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..cause you can only lose your voice for the Lakers for so long...

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Morning Debriefing 2/22/11

1) Hilarious comedian Paul Jay was recently threatened by someone unknown to the Comedy Bureau at the Westwood Brewco Open Mic, sometimes referred to as the "open mic of love" over an incident that happened about a month ago.  Apparently, the person dishing out the threats took offense to a comment that Paul made in trying to shut him up as this person was talking during the whole show.  If anything is "going down" tonight, I urge anyone there to have Paul's back because he's a good man, a funny man, and anyone who claims they were whispering during the whole show and then wants to fight over being told to be quiet is pretty much in the wrong.

2) Real People liking good comedy: Everybody's Talkin' Comedy Show Review (via Wisepix).  

3) The hilarious "Puddin" live action comic strip with Eddie Pepitone will be featured here everyday, but you can follow them on Twitter if you feel like beating the Comedy Bureau to the punch @puddinstrip.

4) ON THE HORIZON: Birds of Prey @ Comedy Central Stages 8PM FREE/call [phone] Eddie Pepitone Bloodbath @ Hollywood Improv Lab Mar. 8th Glenn Wool @ Hollywood Improv Lab Thurs. Mar. 10th 10:30PM $5 LA Comedy Fest's First Fridays Variety Show @ Theatre Asylum Fri. Mar. 4th 10:30PM $10 Timeline B (Sax Carr Taping) @ Meltdown Comics Fri. Mar. 11th 8PM FREE The Midnight Show Showcase @ UCB Theatre Thurs. Mar. 17th 8PM $5

5) Tonight's COMEDY CRAWL Biscuits & Gravy @ Hollywood Improv Lab 8:30PM $5 Comedy Death Ray @ UCB Theatre 8:30PM $5 (stand by only) First Therapy Comedy Show @ Blue Monkey Lounge 8:30PM FREE 

7) OPEN MIC RUN BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE TOKYO @ SEÑOR FISH 422 E. 1st, Los Angeles, CA (downtown)/Sign-up 6:30PM/Starts 7PM COFFEE GALLERY 2029 Lake Ave., Altadena, CA/Starts 8PM WESTWOOD BREWCO 1097 Glendon Ave., Westwood, CA/Sign-up (lottery) 7:30PM/Starts 8PM  

8) Recently: Man was shot dead for eating popcorn too loudly at a 'Black Swan' screening.  This makes me wonder, briefly, why Bill Hicks didn't go further in handling this heckler.

9) Special Thanks to Comedian Chris Dunham for his donation to the Comedy Bureau.

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Morning Debriefing 1/14/11

1) Congratulations to Garfunkel and Oates (@garfunkeloates for you Twitter folks) for inking a development deal with HBO.  If you have a Variety subscription, you can read more details here.

2) HBO's Funny or Die Presents returns tonight at MIDNIGHT.  It's Friday, so it's not that late and you should watch. WATCH!!!

3) The Ultimate Free and Cheap LA Comedy List 1/16-1/22. Thanks Wisepix.

4) The Greater LA Comedy Landscape has been a popular feature here at the Comedy Bureau (according to Google it has more views than our home page) and it's going to get even better as it will soon be updated with more detail and any reviews that I've written about shows around LA.

5) Tonight's COMEDY CRAWL may be small, but certainly not in stature. Save the Max @ Westside Comedy Theatre 7:30PM $10 Jim Jeffries @ Brea Improv 8PM/10PM $20/2 drink min. Stood Up Friday Night @ Moving Arts Theatre 10PM $5  

6) OPEN MIC RUN: FLAPPERS BAR 102 E. Magnolia Burbank, CA/Starts 5PM iCANDY 1708 E. Broadway/Sign-up 6PM/Starts 7PM/$3 min. SILVERLAKE LOUNGE 2906 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA (Silverlake)/Sign-up (lottery) 6:30PM/Starts 7PM GLENDALE DAYS INN 450 N. Pioneer Dr., Glendale, CA/Starts 8PM MARTY'S/THE OPEN MIC 7351 W. Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA (walk up Martel past Big Mama's and Big Papa's)/5PM to 11PM/$5/multiple sets allowed.

7) The Comedy Bureau "Tips Its Hat" today to TJ MILLER-"I'm Having a Difficult Time Killing My Parents (Sundance Trailer)"  In terms of being "off the cuff", seeing TJ Miller live will completely amaze you in where the "rabbit hole" is and how far he'll take you down it laughing the whole way through.  You can see him at Melgard Mondays @ Melgard Public House 9PM FREE and Out West Comedy Show @ RoosterFish 8PM FREE.  Website. Twitter.

8) From the "You Should Have Been There" Lagoon: Steven Wright's Tonight Show Debut

9) Does anyone get any followers on Twitter off of Follow Fridays or is the equivalent to shaking someone's hand at the end of an open mic?

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Want to know where all those secret shows are where you can see the country's best comedians in Los Angeles for free/pretty damn close to free?  

1) Those shows aren't really secret.

2) You just saw the link, so all that's left to do is click.

3) This message might self-destruct in an unspecified amount of time.

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