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Pick of the Day: The Cooties Go Online 5/18

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One of the best musical comedy groups working today (and, hell, in comedy, period), The Cooties are setting to ease our pandemic and world weary anxieties to rest for an hour or two with a show that’s “50% comedy, 50% concert, and 0% cooking competition.”

For several years, they have served up the most absurd songs with some of the best grooves and most beautiful harmonies in LA and around the country. Truly, they’ll transport you (as well as your toe that will be tapping to their songs) to a better, more fun place with their upcoming comedy live-stream, The Cooties Go Online.

This special, rambunctious evening of mirth and song will go live on Tues. May 18th at 6PM PT/9PM ET. Tickets are going at the nice price of $10 (plus service fee which makes it $11.62). Go get yours for The Cooties Go Online right now right here.

Please Enjoy The Cooties’ and What Might Be Their Most Absurd Song Yet, “Raisins”

October 20, 2020

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The Cooties have been, for a long time, one of our favorite musical comedy acts because their unwavering dedication ini being absolutely and unapologetically silly. Their sweet harmonies and absurdist lyrics are always a welcome break from whatever the world has been throwing us for the last few years.

Their latest song might be one of their catchiest and one of their silliest yet and we don’t want to spoil it by trying to even explain it or “set it up”. It’s best if you just watch and let “Raisins” wash over you.

So, please enjoy The Cooties’ latest “Raisins” here.

Enjoy The Cooties’ New Anthem for Shut-Ins “Stay Home”

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The Cooties make such an outstanding blend of comedy and music as they have some of the best harmonies of any and all that have attempted a funny song and some of the most ridiculous lyrics ever sung.

Case in point: their latest single/music video for “Stay Home”. Enjoy it wherever you are (probably while at home though as it literally sings the praises of not going out) here.

January 2, 2020

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OK, enough of this holidays non-sense. Let’s get back into the swing of things (your regularly scheduled great live comedy all around LA that is).

The first Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ The Virgil (you know, one of the best shows in LA) of 2020 is this Mon. Jan. 6th and, per usual, they have a stellar/stacked line-up (Hari Kondabolu’s in town and The Cooties are making the rounds for this edition) and, per usual, it’s at 8PM sharp and, again, per usual, it’s $5 right now and $8 cash at the door.

Go get your tickets (and show up at or before 7PM if you want a seat) here.

February 22, 2019

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The Cooties are, in our opinion, one of the best musical comedy acts around. Their harmonies and absurdist lyrics are so unabashedly and undeniably fun and sweet to the ear.

It has been a minute since they’ve played in town, so don’t miss their latest show on Thu. Feb. 28th 8PM at The Satellite (which will just also feature another one of the best musical comedy acts around, Garfunkel & Oates, and even a member of the wondrous indie pop band Vulfpeck, Jack Stratton).

Tickets are only $10! Go get ‘em here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

Watch The Cooties Debut Their Beautiful Harmonies in Their Silly Songs on Conan

September 21, 2018

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It’s been years now since we’ve first enjoyed the sweet voices of The Cooties singing ridiculously fun lyrics at Nerdmelt in the back of Meltdown Comics.

Since then, we’ve been hoping that they’d get on bigger stages to share their gifts for melodic mischief with the world and, indeed, that happened last night.

So, please enjoy their performance of “Maybe That’s God” on Conan here.

*we’re going to guess that Conan jokingly asks for an apology because of that f-bomb that got censored.

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The melodious harmonies and absurdist humor of The Cooties (Ethan Edenburg, Jacob Jeffries, Eric Jackowitz) .will be making its way back to The Resident’s stage in DTLA next week along with special guest Anna Seregina.

Don’t miss their catchy tunes that are also so damned funny. Get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

The Cooties Present “Narcos: The Musical”

August 21, 2017

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Much in the tradition of The Wire: The Musical, Netflix has tapped the unstoppably fun musical comedy group known as The Cooties to do a condensed musical version of their highly popular drug cartel drama, Narcos.

Needless to say, they delivered.

Watch The Cooties’ Narcs: The Musical in parts one, two, and three here.

Please Enjoy The Perfect Music Video for The Cooties’ Perfect Satirical Los Angeles Anthem “The L.A. Song”

February 7, 2017

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When it comes to poking fun at LA in a song, The Cooties, current Angelenos themselves, nail so much of the Los Angeles milieu in a pretty undeniably funny tune, The L.A. Song.

JASH made a wonderfully animated music video that accompanies every single lyric quite nicely. Watch it here.

January 12, 2017

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One of our favorite musical comedy acts (they made our best 100 list), The Cooties, have their first show of 2017 lined-up for this Saturday, January 14th at UCB Sunset at 10:30PM. Their satirical power pop is to not be missed and they’ll have the great absurdist stylings of Ian Abramson joining them too.

Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, open mics, and maps can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.

November 21, 2016

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Tomorrow night, November 22nd, Reggie Watts and his Late Late Show band, Karen, will be doing their residency at El Cid in Silverlake (4212 W Sunset Blvd.) and be joined by the amazing comedy pop group The Cooties as well as the lovely Kate Micucci (one half of Garfunkel and Oates). Needless to say, it’s going to be one hell of a show.

Show is at 8PM and costs $10 at door.

November 7, 2016

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You can (and should) get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com

The Cooties and Reggie Watts Make “Trumpy Trump”, the Only Actually OK Trump Supporter Song (Because It’s Still Against Trump)

October 12, 2016

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The Cooties are already great. Reggie Watts is also already great. They all definitely do not need to be made great again.

So, as a group of greats, they made a perfect, satirical Trump supporter song and accompanying music video, Trumpy Trump, that shows why one Donald Trump isn’t actually fit to make anything great at any time.

Please Enjoy the Grade A Silliness of The Cooties’ Pilot Dad Friends

October 4, 2016

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The rumors are true. There is stuff that you should watch on go90.

The Cooties are definitely one of favorite things that we found out about in 2016. Their absurdist songs strike a great balance of being solid pop music while being almost completely out-of-left-field with their lyrics.

Recently, they got a chance to make a TV pilot with JASH through Verizon’s go90 and got the free reign to really go to the nth degree with pure, uncut, silly brand of comedy.

The result is Dad Friends and you should watch it as soon as you can.

September 17, 2016

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Get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

September 15, 2016

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Best friends (a comedian and their best friend) get on stage together and tell a story together only like best friends can.

Real life best friends Kim Seltzer and Aliya Kamalova host The Best Friends Show that’ll have Lou Sanders and Aisling Bea, David Gborie and Johan Miranda, and The Cooties gracing us with their histories of being, you guessed it, best friends.

This edition of The Best Friends Show is set for this Saturday, September 17th at 9PM at Nerdmelt. Tickets are $8 online and $10 at door.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

September 8, 2016

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Get more details and RSVP for free here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

August 23, 2016

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Get more details and your tickets here.

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The Cooties are a great band/musical comedy act that, we’d say, paint with all the colors of comedy. This Friday will be their latest engagement and you shouldn’t miss out.

Get tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

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Doors are at 8PM and the show starts at 9PM. Tickets are available at the door.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.