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Pick of the Day: ASSSSCAT for Charity 5/1-5/2
April 30, 2020
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ASSSSCAT, the marquee show for the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatres across the country, is returning to do their signature long form improv show via a YouTube live-stream over four different shows this weekend for four separate worthy charities.

No matter where or when ASSSSCAT was happening, it was always sold out back when it happened in person. For this special charity, live-stream edition, you will have to get your chance to see UCB’s best without having worry about buying tickets weeks in advance or standing hours in a line. Also, it’s heartening to see ASSSSCAT is back after the closures of UCB Hell’s Kitchen and the NYC training center.

The teams, as you can see below, makes for a star studded affair. All of the founding UCB 4 (Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts)  are slated to perform throughout the four shows in addition to Bobby Moynihan, Ego Nwodim, D’Arcy Carden, Lauren Lapkus, Carl Tart, Seth Morris, Andy Daly, Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair, Sean Conroy, Eugene Cordero, Anthony Atamanuik, Jon Gabrus, John Gemberling, and so much more.

The four shows happening on Fri. May 1st & Sat. May 2nd will be dedicated to raising funds for Frontline Responders Fund, Project C.U.R.E., NYC Mayor’s Fund: Food For Heroes, and LA COVID-19 Crisis Fund.

By the way, they’re all scheduled out so you’ll be able to watch them all. Tune in May 1st & May 2nd at both 5PM PT/8PM ET & 8PM PT/11PM ET on UCB’s YouTube channel here.
January 24, 2019
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Looks like the Inner Sanctum at UCB Sunset (which we’d like to note can feel more intimate than the main stage next door at times) is having more stacked shows these days. 

Presented by UCB co-founder Matt Walsh, Dodo’s Retirement Party will be a variety show as well as a tribute to “Dolores (Dodo) Portencasso” as she retires from “Corn Products”. Oh yeah, the line-up just happens to be, as we mentioned before, pretty damn stacked (see flyer above).

Tickets for this show next week 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 20, 2018
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Welp, the UCB4 (ostensibly THE Upright Citizens Brigade) are playing the UCB Inner Sanctum (which probably can hold more people than both theaters at UCB Franklin and UCB Sunset combined) next year. So, you might want to mark your calendar for Jan. 12th or watch for more tickets being released as the day of comes closer.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
December 20, 2018
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amy poehler, ian roberts, long form improvisation, matt besser, matt walsh, upright citizens brigade

Welp, the UCB4 (ostensibly THE Upright Citizens Brigade) are playing the UCB Inner Sanctum (which probably can hold more people than both theaters at UCB Franklin and UCB Sunset combined) next year. So, you might want to mark your calendar for Jan. 12th or watch for more tickets being released as the day of comes closer.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows, events, screenings, open mics, maps, and more can be found at www.thecomedybureau.com.
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.
October 7, 2017
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Basically, this is probably somewhere between Comedy Bang! Bang! and Shark Tank that actually awards $1000 grants to one lucky entrepreneur.

More specifically: 
The Awesome Foundation is a worldwide network of people devoted to forwarding the interest of awesomeness in the universe. The Foundation distributes a series of monthly $1,000 grants to projects and their creators. The money is pooled together from the coffers of our self-organizing “micro-trustees” and given upfront in cash, check, or gold doubloons (but never actually in gold doubloons). 

Matt Walsh, Scot Armstrong, Andy Richter, Brad Morris, Allison Raskin, and Jamie Denbo will make up the special panel for this Awesome Foundation Comedy Show.

Tickets are $25 and you can (and should) get them here. Also, you can get a VIP ticket that includes a meet-and-greet with Matt Walsh and Scot Armstrong before the show and a premium seat for $200.

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

The UCB 4 to Reunite for Performance at Carnegie Hall, Becoming One of the Few Improv Teams/Troupes to Ever Play The World Renowned Venue
June 28, 2017
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The UCB 4 to Reunite for Performance at Carnegie Hall, Becoming One of the Few Improv Teams/Troupes to Ever Play The World Renowned Venue

For a very long time, playing NYC’s Carnegie Hall as a comedian was an unquestioned achievement in comedy of the highest order. As is, playing Carnegie Hall is an incredibly rare feat no matter what your artistic discipline might be. 

Still, mostly comedians that play Carnegie Hall are stand-up comedians. We looked through the list of past performers, we found that the only other instance of improv was Drew Carey doing night with some Whose Line Is It Anyway? folks like Jeff B. Davis and Greg Proops for the New York Comedy Festival. The Firesign Theatre, which only had an improvised feel, also performed there several decades ago.

So, Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, and Matt Besser, often referred to as The UCB 4, will be kicking off 2018′s Del Close Marathon performing together once again and simultaneously being one of the only groups to do their version of long form improv on such a hallowed stage. 

With that in mind, you better keep a close eye on tickets going on sale if you want to go. 

19th Annual DCM Line-Up, Schedule, Tickets, and Passes Now Available
May 19, 2017
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One of the most renowned, if not the most renowned, improv events in the world is just around the corner.

The 19th Annual Del Close Marathon is coming next month and it, per usual, has an extremely stacked line-up as you can see above.

If you’re planning on going (and we hope that you would be) get your tickets and passes ASAP.  

Andre Hyland Returns to Make Press Junkets Fun Again with “Bonus Features”
October 24, 2016
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Comedy multi-hyphenate Andre Hyland, among his many talents, has a knack for getting the most lively interviews out of those usually droll press junkets where a film or TV show’s talent sit for hours and hours and answer the same questions over and over again.

Hyland has done this for years at various channels and digital platforms under various personas because, well, he boldly has fun like no other interviewer at these junkets does.

The latest iteration of Andre being mischievous amongst A-listers is with the new Super Deluxe web series Bonus Features. Watch the first episode where he plays around with Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot, Isla Fisher, Matt Walsh, and Maribeth Monroe, the cast of Keeping Up with the Joneses.

UCB Signs First Look Deal with Universal Cable Productions
June 21, 2016
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(via Deadline)

This is one of UCB’s biggest deals yet. 

Throughout movies and television, you can see the influence that the Upright Citizens Brigade has had on comedy over the last several years. Not only are founders Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts doing well for themselves, but the alumni of the UCB brand are probably in all of your favorite things to watch or maybe running them from behind the scenes. 

Now, with signing a first look deal with NBC Universal’s Universal Cable Productions, you’re going to see even more of UCB folk on TV. Shows for the vast array of cable networks under NBC Universal’s banner (including USA, Oxygen, Esquire, E!, Bravo, Telemundo, and many more) will be developed by UCB.

Already they’ve got five shows in the works ranging from a haunted house mockumentary to an overwrought satire of a sorority house to a TV adaptation of We Can Fix You featuring the likes of Besser, Roberts, Jeff Hiller, Pam Murphy, Betsy Sodaro, Horatio Sanz, Laura Grey, Megan Stein, and more.

The Cast of Netflix’s National Lampoon Biopic Now Has Seth Green, Thomas Lennon, Jon Daly, Will Forte, Joel McHale, Matt Walsh, John Gemberling, Domnhall Gleeson, Martin Mull, and Natasha Lyonne
April 12, 2016
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a futile and stupid gesture, david wain, domnhall gleeson, joel mchale, john gemberling, jon daly, josh karp, martin mull, matt walsh, natasha lyonne, national lampoon, seth green, thomas lennon, will forte

(via Variety)

Oh yeah, David Wain is also directing.

Netflix is adapting Josh Karp’s book A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever into a full length feature biopic, which is already enticing by itself.

The ensemble cast that has been assembled has been kind of a dream team with the aforementioned Green, Lennon, Daly, Forte, McHale, Walsh, Gemberling, Gleeson, and Mull along with Natasha Lyonne being the latest to sign on.

With Wain at the helm, A Futile and Stupid Gesture is as buzzworthy as it can get before production has even started.

Season 5 Veep Trailer Gives a Glimpse of a Crazy Election That’s Only Slightly Less Crazy Than the Current Real One
March 21, 2016
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In many ways, the contested election on this season of Veep might seem more desirable than what we’re going through right now as a nation. 

Sure, there’s plenty of second-guessing, trash talking, pandering, etc., but whatever sick comeback or burn you could think of pales in comparison from anything from the pen of the writing staff of Veep.

You’ll see what we mean in this new trailer.

Look for the premiere of season 5 of Veep on Sunday, April 24th on HBO.

See What The UCB 4 Have Up Their Sleeve for “The UCB Show” Coming Soon to Seeso
December 5, 2015
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(via EW)

If you’ve been fortunate enough to live in either NYC or LA and frequent shows at the multiple Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters, you’ll be happy to know some of the most talented, but yet-to-be-discovered talent are about to be put on a more worldwide stage with the upcoming UCB Show.

If you don’t, you’re probably in for one hell of a surprise.

The original UCB 4, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, Amy Poehler, and Matt Besser have corralled the best and brightest alums and current performers of UCB and put them all on stage at UCB Sunset.

See what’s in store and what you should be getting hyped for in this trailer for The UCB Show.

Upright Citizen Brigade’s Best To Be Featured in The UCB 4 Produced “The UCB Show” Taping Live This Week at UCB Sunset
August 24, 2015
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You’re going to see long lines near Sunset and Western all week long.

Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts, and Matt Besser are putting together an in-house variety series that they’re calling The UCB Show.

Though the line-ups haven’t been announced, you can probably bet on most of the folks who have their photo hung in the lobbies of any of the four UCB theatres might be on the show like James Adomian.

The tapings are 7:30PM/9:30PM tonight through Thurs. at UCB Sunset. They’re free, but all the reservations are currently full. However, as with most UCB shows, there will be a stand by line.

Fortunately, because this is a taping, you’ll very likely get to see what the lucky hundred or so people will get to see this week.

Matt Walsh and Timothy Simons Are Developing a College Football Comedy “Red Shirt” at Paramount
July 25, 2015
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(via Variety)

Take a brief moment to enjoy the idea of Mike and Jonah from Veep working on a movie together. 

Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Paramount have gotten on board for Matt Walsh and Timothy Simons’ college football comedy “Red Shirt”.

There are no other details as of right now, but don’t be surprised to hear that it would be an improvised movie and has a dash of Walsh’s sports podcast, Bear Down. 

This Year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Got a Show Stopper Opening, Literally, with Bill Hader, Charlyne Yi, and More
June 12, 2015
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Bill Hader, Charlyne Yi, Matt Walsh, Danny Pudi, and way more comedy folks showed up in this big opening sketch for the 2015 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.

It’s a pretty great explanation for not having a tech conference be like an awards show.

Here’s Your Giant 2015 SXSW Comedy Line-up, Part of Which Will Be a Comedy Special
February 23, 2015
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The rollout of awesome comedy festival line-ups for this year continues as SXSW is taking much of the best comedy from around the country to Austin, TX for a week. 

Going from Mar. 14th-21st, the likes of the following will have their comedic stylings on display:

Adam Cayton-Holland
Al Madrigal
Allen Strickland Williams
Amy Schumer
Andrew Orvedahl
Andrew Santino
Ari Shaffir
ASSSSCAT 
Ben Roy
Beth Stelling
Bill Burr
Bob Saget
Brent Morin
Brooks Wheelan
Chris D’Elia
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Conspiracy Theory Live with Jesse Ventura
Dan Harmon
Dave Ross
Doug Benson
Doug Loves Movies
Eliot Glazer
Premiere of James Adomian and Scott Aukerman’s sitcom “The Embassy”
Eric Andre
Erin Whitehead
Glenn Wool
The George Lucas Talk Show
The Grawlix
Harmontown
Horatio Sanz
The Hooray Show
Iliza Schlesinger
improv4humans
Jake Weisman
James Adomian
Jay Oakerson
Jay Pharoah
Jeffrey Ross
Joe DeRosa
Jon Huck
Judd Apatow
Katie Dippold
Lauren Lapkus
Liza Treyger
Mary Holland
Matt Besser
Matt Braunger
Matt Walsh
Mark Normand
Mike O’Brien
Nate Bargatze
Nick Kroll
Nick Thune
Pat Bishop
Paul Virzi
Rachel Feinstein
Rick Glassman
Roast Battle 
Ron Funches
Sasheer Zamata
Scott Aukerman
Shannon O’Neill
Stephanie Allynne
This Is Not Happening
Tim Robinson
Todd Glass
NBC’s Undateable
Vanessa Bayer
What’s Your Fucking Deal?! 
Wild Horses 
WOMEN   
W. Kamau Bell
Wyatt Cenac
and more!

On top of that, two tapings for a SXSW comedy special are set to take place during that week run hosted by W. Kamau Bell. 

So, get your badge already.

Turns Out Hypnotherapy Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be in Trailer For “A Better You”
January 21, 2015
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A Better You is Matt Walsh’s 2nd film, co-written by star Brian Huskey, shows when hypnotherapy perhaps might not be the answer to your or even the hypnotherapist’s problem. 

Horatio Sanz, Andy Daly, Morgan Walsh, Riki Lindhome, Natasha Leggero, Joe Lo Truglio, and more round a stellar cast as one might expect with Walsh at the helm. 

A Better You is set to go around the film festival circuit, but you can watch the trailer here.

Here’s The First Trailer for David Cross’ “Hits”
January 2, 2015
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Ever since we heard about David Cross’ Hits, we’ve been excited to see any sort of teaser or trailer. Gathering the likes of Matt Walsh, James Adomian, Amy Sedaris, Michael Cera, and more, Hits centers on an advocacy group making the arrest of one man in a small town go viral and become Internet famous.

Sound great? Watch the trailer here then. 

Watch Music Video for 2776’s Holiday Song “ForGiftness”
December 14, 2014
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The holiday track, ForGiftness, off this year’s comedy music epic of an album 2776 gets to one of the many true meanings of this season: making up for all the awful things you did this year by giving great gifts. 

Watch the likes of Matt Walsh, Susanna Hoffs, Jordan Black, Brendon Small, Josh Fadem, Right Said Fred, and more in the music video for ForGiftness right here.

Matt Walsh Joining Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange in Wild Oats
June 22, 2014
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Matt Walsh Joining Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange in Wild Oats

Matt Walsh is setting to play a con man in this feature comedy where Shirley MacLaine mistakenly has a large sum of money come her way. Jessica Lange and Billy Connolly are also co-starring.

It’s good to see a very busy Matt Walsh on screens of all shapes and sizes these days.

Matt Walsh on How Close Veep Is To Real Life Politics
May 1, 2014
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This week, the great Matt Walsh stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers and revealed that, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the political world is not far off from the one portrayed in Veep. Also, Walsh and Meyers have a fun run of riffing off each other.

Watch the interview here.

Help Matt Walsh Finish His Latest Improvised Movie “A Better You”
March 15, 2014
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Matt Walsh almost has another improvised movie in A Better You done and ready for release. He needs finishing funds to make that happen in the amount of $52,650 over the next month and if you needed any convincing, watch this pretty great IndieGoGo campaign video.

After you’re done enjoying that several times over, donate to finishing A Better You here.

David Cross To Make Directorial Debut With Indie Comedy ‘Hits’
September 4, 2013
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David Cross To Make Directorial Debut With Indie Comedy ‘Hits’

David Cross is going to have an indie comedy in his first go at being a director hopefully making the rounds soon with Matt Walsh, James Adomian, Michael Cera, David Koechner, Amy Sedaris, and more.

So, we’ll all basically see ‘Hits’ whenever this hits theaters.

The UCB Comedy Improv Manual by Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts Out Now
August 22, 2013
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The UCB Comedy Improv Manual by Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts Out Now

When considering who are the modern masters of improvisational comedy/who should write an instructional book on improv, a good place to start with that list is the founders of The Upright Citizens Brigade. 

Luckily, that just happened as Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts, ¾ of the original UCB 4 (the other one if Amy Poehler and we’re guessing she’s got a little busy with everything she’s doing to join in here) have written and released an instructional book on long form improvisational comedy.

If you have any interest in improv to any degree, The UCB Comedy Improv Manual just might be a good thing to buy.

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