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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 295: Edib Farhan & Winning Fringe as a Poignant (Very Funny) Clown

July 9, 2026

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Fresh off their win of Top of the Fringe at this most recent Hollywood Fringe Festival, the amazing Edib Farhan is already busy with a sequel to their award winning show, Syrian Soap, eager to create a trilogy of profound clown/solo shows. This week’s TCB Field Report follows Edib’s long sojourn from activist to performance artist to stand-up to clown to festival winner and beyond.

Follow Edib @farhan__inc and get tix for Syrian Slipper on 7/18 @ The Elysian here.

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

Samantha Bee Goes and Visits Syrian Refugees for “Full Frontal”

February 16, 2016

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In the first of what is sure to be a strong line of remote segments for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Bee actually went to Syria (unlike her days at The Daily Show where they would often just throw up a background resembling wherever the piece was supposed to take place).

She sat down and talked to actual refugees and the people who are responsible for relocating them, which pairs well with Conan, who she leads in on Monday, and his more frequent trips to remote locales around the globe.

So, watch part 1 of The People We’re Incoherently Yelling About here.

John Oliver and “Last Week Tonight” Bring You Up to Speed on How Bad the Syrian Refugee Crisis Has Gotten

September 28, 2015

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As a crowd as a live comedy show might say in response, “How bad is the Syrian Refugee Crisis?”

Let the jokes of John Oliver and Last Week Tonight clue you in as their main segment focuses on the crisis as well as many European countries mishandling of it and using soap operas to put a nice hopeful bow on the whole piece.

John Oliver Had Right Said Fred Redo Their Hit Song as Anti-Assad Anthem

June 9, 2014

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Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, apparently, is a fan of Right Said Fred as it was revealed what he bought on iTunes last week while his country is in turmoil.

In turn, John Oliver had Right Said Fred redo their song “I’m Too Sexy” to tell Assad off. Watch it all go down here.