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The New York Comedy Festival Announces Its 2021 Headliners
August 16, 2021
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Michelle Wolf, Nick Kroll, Colin Quinn, Marc Maron, Megan Stalter, Michelle Buteau, Norm MacDonald, Gary Gulman, Ronny Chieng, Brian Regan, Alok, Smart Funny & Black Live!, Bill Maher, Andrew Santino, Vir Das, and Tim Dillon are all set to be the top billing of this year’s New York Comedy Festival, which is, indeed happening in person from Nov. 8th-14th.

Though the Delta variant continues to surge COVID-19 throughout America, it would seem that the comedy festival slated for the fall are still in pushing forward, setting the stage for, perhaps, the normal annual schedule of SF Sketchfest, SXSW, Edinburgh Fringe, etc. all coming back to their festivities in person. While that is already quite the mix of headlining acts, that is only the tip of the iceberg as there is a cornucopia of other shows and performers that will take part in NYC’s annual big time comedy shin dig.

You can just take a gander of what’s to come with the headliner schedule below:

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8th
COLIN QUINN: THE LAST BEST HOPE – 7:00PM – LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th
COLIN QUINN: THE LAST BEST HOPE – 7:00PM – LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th
COLIN QUINN: THE LAST BEST HOPE – 7:00PM – LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE
VIR DAS: MANIC MAN WORLD TOUR – 7:00PM – TOWN HALL

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11th
TIM DILLON – 7:00PM – BEACON THEATRE
COLIN QUINN: THE LAST BEST HOPE – 7:00PM – LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE
MICHELLE WOLF – 7:00PM – TOWN HALL
NORM MACDONALD – 7:30PM & 10:00PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12th
MEGAN STALTER – 7:00PM – BMCC TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
RONNY CHIENG: THE HOPE YOU GET RICH TOUR – 7:00PM – TOWN HALL
NORM MACDONALD – 7:00PM & 9:45PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY
JON LOVETT’S LOVETT OR LEAVE IT – 7:00PM – BEACON THEATRE
SMART FUNNY & BLACK LIVE! – 7:00PM – APOLLO THEATRE
COLIN QUINN: THE LAST BEST HOPE – 7:00PM & 9:00PM – LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE
NICK KROLL – MIDDLE-AGED BOY TOUR – 8:00PM – CARNEGIE HALL

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13th
ALOK – 7:00PM – BMCC TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
NORM MACDONALD – 7:00PM & 9:45PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY
MARC MARON – 7:00PM – TOWN HALL
BRIAN REGAN – 7:00PM – BEACON THEATRE
COLIN QUINN: THE LAST BEST HOPE – 7:00PM & 9:00PM – LUCILLE LORTEL THEATRE
GARY GULMAN: BORN ON THIRD BASE – 8:00PM – CARNEGIE HALL
AN EVENING WITH BILL MAHER – 8:30PM – HULU THEATER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
MICHELLE BUTEAU: BITCH GOTTA BABYSITTER – 9:45PM – TOWN HALL

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
NORM MACDONALD – 7:00PM – CAROLINES ON BROADWAY
TITO CHEETO TOUR: ANDREW SANTINO LIVE – 7:00PM – TOWN HALL

If you’re curiosity has already been peaked from just this first announcement, note that you can get tickets starting next week on Aug. 23rd at nycomedyfestival.com (there is a Citi Cardmemeber pre-sale running from Aug. 18th-22nd, FYI).

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.

Here’s Your First Look at Colin Quinn’s Drive-In Showcase Special “Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show”
November 10, 2020
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As drive-in shows were one of the first and only things that were afforded to live comedy in the pandemic, it was inevitable that there would be comedy specials produced from it. So much overhead goes into producing a drive-in show anyway that it only stands to reason that they would shoot the performance and try to do something with it.

Indeed, drive-in stand-up comedy specials are coming. Comedy Dynamics has a handful of them and then there’s Colin Quinn’s showcase of his favorite comics performing at a drive-in in Brooklyn. It’s aptly named Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show, perhaps highlighting how far live comedy has had to adapt in order to get some sense of normalcy (i.e. not doing stand-up on Zoom).

Today, Quinn released a trailer and gave us all the first look of Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show that will feature performances from Sam Jay, Marina Franklin, Dan Soder, Bonnie McFarlane, Chris DiStefano, Rich Vos, Robert Kelly, and, of course Colin Quinn himself.

If you haven’t been to a drive-in stand-up show (they are pretty expensive), you’ll get a taste of the history that has been made this year of comedians, very likely for the first time ever in history, performing to people in their cars who resort to honking and flashing their headlights to, hopefully, show appreciation for a bit.

Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show premieres on HBO Max this Thursday, Nov. 12th.

Can’t believe I accidentally leaked this trailer. “Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show” premiering this Thursday only on @hbomax pic.twitter.com/qEzNpQbv5k

— Colin Quinn (@iamcolinquinn) November 9, 2020

HBO Max Announces a New Trio of Specials from Colin Quinn, Phoebe Robinson, and Aida Rodriguez
August 21, 2020
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Hot off the heels on releasing four different stand-up specials yesterday, HBO Max has just announced three more (in addition to the back half of the Team Coco specials whose production got interrupted by lockdown).

One will be a drive-in special curated, directed, and headlined by Colin Quinn taped in Brooklyn. Quinn’s line-up has yet to be announced (but we’ll keep you in the loop)

Another one will be Phoebe Robinson’s debut special (done solo from Jessica Williams and 2 Dope Queens).

Lastly, Aida Rodriguez will have her very first hour special where she will get to put her brand of unfiltered, calls-it-like-she-sees-it comedy on its biggest stage yet.

This trio of specials is a more than solid addition to their comedy programming slate over at HBO.

We are pondering about one small thing: are there going to be those hybrid comedy specials done over at HBO and HBO will just use HBO Max for more conventional stand-up specials? We’ll just have to wait and see at this point.

Colin Quinn’s Red State Blue State Is Now Going from Off-Broadway Show to Comedy Special at CNN
May 10, 2019
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Colin Quinn’s Red State Blue State Is Now Going from Off-Broadway Show to Comedy Special at CNN

Colin Quinn’s new hour has found a new home. It’s pretty much assumed that his solo shows will eventually become specials. It’s interesting that there is a move from Netflix (where his last special was) to CNN, but we’re going to guess that Colin is getting to do pretty much what he wants at either place. 

Also, maybe this will stream for free on CNN.com for brief period of time as well? We’ll just have to wait and see.

With W. Kamau Bell and United Shades of America and this recent announcement of a new Colin Quinn special (specifically focused on the political divisiveness all around right now), it would seem the CNN is aiming for a niche in political comedy specifically. 

Jax Media Is Making a Colin Quinn Pilot ‘Luncheonette’
December 17, 2016
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Jax Media Is Making a Colin Quinn Pilot ‘Luncheonette’

Following up the great special New York Story, Colin Quinn is starring and has written a pilot Luncheonette where he plays an ex-cop coffee shop owner. Jax Media, the company behind Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and the developing of a Robin Thede show, is producing it and might just have a great 2017.

Over the last few years, Quinn has extended himself wonderfully all over the place between acting, writing, and performing solo shows, which makes the prospects for what Luncheonette might be very exciting.

If you think about it, it could be a sequel-of-sorts to both New York Story and Cop Show.
December 9, 2016
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Per usual, Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival in Austin, TX is stacked. 

Patton Oswalt, Ali Wong, Colin Quinn, Aparna Nancherla, Barry Crimmins, Dana Gould, Goddamn Comedy Jam, Wendy Liebman, Guy Branum, and Drew Michael are just scratching the surface of this first line-up announcement.

Moontower is set for Wednesday, April 19th-Saturday, April 22nd and you get passes, ranging from ‘Front Row’ to ‘Club/Podcast’, here.

Colin Quinn’s Netflix Special “The New York Story” Is Now Streaming
November 18, 2016
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A new Colin Quinn special, made from his latest one man show The New York Story, is now available on Netflix. 

It focuses on the origins and foundations of NYC, particularly in respect to the NYC’s diversity, which is a message we want to hear about right now for various reasons. 

Watch Colin Quinn Go Through the History of NYC Diversity in Trailer for “The New York Story”
November 8, 2016
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Colin Quinn’s latest one man show has been made into another Netflix special that will be coming very soon. This time around, Brooklyn born-and-bred Quinn goes through how NYC came to be the diverse melting pot that it is. 

The special is called The New York Story and it’s set to start streaming on Netflix Friday, November 18th.

Here’s a trailer that’ll give you a quick run through of the wide swath of ethnicities that Quinn covers.

Colin Quinn, Reggie Watts, Michael Che, Dana Carvey, and More Are Getting Netflix Comedy Specials
August 23, 2016
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Colin Quinn, Reggie Watts, Michael Che, Dana Carvey, and More Are Getting Netflix Comedy Specials

Netflix has built up its comedy branding so well, especially when it comes to comedy specials, that they now almost deal exclusively in big names.

It’s great to see Quinn having one of his solo shows get turned into a special it’ll also be fascinating to see what Watts does with the freedom of a Netflix special given that his last hour was done live in Central Park. 

Colin Quinn’s Meta Police Procedural Series “Cop Show” Is Back for Season 3
August 21, 2016
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Colin Quinn has been expertly dissecting every single trope of every police procedural/detective TV series with Cop Show.

In fact, Quinn has done it so well with showing how overdone so many cop shows are, but pointing out their fallacies with “behind-the-scenes” footage and interviews with a mysterious European journalist, that he’s made it to a 3rd season over at L Studio. 

Get into season 3 of Cop Show here.

The Chris Gethard Show is Getting Back to Form in Second Season
March 27, 2016
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The Chris Gethard Show on Fusion is now going to be even closer to the public access version. 

When Gethard and company return to to Fusion this week on Wednesday March 30th, they’ll be getting a whole hour of airtime, take live phone calls, and are getting rid of Chris’ monologue. 

Like we said, it’s kind of like the MNN version of TCGS. 

Fusion deserves props for giving Chris Gethard and his TCGS gang the room to be the show they wanted to be as that spirit is what got TCGS on the map in the first place.

The first episode has Colin Quinn and Kool Keith lined-up and Chris is encouraging people to quit the day job that they hate.

Here’s a Trailer for “Big Jay Oakerson’s What’s Your F@%king Deal?!” Now Streaming at Seeso
March 17, 2016
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No material and all crowd work was the order for the evenings of Big Jay Oakerson’s new Seeso series What’s Your F@%king Deal?

Given who they got for the show, it seems like a real good time. Also, note that you don’t have to worry about being talked to as this has already been recorded.

Just check the show’s massive line-up:

Hannibal Buress
Colin Quinn
Gilbert Gottfried
Joe DeRosa
Jessica Kirson
Andy Kindler
Mark Normand
Wil Sylvince
James Adomian
Kurt Metzger
Bonnie McFarlane
Sean Patton
Dave Smith
Dan Soder
Mike Britt
Mike Vecchione
Luis J Gomez
Lynne Koplitz
Brody Stevens
Tone Bell
Ari Shaffir
Sherrod Small
Judy Gold
Rich Vos
Aaron Berg
Bert Kreischer
Yamaneika Saunders
Monroe Martin
Nate Bargatze
Jermaine Fowler
Ardie Fuqua

Then, get a taste of it in this trailer.

After all of that, you can go get Seeso, if you don’t already have it, and start streaming it.

All of Season 2 of Colin Quinn’s Cop Show Now Streaming
February 9, 2016
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Colin Quinn pulled a Netflix move by releasing all the episodes of the second season of Cop Show. 

Now, you don’t have to wait a week to see how else Colin is going to up end the TV genre that has somehow been oversaturated and yet still has new shows coming in every year.

Get into season 2 of Cop Show over at L Studio Presents’ YouTube Channel here.

Colin Quinn’s Back at Ribbing Police Procedurals in Teaser for “Cop Show” Season 2
January 22, 2016
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For decades, various law enforcement agencies have been depicted on television taking down bad guys in, more or less the same way. 

So, it only stands to reason that Colin Quinn has plenty more to parody on season two of his L Studio series Cop Show. Watch the teaser here. 

Look for the season premiere on Feb. 2nd.

“Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional” Now on Netflix as a Special
August 15, 2015
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We have a pretty good guess as to what you’ll be watching today.

For those not on the East Coast, you probably didn’t get a chance to catch Colin Quinn’s last show, Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional live. 

You now have a chance to watch Colin comedically break down the U.S. Constitution and the history surrounding it as it’s now a special on Netflix.

As long as you have access to Netflix, watch it here.

Colin Does Post-Interview Interview After Actual Interview on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”
August 11, 2015
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Never one to shy away from commenting on how an interview is going in the middle of the interview, Colin Quinn has taken analyzing his televised conversations with talk show hosts to the next level. 

While watch him with Meyers about trying to not be in Trainwreck, Amazon book commenters, and…

…being banned in Afghanistan would be all well and good and funny on its own, Colin added another layer to the whole thing.

Watch him do a talking point-by-talking point breakdown with Seth Meyers after the taping. We hope future guests at Late Night with Seth Meyers and elsewhere think about rating their performance along similar lines.

Colin Quinn Talks NYC and LA Not Being What They Used To Be on Conan
June 28, 2015
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Colin Quinn’s has observed both of America’s biggest metropolises for decades and has seen improvement, though, at the expense of the stereotypes they kind of became for.

Luckily, as Colin mentions during this interview on Conan, Boston remains Boston through and through.

Watch his explanation here.

Colin Quinn Makes a Great Case For Feeling Jealous About Not Being on Law & Order
June 14, 2015
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Seriously, Colin Quinn should be on Law & Order. It probably wouldn’t be as weird that one time Stephen Colbert was on it.

Last night, Colin Quinn took The Tonight Show stage to do stand-up and focused on living in NYC for years while Law & Order has also been shot in NYC for years and somehow not being featured in the show. If anything, Cop Show should guarantee him something, but, alas, Quinn has to settle for being one of NYC’s funniest.

Watch his set here.

Colin Quinn Announces New Live Show “The New York Story” and New Book “The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America”
June 13, 2015
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If you’ve been wondering what Colin Quinn has been up to, know that he’s been up to quite a bit.

In addition to his great web series Cop Show, Colin Quinn has been busy writing a book, Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America that just came out this week as well working his latest live show New York Story that’s directed by Jerry Seinfeld and will play at NYC’s Cherry Lane Theatre from July 9th-Aug. 16th.

He announced all of this during his latest appearance on The Daily Show. 

Let’s hope that Quinn keeps this pace of projects going for quite some time from now.

Watch Trailer and First Episode of Jack Antonoff’s Part Comedy/Part Docu-series “Thank You and Sorry”
June 7, 2015
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Thank You and Sorry is a crisp, black and white look at Jack Antonoff touring with his band Bleachers juxtaposed against what goes on behind-the-scenes in a heightened world that has the likes of Jason Mantzoukas, Colin Quinn, Rosie Perez, and more tugging Jack in all sorts of different directions. 

You can watch the trailer here and watch the first episode at Google Play for free.

Oh yeah, Google Play has an original comedy series now. 

Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow Are Putting on “Trainwreck Comedy Tour” For Charity
May 23, 2015
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For one week from Jun. 14th-Jun. 21st, Boston, New York, Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle will get to enjoy the likes of Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Mike Birbiglia, and Vanessa Bayer as part of raising money for charity and promoting the upcoming R-rated summer comedy, Trainwreck.

Proceeds will go to benefit several organizations including The David Lynch Foundation, National Ms Society, 826 National, and more.

Details, tickets, and a chance to attend the Trainwreck premiere can all be found here.

“The Jim Gaffigan Show” Will Have a Bunch of Comedians Like Dave Attell, Bonnie McFarlane, James Adomian Playing Themselves
April 13, 2015
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Just take a look at this call sheet for The Jim Gaffigan Show.

According to them, Dave Attell, Colin Quinn, Eddie Pepitone, Bonnie McFarlane, Aparna Nancherla, Tom Papa, Rich Vos, James Adomian, Artie Lange, and Damien Lemon are all going to play themselves on the upcoming Jim Gaffigan Show that will be on TV Land and Comedy Central this Summer.

As it’s only one call sheet, we’re guessing this is only the tip of the iceberg as to who will be on the show. Maybe Louis C.K. will be on it, which almost might qualify as a crossover episode with Louie?

Colin Quinn Tries to Explain How Jim Norton Isn’t Quite Like a Rat in New “Cop Show”
March 27, 2015
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Not only is there some fun had between Quinn and Norton and Keith Robinson, but you also know that you’ve seen some over-the-top moments like these on any and all procedurals.

Jim Norton guest stars on the latest episode of Cop Show with Colin Quinn where he confronts Colin about the notion that he’s being portrayed as a rat. Colin does his best to tip-toe around it. By “tip-toe”, in this situation, we mean not really avoid it at all.

Watch it here.

Watch Latest Episode of Colin Quinn’s Cop Show That Has Michael Che and More Ridiculous Procedural Tropes
March 19, 2015
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Colin Quinn’s Cop Show continues to expertly take on the real culprit in police procedural TV series: tired, hackneyed premises and writing. 

This time around he has the help of Michael Che.

Perhaps, like Burning Love got on E!, Cop Show will become a show on a network that will schedule it next to episodes of Law & Order, CSI, NCIS, and all their various spin-offs.

Watch the latest episode here.

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