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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 298: Alaina Bamfield & Doing a Trauma Special (That’s Packed with Jokes)

August 13, 2026

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While the idea of comedy as a salve for trauma is nothing new, Alaina Bamfield makes her own mark on today’s ever growing, crowded field of comedy with doing an entire half hour stand-up comedy special about life as a survivor of infamous serial child molester Larry Nassar. Called Untouchable, Alaina took her time honing it, making sure that the material was undeniably funny, and very much wanted to have humor be part of her journey forward from the horrific experience (she had to make her victim impact statement less roast-y). We follow how all of this came to be with a terrific new special on this week’s TCB Field Report.

Follow Alaina @alianabamfield on IG and watch Untouchable now on YouTube here.

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

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 257: Sam Walt Jones & Manifesting the Theatrical in Live Comedy

May 15, 2025

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The undertaking of putting on a live comedy show can be a lot, but putting on a full scale, multi-week, improvised parody of a celebrated TV franchise is a whole other sport. Yet, that seems to be Sam Walt Jones‘ favorite thing to do as he is just about to cap off his third season of Survivor: Island of Idiots, one of the most ambitious comedy productions we’ve ever come across. We get into the how and why of Sam’s process on this week’s TCB Field Report.

Follow Sam @samwaltjones across socials and get tix for the remaining Survivor: Island of Idiots here.

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