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Pick of the Day: Pitch A Movie: The Show Where Comedians Make Up Movies on the Fly! (in NYC) 6/11

June 1, 2022

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Top Gun: Maverick just broke box office records (and probably will continue to do so) further encouraging studios to not take on anything original or hear fresh pitches. In fact, if you’re wondering how or when you’d see any new releases that are truly original or out of the box at your local movie theater, there’s not a real great answer for that.

With that in mind, DC’s only comedy secret society, The Midnight Gardeners League, has come up with a show where you’ll get to hear such originality as it’ll showcase great comedians pitching jokes off of their material only to be judged by a “renowned film auteur”. This first NYC outing will feature what we’re sure will be blockbuster movie pitches from a grand line-up of Brittany Carney, Mike Hanford, Clare O’Kane, and Dave Ross.

Mark down Sat. Jun. 11th at 8PM ET to be at Brooklyn’s Cobra Club to hear things that should very likely be greenlit rather than be subjected to more mandatory MCU offerings.

Tickets are $10 and you can (and should) get them here.

Pick of the Day: In Stitches: A Comedy Fundraiser for The Brooklyn Free Clinic (in NYC) 5/21

May 16, 2022

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If you’ve read the news in any of the time that, frankly, you’ve been alive, you probably felt lost, beset with how much hurt and violence there is in the world. Just this past weekend, there was so much gun violence across the country that it’s hard to parse how many people got shot up where in America and when exactly that happened.

That said, there are still good folks in the world putting care and concern out for other people. Some of the people work at the Brooklyn Free Clinic, a student run free clinic that boosts health care access through the borough via “service and education” by way of SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

In Stitches is a big time fundraiser to be held at Brooklyn’s venerable comedy venue, The Bell House, on Sat. May 21st at 2:30PM ET (w/ 1:30PM ET cocktail hour/silent auction) that seeks to support their truly selfless efforts and the good roots they plant in and throughout their borough. NYC comedy finest in Mary Beth Barone, Brittany Carney, Rachel Coster, Jes Tom, Ike Ufomadu, Garrett Williams, Jo Firestone & Aparna Nancherla, and host Jared Waters will be assemble for this edition of In Stitches.

Admission for In Stitches starts at $15 for students, $20 for GA, then goes up from there if you want to support the Brooklyn Free Clinic even more (and gets some great swag while you’re at it).

Get tickets, more details, etc. here.

Pick of the Day: Todd Barry 34th Anniversary in Comedy Benefit (in NYC) 11/1

August 5, 2021

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Seeing Todd Barry live is always a good thing. Seeing Todd celebrate his 34th year in comedy would be even better than a good thing. Having the likes of Colin Quinn, Brittany Carney, Marina Franklin, Dina Hashem, and Gary Gulman join him on a fantastic line-up that offers much of the best of NYC comedy is even more grand.

You can get all of those good and better and grander things and more* with Todd’s 34th Anniversary in Comedy Benefit that will mark almost three and a half decades of finely crafted humor from the one and only Todd Barry.

*more being supporting Leukemia Research Foundation and Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research with your purchase of a ticket.

Todd Barry 34th Anniversary in Comedy Benefit is set for Mon. Nov. 1st at 8PM ET at The Bell House in Brooklyn. Tickets are going for $30 and you really ought to get them here.

Pick of the Day: You’ll Find This Humerus 4/1

March 15, 2021

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Pandemic or no, the American health care system is still broken and doesn’t provide equal access to basic treatment and care for all people. Thus, the existence of free clinics are crucial and even more so in this historic time. The Brooklyn Free Clinic is one such establishment that is “a student-run free clinic addressing health disparities in Brooklyn through service and education at SUNY Downstate.”

To support the BFC, the likes of Aparna Nancherla, Sarah Cooper, Mary Beth Barone, Chris Duffy, Brittany Carney, Joyelle Johnson, and Zachary Brazo are all virtually gathering to do an exclusive comedy fundraiser for the BFC. Virtual or no, that’s the sort of line-up worth catching for this special You’ll Find This Humerus evening of comedy.

It’s a $10 donation to the BFC that will get you access to the live-stream that goes live on Thurs. Apr. 1st at 4PM PT/7PM ET. Go get ’em here.

Pick of the Day: A Christi-mas Spectacular! with Christi Chiello 12/17

December 1, 2020

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As Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a time of giving, what better way to celebrate it than with the amazing Christi Chiello who loves Jesus (it’s in her Twitter bio next to loving pizza and “UR MAN”) and supporting of one of NYC’s best venues, Littlefield and COVID-19 relief?

That’s what Christi-mas Spectacular will be on Thurs. Dec. 17th at 5PM PT/8PM ET. The evening of virtual comedy will definitely be a welcome alternative to celebrating the holiday season if you’re not into hearing Christmas standards playing everywhere and just looking at Christmas lights.

Christi’s Christi-mas Spectacular! will feature a holiday gift box collection of NYC’s favorites including Chris Gethard, Jo Firestone, Matteo Lane, Brittany Carney, and other special guests.

Tickets are given by donation and you can and should give then get your tickets here.

Comedy Central Has Already Taped a New Round of “Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring” Set to Premiere Dec. 1st

October 27, 2020

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With stand-up comedy getting its footing with outdoor shows (wherever they can happen), it was inevitable that a network would make a run at trying to film it in order to have some brand new stand-up content.

Comedy Central went ahead and did another round of their popular stand-up digital series Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring in NYC with a socially distant, masked audience (probably done a little safer than SNL form the looks of it) taped outside. The trailer for this latest batch of exclusive stand-up showcase sets almost resemble something like normal, before-times stand-up, but, of course, the material and the cutaways to the crowd are very much of the moment of the COVID-19 pandemic we’re in right now.

Rosebud Baker, Mary Beth Barone, Brittany Carney, Christi Chiello, Andy Haynes, Josh Johnson, Ismael Loutfi, Gavin Matts, Monroe Martin, Rebecca O’Neal and Eagle Witt all got to take the stage for this very special edition of CC’s digital stand-up series and will very likely have set a precedent of what stand-up comedy will look like for awhile.

Take a look for yourself with the trailer for this round of Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring here, then look for it to start streaming on Comedy Central’s Stand-Up YouTube channel every week starting Dec. 1st.

Pick of the Day: Black Think Tank Comedy Revolution 6/20

June 15, 2020

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Of the comedy live-streams you can tune into right now at this time, one called Black Think Tank Comedy Revolution sounds like one that you should catch later this week.

The Black Think Tank comprised of Anthony Oakes, Patrice Deveaux, and Haywood Turnipseed is dedicated to “discuss Black content with Black content creators, providers, and consumers”. With that in mind, they’ll be featuring a handful of black comedians from across the nation that you should definitely be watching including Liz Barlow, Jamon Darnell, and Brittany Carney.

RSVP, then tune in at 5PM PT/8PM ET here. Donations will be accepted.