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:

comedians getting rid of their stuff by telling tales about the items and then selling to the highest bidder at Auction! (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] comics creators Brian Michael Bendis (Secret Invasion), Ed Brubaker (Captain America), Matt Fraction (Iron Man), and Jeff Katz (Booster Gold) 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 Scam, Bangs, Ragnaröck, Bastian, and Whorenado—at Harold Night (8:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] a small mob of superb comics, headlined by legendary San Francisco comedic singer/songwriter Roy Zimmerman, at John Morrison’s The Morrison Motel (8:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] and star comics TJ Miller (David Letterman, ABC’s Carpoolers, Cloverfield), Ted Greenberg (Emmy-winning writer for David Letterman), Gabe & Jenny (VH1, CNN, Bravo), and Craig Baldo (Conan O’Brien) at one of the finest and funniest shows in NYC, the wonderful Seth Herzog’s Sweet (9:00 pm).

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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 PIT presenting the first of four evenings of comedy troupes each performing both sketch and improv at SketchProv Festival 2008 (7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, and 9:30 pm),

a comedy video contest sponsored by the New York Comedy Festival and hosted by one of quickest & funniest comics in the country, Pete Holmes (Comedy Central, VH1, The New Yorker): Web Video Cram-Off (7:30 pm),

veteran comic Judy Gold performing her new one-woman show Mommy Queerest (7:30 pm),

some of the finest stand-up comics in NYC—Jessi Klein (Comedy Central, NBC, VH1), Arj Barker (David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, HBO, Comedy Central), Kumail Nanjiani (Comedy Central), and more—at a new show from a comedy giant, Eugene Mirman and Friends (8:30 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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Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks marked by brackets) include:

four sharp storytellers trying to mislead the audience in The Liar Show (6:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] a comedy legend headlining at Comix for this evening only: Richard Belzer (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] star improvisation from writers & performers at 30 Rock, The Colbert Report, and The Daily Show who joyously declare Let’s Have a Ball (7:30 pm),

an improv troupe with a theatrical approach: Stray (7:30 pm),

[TOP PICK] one of my all-time favorite improv troupes—which this season broke the Cage Match record for winning streaks with 17 triumphs in a row, and is now taking over UCBT’s prestigious prime-time Saturday night slot—the brilliant and daring members of Death by Roo Roo (9:00 pm),

a small mob of talented comics—including the wonderful Kimmy Gatewood, in her final NYC stage appearance before moving to LA—telling funny, poignant, and at times unforgettable tales about their relatives at the gorgeous Sara Benincasa’s Family Hour (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),

[TOP PICK] improvised TV shows about audience members via world-class troupe Reuben Williams (10:30 pm),

and political sketch comedy from UCBT group Stone Cold Fox in That One (Midnight).

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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:

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

[TOP PICK] a fun Halloween horror play written by comedy star & UCB co-founder Matt Walsh, directed by UCBT artistic director Anthony King, and performed by some of the top comics in NYC: Killgore: The Resurrection (8:00 pm & 10:00 pm),

comics competing for laughs based on an assigned topic in So You Think You Can Stand (9:00 pm),

[TOP PICK] and crime being solved with laughs and sans scripts by brilliant comics Anthony King, Lennon Parham, Ben Schwartz, Gavin Speiller, Matt Fisher, and Jim Santangeli at CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation (11:00).

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