NYC Comedy Calendar Hey, you may have noticed that I added a new “NYC Comedy Calendar” on the right hand side of the page (way down underneath the upcoming events calendar). It’s a google calendar so feel free to link to it or embed it if you like. Now that I have your attention, I…
Category: Comedy
Stephen Merchant Playing The Town Hall
Stephen Merchant Though there were no tour dates posted at the time, I knew something was up when I spotted Stephen Merchant‘s mug at the bottom of the Citi Private Pass website yesterday. Turns out I my instincts were right and tickets are now on presale (Citi Password: first 6 digits of your citicard; Live…
Talent Show 1 Year Anniversary Show
Tickets are now on sale for The Talent Show‘s 1 Year Anniversary Show on February 23 at Littlefield. The participants at the big birthday bash are (mostly) the same folks who were at the inaugural show, but this time there will be a DANCE CONTEST! THE CONTESTANTS: Human speedball Ira Glass! Standing in for John…
Demetri Martin Announces New Book, Tour and Book Tour
Like his contemporaries Eugene Mirman, David Cross, Jon Glaser, Michael Showalter and many others, comedian, TV actor, and professional person Demetri Martin has written a book. This Is A Book is due out from Grand Central Publishing on April 25, 2011. In support of the book, Demetri will be doing both “mini-mega” concert tour and…
Big Comedy Update
Although not technically a comedy video, this cameo filled video for The New Pornographers‘ “Moves” made my day today. The video for “Moves” was written and directed by Tom Scharpling and stars a who’s who of comedy and music including: Jon Wurster, Julie Klausner, Kevin Corrigan, Wyatt Cenac, John Oliver, Horatio Sanz, Ted Leo, John…
New Sarah Vowell Book Coming In March
Sarah Vowell – Unfamiliar Fishes After recently watching her in the final episode of Season 1 of Bored To Death, I thought to myself, “I wonder what Sarah Vowell is up to these days?” She must have been reading my mind, because her new book entitled Unfamiliar Fishes will be released on March 22 via…