It’s not just Los Angeles. There has never been a better time to be a comedian: The talent pool is broad, deep, and more diverse than ever before a new generation of passionate fans is supporting experimental work and there are countless ways (online, onscreen, in your earbuds, at live shows) for new voices to be heard and - not always a given when it comes to the internet - make a living. Looking around the room - to Buress’s left is Jeff Ross, the stand-up veteran who mentors this small show behind Buress is Jerrod Carmichael, the young comedian with a Spike Lee–directed HBO special under his belt to Buress’s right is Dave Chappelle, smoking cigarettes and laughing loudly at every joke further back, the standing-room-only crowd is spilling into the hallway - one can’t help but feel that this is the epicenter of a boom. ![]() (and will be everywhere when a TV deal comes through, which it surely will) in which comedians, two at a time, face off against each other, trading insults. I’d planned to see four shows, and I could’ve easily picked four different, equally great-sounding shows happening at the same time.Īfter both sets, Buress, as many comedians do at midnight on Tuesdays, came to the Belly Room at the Comedy Store to watch a show called Roast Battle. Of course he’s doing multiple sets: It’s Tuesday in Los Angeles, the best night for comedy in the country. Earlier, he made a surprise appearance at Put Your Hands Together, a weekly stand-up show at the UCB Theatre on Franklin Avenue, to do the same roast jokes to a fully packed house. ![]() The sex-toy shop was the second place in two hours where I saw Buress, whose upcoming Comedy Central show had just been announced that morning.
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