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Showing posts with label schtick or treat. Show all posts
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Get your tickets for the 6th Annual SCHTICK OR TREAT coming up on Sunday night (Oct 27).
Dozens of NYC comedians perform in character as their favorite comedy legends. It's always one of the funnest shows of the year. Hosted by Mark Normand and me.
Tuesday, Nov 1 10pm showtime (9:30pm doors) The Bowery Poetry Club Tickets: $8 308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker) F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker For advance reservations, email schtickortreat@gmail.com Facebook event
Announcing... The 4th Annual SCHTICK OR TREAT Hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand 2011 ECNY nominee for Best Comedy Event Halloween comedy tribute show featuring 30+ of NYC's top comedians performing as their favorite comedy legends
Tuesday, Nov 1 10pm showtime (9:30pm doors) The Bowery Poetry Club Tickets: $8 308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleecker) F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker For advance reservations, email schtickortreat@gmail.com Facebook event
The concept: Bands often perform special "tribute" sets on Halloween and do a show as some bigger, more famous band. It's fun and crowds dig it. This is like that, but with comedy. It's a quick turnover show where each comic gets up to three minutes to do a set as a famous comic and then it's on to the next performer. It's always a TON of fun. This year's edition will feature FAKE versions of:
Anthony Jeselnik Aziz Ansari Bobcat Goldthwait Colin Quinn David Cross Sam Kinison Jerry Seinfeld Judah Friedlander Larry David Marc Maron Maria Bamford Paul F. Tompkins Richard Lewis Rodney Dangerfield Susie Essman Todd Barry Whitney Cummings Zach Galifianakis ...and more!
Wednesday (10/27): Schtick or Treat @ Arlene’s Grocery
The 3rd Annual Schtick Or Treat A pre-Halloween show of comedy “legends” WED 10/27 @ Arlene’s Grocery Doors: 7pm, showtime: 7:30pm sharp Tickets: $8 95 Stanton Street (btwn Ludlow/Orchard), NYC Map Facebook invite
Here we go again! The idea: It's a quick turnover night where 30+ NYC comics get two minutes each to do a set as a famous comic. Standing room only two years in a row – def one of the funnest shows to watch.
On the bill this year: Me as Andrew Dice Clay Mark Normand as Norm Macdonald George Gordon as Eddie Murphy Matt McCarthy as Bill Hicks Erik Bergstrom as Lisa Lampanelli Laura Prangley as Joan Rivers Jared Logan as Soupy Sales Dan Soder as Rodney Dangerfield Nick Turner and Ariel Bitran as Tenacious D ...and lots more!
Friday (10/29): Hot Soup's 1 Year Anniversary Show @ O'Hanlons
Whoa, it's already been a year of Hot Soupness. Crazy how time flies when you're addicted to oxycontin. We're gonna celebrate with a blowout show this Friday at O'Hanlons. Four of the best comics in NYC (really) and all four Hot Soupers will be doing sets too.
Lineup: Reggie Watts (opened for Conan on his tour, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) Hannibal Burress (30 Rock, SNL, all kinds of TV) Sean Patton (Comedy Central, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) Jesse Popp (Comedy Central)
Seats will go fast so get there early. I'll be hosting.
Hot Soup 1-Year Anniversary Show! FRI 10/29 @ O'Hanlons - 8pm 349 E 14th St (btwn 1st and 2nd Ave) in NYC
Here we go again! The idea: It's a quick turnover night where 30+ NYC comics get up to three minutes to do a set as a famous comic...and then it's on to the next performer. Standing room only two years in a row – def one of the funnest shows to watch.
Featuring: Mark Normand as Norm Macdonald Matt Ruby as Andrew Dice Clay RG Daniels as Bill Burr Matt McCarthy as Bill Hicks Meg Cuppernall as Brett Butler Adam Cozens as Brody Stevens Selena Coppock as Kathy Griffin Luke Cunningham as Chevy Chase Chelsea White as David Letterman John Knefel as David Sedaris Alex Grubard as Doug Stanhope George Gordon as Eddie Murphy Jason Saenz as Freddie Prinze Dan Cartwright as George Carlin Ray Marshall as George Lopez Miguel Dalmau as Hannibal Buress Dan St Germain as Jake Lamotta Laura Prangley as Joan Rivers Rojo Perez as Katt Williams Luke Thayer as Kyle Cease Jay Welch as Kyle Kinane Erik Bergstrom as Lisa Lampanelli Andy Haynes as Louie Anderson Josh Guarino as Mitch Hedberg Sam Morril as Nick DiPaolo Danny Solomon as Patton Oswalt James Harris as Paul F. Tompkins Kara Klenk as Paula Poundstone Abbi Crutchfield as Robert Schimmel Dan Soder as Rodney Dangerfield Sean O'Connor as Russell Brand Jared Logan as Soupy Sales Eliot Glazer as Steve Harvey David Cope as Steven Wright Nick Turner and Ariel Bitran as Tenacious D Adam Newman as The Amazing Johnathan Robert Dean as Tony Clifton Mike Lawrence as Weird Al Yankovic Jamie Lee as Wendy Liebman Zach Broussard as Harland Williams ...and more!
Also: Thanks to everyone who came out to Hot Soup on Friday. Show was a big success (standing room only) and all the comics had great sets. I think we got a good thing cooking. Next one will be this Friday (10/30) at Professor Thom's. Same time: 7:30pm doors, 8pm show. Full Hot Soup details/address here. Come on out.
The 2nd Annual SCHTICK OR TREAT Hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand A pre-Halloween comedy tribute show 30+ NYC comedians come together to perform as their favorite comedy legends!
LINEUP: Richard Jeni (Kumail Nanjiani) Kumail Nanjiani (Pete Holmes) Paul F. Tompkins (Sean Patton) Jim Gaffigan (Luke Cunningham) Sam Kinison (Mike Drucker) Johnny Carson (Mark Normand) Neil Hamburger (Matt Ruby) Steven Gold (Matt McCarthy) Dana Carvey (Adam Newman) Brian Regan (Jason Saenz) Cedric the Entertainer (Nick Turner) Dave Attell (Danny Solomon) Judy Tenuta (Leslie Goshko) Jim Carrey (Charlie Kasov) Carrot Top (Pat Stango) Bill Burr (J-L Cauvin) Jeff Dunham (Jay Welch) Sinbad (Abbi Crutchfield) Alonzo "Hamburger" Jones (Neal Statsny) Emo Phillips (Matt Goldich) Norm MacDonald (Dan Curry) Jeff Foxworthy (Roger Hailes) Reggie Watts (Rory Scovel) Big Jay Oakerson (Jared Logan) Kristen Schaal (Jamie Lee) Adam Sandler (Matt Maragno) Richard Lewis (Dan Mintz) Eddie Izzard (Dan Fontaine) Joy Behar (Molly Knefel) Mitch Hedberg (Mo Diggs) Brett Butler (Dan St. Germain) Rip Taylor (Mike Lawrence) Dana Gould (Jon Clark) Bernie Mac (Dan Wilbur) Lenny Bruce (Tim Warner) Orny Adams (Shawn Pearlman) Bob Newhart (Ross Hyzer) Joan Rivers (Alice Wetterlund) Conan O'Brien (Chelsea White) Arj Barker (Chesley Calloway) Fozzy Bear (Aalap Patel) Jim Breuer (RG Daniels) Ron White (Ben Kissel) Jack Benny (Ray Field) Steve Martin (Erik Bergstrom) Albert Brooks (Sean O'Connor) Doug Benson (Alex Grubard) Gilbert Gottfried (Gilad Foss) Todd Barry (Luke Thayer) Andrew Dice Clay (Rob O'Reilly)
Here we go again. Another Halloween, another Schtick or Treat. If ya missed last year's, here's the idea: Bands often perform special "tribute" sets on Halloween and do a show as some bigger, more famous band. It's fun and crowds dig it. This is like that, but with comedy. It's a quick turnover show where each comic gets up to three minutes to do a set as a famous comic and then it's on to the next performer. Last year's was a ton of fun and this one should be a blast too.
Some of last year's performers:
This year, you'll get to see people like Alonzo "Hamburger" Jones:
And while we're announcing stuff... Coming soon: a new weekly standup show in Manhattan.
HOT SOUP! Begins Friday, Oct 23 @ 8pm A weekly standup show every Friday at 8pm With Matt Ruby, Mark Normand, Andy Haynes, and David Cope Professor Thom's (upstairs room) 219 2nd Ave between 13th and 14th St.
Highlights from Schtick or Treat (no Rodney though). Jason Saenz did a great job putting this together. Fyi, we've got more video too but haven't gone through it yet.
My tribute set the other night at Schtick or Treat was Rodney Dangerfield. Man, amazing how many punchlines per minute he gets. You think Steven Wright and Mitch Hedberg tell short jokes, but Rodney's the king.
Here's the set I did, cherry picked from different parts of his great "No Respect" album.
No respect at all. When I was a baby I was breastfed by my father.
I tell ya, I can't relax, ya know? The other night I felt like having a few drinks. I went over to the bartender and I said, "Surprise me." He showed me a naked picture of my wife.
My wife, I got no sex life either. She cut me down to once a month. Oh, I'm lucky. Two guys I know she cut out completely. I met one of the guys and i told him "Who told you you could fool around with my wife?" He told me, "Everybody." My wife, last night she told me she wants to have sex in the backseat of the car...and she wants me to drive. For crying out loud.
My sex life is nothing anyway. I told a girl from Allstate what I want to put in your hands, you'll never sell me insurance! What a sex life. The only reason I get any girls at all is because of who I am...a rapist. The other night I caught a peeping tom booing me.
I'm getting old. At my age, I want two girls at once so if I fall asleep they got each other to talk to. Are you kidding?
I tell you my trouble, I got the wrong doctor. You know my doctor, Dr. Vinnie Boombatz. I saw him last week. I told him, "Doc, everyday I wake up and I look in the mirror, I wanna throw up. What's wrong with me?" He said, "I don't know but your eyesight is perfect!" One time I called him, I swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills. He told me to have a few drinks and get some rest. I never had any luck with doctors. My psychiatrist told me I was going crazy. I said if you don't mind, I'd like a second opinion. He said, "Alright, you're ugly too!"
I never got girls. I was making love to one girl and she started to cry. I said, "You'll hate yourself in the morning?" She said, "I hate myself now." This girl was no bargain either. Showed up, she had pigtails under her arms. This girl was fat and ugly. Ooh was she ugly. How ugly? She was known as a "two bagger." That's a girl who's so ugly, when you go out with her you put a bag on your head in case the bag over her head breaks. She was ugly! I bent down to pet her cat, it was the hair on her legs. Ugly chick. I took her to the top of the Empire State Building, airplanes started to attack her. I mean ugly. When two guys broke in her apartment, she yelled, "Rape!" They yelled "No!"
So fucking good. There's not a single extra word in there. And the rhythm of his delivery is great too. The last paragraph just builds and builds, rapid-fire. It's like a fighter landing jab after jab. It really elevates the one-liner style to a whole new plane when you can build one joke on top of another like that. Although they're not one liner guys, you see people like Daniel Tosh and Greg Giraldo use a similar sorta pile-on style.
I also inserted a lot of the little asides he uses. Funny how just these lines can become hilarious when used to fill in the cracks between jokes.
What a crowd...Classy crowd...What d'ya wanna fight now? It's a funny line, don't give me that BS. I've been through enough in my life...Are you kidding?...I tell ya...For crying out loud...etc.
Definitely a learning experience to actually write down a great comic's material and study their rhythm and delivery this way.
It was the most fun I've seen out of this community since the last time so many of them had gathered at The Creek in early January for "50 First Jokes." And by this community, I mean I'm not sure how to classify this sub-group of the New York comedy scene. They're not the alt-alt comics. They're not underground comics. They're not the AA ball or junior circuit. So who are they? Do I even need to find a word to categorize them?
"Alt-alt comics" might work because then then it could just be called AA. Are you kidding me? Count me out though...I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. (Viva Groucho!)
Photo from Schtick or Treat: Woody Allen, Janeane Garafolo, and Mitch Hedberg (aka Gilad Foss, Mara Herron, and Chelsea White).
Schtick or Treat last night was great. Maybe the funnest comedy show I've seen in NYC. I'm biased but ask anyone else who was there. It was a great vibe, the laughs were nonstop, and the place was packed (people were squeezed into the hallway outside the theater trying to catch a glimpse).
All the seats were filled with civilians, while all the comics stood in the back (nearly every comic stuck around for the entire 2 1/2 hour show too). And it was the rare night where the comics in the back of the room laughed harder than the real audience members in front. The audience seemed to be playing catch up (they didn't instantly recognize all the comics) but they still were having a great time.
I did my set as Rodney Dangerfield and had a blast.
I'm getting old. At my age, I want two girls at once so if I fall asleep they got each other to talk to. Are you kidding?
Standout sets came in two flavors: those who were accurate and those who brought their own flavor. Dan Soder's Dave Chappelle was pitch perfect. Gilad Foss' Woody Allen also was dead on. Sven Wechsler's Yakov Smirnoff had a delightful Russkieness. And Cheslee Calloway's Tom McCaffrey was pretty sweet...right? And McCaffrey (who did Louis CK) was even in the room to enjoy it, the only comic to both perform and be imitated.
As far as bringing their own flavor, I thought Ross Hyzer's Chris Rock was great. He went up pretending he didn't understand the concept and thought he was just going to show a clip of a bit he liked (even I bought it and yelled out, "You don't have to go.") He said he'd perform it anyway and then way into Rock's infamous n*****s vs. black people bit and meekly started explaining why he hates n*****s. Afterwards, he told me he's been waiting years to be able to pull off that idea. My cohost Mark Normand's Paula Poundstone was also great. Immense shoulder pads and lots of sprawling over a chair made the whole thing way funnier than the actual Poundstone.
Afterwards, a couple who had been in the audience came up to me and asked, "Who was the girl who told the joke about the banana? The one where it's red?" I realized she meant Mitch Hedberg (whom Chelsea White had performed). The woman asked me to write down both Mitch's name and Chelsea's name because she wanted to hear Mitch and also see Chelsea perform again sometime. That seems like the perfect outcome: audience members being introduced to both a legend and a local up and comer.
Overall, it was great to see the whole scene come together like that. It had a really pleasant, positive vibe and someone even commented, "If every show had this much positivity with comics getting along and having fun, a lot more people would come out to comedy shows in New York." I don't know about all that but it definitely felt like a cool, "you had to be there" moment. And you can bet we'll be schticking again in a year.
Time Out NY on Schtick or Treat: "Following the lead of tribute bands, more than 30 local comedians perform as their favorite stand-ups in this Halloween special. Tom McCaffrey as Louis C.K., Dan St. Germain as Monique, etc. There's no way this won't be fun."
Here we go! Matt Ruby and Mark Normand present two BIG shows...
SCHTICK OR TREAT A pre-Halloween comedy tribute show
30+ NYC comedians come together to perform as their favorite comedy legends!
Sat Oct 25 @ 8pm - FREE
The Creek in Long Island City
10-93 Jackson Ave at 49th Ave
Just one subway stop from Brooklyn and Manhattan
The idea: Bands often perform special "tribute" sets on Halloween and do an entire show as a famous band. It's always a lot of fun and crowds love it. So we figured why not do the same thing with comedy? It will be a quick turnover show where each comic gets up to three minutes to do their thing. Expect mayhem.
LINEUP:
Bernie Mac (Mike Dobbins)
Louis CK (Tom McCaffrey)
Sam Kinison (Sean Patton)
Monique (Dan St. Germain)
Jake Johannsen (Kumail Nanjiani)
Norm Macdonald (Jesse Popp)
Bobcat Goldwaith (Ben Kissel)
Mr. Mike (Matt McCarthy)
Chris Rock (Ross Hyzer)
Don Rickles (Luke Thayer)
Yakov Smirnoff (Sven Wechsler)
Paula Poundstone (Mark Normand)
Janeane Garofalo (Mara Herron)
Ellen Degeneres (Claudia Cogan)
Kevin Meaney (Jared Logan)
Eddie Izzard (Ed Murray)
Mitch Hedberg (Chelsea White)
Sinbad (Abbi Crutchfield)
Sarah Silverman (Becky Ciletti)
Steven Wright (Pat O'Shea)
Rodney Dangerfield (Matt Ruby)
Brian Regan (Joselyn Hughes)
Dave Chappelle (Dan Soder)
Jim Gaffigan (Blaine Perry)
Steve Martin (Adam Newman)
Eddie Murphy (Matt Maragno)
Tom McCaffrey (Cheslee Calloway)
George Carlin (Jason Saenz)
Woody Allen (Gilad Foss)
Dave Attell (Charlie Kasov)
Chris Tucker (Mike Drucker)
Todd Barry (Sean O'Connor)
Martin Lawrence (Mike Lawrence)
Dov Davidoff (Billy the Kid)
Maria Bamford (Jamie Lee)
Bob Saget (Margie Kment)
Freddie Prinze (Gabe Pacheco)
Bill Cosby (Nick Turner)
Joan Rivers (Brandy Barber)
Doug Stanhope (Tim Warner)
Rip Taylor (Greg Barris)
Gallagher (Pat Stango)
Carlos Mencia (Mo Diggs)
$1 baby margaritas and $1 jello shots from 11pm - 1am
DJ Matt Lament spins downstairs
AND COMING SOON:
The Manhattan debut of...
WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE Hosted by Matt Ruby and Mark Normand
The Slipper Room Thursday, Oct. 30 @ 8pm - $5
167 Orchard St. (between Stanton and Rivington)
The most inappropriate comedy chat show/podcast around makes its Manhattan debut! The past couple of shows were standing room only at The Creek so we're excited to bring it from LIC to the LES. This show will feature Victor Varnado (Conan), Myq Kaplan (Live at Gotham), Brooke Van Poppelen (UCB), Mike Lawrence (beard), and boundary issues. Lots of boundary issues.
LINEUP:
Photo from Schtick or Treat: Woody Allen, Janeane Garafolo, and Mitch Hedberg (aka Gilad Foss, Mara Herron, and Chelsea White).
