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April 10, 2019

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The Pack Theater is home to many crazy, wonderful comedy happenings, one of which is an ever-changing monthly late night talk show, Your Late Night Show Tonight, featuring a different host every month. Per the host’s whims, they kind of do whatever they want whether that be hosting a hippie version of a late night talk show or fictionalizing a world where they’re hosting from a bunker after the apocalypse.

This month, they have the amazing Hal Rudnick, who we hope you would know from The Midnight Show and Screen Junkies, as host and given Rudnick’s track record of going above and beyond with his wild bits and characters, we can’t wait to see what he and his staff (including writers Cheyenne Perez, Vanessa Gritton, Connie Shin, Dempson Juvenal, and Tim McGovern and producers Gil Baron, Ben Kuerschner, and Erik Wargo) come up with.

Oh yeah, off-the-beaten-path sports expert Sal Masekela and the brilliant DeMorge Brown (probably as his one of his amazing character creations) will be featured as guests.

As always at The Pack Theater, the show is Pay what you can, but you can reserve tickets and get more info here.

September 11, 2018

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Not only does supporting the Thomas Angel Foundation for this charity benefit mean that you’re supporting annual scholarships for women in comedy, but it also means that you’ll get to see the likes of very stand-up line-up of UCB’s very best (as you can see above).

Tickets are going for $15-$100 and can (and should) be bought up here.

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

August 3, 2018

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Rather than wait for comedy folks to make fun of a bad movie that finds its way to your local multiplex, come watch them dream up something that’s so bad that it’s funny (and, of course, subsequently reveling in how bad/stereotypical/derivative/hack it is) at the new live comedy show Setflix.

Looking at this line-up, which includes a longtime member of Screen Junkies and a co-host of The Bechdel Cast along with a co-host of The Simpsons podcast Everything’s Coming Up Podcast, we’re pretty sure you going to hear some “best/worst” movie pitches.

Setflix will happen at Dynasty Typewriter on Wednesday, August 15th at 8PM. Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at door. 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.

July 30, 2017

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One of the hands-down, best sketch groups in town, The Midnight Show, for several years now, will be celebrating their 9th Anniversary this Saturday, August 5th at UCB Franklin at, of course, Midnight.

Get tickets for $5 as soon as you can before they sell out.

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

June 28, 2017

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Eric Jennifer (one of Hal Rudnick’s most charming characters) is throwing an early 4th of July party/show this weekend, probably because he couldn’t find someone to give him a ride to an actual party happening on the 4th.

So, watch him and some friends(?) do a “good job” at UCB Franklin this Saturday night.

Tickets are $5 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.

March 2, 2017

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One of our all time favorite sketch groups, The Midnight Show, returns this Saturday at midnight for their long standing monthly residency at UCB Franklin.

Their very dark and very fast style just always hits the right nerve with us.

Tickets are $5 and still available, so get them right now, right here.

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

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.

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.

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

May 12, 2013

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Hal Rudnick and The Screen Junkies Show give their own nod to Mother’s Day this weekend by having Hal’s Mom watch Human Centipede with him.

It’s as delightful, complete with all the motherly worrying, that’d you expect. Happy Mother’s Day everyone! (Also, this is probably as close as most of us will get to watching Human Centipede)

1) On Late Night TV last night-Jon Benjamin was on Conan and Don Rickles was on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson-part 1–part 2.

2) The Big Trouble in Little Tokyo Open at Señor Fish (which, if you haven’t guessed, was started by the Comedy Bureau and friends) is for all intents and purposes dead. Full story to come later today.

3) Last night, the Comedy Store added a slew of new names of “regulars” to their walls. See if you recognize a few… [via the Comedy Groupie]

4) The hilarious Karen Kilgariff has come out with an album “Behind You” and it’s only $3. Why you would any more convincing is beyond us.

5) Funny people that need their own podcast-from the Ploplist.

6) Why not make a “Twitter” movie? Also, why not go to some of the stars of Twitter (Rob Delaney, Jenny Johnson, and Julieanne Smolinski) for some ideas?

7) TONIGHT: On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon you can catch both Steve Carell and Marc Maron. We might actually contemplate staying in to watch this.

8) Doing promos as a comedian doesn’t have to suck? Look at Reggie Watts plug Nando’s… [via Laughspin.com] Also, check out at interview with Watts by MTV.

9) Kurt Braunohler’s World Wild of Animals: Wolves. Don’t question, just watch, and most importantly, don’t go to Wikipedia.

Kurt Braunohler’s World Wild of Animals: Wolves – watch more funny videos

10) Fuck Hotel California. It’s all about the Pet Hotel [via The Midnight Show]

Pet Hotel! – watch more funny videos

11) Do These Glasses Make Me Look Stupid? Answers by Paul Danke for Earwolf.

12) OK, Steve Carell’s head does need to be the biggest in posters, but he should always have to have an argument to get it that way…

Steve Carell’s Movie Poster Contract from Steve Carell

13) Again, Pete Holmes proves that bedside manor for doctors is overrated… as long as you’re not the patient.

14) COMEDY CRAWL
Performance Anxiety @ Pleasure Chest 8PM $7
Andrés Du Bouchet Center for Performing Arts @ Bootleg Theater 8PM $8
Persona! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8PM $5
Therapy! @ Blu Monkey Lounge 8PM FREE
La Vida Joqua @ Mas Malo Downtown 8PM FREE
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Nick Kroll & Friends @ Largo at the Coronet Theatre 9PM $25

15) OPEN MIC RUN
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
WESTWOOD BREW CO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/lottery/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 8PM/first come, first served/$4 min.
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St., Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd St. Promenade and 4th St.)/Sign-up 9:45PM/Starts 10PM/lottery/$1 cover
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/bottled water and coffee provided
BLU MONKEY LOUNGE 5521 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 11PM after booked show/1 drink min./first come, first served

16) At least, I don’t have to drag a stage across a parking lot today only to find a disgusting couple is making out right where I’m going to put the stage. That’s nice.

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March 17, 2011

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1) The Midnight Show @ UCB Theatre is actually the first pure sketch show to be reviewed here at the Comedy Bureau and I’d be hard pressed to find a better one to start off with. Interestingly enough, as the consistently hilarious host Brody Stevens left the stage after warming up the packed-to-standing-room-only UCB Theatre, I realized that I had not seen a sketch-only comedy show in quite some time, which, after last night’s Midnight Show, is something I am hoping to correct if it all possible. The collection of furiously swift sketches had this great absurdity about them that, as the show progressed, made me drawn in even further as an audience member to where exactly they were headed. One of my favorite sketches of the night that illustrates this perfectly was a fake TV spot for a futon store where sensational Hal Rudnick started off yelling why you would need to buy futon with a voiceover saying, “Futon!” at the end of each sentence, but quickly devolved into Hal making increasingly disturbing suggestions of not going “missionary” on a “Futon!” as that will break her pelvic bone “Futon!” With a fantastic cast of Nic Wegener, Hal Rudnick, James Pumphrey, Stephanie Allynne, Jeff Sloniker, Curtis Rainsberry, and Cale Hartmann, the Midnight Show startles and jolts in the best way possible on a very late Saturday night/early Sunday morning with sketches and video clips with the deft producing of Michael Busch and Megan Reeves and the superb, discerning direction of Joe Wagner. The Midnight Show is on the first Saturday of every month at the UCB Theatre (5919 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA) at Midnight and only costs $5.

2) If you’re not watching Tangled this weekend, you should go on tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL. However, if you are watching Tangled this weekend, you DEFINITELY need to go on tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL. Start off with Eban Schletter’s Cosmic Christmas @ Glendale Planetarium 5PM/7PM $10/$5 for under 12, then Jeff Garlin’s Combo Platter @ UCB Theatre 6PM $2, then ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre 7:30PM FREE, then French Toast: MC Mr. Napkins CD Release Party @ Taix 8:30PM FREE, then The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo 8:30PM $25, then Top Story Weekly @ iO West 9PM $5, and be glad that you didn’t support 3D.

3) OPEN MIC RUN: HAHA CAFE 5010 N. Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 6PM, PALMS 8572 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM, SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM, MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama’s and Papa’s)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed

4) STOP BEING A F’N SHUT IN AND GO SEE AMAZING WORLD OF ITS OWN THAT LA IS!!!! OK, if that didn’t work, you can watch Comedy Central’s Hot List at 10PM on Comedy Central featuring their top breakout comedians of this year which includes plenty of good folks featured regularly at the Comedy Bureau including Kyle Kinane, Reggie Watts, and Chelsea Peretti, that is, if you still insist on being a shut-in.

5) How about that? Merrill Davis in LA Weekly. That’s MERRILL DAVIS in LA WEEKLY! (Look, I typed it out twice so click the link and read it, OK?)

6) The Comedy Bureau “Tips Its Hat” today to RYAN STOUT-“@stoutryan I’ve been sexually harassing this woman and I’m worried because I don’t think she knows about it. #LayingItOnThin #TooSubtle” Forget about his Comedy Central Presents special, his frequent appearances on Chelsea Lately, and other spots on TV, Ryan is one of the sharpest writers I know throughout all of LA and just “crushes” audiences wherever he goes (got an applause break at my open mic) all in a very dapper suit. Here’s his website and please follow him on Twitter here.

7) From the “You Should Have Been There” Lagoon: Henny Youngman heckles Milton Berle 1966

8) “Reason #3,212 to DONATE the Comedy Bureau: (imagine you being hypnotized) Because you wanted to.” Just tweeted this right here.

9) People wonder why I’m so positive and upbeat in this blog for the majority of it. To those people, I say, “You should see my act sometime.”

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