stand-up that has only sweetened with more nuanced, commanding, and complex favors over the last few years (perhaps because of his podcasting experience).
You can hear so for yourself off his new album Hot Head recorded as part of an internationally touring show Dave recently did. The album recording was specifically done in Sydney, Australia and showcases Anthony’s obsessive attention to the darker, oft overlooked details of life and his ability to unwaveringly give them an enjoyable dressing down.
Please Enjoy Moses Storm’s Late Night Stand-Up Debut on Conan
There are many facets to the comedy of Moses Storm of which we enjoy. Modern Millennial and Terminally Chill Birthday are just a couple of Moses’ performance art pranks that got us on board for whatever Moses is doing.
He also has honed his skills in storytelling and stand-up that maintains Moses’ truthful, yet silly brand of humor.
See for yourself in this first late night stand-up appearance from last night’s Conan.
Win Tickets to Tomorrow’s Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen
Per usual, Hot Tub with Kurt (Braunohler) and Kristen (Schaal) is one of the best things going on Monday night and we’ve got tickets for you to win!
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