Ian Abramson’s 7 Minutes in Purgatory Gave a Preview of What Comedy Would Be Like During COVID-19 Pandemic

Toronto’s JFL42 Has Everything From Carol Burnett to John Mulaney/Pete Davidson to How Did This Get Made? to Eric Andre

Leave It to Jon Dore to Answer Your Big Questions with Huge Answers

We Don’t Want to Ruin Anything, So We’ll Just Tell You to Please Enjoy Jon Dore’s Latest Performance on Conan

We Could Watch Hours of Camping With Todd Glass, Eddie Pepitone, Jon Dore, and Zach Galifianakis

Watch Another Round of 7 Minutes in Purgatory Where an Audience Remotely Watches Comedians Perform with No Audience

JFL Northwest 2017 Announces Line-Up with Sarah Silverman, Trevor Noah, Tom Segura, My Favorite Murder, Jon Dore, Barry Crimmins

Jon Dore Gets the Worst Undercover Backstory

JASH Announces Line-up for First Jash Fesht

SF’s Treasure Island Music Festival to Have Comedy Tent Presented by Funny or Die

Jon Dore To Star in “The Pickle Recipe”

“Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro” Premieres Tonight

Improve Your Day and Life By Watching Tig Notaro and Jon Dore on Conan

“Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro” The Trailer

Jon Dore to Star in CBS Comedy Pilot “The Half of It”

Just For Laughs Going on Tour Across Canada This November

Jon Dore Made a Mockumentary About Winnipeg That’s Appropriately Title “A Dore to Winnipeg”

Please Stay at airbnbs From Minds of Rory Scovel, Jon Dore, and Beth Stelling @midnight

Karen Kilgariff Reveals What She Wanted to Be When She Grew Up, During Interview in an Alley After a Comedy Show

In Case You Missed It, Here’s Set List at YouTube Comedy Week

Jon Dore Answers “What If a Pedophile Was The Only One That Could Save a Kid’s Life?”

Morning Debriefing 6/30/11

April 9, 2020

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When it comes to comedians performing without a traditional audience like is the temporary norm for now, you might have heard references to comedy specials recorded years ago from Drew Michael or Harland Williams (Michael recorded it on a sound stage for HBO and Williams stood on a rock in the desert and did his hour).

We’d actually like to point you to something that is an even more apt comparison and a pretty spot on precursor to what how live comedy is performed and consumed right now. The ever innovative Ian Abramson put himself on the map a bit with ultra-innovative (at the time) live comedy show called 7 Minutes in Purgatory where comedians had to perform remotely, though near an actual venue without any chance to hear the laughs of the live audience that was in attendance for the show.

For the crowd, they were treated to watching a live feed of the comedian in the remote performance space and got to watch them try and perform. If you’ve seen a stand-up comedy show on Twitch, Instagram Live, Zoom, etc., you ought to know that 7 Minutes in Purgatory gave us a preview (even though it was unaware of doing so) of what was to come.

It was and is a great show and a daring comedic experiment that had comics recalibrate their act, try a daring bit that leans into the format, or automatically go into uber self-deprecation (exactly like they do now).

As an artifact of the before times, it’s even more fascinating to see what doing comedy in the way we have to do right now was like when we didn’t have to do that.

Get into the Comedy Central digital series version of 7 Minutes of Purgatory, that includes performances from Michelle Buteau, Jon Dore, Maria Bamford, Bobcat Goldthwait & Caitlin Gill, and more here.

As you can clearly see in the flyer above, that headline could go way longer as the more fan-focused JFL festival in Toronto, JFL42, is packed with top shelf talent that covers so many eras, styles, sensibilities, etc. of comedy that it might be worth making the trek out to Toronto to see all of that in one week, especially if you don’t live in LA or NYC.

You’ve got some time as JFL42 isn’t until mid Sept., but you best get your passes and tickets now (the VIP Pass already sold out). Passes are going for $84-$199 (not including service charges). Go get more details and tickets/passes here.

November 26, 2018

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One of Canada’s finest comedy exports, Jon Dore, has an upcoming series at Comedy Central where he will, with as much expertise as he can muster as an “outsider”, answer the biggest questions facing America today.

This trailer is probably only a fraction of what Dore has up his sleeve or, if you’re looking at the thumbnail for the trailer, hidden in his beanie cap.

In any case, it’s sure to be some absurdist gold. Big Questions Huge Answers premieres on Comedy Central on Monday, Dec. 3rd.

If you need more convincing, we’d like to point you to Dore’s “A Dore to Winnipeg”.

November 10, 2017

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In fact, we’d go so far as to say that you shouldn’t spend too much time thinking about or contextualizing what you see in the thumbnail above.

Just play the set and enjoy the wonder of wildly clever absurdist comedian Jon Dore.

October 15, 2017

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This “slice of life” comedic mini-doc is from a few weeks ago. However, it’s so damn delightful in a dreamy way that we couldn’t dare think of not posting it.

Please enjoy it and take cues for how to make camping actually fun here.

December 31, 2016

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We would very much like to watch a reunion panel of TV show starring Greg Proops, Jon Dore, Baron Vaughn, and Gareth Reynolds.

Josh Androsky and Bryan Cook’s Reunited offers up something possibly better with bringing that line-up together for a faux TV series that they starred in without any of them knowing ahead of time what that fake TV show was.

Pretty great, right? Well, you can (and should) get your tickets for the show’s latest edition happening this Friday, January 7th here.

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

December 13, 2016

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This second season of Ian Abramson’s stand-up-comedy-equivalent-of-a-Skinner-Box, 7 Minutes in Purgatory, really showcases the stark contrast of what performing comedy without an audience while another audience enjoys it in a separate, remote location.

Just see how Maria Bamford beautifully handles performing in front of a 1000 empty seats while there’s a smaller, but mightier number of warm bodies three stories above her thoroughly delighting in her performance.

You can also see how host Ian Abramson, Jon Dore, Michelle Buteau, Colton Dunn, Caitlin Gill and Bobcat Goldthwait all handled the existential quandary of 7 Minutes in Purgatory in all different sorts of ways as well some inside commentary from their fellow performers/purgatory dwellers.

December 1, 2016

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If you’re in Vancouver in February, you would be doing yourself a big favor by going to JFL Northwest.

Just look at that line-up stacked with some of the best from around the country as well as local to Vancouver.

Tickets go on sale at 10AM PST this Friday, December 2nd right here.

August 18, 2016

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From the minds of Adam Brodie, Dave Derewlany, and Jon Dore comes this great, dark sketch at JASH that explores the worst possible backstory that one could get in trying to escape from hostile territory. Maria Bamford and Katie Crown, who are also featured, really drive the point home.

Please watch and enjoy it here.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $20 for VIP 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 5, 2016

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Tickets and 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.

March 4, 2016

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Online network JASH is getting into the comedy festival game by throwing their own Jash Fesht on the weekend of Apr. 1st-3rd at Snapshot Studios in Palm Springs.

As you can see, the line-up is nicely stacked between comedy, music, and folks that blur the line of both disciplines.

Tickets are on sale now for $50-$100.

September 24, 2015

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The Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco will be the latest big time music and arts festival to add a comedy tent to its line-up. On Oct. 17th and 18th, Funny or Die will host a comedy tent called The Blah Blah Blah featuring performances by:

Tim Heidecker
Jerrod Carmichael
Jonah Ray
Chris Gethard
Jon Dore
With Special Guest Lauren Lapkus
Throwing Shade with Erin Gibson & Bryan Safi
Hey™: An Afternoon with Kate Berlant and John Early
Guy Braunum Presents: Talk Show: The Game Show
Michelle Wolf
Max Silvestri
Barry Rothbart
Jermaine Fowler

That’s a real good line-up and you shouldn’t miss it if you can get to San Francisco that weekend. Oh, Chvrches, Run the Jewels, and Father John Misty will be there as well just in case you needed the extra encouragement. What’s really amazing is that Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy Festival will be finishing its run at the same time in Austin, TX.

Get your tickets/passes here.

May 19, 2015

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(via The Wrap)

This might sound redundant, but Jon Dore has just gotten top billing for a movie.

Jon Dore will be starring in an indie heist comedy of sorts where has to steal a grandma’s revered secret pickle recipe. The idea of Dore as the lead has us in high hopes for this movie with having seen previous Dore-centric things like a “Dore to Winnipeg”.

We can only hope that results in Dore doing bits with jars of pickles when on stage and/or during any promotions of the movie.

April 17, 2015

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Though it might not be your home, Tig Notaro and Jon Dore went to homes across America and performed in possibly the most intimate way you could do a comedy show for this Showtime special.

Tonight at 9PM, “Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro” is premiering on Showtime. Like so many of her performances, we’re sure that all of these are unforgettable and will have the added silliness of going to where people live to do live comedy.

Again, don’t miss out the premiere at 9PM on Showtime.

April 9, 2015

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After watching this interview, you might think, “Tig and Jon should have their own show”. Luckily, that’s Knock, Knock, It’s Tig Notaro coming to Showtime next week on Apr. 17th.

Anytime Jon Dore is in the studio at Conan, hijinks are the order of the day and he has a good time retelling the Goldilocks story in the middle of their interview with Tig Notaro and Conan O’Brien offering color commentary.

They also got to talking about their new show where they do stand-up at people’s houses “Knock, Knock, It’s Tig Notaro”, which sounds like it will be great both in concept and from what you can see from their chemistry on Conan.

April 7, 2015

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America will be introduced to the magic that is the house comedy show as well as getting to see another set of magic that is Tig Notaro and her comedy.

Showtime got Tig Notaro to do a tour of comedy shows in people’s various homes throughout the country and captured the experience in a documentary special called “Knock Knock, It’s Tig Notaro”.

In addition to the amazing prospect that is Tig performing for an intimate crowd at someone’s house, the brilliant Jon Dore seems to be tagging along as well.

We’ll be able to see what shenanigans Tig and Dore get into throughout this special.

March 4, 2015

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Of all the Canadians that we should be getting on board with here Stateside, the absolutely hysterical Jon Dore is definitely in the top of that list.

That’s why were glad to see that he’ll be starring in a divorce comedy pilot at CBS “The Half of It” from Mike Gibbons, who also happens to be the executive producer at The Late Late Show with James Corden.

We know this is just a pilot and it still has yet to be shot, then considered for series, but in regards to seeing more of Dore, we say it’s about damn time.

September 15, 2014

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No longer will it just be Montreal and Toronto that get the upside of having a Just For Laughs Comedy Festival every year. From Nov. 5th-16th three separate comedy tours across Atlantic, Central, and Western Canada will be running all under JFL’s banner.

The Western Canada JFL tour will be particularly great with Demetri Martin, Jon Dore, Levi MacDougall, and Todd Glass.

Get your tickets here.

August 14, 2014

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The hysterical Jon Dore went to Winnipeg for two reasons. 1) The Winnipeg Comedy Festival this past April 2) to make a mockumentary of exploring Winnipeg, Canada.

The result is Jon’s “A Dore to Winnipeg” that will premiere on CBC this Fri. at 9PM EST. While many of us here in LA don’t have CBC, you can get a glimpse of what will hopefully come stateside with this clip of Dore visiting the childhood home of Neil Young.

Perhaps, there could be a DVD box set of this and the other experimental documentary set in Winnipeg, Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg.

January 15, 2014

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A new game from “@midnight with Chris Hardwick” has comedians think up of airbnb listings that you would not stay at.

Thanks to Rory Scovel, Jon Dore, and Beth Stelling, we found places that we both would never would want to stay at, but are curious for how disturbingly funny they are.

Watch the clip here.

November 25, 2013

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Melinda Hill has been doing a web series in tandem with the longstanding live comedy show What’s Up Tiger Lily? that she’s a part of, called All Growz Up. In an alley where Tiger Lily takes place, Hill asks some of the funniest people around that do the show what they wanted to do when they grow up like Kyle Kinane, Jon Dore, Maria Bamford, and more.

When asked, the hysterical Karen Kilgariff ends up giving some solid advice to people who have the dream of making it in comedy. Watch it here.

June 11, 2013

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In Case You Missed It, Here’s Set List at YouTube Comedy Week

Set List, the improvised stand-up show, was one of the closing shows at YouTube’s Comedy Week and caught Jon Dore, Dan Van Kirk as Mark Wahlberg, Moshe Kasher, Matt Kirshen, and Kira Soltanovich making it up and making it funny as they go along.

If you weren’t lucky enough or didn’t have the time to catch when it first streamed online, here’s a playlist for you to watch it all (i.e. don’t miss it this time around).

May 25, 2013

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From the talents of Adam & David, Jon Dore, and Jerrod Carmichael, this question that is seldom thought about now gets an answer in the form of a really funny video despite whatever reservations you had when you read the headline.

Watch it now. Oh, obviously this is pretty NSFW.

« January 2021 »

1) Watch comedic brilliance by Jon Dore & Rory Scovel on Conan. Oh yeah, they might do the same thing at Meltdown Comics on August 11th.

2) Want to be on a “High School Talent Show”?

Hot House, which normally hosts a fantastic “secret” comedy show, is putting the 3rd Annual Hot House High School Talent Show. Already, it’s half booked, but if you’re interested, the show is on Thurs. July 21st 8PM and they’re looking to book all types of variety/comedy/character acts of varying lengths – but – no stand up (unless it is part of a larger character piece).

The basic theme of the night is the show takes place in a High School Auditorium hosted by the Vice Principal of Affairs. Talent must decide up front whether to play a Student or an Administrator. And all acts should be between thirty seconds to three minutes (five if there is a real need) And let us know the general concept beforehand.

Nothing is too small or too stupid. Please email mariecolette24@gmail.com if interested.

3) So Café Muse, to those comedians that put up with its open mic or shows, is now gone. No more comedy will take place within its walls despite it being next door to the Comedy Central Stages. We’re frankly surprised that it lasted this long as every time we’ve been there something along the lines of a frustrated white kid in his late 20’s would ask anyone who was black to be his black friend 5 minutes over the light would happen.

4) Don’t follow @MitziShore. It’s not her. Besides, gaining favor with her and an audition to be passed at the Comedy Store is a whole lot harder than just getting a fake account of her to follow you on Twitter.

5) Compatish goes cup stacking…

6) Weird Al Yankovic writes/confesses lyrics for the Conan theme.

7) Puddin’-“Books”

8) ON THE HORIZON
California for Alabama Benefit @ Meltdown Comics Wed. Aug. 3rd, 6:30PM $10
The Business @ Nerdist Theater Fri. July 15th, 8PM $10

9) COMEDY CRAWL
The Conan O’Brien Writers Retrospective @ Cinefamily 7:45PM $12
Comedy 90210 @ Roxbury Cafe 8PM $5
1642 Comedy Social Club @ 1642 Beer & Wine 8:30PM FREE
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
Mr. Napkins Big Show @ Westside Comedy Theater 9PM FREE
Loose Meat @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5
Persona! @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10PM $5
Love Machine Comedy Show @ M Bar 10PM $5
Paul Danke & Cornell Reid Live Tweet a Movie @PaulDanke & @Corneezy 10PM FREE

10) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
COFEE BEAN 16101 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA, Suite 180/Starts 7PM/mixed mic/no purchase necessary
SANDWICH SPOT 3101 Ocean Park Ave., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/10 min.
CAFE UNURBAN 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 9PM/No purchase necessary
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/first come, first served/coffee and bottled water available

11) I tried defending Tree of Life to my sister and mother who sat through it with me and the best I could come up with was, “Well, it’s best if you don’t try to figure it out.” Now, if I only could write jokes that work like that.

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