JUDD APATOW Gotham Comedy Club LIVE July 12,13 – We do not have any discount offers for you via this site on this one, but we thought it was a cool highlight for NYC Comedy shows this summer.
I recently had the pleasure to work a few days on the set of HBO’s Crashing. While filming late one night Village Underground, Judd Apatow was directing Pete and Artie Lange, with Big Jay Oakerson and a number of other top NYC pros, when up walks Dave Atell and Jeffrey Ross. The show was good, but this conversation about the biz should have been filmed. Last time I saw Judd Apatow do Stand-Up was the old HBO special form the early 1990s. I wonder if the work on Crashing in a number of NYC’s clubs, including a recreated Boston Comedy Club on the sets at the Brooklyn Studios, inspired his need to get back on the road and play.
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is considered one of the most sought-after comedy minds in the business. He has been closely associated with many of the biggest comedy films and hit TV shows over the last decade and a half. Apatow’s latest project is the HBO series Crashing serving as co-executive producer. He is also the co-executive producer of HBO’s Girls and Netflix’s Love. On the film side, Apatow recently produced The Big Sick starring Kumail Nanjiani and Ray Romano set for release on June 23rd by Amazon Studios and Lionsgate.
2016 marked Apatow’s documentary directorial debut with the ESPN 30 For 30 documentary, Doc & Darryl. He co-directed the upcoming HBO documentary, May It Last, which will premiere later this year.
Apatow’s film credits include hit comedies The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bridesmaids, Knocked Up, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express, The Cable Guy, Anchorman and Anchorman 2 and numerous others.
David Alan Grier is performing this month at Caroline’s Comedy Club (1626 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, Box Office 212-757-4100). If you have not seen David Alan Grier, the IN LIVING COLOR star, this is a must see show!!!
July 6 at 7:30
July 7 7:30, 10pm
July 8 7:30, 10pm CLICK HERE for tickets
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David Alan Grier
David Alan Grier live at Caroline’s July 6-8 2017
Countless theater, television, film and comedic endeavors have pushed David Alan Grier’s career to remarkable heights. His ability to excel across all mediums and contexts is a testament to his inherent sense of comic timing and creative drive. The three-time Tony and Grammy Award nominee was trained in Shakespeare at Yale, where he received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Grier has received many accolades and awards throughout his career, not the least of which was his inclusion on Comedy Central’s list of the “100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time.”
Although Grier’s acting career is rooted in live theater, he has since also made his name in the world of television. He is currently shooting his third season of NBC comedy series The Carmichael Show, in which he plays Jerrod Carmichael’s say-anything contrarian father. Grier had the chance to return to the Broadway stage in NBC’s 2015 live television production of The Wiz Live! as the iconic role of the Cowardly Lion. The Wiz Live! generated NBC’s highest-rated night (excluding sports) in 11 years, and earned Grier two Image Awards and two Critics’ Choice Awards nominations. Grier has also recently wrapped a nationwide comedy tour, where he was joined by In Living Color co-star Tommy Davidson.
Grier’s television work is highlighted predominately by his turn as a principal cast member on the Emmy Award-winning In Living Color (1990–1994), where he created and portrayed some of the show’s most memorable characters. He starred in DAG (2000–2001) and Life with Bonnie (2003), which earned him Image Award and Golden Satellite Award nominations. In 2008, David created, wrote and starred in Comedy Central’s Chocolate News. He also he starred as ‘Principal Carl Gaines’ in Bad Teacher on CBS in the 2013-2014 television season.
On the big screen, Grier has most recently joined the cast of indie drama SPRINTER produced by Will Smith, which will debut later this year. He has also starred in PEEPLES (2013), produced by Tyler Perry, opposite Kerry Washington and Craig Robinson, as well as appeared in the Wayans Brothers’ spoof movie DANCE FLICK (2009). He made his film debut in STREAMERS (1983), directed by Robert Altman for which he won the Golden Lion for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in The First, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and won the Theatre World Award (1981). He then joined the cast of Dreamgirls before going on to star opposite Denzel Washington in A Soldier’s Play, for which both actors reprised their roles in the film adaptation, A SOLDIER’S STORY (1984).
In 2009/2010 Grier starred in David Mamet’s acclaimed play Race opposite James Spader and Kerry Washington at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, for which he received his second Tony Award nomination. He received the third Tony Award nomination of his career in 201 for his performance in the “stand-out role of the rakish, drug-dealing Sporting Life” (NY Times) in The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess. In 2013, Grier received his first GRAMMY nomination when the cast recording of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess was nominated for Best Musical Theater Album.
Grier is managed by ROAR, Beverly Hills-based artist and brand management company, and represented by Innovative Artists.
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Mike Britt is a Brooklyn, NY born stand-up comedian. He got his start at the Uptown Comedy Club in Harlem. Since then, He has appeared on Comedy Central Presents, BET’s Comicview, VH1’s Best Week Ever, and The Bad Boys of Comedy. In 2015, he’s now known as the “singer” of the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme song.
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Hosted by Walt Frasier – Letterman, MTV, Friends of the People, Blue Bloods, Royal Pains, Lilyhammer, National Theater/Comedy Credits
The cast of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH presents original skits and songs created on the spot based on audience suggestions and participation. The company stages 3-4 casts around town for various gigs and events, but this series features their most experience players from the 2009 off-Broadway run. Possibly the best short-form Improvisation in New York City.
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Mike Vecchione
Born in Youngstown, Ohio and raised Italian American and Catholic. My father was involved in a family business and my mother was/is an elementary school teacher. As a family, we moved back and forth between northeast Ohio and South Florida throughout my childhood. Started playing contact football at age 9 in Florida and wrestling at age 13 in Ohio. My senior year of high school I placed second in the Florida AAA State Tournament and went on to college at Pennsylvania State University where I wrestled in 1991-1992 and tutored student athletes. Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1995 with my bachelors degree in criminal justice. Began work counseling adjudicated teens and children with mental health issues. Started teaching special education in the Philadelphia School District in 1998. Received my masters in Special Education in 2001 from Cabrini College and continued to teach in both public school and residential school settings. Started stand up comedy in 2000 and moved to New York City in 2003. Was the 1983 and 1984 Spelling Bee runner up at Pine Grove Elementary School. I failed to advance to the national bee in Washington D.C. because of the complexity of the word roothless, which I still spell with two o’s.
July 5 Vanessa Holingshead Headines 9:30 Show GREENWICH VILLAGE COMEDY CLUB
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David Alan Grier is performing this month at Caroline’s Comedy Club (1626 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, Box Office 212-757-4100). If you have not seen David Alan Grier, the IN LIVING COLOR star, this is a must see show!!!
July 6 at 7:30, July 7 7:30, 10pm, July 8 7:30, 10pm
What do you get when you combine some of the best vocalists in New York with World-class improvisors? You get a brand new type of show, where a new musical is created each night … “On the Spot“.
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The Comic Strip Live, 1568 2nd Ave, (81st -82nd Street) New York, NY 10028
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Join us for the opening night of Muslim Funny Fest III. Its our clean comedy show of the festival with an amazing line up of comedians from Comedy Centrals The Daily Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, HBO, SiriusXM radio and more.
The show is hosted by Dean Obeidallah (Host of SiriusXM radios The Dean Obeidallah show) and features Aasif Mandvi (Comedy Centrals The Daily Show/HBOs The Brink), Maysoon Zayid (#1 Ted Talk/Queen Latifah show), Ramy Yousef (Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Wali Collins (The David Letterman show), Preacher Moss (Allah Made me Funny tour), Aman Ali, Suzie Afridi, Moses the Comic, Feraz Shere and more.
At the young age of 15, Gilbert Gottfried began doing stand-up at open mike nights in New York City, after a few short years, became known around town as “the comedian’s comedian.” After spending several years mastering the art of stand-up comedy, producers of the legendary NBC late night comedy show Saturday Night Live became aware of Gottfried and, in 1980, hired him as a cast member. It wasn’t until a few years later when his true notoriety would begin when MTV hired him for a series of improvised and hilarious promos for the newly formed channel. This led to several television appearances on “The Cosby Show” and “Late Night with David Letterman.”
Gottfried’s work in television soon led to roles in film. Most notable was his improvised scene as business manager Sidney Bernstein in the hit sequel “Beverly Hills Cop II,” for which the New York Daily News said, “Gilbert Gottfried steals the picture with a single scene.” Aside from his glowing reputation in comedy clubs, Gottfried began to gain a reputation as the king of quirky roles in both movies and television. He appeared in such movies as “Problem Child,” “Problem Child II,” “Look Who’s Talking II” and “The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.” He was also the host of the very popular late night movie series “USA Up All Night.”
After his stellar performance as the wise cracking parrot, IAGO, in the Disney classic “Aladdin,” Gottfried became one of the most recognizable voiceover talents, lending his voice to several commercials, cartoons and movies, including the frustrated duck in the AFLAC Insurance commercials. Gottfried also is the voice of DIGIT in the long running PBS Series “Cyberchase.” His signature voice can also be heard on the Comedy Central series, “The Annoying Orange, the voice of the horse on “Family Guy,” Mr. Mxyzptlk in the new “Lego Batman 3 – Beyond Gotham” video game, and Abraham Lincoln in A Million Ways to Die in the West.
Gottfried has made numerous memorable appearances on Comedy Central Roasts and the Comedy Central series, “The Burn with Jeff Ross.” Gottfried’s “Fifty Shades of Grey” reading (College Humor) received over 5 million views on YouTube .
Gilbert has been a guest on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The Late Show with Seth Meyers”, “@Midnight with Chris Hardwick” and numerous appearances on “The Howard Stern Show.” He also has had a recurring role on “Law and Order” SVU as TARU tech Leo Gerber.
Gottfried appeared in the hit comedy documentary “The Aristocrats,” with Entertainment Weekly saying that “out of the 101 comedians who appear on screen, no one is funnier – or more disgusting – than Gilbert Gottfried.”
In addition, Gottfried, a classic movie lover, was a guest Programmer on TCM. He mock-complained to TCM host Robert Osborne that choosing only four films out of all those available was “the worst homework assignment ever!”
“Gilbert Gottfried Dirty Jokes” was released on both DVD and CD, featuring 50 non-stop minutes of Gottfried telling the funniest and filthiest jokes ever. The show was filmed live at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. Also featured on the DVD are some of the funniest bonus features ever, including wild stories, indignant ranting and celebrity impressions.
Rubber Balls and Liquor is Gilbert Gottfried’s hilarious first-ever book. Part memoir, part twisted social commentary, and part scratches on the bathroom wall. With this scathingly funny book of rants and musings, Gottfried sullies an entirely new medium with his dysfunctional worldview.
Oh, and did we mention the reality shows and podcast? Gilbert appeared on both ABC’s “Celebrity Wife Swap”, swapping with Alan Thicke, and NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice” where Gilbert took his first trip into the boardroom and perhaps his last. And the podcast…”Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast!” where Gilbert journeys back in time with some of the Hollywood icons, legends, and behind the scenes talent who shaped (warped?) his childhood and influenced his unique brand of comedy. He is joined each week by his co-host and late night phone friend, fellow showbiz fanatic, and Comedy Writer Frank Santopadre.
In 2017, “Gilbert” the documentary about Gilbert Gottfried premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Director Neil Berkeley’s Gilbert reveals an unexpected side to the iconic comedian. The film peeks behind the larger-than-life persona at a more personal story about growing up in Brooklyn and becoming a husband and father late in life. “Gilbert” premiers on Hulu, fall 2017.
As a famed comics comic, Gottfried puts aside political correctness for his live performance and fires an onslaught of jokes that know no boundaries.
Stephen King on Gilbert Gottfried: “More than a national treasure, he’s a secret weapon. If we had had Gilbert Gottfried in World War II, Hitler would have given up in 1942.
Gilbert, a lifelong resident of NYC is married with 2 children and has never had a drivers license.
When:Saturday, Jul 22, 2017 11:45 PM(Doors open at 11:30 PM)
Ticket Price: $10.00
Door Time:11:30 PM
Show Type:Stand Up
Tags:Entertainment, Comedy Club, Comedy Show
Restrictions:18 & over Two drink minimum 16+ w/Parent or Guardian Must Arrive 30 Minutes Prior to Showtime
Dante Nero is a comedian, born and bred in Brooklyn, New York. A trained martial artist, Nero dabbled in various fields before turning to comedy. He earned a fencing scholarship to SUNY New Paltz, before working for a phone company and serving as a bouncer and an exotic dancer. In 2001, Dante turned to a different sort of performance: stand up comedy. He quickly made a name for himself, working with established and successful comics like Tracy Morgan and Mike Epps. He co-hosted The Black Phillip Show with Patrice O’Neal, a relationship advice show on Sirius XM Radio. Dante has appeared on The Opie & AnthonyChannel, Hot 97, and Chappelle’s Show. An accomplished actor, Dante has appeared on Z Rock on IFC, Damages on FX, and the popular series Fringe on FOX. Recently, Nero had a role in the NBC crime drama, The Blacklist. Dante has performed at all of the New York comedy spots, including the Comedy Cellar, Stand Up NY, Comic Strip Live, Gotham Comedy Club, and Caroline’s on Broadway.
Tracy Morgan is one of the most respected comedians in his field. Starring for seven seasons on NBC’sEmmy and Golden Globe Award-winning “30 Rock,” Morgan appeared opposite Tina Fey and AlecBaldwin as “Tracy Jordan,” the unpredictable star of Lemon’s (Fey) hit variety show, “TGS with TracyJordan.” At the beginning of 2016, he headlined a nationwide stand-up tour titled Picking Up thePieces which culminated in his newest stand up special Staying Alive which will be available on Netflix onMay 16. Morgan is also currently developing a TBS show ,which he will star in and executive produce,and has been picked up to series. Additionally, Morgan has been selected to receive a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame in the 2016 class
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What do you get when you combine some of the best vocalists in New York with World-class improvisors? You get a brand new type of show, where a new musical is created each night … “On the Spot“.
Yamaneika Saunders has been captivating audiences with her dynamic stage presence for over a decade across the entire country. Born and raised in Maryland, Yamaneika has since tackled both the New York and LA comedy scenes by combining her high energy improv skills with a unique vulnerable perspective on life. This mix forces her to go beyond the typical humor one would expect to hear, and allows her to connect to audiences from any background. Yamaneika is one of the stars of Oxygen’s “Funny Girls” series, as well as a semi-finalist on Last Comic Standing, cast member of Comedy Central’s Insecurity and was featured on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live.
MC Ayana Dookie Writer Wild N Out MTV
Calyton Fletcher AXS
Meghan Hanley AXS
Ian Fidance Raw Dog Sirius XM
Kevin Dombroski Artie Lang Show
Kevin Downey Jr Americas Got Talent (Pictured)
Kevin Downey Jr
Comedian, columnist Kevin Downey, Jr. has been recently labeled, “refreshingly bizarre” by fellow comedian Joe Mulligan. Kevin headlined small rooms all over the U.S. and enjoyed a “cult” following, (that means only 28 people dug him), until his frequent and on-going bookings at the Comedy Stop at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, which has brought him to a new level of notoriety. Kevin now works “A” clubs everywhere, and to larger and larger audiences. The Early Years- Whereas most comedians will lie about where they grew up in an effort to gain, “street creds”, comedian, columnist and all around swell guy Kevin Downey, Jr. actually did grow up in Detroit MI. He made his TV debut at age 6 on CKLW’s, “The Bozo Show” where he won a hockey stick, a 12-pack of Orange Crush and some Tootsie Rolls playing, “The Bug Game”. Like all kids in Detroit Kevin attempted to play ice hockey, but his first and only season was cut short when the coach realized Kevin was too small to skate while wearing all the gear, thus clearing the way for Wayne Gretzky to top Gordie Howe’s achievements. Bright Lights burnin’ Gonna set your Soul on Fire- Kevin moved to New York City looking for fame and fortune. He instantly landed a, “part” at Macy’s Santa land as an elf, (some call it the longest running show on Broadway). Kevin was decimated to learn all elves were fired after the Christmas Eve shift. Shortly thereafter Kevin went to his first comedy show at New York’s Comic Strip Live and realized his calling, though it would be three years until he had the stones to get on stage himself. Money for nothing and your chicks for free Today Kevin is headlining clubs everywhere in the U.S. He can be heard on The Bob and Tom Show, Sirius and XM Satellite radio regularly. He’s been on Comedy Central, What Not to Wear, and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy where he got a much needed haircut. Kevin appears at the Comedy Stop at the Trop in Las Vegas at least four times per year. He has an ever-growing fan base that comes to see him again and again. He writes a column called, “Drinking on $11 a Night”, which can be read in Bachelor Pad Magazine, GC magazine, at usedwigs.com and drinkingon11.com. Kevin’s song, “Secret Garden of Dirty Little Whores, (who think they’re better than me)”, can be heard on college and traditional radio stations throughout the country. He has a nationally released DVD called, “I’m not Gay, but Dont Stop” which can be found on Amazon and Netflix Kevin is not related to Robert Downey, Jr.
MONDAY JUNE 26 11pm BROADWAY COMEDY CLUB
HEADLINING: Richie Redding from Katt WIlliams Growth Spurt Tour
Richie Redding
Richie Redding is one of the funniest guys that you’ve probably never heard of. As a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania it was unlikely that his comedy career start off in urban rooms and burlesque shows, but that’s how it happened. He left the corporate world determined to get paid to have fun which is obvious every time he takes the stage. His set is edgy, high energy and autobiographical, drawing on a lifetime of ridiculous true stories that can only happen to a recovering alcoholic Ivy Leaguer. His boy band looks and colorful word selection have gained him well-deserved attention. In 2012, he was selected to perform in Walter Latham’s Comedy After Dark and became a regular on HOT 97FM. In 2013 he beat out 32 comics from all over the world to win the Bermuda International Comedy Competition and also had his TV debut on AXS TV’s Gotham Live! He has headlined in six foreign countries and also had the honor of being selected to feature in a USO tour of South Korea, entertaining the 30,000 American troops stationed there. 2014 was a pivotal year, as he was hand picked by Katt Williams to be the official host of the Growth Spurt Tour and for the HBO special Priceless. Based on that success, Katt then asked him to be his featured act for the Born Again, Again Tour. His fanbase has grown rapidly since, as he was regularly killing crowds of 10,000 people or more! He continues to be a constant presence in New York’s top clubs, especially after command performances at both the Barclay’s Center and Madison Square Garden.
TUESDAY JUNE 27 9pm BROADWAY COMEDY CLUB
Broadway Comedy Club presents a nightly showcase of the best comedians in the NYC, plus special guests from Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Boston, Austin, and around the world. You’ve seen them on Comedy Central, MTV, HBO, The Tonight Show, Late Night, Conan, The Daily Show, Last Comic Standing and more! 9:30pm GREENWICH VILLAGE COMEDY CLUB
Marc Theobold
Mike Cannon MTV
Mike Cannon
Mike Cannon is a New York City based comedian and a delightful human being. He thinks being a good human being is more important, but for the purposes of this advertisement will keep his thoughts focused to comedy. Mike was a finalist in the 2016 (and 2014) New York Comedy Festival’s “NY’s Funniest” contest and made his stand up television debut in March 2017 on AXS Gotham Comedy Live. He has recently appeared as a regular guest on Fox’s Red Eye, as a panelist on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, TruTV’s Top Funniest, MTV’s Failosophy, MTV’s Money From Strangers, MSG’s The Bracket and has been a contributing writer/performer for MTV2’s Guy Code. He currently is a regular guest on several Sirius/XM Radio shows including Opie Radio, The Jim Norton and Sam Roberts Show, Bennington, The Compound Media Network, tons of popular podcasts as well as hosting two of his own – Mike and Tim Visit Earth and Irish Goodbye Podcast. Previously Mike hosted a popular weekly web-series called “The Weed News with Mike Cannon” and his conspiracy theory podcast “Deep Inside the Rabbit Hole.” He was also a co-host of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s web-series Sexy vs Skanky and a featured performer on VH1’s “Why Am I Still Single?” Mike regularly tours the country, but when he is home in New York City he plays all the major clubs and is always working on his act. It makes no difference to him whether he’s performing in a bar, an elevator (done that twice), trying jokes out on his friends, or bothering strangers on the subway for loose change or a sandwich. Comedy is his life, and he is dedicated to making the majority of you laugh and the rest of you confused, yet oddly satiated. He also isn’t sure if he used the word satiated correctly.
Alingon Mitra is a stand up comedian known for his tight jokes, original thoughts, and affable presence. Making his television debut on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Alingon finished first in the public vote 5 weeks in a row to win the comic comeback contest and perform on the finale. He has since been invited to do stand up on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central. In addition, he wrote for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Adam Ruins Everything. Alingon went on to be named one of the “New Faces of Comedy” at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He also won both the Boston Comedy Festival and the “Funniest Comic in New England” contest in the same year. Alingon was a writer for the humor magazine The Harvard Lampoon and can now be found on Twitter, on Facebook, or in bed.
9:30pm GREENWICH VILLAGE COMEDY CLUB
MC Ian Fidance Raw Dog Sirius XM
Andy Fiori Host Sirius XM Radio Raw Dog
Meghan Hanley AXS
Richie Redding Kat Williams Tour
Adel Alizadeh Sirius XM
Jeffery Paul MSG
Yannis Pappas Comedy Central
Yannis Pappas
Yannis Pappas is a stand-up comedian. His Album “Let Me Be Yannis” was awarded Album of the Year for 2016 by SiriusXM Comedy. Yannis’ Half Hour Comedy Central Special aired in June of 2014 and is available on Amazon, iTunes, ComedyCentral.com and whenever Comedy Central re-runs it. In 2015, he was the host of the comedy sports show, Webby nominee and Media Synopisis Award winner for “Best Sports Digital Series”, AOL’s 2 Point Lead. Before that, he was the Co-Anchor of Fusion Live, a live, primetime, one-hour news magazine program which focused on current events, pop culture and satire. Fusion TV network launched in September 2013 as a joint venture of ABC and Univision. Yannis was also the co-host of MSG’s sports fan show, The Bracket. He has also been featured on AXS TV, TruTV, VH1 and Good Morning America. He was the first comedian to ever do stand up on the New Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon–It was a test show and didn’t air, but that’s kind of a cool thing. He is known for his popular characters Mr. Panos and Maurica. All his comedy shorts with Ditch Films can be found on YouTube. Go watch them, they are there.
11pm BROADWAY COMEDY CLUB Allan Fukui ” The Week In Sex Pocast” , Ali Kolbert The Tonight Show , Dan Lamorte Axis TV, Daniel Laitman Stand Up 360 Comedy Festival, Alingon Mitra Comedy Central
Jon Rineman is a comedian based in New York City who has appeared on “THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON,” “LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON,” “COMICS UNLEASHED” and “GOTHAM COMEDY LIVE.” He has also been heard on Sirius XM Radio. He is an Emmy-nominated writer, and has written for Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents Dinner and 2011 ESPY Awards.
Jon Rineman
He is a native of North Hampton, NH, and a 2005 graduate of Emerson College.
NEW YORK — It’s hard to tell if Jon Rineman is having fun.
At 32, he’s the head monologue writer for “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon,” the apex for someone whose ambition is to make people laugh. Yet sitting in his closet-size office at Rockefeller Center, Rineman looks uncomfortable, as if he doesn’t belong.
“Everyone here is so fun and cool, and I’m just kind of this weird, lame guy,” he says. “Sometimes, I wonder how I’ve lasted.”
His colleagues and fellow comics know. They say Rineman, a 2005 Emerson graduate who’s worked for Fallon for six years, is indeed dorky, but he’s also a skilled and prolific joke writer. As relentlessly earnest as he may seem, Rineman can grind out dozens of gags a day, and a good percentage of them make it into Fallon’s monologue.
If you ever wondered what it’s like working for Jimmy Fallon, there’s no better person to talk to than Jon Rineman.
The Emerson graduate and New Hampshire native has been crafting jokes for the late-night host for six years and is now the head monologue writer on The Tonight Show.
We spoke to Rineman about what it’s like working on one of the most popular talk shows on the air, what he thinks about his alma mater offering a major in comedy, and more. MORE
New-York based Marina Franklin is emerging as one of the hottest comedians in the comedy scene today, with such notable appearances as, The Movie “Trainwreck”, Conan O’Brien, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Showtime’s Women Who Kill, and The Chappelle’s Show.
She is a favorite in Comedy Festivals across the world, like Melbourne Comedy Festival, Scotland’s Glasgow Comedy Festival, BBC’s World Stand’s Up, Rotterdam’s Comedy Factory, Montreal’s Just For Laughs, Ireland’s Kilkenny Comedy Festival, and Nashville’s Bonnaroo Music Festival. Franklin is viciously likeable, if there is such a thing.
Joe Larson, son of a working comedian, started comedy at an early age and has always had a knack for making light of any situation. At 20 he really began to seriously pursue stand-up, comedy acting and improv as a potential career when he was chosen “College Comedian of the Year” at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Then the Seattle born and raised Comedian decided he didn’t have enough traffic, smog, and pastrami in his life so he moved to New York City. “I realized that my dream of being the first person on the cover of “O Magazine” other than Oprah wasn’t going to happen on its own.”
Working the comedy circuit on the east coast, Larson found early success. He was nominated “Best Up-And-Coming Comedian” at the NYC MAC Awards, and was a finalist in both the prestigious Johnny Carson Great American Comedy Festival and the well respected Boston Comedy Festival. Any perk of being in New York: He is in a serious relationship with his girlfriend … they’re married. “She proposed to me” he explains…. “At a romantic candlelight dinner she looked me in the eye, held my hands in hers and said, ‘Joe, I’m pregnant.’”
Parenting has given his comedy a whole new spin. His popular blog, “Man with A Baby” is read and enjoyed by many, and online sketch comedy pieces with “Grandma’s Favorite” are a Youtube favorite. If you haven’t see him killin’ it on stage, you might have heard Joe on the nationally syndicated “The Bob & Tom Show”. .. or seen him in television appearances on The Tonight Show’s Laugh Squad, “Laughs” on FOX, Gotham Comedy Live, and on the Speed Channel. He’s even had the time to fit in an appearance on the film, “Stand-Up 360”.
Joe Larson has an irreverent, intelligent style that gets to appeals to … well…. everybody. He says it’s because he just doesn’t care. The only things he cares about are his wife, his child, his hometown, his new town, his mother, his father, his audience and most importantly making people laugh. From a colleges to comedy clubs, Joe has been funny everywhere. And he will do his damnedest to continue entertaining the masses.
Mike Vecchione was born in Youngstown, Ohio and graduated High School in Boca Raton, Florida. He played football and placed second in the 1991 AAA state wrestling tournament. He attended Pennsylvania State University where he earned a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice and went on to receive a Master’s degree in Special Education from Cabrini College in Pennsylvania. Mike has worked as a counselor and Special Education teacher in the Philadelphia area.
At the end of 2003, Mike moved to New York City. He has appeared on Comedy Centrals Live at Gotham, Comedy Centrals Fresh Face Debates, and Russell Simmons Presents: Stand Up at the El Rey Theatre. Mike also had a guest appearance on the IFC hit show Z Rock.
In 2010, Mike won the People’s Choice Award for the New York Comedy Festival, was a semi-finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and was selected to perform at the prestigious Montreal Comedy Festival (New Faces). Later that year, Mike went on to perform on the Tonight Show starring Jay Leno and shot his own Half Hour Special for Comedy Central.
In 2014, Mike appeared on Comedy Underground with Dave Attell on Comedy Central, was again a semi-finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.
In 2015, Mike appeared on Conan on TBS and Inside Amy Schumer.
Mike headlines across the United States and is based in New York City.
Cory Kahaney is an award winning stand up comic who was a grand finalist on Last Comic Standing. She’s made appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The View, Comedy Central and HBO. Cory’s act is autobiographical, culled from a variety parts she plays in life such as wife, ex-wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, mother, mother-in-law and her upcoming role as (gasp), grandmother!
Cory is every woman. Mother, daughter, wife…ex-wife. This year, she appeared on The ate Show with David Letterman,made her Fifth appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and a new TV special for Nick Mom.
Cory appeared in the first season of NBC’s Last Comic Standing and made it to the finale, where host Jay Mohr called her performance “flawless.” Other television credits include Comedy Central Presents: Cory Kahaney, The View, and many episodes of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.
Her off-Broadway hit “The J.A.P. Show” ran for six months in New York City and continues to tour the country, re-named “The Princesses of Comedy”
Cory conceived and developed “The Radio Ritas,” a nationally syndicated radio show for Greenstone Media, a company created by Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda to provide radio programming for woman.
Her one-person show, “Having it all and other Myths,” premiered at the 1999 US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. “Having it all and other Myths” was subsequently produced as a half-hour special for HBO, leading to development deals with Warner Brothers and CBS. Cory has also been featured three times at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. She was voted best comedian in NYC by Backstage Magazine and Best female comedian by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets.
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“The funniest female comedian working today.” Peter Lasally, Executive Producer for the Late, Late, Show w/ Craig Ferguson
“The funniest moment of the evening was the spontaneous comic relief provided by Courtney Love in a pointed exchange with comedian Cory Kahaney!” Style Section, NY Times
“Cory Kahaney was flawless.” Jay Mohr – Last Comic Standing
If you have not heard of Russ Meneve you do not see enough live comedy, or watch comedy of TV. Your life needs more comedy in it NOW. Russ is one of the top comics working the NYC scene today with a growing list of TV credits – Tonight Show, Conan, HBO, Comedy Central etc
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Russ Meneve has been performing comedy in New York for the past 15 years, where he has honed his skills to an edge as sharp as his material. Nowhere was this more evident than on NBC-TV’s “The Tonight Show,” where Russ recently made his second appearance to rave reviews from host Jay Leno and an appreciative studio audience that he had rolling in the aisles. He was recently feature as one of “The Top Ten Funniest New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of” by New York Magazine.
Among Russ’ numerous credits are multiple appearances on “The Tonight Show,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” HBO’s Aspen, Montreal and Las Vegas Comedy Festivals, and his own half hour special on Comedy Central, “Comedy Central Presents – Russ Meneve.”
Russ has also been the Lead/Co-Lead/Writer of ten television pilots with NBC, Comedy Central and multiple production companies, co-hosted the XM/Sirius Radio Show, Bad News with Russ Meneve and Robert Kelly, and made multiple appearances on XM’s Opie and Anthony Radio Show and Sirius’ Raw Dog Comedy. Russ has also been prominently featured in New York Times, LA Times, Penthouse/Playbow Magazines and Time Out New York.
