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TCB Debriefing 10/16/23: American Fiction, James Hamilton Album, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, The Daily Show, Dana Snow
October 16, 2023
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1. Jeffrey Wright has been doing amazing work in supporting roles from being James Bond’s American counterpart to a reliable scene stealer in Wes Anderson’s latest works. Wright is about to take center stage in what looks to be a formidable and hysterical satire called American Fiction from writer/director Cord Jefferson. Wright plays a down on his luck author that creates an “urban” nom de plume as a joke for a publishing industry that rewards stereotypes and ends up finding more success than he ever has. Maybe a 2023 comedy version of The Invisible Man? See for yourself in the first official trailer here. Then, watch closely for a December release in theaters.

2. NYC comedy darling James Hamilton has made one of THE observational comedy albums of 2023 with I Don’t Deserve These Deals. Oh, you thought that observational comedy was passé? Well, let the perfectly distilled minutia of Hamilton’s life delivered with such arresting cool assure you that comedically exploring “what’s the deal” with things is still alive and well in comedy and can be thorougly enjoyed by the most snobbish of comedy fans. Please get into I Don’t Deserve These Deals fresh off the presses at AST Records here.

3. Here’s the first, full length, full-anime/fighting game-effect look at Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (complete with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World voice cast). Mark up your calendars in neon and pastels for Fri. Nov. 17th when it drops exclusively on Netflix.

4. FYI, The Daily Show returns tonight at Comedy Central (yes, it’s still a channel whose content you will probably watch on YouTube the next day) with Michael Kosta leading off at the host desk.

5. We’ll leave you with this: R.I.P. Dana Snow, an LA comedy staple. who passed away this weekend. Service for Dana will be held at Tao Comedy Studio in Koreatown on Sun. 10/29. Details below.

TCB Debriefing 10/12/23: The Curse, The Daily Show, How Did This Get Made?, Aparna Nancherla, Please Don’t Destroy, Cora Bora, Daniel Sloss
October 12, 2023
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1. If you dare (and of course you do since it’s the reason for the Halloween season), take your first full look at the meta meta meta house-flipping/docu-series/supernatural(?) thriller, The Curse with Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, and Benny Safdie. Then, set a reminder for Nov. 10th, it’s premiere date on Showtime/Paramount+.

2. The Daily Show will be the second to last late night program to return to the air (the last one will be SNL) and has, surprise surprise, not picked a permanent replacement for Trevor Noah. Instead, they’re going with another round of revolving hosts including Michael Kosta, Desus Nice, Sarah Silverman, Charlmagne Tha God, Leslie Jones, Michelle Wolf, and The Daily Show correspondents. This all begins next week and, one hopes, they’ll get someone permanently behind the desk before the hell that will be the 2024 election gets into full swing.

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3. One of the definitive movie and comedy podcasts in existence is hitting the road so you won’t have to find yourself at Largo in order to see Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas work their magic in person. Get tix here.

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4. Just a friendly neighborhood reminder of Aparna Nancherla‘s reserved comedic brilliance a la giving her depression the name “Brenda” in an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

5. The Please Don’t Destroy boys made a whole damn movie, The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, the trailer of which plays exactly like one of their sketches. Also, Conan O’Brien as Ben Marshall‘s Dad is perfect casting. See the madness in its entirety Nov. 17th on Peacock.

6.  You won’t have to wait for the next season of Hacks, whenever that’s going to happen, or rebinge The Good Place to see Meg Stalter and Manny Jacinto on screen again. Their indie comedy festival darling, Cora Bora just sold its North American distribution rights to Brainstorm Media (Variety). Hope this makes for a bright light in theatrical releases in early 2024.

7. Internationally renowned for breaking up relationships for people’s well being via his comedy, Daniel Sloss is making his latest stop in LA next week. By the way, we got tickets if you want them. Just be the first to let us know @thecomedybureau on IG.

8. We’ll leave you with this: Apologies for missing out on yesterday’s debriefing (and Monday’s even though that was technically a national holiday). Our esteemed founder Jake Kroeger is also the booker at the beloved Lyric Hyperion now and he’s getting the hang of juggling 100 balls at once (in addition to running TCB and booking a theater) .

The Daily Show Announces Schedule for First Round of Fill-In Hosts for Trevor Noah
January 5, 2023
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Trevor Noah had indeed bid adieu to The Daily Show and the search for his replacement is well underway. As announced late last year, Comedy Central has opted to take their time with finding the next successor to The Daily Show mantle and, in the mean time, have a stable of hosts to take on hosting duties (potentially auditioning themselves for the role, perhaps?).

The first round of these hosts will go as follows

Leslie Jones 1/17-1/19
Wanda Sykes 1/23-1/26
DL Hughley 1/30-2/2
Chelsea Handler 2/6-2/9
Sarah Silverman 2/13-2/16

That very well could be a wide expanse of The Daily Show could and will feel like over the next month and a half as Leslie Jones’ Daily Show is probably going to be a tad different from Sarah Silverman’s. One should note that Handler has enthusiastically expressed interest in returning to late night and having a more socio-political bent on top of covering pop culture and Silverman ostensibly had her own version of The Daily Show with the amazing I Love You, America on Hulu.

Also, don’t be surprised if Comedy Central sneaks in some experimentation with the format itself. We personally hope they sneak the panel debate that The Nightly Show used to have back into this sort of show.

In any case, if you’d like to see this up close and personal for yourself and you happen to be in the NYC area, you can get free tickets from 1iota here.

The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 134: Curtis Cook & Being Absolutely Clear
October 19, 2022
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Curtis Cook, despite his own protestations and sometimes self-identifying as petty in own comedy, is truly one of the most thoughtful comedians around on top of being so damn hysterical and writing for several hit shows, the latest of which just happens to be This Fool on Hulu. This week’s Comedy Bureau Field Report goes into the ethos of comedy and the relationship between one’s intended joke and how it’s received and how there’s no magical balance for all of it.

Also, “hot” takes on The Daily Show pondering a trio of hosts, a new Naked Gun, and more.

Find Curtis @curtiscookcomedy on IG and @curtis_cook on Twitter.

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

Pick of the Day: The Daily Show Turns 25! 7/19
June 15, 2021
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After a quarter of a century, The Daily Show has been an institution of comedy, both in the realms of late night and political, and has ushered in changes that still reverberate through TV, comedy, and even politics itself to this very day.

So, marking its 25th anniversary is definitely an occasion worth celebrating and having a show for. Thankfully, The Daily Show co-creators Lizz Winstead and Madeleine Smithberg are joining the very first correspondents of The Daily Show, Beth Littleford, Brian Unger, and A. Whitney Brown, to mark the 25 year mark and tell the story of how this pillar of comedy broke its first ground.

The Daily Show Turns 25! will be a live-stream via RushTix on Mon. July 19th at 6PM PT/9PM ET. Tickets/access is only $20 (with an option to donate to Abortion Access Front) and you can (and should) go get them here.

Pick of the Day: The Daily Show Writers Standup Tour 2/12
February 4, 2021
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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah has maintained a socially distant almost from the get go of lockdown. Thus, their writers and correspondents have been very busy trying to comedically process 2020 and the acute insanity of 2021.

The celebrated, award-nominated writers, of course, have their own takes on everything that they’re going to get to finally share on an upcoming virtual stand-up tour. The Daily Show’s Kat Radley, Randall Otis, and Matt Koff will be specifically be taking the stage at Nowhere Comedy Club on Fri. Feb. 12th at 6PM PT/9PM ET.

Tickets are $10-$30 and you can (and should) get them here.

Pick of the Day: The Daily Show Writers Standup Tour 8/12
July 28, 2020
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From the get go of lockdown, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah has been on the ball with doing their show remotely and very quickly figuring out how to translate their format to work in such a fashion. Undoubtedly, the writers of The Daily Show have a lot to do with that.

Thus, an entire show featuring stand-up from said Daily Show writers would be worth catching. Lucky for you, they are doing such a show next month as part of a virtual edition of The Daily Show Writers Standup Tour. Via live-stream, the critically acclaimed writing team of Kat Radley, Randall Otis, Devin Delliquanti, and Joseph Opio will be performing an exclusive night of stand-up comedy (presented by Nowhere Comedy Club).

This Daily Show Writers Standup Tour is set for Wed. Aug. 12th at 6PM PT/9PM ET and tickets are only $10. Go get them here before they sell out.

Vulture Let Us Have a Big Hand in the Making of Their Latest “20 Comedians You Should and Will Know” List
November 15, 2017
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Vulture Let Us Have a Big Hand in the Making of Their Latest “20 Comedians You Should and Will Know” List

These days, it’s stuff like this that makes us feel like we’re a legitimate bureau. 

Congratulations to Marcella, Joel, Nick & Brad, Cocoon Central Dance Team, Naomi, Chris, Patti, Matt, Sam, Langston, Natalie, Joe, Gary, Dulcé, Julio, Shane, Liza, Jaboukie, and Ramy for being the biz’s favorites. 

Trevor Noah to Host The Daily Show Through 2022
September 15, 2017
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Trevor Noah to Host The Daily Show Through 2022

Many late night hosts have their future secured up until 2020 and Comedy Central is more than doubling down on their current Daily Show host, Trevor Noah, who did win a Creative Arts Emmy. 

No one else in late night is currently renewed that far in the future (Fallon is re-upped to 2021), which will see Trevor far past the next presidential election. It’s hard to say how exactly it’ll look, but we have no doubt that late night will have gone through many more changes by the time 2022 rolls around. Suffice it to say that Comedy Central has a whole lot of faith in Noah.

Jon Stewart Puts to Rest This Idea That The Daily Show Could Have Determined the Election and Shares a Bit of Hope in America Going Forward as America
December 4, 2016
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Jon Stewart Puts to Rest This Idea That The Daily Show Could Have Determined the Election and Shares a Bit of Hope in America Going Forward as America

“We were the destroyers of men and creators of empires. I think that generally is satire’s role and has always been: the rise and fall of civilization at our whim,” Stewart said facetiously, jokingly adding, “I would have probably allowed Hillary to come a little closer in the Rust Belt, but I still think I would have given Michigan to Trump. I had a little something going on where I was going to give [Al] Gore Florida. There was a bit we had planned that was going to hand Florida to Gore.”

But in all seriousness, Stewart says he doesn’t think satire has that much influence, something he hopes the book [The Daily Show (The Book) An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests] illustrates.

At a NY Times discussion on the recently released Daily Show oral history, Jon Stewart tried to inject some reality and hope in talking about Trump’s win. Stewart heartily believes that this isn’t the end of America and that it is still the same country with the same people as it was before the election.

Along those lines, Stewart explains, as seen above, that the idea of him staying on as host of The Daily Show wouldn’t have changed the outcome despite some people’s finger-pointing saying otherwise. 

Jon also went on to precisely dissect the media coverage, which was always a central focus of his run at The Daily Show, of the election and their obsession with the ratings grabbing headlines and failing to focusing on the actual policy issues. 

All of this should inform Jon Stewart’s upcoming animated cable news parody on HBO, which will be more relevant than ever when it premieres.

Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, and Seth Meyers Are Going Live Tonight After Debates
September 26, 2016
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In case you need an immediate palate cleanser, just wait an hour (give or take a few or more extra hours depending on what side of the country you live on).

In order to get the very first jokes on TV about the first 2016 presidential debate, three late night programs will be going live after the debates. 

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 11:35PM on CBS
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 11PM on Comedy Central
Late Night with Seth Meyers 11:35PM on NBC

For the East Coast, these will actually be live as opposed to West Coast delay, so if you have access to an the EST feed of CBS, Comedy Central and NBC, try and watch it at 8PM PDT.

Also, keep in mind that Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is airing on Wednesday this week in order to fully soak in the debate for their episode. #CUNW

Jessica Williams Is Leaving The Daily Show Tomorrow to Work on Her Own Pilot
June 29, 2016
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(via EW)

There ought to be one hell of a memorable montage of Ms. Williams’ fine work while at The Daily Show.

This Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be her last as she will be on to writing, producing, and starring in her very own pilot at Comedy Central afterwards. As with so many stellar correspondents before her, it was only a matter of time before bigger opportunities (i.e. potentially her own show) were going to come along. 

The pilot, as she describes, is “…about somebody in their 20s who has all these social ideas, but still does not have it together. [Pauses] And she’s, like, goofy and silly and funny!”

While still just a pilot, we have a hard time imagining Comedy Central not moving forward with it in order to keep as much talent from The Daily Show on their network as possible.

The Daily Show to Do Two Weeks of Episodes From DNC and RNC
April 14, 2016
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The two week trip should be a nice reset button for Noah and company.

From Tuesday, July 19th-Friday, July 22nd and Tuesday, July 26th-Friday, July 29th, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be taping live at the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention, respectively.

The chaos that’s bound to happen should provide for a fortnight of highlight worthy Daily Show.

You can actually get tickets to both the DNC and RNC tapings now.

Neal Brennan Breaks Down Hillary’s Appeal to the Black Vote, Depression, and His “3 Mics” Show
March 2, 2016
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From last night’s The Daily Show, here’s what is probably one of Neal Brennan’s most earnest interviews. 

Though he is only mic’d with one mic, it’s a pretty good display of the range he has on his much talked about Three Mics show.

Jon Stewart Returns to “The Daily Show” to Shame Congress Into Renewing Bill for 9/11 First Responders
December 8, 2015
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The former host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, did indeed make a return to said Daily Show last night. He wasn’t filling in for Trevor, as his t-shirt and jeans might suggest, or there to promote some book or movie he was working on. Stewart only sought the platform to make sure that the Zadroga Bill, which ensures proper health care for 9/11 first responders, will be renewed.

As longtime fans of The Daily Show know, Stewart is at his most affecting when he’s fired up about the issue and he did so in the two segments he got last night.

David Rees Shows Trevor Noah How to Pet a Dog
November 20, 2015
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David Rees gave Trevor Noah, The Daily Show, and, really, all of us a taste of how great Going Deep with David Rees is by demonstrating to Trevor how exactly to pet a dog. 

As well as being entertained by Rees’ paper mache dog, we’re guessing that you’ll learn something as well. 

Watch it here.

Jon Stewart Signs 4 Year Web Content/First Look Deal with HBO
November 3, 2015
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(via Variety)

Rejoice as this means John Oliver and Jon Stewart are going to be on the same network again.

So, HBO has snatched up Jon Stewart to produced web videos for HBO platforms and then get his movie and TV projects on their desk first. This should allow the flexibility that Stewart couldn’t get at The Daily Show as well as the rest of us getting more of the Jon Stewart that we probably already miss too much.

Catch Up with a Post-Daily Show Jon Stewart Living the Good Life on a Farm
October 22, 2015
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Jon Stewart is now a couple months out of being the host of The Daily Show and has found a great new balance in home life and writing. 

CBS This Morning was chatting with his wife, Tracey Stewart, and ended up shooting the breeze with a very relaxed Jon leaning on the fence outlining their farm.

Watch how Stewart’s adjusted quite nicely after all those years of being a cultural focal point here.

Watch Ronny Chieng on VR Tech in His First Report on “The Daily Show”
October 8, 2015
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The era of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is just now settling in as Trevor has gotten a few shows under his belt and the new correspondents are making themselves known. 

Hailing from Australia, Ronny Chieng furthers, along with Trevor, The Daily Show’s great inclusion of comedians from outside of our borders.

Watch Ronny’s first piece on VR Technology/an insight into some inner demons here.

Trevor Noah to Continue the War on Bullsh*t as New Host of “The Daily Show”
September 29, 2015
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It’s back to work for The Daily Show as no shortage of nonsensical BS has taken place and/or been reported poorly in the media in the hiatus between Jon Stewart leaving and Trevor Noah taking over last night.

Noah took a nice moment to express his gratitude for this gig, thanking Jon, and then, quickly went back to business. It looks as though Trevor should grow in just fine behind The Daily Show desk.

Watch the whole premiere episode here.

“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” Will Be Premiering Tonight on Comedy Central and Other Viacom Networks
September 28, 2015
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(via Variety)

At the stroke of 11PM, it’ll be hard to miss the new Daily Show.

The restart of one of Comedy Central’s pillars, The Daily Show, comes tonight as the show’s third host, Trevor Noah sits behind the desk that millions watch Jon Stewart night in and night out for well over a decade. 

As this is such a momentous occasion, Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, is going to have the premiere air across all their networks including MTV and VH1.

While that’s certainly going to boost their ratings, there will undoubtedly be a whole bunch of folks that watch the episode online afterwards.

Still, if you’re looking to watch the premiere live, tune into Comedy Central at 11PM for the inaugural episode of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

Trevor Noah’s First Guests on “The Daily Show” Will Be Kevin Hart, Chris Christie, and More
September 23, 2015
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Check out the #DailyShow’s first week guests: a presidential candidate, musician, entrepreneur, and superstar comic. pic.twitter.com/t7tMZKgLCe

Kevin Hart, Whitney Wolfe, Chris Christie, and Ryan Adams will be the first guests, in order, on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah that kicks off next week.

Having your first guests that are comedians, presidential candidates, and from the tech sector seem to be popular right now as Stephen Colbert had Elon Musk, Amy Schumer, and Jeb Bush in his first week at The Late Show.

Be sure to catch Trevor’s debut as The Daily Show host on Mon. Sept. 28th at 11PM on Comedy Central.

Hasan Minhaj’s “Homecoming King” To Have Run at NYC’s Cherry Lane Theatre
September 21, 2015
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The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj has been working on this one man show, Homecoming King, following his childhood coming to America for quite some time now. 

We got to catch it earlier this year and it’s absolutely heartfelt, funny, touching, and, most importantly, damn good. 

It’s having a run at NYC’s Cherry Lane Theatre, where Colin Quinn often does his one man shows, from Oct. 15th-Nov. 15th and we highly urge you to not miss out.

“Veep”, “The Daily Show”, and “Transparent” Win Big at Emmys
September 21, 2015
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Outstanding Comedy Series–Veep
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series–Inside Amy Schumer
Outstanding Variety Talk Series–The Daily Show
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series–Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series–Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series–Allison Janney, Mom
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series–Tony Hale, Veep
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series–Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series–Joan Cusack, Shameless
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series–Veep
Writing For A Variety Series–The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series–Transparent
Directing For A Variety Show–Chuck O’Neil, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Full list of Primetime Emmys winners here.

Three of the most talked about comedies series of the year got their due at The Emmys last night as Jon Stewart has ended his Daily Show run with an Emmys sweep for talk/variety series, Transparent got honors for Jeffrey Tambor and series creator Jill Soloway, and Veep received its rightful due as a truly outstanding comedy series with four Emmys.

Even more notable than that, only one broadcast network sitcom, CBS’ Mom, got an Emmy. Everything else is highly touted cable shows like Veep, Inside Amy Schumer or shows on streaming networks like Amazon. If there was ever a sign of the times of TV as far as comedy is concerned, take a gander at this list of winners again.

Here Is The Latest Batch of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” Promos
September 16, 2015
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The new era of The Daily Show is less than two weeks away from now. On Mon. Sept. 28th at 11PM, Trevor Noah will take over the famous desk as you’ll be reminded of in these latest promos…

as well as this one that is definitely not a dream.

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