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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

Kiry Shabazz Wins This Year’s StandUp NBC Competition

December 18, 2017

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Kiry Shabazz Wins This Year’s StandUp NBC Competition

Congrats to Kiry Shabazz, who is based out of Northern California, on winning NBC’s annual nationwide stand-up competition and getting a talent holding deal as well as a headlining spot at NACA.

Following this win, we’re sure that you’ll be seeing plenty more of Shabazz around town much more often and you should definitely make it out to catch a set.

Follow him at @kiryshabazz to see where he’s playing next.

Congratulations to Rob Christensen, Winner of Westside Comedy Theater’s Stand Up Showdown

June 6, 2013

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Congratulations to Rob Christensen, Winner of Westside Comedy Theater’s Stand Up Showdown

The 3rd Annual Westside Comedy Theater Stand Up Showdown just came to a close with one Rob Christensen coming up as the winner.

We got to say that, as of late because of Rob and Nick Cobb winning March Comedy Madness, the comedians that have been winning contests in LA are pretty funny.