ucla – The Comedy Bureau

January 15, 2019

ernie kovacs, retrospective, tv history, ucla, westwood

So much of the weird comedy that you know and love today could trace a pretty much direct line all the way back to Ernie Kovacs (go down a YouTube rabbit hole and you’ll see what we’re saying) and the UCLA Film and Television Archive is doing a two night retrospective of the TV comedy pioneer

At the Billy Wilder Theater, they’ll be “…presenting two evenings of Ernie programming entitled Kovacsland Forever: Ernie Kovacs Centennial to the Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood. On Friday, the archive will screen a variety of Kovacs clips and programs on the big screen. Some of his most iconic comedy and some very rare clips will be screened. The evening will also feature a panel discussion with Moderator Susan King and yours truly, who runs the Kovacs estate. On Saturday, the archive will screen one of Kovacs best known & best films Our Man in Havana.”

Tickets for either night, 7:30PM both at Fri., Jan. 18th & Sat., Jan. 19th, are $10 each and you can (and really should) get them here.

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

June 27, 2017

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aparna nancherla, bitch media, comedy shows, DoLA, free comedy, hammer museum, los angeles, stand up, ucla, west la, westwood

Aparna Nancherla, who you should both know as a fantastic stand-up comedian and one of Twitter’s best @aparnapkin, is returning once again to LA next month, but will get to do so with top billing at UCLA’s Hammer Museum.

Marlena Rodriguez, Erin Lennox, and Naomi Ekperigin will be joining Aparna and, best of all, it’s free since all programs at Hammer are free.

Get more details here.

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

May 5, 2017

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benefit show, casey wilson, charity show, craig ferguson, free billy, june diane raphael, lily tomlin, los angeles, paul scheer, ucla, voice for the animals, wait wait don't tell me, west la, westwood, whitney cummings

“Wait Wait…Don’t Kill Me!” combines a quiz show, the talents of Lily Tomlin, June Diane-Raphael, Casey Wilson, Whitney Cummings and Craig Ferguson, the hosting skills of Paul Scheer, animal trivia as curated by Scheer, and a benefit for Voice For The Animals Foundation.

If any of that’s up your alley, you might want to catch this event this Saturday night at UCLA’s Royce Hall at 8PM. Tickets range from $25-$100 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.