When Quincy Jones the comedian was diagnosed with cancer, he wanted to shoot a comedy special before his time was up.
His goal has been realized to its fullest potential and, as a bonus, it’s going to premiere on HBO.
Quincy Jones: Burning the Light premieres on Thursday, June 2nd at 10PM on HBO and you can your first preview of it right here.
In the UK, Jack Whitehall has amassed quite the following and, as such, is trying to make headway on this side of the pond.
He’s already got a late night appearance on Corden, and now, he has just performed his first stand-up set on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.
From the sound of those applause breaks, Whitehall might be well on his way to growing a U.S. fanbase
Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.
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Last week, W. Kamau Bell had the premiere of his CNN series, United Shades of America. This week, Bell continues his big return to TV with a brand new hour stand-up special on Showtime called Semi-Prominent Negro.
At least this week, he’ll be in the safety of a theater as opposed to hanging with KKK without a total idea of what might happen.
We have a feeling that the latest comedy special that will be coming to Netflix might be a hell of a good one as it is an hour long stand-up special from the fantastic Ali Wong.
What might make it extra special aside from it being a “special” is that she dissects about becoming a mom and everything connected to that while pregnant.
Called Baby Cobra, it starts streaming on Friday, May 6th.
You can see a bit of what Ali has cooked up in this preview.
A new comedy show in a vintage store! More details here.
The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Sunday May 15th at 9PM at The Chatterbox in Covina to be exact.
Melissa Villasenor has always been a delight with all the voices and personal stories in her comedy for the many years that we’ve seen her in and around and throughout the comedy scene in LA (as well as her notable run on America’s Got Talent).
So, she is recording her very first album next month and we think you ought to go see how much of a delight she is for yourself.
Every once in awhile on late night, you get to see a guest that had once worked for the show that they are now being featured on.
It’s always kind of a beautiful moment that shows everything kind of worked out.
The latest instance of this phenomenon is Sam Morril getting to be the latest comedian to perform stand-up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after being an intern for Colbert several years back.
The show is at 9PM this Thursday and tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. You should really just go buy them now right here.
The rest of our listings for comedy event/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
The amazing Maria Bamford is running her new hour at The Clubhouse Monday through Friday this week at 4PM.
The Clubhouse is in Los Feliz at 1607 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA in a big strip mall next to Jons, which means there is plenty of free parking. Tickets are $5 at the door and we highly suggest that you don’t miss out on it even if you have to cut out of work early.
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11PM on Comedy Central.
This will be Rachel Feinstein’s third Comedy Central special, not to mention her biggest to date.
The hour of Only Whores Wear Purple allows room for Feinstein to go beyond the voices and characters to skewer things like her own love life and her overly excited mother. It’s Feinstein most personal and, consequently, best special yet.
Again, catch it its premiere at 11PM on Comedy Central.
Tickets are $15-$49.50 and available here.
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Patton Oswalt’s latest hour stand-up special has arrived.
Odds are that you need something to lift your spirits right now. That may be the case for many people for a lot of the time, but the passing of an icon like Prince always looms heavy over the collective consciousness for awhile.
So, try give watching the great Patton Oswalt’s latest hour special “Talking for Clapping”, now streaming on Netflix, to feel better, even if it’s just for the hour that you spending watching it.
If you’re not on board the Caitlin Gill train yet or, in this case, inside the gigantic barbed wire boxing glove costume, then you need to get on board/inside ASAP. Gill has been killing it on whatever stage she has been on since she moved down from San Francisco and Caitlin doing an hour, along with Bobcat Goldthwait, David Gborie, and Clare O’Kane opening, is a must-see.
Poster by Dave Kloc and Garett Ross
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
This Saturday at 11PM on Comedy Central, the brand new hour special Amy Schumer Presents Rachel Feinstein: Only Whores Wear Purple premieres.
Feinstein gave a nice preview of this new hour with a set on last night’s Late Late Show.
Expect to hear how awkward foreplay can get and what a “hoot” Rachel’s mom tries to be.
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.
Clear out 10PM on both April 24th and April 29th.
Next week will be a big one for W. Kamau Bell as his brand new exploratory series of discriminatory subcultures, United Shades of America, and a brand new Morgan Spurlock directed comedy special, Semi-Prominent Negro, are both premiering.
More specifically…
United Shades of America will premiere on CNN on Sunday, April 24th at 10PM
Semi-Prominent Negro will premiere on Showtime on Friday, April 29th at 10PM
Bell’s last series, Totally Biased on FX/FXx, came to an end far too early (especially with the popularity of shows like Full Frontal and Last Week Tonight) and both his new show and special should be well worth catching.
You can hear Bell chat about both with Trevor Noah from last week’s Daily Show here.
The pals of Power Violence celebrate their monthly show of comedy and friendship at The Satellite this Sunday. Get tickets here.
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
Poster by Evan Mays
Frequent bit player at Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Daily Show’s newest contributor, Michelle Wolf, makes her latest late night stand-up set about the positives and negatives of a potential Hillary Clinton presidency. Somehow, she makes that seamlessly tie in with Amelia Earhart and short men.
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, comedian Quincy Jones has gotten more than he might have imagined in the time since then.
In the last few months, he has gotten a stand-up special crowdfunded and shot, been on Ellen twice, got his special picked up by HBO, and now, a Conan set that marks his late night stand-up debut. Also, it was just announced that his special Burning the Light will premiere on HBO on Thursday, June 2nd at 10PM.
For someone that was given a year to live, he seems to be doing alright.
Photo by Mandee Johnson
This weekend, the great, powerful, and hysterical Eddie Pepitone is headlining at Flappers Burbank. Specifically, he’s playing on Friday, April 15th at 8PM and 10PM and Saturday, April 16th also at 8PM and 10PM.
Tickets are $20 with a two item minimum and we highly suggest that you don’t miss Eddie do a long set, especially when it’s on and after tax day.
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
This week, Geoff Tate came out with his third album, Again, from Rooftop Comedy and it’s best hour of stand-up yet.
Tate has gotten sharper and more detailed in his personal observations for this record, but that doesn’t take away from his overall laid back stage persona. Thus, the hour is more cleverly crafted than you might be aware of as Tate’s easygoing delivery has a certain, undeniable charm.
Listen to two tracks to hear it for yourself.
Again is available on iTunes and at Rooftop Comedy now.
Australia’s amazing Wil Anderson gives new show, Fire at Wil, its American debut at the Nerdmelt Showroom on Thursday, April 21st at 7PM.
It’s free to attend, so long as you RSVP.
The rest of our listings for comedy events/shows and open mics along with corresponding open mics are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.
11PM on Comedy Central.
Nikki Glaser is on a hot streak for 2016. Not Safe with Nikki Glaser has already had a solid launch on Comedy Central and tonight, Glaser premieres her hour special Perfect on the network.
Fitting perfectly in line with themes from her show, Perfect is a great hour of stand-up that mixes sex-positive, feminist material with Glaser’s super clever, sharp writing and delivery.
Again, watch it tonight at 11PM on Comedy Central.
