You’ve got time for Hannibal’s latest hour special today, right?
The brand new hour of stand-up from Hannibal Buress is finally here. Comedy Camisado just started streaming at Netflix a few hours ago.
If you have a Netflix account and/or password, watch it here. If you don’t, it would be a good time to get one.
Jamie Lee got to perform the first stand up set in all of late night this year and absolutely did not disappoint.
She was on last night’s Late Late Show with James Corden and you can see why, regardless of anything else happening in 2016, that Jamie and stand up comedy have started off this year quite nicely.
This latest episode of Thomas R. Wood’s great web series Outside Comedy trails Brooks Wheelan as he takes a day to hike along a picturesque piece of California coastline and snap as many photos as possible. Turns out that Wheelan loves photography, but likes to do as more of an outsider rather than getting to the specifics of F-stops, color temperature, etc.
As with every episode in this series, the hobbies and obsessions outside of comedy bring a sort of balance and perspective to each comedian and it’s pretty fascinating.
Watch this episode here.
9PM on Showtime.
This is just a friendly reminder of what you should be watching tonight. If you’re still on the fence, just watch Jermaine Fowler’s set on Corden from this week, then we’re sure you’ll be on board for his very first hour stand-up special, Give’em Hell Kid on Showtime.
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Seeso is really making up for all that lost time on NBC’s comedy slate over the last couple of years.
Just in its beta stage right now, you already know that Seeso has a lot to offer even though they’re just getting started.
Now, they’ve gotten an official launch date: Thurs. Jan. 7th.
In addition to their vast array of offerings, they’ll adding a bunch of original content including a show called Before the Morning After where comics like Greg Proops, Jena Friedman, and Alex Edelman will riff at a diner, the long awaited hour stand-up special from Rory Scovel, Matt Besser breaking ridiculous records on Besser Breaks the Record, live variety and stand-up shows The UCB Show and Live From The Barrel House, an animated comedy The Cyanide & Happiness Show, an Australian musical comedy series with puppets, Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane, and a modern dating game show, Dave & Ethan: Lovemakers.
With other shows from Jonah Ray, Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher, Dan Harmon, Thomas Lennon/Robert Ben Garant/Kulap Vilaysack, and more also on the way, Seeso is making the $3.99/month subscription fee sound worth it.
We’re pretty sure the world is in for a treat when Jermaine Fowler’s Showtime special Give’em Hell Kid premieres on Friday.
Why do we say that?
Well, just watch his set from last night’s Late Late Show with James Corden.
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.
Want to have your comedy web series, video, short film, podcast, album, special, book, audio book, essay, stand-up, improv, sketch, play, variety show etc. featured and/or listed at The Comedy Bureau?
Well, just send us your stuff at thecomedybureau@gmail.com for consideration! If we dig it, we’ll post about it or list it. We love discovering new folks, troupes, and more, so don’t feel intimidated in ever sending anything in.
Three things:
1) For now, we’re based in LA, so if you’re submitting a show for listing, please have it been within the Greater LA area. Otherwise, we’ll take in anything else to be potentially featured from anywhere else in the world.
2) Do keep in mind that we’re short staffed, so keep your submissions brief (i.e. don’t send EPK or extensive bios/descriptions) so we can get through submissions as quickly as possible.
3) Please submit recent work only i.e. anything that’s been posted or released from beyond two weeks of your submission. We like keep things fresh at the Bureau.
If you’ve been looking to take a trip fantastic through the mere words of a stand-up comedian, look no further than Ryan Singer and his latest album Immortal For Now.
Singer has a real talent for delving incredibly deep in his stand-up into what might seem like introspective esoterica about time, space, Gargamel’s origin story, the mating rituals of praying mantises, etc. but making it all accessible and straight up funny.
If you’re willing to take a journey through the comedic mind of Ryan Singer, and oh what a journey it is, we highly urge you to pick up Immortal For Now, just released from Stand-Up Records.
10PM on Epix.
The WTF host is the mic and the stool once again for his latest special, More Later, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, premiering tonight. It’ll be the latest chapter of his collection of albums/specials chronicling how Marc can still draw all the frustrations of his life into comedy.
For example, see his take on seeing old friends and kale. Then, catch the whole later on tonight, again, at 10PM on Epix.
LA transplant Dan Cummins presents a nicely done performance for his late night set this week on Conan.
Watch his stand-up set/detailing of his parenting/husband skills here.
We guess as an early Christmas present, you’re getting twice the releases this week from Netflix.
A Very Murray Christmas is set to come out on Fri., but you can watch the debut hour special of Brent Morin, cleverly titled I’m Brent Morin, that’s streaming right now on Netflix. Here’s a clip in case you need a preview.
If you have Netflix or someone’s Netflix password, get into the real guy behind Undateable’s Justin doing stand-up here.
We’re pretty sure Jermaine Fowler is going to make a very big and very, very good impression with his first hour special, Give’em Hell Kid, premiering on Showtime on Dec. 11th.
This latest preview clip should provide more evidence of this claim.
The latest hour stand-up special to come through the pipeline at Netflix will be Brent Morin’s first hour comedy special, I’m Brent Morin.
Set to start streaming next week on Tues. Dec. 1st, you’ll get to see Brent step away from his role as Justin on Undateable and put his exuberant stand-up chops on display.
See what you’re in for with I’m Brent Morin in this trailer.
The latest episode of Thomas R. Wood’s fascinating docu series on what comedians do Outside Comedy explores Kyle Kinane’s passion for mountain biking.
Believe it or not, it’s given Kyle a certain sense of balance in his life.
As you might be aware of, stand-up across the landscape of late night has become scarce over the last couple of years.
Knowing that, it’s encouraging to see it pop up wherever it pops up and even more so when someone like NYC’s Jacqueline Novak is the one that gets to take the mic and perform.
Such was the case this week when the Jacqueline got to do a set on The Late Late Show with James Corden, which has only featured a handful of stand-ups at this point.
Watch her set here.
Nowadays, Ian Karmel and Ron Funches are doing well for themselves in comedy here in LA. However, they’ve both transplanted here from Portland, OR and have even been roommates.
So, naturally, being on Conan together is both a dream come true and a really fun, rare type of late night stand up set. Watch it here and here to see what we’re getting at.
Following their two-part SXSW Comedy special, Showtime has got another comedy special that you should be on the look out for from Jermaine Fowler.
Give’em Hell Kid will be Jermaine’s first hour special and will also feature one-on-one interviews from those closest to Jermaine, which should be a whole bunch of fun considering how much Jermaine talks about his family in his act.
Here’s a teaser. After that, look for its premiere on Fri. Dec. 11th at 9PM on Showtime.
In addition to Emily Heller’s Good For Her, Kill Rock Stars is also putting another great comedy album, Ian Karmel’s 9.2 on Pitchfork.
This is Ian’s very first comedy album and it leaves a damn fine impression of Karmel and his stand-up. The hour weaves through every bit of Ian and gets quite personal, but Ian’s upbeat spirit and colorful attention to detail makes for one fun ride. Certainly, we think music tastemakers Pitchfork should entertain a special case for their rating system as the title of this album subtly suggests.
9.2 on Pitchfork comes out tomorrow, but if you’re really hankering for it, you can pre-order it from Kill Rock Stars here.
Kurt Braunohler was invited back to perform on The Tonight Show, which hopefully means that he’ll be one of the handfuls of stand-ups that get to do the show several times over the years for how damn funny Kurt is.
Watch his latest set here.
This is a banner weekend for NYC’s Sean Donnelly.
He just notched in a set on Conan last night. has his album “Manual Labor Face” coming out this Friday on nearly all major digital platforms including CC:Stand-Up Direct and has his half-hour special premiering on Comedy Central the very next night, Sat. Nov. 14th, at midnight.
Sean is an increasingly rare breed of comedian that attacks with his jokes relentlessly on stage, all while laughing and smiling the whole way through. His rambunctious persona is infectious whether it be his material, crowd work, or riffing and his late night appearance, album and special should all prove that to any and all.
So, with that said, you have plenty of Sean Donnelly to get into.
Emily Heller’s album Good For Her is another reason why this Friday is going to be a great day for comedy releases. Off of the same label, Kill Rock Stars, Ian Karmel and her are both releasing albums on that day just so you know.
Good For Her tours the mind of Emily Heller with all of its eccentricities structured very neatly into several bits that are both personal, yet also playful. A whole chunk on the multiple layers in which Frasier figures Emily’s life, both literally and metaphorically, is a pretty great example of that.
You can now pre-order Good For Her along with a T-shirt that has “Horny For Heller” printed on it for a Nov. 13th release. Also, if you’re one of the first 50 people to put an order for a CD, actual “googly eyes” will be glued on.
This week is particularly big week for comedy releases. One of the reasons for that is the great Ron Funches album The Funches of Us is set to come out on Fri. Nov. 13th from Comedy Dynamics.
We actually got to see one of the nights on the weekend he was recording the album at Comedy Works in Denver and we can confidently say that you’re all in for solid comedy gold.
While we know a week is more than awhile to wait for this new Funches drop, you can preview Funches of Us here.
After a tumultuous journey with his sitcom at Fox, John Mulaney made a return to the thing that put him on the map in the first place: stand up.
This new hour stand-up special coming to Netflix, The Comeback Kid, should prove that John Mulaney is still one of those funniest comedians around.
You can get your first glimpse of it here and here, then look for its release on Netflix this Fri. Nov. 13th.
Jono Zalay is one of those odd cases in comedy where an individual went really far in one field that has nothing to do with telling jokes and went on to be a comedian any way because, as it turns out, that was their true calling.
Zalay got a PhD in neuroscience, but doing stand-up was not only something he chased passionately, but another field he came to excel in. As you might imagine, Jono takes a very logical, measured approach to his jokes on his album Snake Oil whether it depends on wordplay, timing, diction, syntax, or the angle in which he approaches his observations.
While you can see scientific influence in his comedy, it’s definitely, above all, funny.
Get Snake Oil, fresh off of the Comedy Dynamics label here.