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Emily Heller Has a Secret Society Comedy in Development at NBC

January 4, 2019

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Emily Heller Has a Secret Society Comedy in Development at NBC

Not only is the brilliant Emily Heller developing a project at a major network and said project focuses in on “…Beth, a struggling reporter who is tired of feeling invisible in her small town and recruits other women to help take over a dying branch of an all-male secret society, but one of Hollywood’s great comedy power players Kay Cannon (Blockers, Pitch Perfect) is attached to EP along with Laverne McKinnon.

Keep your fingers crossed (or whatever superstition you subscribe to) that this gets a green light so we can see what they cook up.

Please Enjoy All of the“Pasta”, Emily Heller’s Latest Hour

November 20, 2018

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The fact that Emily Heller has made a novelty card for all her fans at live show that lets potential thieves of fans’ wallets know to, well, not steal said fans’ wallets, is just one example of how much care and cleverness Emily puts into her comedy. This is explained on this new album and indeed 100% true as an Emily Heller fan from Indiana showed the card to us.

Pasta, the new hour from Heller, is the same great Emily complete with a painterly level of detail and an organic, almost narrative driven flow, though done for these bizarre, often terrifying times that we live in, but are still managing to get through on a daily basis. In particular, Emily’s observation on her newly agreed relationship to going to the gym is exquisite.

Pasta is available now from Kill Rock Stars and you can (and should) go get it here.

This Bit from Emily Heller’s Upcoming Hour “Pasta” Still Rings True Even After Midterms

November 7, 2018

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This month, the brilliant Emily Heller does indeed have a new album coming out this month from Kill Rock Stars, entitled Pasta.

Here’s a small, but great sampling, in video form no less, of how sharp, colorful, genuine, expressive, and funny Emily can be as a comedian within a single bit. It is a joke about life under the Trump Administration that was written and honed well before yesterday’s midterm elections, but still rings true at this very moment.

Emily Heller’s Pasta officially drops on Nov. 19th, but you can pre-order it now over at Kill Rock Stars.

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Another edition of Blair Socci’s Dear Owen Wilson, the live reading show that has comedians write and share letters they wrote to celebrities. It’s an amazing show and has another doozy of a line-up as you can see above.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door. Please go get them in advance here.

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

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The brilliant Emily Heller is about to record a new hour special and you can catch a preview of that later this month at The Clubhouse that will have Solomon Georgio opening.

In fact, you’ve got two chances to catch her before she heads up to Seattle to do the actual taping and you can do so for FREE.

Get more details here.

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

2018 Bumbershoot Announces Line-Up Featuring Last Podcast on the Left, Eugene Mirman, Emily Heller, Sam Jay

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Seattle’s annual big music, comedy, and arts festival Bumbershoot is almost a hop, skip, and a jump away. Per usual, they’ve jam packed the comedy portion of their festival with lovely comedians, podcasts, letters-to-celebrities readings, improvised musicals, and more.

If you’re in the Seattle area on the weekend of Aug. 31st, you might want to get in on pass (3 Day pass starts at $220).

Get more info and passes here.

The Hard Times Will Present Comedy at KROQ’s High & Low Fest

August 12, 2017

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Less than a month from now, KROQ will be taking over San Bernadino’s NOS Event Center for music and arts festival that will feature several fine servings of comedy courtesy of satirical punk news outlet The Hard Times.

As you can see in the flyer above, many of LA’s finest will head about an hour outside of town to offer up the comedy stylings while Death Cab for Cutie, Tegan and Sara, Best Coast, and more play the music stages.

It’s $92.70 for GA pass and $278.10 for VIP

GA Ticket includes entrance to the festival grounds, access to all stages, food and drink areas, and vendors.

VIP Pass includes all the GA Ticket amenities + a VIP special hangout area with private bar, food and drink. VIP Passes will also enjoy an open Craft Beer Bar, a special viewing area for the main stage, private restrooms, a separate private festival entrance, and will receive a limited edition festival tee shirt. These tickets are extremely limited and available those 21 years of age or older. VIP wristband must be worn at all times.

Get more info and buy tickets here.

Please Catch Emily Heller as She Goes Back and Forth Across the Atlantic on Tour for the Rest of 2017

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Please Catch Emily Heller as She Goes Back and Forth Across the Atlantic on Tour for the Rest of 2017

From the end of this month until December, the brilliant Emily Heller will be stopping in Montreal, Dublin, Toronto, Texas, Vermont, Indiana, Virginia, and San Francisco for festivals, shows, etc..

If you’re anywhere near those places for her the dates that she’s playing, do yourself a favor and watch her perform.

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Like free tickets to amazing comedy shows? Good. We got plenty of chances for you to win some.

Enter to win with our good pals at DoLA.

Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen @ The Virgil-Monday, June 19th 8PM
The Cooties @ The Satellite LA-Tuesday, June 20th 8:30PM
Fresh Out LA @ UCB Sunset-Thursday, June 22nd 8:30PM
Comedy Sucks @ Nerdmelt Showroom-Friday, June 23rd 7PM
Harmontown @ Starburns Castle-Sunday, July 2nd 8PM

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The Viceland series, Party Legends, where some of the craziest party stories get the animated treatment as directed by the one and only Lance Bangs, is having a premiere screening tomorrow at Cinefamily coupled with a stand-up show with some of LA’s best.

If you wanna go (and we have a feeling that you just might), just RSVP over here.

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

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We’ve got a whole bunch of tickets to give away to some of our favorite shows around LA! Click on the show to enter to win through our pals at DoLA.

Fresh Out LA @ UCB Sunset 6/1
Baked with Brendon Small and Steve Agee @ Hollywood Improv 6/3
Harmontown @ Starburns Castle 6/4
Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ The Virgil 6/5
Sh*t Arcade: Comedians Play Bad Games @ Nerdmelt Showroom 6/15
Harmontown @ Starburns Castle 6/18

Please Enjoy Emily Heller’s Latest Conan Set

January 10, 2017

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We’d wager that you will probably not ever hear a better joke that includes Trump and Air Bud and you have the brilliant Emily Heller to thank for that.

Watch her whole set from last night’s Conan here.

January 4, 2017

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At the beginning of every year, 50 or so of LA comedy’s favorites gather to share their new favorite joke(s) that have been born in the new year at 50 First Jokes LA.

Kyle Kinane, Brent Weinbach, Brody Stevens, Adam Conover, Eliza Skinner, Emily Heller, Byron Bowers, Cameron Esposito, Caitlin Gill, Dave Ross, James Fritz, Matt McCarthy, Sam Jay, Solomon Georgio, and so many more will convene at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this Saturday and show you what they’ve got so far in 2017.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at door and you can get them here.

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

December 5, 2016

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Highland Park’s fancy new bowling alley, Highland Park Bowl, gets a fancy new weekly comedy show from the folks that had a great, far too short run at The York.

Join Megan Gailey, JF Harris, and Goodrich Gevaart as well as their inaugural guests Emily Heller, Marcella Arguello, Zach Peterson, and Ahamed Weinberg for the first Comedy Bowl tomorrow night.

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

It’s Record Store Day and You Can Now Get The Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen Double Vinyl Album

November 25, 2016

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It’s Record Store Day and You Can Now Get The Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen Double Vinyl Album

On top of the Black Friday shopping you might be already doing, it might be nice to pop in to your local record store (they do still exist) for Record Store Day and pick up the double vinyl album Hot Tub with Kurt (Braunohler) and Kristen (Schaal) Live at The Virgil. It’s just one of many exclusive releases today that you can only find in record stores.

It features the likes of Eddie Pepitone, Emily Heller, Aparna Nancherla, Karen Kilgariff, Kyle Kinane, and many more and comes with a download code as well.

You can find your the nearest Record Store Day participating record store here.

The Hot Tub with Kurt & Kristen Double Album to Finally Come Out on Record Store Day This Month

The magic of one of the best live weekly comedy shows in the entire world, Hot Tub, was captured awhile back, but is now set to come out as a double LP as part of Record Store Day on November 25th thanks to Kill Rock Stars and Redeye Worldwide.

On the album, Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen: Live at the Virgil, will be performances from Eugene Mirman, Kyle Kinane, John Roberts, Aparna Nancherla, Emily Heller, Eddie Pepitone, Beth Stelling, Karen Kilgariff, Andrés du Bouchet, Heather Lawless, and, of course, Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal.

Make sure that your local record shop will be carrying this so you can go and pick it up.

Emily Heller and Erik Bergstrom’s Half Hour Special Premiere Tonight

September 23, 2016

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The latest edition of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour is serving up half hour specials from Emily Heller and Erik Bergstrom.

It kicks off at midnight with Heller’s special followed by Bergstrom right after.

You can a great sample of what you got on your Comedy Central stand-up plate this evening with Heller’s bit on her evolution as a weirdo and Bergstrom, along the same lines, detailing how he can be a cool dude.

August 28, 2016

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Comedy on York at The York is Highland Park’s brand new weekly comedy show brought to you by Goodrich Gevaart, Megan Gailey, and J.F. Harris.

Get more details here.

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

The annual neighborhood-wide party known as Echo Park Rising will have plenty of music, but will also make sure to include plenty of comedy as well.

This weekend, Good Heroin will be running 3 nights at Stories Books & Cafe (1716 W. Sunset Blvd.), Party in the Back will kick off Saturday night at the New California Barbershop (2203 W. Sunset Blvd.), and Sauce (typically at Hollywood’s Desano’s Pizza) will serve up an Echo Park Rising edition of their show at the 826LA Time Travel Mart (1714 W. Sunset Blvd.) on Saturday as well at 8PM with Chris Fairbanks, Kate Willett, James Austin Johnson, David Gborie, Chris Estrada, Danielle Radford, and hosts Barbara Gray, Eric Dadourian, Erin Lampart, and Jeff Wattenhofer.

Oh yeah, all these are free to attend.

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

For admission, there’s a suggested donation of $5 at the door. More details here.

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

Tickets are $7 and $10 at door. You can (and should) get them here.

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

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Tickets are $15 with a two item minimum and you can get them here.

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

Comedy Central’s The Half Hour Will Feature Joe Machi, Aparna Nancherla, Ahmed Bharoocha, Mike Recine, Naomi Ekperigin, Nate Fernald, and More This Year

This should make for a really strong season of The Half Hour on Comedy Central.

Getting their own half-hour specials in the fall this year will be:

Cy Amundson
Erik Bergstrom
Ahmed Bharoocha
Matthew Broussard
Naomi Ekperigin
Nate Fernald
Noah Gardenswartz
Emily Heller
Martha Kelly
Joe Machi
Drew Michael
Aparna Nancherla
Jacqueline Novak
Mike Recine
Ramon Rivas II
Ali Saddiq
Nick Turner

There is a great deal of the folks above that it would be worth going to YouTube and checking out whether you’re familiar with them or not.

If you happen to be in New Orleans in the beginning of June, you can go to the tapings of these half hour specials.

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Yes, this is the album release show of the album we told you is pretty darn great.

With that in mind, get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for shows and open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

On The Horizon: Guy Branum Presents Talk Show: The Game Show 2/12

February 9, 2016

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Guy Branum Presents Talk Show: The Game Show @ Nerdmelt Showroom Fri. Feb. 12th 7PM $8 in adv., $10 at door

Guy Branum’s beloved hybrid of America’s two least respected forms of television returns! Three guests face off to prove who’s the best talk show guest by plugging, name-dropping, and anecdoteing their way to victory.

With Kyle Kinane, Debra Di Giovanni, Dave Ross, and Judges Emily Heller and Danielle Koenig!