June 17, 2009
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- The Best of the Sci-Fi Screening Room
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] legendary Saturday Night Live writer Tom Davis, Doug Gillard (guitarist for Guided by Voices), and singer Lena Potapova at a live broadcast of the WFMU radio show 7 Second Delay (6:00 pm),
[FREE] six free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (6:00 pm-midnight),
[MEGA-TOP PICK] a spectacular 2-hour “best of” collection of oddball film clips featuring super-heroes, robots, bigfoot, SF musicals, and more at The Best of the Sci-Fi Screening Room (7:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] stellar comedic storytellers Margot Leitman (Conan O’Brien, VH1, co-host of Stripped Stories), Robin Gelfenbien (VH1, 2008 FringeNYC show My Salvation Has a First Name: A Wienermobile Journey), Mark Normand (co-host of We’re All Friends Here), and H. Alan Scott (here! TV’s Hot Gay Comics, Sirius XM Radio)—plus live accordion music by Michelle Leona, and a quiz for a free bottle of wine—at a show hosted by the razor-sharp and immensely talented Leslie Goshko (Manhattan Monologue Champion, UCBT) in which top comics and storytellers reveal odd aspects of themselves: Sideshow Goshko (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] rising star Charlie Sanders performing one of the most vibrant and hilarious autobiographical shows you’ll ever see, plus a one-woman comedic play performed and co-written by Jill Donnelly, in the double-bill Minnesota Muslim and Weird Birds (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Mike Birbiglia (one of the finest stand-up comedians in the country; three Comedy Central specials, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, hit off-Broadway show Sleepwalk with Me), Ted Alexandro (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, two Comedy Central Presents half-hour specials), and more at a free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted by Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Dave Hill (one of the most original and hilariously sharp alternative comics in the country; The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Salon, HBO, VH1, MOJO TV’s King of Miami, The Dave Hill Explosion), Jena Friedman (host of Entertaining the Bartender), Dan Hirshon, Adrienne Iapalucci, Tracy Marhal, Chris Doucette, and Tom Ragú at a free weekly show hosted by Sharon “Mama” Spell: Shrink (8:00 pm),
[FREE] Jessica Delfino (brilliantly funny, raunchy writer/singer), Ali Wong (hilarious stand-up dynamo; The Onion), Rob O’Reilly (Jay Leno, Comedy Central), Lisa Delarios, Charlie Gaeta, and Neil Charles at a free weekly stand-up comedy show tonight hosted by Matt Maragno: Now We’re Talking (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] stand-ups and comedic storytellers Rob Gorden, Sean O’Connor, Sara Jo Allocco, Daniel Mahoney, and Trevor Williams telling tales of their worst NYC experiences in Ilana & Eliot Glazer’s New York Sh*tty (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] an entirely improvised musical from a genius comedy duo, and an improvised soap opera, in the double-bill I Eat Pandas and Hot Lather: As the Diamond Burns (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 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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June 16, 2009
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- Mike Birbiglia
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),
comedians getting rid of their stuff by telling tales about the items and then selling to the highest bidder at the way fun Auction! (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] Pat Cashin (former circus clown who created comic Ringling Bros.) and Vito Delsante & Andrés Vera Martinez (graphic novel Before They Were Famous: Babe Ruth) joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes The Bishop, Bastian, The Scam, Ragnaröck, and Scootch—followed by high-level UCBT students improvising the end of the world, all at Harold Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] Mike Birbiglia (one of the finest stand-up comedians in the country; three Comedy Central specials, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, hit off-Broadway show Sleepwalk with Me), Andy Blitz (comedy genius; writer & performer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien since 1999), and Bryan Tucker (writer for Saturday Night Live, Chappelle’s Show, Mad TV, The Chris Rock Show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn) performing at this free show hosted by brilliant stand-ups Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim) and Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker): Punch Up Your Life (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] Mike Birbiglia (racing over from Punch Up Your Life above, in preparation for an upcoming national tour; again, one of the finest stand-up comedians in the country; three Comedy Central specials, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, hit off-Broadway show Sleepwalk with Me), Rob Lathan (goofy comedic character actor who’s performed sketches on Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report, Jimmy Fallon, MTV, VH1, Adult Swim), Jesse Popp (Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, co-host of Beauty Bar Comedy), Josh Charles (Drama Desk-winning actor; HBO’s In Treatment, ABC’s Sports Night; movies including Hairspray, Dead Poets Society, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, S.W.A.T., and Four Brothers), and more performing at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm),
and a popular six-time Drag Queen of the Year award-winner (via HX Magazine) struts her stuff tonight in Hedda Lettuce (9:00 pm).
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June 15, 2009
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- Brett Gelman
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans, open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—tonight including Emily Epstein, Chelsea White, Kara Buller, Sue Funke, RG Daniels, Luke Cunningham, Mark Normand, Mike Lawrence, Matteson Perry, Aalap Patel, Blaine Perry, Sean Donnelly, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] Dave Hill (one of the most original and hilariously sharp alternative comics in the country; The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Salon, HBO, VH1, MOJO TV’s King of Miami, The Dave Hill Explosion), Ali Waller (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon), Rob Paravonian (Comedy Central, VH1, YouTube star), Carla Rhodes (rock ‘n roll ventriloquist), Sean Crespo (Comedy Central, Shoot the Messenger, host of Drink at Work), and musical guest Patrick Salt Ryan at Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
fresh sketch comedy from UCBT house groups Gramp’s and Thunder Gulch at Maude Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] and a free weekly show featuring some of the best stand-up comics in the country—who tonight include Reggie Watts (musical improv comedy genius; 2009 ECNY Award for Best Musical Comedy Act and the 2007 Andy Kaufman Award; cast member of the new Electric Company; Jimmy Fallon), Rob Huebel (co-star of Human Giant; VH1’s Best Week Ever, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Arrested Development), Brett Gelman (fearless and always inventive comedic chameleon; Little Bit of Luck guy in NY Lottery ads; Conan O’Brien, The Colbert Report, ace improv troupe Death by Roo Roo, sketch duo Cracked Out), Bryan Tucker (writer for Saturday Night Live, Chappelle’s Show, Mad TV, The Chris Rock Show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), and Brooke Van Poppelen (Maxim Radio, Cosmo Radio, Chicago Public Radio; half of sketch duo Macho!)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, HBO, Comedy Central) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).
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June 14, 2009
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- Mike Birbiglia
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] [FREE] UCBT’s playground for celebrities and ace improvisors, ASSSSCAT 3000 (paid show at 7:30 pm, free show at 9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] comedy giants Mike Birbiglia (three Comedy Central specials, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, hit off-Broadway show Sleepwalk with Me), Leo Allen (HBO, Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien, host of top comedy show Whiplash), and Hannibal Burress (Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson, The Awkward Kings of Comedy) joining fellow comedy giant Eugene Mirman (winner of the 2008 ECNY Award for Best Host) for his weekly shindig at Brooklyn’s Union Hall: Tearing the Veil of Maya (7:30ish pm),
Roger Hailes, Jesse Pop, and other superb stand-ups at a free weekly LES show hosted by Greg Johnson: The Comedians (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] a stand-up comedy superstar concluding his NYC run tonight: Dave Attell: Headlining at Carolines (8:00 pm),
[$] a provocative comedy star who’s written for Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, and Saturday Night Live, and performed on Chappelle’s Show and David Letterman, headlining at Carolines: Paul Mooney (8:30 pm & 10:00 pm),
[FREE] Jamie Kilstein, Hari Kondabolu, Zach Sims, Jermaine Fowler, Azmar Usman, and more at RG Daniels’ free Sunday Night Stand-Up (8:00 pm),
[FREE] sharp NYC stand-ups at Vince Averill’s & Jesse Popp’s free show Beauty Bar Comedy (9:00 pm),
[FREE] and an all-gal lineup of terrific stand-ups—Claudia Cogan, Robin Fox, and Chantal Carrere—at a free gay-themed show hosted by Brad Loekle: Electro Shock Therapy Comedy Hour (10:00 pm).
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June 13, 2009
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- World-class troupe Fearsome closes out this final day of the wonderful SketchFest NYC 09
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] one of the finest sketch comedy festivals in the country, which began on Thursday and concludes today with over 10 hours of shows, featuring such wonderful world-class comedy groups as The Story Pirates, Steve and Jordan, Summer of Tears, Elephant Larry, and Fearsome, plus an in-depth interview with The Kids in the Hall star Kevin McDonald, and a beloved party-like show titled the Closing Night Craptacular—at the final day of the not-to-be-missed SketchFest NYC 09 (shows running from noon till around 2:00 am),
[TOP PICK] Lauren Olson performing a one-woman show about the death of her mom that’s reportedly funny and superb in Our Condolences (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] a stand-up comedy superstar, performing in NYC tonight through Sunday:
Dave Attell: Headlining at Carolines (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] a TV and movie comedy star who frequently appears on HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime,and is a hilarious comedy club veteran: Patrice Oneal: Headlining at Comix (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] a one-woman show from stellar comedic storyteller & actress Sara Benincasa: AGORAFABULOUS (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning David Letterman writer) performing a fun, quick-paced theatrical comedy show—complete with audience rides home!—at The Complete Performer (9:00 pm),
organic & energetic improv by the four guys of 4 Track! (9:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] inventive & hilarious sketch comedy from The Harvard Sailing Team (9:30 pm),
[$] and a provocative comedy star who’s written for Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, and Saturday Night Live, and performed on Chappelle’s Show and David Letterman, headlining at Carolines: Paul Mooney (12:30 am).
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June 12, 2009
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- Kevin McDonald performs a one-man show about his days with The Kids in The Hall as part of this weekend’s spectacular SketchFest NYC 09
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] one of the finest sketch comedy festivals in the country, which began on Thursday and will be running through Saturday—and tonight features such wonderful comedy groups as The Harvard Sailing Team, The 3rd Floor, and Pangea 3000; plus a one-man show from The Kids in the Hall star Kevin McDonald, and a collection of failed sketches for a special edition of The Rejection Show—at the second evening of the not-to-be-missed SketchFest NYC 09 (7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm, and midnight),
[TOP PICK] [$] a stand-up comedy superstar, performing in NYC tonight through Sunday: Dave Attell: Headlining at Carolines (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [$] a TV and movie comedy star who frequently appears on HBO, Comedy Central, and Showtime, and is a hilarious comedy club veteran: Patrice Oneal: Headlining at Comix (8:00 pm & 10:30 pm),
NYC stand-up comics at a gay-themed comedy show hosted by Jenny Rubin: The Back Room (9:00 pm),
singing improvisors who use an interview with an audience member to craft The Made-Up Musical (10:00 pm),
[$] and a provocative comedy star who’s written for Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, and Saturday Night Live, and performed on Chappelle’s Show and David Letterman, headlining at Carolines: Paul Mooney (12:30 am).
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June 11, 2009
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- The Apple Sisters, one of over two dozen sketch comedy troupes at this year’s spectacular SketchFest NYC
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[TOP PICK] one of the finest sketch comedy festivals in the country, which will be running through Saturday—and tonight features such thoroughly wonderful comics as movie/TV star & comedy genius Kristen Schaal, the musical & irresistible Apple Sisters, hilarious trio A Week of Kindness, always-inventive troupe Olde English, and much more—at the first evening of the not-to-be-missed SketchFest NYC 09 (7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:00 pm, 10:00 pm, 11:00 pm, and midnight),
[TOP PICK] brilliant improvisors Tara Copeland and James Eason leading a semi-revival of legendary troupe Mother in this new Magnet show: Sleepover (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] Adira Amram (brilliantly funny, sexy, rising star writer/singer) tonight guest-hosts Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show), Jessica Delfino (immensely talented comic and raunchy singer/songwriter), Mike Drucker (freelance writer for Saturday Night Live), and other razor-sharp comics at a weekly variety show in the East Village: Entertaining the Bartender (8:30ish pm),
[TOP PICK] stellar stand-ups Patrick Borelli (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central, ESPN, Adult Swim, co-author of book Holy Headshot!), DC Benny (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central), Sean Patton (VH1), Michelle Buteau (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central), and more at the 92YTribeca comedy showcase Comedy Below Canal (9:00 pm),
[$] and a provocative comedy star who’s written for Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, and Saturday Night Live, and performed on Chappelle’s Show and David Letterman, tonight headlining at Carolines: Paul Mooney (10:00 pm).
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June 10, 2009
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Jenny Slate & Gabe Liedman, who tonight celebrate the one-year anniversary of Big Terrific
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
[FREE] six free hours of improvisation in The PIT’s Super Free Wednesday (6:00 pm-midnight),
[TOP PICK] top writers and comedians—who tonight are Kevin Allison (The State), Ben Hill, Erik Bowie, and Ryan Paulson—share their favorite true campus anecdotes at Real Tales of College (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] the one-year anniversary celebration of a superb comedy show, with NYC comedy royalty Kurt & Kristen (genius talents Kurt Braunohler & Kristen Schaal), Hannibal Burress (Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson, concert film The Awkward Kings of Comedy), Sean Patton (VH1), and special surprise guests at the free weekly Brooklyn extravaganza hosted by Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman, and Max Silvestri: Big Terrific (8:00ish pm),
[FREE] Kevin McCaffrey (writer for Late Show with David Letterman), Ken Zimlinghaus (Sirius Satellite Radio’s Wake Up With Cosmo), Calvin S. Cato (host of Nouveau Poor), and Brent Sullivan (Funny.com) at a free weekly stand-up comedy show hosted by Matt Maragno and the luminous Margie Kment: Now We’re Talking (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] stellar storytellers Ophira Eisenberg and Leslie Goshko, stand-ups John Morrison, Christine Nangle, and Michael Lawrence, and sketch group Slap! Kiss! Slap! at a free weekly show hosted by Sharon “Mama” Spell: Shrink (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] an entirely improvised musical from a genius comedy duo, and an improvised soap opera, in the double-bill I Eat Pandas and Hot Lather: As the Diamond Burns (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 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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June 9, 2009
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- Kristen Schaal
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—at John Morrison’s Broadway Motel (6:00 pm),
Hilary Schwartz and Rachael Parenta hosting an intriguing new show described as “emotionally inappropriate comedy:” Please, Someone Kill Me (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] on an extra-special show, Wyatt Cenac (correspondent for The Daily Show) and Jesse Blaze Snider (rock star & writer of the new DC Comics miniseries Dead Romeo) joining in on a lively & hilarious discussion about four-color pop culture at Comic Book Club (8:00 pm),
four full hours of improv for only five bucks—tonight featuring UCBT house troupes Robber Baron, Badman, The Law Firm, Bastian, and Penthouse Riot—followed by high-level UCBT students improvising the end of the world, all at Harold Night (8:00 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] rising superstar Kristen Schaal (lovely, brilliant, breathtakingly talented writer/actress/comic; shining star correspondent of The Daily Show; co-star of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords; writer for South Park and Human Giant; AMC’s Mad Men; co-writer & co-star of upcoming UK TV series; upcoming feature film Cirque du Freak with Salma Hayek), Joe DeRosa (Comedy Central Presents special, HBO’s Down & Dirty), and Tom McCaffrey (Comedy Central, VH1, The Onion) performing at this free show hosted by brilliant stand-ups Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, VH1, NBC, CNN, Adult Swim) and Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The New Yorker): Punch Up Your Life (8:30 pm),
[DISCOUNTED] superb NYC stand-ups Frank Vignola, Maureen Langan, Lee Camp, Thomas Middleditch, Charlie Kasov, Sean Donnelly, and Ray Higgs at John Morrison’s Morrison Motel (8:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] legendary comedy star Marc Maron (a comic’s comic; David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central, and numerous other impressive credits), Kumail Nanjiani (staff writer of upcoming Michael Black & Michael Showalter Comedy Central series; Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report, Jimmy Kimmel; winner of the 2009 ECNY Awards for Best Male Stand-Up), Bobby Tisdale (HBO, Comedy Central; legendary co-host of the seminal and much-beloved former NYC comedy show Invite Them Up), and more performing at the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm).
and delightful stand-up comics Jackie Monahan, Leah Dubie, Amy Beckerman, and Gloria Bigelow performing and hosting guest comics at Dykes on Mics (9:00 pm).
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June 8, 2009
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Marina Franklin
Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include:
the perfect show for short attention spans, open-mic stand-up with 4½ minutes per set and 25 comics crammed into 2½ hours—tonight including Joe DeVito, RG Daniels, Emily Epstein, Chelsea White, Mark Normand, Sean Donnelly, Blaine Perry, Aalap Patel, Matteson Perry, and John Morrison—at John Morrison’s Ochi’s Motel (6:30 pm & 9:00 pm),
improv comedy, plus stellar sketch comedy duo The Chris and Paul Show, at MacGuffin (7:00 pm),
[$] [DISCOUNTED] professional stand-up comics and comedy writers try to teach businesspeople how to be funny—live on stage, with much potential embarrassment for everyone—at Gotham Jokewriters (7:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] legendary comedy star Marc Maron (a comic’s comic; David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central, and numerous other impressive credits), Victor Varnado (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central, My Name is Earl, Adult Swim, The Awkward Kings of Comedy), Marina Franklin (Last Comic Standing, Chappelle’s Show, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, The Awkward Kings of Comedy), Kumail Nanjiani (staff writer of upcoming Michael Black & Michael Showalter Comedy Central series; Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report; co-host of Game Bros. Live!; winner of the 2009 ECNY Awards for Best Male Stand-Up), Tony Camin (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central), Myq Kaplan (Comedy Central), and more at Tell Your Friends (8:00ish pm),
fresh sketch comedy from UCBT house groups Gorilla Gorilla and Stone Cold Fox at Maude Night (8:00 pm),
Mo Rocca (former correspondent for The Daily Show), Sam Brown (cast member of IFC’s sketch troupe The Whitest Kids U’ Know), DJ Ayres, and more at Andy Rocco’s The Hipster Show (9:30 pm),
[TOP PICK] [FREE] and a free weekly show featuring some of the best stand-up comics in the country—who tonight include John Mulaney (staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Conan O’Brien, VH1’s Best Week Ever; 2008 ECNY Award for Best Male Stand-Up Comedian), Morgan Murphy (staff writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, former staff writer for Jimmy Kimmel and Crank Yankers), Tony Camin (Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Comedy Central), and Claudia Cogan (MTV, Logo Network, here! TV, Sirius OutQ)—hosted by the wonderful Leo Allen (Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central, HBO) at Whiplash (11:00 pm).
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