About this site

Hey. I’m Matt Ruby (matt@mruby.com), a Brooklyn-based standup comedian. I also write and make funny videos (including the video comic strip Vooza). This is Sandpaper Suit, a comedy blog I started in 2006. It's a how-the-sausage-gets-made look at doing comedy and where I post videos, jokes, and podcasts. Check out MattRubyComedy.com for a bio and show calendar.

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Videos

Matt Ruby standup: Live at Boston Comedy Festival. See more standup clips.

Vooza: Huffington Post calls it "the most hilarious tech startup spoof EVER." Produced, written by, and starring Matt Ruby. More episodes.

Made With Love: CNN calls it "a fictional cooking show where the couple's relationship is crumbling just like the cookies." Also featured at Huffington Post, NY Magazine, and TruTV. Starring Matt Ruby and Brooke Van Poppelen.

Amish Cop Hasidic Cop: Two NYC detectives — one's Amish and one's Hasidic — lose their partners and are forced to work together to catch a bank robber. Starring Matt Ruby and Mark Normand.

Human iPhone (silent movie): c|net says, "Finally, the silent-film and satirical-iPhone-short genres have merged—and the results are pretty hilarious." Starring Nick Vatterott, Alice Wetterlund, and Matt Ruby.

Think Tank: A discussion of hot topics that aired at MSN's site. Starring Matt Ruby and Mark Normand.

We're All Friends Here: The comedy talk show with boundary issues. Listen to the podcast.

I Need Laughs: One week in the trenches of the New York underground comedy scene. A seven-part documentary. Featured at Gawker.

Matt Ruby deals with hecklers: Some audience members don't know when to shut up.

PFT and Aziz on observational material vs. more personal bits

Paul F. Tompkins and Aziz Ansari discuss the qualitative difference in the laughs/connection you get from observational material vs. more personal bits. On the latter, PFT says, "There's a deeper connectivity there that's very rewarding."