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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. 65: Robby Hoffman & Knowing Thyself
If you've come to a point of being so in tune with who you really are, as Robby Hoffman has, you might have fared well, personally and otherwise, during…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 64: Ever Mainard & CC: Vulnerability
The energy that Ever Mainard brings to a room or, for that matter, a Zoom call is undeniable and a welcome jolt to the monotony of any given day or yet another…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 63: Ashley Ray & Balancing TV/Going Out Again
Welp, the tides of going back out again and, subsequently, live comedy being performed in person and also, being seen in-person, are rising. Ashley Ray is…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 62: Kevin Allison & Pandemic Storytelling
Kevin Allison, founder of the nationally beloved storytelling institution RISK! and member of legendary sketch group The State, joins TCB's Jake Kroeger to…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 61: Teresa Lee & Singularity Humor
On probably what would be the most metaphysical episode of The Comedy Bureau Field Report, writer/comedian Teresa Lee joins Jake Kroeger to not only examine…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 60: Holly Gabrielson & Pivoting (Maybe)
Since the good majority of folks have been (hopefully) staying safe at home, there has been plenty of time for people to get perspective on their life, drive…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 59: Fizaa Dosani & Feel Good Hustling
There are an ambitious, pioneering few that really made a go at virtual comedy and, whatever the platform may be, they "figured" it out. Fizaa Dosani, one of…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 58: James Adomian & The Upcoming Aftermath
Coming to know James Adomian remains as one of our fortunate strokes of luck in all our time in comedy. The brilliant comedian, impressionist, voice over…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 57: Babs Romen & What Comedy Is Supposed To Do
Babs Romen has been anything from Mitzi Shore's right hand to a big time network development executive to a producer of the improvised stand-up international…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 56: Jessica Watkins & Getting Through
Far before the pandemic ever began or was even a whisper of a thing, Jessica Watkins took it upon to herself to simultaneously make a stand-up comedy special…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 55: Eli Green & Decentralization
Commercial/music video director and Clubhouse maven, Eli Green, joins TCB's Jake Kroeger for a truly in-depth conversation on the nature of comedy, especially…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 54: Lizzy Cooperman & Envisioning Reality
Lizzy Cooperman remains a monumental comedian in our formative years of comedy even before The Comedy Bureau ever came into existence. The wide expanse of her…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 53: Amy Solomon & Picking Up the Torch
There's a great new comedy book, Notes from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-Grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy, that has just arrived…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 52: Danny Jolles & Oh Yeah, We've Been Doing This for a Year
Without really knowing that it was coming, we've been at The Comedy Bureau Field report, officially, for a year now (quarantine has a funny way of messing with…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 51: Candice Thompson & Thriving?
Candice Thompson has managed to thrive, as much as you can, in quarantine. She has been writing on The Netflix Afterparty, recording multiple podcasts, and…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 50: Yassir Lester & Some Common Sense
This week's TCB Field Report welcomes comedian/writer/actor/social media prankster extraordinaire (and one of our longtime favorites) Yassir Lester to go over…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 49: Megan Koester & Lettin' Quarantine Ride
One of TCB's favorite LA comedy staples Megan Koester joins TCB's Jake Kroeger for this week's Field Report. Koester is beloved for her subversive, meta…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 48: Symone Baptiste & Reparations (with People Telling Their Own Stories)
Filmmaker and comedy booker Symone Baptiste has had a great run with her short film, Sixteen Thousand Dollars in the past year going through all sorts of film…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 47: Leonard Robinson & New (Inclusive) Frontiers
A member of the Groundlings Main Company, Comedy Store regular, and Taurean on Insecure, Leonard Robinson joins TCB's Jake Kroeger to talk on how the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 46: Aristotle Athiras & Keeping Up During COVID
Aristotle Athiras is the rare sort of comedian that has actually flourished in improv, sketch, and stand-up and also worked in front of and behind the camera…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 45: Jessica Kelley & Managing the Spirit of Comedy
The hardship comedy has taken on during COVID-19 touches every single facet of the art form and industry. Yep, management has taken its knocks just like the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 44: Cole Stratton & Keeping a Major Comedy Festival Alive
The beginning of every year, as far as comedy is concerned, can be celebrated with the venerable SF Sketchfest, one of the biggest, most respected, longest…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 43: Aaron Chase & Doing Comedy Alone
Performing stand-up comedy on a street corner, unannounced in Riverside might be quite the risky, lonely proposition. However, given the times of COVID-19 that…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 42: Mike Bridenstine & Rediscovering Comedy Panel
On the week of the 100th episode of his delightful podcast, Hunk, Mike Bridenstine recounts the long winding journey to that 100 eps. mark as well as how the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 41: Luisa Diez & Reimagining Comedy (When COVID’s Over)
It’s the first ep. 0f 2021 and the future of comedy is still very, very much up in the air. Not only is the pandemic set to probably keep live comedy a…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 40: 2020 Wrap-Up/Best Of/Looking Forward (w/Joel Mandelkorn)
Was it the year that comedy took a “little nap”? Was it a year where the effects of the pandemic will forever change the business dynamics and artistic…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 39: Zane Rubin & The Miracle of Getting Things Made
Rising star filmmaker Zane Rubin has craftily built a delightful filmography of darkly comedic and hysterically discomforting work. That ranges from short…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 38: Jill Paiz-Bourque & Big Business in Comedy Live-streaming
The proliferation of virtual comedy due to the COVID-19 pandemic would naturally bring about the creation/transition of entire platforms/venues/etc. in order…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 37: Andrew Max Levy & Seeing What’s Out There
Andrew Max Levy is one of the LA comedy scene’s favorite comedy photographers. He has been covering the beat for local LA shows for some time now and has even…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 36: Tammy Jo Dearen & Nikole Larson & Drive-In Comedy
One of the realities of this pandemic era of live comedy is “drive-in shows”. As far as we know, a historic precedent is being set by those in comedy that…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 35: Chris Gethard & Community Building
Chris Gethard has not only built his career in comedy on his own terms, but Gethard has also built beautiful communities around so much of his work. From his…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 34: Morgan Jay & Going Boffo on Zoom
At the top of 2020, Morgan Jay was riding high off of his network TV appearances on Bring the Funny, playing colleges across the country, and being set to make…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 33: Chad Damiani & Clowning/Idiot in a Pandemic
Before COVID-19 took hold, a new form of “clowning” that was so much more rebellious and absurd than most other live comedy, or even any clowning you likely…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 32: Chris Estrada & Making the Best of 2020
LA scene favorite Chris Estrada was poised for a great 2020 before the pandemic took hold. Now, 8 months into lockdown, Estrada is, thankfully, still getting…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 31: James Austin Johnson vs. Trump
You might have come across the magnificent comedy of James Austin Johnson via one of many spectacular, spot-on, yet absurdly bent Trump impressions, but one…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 30: Lost Moon Radio & Doing Fine (w/Hiccups)
Lost Moon Radio, for our money, has long been a paragon of what a comedy group can be. Part high concept sketch comedy, part live musical comedy, part…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 29: Matt Kirshen & Recalibrating
The COVID-19 pandemic upended comedy with its arrival and its furthering duration has forced comedy folks to further adapt to a world that’s as unsure as it…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportThe Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 28: Jamel Johnson & The LA Outdoors
Jamel Johnson was one of the first comedians to record a special in all of quarantine during this COVID-19 pandemic with the audience-less Friend or Foe. He’s…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 27: Sean Patton & Gettin’ (Somewhat) Back on the Road
The great Sean Patton, one of our all time favorites, is this week’s esteemed guest on the TCB Field Report. Right now, he’s one of a rare few that’s gotten to…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 26: Fifi Dosch & Being Out/Getting Out
Fifi Dosch has taken one hell of a road to get where she is now as a trans woman who, after achieving her goal of getting to the status of paid regular at one…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 25: Lisa Curry & Coming Oh So Close
It takes a special sort of comedian to release their very first hour of comedy during a global pandemic after going through recording it far from home in the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 24: Steve Hernandez & Calculated Risks
Before lockdown, one of LA’s best comedy shows, sometimes described as one of the best indie comedy shows in the entire country happened on Sunday Nights at…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 23: Carmen Morales & Important Distractions
To pull of a live-stream stand-up show is hard just as it. To do it consistently and charge and have a dedicated audience that’s willing to pay in an…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 22: Elyssa Phillips & Pack Mentality
The Pack Theater here in LA has always been a small, but mighty theater with its verve and boundary pushing and irrefutable sense of community. Artistic…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 21: Emma Willmann & Outside
Emma Willmann has pioneered like so few have into the great unknown of doing stand-up in person in an indoors venue under the shadow of COVID-19. She also has…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 20: Kyle Kinane & Tranquility (Kind of)
The brilliant Kyle Kinane hops on Zoom with TCB’s Jake Kroeger for this week’s Field Report with just having released his latest album, a comedic work of…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 19: Sam Varela & Thinking of Everyone
Prolific indie comedy producer Sam Varela is this week’s guest on TCB Field Report. Before quarantine, Sam produced so many wonderful comedy shows in LA and…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 18: Jena Friedman & Dark Comedy Now
Jena Friedman (Soft Focus), one of the best dark comedians/humorists out there today, is TCB Field Report’s honored guest this week. As the pandemic has taken…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 17: Steve Feinartz & The Waiting to See
The Comedy Bureau Field Report welcomes its first director (of TV/film/documentary) Steven Feinartz who has helmed truly great stand-up specials and…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 16: Nore Davis & Change for the Better
This week, the ray of sunshine that is Nore Davis gets into the nitty gritty of his brand new comedy album, Live From The Comedy Trap House, that was…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 15: Christina Catherine Martinez & Aesthetics
This week, TCB’s Jake Kroeger zooms with the beloved comedy and art world hybrid performer Christina Catherine Martinez. Even without a pandemic, Martinez has…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 14: Naomi Ekperigin & Connection
The latest TCB Field Report has the amazing comedian/writer/podcaster Naomi Ekperigin zooming with TCB’s Jake Kroeger this week. Naomi and Jake take time to…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 13: Eddie Pepitone Takes Over
The great Eddie Pepitone stops by, virtually, to Zoom with TCB’s Jake Kroeger as his brand new hour special For The Masses just got released this week…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 12: Brodie Reed & Balance in Chaos
LA comedy favorite Brodie Reed zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger this week for the latest TCB Field Report and talks about balancing his own personal life, the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 11: Atsuko Okatsuka & BLM Rising
This week’s episode is yet another one happening during a historic moment defined by mass protests in solidarity of Black Lives Matter during the COVID-19…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 10: Gareth Reynolds Right Before LA Curfew
Gareth Reynolds, co-host of The Dollop, is the esteemed guest for this week’s Comedy Bureau Field Report. Getting ready to observe curfew here in LA on the…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 9: Barbara Gray & Moving Forward
For the entirety of quarantine, LA comedy gem Barbara Gray has help run and host one of the most enduring, most put together, daily live-streamed comedy shows…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 8: Jackie Kashian & Adaptation
One of TCB’s all time favorite comedians and podcasters, Jackie Kashian, is this week’s guest on the TCB Field Report. Kashian, from the get go in quarantine…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 7: David Gborie and Chilling Alone
Comedian/podcaster/voice of Comedy Central David Gborie is this week’s guest on the TCB Field Report. Gborie goes on Zoom with TCB’s Jake Kroeger to run…
Bleav in The Comedy Bureau Field ReportEp. 6: Myq Kaplan and Staying Present
Brilliant comedian Myq Kaplan, who is currently hunkered down near NYC, the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S., Zooms with TCB’s Jake Kroeger as his album…