A couple of quick hits during the Golden Week holiday …

– A sincere “thank you” to everyone who helped make the first-ever Tokyo/Osaka Comedy Showdown a raging success! We had over 110 people in the house and the event proved to be a great way to celebrate the Mad Cows of Tokyo’s 2nd year anniversary. 

– There will not be a Big Night Out show at The Pink Cow in May. Look for us to be back in June. Check the website or Facebook in the near future for updates.

– On that note, be sure to keep a sharp eye out for a couple special events coming up in May and June. More details to follow, but we can tell you the Mad Cows will be in Kanagawa prefecture for a special stand-up appearance.

On Sunday April 29th we will be bringing you the first ever Tokyo vs Osaka Stand-Up Comedy Battle. It’s in all good fun and some of our friends from the Osaka stand-up group, ROR will be making their way up to Tokyo.
The event will be at What the Dickens? in Ebisu, Tokyo. Doors open at 7PM and the show will start promptly at 8PM lasting about 80-90 minutes. The entrance will be 1500 yen the day of the show and that includes one drink. If you RSVP to our facebook invite here, then you will be able to enter for 1000 yen! We will cut that off by about 4PM on the day of the show, so we can have a list ready.
If you see any of our organizers around town, they will also be selling some tickets before the show and you can get one off of them for the low price of 1000 yen.

FACEBOOK EVENT INVITE!

To recap (English/日本語):

Sunday, April 29th, 2012
7:00pm doors
8;00pm START
¥1,500 to enter at the door (w/ ONE FREE DRINK!!)
¥1,000 to enter if you click “Attending” on Facebook by 4pm on 4/29 (and you get ONE FREE DRINK!!)
Oishilicious food available!
@ What the Dickens! (3 min from Ebisu Station)

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マッド・カウズ・オブ・東京

東京で、初の大阪対東京のスタンド・アップ・バトルです！
一番面白いところが決まるようにお客さんが投票する！

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日程: 04月29日(日）
開場: 19時開場
開演: 20時開演
場所: What the Dickens Bar – 東京都渋谷区恵比寿西１丁目１３−３ 150-0021　（恵比寿駅から3分歩）
電話: 03-3780-2099
料金: 1500円（一つのドリンク付き！）
＊４月２９日の１６時までこのイベントに「参加」をクリクしたら1000円になります。（一つのドリンク付き！）
うまい食べ物注文可能！

Comedy? Check. Free show? Check. Free candy? Check (sort of).

The Mad Cows of Tokyo proudly present our Choose Your Milk comedy showdown Wednesday, March 14th, from 8:00-9:30 p.m. The show is held at Yagii, which is a short jaunt from Ebisu station, or, if you’re in Daikanyama, mere steps from the station.

As it’s White Day we are offering a special treat to the FIRST 10 ladies who turn up: White Day Chocolates. Don’t worry we are going to buy them, not make them. And some of us have surprisingly good taste in sweets.

So come on out for a fun night! We’ll have the show wrapped up by 9:30, so no worries about getting home super late. Yagii serves up some delicious food, so if you’re hungry, swing by early for some dinner — and ladies should make sure to save room for dessert!

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Feel like doing your good deed for the week? Come on out and see a comedy event that will have you laughing and you’ll automatically help the continuing relief efforts in some of the hard-hit areas in Tohoku.

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since Japan’s tragic natural disaster. Last year, The Mad Cows of Tokyo donated all of its proceeds from the April show to charity. We’re doing it again this year in March!

The Mad Cows of Tokyo present our Big Night Out show on Saturday, March 3rd at The Pink Cow in Shibuya. Entry is 1,500 yen and includes a free drink. Proceeds from the show will be donated to the relief efforts related to last year’s earthquake and tsunami.

We’ll have nine performers from Sweden, the U.K., Japan, Canada and the U.S. Get in early and order up some of the delicious fare that The Pink Cow has to offer. A lot of the performers put down a burrito or a quesadilla before the show — the servings are big and the food is awesome! So come on out, have some laughs and feel good knowing your hard-earned cash will be going to a good place …

Can’t wait to see you there!

Think you’re funny? Why not put your comedic skills to the test? Or, if you’re more a laugher than a joker, why not come out and listen to some of the funniest comics in Tokyo?

The Mad Cows of Tokyo are proud to present a NEW open mic comedy show at VEGa, one of the hippest bars in Ebisu and just a 5-minute walk from Ebisu Station. Our first show is Wednesday, January 25th, starting at 8 p.m. Best of all, it’s FREE!

Here’s how it works: anyone who wants to try standup comedy can come to VEGa and will be given a 4-minute set to try and make the audience laugh. If it’s under 4 minutes, no worries — the environment is very casual and relaxed. Feel free to bring along friends, dates (sorry, no pets), co-workers, etc. During the show, members of the The Mad Cows of Tokyo also will perform and try out new material.

Hope to see you out there on the 25th!.

Just a quick update from us. We’ve had two great shows in September and October.

We are looking forward to seeing a lot of people at the Pink Cow on Novemeber 5 for the next Big Night Out.

We will also be changing the format of our juku slightly to make it more of an open mic show. Come on out to that if you are a comedian and watch to practice your material.

Lastly, we will have a new show starting on November 16th. This will be a feeder show for The Big Night Out. There will be a “showdown” of sorts with the best comic winning a slot at our show. Even if you don’t think you can “win” it’s a great chance to get on stage, get practice, and if we are impressed we may invite you to perform at the big show as well. More details will be released in the next few weeks.

Be sure to come out to our Big Night Out this Saturday at the Pink Cow in Shibuya, Tokyo.
We will have 10 comedians performing for you on the night.

We also have a special guests performing with us. For those of you that saw the US TV Program, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, you may recognize Rome Kanda as the host of the Japanese game show. Rome will be performing with us this coming Saturday. We are very excited to have him and hope you all are too!

Be sure to come out early to get seats and order up some good food. This will be our BIG SUMMER Show (we are going on vacation in August). You don’t want to miss it!

See everyone Saturday!!

On June 18 we will be holding another event in Fujisawa at Sound Market. Our last show was “sold out” / no one else could fit in. The show will start at 8PM and includes a drink. For more information check out the “Night Near the Beach” link at the top of the page.

July 13th at 8PM we will be hosting an open mic night at Boylston Bar in Shibuya. If you are interested in performing, please send us an email at bignightout@madcowscomedy.com

The show is open to performers of all levels. We are giving out slots of 4 minutes each. You may sign up for multiple slots.

If you are interested in performing at either our “Big Night Out” show at the Pink Cow in Shibuya, or “Night Near the Beach” in Fujisawa, we ask that you please attend the open mic or our juku.

Also the next Juku will be June 29th at the Pink Cow from 8PM.

We hope to see you at one of the upcoming events!! Thanks for the ongoing support!!

The “Night Near the Beach” show is on for this Saturday, April 16th. Show starts at 8PM at Soundmarket in Fujisawa and costs 1000 yen and includes a tasty drink.

Check out the information page for “Night Near the Beach” for more information and directions.