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July 12, 2018
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These days, it’s kind of rare to see Marc Maron do a headlining set in town.

So, perhaps, you don’t want to miss out on the four shows that Maron will be doing Thurs. Jul. 19th-Sat. Jul. 21st. at The Ice House and it’ll be worth going out to Pasadena next weekend.

Tickets are $20 (plus 2 drink min.) and we’re pretty sure this will sell out. So get your tickets ASAP here.

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

The 6th Annual L.A Podcast Has Earlybird Tickets Now on Sale and Will Be in DTLA

February 15, 2017
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The LA Podcast Festival is now in its sixth year and, if you’ve ever been to it, you’d know that it’s an institution with a fiercely loyal following at this point. 

WTF with Marc Maron, My Favorite Murder, The Jackie & Laurie Show, The Dork Forest, The Dollop, Comedy Film Nerds, Bertcast, We Hate Movies, Mental Illness Happy Hour w/ Paul Gilmartin, & Cashing In w/ T.J. Miller and host Cash Levy are just a handful of the podcasts that are confirmed for this year’s LA Podcast Festival. 

Moving from Beverly Hills to Downtown LA at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, the festival will take place from Friday, October 6th-Sunday, October 8th.

Earlybird tickets are now on sale for $99, which you should get in on since you’ll save $50 from the regularly priced pass.

WTF with Marc Maron Will Be Digging Into the WTF Vault for Unreleased Material Throughout the Years

November 25, 2016
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WTF with Marc Maron Will Be Digging Into the WTF Vault for Unreleased Material Throughout the Years

So, this would be unlocking the gates, right?

WTF with Marc Maron has built itself into one of the biggest podcasts around, comedy or otherwise, through Maron’s shrewd interviewing style. 

Before having WTF what it is now, Marc and his producer Brendan McDonald have made plenty of things that, for several fascinating reasons, have never been heard by anyone at all such as a test show done for an Air America affliate with Patton Oswalt as a guest and Jim Earl as a sidekick.

This is only the beginning of what will be called WTF Vault that’ll be released as a limited series until the end of the year. 

Click the link above to hear the first episode.

“Maron” Is Getting a 4th Season at IFC

November 6, 2015
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I’m doing another season of #Maron for @IFC! Gotta get that guy back on track!

IFC has indeed picked up Marc Maron’s Maron based on WTF with Marc Maron for a fourth season. 

Who knew that podcasts would end up being the inspiration for a decent chunk of a cable network’s schedule for multiple seasons? 

Along side Comedy Bang! Bang!, IFC’s has successfully adapted podcasts into two of their longer running series.

Howl.fm Offering Many of Your Favorite Podcasts and Albums Remastered and Ad Free

August 23, 2015
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If they just had some sort of bonus features or accompanying essay, this could be a Criterion Collection for podcasts.

The entire archives for Earwolf, Wolfpop, and WTF with Marc Maron are getting the ads taken out of them and having the audio spruced up for the new subscription based audio streaming service, Howl.fm.

In addition to the likes of How Did This Get Made?, Sklarbro Country, improv4humans with Matt Besser, The Sylvester Stallone Podcast, Howl.fm will also offer podcast episode specials, often recorded live, and mini-series including Superego’s Forgotten Classics. 

Comedy albums such as Paul F. Tompkins Impersonal, Jimmy Pardo’s Sprezzatura, Kyle Kinane’s I Liked His Old Stuff Better, Andy Daly’s Nine Sweaters, and more will also be offered with a monthly subscription fee of $4.99 a month. 

We’re guessing that ad free selling point might be pretty enticing to a lot of you.

Contrary To What We’ve All Been Hearing, Jason Bateman Says There Is No Current Plan for More “Arrested Development”

August 17, 2015
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(via Uproxx/WTF w/Marc Maron)

We’ve all made a huge mistake?

Despite hearing from Brian Grazer about a new batch of episodes of Arrested Development coming soon, it seems more unsure that such a thing is indeed happening. 

Earlier this summer, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos expressed that he was hopeful to continue with new episodes of the series, but nothing was official or confirmed.

In his recent WTF appearance, Arrested Development star Jason Bateman echoed that sentiment by no knowledge of new episodes going into production. 

He also elaborated that calling the latest episodes of Arrested Development “season 4″ as misleading as they were the first part of a three part arc.

Let’s hope we’ll be able to see the other two parts.

And Here’s That Obama Episode of WTF with Marc Maron

June 22, 2015
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It’s podcasting history right here.

Last Friday, President Barack Obama indeed came to Marc Maron’s garage, albeit a super safe version of Marc’s garage that was covered in pop up tents and a Secret Service detail to do an episode of WTF.

They chatted for just over around an hour in a conversation that, because it is podcasting and of the noted way that Maron conducts interviews, is more intimate and free flowing probably any interview that Obama has had. Thus, you get to go from talking about the tragedy in Charleston last week all the way to talking about Pryor and Dick Gregory.

Listen to this milestone for both podcasting and WTF with Marc Maron here.

Marc Maron To Interview President Barack Obama on WTF

June 18, 2015
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Literally speaking, Marc probably won’t be able to lock the gates.

Announced on the latest episode of WTF with Marc Maron, Marc has an interview with President Barack Obama set and will post it on Monday. Of course, Obama is in town for fundraising purposes, but we definitely hope that Marc goes through Obama’s fantastic White House Correspondents Dinner sets over the years. 

Knowing this is supposed to take place reportedly sometime tomorrow at Maron’s garage, LA’s Eastside will finally get a taste of that Obama traffic.

Here’s The Trailer for Season 3 of IFC’s “Maron”

April 23, 2015
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This season is catching up to current day Marc Maron where he’s getting more successful.

Dave Anthony, Patton Oswalt, Whitney Cummings, Andy Dick, Andy Kindler, Judd Hirsch, and more are all returning for the 3rd season of Maron and will deal with Marc while he’s dealing with handling success.

Watch the trailer here and mark down the premiere for May 14th at 10PM on IFC.

Season of 3 of “Maron” Coming May 14th

March 23, 2015
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With season 3 of Maron coming in less than two months and almost at 600 episodes of WTF with Marc Maron, the gates have been locked and many of us are all tuned in.

Season 3 of Maron premieres on Thurs. May 14th at 10PM on IFC and with it, comes the third season of a show based on doing a podcast that was just started as a thing to keep Marc from killing himself. 

So, would the hashtag a la Community’s #sixseasonsandamovie for this be #sixseasonsonethousandsepisodesandamovie?

2014 LA Podcast Festival Recap: Podcasts Take Over Beverly Hills

October 10, 2014
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This is both the third year of The LA Podcast Festival as well as our third time attending and, as that’s the case, we can most certainly assure you a good thing has only gotten better and better.

Here’s our recap of what went down when a bunch podcasts and their fans take over ritzy Beverly Hills. 

All photos courtesy of Los Angeles Podcast Festival

-This was the first year that the LA Podcast Festival took place at Sofitel LA in Beverly Hills and it solved pretty much every drawback from their original location in Santa Monica (i.e. parking, navigating through the festival, it looks nicer).

-Many in the crowd for Talkin’ Shit with Eddie Ifft were thoroughly surprised when they got to see all of transgendered porn star Vaniity. 

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–Marc Maron and Aisha Tyler hashed out some personal history, specifically when they first met each other, on Girl on Guy. Aisha hilariously made sure to note to Marc that this is her show and not WTF.

-Like every year, one will note that many of the attendees aren’t from LA or even California. Many come from the other side of the country just to make sure they catch their favorite podcast live like The Crabfeast with Jay Larson and Ryan Sickler.

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–Superego continued to be one of the funniest podcasts around kicking off Day 2 with a special guest in Conan player Brian Stack and a whirlwind of fun, dark absurdity. We also applaud their matching Superego blazers.

-The crowd at Jonah Raydio had a ball as Jonah Ray made sure that his entire audience had a beer in their hand, treated to a live performance from Upset, fun music news monologue style jokes, and discovered he had to do more time than he expected. This lead to some of the best awful concert stories we’ve heard in awhile.

–Dave Anthony, Gareth Reynolds, and Wil Anderson assembled for a laugh riot of an episode of The Dollop, which we’d describe as a sort of sober version of Drunk History that replaces the reenactments with top shelf riffing from Anthony, Reynolds, and a guest. Edutainment about history’s biggest a-holes has never been as much fun as this.

-An all female guest line-up for WTF with Marc Maron was fascinating especially the likes of Pamela Adlon and Whitney Cummings admired Shelby Fero’s wisdom beyond her years when it comes to dating. 

-Podcasts fans at the festival didn’t care how long they would have to wait to get commemorative posters signed to the point where we questioned how much we’re fans of podcasts compared to them. 

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–Wil Anderson killed it wherever he went at the festival and his own podcast TOFOP was no different. Anderson’s brand of somewhat controlled chaos made for almost non-stop laughs and an unforgettable pop quiz on Russell Crowe facts. 

-As far as we’ve seen education hasn’t ever been as funny as it has been on podcasts. See Probably Science’s Matt Kirshen, Jesse Case, and Andy Wood riff on the primates known as Bonobos with Tim Minchin and Dr. Amy Parish. They found their way to tie in feminism while discussing animal behavior and on to applause breaks.

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–Matt Besser, Lauren Lapkus, Ian Roberts, and Horatio Sanz ensured that impov4humans was a perennial favorite of the festival just off a scene of visiting the world’s tallest hill. 

-Podcast pioneer Jimmy Pardo and his podcast Never Not Funny have been at The LA Podcast Festival most deservedly every single year. Seeing Jimmy having to deal with Pat Francis’ Bruce Springsteen puppet made for a pretty magical evening on its own. 

–Go Bayside! and James Bonding are perfect examples of podcasts that celebrate the “nerding out” of a very specific topic, in these cases Saved By The Bell and Agent 007 James Bond, but also very inviting to the uninitiated. April Richardson and Matt Mira/Matt Gourley make a case for enjoying both cultural institutions even if you don’t know who Mr. Belding or the worst Bond villain henchmen are.

–Todd Glass and James Adomian were electric during The Todd Glass Show. Dueling Todd Glass impressions (yes, Todd did an impression of James doing an impression of Todd) were a highlight, but only the tip of the iceberg. We’re convinced that Glass has mastered only letting the audience kind of know what’s happening, but ultimately not caring because they’re having so much damn fun. 

–The Kira Soltanovich Show made for an insightful, funny look into parenting not unlike a bunch of parents having drinks and pondering if they’re raising their kid right or not except all the parents are really funny.

If you happened to miss all this glorious podcast goodness, then there’s a livestream video archive of the festival available up until Oct. 19th.

Keep in mind we can only send one guy out to cover all of this so there are only so many things we could make it to and obviously we missed some stuff. Maybe next time, you can go to the LA Podcast Festival yourself and not miss anything.

IFC Renews Maron For Season 3, Sets Premiere For Spring 2015

September 16, 2014
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IFC is giving a third season to Maron based on the life of Marc Maron and his podcast WTF with Marc Maron. The season premiere is set for sometime in spring next year, but WTF will be continuing on if you need that to fill in that gap of time.

Perhaps, they’ll have an episode that’s based on Marc interviewing director Kevin MacDonald when he was expecting Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald.

The 3rd LA Podcast Festival Happening at Beverly Hills’ Sofitel with WTF, Never Not Funny, X Files Files, and More

August 25, 2014
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WTF with Marc Maron, Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo, The Dana Gould Hour, Kumail Nanjiani’s The X Files Files, Girl on Guy with Aisha Tyler The Todd Glass Show, Superego, Walking the Room, TOFOP, The Crabfeast, and way more are coming in for the 3rd Los Angeles Podcast Festival. They’ve moved from Santa Monica to Beverly Hills at the Sofitel Hotel, which is slightly more central to the rest of LA. 

So, clear out your weekend from Sept. 26th-28th and get your tickets/passes now.

Marc Maron Interviewed Kevin MacDonald Expecting Kevin McDonald

July 1, 2014
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One episode of WTF! had host Marc Maron interviewing director Kevin MacDonald, but with Marc expecting Kids in the Hall’s Kevin McDonald.

Maron told the story while on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night as well another lovely story about his dad leaving a dark impression on him.

Watch the First Teaser for Maron Season 2

April 18, 2014
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Watch the First Teaser for Maron Season 2

Here’s the first promo for the second season of Maron on IFC featuring an uncomfortable moment between Michael Ian Black and Marc Maron, cats, and Marc making fun of himself on WTF. You know, just a normal day in the life of Maron. 

Season 2 premieres on May 8th at 10PM.

Here’s a New Trailer for ‘Maron’ on IFC with Plenty of Comedian Guest Stars

April 9, 2013
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Illeana Douglas, Dave Foley, Anthony Jeselnik, Andy Kindler, Aubrey Plaza, Adam Scott, and more show up in this latest trailer for IFC’s, and TV’s for that matter, highly anticipated series Maron, which will not only be Marc Maron’s first series, but one of the first television shows about podcasting.

Watch this new trailer now and set a reminder if you haven’t already for the premiere on Fri. May 3rd 10PM on IFC. 

Marc Maron’s Book “Attempting Normal” Is Now Available for Pre-Order

March 5, 2013
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Along with his WTF podcast getting bigger every week, not to mention the tour it’s going on, as well as his upcoming IFC show “Maron”, Marc Maron now has written a book of memoirs entitled Attempting Normal.

This book will undoubtedly be filled with the stories we all want to read in detail of the peaks and valleys of Maron’s comedy career, not to mention that pitch perfect cover photo. You can pre-order a copy now before it comes out Tues. Apr. 30th.

Morning Debriefing 8/9/11

August 9, 2011
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1) Marc Maron’s “This Has To Be Funny” is out today! Download at the link or if you can find it in a store, something, anything.

2) Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Ed Asner, and more have had enough of the environment already…

Stop The Environment from Ed Asner

3) The Onion will experiment with charging readers for online conent.

4) The LA weekly writes about the Tomorrow Show as Ron Lynch and company deserve it.

5) Fast Company explores Successful Fake Twitter Accounts.

6) Buzzine interviews Kumail Nanjiani before his appearance on Showtime’s Green Room with Paul Provenza.

7) Patton Oswalt in another 5 Second Film!!!

8) An article we wrote for the Nerdist on how SEO has possibly ruined comedy is according to “Matt” is “…a boring, pointless, empty article,” further adding, “Nothing worse than a comedy critic. Get a job.” Apparently, he liked the Les Misérables parody of Jay-Z’s & Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind”. To each his own.

9) Fuck yeah Down’s Syndrome Association of the UK, you bet Doug Stanhope isn’t going to apologize for his rant against Sarah Palin and her DS baby (another piece we wrote yesterday for Laughspin).

10) Aziz Ansari on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

11) Puddin’-“Duct Tape” w/guest Megan Amram

12) COMEDY CRAWL
WTF LIVE and Marc Maron CD Release Party @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $10 (standing room only)
Performance Anxiety @ The Pleasure Chest
8PM $7
Jared’s Jokers @ The Joint 8PM $10
Comedy Bang Bang @ UCB Theatre
8:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Public School Stories @ M Bar 9PM FREE/$10 min.
Holy Fuck @ Downtown Independent Theater 9PM FREE
Blamblamblam! @ R-Bar 9PM FREE (password is FINALLY MUSTARD)

13) 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
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Sign-up 7:30PM/Starts 8PM/first come, first served.
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  

14) Perhaps instead of figuring out comedy that’s marketable, the emphasis should be on comedy that’s so funny people are tearing up, then figuring out how to market it.

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Morning Debriefing 7/30/11

July 30, 2011
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1) Marc Maron’s keynote address from the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal is now online in its entirety. Listen here. 

This will be posted in various forms more than once today here (and no, we’re not sorry about that).

2) No one ruined the Open Meg[aphone] last night in Burbank, so it will be happening again on August 12th.

3) One of our absolute favorite shows in town, The Tomorrow Show with Ron Lynch, is celebrating their 6th Anniversary on August 6th and we were lucky (or cool) enough to get a leak of the amazing line-up they have in store, which is as follows:

Craig Anton
Brendon Small
Neil Hamburger
Brett Loudermilk-sword swallower 
Jack Dagger-knife thrower
Gabriela Crowe-chanteause
Bryan Coffee-physical story teller
Ten West
Unknown Hands Puppet Troupe
Frank Conniff
David Higgins
Laura Silverman
Demetri Martin
Eddie Pepitone
Mike O’Connell
&
Cookie Monster

Admission is $15, BUT if you go to the Tomorrow Show tonight, you’ll only have to pay $5 for the astounding anniversary show. 

4) If you go to Holy Fuck next Tuesday, this will be happening…

5) The Ultimate Free & Cheap LA Comedy List 7/31-8/6 via Wisepix.

6) Doctor w/Pete Holmes & Matt McCarthy-“Prostate Exam”

7) Troy Conrad and Paul Provenza’s Set List gets written about overseas.

8) Of the recent Variety Top 10 Comics to Watch/JFL New Faces, a few of them got a Tip of the Hat of us before they hit the big time. 
Jerrod Carmichael (Top 10 Comics to Watch/New Faces)
Pete Holmes (Top 10 Comics to Watch)
Lauri Roggenkamp (New Faces)

9) ON THE HORIZON
This is Not Happening @ Hollywood Improv Tues. Aug. 2nd $5/2 item min.  

10) COMEDY CRAWL
Happiest Hour @ Flappers YooHoo Room 7:30PM $10/2 item min.
ASSSSCAT @ UCB Theatre
8PM $10 (stand by only)
The Anytime Show w/Dominic Dierkes @ Underground Annex Theater
8PM $5
The Heart of Darkness @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10 
Re-Animator: The Musical @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
Channel 101 Screening @ Downtown Independent Theater 8PM/10PM FREE
Magic Bag @ Underground Annex Theater 10PM $5
Seth & Ed’s Puppet Talk Show @ UCB Theatre 10PM $10 (stand by only)
The Tomorrow Show Presents Limbo @ Steve Allen Theater MIDNIGHT $8
Lil’ Draper’s Date Nights @ UCB Theatre MIDNIGHT $5 

11) OPEN MIC RUN
SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Starts 2PM/feedback given at end
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
MARTY’S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/5PM to 11PM/$5 min./multiple sets allowed/coffee & water provided
WESTSIDE COMEDY THEATER 1323-A 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica, CA (in alley between 3rd and 4th St.)/Sign-up (lottery) 6PM/Starts 6:30PM/no purchase necessary/4 min. 
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.

12) Hollywood Blvd. you really need to get your shit together… and we’re not just talking about the riot.

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Morning Debriefing 7/29/11

July 29, 2011
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1) Jarrod Harris does stand-up and Girl From Impanema in Vietnamese on Lopez Tonight.

2) Louis C.K. on Letterman promoting the proliferation of the lion population and taking a long deserved shot at the Kansas City Royals.

3) We don’t get screeners here cause well (cough cough)… Anyways, sci-fi action comedy Attack the Block is started its limited theater run at Arclight Hollywood today and by the looks of the trailer and everyone we know and respect saying nothing but great things about it, you should probably, at the very least check it out.

4) Yesterday, Marc Maron gave a heartfelt, inspiring speech about being a comedian that we have posted at least twice already.  Read a transcript of the entire speech at the Comic’s Comic.  

“I am the future of show business. Not your show business, my show business. They want me to do this speech because I am the future of our industry. 

Then my new manager got back to me and said, “They liked the jokes you did when you introduced Kindler a couple of years ago. That’s why they asked you.”

There’s a reason we’re posting it for at least a third time and maybe more. Cringe Humor even caught a small excerpt on video of the keynote address at Just For Laughs, which in our opinion, should be reprinted several times over like the Gettysburg Address in souvenir stores across America.

5) Please read Patrick Melton’s open letter to Flappers Comedy Club and the comedy industry in general.

6) There will be an Arizona Comedy Festival and they’re currently taking submissions. [via Laughspin.com]

7) Our first piece for the Nerdist: "Why You Probably Haven’t Heard Any Funny Amy Winehouse Jokes”. Already, there’s an amazing comment from eric:

“The formula [comedy = tragedy + time] can be revised thus: (tragedy + time) / context = comedy. Time is inversely related to context–or–the more context you add, the less time between the present and the tragic event is needed in order to be funny. Less context, more time, conversely.”

Think about it. It’s kinda true.

8) TJ Miller interviewed in GQ.

9) HBO renews Real Time with Bill Maher for a 10th Season.

10) Puddin’-Prayer Chain

11) COMEDY CRAWL
Faygo Fridays w/Brendon Walsh, Nick Youssef, and Esther Povitsky @ Sal’s Comedy Hole 7:30PM $10/2 item min.
Stand-up Spotlight w/Sarah Silverman & Chelsea Peretti @ UCB Theatre
8PM $10 (stand by only) 
Re-Animator @ Steve Allen Theater 8PM $30
The 12 Shiny Nickels Show @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $10 
The Second City Late Night w/Howie Kremer @ Second City Hollywood 9PM $5
Cavemen Jet Pilot @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $10 

12) OPEN MIC RUN
UCB THEATRE 5919 Franklin Ave., Hollywood, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/lottery/all spots 5 min./only 10 spots available
SET LIST @ FLAPPERS BAR
 102 E. Magnolia, Burbank, CA/Sign-up 5PM/Starts 5:30PM/given “set list” of topics to do jokes off of/first come, first served/no purchase necessary
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/first come, first served/$3 min./mixed mic/booked show in middle around 8PM
SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/4 min./no purchase necessary
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item min.
MAX BLOOM’S 200 N. Malden Ave., Fullerton, CA/Starts 7PM/booked show after/no purchase necessary
GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 8PM/No foul language/No purchase necessary/first come, first served   
FLOODLAMP OPEN MEG[APHONE] 3201 W. Verdugo Blvd., Burbank, CA/Starts 8PM/lottery/no purchase necessary/under floodlamp in park
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   
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT 
FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Ave., Burbank, CA/Starts MIDNIGHT  

13) This girl can’t be real [via Laughspin.com] Also, is “true love” still a thing?

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Morning Debriefing 7/27/11

July 27, 2011
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1) Zach Galifianakis’ plan all along for making it in comedy in America [via HuffPostComedy]

2) The New Faces of Comedy are unveiled at Just For Laughs Montreal.  Congratulations to some our favorite comics to watch:  Jerrod Carmichael, Barry Rothbart, Nick Rutherford, Nick Turner, Johnny Pemberton, Ron Funches, and Sean O’Connor.  Please make an effort to catch them live because you will absolutely not regret it.

3) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was the place to be/thing to watch last night with appearances by Marc Maron (pt. 1 and 2) and Steve Carell (pt. 1 and 2).

4) We have been wasting time on separate fantasy sports leagues.  It’s time to unite everything according to Paul Scheer on the Daily Habit.

5) Hari Kondabolu makes some people in somewhere, MA feel uneasy.

6) Variety names top 10 comics to watch.  Another special congratulations goes out to some of the Comedy Bureau favorite comics: Jerrod Carmichael (again), Pete Holmes, and Josh Fadem.

7) Andrés Du Bouchet as head of Schmecky & Schmecky on Conan.

8) The LA Weekly interviews the hilarious Barbara Gray before she hosts Holy Fuck next week.

9) Cornell Reid (@corneezy) KNOWS music like nobody’s business. Here’s the proof on Funny or Die.

10) Wanna be part of a fake telethon at the Nerdist Theater? Of course you do. 

11) Dan Savage’s new threat to Rick Santorum with the help of Rick Fox, Ricki Lake, Andy Richter, some unemployed guy named Rick.

Dan Savage’s New Threat to Rick Santorum from Dan Savage

12) Web series that need to be on TV (a list by us on Laughspin.com).

13) LA Weekly has their say on the Top 10 Comedy Podcasts… Not a bad a list at all.

14) We love the Super Serious Show, so we wrote about it for our friends at Serial Optimist.

15) Moshe Kasher is going to have a book that you’re going to want to pick up.

16) Puddin’-“Tears”

17) ON THE HORIZON
The End @ The Last Bookstore Wed. Aug 3rd 8PM FREE

18) COMEDY CRAWL
Come Out Laughing @ Long Beach Laugh Factory 8PM $12-$22/2 drink min.
Meltdown Movie Night @ Nerdist Theater 8:30PM FREE 
The 5 Year Anniversary of the Ed Galvez Punk House 9PM $5
RTDOK and Jake’s Presents @ Jake’s 9PM FREE
Facebook @ UCB Theatre 9PM $5 (stand by only)
Beer in the Shower @ Dreams Bar & Cafe 9:30PM FREE
The Ho Ho Show @ Hollywood Hotel 10PM FREE
Comedy Revolver @ Hollywood Improv Lab 10:30PM $5 

19) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 6PM/$4 min./first come, first served
THE SPOT CAFE 4455 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7PM 
HOLLYWOOD HOTEL 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/first come, first served
GRINDHOUSE CAFE 1051 N. Havenhurst, West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM
CAFE ON 2ND 7 S. 2nd St., Alhambra, CA/Sign-up 7PM/Starts 7:30PM/$3 cover/10 min. guarantee
LIBRARY A COFFEE HOUSE 3418 Broadway, Long Beach, CA/Sign-up 8PM/Starts 8:30PM 
LIQUID ZOO 7214 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA/Sign-up 8:30PM/Starts 9PM/first come, first served/7 min.
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   

20) If I run into traffic at 2AM here in LA, I apologize in advance to highway workers who I will uncontrollably abuse through vicious cursing and a stiff middle finger.

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Morning Debriefing 7/21/11

July 21, 2011
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cheap, chelsea lately, chris brown, chrisbrownromcom, comedy news, comedy shows, conan, construction fail, culver city, daily show, downtown, drennon davis, eddie pepitone, fortune feimster, free, head to head, hollywood, imaginary radio, jon stewart, kcrw, los angeles, louis ck, ntsf:sd:suv, reality competition, screwed, steve carell, west hollywood, what to do, worst handyman, wtf

1) WTF! w/Marc Maron IS GOING TO BE ON THE TERRESTRIAL AIRWAVES!!! KCRW 89.9FM THIS SUNDAY 11AM!!! (Yes, we are indeed shouting this bit of news)

2) On the small screen tonight, there’s of course Louie on FX 10:30PM, but there’s also, of course, the Green Room w/Paul Provenza on Showtime 11PM, and Nate Bargatze on Conan on TBS 11PM, but let’s not forget the PREMIERE of NTSF:SD:SUV on Adult Swim 12:15AM (which is technically tomorrow morning, but who really buys into that)

3) Ron Babcock is awesome at making people laugh.  When it comes to birdhouses… well, it got him into this reality competition, which you should really vote for him (just give the video a thumbs up)

4) The Ballad of Louis C.K. and Sarah Palin-an excerpt from the August issue of GQ

5) Yesterday’s best hashtag game on Twitter was possible names for a Chris Brown inspired romantic comedy: #chrisbrownromcom

“@dubouchet-Shut The Fuck Up Bitch! Met Sally”-Andrés Du Bouchet
“@kevingchristy-Don’t Say Anything”-Kevin Christy
“@shanenickerson-He’s Just Not That Into Punching You. Just Kidding, He Is.”-Shane Nickerson
“@stvschndr-I Think I Love My Wife (Dead)”-Steve Schnieder
“@remainchampagne Something’s Gotta Give (Like Her Jaw)”-Matt Champagne 

6) Do Steve Carell and Jon Stewart really miss each other?

The Daily Show
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7) Fortune Feimster gets interviewed by Advocate Magazine!

8) If you have no idea who Drennon Davis or what the Imaginary Radio Program is, here’s an article to help you out (i.e. he’s a hilarious comedian and it’s his live show you should go see)

9) People believe in comedy-even if the show’s double booked and you have to get chairs from business in the immediate area and do it on the roof, people believe in it and here’s photographic proof from Ahm Mingus when weekly live comedy show Holy Fuck had to do exactly that..

10) The Compatish and Chubby Bunny-Grown men, stuffing marshmallows in their mouth, and trying to say Chubby Bunny (just in case you were wondering…)

11) Puddin’-“Porn” w/guest Laura Silverman

12) ON THE HORIZON
Todd Glass Taping @ El Rey Sat Aug. 7th 7PM/10PM $27

13) COMEDY CRAWL
The Super Serious Show 1 Year Anniversary @ Smashbox Studios 7PM $15
Charlyne Yi & Dave Horowitz Present: We Don’t Know @ UCB Theatre 8PM $5
The Imaginary Radio Program @ Nerdist Theater 8PM $10
Bill Burr @ Irvine Improv 8PM $25/2 item min.
The Josh & Josh Show @ Bar Lubitsch 8:30PM FREE
The 3rd Annual High School Talent Show @ Hot House 9PM FREE (invitation only)
Mapping the Heavens @ UCB Theatre 9:30PM $5 (stand by only)
Live at Carnegie Hall* @ Hollywood Hotel 10:30PM FREE 

14) OPEN MIC RUN
SAL’S COMEDY HOLE 7356 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA 6PM/$4 minimum/first come, first served
ZAPATA VIVE 101 S. First Ave., Arcadia, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM/20 spots available/5 min.
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.
SUNSET GRILL 7439 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/one item 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   

15) It’s funny how we give advice about performing comedy here at the end of Morning Debriefing sometimes (yesterday) and then someone tries to disprove it and then fails miserably (also, yesterday).  It’s hilarious. 

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Backstage Video of WTF! w/Marc Maron

May 28, 2011
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bj novak, comedy podcasts, eddie pepitone, joel mchale, marc maron, wtf

Backstage Video of WTF! w/Marc Maron

Maron wandering around the Steve Allen Theater before his live taping chatting with Eddie Pepitone, BJ Novak, and Joel McHale (whom he asks about performing stand-up before he should have).  

April 20, 2011
Uncategorized
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thecomedystore:

New @WTFPOD shirts. Want.

WTF! Shirts WTF!?

Morning Debriefing 4/4/11

April 4, 2011
Uncategorized
australia, bill hicks, calendars, comedy crawl, comedy news, comedy store, conan, echo park, garfunkel and oates, hermosa beach, hollywood, laemmle sunset 5, los angeles, marc maron, maria bamford, morning debriefing, open mic run, pasadena, sherman oaks, ucb, west hollywood, wtf

1) American-the Bill Hicks Story hits U.S. theatres this week on April 8th, but the earliest you can see it is April 13th at the Comedy Store then April 15th at the Laemmle Sunset 5.  Something is wrong with this picture.  If it changes, the Comedy Bureau will let you know.

2) LA via Australia–Hear clips of Garfunkel and Oates & Maria Bamford live in Melbourne

3) Brand New Open Mic coming next week: 
Smiles Nightclub
13615 Ventura Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Every other Wednesday
5 minutes of stage time with 1 item purchase
$3 Domestic Beer, $3 Soda, Half off apps
Contact Chris Dunham or TK Matteson
www.facebook.com/chrisdunhamlive–www.facebook.com/tkocomedy 

4) The Comedy Bureau’s own calendars have been updated with a few new venues!

5) Once again, Conan on WTF w/Marc Maron.

6) Tonight’s COMEDY CRAWL
What’s Up Tiger Lily @ Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill 8PM FREE
Keep It Clean @ 1739 Public House 10PM FREE
Crash Test @ UCB Theatre 11PM $5

7) OPEN MIC RUN
RED ROCK 8782 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA/Starts 7PM/multiple sets allowed/$5 min.
CLUB 705 705 Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach, CA/Starts 7PM-ish
JAKE’S 38 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM
TRIBAL CAFE 1651 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA (Echo Park)/Starts 8PM/call (213) 483-4458
D’AMORE’S 8369 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 8PM/Purchase required 
GROUND ZERO USC 615 Childs Way, Los Angeles, CA/USC Campus/Nestled between 3 dormitories approximately a block away from the intersection of Figueroa and Exposition/USC student sign-up 9PM/non-USC-student sign-up 9:15/Starts 9:30PM  

8) Yesterday, the Comedy Bureau posted the article, “Why are THEY on the Show?” about the unfortunate trading of spots on shows that happens in LA and some readers were wondering a few things.  Specifically, The Comic’s Comic wondered about comics who struggle to get stage time starting their own room.  I have no problem with other comics starting their own room to get their own stage time if they can’t get it elsewhere.  Again, I reiterate stay away from trading spots.  Whether they are good or bad as comics is a matter of subjectivity to me really, but, as I point out in the article, if they can find an audience of their own, my opinion doesn’t really matter.  Another reader wondered that if a person works the Haha, Ice House, Comedy Store, Improv that they should get a shot at performing at another room.  First off, there are plenty of comics that are (and I’m putting this very politely) raw that get to perform at all of those clubs.  Once more, as I pointed in the article, plenty of comics can get laughs, but if they’re not funny to the booker, why should the booker put them up?  Last week, I saw someone do nothing but offensive material jumbling up the most controversial topics to date (i.e. Libya, Tsunami, and Liz Taylor’s Death) into one dick joke ridden mess and kill.  Did I laugh? I didn’t even smile.  Just because this comic happened to do good on a certain night because they had a good spot on the show, I don’t feel obligated or guilted to promote their comedy as, plain and simple, I don’t find them funny.  If you have any further questions regarding this article or anything else, please send them to thecomedybureau@gmail.com.

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