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Please Enjoy Christina Catherine Martinez’s Adult White Lady Version of The Little Girl Crying About Lockdown

July 15, 2020

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Earlier this week, there was a home video of a little child crying about all the her favorite places that’s closed because of renewed lockdown orders that have arrived around the globe.

The video went viral and, as if often the case with viral videos, there will be plenty of parodies popping up all around the Internet. Christina Catherine Martinez, who does have a knack for parodying niche characters (her taking the stage as Jean Luc Godard pitching a Paddington the Bear sequel still has us busting up several months after we saw it), did her own version of the tear filled rant, but done as a privileged white lady (at the behest of comedian Marcella Arguello).

The attention to nuance, detail, and performance are stellar and, most importantly, we keep laughing heartily every time we watch it. Please enjoy it here.

This is for @marcellacomedy who requested a white lady version of the little girl crying about lockdown pic.twitter.com/tPRQKZJYNz

— Christina Catherine Martinez (@xtina_catherine) July 14, 2020

Andrés du Bouchet Does a Clever Gathering of Most of His Characters That He Plays on Conan

August 14, 2019

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If you’re not on the du Bouchet train of pure absurdity, then, well, umm, please reconsider what you’re watching as Andrés is one of the pillars of why Conan remains great to this day (and certainly why their bits and sketches are often unrivaled in late night).

For more proof, du Bouchet does the best take on a character sizzle reel ever with this latest piece. Please enjoy over and over and over (then get on that du Bouchet train already).

July 15, 2019

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The rise of Frankie Quinones is something we’ve been really relishing for years now. Whether it be his characters like Creeper or Dress Up Gang or his own stand-up, Frankie’s comedy has always charmed us with equal parts heart and silliness.

This September, Frankie will be doing his own evening, presumably with his entire comedy arsenal, at the Wiltern. We’re pretty sure this will be the first big theater he’ll be playing in town and we’re damned sure you shouldn’t miss it.

Tickets start at $25 and you need to go them here.

We Cordially Invite You to Our Latest Most Wanted List, Sunday June 30th at The Satellite

May 25, 2019

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It’s about time we put on another show.

So, we’re doing another gathering of our favorite comedy folks from every corner of comedy for another edition of our Most Wanted List on June 30th at Silverlake landmark, The Satellite.

As mentioned above, you’re cordially invited.

Scheduled to appear:
Frankie Quinones
Billy Wayne Davis
Wild Improv
Carl Tart
James Austin Johnson (host)
TCB’s own Jake Kroeger

Tickets are only $8 and you really ought to snag up quick here.

Mike Myers Is Getting His Own Show Where He’ll Play a Bunch of Characters on Netflix

April 17, 2019

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Mike Myers Is Getting His Own Show Where He’ll Play a Bunch of Characters on Netflix

Honestly, this should have been a show a long time ago, no?

It’s nice to see that the vacuum of sketch comedy is filling up (and it seems like Netflix is leading a large part of it with this untitled Mike Myers characters show and the upcoming Tim Robinson series I Think You Should Leave.

There are very few details, but we’ll be curious if Dr. Evil, Wayne, Coffee Talk, etc. will make any sort of cameos here. We’ll just have to wait and see.

We’re Belatedly Throwing Ourselves an 8th Anniversary

February 7, 2019

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So, this was supposed to happen at the end of October, but, as you can see from our staff page, we’re a little overworked. Thus, it took awhile to celebrate being LA’s best resource for comedy.

Anyways, we hope you come down to Echoes on Pico and enjoy our favorites from every corner of comedy as well as our very own Jake Kroeger. Tickets are only $10 for this gala worthy show. Go get ‘em here.

June 4, 2018

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It’s rare these days that you get to see someone like the amazing James Adomian (Our Cartoon President, Trump vs. Bernie, Low Hangin’ Fruit, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Future-Worm) headline in town. Yet, your chance will be coming very soon this month as Adomian will be taking over The Satellite LA in Silverlake with help from Kate Berlant, Rojo Perez, and Zach Noe Towers.

So, we highly recommend that you go get your tickets ASAP here.

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

August 22, 2017

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NYC’s Cole Escola, who you should have seen on Difficult People, is returning to LA for a one night only performance of his showcase of his plethora of characters from “the fringes of coherence and social acceptability”. Also, if you need more convincing, the one and only John Early will be a special guest.

Tickets for Cole Escola “Help, I’m Stuck” are $8 and you can (and really should) get them here.

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

December 6, 2016

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In our opinion, one of the best and craziest iterations of the late night talk show format is The Jesse Miller Talk Show.

Imagine some wild dreamer from Cincinnati who seems to be aspiring to be Kenny Powers, but also has a boundless amount of pop culture knowledge and ability to make wordplay hosting a talk show and you’ll get some idea of the fun chaos that is going on with Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland).

In addition to his crew of his one man shredding house band Darryl and his girl Tanya, guests for this round include Johnny Pemberton and Kate Berlant.

Please get your tickets for The Jesse Miller Talk Show this Friday, Dec. 9th at 10PM at The Hollywood Improv here.

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

November 30, 2016

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Dicker Troy (an otherworldly trucker version of Johnny Pemberton) and Josh Fadem reach now heights of delightful, outright goofiness with their show Kiss My Ass.

A fantastic line-up of Beth Stelling, Byron Bowers, Drew Droege, and James Adomian will be joining their folly this Sunday at The Satellite in Silverlake.

Tickets available here.

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

November 15, 2016

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