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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. 125: Roz Hernandez & Second Go Arounds
Not only is Roz Hernandez one of the folks that you should absolutely be watching while they ascend to comedy stardom, but she has one of the most fascinating…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 124: Todd Glass & Moving Comedy Forward
The venerable Todd Glass joins us on this week's Comedy Bureau Field Report to break down the state of comedy between generations and just exactly how you can…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 123: Alex Hanna & The Door at The Comedy Store
Even after almost 50 years of being around, one of the best ways to get in at The Comedy Store to get your name on the wall is working the door at the world…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 122: Hayley Beacon & Zillennials?
Hailing from the Bay Area, Hayley Beacon is gracing LA with their undeniably charming irreverence. As they intersect between Gen Z and being a millennial, we…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 121: Olivia Amerling & Comedy Fandom Turned Dedicated Comedy Producing
When it comes to producing a comedy show, it's ideal that you have someone who loves comedy just as much as the performers do, but, for their own reasons…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 120: MC Chris & Multi-verses on Multiverses
MC Chris has dedicated his life to both being a nerd and being a rapper and has brilliantly and hilariously married the two for his own self-made rap career…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 119: Bailey Norton & Women Getting Death Threats They Don't Deserve in 2022
Unfortunately, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the world in 2022 is still not a fair, equitable, or even hospitable place for women. Things for women in…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 118: Max Beasley & Being on the Side of Jokes
It's one thing to be a rising star in the comedy scene and navigating all the terrain that comes with that, but it's a whole other thing entirely to also…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 117: Sophie Santos & Lesbian (+ Filipino & Others) Agenda
The issue of identity in comedy is more prevalent than perhaps it has ever been in comedy. That's actually a great thing even though the seeming explosion of…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 116: Comedy Give Back (Amber J Lawson & Zoe Friedman) & Looking Out for Comedians
Though the comedians today aren't as unhinged as those of decades past, the community of comedy is one that is still very much in need of supportive…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 115: Nicole Blaine & Building Comedy in an Art Colony
While the reverberations of the pandemic are still being felt and both the commercial and artistic sides of comedy have been changed forever, there is hope…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 114: Avry Ross & Getting an Open Mic with Audience in LA at Midnight
One of the key things in running an actually great open mic is consistency. Well, having a proper stage in a proper venue, great sound system, actual staff…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 113: Cara Connors & Your First Nationwide Tour
The prospect of doing your first nationwide tour as a comedian is as thrilling as it can be daunting. So much of it is a mystery that you can't really prepare…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 112: Business Casual & Sketchy Times
Many great sketch groups did survive to this side of the pandemic, but were left to figure out things in a whole new world of comedy with new theaters or old…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 111: Cricket Arrison & Tenderness in Absurdity
As it has been for years and years now, the world is so absurd that trying to be absurd comedically is an incredibly daunting challenge. That still doesn't…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 110: Brett Johnson & Bringing It All Back to the YARD
While it's rare, there are folks that go and see almost the same amount of comedy that we do. It should go without saying that we enjoy the company of those…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 109: Alice Hamilton & Shots Fired
Though roasting in comedy has taken on a new chapter via the Comedy Central Roasts and Roast Battle, it's rare to see actual fury channeled into comedy. It has…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 108: Sara June & All Comedy, Everywhere, All at Once
These are the days of the comedy multi-hyphenates. Not only does that mean that taking a 100% focus on one direction within comedy isn't very feasible anymore…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 107: Chris Copen & Small Market Comedy Economics
While the primary focus of The Comedy Bureau is in LA and NYC, there is plenty of great comedy to be had and shared all around the country (and the world). In…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 106: Helen Levenson & Figuring Out a Comedy Scene
Helen Levenson, a rising person in the inner-workings of comedy, might be the freshest LA from NYC transplant we've ever had on The Comedy Bureau Field Report…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 105: Gianmarco Soresi & Doing the Soderbergh
Love it or hate it (and so many people hate it while being obsessed with it), social media has become throughly woven into the fabric of comedy. Gianmarco…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 104: Kenice Mobley & Rooftop Debuts
When having your late night TV debut, it's an affair framed with bright lights, an applause sign, a big TV audience, and a sharply dressed late night host. Due…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 103: Danielle Lee & The Importance of Being Yourself
Though you might be skeptical, there are indeed, real, honest, good industry folks that are less about the industry than their job title might suggest. Cue in…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 102: Val Douroux & Starting Comedy Festivals
Of all the grandiose comedy goals one might have had over the last two years, starting a comedy festival in a national park in Utah was probably both far out…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 101: Yedoye Travis & Redefining the Idea of Being a Comedian
There is and has been some sort of prevailing narrative as to the trajectory of a comedian's career for decades. The milestones of doing late night or doing…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 100: Yemi Afolabi & Comedy in Swenglish
Yes, it is The Comedy Bureau Field Report's 100th Episode. This podcast started at the beginning of the pandemic and the pandemic has been going on this damn…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 99: Will Miles & Keeping it Chicago
This week's TCB Field Report has the marvelous Will Miles takes his through his journey that has seen him start out in stand-up in Chicago and brought him to…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 98: Katrina Davis & What Apologies Are Missing
Katrina Davis has not only charmed the LA comedy scene in the years since she moved here, but has become a trailblazer for being one of the first comedians to…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 97: Erik Abriss & The Actual Good Fight
If you've listened to the nearly 100 episodes of The Comedy Bureau Field Report that have been recorded and released, you ought to know that there are an…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 96: Gabe Henry & Comedy Haikus in a Time of a Global Pandemic
Littlefield's Gabe Henry not only helms the treasured comedy and music venue in Brooklyn for years and years, especially throughout this darkest timeline of…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 95: Ruby Karp & Actual Hope
It's one thing to think of young people as the future, but it's a whole other thing to actually talk to them about what the prospect of the coming years has in…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 94: Casey Feigh & Walking Into a Dive Bar to Do Improv
Long form improv, pretty much at any level, almost exclusively happens in black box theaters as they just happen to be the perfect set up for a team to…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 93: Joel Mandelkorn & Oof, It's 2022
It's technically a new year even though 2020 feels like it's still happening. So much live comedy has already gone dark at the top of the year making the rest…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 92: Sam Varela & 2022 Electric COVID-loo
As 2022 approaches, there's a lot on the horizon, despite everything in live performance going dark for a few weeks at least, if not several. Thankfully, Sam…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 91: Rebecca Drysdale & Changing with Change
Rebecca Drysdale has not only been one of the best all around comedy folks that we know with writing on Key & Peele and having the longest running UCB…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 90: Sean Casey & Making Works in Progress
At this side of the pandemic, there's a whole row of exciting new comedy venues that have popped up in the stead of all the ones that have closed, one of them…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 89: Dylan Adler & The In-Betweens
Discovering Dylan Adler for the first time this year was absolutely one of the highlights of 2021 for us at TCB. His mix of Broadway flair, darkly personal…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 88: Dave Ross & Rededicating Yourself to Comedy
Dave Ross is pretty much as cherished of a fixture in the LA comedy scene as one can be. Holy Fuck, WOMEN, Suicide Buddies, What's it Called, and, of course…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 87: Carl Tart & Indie Improv Days Again
Long form improv comedy was free flowing pre-pandemic with dozens and dozens of shows filled by so many teams it was often hard to keep track of all of their…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 86: Catherine McCafferty & First 8 Days Living in NYC
Catherine McCafferty is on the way to achieving the dream of many comedians, being bi-coastal. McCafferty had been based out of LA for years doing stand-up…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 85: Skyler Higley & Where We Are with Adoption Jokes
It is National Adoption Awareness Month and, for those that don't know TCB's very own Jake Kroeger's story, he's adopted. So, we thought it would be a perfect…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 84: Kate Banford & Homes for Weirdness
LA's newest home for comedy, especially the kind that colors outside the lines, The Elysian, is officially alive. We have artistic director Kate Banford join…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 83: Mike Mulloy & Growing Grassroots
Building your own thing in the thick of a sprawling comedy scene is beyond a tall order. If that thing is a weekly comedy show that expands into an entire…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 82: Jeena Bloom & Forward Moving Needles
There is so much happening with comedians that are trans that has nothing to do with Dave Chappelle. This week's guest, the splendid Jeena Bloom, is proof…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 81: Caitlin Cook & New New York Comedy
One of the more wide ranging comedy multi-hyphenates we know, Caitlin Cook, joins us as a musical comedian/writer/director/designer/illustrator to not only…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 80: Alissa Nutting & Alyson Levy & Following Illogic
Now might be the perfect time an animated dark comedy that follows a reanimated/undead mother trying to redeem herself with her family that just happens to run…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 79: Paul Provenza & Comedy of Future Past
One of comedy's most respected minds, Paul Provenza, joins in for this week's TCB Field Report to go down the rabbit hole of the art form of comedy. Paul and…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 78: The Comedy Co-op & Sociocracy
Just a bit over a few weeks ago, a mysterious entity only known as The Comedy Co-op was announced as a group that sought to make comedy better on nearly early…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 77: Chase Bernstein & Letting Go
Chase Bernstein. Perhaps, the guest we have the best chemistry with on The Comedy Bureau Field Report? You judge for yourself as Chase and TCB's Jake Kroeger…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 76: DeAnne Smith & Transplanting Again
The superb DeAnne Smith joins TCB's Jake Kroeger for this week's TCB Field Report as they have just re-transplanted themselves from LA to NYC (with love for…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 75: Kelly McInerney & The New Landscape of Comedy
There is a vast new landscape to comedy as things may or may not continue to open up for live comedy here in the U.S. and across the world. Navigating this new…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 74: Julie Seabaugh & 9/11 Jokes
For our money, Julie Seabaugh is the preeminent comedy journalist out in the world and we're so lucky to have her on TCB Field Report this week. Her expertise…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 73: Mikala Knezevich & Working the Comedy Matrix
Going from coast to coast more than once, Mikala Knezevich has built quite the reputation for producing comedy. She got the comedy bug after seeing one live…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 72: Jared Goldstein & LA in NYC
LA comedy scene favorite, Jared Goldstein, is having a splendid whirlwind of a time in NYC, doing all the shows, taping a Comedy Central Featuring set, and…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 71: Lane Moore & Reviving a Nationwide Tour
Hands down, one of the most electrifying and fun (and hopeful) comedy shows out there is Tinder Live! with Lane Moore. In addition to being an acclaimed…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 70: Carly Hoogendyk & The New NYC
One of our favorite comedy hyphenates Carly Hoogendyk (comedy producer-talent manager-photographer) joins us for this week's TCB Field Report to give us the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 69: Luke McGarry & No Straight Lines
Prolific cartoonist/illustrator/animator/musician Luke McGarry, who has done all sorts of wonderful comedy and music posters and art (including for Festival…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 68: Carolina Barlow & Truthiness in Love
True Romance's Carolina Barlow joins in on this week's TCB Field Report as she and TCB's Jake Kroeger go in on the newly announced Primetime Emmy nominations…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 67: Sarah Squirm & The Craft of Absurdity
Sarah Squirm, a trailblazer in meshing the grotesque into comedy, joins us for this week's TCB Field Report to not only break down the shift from quarantine…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 66: Danielle Perez & Making Those Lists
Danielle Perez joins in the fray for this week's TCB Field Report where we follow her big pause from stand-up comedy during lockdown and then finding her way…