Best New York Comedy

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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours, who tonight include Mark Normand, Adam Riemer, Jeff Ragsdale, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] an election-watching event with sharp comics at the elegant Comix Comedy Club, complete with large-screen TVs, running from 6:30 pm until a winner is declared—plus a no-reservation-needed watch scheduled for downstairs at Ochi’s starting at 9:00 pm—at Televised Election Watch (6:30 pm / 9:00 pm),

a free election-watching event at The PIT in which you can follow the results with comics via radio and Internet feeds from 7:00 pm until a winner is declared at Political Science Theater 3000 (7:00 pm),

three full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes The F*cking Kennedys, The Scam, The Law Firm, Bastian, and DeCoster—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] and yet another long-into-the-night election watch, with comedy genius Kristen Schaal (HBO, stellar correspondent on The Daily Show), John Mulaney (world-class stand-up, Conan O’Brien, writer for Saturday Night Live), and James Adomian (George W. Bush impersonator) at one of the finest and funniest shows in NYC, the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm).

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