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Mike Vecchione has taught in the schools and survived to tell about it, in jokes and such. He was on Live at Gotham over the weekend, and something tells me you’ll be seeing more of him in other places soon enough…he gets an applause break on his opening routine on …
The Cleveland area has brought us Ryan Dalton, comedian, and this was his Live at Gotham debut from over the weekend. Would you like to watch it? Here you go. Dalton has an important message for you about text messages:
Nate Bargatze (from Hickory, but not the same Hickory as Jon Reep: fun fact! did you just say there is more than one Hickory? funner facter!) made his Live at Gotham debut last weekend, and here are the clips to prove it! We can even start with a clip that …
Mo Mandel won last summer’s Open Mic Fight contest with Comedy Central, which gave him cash money and air time on Comedy Central. He also appeared on last weekend’s episode of the network’s Live At Gotham, where he told audiences that he goes by Mo but has a Hindu name, …
If you missed last weekend’s Live at Gotham, then you also missed the young Rob O’Reilly joke about race and sex. Oh, wait. We have the Internet here. And the Internet plays videos now, for your pleasure. Here is a clip…
Suppose we should include this video in our historical archives, shall we? Even though watching it, it feels as if this video had been shot months ago, based on their own discussion. Anyhow. Here it is. Mike Birbiglia, reluctant guest on The Michael Showalter Showalter Show. See more funny videos …
On Saturday, the Drink at Work crew held its second annual summer gathering down by The Pier I Cafe on the Hudson River at West 70th Street. Queen may have established that thunder bolts and lightning are very very frightening, whee, Galileo, Galileo, but the party was still magnifico. Even …
Last year, I remember walking into Rififi and seeing a flyer for The Greg Johnson and Larry Murphy Show that had several quotes, but they all referred to the club, and not the actual show. I offered them one: "The most consistently funny and daring show in the city." They …
Is it Monday already? Time to catch up with the comedy world. First up, Katt Williams. You may have heard Williams has a new deal with Comedy Central. Here’s the deal: Williams taped a special in late April at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and sold it to Comedy …
Want to know why Michael Ian Black has a beef with David Sedaris, but not Amy Sedaris? Read this new Gawker interview with the comedian.