NYC Top Comedy Choices for Wednesday 1/14/09

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SNL's Seth Myers and Bill Hader

SNL's Seth Myers and Bill Hader

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

five free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (7:00 pm-midnight),

[TOP PICK] stellar storyteller Adam Wade and comic Jake Goldman hosting a show in which top writers and comedians—who tonight are Mark Katz (former White House humor writer for President Bill Clinton), James Braly (NPR, The Moth), and Ophira Eisenberg (Comedy Central, VH1)—share their favorite campus anecdotes in Real Tales of College (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] LA comedy star Jackie Kashian (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Presents) performing a long set in a rare NYC appearance: Jackie Kashian Headlining at Gotham Comedy (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] brilliant stand-up John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, VH1), plus sharp comics Adam Newman (VH1, Street Meat), Jiwon Lee (Comedy Central, AMC), Aalap Patel, and Chelsea White performing at Matteson Perry’s New Young Comedians (8:00 pm),

fine NYC stand-up comics Ophira Eisenberg, Becky Ciletti, Bruce Cherry, Rob Gorden, DJ Hazard, and Pat O’Shea trying out new material at the free Shrink (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] Saturday Night Live stars Bill Hader and Seth Meyers, and SNL staff writer Simon Rich, presenting their new short comedy film series followed by a fun Q&A session at THE LINE Live! (9:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and a free, laid-back, and occasionally magical variety show where virtually anything can happen on a School Night (11:00).

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