Who made you so strong?
To grant him your thanks?
This reminds me of me when I was younger when I used to wonder why some things happened to me, thinking that life was unfair. Now, that I'm older and more experienced I must admit that I have doubts. It seems that religion or any kind of movement is corrupted by our human nature and I don't feel that we are very clever or that we make the best decisions. I reckon that we just do what is more convenient which doesn't always translate into honesty, to put it that way.
Perhaps, I missed your point and you were referring to alienation or about being ignored. In that case I agree to some extend. One thing I have learnt is that joy shouldn't be something one gets through external factors but it must be something that comes from within otherwise one would never be happy as it would depend on issues that one can't control.
As for some criticism, I would suggest to check out some of you line breaks, particularly at the beginning as well as at the end of the piece.


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  def create
    @plan = Plan.find(params[:feature][:plan_id])
    @feature = @plan.features.create(params[:feature])

    respond_to do |format|
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    end
  end

  def show
    @feature = Feature.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      format.js
    end
  end

  def edit
    @feature = Feature.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      format.js
    end
  end

  def update
    @feature = Feature.find(params[:id])
    @feature.update_attribute(:name, params[:feature][:name])
    @plan = @feature.plan

    respond_to do |format|
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    end
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  def destroy
    @feature = Feature.destroy(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
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  def update_scenario_order
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        scenario = Scenario.find(id)
        scenario.update_attribute(:position, new_position + 1)
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      end
    end
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Writing about patents and whitepapers from the search engines is a business analysis approach and a content marketing approach, which focuses on looking at publications from the search engines that aren't intended to be filled with marketing materials for those search engines, but are rather aimed at protecting intellectual property to educate the industry and potential clients. It is in the search engines best interest to publish documents that accurately describe the processes that they have invented, in order to give them the right to exclude others from using those processes. Sharing patents from the search engines and providing information about them makes sense to provide information to an audience that is interested in how the search engines are ranking pages in their indexes.
When a search engine applies for a patent, they aren't creating a document that is intended to market an invention they are making. Instead, they are applying to the government for legal protection for their invention. The patent is intended to give someone with knowledge in the field of the invention an idea of what the invention covers, but it's not a roadmap on how to create or recreate the invention step-by-step.
While the patent is often filled with legal language, it's also often filled with assumptions about the Web, about search, and about searchers. I usually summarize a patent when I write about it, provide a link to it so that people can read it for themselves, and provide some of my own thoughts and analysis from the perspective of a searcher, a website owner, and a search engine optimizer.
I have a law degree and learned about legal research while in law school, and as a legal and technical administrator at Superior Court of Delaware (the highest level trial court in the state), where I worked for 14 years before I left to join an SEO agency.
Instead of arguing about the validity of patents, I prefer to instead write about them, the business approaches behind them and the technology behind them to learn as much as possible from them. Just because a search engine has a patent on an invention doesn't mean that they are currently using it. The search engine may have technical or business reasons why they may not be or have decided to follow a different approach. But a patent is a clear signal that engineer at a search engine have researched a topic, and search engineers and lawyers work together to protect their intellectual property, and to exclude others from using the processes described in those patents.
It is also possible to learn from patents the assumptions that search engineers who write those are making about searchers, search, and the Web. Those can often be insightful and provide a way to understand the ideas and thoughts behind patented processes. Many patents start off with the problem they are trying to solve with the process they have filed to protect. They often then discuss what they consider to be prior art in the industry that may be intended to solve such problems. It also isn't unusual to see a patent list the "advantages" behind the process they are patenting.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is:
Marketing that takes into consideration the framework of the Web
An approach that understands how people find things on the Web (often through search engines)
Utilizes how information flows through the Web (through social networks and decentralized networks such as blogs, and media channels)
I've been promoting sites in the Web since the mid-90s before AltaVista and Google were around. I was a forum moderator and administrator for almost a decade in a forum focused on promoting sites, helping small to medium-sized businesses, and doing SEO and usability for sites, and improving conversions and design.
I've provided SEO services to non-profits, to universities, to Fortune 500s, and to mom and pop e-commerce businesses.
How does Content Marketing and SEO work together?
Ideally, a site that targets an audience using SEO will do so by writing about SEO, by sharing information that may answer questions that site owners may have about how search engines may work, and how searchers may search for and find sites. After looking at many thousands of patents focusing upon algorithms that describe processes that search engines use to rank content on web page, We've learned not only about how patents work, but also about how search engines crawl and index pages on the Web, and rank those to show them to searchers.
Many clients use a content marketing approach too, writing about things that they believe might be of interest to their customers, often aimed at answering questions that their audiences might have, in an effort to attract visitors to their pages.
Why do you have a category on SEO Mythology?
There's an old saying that one of the best places to learn about the Web is on the Web itself. There's a lot of great information on the internet, but there's also a lot of great misinformation. SEO has been around for a while, though some of its history is shrouded in mystery.
I've also run into articles and blog posts and practices that are more mythology or folklore than useful and helpful practices and I wanted to discuss those and the history behind them if possible.
I've seen people create content and pages and infographics that were less intended to provide good information and more intended to attract as many links as possible (content often referred to as linkbait)
Rather than getting aggravated whenever I see such content and how it might hurt and mislead people, I decided to create a category on my blog that dispelled or punctured that kind of misinformation. I have written a post on A Guide to the Biggest SEO Myths on The Web. In that post I discuss critical thinking and evidence-based approaches to consider when looking at pages about SEO.


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NYC Top Comedy Choices for November 2018: Last Updated Monday 11/26
Monday 11/26: Dulcé Sloan (above; powerhouse comic and correspondent for The Daily Show; Conan O'Brien, @midnight), Joe Rumrill (The Chris Gethard Show; co-host of Cartoon Monsoon), Jacob Williams (America's Got Talent), Sara Hennessey (comedy albums They Know Too Much and Trouble in Paradise), Chris Daniels, and Negin Farsad perform stand-up for stellar hosts Jo Firestone (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon, co-author of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers) and/or Maeve Higgins (Maeve in America, co-host of NatGeo's StarTalk): Butterboy with Jo, Aparna, and Maeve (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 635 Sackett Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Monday 11/26: Four of the most brilliant improvisors alive—Scott Adsit, Adam Pally, Brian Stack, and Becky Drysdale—stumble into theatre scenes of plays they've never seen that are performed by superb Broadway, TV, and/or film stars TBA. The improvisors make up their dialogue, while the actors commit to staying in character and on book. The result is amazingly fun, hosted by actor/director Stephen Ruddy: Gravid Water (8:00 pm, $9, UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Monday 11/26: Gary Richardson (writer for Saturday Night Live; brilliant improvisor; Comedy Central), David Angelo (David Letterman, The Daily Show), Sam Corbin (The New Yorker, Buzzfeed), Ryan Haddad (Dark Disabled Stories), and more are scheduled to perform stand-up for this free weekly show hosted by Jess Salomon (former UN war crimes lawyer turned comic; CBS, Sirius XM): Dirty Laundry (11:00 pm, Free! (make reservation here), UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Tuesday 11/27: Iranian comic Mehdi Barakchian (host of Passport Control, co-host of Brunch Night, improv group Kibbles and Bits) and writer Kylie Holloway will answer your questions about the relationship between the US and the Middle East—"Why are we still hanging out with Saudi Arabia?', "Why is Iran is so mad at America?", and "What the heck is an Aleppo, and is it bigger or smaller than a Venti?": It's Complicated: How the U.S. Shaped the Middle East (9:30 pm, $17 online or $20 at the door, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street—take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Wednesday 11/28: Storytelling, sketches, and more about sex, including "practical takeaways for the audience," from Keisha Zollar, Emmett Jack Lundberg, Selena Coppock, Joanna Hausmann, Anna Suzuki, and Eman El-Hussein hosted by Dani Faith Leonard: Adult Sex Ed (9:30 pm; $16.89 online, $20 at the door; LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street—take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Wednesday 11/28: Storytellers Olga Namer (host of Ghosted podcast), Lorena Russi (Comedy Central), Sam Corbin (Buzzfeed), Ethan Herschenfeld (Sirius XM), and Florence Friebe share tales about how faith has affected their lives hosted by Ian Goldstein (above): All Is Forgiven: A Non-Religious Comedy Show About Religion (7:30 pm, $10, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
Thursday 11/29: This live-on-stage edition of Lifehacker podcast The Upgrade is devoted to the theme of failure, hosts Melissa Kirsch & Alice Bradley interviewing Chris Gethard (comedy genius; star of HBO 90-minute special Career Suicide; star of TruTV's & Fusion's The Chris Gethard Show; co-star of Mike Birbiglia film Don't Think Twice; host of Webby-winning podcast Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People; The Office, Comedy Central, IFC; author of A Bad Idea I'm About to Do and Weird New York) and Akilah Hughes (Fusion's Pop and Culture), and Brittany Luse & Eric Eddings (co-hosts of Gimlet's The Nod): The Upgrade: How to Fail (7:30 pm, $10, Brooklyn's The Bell House at 149 7th Street; take R subway to 9th Street or F/G to Fourth Avenue)
Thursday 11/29: KIcking off this double-bill is a musical sketch show exploring Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and many more cultural icons written and co-starring Eliza Kingsbury and directed by Michael Hartney: Pop Stars Are Dumb (But We Love Them); and then the spectacular Carly Ann Filbin (luminous & delightful sketch comic/comedic actress/writer; on-camera correspondent for Cosmopolitan.com; host of Let Me Break You Up: An Anti-Dating Game Show) performs a solo show that "looks back at relationships that defined her, men who refused her, and one very expensive hand job:" This Doesn't Mean I'm Your Boyfriend (8:00 pm, $9, UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Thursday 11/29: Learn the history of the MTA via fun lectures, sketches, and more at this ongoing comedic history series about NYC transit, with guest Sarah Meyer (Chief Customer Officer of MTA New York City Transit), hosted by Meg Pierson (TEDx, Alchemy Comedy) and Justin Williams (Comedy Central; host of Death Comedy Jam): Why Your Train is F*cked: Trash, Rats and Track Fires (7:00 pm; $16.89 online, $20 at the door; LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street—take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Thursday 11/29: Muslim-Canadian Eman El-Husseini (Sirius XM; comedy album Unveiled) and Muslim-American Fareeha Khan (MTV) each perform a 30-minute stand-up set hosted by Usama Siddiquee: Eman and Fareeha Do an Hour (10:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Friday 11/30: In this energetic, silly, and way fun show, 50 comics gather to each share a minute's worth of observations about a bit of pop culture with which he or she can't be bothered, with hosts Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang (above; hosts of the acclaimed Las Culturistas podcast): Las Culturistas Live: I Don't Think So, Honey (8:30 pm, $20, Brooklyn's The Bell House (149 7th Street; take R subway to 9th Street or F/G to Fourth Avenue)
Friday 11/30: Stellar comics share their love for the weirdest animals on the planet, with tonight's zoologists Aaron Jackson, Jes Tom, Lorelei Ramirez, Peter Smith, Arti Gollapudi, and Mike Ross hosted by Karen Chee (The New Yorker, McSweeney's): The Biodiversity Jam (9:30 pm, $11.59 online or $12 at the door, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Friday 11/30: In this acclaimed monthly show, stand-ups Myka Fox, Clark Jones, Greg Stone, and Anthony DeVito each perform a 10-minute set while they "risk getting slapped by Satan himself. Actually, he hosts only bringer shows, but join Matt Wayne & Doug Smith as they step into the Big Man's shoes and put NYC's finest through comedy purgatory. Hula-hoops, celebrity impressions, unwanted audience participation, all incorporated into each performance! Will they triumph or will the nether world eat their souls?f" For a sample torture set with the delightful Christi Chiello, please click here; and if you'd then like more, Matt & Doug will See You in Hell (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Friday 11/30: Jo Firestone (one of the most relentlessly inventive comics in the biz; staff writer for Jimmy Fallon; star of Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents special; HBO's Crashing, Comedy Central's Broad City; radio host of WFMU's Dr. Gameshow, live-on-stage co-host of Butterball; co-author of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers) asks comics how they make their everyday decisions, this month featuring Starlee Kine (This American Life, The New York Times Magazine, host of podcast Mystery Show), Jermaine Fowler (star of CBS sitcom Superior Donuts; star of Showtime special Give 'Em Hell, Kid; MTV's Guy Code and Wildn Out, Comedy Central, Adult Swim), Tim Dillon (Comedy Central, Netflix, Last Comic Standing; co-host of podcast Stewed), and Joyelle Nicole: Everyday Decisions with Jo Firestone (10:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Saturday 12/1: A show celebrating the app that redefined online dating, with the lovely and quick-witted Lane Moore (middle; author of superb bestselling book How to be Alone; HBO's Girls; Sex & Relationship Editor of Cosmo; writer for The Onion, McSweeney's) going on a live Tinder safari for guys while a packed audience watches her every choice with fascination. Offering comments and suggestions are guest comics Darcie Wilder (author of Literally Show Me a Healthy Person), Michael Pielocik (staff writer for Stephen Colbert). and Jaclyn Friedman (author of book, and host of podcast, Unscrewed). This show usually sells out, so I recommend nabbing tickets in advance online for Tinder Live (8:30 pm, $15, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 635 Sackett Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Saturday 12/1: Stand-up or sketch from a bunch of Jews, including the wonderful Ophira Eisenberg (one of the finest comedic storytellers and stand-ups in the country; host of weekly NPR/WNYC show Ask Me Another, author of bestselling book Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, comedy album Bangs!; NBC, CBS, Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime), Anna Roisman (MTV, Funny or Die, Tribeca Film Festival; host of The Unemployed Show), Matt Koff (staff writer for The Daily Show), Sam Reece (half of sketch duo Girls With Brown Hair; member of sketch group OSFUG), Yaari Nadav Tal (host of podcasts Influence and Obnoxious Laughter), Eitan Levine (Cheddar), and Maya Deshmukh (Maude Night, AzN Pop) hosted by Lana Schwartz & Ilana Michelle Rubin: The Third Annual Chanukahstravaganza: 'Twas The Night Before Chanukah (7:30 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Saturday 12/1: Mike Drucker (hilarious stand-up and staff writer for TBS' Full Frontal with Samantha Bee; previously a staff writer for NBC's Jimmy Fallon and Comedy Central's The President Show), Ariel Leaty, Jade Verette, and hosts Mike Brown & Dillon Stevenson make fun of a bunch of music videos a la MST3K: Super Video Bros. (10:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Sunday 12/2: Christi Chiello is a delightful stand-up, writer, and actress with infectiousness enthusiasm and a unique voice who's appeared on Comedy Central's Roast Battle, MTV's Girl Code, TruTV, and PBSKids, and is co-host of superb monthly comedy shows Battle of the Divas and White Chocolate. In this solo mix of stand-up and theatre, Christi demonstrates she's one of the funniest and most talented comics in NYC. Kudos also go to director Randy Blair for helping Christi show off what a powerhouse she is at her confident best. If you like fun, I happily recommend you come enjoy Christi Chiello: It's Christi, B*tch! (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Sunday 12/2: Musical and podcast guests "have some super awesome musical things to sing and talk about" hosted by Alex Kapelman & Whitney Jones: Pitch's Super Awesome Musical Holiday Extravaganza (4:00 pm, $17 online or $20 at the door, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Sunday 12/2: Comics and experts have a frank and taboo-free discussion of drugs—this month focused on psychedelics—hosted by Sarah Rose Siskind (comedy writer for NatGeo's StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson): Drug Test: Psychedelics (7:00 pm, $17 online or $20 at the door, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Monday 12/3: Josh Sharp (superb sketch writer/performer; CBS' Two Broke Girls, Comedy Central's The Opposition, IFC's How Shit Works, MTV; co-host of Cool Shit/Weird Shit) and Michael Cruz Kayne (sketches on Stephen Colbert and The Chris Gethard Show; HBO's Crashing; former writer for @midnight and Billy on the Street; member of ace musical improv group Baby Wants Candy and UCB Saturday night improv group What I Did For Love; co-host of monthly comedy show The Exhibition) each perform a 30-minute comedy set: Michael Cruz Kayne and Josh Sharp Triumphantly Present Their Half Hours (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Monday 12/3: KIcking off this double-bill is an all-gal sketch show in which "Sleeping Beauty's prince realizes that it's super creepy to kiss a woman who's sleeping, the Little Mermaid discovers that legs come with vagina-a-bobs, and Cinderella learns how dumb it is to wear shoes made of glass" written & co-starring Laura Lane & Ellen Haun, and also co-starring Amber Williams, and directed by Chet Siegel: Femme Fairy Tales; and then superb improvisors Aaron Jackson (unique improv/sketch/musical talent; cast member of Comedy Central's The Opposition; stellar improv groups Rumpleteaser, What I Did For Love, Fuck That Shit) and Asher Perlman (The Opposition, Improvised Shakespeare) perform duo improv: Aaron & Asher (8:00 pm, $9, UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Monday 12/3: An eclectic mix of stand-ups including Casey Balsham, Saurin Choksi, Jes Tom, and Chike Robinson perform for stellar hosts Jo Firestone (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon, co-author of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers) and/or Maeve Higgins (Maeve in America, co-host of Nat Geo's Star Talk): Butterboy with Jo, Aparna, and Maeve (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 635 Sackett Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Tuesday 12/4: Storytellers Adrien Behn (above left; host of podcast Strangers Abroad), Mimi Hayes (above right; author of memoir I'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head), Will Tran (creative director), Zoya Vallari (physicist), and Gregory Gedman (geneticist)i tell tales on this month's science theme of "dreams, beliefs, and other mysteries of the mind" hosted by Tracy Rowland & Paula Croxson: The Story Collider: It's All in Your Head (8:00 pm, $12, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street—take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Tuesday 12/4: Tariq Trotter (a.k.a. Black Thought; co-founder & rapper/MC for legendary band The Roots; regular sketch performer on Jimmy Fallon, and exceptionally quick, witty guy),Cristela Alonzo (star of sitcom Cristela, Cars 3, Netflix's Lower Classy), Janelle James (HBO's Crashing, Netflix's The Comedy Lineup, Comedy Central's @midnight, Fuse's Uproarious), Sam Morril (Stephen Colbert, Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central Half Hour, America's Got Talent), Petey Deabreu (host of Petey's World and co-host of White Chocolate), and Yamaneika Saunders (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Roast Battle) perform stand-up hosted by Sydnee Washington & Marie Faustin as part of the Janelle James Comedy Festival: Comedians Who Live Nearby (8:00 pm, $25, Brooklyn's The Bell House (149 7th Street; take R subway to 9th Street or F/G to Fourth Avenue)
Tuesday 12/4: A raucous monthly pun competition hosted by Fred Firestone (co-author with Jo Firestone of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers), with 18 audience members (a dozen sign-ups and six returning champions) fiercely competing for wordplay dominance—and the chance to become an instant star based on verbal cleverness, and the ability to drum up the most applause from a packed and loudly cheering crowd. In addition, tonight features a pun costume contest (e.g., if you wear an electrical socket made out of cardboard and then doodle, collage, and scrapbook all over it, you're a creative outlet): Punderdome 3000 (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 635 Sackett Street—take R subway to Union Street; show up early—doors open at 7:00—to nab a seat, or plan on standing)
Wednesday 12/5: Judah Friedlander (one of the quickest minds and very finest stand-ups in comedy; 30 Rock, Meet the Parents, Along Came Polly; Netflix stand-up special America is the Greatest Country in the United States; bestselling cartoon book If the Raindrops United), David Cross (comedy legend; Mr. Show, Arrested Development, Modern Family), Liza Treyger (fresh, fierce, fearless stand-up; Seth Meyers, Comedy Central Half Hour, This Is Not Happening, @midnight, Horace and Pete, Chelsea Lately), Matteo Lane (Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, MTV's Guy Code & Girl Code, co-host of Battle of the Divas), Janelle James (HBO's Crashing, Netflix's The Comedy Lineup, Comedy Central's @midnight, Fuse's Uproarious), and Mia Jackson (Last Comic Standing, Inside Amy Schumer, Viceland) perform stand-up as part of the Janelle James Comedy Festival: Comedians Who Said "Well, Who All Goin Be There?" (7:30 pm, $25, Brooklyn's The Bell House (149 7th Street; take R subway to 9th Street or F/G to Fourth Avenue)
Wednesday 12/5: Karen Chee (above right; Stephen Colbert, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, McSweeney's) and Alex Song (above left; Jimmy Fallon, MTV's Girl Code, TruTV, VH1) each perform a 30-minute stand-up set hosted by Larry Owens (staff writer for TruTV's Paid Off; feature film To Dust): Karen & Alex Do Half-Hours (7:30 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Thursday 12/6: Eugene Mirman (FOX's Bob's Burgers, Archer, Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central Presents, HBO's Flight of the Conchords, Adult Swim's Delocated, VH1, frequent co-host of StarTalk; pioneer of NYC downtown comedy), Kate Willett (Comedy Central's The Jim Jeffries Show and This Is Not Happening; VICE's Flophouse, Netflix's Comedy Lineup; comedy album Glass Gutter), Janelle James (HBO's Crashing, Netflix's The Comedy Lineup, Comedy Central's @midnight, Fuse's Uproarious), Catherine Cohen (Hulu's Difficult People; The New Yorker; co-host of Cumming, co-host of It's a Guy Thing), Nore Davis (HBO's Last Week Tonight, Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer and Russell Simmons Presents The Ruckus, Showtime's Boardwalk Empire, MTV; album You Guys Are Dope), and Kenice Mobley (host of Person About Town podcast) perform stand-up on this final night of the Janelle James Comedy Festival: Comedians Who Said "Sure, I'll Come By" (7:30 pm, $25, Brooklyn's The Bell House (149 7th Street; take R subway to 9th Street or F/G to Fourth Avenue)
Thursday 12/6: Ziwe Fumudoh (writer for The Rundown with Robin Thede; host of hilarious webseries Baited with Ziwe), Karen Chee (Stephen Colbert, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, McSweeney's), Sydnee Washington (Conan O'Brien, MTV2's Vidiots, co-host of podcast The Unofficial Expert), Larry Owens (staff writer for TruTV's Paid Off; feature film To Dust), The Community Dance Corps, Dave Mizzoni, Matt DeCaro, Mary Beth Barone, Zach Zimmerman, Milly Tamarez, Andrew Barbato, Kuhoo Verma, and Gabe Gonzalez tell jokes and/or sing or dance for this party-like show that's a mix of stand-up and music hosted by Jenny Gorelick (Improv Anywhere; perpetual birthday gal) & Addie Weyrich (HBO's Crashing, Hulu): Jenny's Birthday Variety Show (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Thursday 12/6: Storytellers Sandi Marx, Jackie Peters, VIcki Eastus, Nate Charles, and Dustin Growick share the fascinating secret pasts of NYC locations you may walk by every day. Four of the stories are entirely true…and one is a pack of lies. Can you spot the fibber? Come have your internal lie detector challenged by host Christa Avampato (author of YA novel Emerson Page and Where the Light Enters): New York City's Secrets and Lies (7:00 pm; $13.71 in advance online or $15 at the door; LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street—take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Thursday 12/6: Comics each perform an argument for why he or she should receive a Pulitzer Prize—with tonight's candidates Ziwe Fumudoh (writer for The Rundown with Robin Thede; host of hilarious webseries Baited with Ziwe), Ayo Edebiri, and more—hosted by Caroline Schaper (writer for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, former writer for David Letterman) & Eliza Cossio (writer for HBO's Problem Areas, former Senior Latina Correspondent for The Daily Show): Pulitzer Surprises (9:30 pm, $9.47 online or $12 at the door, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Friday 12/7: Ziwe Fumudoh (writer for The Rundown with Robin Thede; host of hilarious webseries Baited with Ziwe) invites comics to perform pop songs, preceded by comedic presentations, with tonight's guests Friends Who Folk (delightful singing duo Rachel Wenitsky & Ned Riseley; TheNewYorker.com), Rebecca O'Neal (Netflix's Easy; Vanity Fair, Gawker, Vulture; former host of local Chicago TV show One Night Stand-Up), Catherine Cohen (Hulu's Difficult People; The New Yorker; co-host of Cumming, co-host of It's a Guy Thing), Caitlin Bitzegaio & Tim Dunn, Ike Ufomadu, and Amanda Shechtman: Pop Show (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Friday 12/7: "Do you ever leave a comedy show saying 'Hmm, that was pretty funny but not enough reading'? Literati is a night of comics in character performing hilarious readings—sometimes while wearing wigs," with comics TBA hosted by Colin O'Brien & Michael Wolf: Literati: A Comedy Show About Books and the Idiots Who Write Them (9:00 pm, $9.47 online or $10 at the door, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Tuesday 12/18-Thursday 12/20: This solo production, which debuted at October's FringeNYC and is now enjoying a three-night revival at the Here Theatre, starts out pretending to be a scientific lecture about and demonstration of chaos theory.
But it's really a highly interactive show that uses comedy and thoughtfully structured game-play for nudging audiences to explore their wishes and desires, push past boundaries, connect with everyone around them, and be open to anything.
It's all courtesy of writer/performer Jessica Ellen Creane, who cycles between faux-shyly giving illustrated talks about such things as fractals, love, and velociraptors, making herself fearlessly vulnerable, and improvising quick-witted responses to audience choices. For example, when Creane asked me to name a goal, I replied, "writing and selling a movie." She immediately gave me the best pep talk I've ever had, stating beyond doubt that I'd succeed. In gratitude, I added, "I'll cast you in it." Without missing a beat, and fully committing to her scientist character (wearing thick black-frame glasses with no lenses), Creane tossed off, "I'm not good at acting" before moving on to help someone else. That she even thought of that line demonstrates what a superb actress Creane is…and how completely she performs in the moment.
Because this show is so heavily dependent on interaction, each edition will be different based on the decisions made by you and your fellow audience members. Along the same lines, how much you enjoy it, and genuinely get out of it, will depend heavily on what you bring to it.
For me, it was a **** (out of 4) show. If you come experience this—and you should—I hope you have a wonderful time too; and that it moves you closer to your dreams.
Chaos Theory is playing 8:30 pm on Tuesday 12/18, Wednesday 12/19, and Thursday 12/20 for $20 at the Here Theatre at 145 Sixth Avenue; take C/E subway to Spring Street and enter on Dominick Street)
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NYC Top Comedy Choices for July 2018: Last Updated Monday 7/30
Monday 7/30: Some of the most brilliant improvisors alive—Scott Adsit (above left), Brian Stack (above middle), Tim Martin, and Michael Delaney—stumble into theatre scenes of plays they've never seen performed by superb Broadway, TV, and/or film stars Tess Frazer (above middle), Sarah Stiles (above right), Helen Kim, Todd Buonopane, and Michelle Fix—and make up their dialogue while the actors commit to staying in character and on book. The result is amazingly fun, hosted by actor/director Stephen Ruddy: Gravid Water (8:00 pm, $9, UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Monday 7/30: Seaton Smith (rising star stand-up; HBO's Girls, FOX's Mulaney, Chris Rock's film Top Five, Conan O'Brien, Seth Meyers, Inside Amy Schumer, The Nightly Show), Kate Willett (Comedy Central's The Jim Jeffries Show and This Is Not Happening; VICE's Flophouse, Netflix's Comedy Lineup; comedy album Glass Gutter), Matteo Lane (Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, MTV's Guy Code & Girl Code, co-host of Battle of the Divas), Shalewa Sharpe (Keith and the Girl; comedy album Stay Eating Cookies), Ramon Rivas II, and Loyiso Madinga perform for hosts Jo Firestone (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon, co-author of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers), Aparna Nancherla (HBO's Crashing and 2 Dope Queens, Netflix's Master of None and The Standups, Comedy Central's Corporate; former writer for Seth Meyers), and/or Maeve Higgins (Maeve in America, co-host of Nat Geo's Star Talk): Butterboy with Jo, Aparna, and Maeve (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 635 Sackett Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Monday 7/30: Simon Rich (star author of novels and comedic essays; contributor to The New Yorker; former writer for Saturday Night Live and Pixar; creator of FXX series Man Seeking Woman), Dan St. Germain (Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien, John Oliver, Comedy Central Half Hour, Crashing, @midnight, This is Not Happening, The Electric Company, MTV, VH1; currently writing for Netflix's The Break with Michelle Wolf, previously staff writer for CBS' Superior Donuts and TruTV's Ten Things; upcoming album No Real Winners Here), Courtney Maginnis (Comedy Central, host of The Narcisistas podcast), Kiko & Tuna, and more are scheduled to perform stand-up for this free weekly show hosted by the multi-talented Morgan Miller (sharp improvisor, sketch comic, stand-up, and juggler): Dirty Laundry (11:00 pm, Free! (make reservation here), UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
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NYC Top Comedy Choices for June 2018: Last Updated Monday 6/25
Monday 6/25: Singer/songwriter/musician Julian Velard (pianist for NPR's Ask Me Another; albums include Fancy Words For Failure) fulfills his lifelong dream is to be a Late Night Talk Show Sidekick, "playing Paul Shaffer to different David Lettermans in the hopes of finding his soulmate," with tonight's stellar guests Wyatt Cenac (star of TBS' Friends of Earth; former star correspondent for The Daily Show; writer for South Park; albums Comedy Person, Brooklyn, and Furry Dumb Fighter; host of Night Train), Nikki Glaser (host of You Up on Sirius XM Comedy Central Radio; star of former Comedy Central series Not Safe; films Trainwreck and I Feel Pretty; hour-long special Perfect; Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Half Hour, Inside Amy Schumer, @midnight; NBC's America Ninja Warrior: Celebrity Edition; podcast You Had to Be There), Brooke Van Poppelen (co-host of TruTV's Hack My Life; The View, @midnight, HBO, CBS, VH1), Giulia Rozzi (Comedy Central's This Is Not Happening and The Jim Gaffigan Show, Chelsea Lately, writer for MTV's Girl Code, VH1, TruTV, Playgirl Magazine, host of First Set, comedy album True Love), Michael Cruz Kayne (HBO's Crashing, The Chris Gethard Show; ace musical improv group Baby Wants Candy, UCB Saturday night improv group What I Did For Love, co-host of monthly comedy show The Exhibition), and more: Sidekickin' It with Julian Velard (8:30 pm, $12, Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3 at 196 Allen Street, near the F subway's Second Avenue stop)
Monday 6/25: Some of the most brilliant improvisors alive—Scott Adsit, Becky Drysdale, Brian Stack, and Michael Delaney—stumble into theatre scenes of plays they've never seen performed by superb Broadway, TV, and/or film stars Nina O'Keefe, Zoey Mastinson,and Julie Sharbutt (above left)—and make up their dialogue while the actors commit to staying in character and on book. The result is amazingly fun, hosted by actor/director Stephen Ruddy: Gravid Water (8:00 pm, $9, UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Monday 6/25: This showcase of immigrant comics has taken on special weight given recent events. Stand-ups slated to perform include the lovely Katie Boyle (Ireland; host of Transplants), Juan Nicolon (Uruguay), Jocelyn Chia (Singapore), Dominic Fogarty (UK), and Jess Salomon (Canada), hosted by Felipe Torres Medina (Colombia) and Orli Matlow (Canada): Aliens of Extraordinary Ability: A Comedy Hour to Support RAICES and Immigrant Families (9:30 pm, $10, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Monday 6/25: Leah Bonnema (above; based on what I saw this weekend, probably performing an entertaing tale of getting an MRI), Roy Wood Jr. (correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show and host of This is Not Happening), Jim Tews (rising star; Louie, Last Comic Standing; host of Homeschooled and co-host of Fresh Out; New York Times bestselling author of Felines of New York; comedy album I Was in Band), and more are scheduled to perform stand-up for this free weekly show hosted by the multi-talented Morgan Miller (sharp improvisor, sketch comic, stand-up, and juggler): Dirty Laundry (11:00 pm, Free! (make reservation here), UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Wednesday 6/27: Storytellers Cassie Grimaldi, Tim Barnes, Robin Gelfenbien, Rocky Goldstein, and Pat Byrne share tales about how faith has affected their lives hosted by Ian Goldstein: All Is Forgiven: A Non-Religious Comedy Show About Religion (7:30 pm, $10, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
Thursday 6/28: A glorious collection of hilarious film & TV clips and lectures by mass media experts hosted by super-fan Kevin Maher (Emmy-nominated writer whose work has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, and AMC; former host of AMC's The Sci-Fi Dept.) and guest co-host Kate Wilkinson (Wig Wurq website "judging pop culture's wigs from lace fronts to split ends"), this month focusing on dance (and if you don't already know how fun this theme is, please click here), with scheduled guests Tallie Medel (immensely talented comedic dancer/actress and rising star who's a member of the fabulous Cocoon Central Dance Team), Rob Paravonian (Comedy Central, VH1; to watch his hit video Pachelbel Rant, which has been viewed by over 13 million people on YouTube, please click here), Wendy Mays (host of the Pet Cinematary podcast), and Cristina Cacioppo (cinema programmer for Alamo Drafthouse): Kevin Geeks Out About Dance (7:30 pm; $15—buying in advance is recommended, as this show crammed with rich imagery and fascinating ideas often sells out; Brooklyn's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at 445 Albee Square West—take the 2/3 subway to Hoyt Street)
Friday 6/29: Host Chris Gersbeck screens a silly porn movie, and comics Jenn Wehrung, Kat Burdick, Matt Smith McCormick, and Calvin Cato riff on it MST3K-style: Soft Core! (9:00 pm, $15, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
Friday 6/29: Storytellers share tales of relationships in front of a panel of comics and therapy experts, who then give advice, with tonight's guests Emily Winter (writer for Fusion's Come Here and Say That, TVLand, and The New Yorker; co-host of The BackFatlorette, Backfat Variety, and Side Ponytail) and more TBA hosted by Lynn Bixenspan & Morgan Pielli: Relationshit (9:00 pm, $10, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
Saturday 6/30: Award-winning vaudeville-style sketch duo Chris O'Neill & Paul Valenti perform their favorite bits for this special show: The Best of the Chris and Paul Show (8:00 pm, $15, The PIT Mainstage (Striker) at 123 East 24th Street)
Sunday 7/1: NYLaugh.org's free summer stand-up shows, which happen Sundays 2:00-4:00 pm at parks all over the city, sponsors its second 2018 event today at The Battery (on Castle Clinton Lawn, in front of the National Monument) with headliner Bonnie McFarlane (HBO, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Presents special; co-host of My Wife Hates Me podcast; author of book You're Better Than Me) and other comics TBA. Subsequent shows will happen at Washington Square Park (at Garibaldi Plaza, on the east side of the Fountain) July 8th, The Battery again July 15th, and Tompkins Square Park (on the Old Bandshell Lawn) July 22nd, with lineups TBA: Laughter in the Park (2:00 pm-4:00 pm, Free!, Staten Island's Wolfe's Pond Park at 420 Cornelia Avenue)
Sunday 7/1: Kerry Coddett (above; writer for HBO's Wyatt Cenac: Problem Areas; HBO's Crashing, BET's The Rundown, Comedy Central's The Nightly Show, MTV's Joking Off; host of Brooklyn, Stand Up!) and indie music duo Strange Parts (Attia Taylor & Corey Duncan) perform and are interviewed about "that one song you'll never forget" at Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell (27-16 23rd Avenue) hosted by Patrick Cartelli & Evan Forde Barden: Repeater: A Little Show About Big Songs (8:30 pm, $5, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
Monday 7/2: Comics share their observations, fears, dreams, and insanities growing up by reading from their childhood diaries, featuring Lauren Culp, Matt Dittus, Ruthie Dreyer, Emily Evans, Jennifer Gersbeck, Dana Norris, Michael Salgarolo, and Emily Walsh and host Maggie Lalley: Dear Diary: Comics Read Their Weird Childhood Journals (8:30 pm, $8, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
Tuesday 7/3: Roland Emmerich's & Dean Devlin's 1996 film Independence Day is actually quite entertaining—and also a milestone in the history of Hollywood blockbusters (it was the highest-grossing movie of its year). That said, there's plenty about it to make fun of. Tonight it'll be screened and mercilessly skewered by comics Frank Conniff (TV's Frank on Mystery Science Theater 3000; Cinematic Titanic; author of How to Write Cheesy Movies and 25 MST3K Films That Changed My Life In No Way Whatsoever), John Fugelsang (host of Tell Me Everything on Sirius XM; former host of ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos), and Jenn Wehrung (BBC; co-host of Soft Core!), who make this solemn promise: "We will be fast forwarding through the Randy Quaid scenes." Their cruelty will be contrasted by exceptionally kind host Chris Gersbeck (co-host of Soft Core!, which is essentially a porn version of this show, and Bunk Bed Time Open Mic): Movies R Dumb: Independence Day (9:30 pm, $10, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
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NYC Top Comedy Choices for April 2018: Last Updated Monday 4/30/18
That said, my top NYC comedy recommendations for this last day of April 2018 include:
Monday 4/30: Some of the most brilliant improvisors alive—David Cross, Scott Adsit, Becky Drysdale, Brian Stack, and Michael Delaney—stumble into theatre scenes of plays they've never seen performed by superb Broadway, TV, and/or film stars Amy Rutberg, Krysta Rodriguez, Amy Warren, Jonathan Kaplan, and Zoey Martinson—and make up their dialogue while the actors commit to staying in character and on book. The result is amazingly fun, hosted by actor/director Stephen Ruddy: Gravid Water (8:00 pm, $9, UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Monday 4/30: Roy Wood Jr. (correspondent for Comedy Central's The Daily Show and host of This is Not Happening), Julio Torres (marvelously nuanced, outside-the-box stand-up; staff writer for Saturday Night Live; Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Billy on the Street, HBO's High Maintenance, Louis C.K.'s Horace and Pete), Emmy Blotnick (brilliant rising star stand-up who's performed on Stephen Colbert and stars in an upcoming Comedy Central Half Hour; Head Writer for Comedy Central's The President Show; former writer for Comedy Central's @midnight, Roast of Rob Lowe, and Not Safe with Nikki Glaser; MTV, VH1), Tim Dillon (Comedy Central, Netflix, Last Comic Standing), Tyler Fischer, and Eric Dittleman perform stand-up hosted by the multi-talented Morgan Miller (sharp improvisor, sketch comic, and stand-up): Dirty Laundry (11:00 pm, Free! (make reservation here), UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Tuesday 5/1: David Cross (comedy legend; Mr. Show, Arrested Development, Modern Family) tries out new stand-up material in Brooklyn: David Cross: Still Shooting the Shit, Still Seeing What Sticks (8:00 pm, $15, Brooklyn's The Bell House at 149 7th Street; take R subway to 9th Street or F/G to Fourth Avenue)
Tuesday 5/1: A wild monthly pun competition hosted by father-daughter duo Fred Firestone (co-author with Jo of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers) and Jo Firestone (one of the most relentlessly inventive comics in the biz; staff writer for Jimmy Fallon; star of Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents special; HBO's Crashing, Comedy Central's Broad City; radio host of WFMU's Dr. Gameshow), with 18 audience members fiercely competing for wordplay dominance: Punderdome 3000 (8:00 pm; $10—sold out of advance tickets, but there'll be 150 tickets available at the door; Brooklyn's Littlefield at 622 Degraw Street—take R subway to Union Street; show up early to nab a seat or plan on standing)
Tuesday 5/1: This African-American stand-up show features Dillon Stevenson (writer for HBO's Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas), Abbi Crutchfield (Broad City, MTV, VH1, Witsream), Jordan Carlos (cast member of Netflix's Friends From College; HBO's 2 Dope Queens and Girls, Comedy Central's Broad City and The Nightly Show, Showtime, MTV's Guy Code and Guy Court, VH1, Adult Swim), Shalewa Sharpe (Keith and the Girl; comedy album Stay Eating Cookies), and Chris Lamberth (AXS TV) hosted by Brandon Collins: Don't Think Once (7:30 pm; $10, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
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NYC Top Comedy Choices for February 2018: Last Updated Monday 2/26/18
That said, my top NYC comedy recommendations for what's left of February 2018 include:
Monday 2/26: Brilliant improvisors Brian Stack, Becky Drysdale, Tami Sagher, Adam Pally, and Michael Delaney stumble into theatre scenes of plays they've never seen—performed by superb Broadway, TV, and/or film stars Dianna Agron, Cristin Milioti, and Sandy Rustin (above), Jonathan Kaplan, and Julie Sharbutt—and make up their dialogue while the actors commit to staying in character and on book. The result is amazingly fun, hosted by actor/director Stephen Ruddy: Gravid Water (8:00 pm; $9; please note this show has sold out of seats, but you might still get in if you arrive early for the stand-by line; UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Monday 2/26: Josh Gondelman (Emmy & Peabody Award-winning writer/producer for HBO's phenom Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; Conan O'Brien, The New Yorker; stand-up comedy album Physical Whisper), Josh Sharp (superb sketch writer/performer; CBS' Two Broke Girls, Comedy Central's The Opposition, IFC's How Shit Works, MTV; co-host of Cool Shit/Weird Shit), Kenice Mobley, Venessa Peruda, and more perform stand-up for this weekly Brooklyn show hosted by Jo Firestone (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon; HBO's Crashing, Comedy Central's Broad City; co-author of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers), Aparna Nancherla (co-star of HBO's Crashing and 2 Dope Queens, Netflix's Master of None, and Comedy Central's Corporate), and Maeve Higgins (Maeve in America, co-host of Nat Geo's Star Talk): Butterboy with Jo, Aparna, and Maeve (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 635 Sackett Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Tuesday 2/27: Star Wars erotic fan fiction—e.g., Fifty Shades of Rey, a sexually intense retelling of Star Wars: A Force Awakens—is read with feeling by comics Lane Moore (HBO's Girls; host of Tinder Live; Sex & Relationship Editor of Cosmo; writer for The Onion, McSweeney's), Julia Johns (writer for MTV's Girl Code), and Jessie Bangarang Atkinson (host of Family Liquid Dinner, cast member of A Drinking Game NYC), plus "Force Off," a Star Wars-themed audience interactive game that awards prizes, all hosted by Rob Roan: Star Wars: An Erotic Live Reading (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield (635 Sackett Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Wednesday 2/28: Sad scientists Jo Firestone & Steven DeSiena host a throwback to grade school science fairs…but run by NYC comics. Walk the open exhibits from 7:00 to 8:15ish pm, where each participant is being tasked to prove a half-baked hypothesis of his or her choosing using disciplinary methods that might be true. There'll be poster boards, quirky dioramas, tri-fold cardboard, flasks, lab coats, and haphazard experiments. Then at 8:30 pm awards will be presented by scholars "who are maybe at the top of their respective fields. All this and much, much more, we bet:" The Educated Guess Science Fair (7:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 622 Degraw Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Wednesday 2/28: Tabitha Vidaurri (MTV, WFMU, Funny or Die), who has read every single one of Stephen King's 54 novels, hosts this monthly show devoted to the master of horror, with tonight's topic The Shining: The Stephen King and I (7:30 pm, $7, Astoria Queens' QED: A Place to Show & Tell at 27-16 23rd Avenue)
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NYC Top Comedy Choices for February 2018: Last Updated Sunday 2/25/18
Sunday 2/25: Comics and comedic storytellers Anita Flores, Nicole Pasquale, Luc Rioual, and hosts Allie Kokesh & Sarah Burton (has spent 100+ hours reading WebMD), will share their experiences of self-diagnosis before a panel of actual doctors. Hypochondriacs, and/or victims of terrible or no insurance, are likely to relate to these comedic tales of healthcare nightmares, which might range from homeopathic cures for yeast infections to at-home surgery. At the end of the evening, only one comic will receive an honorary white coat and proudly say: I'm a Doctor Now! (7:30 pm, $10, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Sunday 2/25: The Sklar Brothers and Dan Van Kirk perform and host other comics TBA perform improv and stand-up for this recording of their podcast: Dumb People Town (7:30 pm, $20, Brooklyn's The Bell House at 149 7th Street; take R subway to 9th Street or F/G to Fourth Avenue)
Monday 2/26: Brilliant improvisors Brian Stack, Becky Drysdale, Tami Sagher, Adam Pally, and Michael Delaney stumble into theatre scenes of plays they've never seen—performed by superb Broadway, TV, and/or film stars Dianna Agron, Cristin Milioti, and Sandy Rustin (above), Jonathan Kaplan, and Julie Sharbut—and make up their dialogue while the actors commit to staying in character and on book. The result is amazingly fun, hosted by actor/director Stephen Ruddy: Gravid Water (8:00 pm; $9; please note this show has sold out of seats, but you might still get in if you arrive early for the stand-by line; UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
Monday 2/26: Josh Gondelman (Emmy & Peabody Award-winning writer/producer for HBO's phenom Last Week Tonight with John Oliver; Conan O'Brien, The New Yorker; stand-up comedy album Physical Whisper), Josh Sharp (superb sketch writer/performer; CBS' Two Broke Girls, Comedy Central's The Opposition, IFC's How Shit Works, MTV; co-host of Cool Shit/Weird Shit), Nick Turner (Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Comedy Central Half Hour, VH1), Kenice Mobley, and more perform stand-up for this weekly Brooklyn show hosted by Jo Firestone (staff writer for Jimmy Fallon, co-author of #1 bestselling Punderdome: A Card Game for Pun Lovers), Aparna Nancherla (co-star of HBO's Crashing, Netflix's Master of None, and Comedy Central's Corporate), and Maeve Higgins (Maeve in America, co-host of Nat Geo's Star Talk): Butterboy with Jo, Aparna, and Maeve (8:00 pm, $10, Brooklyn's Littlefield at 635 Sackett Street; take R subway to Union Street)
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NYC Top Comedy Choices for February 2018: Last Updated Saturday 2/24/18
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Saturday 2/24: A unique game show in which an oddball Internet video is screened, and then over a dozen contestants have three minutes to prepare a dance routine inspired by what everyone just experienced. It'll all be judged by Keisha Zollar (HBO's Divorce, Orange Is the New Black, MTV; writer for The Opposition with Jordan Klepper; ace improv trio Doppelganger, sketch group Astronomy Club) and more comics TBA and hosted by Deborah Lohse: Dancify That! (10:00 pm, $20, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street) Saturday 2/24: Hosts Mitra Jouhari & Catherine Cohen "are gals who just don't get 'guy stuff.' They've invited comics to give them lectures on guy stuff so that they can finally fit in," with tonight's bearers of wisdom Josh Sharp & Aaron Jackson (Comedy Central's The Opposition), Kelsey Caine, Drew Anderson, Fareeha Khan, and Sandy Honig: It's a Guy Thing (8:00 pm, $8, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Saturday 2/24: Sixteen comics—including John Reynolds, Connor O'Malley, Ana Fabrega, Matt Barats, and Gary Richardson—perform characters, songs, and a variety of other comedic bits: Yardsale Comedy Night (10:00 pm, $8, Brooklyn's Union Hall at 702 Union Street; take R subway to Union Street)
Saturday 2/24: PLEASE NOTE: This show has SOLD OUT. Comics and comedic storytellers Vanessa Golenia, Andrea Allan, Richard Cardillo, and David Drake join pioneering sketch comic and storyteller Kevin Allison (The State) to tell well-crafted tales of comedic adventure: Risk! (7:00 pm, $15, LES' Caveat at 21-A Clinton Street; take F/J/M/Z subway to Delancey Street/Essex Street)
Monday 2/26: Brilliant improvisors stumble into theatre scenes of plays they've never seen—performed by superb Broadway, TV, and/or film stars—and make up their dialogue while the actors commit to staying in character and on book. The result is amazingly fun, hosted by actor/director Stephen Ruddy: Gravid Water (8:00 pm, $12, UCB Hell's Kitchen at 555 West 42nd Street)
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