Best New York Comedy

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John Oliver

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 Joe DeVito, Lisa Kaplan, Doug Adler, Luke Cunningham, and Phil O’Reilly—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] Marvel Comics editors Jordan D. White, Lauren Sankovich, and Charlie Beckerman joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about comic books at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),

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

[TOP PICK] comedy giants John Oliver (star correspondent of The Daily Show) and Marc Maron (one of the most passionate and dedicated stand-ups in the counry), plus Eddie Brill (famed long-time David Letterman booker), Liam McEneaney (host of Tell Your Friends), and more at a blowout 5th Anniversary edition of John Morrison’s Morrison Motel (8:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and the brilliant and hard-working John Oliver racing over from Morrison Motel (see directly above), plus stand-up Nick Stevens (VH1), burlesque performer Legs Malone, and actor Josh Charles (HBO’s In Treatment) in a late-evening edition of the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (10:30ish pm).

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