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Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field Report
The Comedy Bureau Field Report, a nice, neat rundown of comedy news (and news about nothing else), with Comedy Bureau founder and director Jake Kroeger.
Episodes
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 246: Teresa Lo & Sticktoitiveness
Teresa Lo still very much is a fiercely determined up and coming stand-up comedian in the vast and highly competitive LA comedy scene. The proof rests in the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 245: Meg Penney & What Goes Into Running a Cool Brooklyn Venue
As strange as it is to say since so much insanity has happened from Jan. 1st onwards, Happy New Year to you all. We're thankful to talk all things NYC comedy…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 244: Lindsay Adams & The Neverending Quest of Being Liked
This week's TCB Field Report has a frank conversation with beloved LA scene staple Lindsay Adams on her constant quest to better herself as both a comedian and…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 243: Sam Morrison & Endless Miles of Your Solo Show
Sam Morrison, a wonderful, touring-round-the-world comedian, is hot on the trail of being the next big solo show turning into, possibly, a Broadway sensation…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 242: Jenny Chalikian/Romantic Comedy & The World's First & Only Bicoastal Romance Novel Store Comedy Show
To do a live comedy show for 8 years is a feat, but try upping the ante to doing it in a romance novel only store and franchise it to the the romance novel…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 241: Emily Browning and the Path to Comedy Balloon Enlightenment
The path of every artist is something truly singular and, far enough long, something amazing and often unprecedented. Emily Browning is marvelous example of…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 240: John Hastings and the One After that Dumb Election in 2024
After really, truly, deeply not having the time to do an episode last week because of one of the stupidest elections in our lifetime, we are grateful to…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 239: Lauren Leroux & Standing Out When Everyone Else Is Trying to Stand Out Just Like You
Lauren Leroux, the host/star of the illustrious NYC variety show, The Cigarette Club, talks with us about why she's bringing the show to a close as well as the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 238: Sam Varela & El Paso Silverlake Ramen Comedy
On the week of The Comedy Bureau's 14th Anniversary, we're so very glad to have our dear friend and fellow comedy behind-the-scenes compatriot Sam Varela…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 237: Luke Null & Standing Up for Guitar Comedy
Luke Null is one of a handful of marvelous comedians that are leading the way forward with a guitar in a way that is very good (and not something to be looked…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 236: Tiffany Kimmel & Kind Darkness
There are so many reasons to talk to the wondrous writer/director/creator/connector of peoples Tiffany Kimmel. Definitely focusing on the splendor that can…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 235: James Adomian & (All the) Path(s) of Most Resistance
One of comedy's most brilliant chameleons and searingly funny voices, James Adomian, has just released his very first hour special, The Path of Most…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 234: Danny Jolles & Knowing Yourself/Your Credits
The wonderful Danny Jolles returns to the TCB Field Report having just taped his latest hour special. Thus, we're in a mood to talk the finer points of doing…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 233: Caroline Hirsch & Doing a Comedy Festival in NYC for 20 Years
Caroline Hirsch is a name you might be better acquainted with in relation to Caroline's on Broadway, the famous NYC comedy clubs that stood for decades in…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 232: Michael Blieden & The Beauty and Courage of the Joke
Michael Blieden may have had a circuitous path through comedy but goodness gracious it's an amazing one. Being the director of Comedians of Comedy, Zach…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 231: Joel Mandelkorn & The Centers of a Comedy Scene
Longtime LA comedy stalwart/producer extraordinaire Joel Mandelkorn returns to the TCB Field Report as one of the marquee show he produces, Hot Tub with Kurt…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 230: Chris Laker & the Meaning Behind Toiling in Obscurity
20 years in comedy, done on both coasts with two well received late night sets and Chris Laker has come to an intriguing crossroads in his career where he is…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 229: Open Screen LA & Creative Neutrality
When run properly, an open mic can be truly a safe space, free of expectation and hierarchy, and a crucial hub of community with in art form/scene. Open Screen…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 227: Ryan Bitzer & Ian Adkins & an International 800 Pound Gorilla
800 Pound Gorilla went from indie comedy record label to a force to be reckoned with as 800 Pound Gorilla Media wheeling and dealing in hour specials all…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 226: Cara Mones & Caroline Suh & Making a Doc About Louis C.K.
Director Caroline Suh once was a Louis C.K. fan and then everything came out about his abuse of fellow female comedians, changing her perspective forever. Suh…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 225: Priyanka Mattoo & Kashmir to Comedy To Memoir
When you think of the sort of life that one might have lead that might be worthy of a memoir, one that is so full of stories that it probably could fill more…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 224: Tyler Jackson & Taping an Hour of One Liners
It's the rare and celebrated "birds" in comedy that wheel and deal in silly one-liners and that's why we're greatful for Tyler Jackson. Jackson walks the path…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 223: Uriah Wesman & Redefining Yourself as a Comedian
Leave it to taking a chance on a storytelling open mic to take Uriah Wesman from a one-liner comedian to developing an earnest, funny, vulnerable, enthralling…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 222: Emily Catalano & Finally Having Your Own Crowd
The slow burn, ultra clever joke tellers of the 2020s are a rare breed, but they are a delight whenever they magically appear. Such is the case with Emily…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 221: Rachel Scanlon & The Gay Reality
Fresh off the heels of releasing a brand new very shiny, funny hour, Gay Fantasy, the marvelous Rachel Scanlon seems have everything lined-up with a new…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 220: Tommy Tiernan & Returning to America for Comedy
Internationally renowned Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan is set to come back through North America for a big tour, playing a gig virtually every single night of…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 219: Dave Ross & Getting Back Into Doing Everything
There was a time where Dave Ross was doing seemingly all the things you could be doing in comedy in LA and doing them so well. While that was years ago, Dave…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 218: Noah Eberhart & How To Comedy Photography in 2024
One of the best working comedy photographers out there, Noah Eberhart, returns to the The Comedy Bureau Field Report to not only update us on the NYC comedy…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 217: Jake Kroeger & Running a Bureau and a Theater (and a Million Other Things)
If you've ever wondered what it might be like to run a theater and a bureau at the same time (alongside running this very podcast), you're in luck as this…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 216: Mike Bridenstine & Comedy Bar Show 101
Over two years, Mike Bridenstine has transformed a very atypical space for comedy, the lovely neighborhood bar that is The Fable in Eagle Rock, CA, into one…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 215: Kel Cripe & Being Handpicked by Netflix
Kel Cripe is one of the very lucky few (along with their bright and shining talent/sweet demeanor that's deserving of the spotlight) to have been highlighted…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 214: Caitlin Linden & Sketch Comedy Outside of SNL
Believe it or not, there is a world of sketch comedy outside of Saturday Night Live (and a thriving one at that). Hot LA sketch group Rabble Rabble and the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 213: Shane Mauss & Comedy a la Science (or Science a la Comedy)
As a comedian who was a science communicator who was a comedian, Shane Mauss has had a long circuitous road towards living kind of an idyllic comedy life by…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 212: Kate Willett & Comedy Making a Difference: Question Mark
Kate Willett is not only coming out with a special that really stands out of the rest of the pack this year (and oh what a pack of dozens there is of YouTube…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 211: Jessica Svendsgaard & Starting an Improv Festival Called MILF
Of all the disciplines in comedy, improv might have had the longest road back from lockdown. Connected to that, improv festivals that used to be an annual…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 210: Red, White & You & Everyone Else You Know
Together, Dakota Ray Hebert, Danny Knight, Dylan Jay Williamson, Ryan Moccasin, and Shawn Cuthand are the touring (mostly) indigenous sketch/stand-up comedy…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 209: Sydney Duncan & Being Enough in All the Comedy Spaces
While it would seem that stand up and comedy clubs reign supreme in the NYC comedy scene, there are plenty of performers that defy that notion and not only go…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 208: Kurt Braunohler & 20 Years of a Weekly Comedy Show
2005 seems both so recent and yet so distant, but that marks the time at which a happenstance pairing of Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal backstage at the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 207: Chloe Radcliffe & Doing a Solo Show About You Cheating
Chloe Radcliffe has been taking radical honesty and capturing of the full breadth of the human experience to a new level with, rest assured, plenty of jokes…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 206: Club Video & Keeping the Club Actually Cool (and Inviting)
Club Video is the latest welcoming, short film/video/sketch showcase that's as inviting and low key as it is cool and the place to be in NYC, at the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 205: Sam Varela & State of Comedy 2024
Intrepid indie comedy producers, Sam Varela, returns to TCB Field Report to talk the state of comedy with TCB's Jake Kroeger at this juncture of (still) early…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 204: Hay Beacon & The Easier Way to Move on Up
After spending so much time in LA that it seemed like they already lived in Los Angeles, Hay Beacon has made the move on down from SF to the City of Angels and…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 203: Paul Danke & What Makes Live Comedy ALIVE
Part of the magic of live comedy, especially when it comes to just putting on stand-up, is that it seems like a lone person is captivating and inspiring…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 202: Jimmy Jatho & The Importance of Hitting Cues
There are many folks that make the magic of comedy really snap and pop and one of those groups of people are the technical directors/operators/stage managers…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 201: Ian Farley & Coming Up with a Show on the Spot
Not that this podcast is a stranger to taking big swings or chatting with characters that might as well be from another galaxy, but, for a podcast that…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 200: Natasha Mercado & The Clowning Life
There's way more that goes into being a clown than just doing something wild on stage with only a few things planned and messing with the audience, especially…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 199: Atheer Yacoub & Finding Palestinian Comedy in the American World
Atheer Yacoub has survived starting in and coming up through the NYC comedy scene over the last 15 years, which is a daunting feat unto itself. Yacoub also…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 198: Jeremy Culhane & What Makes for Good Improv
When one goes to see an improv show, the supposition is that your going to see comedy gold being born out of thin air, something that's almost beyond a…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 197: Sachi Ezura & The Legend of 50 First Jokes
Sachi Ezura has overseen, along with longtime host John F. O'Donnell, the comedy institution that is 50 First Jokes for well over a decade and is, for the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 196: Mo Welch & Estranged Dad Jokes
While "daddy issues" are certainly well trodden territory in comedy, few, if any, comedians have gone to the level that Mo Welch has gone to with her new…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 195: Best of 2023 Comedy with Mike Bridenstine
Yep, it's the episode where we, esteemed comedian/author/historian/podcaster/GM Mike Bridenstine and TCB's Jake Kroeger, run down, as noted comedy experts…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 194 Joe Zimmerman & Baby Hitler Jokes
Truly, one of our favorite specials of the year is Joe Zimmerman's Cult Classic, which is saying a lot considering the wide spectrum of truly enjoyable hours…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 193: Johnny Gold & The Importance of Small Scenes
As instrumental as the hubs of LA and NYC are to comedy, smaller scenes are crucial to the art form too. Johnny Gold returns to the TCB Field Report to extoll…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 192: Kristian Mercado & Directing Comedy in 2023
Kristian Mercado has very quickly made a name for himself not only as a director of comedy specials (Hannibal Buress, Aida Rodriguez, Michael Che, Taylor…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 191: Frank Chindamo & Proof of Laughter Being Medicine
Frank Chindamo went from comedy nerd to SNL to mobile video innovator to professor to CEO and founder of Laugh MD, an app tailor made to bring comedy for…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 190: Cam Gavinski & Gettin' Meta About Being Meta
Cam Gavinski utilizes cardboard and duct tape in a way that would befuddle most comedians and, in doing so, comes up with some of the most outlandish…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 189 Derek Del Core & How To (Possibly) Get Repped
It's one of the ever enduring questions in the entertainment biz: how does one get repped? When trying to get seen by an agent or manager, it would often seem…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 188: Adam Gold & Producing 33 Shows at a Festival
Like the hard working performers that he puts on all of shows, comedy producer Adam Gold has done the behind-the-scenes version of working your way from open…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 187: Sunny Zimmerman & Caitlan Moore & Creating a Brilliant Meta Play About LBJ (and Identity)
After 13 years of covering comedy pretty much every single day, it's incredibly hard to take us by surprise or show us something that isn't, at the very least…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 186: Raiza Licea & Looking to Build an Empire
Between being a pillar of the stellar Spanish Aquí Presents, being one of the four artistic directors at the revived UCB, doing her own comedy (mostly improv…