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November 5, 2014

SNL Cast Appearances at HERSterical, Surprises at Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground and More Updates From the NY Comedy Festival Tuesday Night!

Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening each week in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, continuing updates all week from the best shows at the New York Comedy Festival. On Tuesday night, Jeffrey hit up Hersterical at Carolines and Live from the Comedy Underground with Dave Attell.
November 5, 2014

Five Questions With Emma Willmann: One of New York’s Funniest Finalists

We talked with NY’s Funniest contestant Emma Willmann, and asked her five questions about her experiences in New York. You can follow Emma on twitter @EmmaWillmann and see her this Saturday at Carolines at 4pm. You can catch her headlining later the same night at Stand Up NY at 8:20pm. Visit Emma's website, emmacomedy.com.
November 4, 2014

Five Questions With Mike Cannon: One of New York’s Funniest Finalists

Monday, NY’s Funniest contestant Mike Cannon stopped by SiriusXM’s Ron and Fez show, and we grabbed him after the show to ask him five questions. You can follow him on twitter @IamMikeCannon and see him this Saturday at Carolines at 4pm. You can also visit his website, mikecannoncomedy.com.
November 2, 2014

Our Top Picks for What To Do at the New York Comedy Festival

This week the New York Comedy Festival takes over a long list of New York City theaters and clubs. With well over 100 shows to choose from over the course of 5 days, you might be looking for some help deciding which events to attend.
October 29, 2014

Ron Bennington to Interview Pete Holmes for New York Comedy Festival on Unmasked

pecial Taping Announcement in New York City!! Pete Holmes will sit down with host Ron Bennington for an episode of Unmasked at the world famed Caroline’s on Broadway Comedy Club in New York City for the New York Comedy Festival!
October 27, 2014

Michael Ian Black, Jim Norton, Kurt Metzger Part of @Midnight New York Line Up

Comedy Central's talk show game show @Midnight is coming to New York City for a weeks worth of episodes starting November 3, 2014 and will feature some great comedy names. Every night on @midnight three comedian guests join host Chris Hardwick to compete for points by coming up with hashtags, captions and answering questions about news and pop culture.
October 27, 2014

New York Comedy Festival Lineup 2014

The New York Comedy Festival is coming to town and New York is ready, planning FIVE spectacular days, over ONE HUNDRED shows, nearly TWO HUNDRED performers. Stay tuned for our Editors Picks and more names to be added as the New York Comedy Festival approaches.
October 23, 2014

Tenacious D Performs History, Talks About Festival Supreme

Tenacious D was on Conan last night and it was a wild ride, as you would expect. They came to talk about Festival Supreme- comedy, music and a haunted carnival - going down this weekend. The Tenacious D guarantee is in effect, it WILL be a scream. And everyone in Conan's audience wins a free ticket!!!!!