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The Dollop Is Going on a Big U.S. (Plus Iceland) Tour
February 7, 2017
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One of our absolute favorite podcasts, The Dollop, has just set their official dates for their latest tour across North America, which includes one stop in Reykjavik, Iceland. 

While hosts Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds have toured extensively through Australia, this will be the first time that Dave is going to a non-English speaking country really giving some international touring cred to The Dollop. 

Also, a second NYC show has just been added FYI.

You can get tickets and the most up-to-date schedule of this tour right here. If you’re aiming to go, you’ll want to get the tickets quick by the way.

Seeson Orders Another Season of Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, Which Will Be Shooting in Just a Couple of Weeks
January 31, 2017
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Seeso is wasting no time in getting the second season of live comedy showcase series Night Train with Wyatt Cenac going. The renewal announcement was made today along with the line-ups feature much of the best in NYC and around the country. The tapings are all set up all around Valentine’s Day.

What makes us most excited about this new batch of Night Train is plenty more opportunity for Wyatt to spit the fire that he did with his immediate-post-election album, One Angry Night in November (you can still get it for free here).  

You can get tickets, from which the proceeds will go to charity, here.

Mike Birbiglia’s Thank God For Jokes to Be Taped as Special for Netflix
October 10, 2016
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This is another example that shows that Mike Birbiglia has one of the best independent business models in comedy that integrates live touring, books, comedy specials, movie adaptations, etc.

Over the last few years, Birbiglia has very successfully performed, adapted, and released My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice in various platforms and media. 

Birbiglia is now on to his latest comedy special, almost like clockwork, that will cap off the nationwide tour of “Thank God for Jokes. The special will start streaming on Netflix sometime next year. 

For now, if you’re in Brooklyn/NYC, you can get tickets for the taping that’s happening on November 4th & 5th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater.

Eric Andre Reviews/Trolls/Roasts Public Art in NYC
August 30, 2016
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Eric Andre Reviews/Trolls/Roasts Public Art in NYC

With the objective of reviewing giant free-standing sculptures throughout NYC, do you think Eric Andre is just going to break down the significance and historical context in which said art was brought to the city? 

Nope. He’s going to ask a bunch of strangers questions that would probably never make it into an art magazine. 

Watch it at the link above.

The Cinder Block Comedy Festival Is Bringing Another Comedy Festival to Brooklyn
August 21, 2016
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Thanks to festival director Coree Spencer, a new festival is coming to the ever-burgeoning comedy that’s just happening in Brooklyn (there’s already a few comedy festivals that regularly happen in Brooklyn alone) within the already giant NYC comedy scene. 

Called the Cinder Block Comedy Festival due to a personal incident with a cinder block that Coree had, it’ll take over multiple venues throughout Williamsburg in Brooklyn from Wednesday, September 14th-Sunday, September 18th for its very first run.

As, Baron Vaughn, Laurie Kilmartin, Murderfist, Myq Kaplan, Ted Alexandro, Josh Gondelman, Mike Drucker, Kevin Avery, Frank Conniff, Mike Recine, Lynn Bixenspan, Sofiya Alexandra, Greg Edwards, Jess Lane, Baron Vaughn, Emmett Montgomery, Kevin Yee, and more (check out the full line-up here) are all slated to perform, we urge you to go to Cinder Block next month if you’re in, around, or close to NYC.

You can (and should) get your festival passes here.

The Schedule for the 2016 Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in Brooklyn Has Been Set
July 29, 2016
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Eugene Mirman is set to put on his Brooklyn edition of The Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival from Thursday, September 15th-Saturday, September 17th.

As you can see above, it’s both something you shouldn’t miss if you’re in, around, or near Brooklyn and a festival with the best names for its shows.

More details and tickets here.

Monroe Martin Recounts an Edible Fueled Date at Live @ The Apt
July 16, 2016
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Sometimes, being on ‘edibles’ in a tense situation is strongly advised against. 

However, Monroe Martin found going on a date and discovering that he had mistakenly ingested a cake that was the special kind of ‘edible’ and managed to make the best of it.

He traced all his steps through his drug trip that happened on said date in his set at Live @ The Apt.

“Oh, Hello” Now Set to Hit Broadway This Fall
June 27, 2016
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From sketch to recurring characters to playing Off-Broadway to touring across America to actually playing Broadway in NYC, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney have reached a zenith in theater with their characters Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland and their live show Oh, Hello.

Starting September 23rd then currently running through January 8th, Oh, Hello on Broadway will run at The Lyceum Theatre. You can get your tickets now and you should do so quickly.

Kroll and Mulaney have not only managed to go from “Off Broadway” to “Broadway”, but are thankfully bridging a gap between sketch comedy and theater.

Watch Sean Patton Do Stand-up in a NYC Apartment at Live @ The Apt
June 24, 2016
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Above Average’s got a brand new stand-up series that follows the comedy show that’s really held in a spacious apartment in NYC, aptly called Live @ The Apt. 

Watch Sean Patton like you’ve (probably) never seen him before do stand-up in front of someone’s bed a several dozen people.

Jay Z’s Tidal Launching NYC Stand Up Showcase Series “No Small Talk” Tomorrow
November 2, 2015
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It’s called The No Small Talk Comedy Series featuring stand-ups live at NYC’s legendary Comedy Cellar. 

That goes to show you how hot comedy is right now.

Nore Davis, Louis Katz, Yamaneika Saunders, Dov Davidoff, and more will be hosted by Cipha Sounds over five episodes and it’ll stream exclusively on Jay Z’s Tidal.

No Small Talk starts tomorrow, but you can watch a trailer here.

Die Hard Will Ferrell Fans Open up a Will Ferrell Themed Bar in NYC’s LES
October 14, 2015
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(via /Film)

Of course, it’s called Stay Classy.

Commissioned art and curated cocktails with various Will Ferrell references are the order of the day for Stay Classy located now in NYC’s Lower East Side.

Believe it or not, this isn’t some grandiose stunt put on by Will Ferrell, but rather some of Ferrell’s biggest fans in Zach Neil and Brian Link to honor their comedy hero.

That’s dedication that’s matched only by Ferrell’s dedication to doing bits. 

Our only question now is if they’re intending to open a San Diego location.

Stephen Colbert to Co-Host The 2015 Global Citizen Festival
August 13, 2015
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From a Michigan public access show to The Late Show to the co-host of The Global Citizen Festival, Stephen Colbert will have had quite the year. 

Only after a couple of weeks of taking helm at The Late Show, Stephen Colbert will co-host the gigantic Global Citzen Festival with Hugh Jackman being held in NYC’s Central Park. The likes of Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Beyonce, and Ed Sheeran will be playing the festival in support of ending global poverty by the year 2030.

Sounds pretty great, huh?

Just watch Colbert make the announcement here and find out what you might need to do to get tickets.

As The Name Suggests, “The Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival” Will Host a Comedy Festival at a Biscuit Shop
July 9, 2015
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Though we had not thought of this question previously, it’s definitely worth asking now, “Wouldn’t three nights of live comedy and biscuits be lovely?”

Empire Biscuit in NYC, a dining establishment that pretty much deals in just biscuits, will try their hand at something way outside the biscuit wheelhouse by hosting three nights of a comedy festival.

With the line-up they’ve got, it looks like they’ll be having a pretty good time over those few days.

So far, at the Empire Biscuit Comedy Festival will be:

Liza Treyger
Alingon Mitra
Joe Pera
Mark Normand
Giulia Rozzi
Jo Firestone
Hadiyah Robinson
Jim Tews
Griffin Newman
Brett Davis
Josh Ruben
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Casey Jost
Livia Scott
Shakir Standley
Joe List
Ben Kronberg
Saurin Choksi
Nate Fernald
Calise Hawkins
Mike Drucker
Abbi Crutchfield
Mike Lawrence
Nick Vatterott
Matteo Lane
Hasan Minhaj
Jeffrey Joseph
Josh Gondelman
Andy Sandford
Joe Zimmerman
Nore Davis
Nick Turner
Mike Recine
Michelle Wolf
Myq Kaplan
Sasheer Zamata
Kevin Barnett
Seaton Smith
Sean Donnelly
Phoebe Robinson
Carmen Lynch
Aparna Nancherla

The festival goes from Sun. Aug. 2nd-Tues. Aug. 4th and you can and should, if you’re in NYC then, get your tickets here.

“Eat, Drink, Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip” Now on Vimeo On Demand
May 30, 2015
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NYC’s oldest comedy club, The Comic Strip, now has a documentary marking almost 40 years of showcasing live comedy in NYC’s Upper East Side.  

Eat, Drink, Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip follows the likes of Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Colin Quinn, Paul Provenza, Gilbert Gottfried, Billy Crystal, and more as they were coming up in NYC’s comedy scene decades ago and sees the club running to the present day.

You can rent it for $6.99 or buy for $9.99 on Vimeo on Demand here.

The Schedule For DCM 17 Is Here
May 18, 2015
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You’ve had a whole year since the last DCM to prepare for a continuous comedy marathon and now, DCM 17 is just around the corner. 

Every year, The Del Close Marathon brings together one of the best, craziest gatherings of improv in the world for one weekend where they are shows going on at all 24 hours of each day stretching from Fri. Jun. 26th-Sun. Jun. 28th

Eugene Cordero, Chris Gethard, Bobby Moynihan, Charlie Sanders, Zach Woods, Will Hines, Kevin Hines, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, Key & Peele writers, Broad City, The Swarm, The Stepfathers, Adsit & Sagher, Silicon Valley, Director’s Commentary Live, Toledo Rep, Matt Besser, improv4humans, Outside Dog, Mike Birbiglia, Casey & Woods, The Upright Citizens Brigade, Seth Meyers writers, The Daily Show writers, Shitty Jobs, Gravid Water, Sean Conroy, Nick Kroll, Comedy Bang! Bang! writers, Gelmania!, Big Grande, Hot Sauce, Alex Fernie, BOOM Chicago, and, of course, ASSSSCAT.

Also, that’s only scratching the surface of how much is going on. Take a gander at the full schedule here.

Weekend passes will available at venues starting starting Friday at noon at UCB Chelsea and half an hour before shows start at each venue. However, you can buy tickets for some of the bigger shows here.

Louis C.K. Nixing Jimmy Fallon’s Chances on “The Dana Carvey Show”, Performing Next to De Blasio With Poop In His Pants, and Coming Up in NYC Comedy
April 8, 2015
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Louie is back Thurs. night, which brings another added treat of C.K. doing great rounds at late night and a bunch of fascinating, unfiltered interviews.

On The Tonight Show, Louis C.K. went one unbelievable story right after the other of being the head writer on the short lived Dana Carvey Show and making sure Jimmy Fallon, who apparently is hearing the story for the first time live on TV, didn’t get on the show, then detailing how had to go on stage with poop in his pants at a black tie event, stand alongside Mayor Bill De Blasio.

C.K. also reminisced about the harder, struggle-ridden days of doing stand-up in New York City both on The Tonight Show and in an in-depth interview with The Hollywood Reporter and how appreciative of it he is now.

Also, we’re pretty sure you can see a picture from Louis’ story about standing next to De Blasio with poop in his pants in the THR interview.

Giulia Rozzi Never Knew That a “Poop Hand” Would Be a Momentous Event in Her Life
February 27, 2015
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There are many experiences that one goes through while living in NYC that, perhaps, you wouldn’t encounter in most other places in the world. Some of those experiences are good and others involve poop and hands. 

Giulia Rozzi tells the story of the latter on the latest installment of This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir. 

The Village Voice Follows Mark Normand for a Night of Stand-Up in NYC
February 9, 2015
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NYC’s Village Voice has started a new web series following stand-up comedians around as they perform and then speak frankly about their craft. It’s very appropriately called This Is Stand Up and this episode follows Mark Normand as he goes up a bunch around town, offering his thoughts on how on the fringes stand-up comedians really are. 

Also, Mark gets to be Mark’s goofy self, which is always fun to see. Watch it here.

Jason Saenz’s Saenz Signs Will Make You Want To Go on Scavenger Hunt in NYC
January 17, 2015
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The very funny Jason Saenz has been making some great some signs and posting them around NYC. Above and below are only two examples of what should make any and all’s day weirder in a great way.

We think you’ll probably want to hunt these down as soon as you see them here.

Follow Saenz Signs if you don’t have the luxury of living in New York, like most of us, but want to see if someone finds some missing letters, if The Beatles will get some help, and more.

FYI, NYC Podfest Is This Week, Jan. 9th-11th
January 7, 2015
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You made a New Year’s resolution to listen to more podcasts, right? Well, if you didn’t, you should change whatever your resolution currently is to podcasts because you probably have a better chance of sticking to it and the NYC Podfest is happening this weekend. 

Fri. Jan. 9th-Sun. Jan. 11th will see all these great podcasts as well as some freshly added guests including Jessica Williams, Wyatt Cenac, Sasheer Zamata, Rachel Feinstein, Jessi Klein, Hasan Minhaj, Bridget Everett, and Kurt Metzger to name a few.

Get your tickets if you’re in or around or can get to NYC for the week.

Sara Schaefer Recording Debut Album at Brooklyn’s Union Hall Jan. 22nd
January 5, 2015
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The wonderful Sara Schaefer is recording her very first comedy album this month. Though she’s currently in LA, Schaefer is doing the album recording in Brooklyn‘s Union Hall. 

If you’re free and around NYC on the night of Jan. 22nd, you can catch her for two shows at 7PM and 9:15PM.

If not, make yourself free, be in NY, and then go to to the album recording.

NYC’s Treehouse Theater Plans Live Reading of “The Interview”
December 22, 2014
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In your daily news on whether we’ll get to The Interview in the near future or not, the Treehouse Theater in NYC has opted to put on a live reading of a shooting script. The roles will be read by various performers, some of which will be comedians, though Seth Rogen and James Franco are currently not set to read their own roles. 

The live reading, which is a good follow up to Cinefamily’s secret protest screening of The Red Chapel this past weekend, will take place this Sat. at 7PM at the Treehouse Theater.

Gauging from how well live reads have gone here in LA, this should be great as well as supporting freedom of speech and expression.

Abbi Jacobson Made a Map of Broad City’s NYC
December 3, 2014
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Next time you’re in NYC (or, if you already live there), you can take a tour of Broad City’s NYC where Abbi and Ilana drum on buckets or mysterious islands, etc. thanks to a map that Abbi Jacobson herself has drawn up.

Whether it’s too scale or not is something we’ll leave you to figure out.

Keith Malley Releases His 11th Stand-Up Special “God Made Me” on Hulu
November 12, 2014
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It’s rare to hear of comedians reach stand-up specials in the double digits, but Keith Malley of Keith and the Girl has just hit his 11th special with God Made Me: The Very Worst of Keith Malley.

At this point, Malley likes to take a little bit of a leap in concept for his specials, so the fun in this one is how dark Malley can go from all his material (i.e. “the very worst”). 

It was recorded live at the legendary Comedy Cellar in NYC and you can and should watch it right now on Hulu, which means you don’t need to “borrow” someone’s password).

This Year’s New York Comedy Festival Has a Damn Fine Line-Up
October 13, 2014
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Taking advantage of the endless wealth of comedy genius that resides in and around NYC as well as bringing plenty of the funniest people in the land, The NY Comedy Festival for 2014 isn’t something you should miss.

In the line-up thus far:

Bill Cosby, Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, Louis C.K., John Oliver, Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart, Schtick or Treat, Kyle Kinane, Amy Poehler, Friends of the People, Seth Herzog, Tig Notaro, This Is Not Happening, Brian McCann, Dave Hill, Pete Holmes, Keith and the Girl, Sara Schaefer, Kabin, Nate Bargatze, Big Jay Oakerson, Letterman writers, Hannibal Buress, Marc Maron, Aparna Nancherla, James Adomian, Cameron Esposito, Deer Prom, Monroe Martin, Brent Morin, Nick Vatterott, Sean O’Connor, Eric Andre, Emily Heller, Maria Bamford, Nick Offerman, Jeff Ross, Murderfist, Guy Branum, Bob Odenkirk, Rachel Feinstein, and more.

It’ll be a mix of headlining shows, showcases, benefits, album recordings, special shows, and more.

So clear out your calendar for Wed. Nov. 5th-Sun. Nov. 9th if you can, in any way, go to any/all of these shows.

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