franklin village – The Comedy Bureau

January 10, 2019

earwolf, franklin village, hollywood, john levenstein, live podcast, ucb

Whether you’ve jump on board for the podcast John Levenstein’s Retirement Party over at Earwolf already or not (and perhaps you should if you want to hear great, insider stories from the Arrested Development/Kroll Show/Silicon Valley/Portlandia writer/actor/producer along with co-host Mary Kobayashi), they’ll be doing what seems to be a pretty grand live ep. at UCB Franklin near the end of the month featuring the likes of Jon Daly, Tim Heidecker, Sara Watkins, Lauren Lapkus, Jon Gabrus and former HBO President Sue Naegle as guests.

In fact, Gabrus and Lapkus will also be reading a scene from the 90s made-for-TV movie Bunk Bed Brothers.

This live edition of John Leveinstein’s Retirement Party is set for Thurs., Jan. 24th at 8PM. Get your tickets for $7 here.

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

December 6, 2018

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It has been quite some time since we’ve got a chance to see Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher AKA renowned comedy duo BriTANick (if you’re not familiar, enjoy going down a YouTube rabbit hole here) together on stage to enjoy their absurdist antics, and now, maybe some stand-up comedy (Nick has become quite the stand-up over the last few years).

Thankfully, that latest chance is just around the corner, specifically next Saturday, December 15th at 10PM at UCB Franklin.

Tickets are $12 and you can (and 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.

December 18, 2017

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comedy show, franklin village, holiday show, hollywood, kat burns, kirk johnson, nick rutherford, nick thune, nicole byer, ucb, white elephant

If you’ve always liked the idea of playing “White Elephant” (the competitive holiday gift exchange game that often includes gifts that you wouldn’t give to people you care about), but wanted to do in a much less low stakes conditions, the very first White Elephant Live might just be for you.

Comedians and audience members alike will be going around trying to win at gift giving and there will even be a special holiday dance by the one and only Emmy award winning choreographer Kat Burns.

Tickets are $7 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

December 16, 2017

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These days, tickets go pretty quick for Kate Berlant’s CommuniKate show at UCB Franklin. There’s always a special guest and, possibly, some light mind reading, which you definitely won’t want to miss.

Get them while you still can for Wed., Dec. 27th at 8PM. They’re $7 and you can get them here.

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

July 20, 2017

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anthony jeselnik, comedy, feminism, franklin village, hollywood, hollywood hills, kara klenk, live comedy, mike lawrence, sports, talk show, ucb

After recently transplanting to LA, we’ve very much enjoyed Megan Gailey’s presence on the scene. Megan is a fantastic stand-up, but she also brings the worlds of comedy, feminism, and sports together quite nicely as well.

In fact, she’s putting on an entire show, Good Sport with Megan Gailey, this Saturday, July 22nd at UCB Franklin at 10PM where she takes on the world of sports from her very unfiltered, yet charming perspective. Her guests for this inaugural show will be Anthony Jeselnik, Mike Lawrence and Kara Klenk.

Tickets are $12 and you can (and really should) get them here.

June 20, 2017

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Andy Daly has built a cavalcade of iconic characters throughout his comedy careers. Some of those characters are monstrous, but in a devilishly fun way.

So, Daly is doing a whole solo show Andy Daly: Monsters Take Your Questions where he takes questions as those very characters. We have no doubt Dalton Wilcox and Don DiMello fielding questions will be a hell of a good time.

Catch the show before it heads off to the Edinburgh Fringe this August. Tonight’s engagement is stand by only, but you can buy tickets for upcoming dates (Fri, Jun. 30th @ UCB Sunset 9:30PM and Thu. Jul. 6th @ UCB Franklin 9:30PM) at UCB here.

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

June 18, 2017

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Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson is presenting a whole evening with one of his more renowned characters, Buddy Cole, at the end of the month.

With that in mind, go get your tickets as soon as you can here.

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

March 12, 2017

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character comedy, drew tarver, franklin village, gil ozeri, hollywood, mike o'brien, natalie palamides, seth morris, sketch comedy, tim kalpakis, ucb, veronica osorio

Much of UCB’s best and brightest (really, they’re some of our favorites to rise from the UCB stage) are doing bits, characters, and sketches in this new monthly showcase produced by Nick Ciarelli and Bradford Evans, Atlantic City, starting this week.

The line-up is stacked and we really think you should get your tickets sooner rather than later. They’re $7 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

March 7, 2017

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Moshe Kasher is doing two test runs of his upcoming Comedy Central series, Problematic, at UCB Franklin.

It’ll be Moshe’s own twist on a daytime talk show format, which should be both insanely fun and informative.

You can go see these test runs this Thursday, March 9th at 6:30PM for $5 or next Thursday, March 16th at 8PM for $7

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

February 27, 2017

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ahamed weinberg, cheap comedy, franklin village, hollywood, hollywood hills, john mulaney, los angeles, rory scovel, stand up

Hosts Ahamed Weinberg and Ramy Youssef always gather a great handful of comedians like Rory Scovel, Anna Seregina, and Curtis Cook for their monthly stand-up showcase that focuses on the theme of “repentance”.

Also, this is one of the handful of places where you can see John Mulaney live around LA this week.

Right now, the show is sold out of advance tickets, but there will be a stand by line that might have a few tickets available for $7.

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

October 14, 2016

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Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

October 6, 2016

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brad evans, devin field, drew spears, ele woods, experimental comedy, franklin village, hollywood, los angeles, matthew brian cohen, nick ciarelli, ucb, ucb franklin

It’s experimental comedy at its best. Get more details and tickets here.

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

September 26, 2016

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Josh Fadem has more courage to be goofy than almost anyone you know. Watch him do 45 minutes this week and see him be a pure beam of silliness at UCB Franklin.

Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

September 6, 2016

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Bruce McCulloch: Tales of Bravery and Stupidity is on Thursday, September 15th at 7PM and tickets are $5.

You can (and should) get them here.

September 2, 2016

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One of The Midnight Show’s more enduring and weirder characters (and that’s saying a lot since it’s The Midnight Show) is Hal Rudnick’s Eric Jennifer. He’s an “awkward man child with a heart of gold” to put it lightly.

This Labor Day Weekend, The Midnight Show is handing over the keys to Eric Jennifer and he’s having a party with plenty of guests including:
Jason Kaye
Jeanne Taylor
Marshall Givens
Nick Gligor
Joey Clift
Stephen Perlstein
Cassi Jerkins
Michael Gabriel
and MORE!!

Eric Jennifer’s Labor Day BBQ is happening this Saturday at midnight at UCB Franklin and you can (and should) get your tickets here.

August 4, 2016

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The experimental variety show known as Cool Sh*t/Weird Sh*t is doing a ‘Sadie Hawkins’ show where they “women to ask men/women to do bits together”. It could be like the Sadie Hawkins dance that you hopefully went to in high school, provided that it was an unpredictable, but grand old night.

In any case, you can (and should) get your tickets for $5 here.

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

July 30, 2016

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Connor Ratliff embodies a version of renowned director George Lucas that would want to host a talk show, hence The George Lucas Talk Show. NYC has gotten to enjoy this for quite some time, but Ratliff is having a special engagement of The George Lucas Talk Show at UCB Franklin on Thursday, August 4th at 9:30PM.

As pictured above, his guests will be:
Neil Casey (Ghostbusters, Other Space)
D’arcy Carden (The Good Place, Other People, Broad City)
Curtis Gwinn (The Leftovers, The Walking Dead, Narcos)

Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

July 25, 2016

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Hosts of the Throwing Shade podcast, Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi, present a special preview of the Throwing Shade 2016 Tour Live Show at UCB Franklin on Thursday, July 28th at 7PM.

You can (and should) get your tickets here.

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

June 2, 2016

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Cool Shit/Weird Shit avoids sketch, stand-up, or improv and, instead, aims for comedy that lives up to its name. This edition will feature a gong a la, presumably, The Gong Show.

Get your tickets for $5 here.

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

One of the best and longest running sketch shows at UCB here in LA is The Midnight Show. We just love how consistently dark and fast paced all of their sketches are and any of show of theirs is always worth catching.

Speaking of which, their May 2016 edition, May 7th, this Saturday at midnight, will have Chris Fairbanks hosting at UCB Franklin.

Get your tickets for $5 here.

The Midnight Show is written/performed by:
Heather Anne Campbell (FOX ADHD, Adult Swim, SNL)
Joe Chandler (American Dad, Napoleon Dynamite)
Stephen Hale (One Too Many Mornings, Californication)
Jeff Kauffmann (Welcome to The Jungle, American Dad)
Eric Moneypenny (FOX ADHD, Adult Swim)
Curtis Rainsberry (Key & Peele, Tosh.0, Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Hal Rudnick (Screenjunkies, Community)
Jeff Sloniker (Silicon Valley, Parks & Rec, TripTank)
Nic Wegener (American Dad, Napoleon Dynamite)

Executive Produced by The Midnight Show, LLC
Directed by Joe Wagner
Executive Assistant for Production/Announcer: Frank Howley

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

April 30, 2016

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Tickets are $5 and you can (and should) get them here.

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

March 17, 2016

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Those age-old debates that would attempt to determine which fictional character would win over another fictional character get settled once for all at Justin Donaldson and Hal Rudnick’s The Tournament of Nerds. Comedians dress up as various characters from different origins of all kinds and fiercely present their case for being victorious in a fight. To show how you unpredictable that can be, Garfield out debated Jon Snow the last time we went.

At midnight on Saturday March 19th, Tournament of Nerds will actually have the first all-female edition of their long running debate show featuring:

Lindsay Katai
Gilli Nissim
Ele Woods
Robin Higgins
Lilan Bowden
Gina Ippolito
Kirby Howell-Baptiste
Lesley Tsina
Joan Ford
Cassi Jerkins
& more!

Please go get your tickets soon as this show always sells out.

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

February 28, 2016

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comedy shows, franklin village, hollywood, jfl montreal, just for laughs, los angeles, pasadena, santa monica, showcase, west hollywood

The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival is holding its first round of showcases around LA looking for the next stand-up and character comedians to highlight as a “New Face” of comedy.

Here’s a list of when and where all of this first round is happening (*denotes character showcase instead of stand-up):
Mon. Feb. 29th
Westside Comedy Theater 6PM*, 8PM, 10PM $5
Tues. Mar. 1st
Westside Comedy Theater 6PM*, 8PM, 10PM $5
Wed. Mar. 2nd
UCB Franklin 5PM* $5
Hollywood Laugh Factory 8PM $17-$27/2 drink min.
The Comedy Store Belly Room 10:30PM $5/2 item min.
Thurs. Mar. 3rd
The Ice House 8PM $10-$17/2 drink min.
Fri. Mar. 4th
iO West 5:30PM FREE
Hollywood Improv Comedy Lab 8PM $5

The rest of our listings are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com