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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 24: Steve Hernandez & Calculated Risks

September 9, 2020

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Before lockdown, one of LA’s best comedy shows, sometimes described as one of the best indie comedy shows in the entire country happened on Sunday Nights at The Chatterbox in Covina. Steve Hernandez not only built the show from the ground up over several years, but has also grown his own personal podcast empire in co-hosting Views From the Vista, The Male Gaze, and Who’s Your God? (as well as an upcoming fourth podcast that he reveals on the pod). Steve zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger to talk on how Steve meticulously has adjusted and planned for the survival of all those things and what may or may not come for live comedy in LA in the coming months and years. Also, there’s some “hot” takes on SNL promoting Ego Nwodim to repertory player and Ellen DeGeneres setting a return date for her show and promising that “we’re gonna talk about it.”

In the midst of all of that, Jake gets into his hang-ups with the new Charlie Kaufman movie I’m Thinking of Ending Things even though he hasn’t seen it yet.

Follow Steve @hernia on IG and @bighern on Twitter. Listen/subscribe to Views From the Vista, The Male Gaze, and Who’s Your God?

Shout outs: Maria Bamford’s You Are (a Comedy) Special, Ted Alexandro’s CUT/UP

The Comedy Bureau @thecomedybureau across platforms and please, please support TCB via GoFundMe, Patreon, or on Venmo (@jakekroeger).
Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Please Enjoy Ted Alexandro’s “CUT/UP”, An Hour Special Stitched Together From Several of Ted’s Recent Sets

September 7, 2020

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At this time, there is still no way other to put together a special that features a full audience inside a proper comedy venue right now. The prospect of getting packed into a comedy club or small theater for a special or just a night of comedy is still far off because of COVID-19. So, Ted Alexandro made the best of what he had, which was assembling an hour of tape of him headlining and doing the same hour at The Comedy Cellar and Village Underground in NYC and Helium Comedy Club in Portland.

Though it might seem like a new frontier, putting an hour comedy special from several different performances isn’t entirely without precedent. Dave Attell did it wonderfully with Road Work, Maria Bamford really went all over the place with Old Baby, and Adam Sandler followed suit with 100% Fresh.

Ted’s new hour CUT/UP stands apart from these three “cut-up specials” as this hour had to be made this way. A well deserved round of applause should go to Matthew L. Weiss for editing and maintaining Ted’s rhythm in bits while cutting between different performances.

Ted himself delivers another very satisfying hour of stand-up that feels both classic and very of the moment. Alexandro’s craftsmanship as a stand-up is undeniable, which is part of why he continues produce so many great bits that move and shift with the ever changing times like with gun control crisis as well as how he evolves in his own life with him just about to become a father.

You can spend the rest of this Labor Day (or any other day for that matter) enjoying Ted Alexandro’s CUT/UP for free as the entire special is streaming on YouTube right here.

Ted Alexandro’s New Hour “Senior Class of Earth” Is a Finely Crafted Hour of Comedy in 2018

October 17, 2018

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Due to the nature of showbiz and the instantaneous demand of something new, crafting an hour of comedy often is rushed and, consequently, ends up looking rushed. You’ll find that there’s no connective tissue between the material and the arc of tone and energy seem random at best.

Ted Alexandro’s Senior Class of Earth is a welcome break from all of that.

Ted Alexandro is a great comedian and an exemplary artisan of the form. He has done it before, but Ted shows again what a well crafted hour of stand-up can be (and can be for the world weary audiences of 2018) with Senior Class of Earth. As always, Ted is so perfectly laid back in this special/album with his performance that he can sail through choppy waters and keep the audience on board the whole time. That’s not so easy these days with the mere mention of a certain political figure or divisive topic freezing up comedy audiences immediately.

Here’s a trailer to get a taste of what we’re talking about.

So, we urge you to get and enjoy Senior Class of Earth, available now as a special from All Things Comedy and as an album from 800 Pound Gorilla.

It’s not part of the special, but Ted showed how very good he is at making the medicine go down with a spoonful of sugar in this recent set about Louis CK and Cosby.

The Cinder Block Comedy Festival Is Bringing Another Comedy Festival to Brooklyn

August 21, 2016

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Thanks to festival director Coree Spencer, a new festival is coming to the ever-burgeoning comedy that’s just happening in Brooklyn (there’s already a few comedy festivals that regularly happen in Brooklyn alone) within the already giant NYC comedy scene.

Called the Cinder Block Comedy Festival due to a personal incident with a cinder block that Coree had, it’ll take over multiple venues throughout Williamsburg in Brooklyn from Wednesday, September 14th-Sunday, September 18th for its very first run.

As, Baron Vaughn, Laurie Kilmartin, Murderfist, Myq Kaplan, Ted Alexandro, Josh Gondelman, Mike Drucker, Kevin Avery, Frank Conniff, Mike Recine, Lynn Bixenspan, Sofiya Alexandra, Greg Edwards, Jess Lane, Baron Vaughn, Emmett Montgomery, Kevin Yee, and more (check out the full line-up here) are all slated to perform, we urge you to go to Cinder Block next month if you’re in, around, or close to NYC.

You can (and should) get your festival passes here.

Support/Go To This Year’s Accidental Comedy Festival in Cleveland

August 2, 2015

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Ramon Rivas seems like he has a good thing going in Cleveland and, if you can, you should help him keep that good thing going.

From Sept. 11th-13th, Cleveland, Ohio will have its 2015 edition of the Accidental Comedy Festival that will feature the comedic stylings of Ted Alexandro, Dave Hill, Greg Barris, The Puterbaugh Sisters, Drew Michael, Noah Gardenswartz, Kenny DeForest, Will Miles, Nate Fridson, The Undone Sweaters, Clark Jones and more.

It should be a real good time, especially if you want to catch a bunch of the NYC outside of NYC. You can get your passes here.

Ramon’s looking to raise $7000 on indiegogo to pay for various festival costs. You can and should donate here.

The Woodstock Comedy Festival Returns in Less Than Two Weeks

September 9, 2014

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Colin Quinn, Whiplash, Carmen Lynch, Ted Alexandro, Aparna Nancherla, Lee Camp, Myq Kaplan, Dan Soder, and more are coming to Woodstock, NY for this year’s Woodstock Comedy Festival Sept. 19th-21st.

Not only will great comedy be on display in a very picturesque setting that has a great, wild history, but all net proceeds will go to fight against human trafficking and domestic violence in case you needed another reason to go.

So, get your tickets here.

Ted Alexandro Gives Us a Very Clear Picture of Being 45 on Ferguson

September 5, 2014

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Succinct in description and detail, Ted Alexandro gives us a very clear picture of being 45 years old throughout his set on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night.

Hopefully, there’s better social media when millennials turn 45 as to not have to deal with what Ted puts up with. Watch his set here.

Dave Attell Is Not Your Typical School Photographer on Teacher’s Lounge

July 23, 2014

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Dave Attell guest stars in the latest episode of Hollis James and Ted Alexandro’s web series Teacher’s Lounge as a school photographer that’s obviously never been a school photographer before (i.e. he isn’t PC whatsoever).

Watch it here.

Watch Ted Alexandro and Hollis James’ Web Series Teachers’ Lounge

June 27, 2014

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After a thoroughly entertaining Kickstarter campaign, Ted Alexandro and Hollis James’ web series Teachers Lounge is finally here.

There’s a reason students are never allowed in said Teachers Lounge, as you’ll find, since adults are still as awkward as kids. Watch the first episode with Jim Gaffigan.

Bumbershoot Announces This Year’s Comedy Line-Up

June 19, 2014

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Bumbershoot Announces This Year’s Comedy Line-Up

Paul F. Tompkins’ Dead Author Podcast, W. Kamau Bell, Ted Alexandro, Matt Braunger, Cristela Alonzo, Beth Stelling, PDX Comedy Block Party, NW Comedy Fest’s Canadians of Comedy, and plenty more are coming to Bumbershoot are coming to Seattle at the end of August/beginning of September.

There’s plenty of great music too. So, get your tickets now.

Support Ted Alexandro’s Kickstarter for Web Series “Teachers Lounge”

May 29, 2014

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If you’re in a generous mood and/or want to support really funny people in being really funny, Ted Alexandro has a Kickstarter you can donate to in order to support the Teachers Lounge web series from Hollis James and himself.

The series follows Alexandro as a music teacher (an occupation Ted really had) and a janitor hanging out in the teachers lounge then dealing with some faculty member. Already, he’s shot episodes with Jim Gaffigan, Lewis Black, Janeane Garofalo, Judy Gold, Judah Friedlander, Jim Norton, Dave Attell, Rachel Feinstein, Michael Che, Todd Barry and musician Ted Leo.

He wants to shoot more episodes and put up one great Kickstarter video to further entice you to donate, which you should, to his $50,000 goal with less than a month to go.

Watch Ted Alexandro’s Set on Conan

February 27, 2014

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Last night, Ted Alexandro graced the stage at Conan and gave us all well crafted comedic insight about classical radio and gay rights.

Watch his set here.

Pay What You Want for Ted Alexandro’s New Special “I Did It”

February 15, 2014

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The very funny Ted Alexandro released his brand new stand up special I Did It yesterday and, as sort of a Valentine’s Day present to us all, you can pay what you want to have and watch it.

So, with that in mind, you should give some good money to Ted for some damn good laughs. Buy/download I Did It here.

Ted Alexandro Releasing New One Hour Special on Valentine’s Day

February 4, 2014

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Wonderful NYC based comedian Ted Alexandro is releasing a brand new one hour special, taped live at the amazing comedy venue known as The Creek and The Cave.

I Did It will be available on Feb. 14th off of his website, that’s right, Valentine’s Day, and what we’ll be listening to instead of worrying about cards, chocolates, flowers, etc.

Watch a preview of I Did It now.