In the Tank w/ Karen Bergreen!

The boys are back! And this week, Karen Bergreen was the guest on In the Tank with Jon Fisch.

Karen is a Comic Strip Live staple and author of the summer release, Following Polly.

Take a listen and check our schedule for the next time you can catch Karen, Jon, Dan, or Shaki here in the City.

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This weekend at the Comic Strip: Arj Barker!

This Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, the Comic Strip welcomes back to its stage, the hilarious Arj Barker!

One the stars of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, Barker is constantly on the road entertaining fans worldwide. Now more than not based in Australia where he has cultivated his rabid fan base, having Arj in New York is a big deal and to be able to keep him at the club for 3 nights is certainly an achievement not to be taken lightly.

Tickets are still available for all shows. Please check out the line-up page to see which show you would like to watch Arj at!

George Wallaces stops by the Comic Strip!

Just when they thought that they’d seen it all…

This last Saturday night during our already star-studded 10:30 show, one of comedy’s greatest living legends, the great George Wallace swung by his old stomping ground to work out some material for his upcoming appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Wallace delighted the sold out crowd with samplings of his long-running Vegas show and gave everyone in attendance more than enough positive encouragement to tune into his Letterman appearance this week.

George is a Comic Strip Live! Hall-of-Famer who’s head shot hangs on the main wall as you enter the club to your left. The Strip is where George met his former roommate and friend Jerry Seinfeld amongst others. Wallace has made surprise appearance at the Strip many times in the last few years and the odds of him returning again soon are high.

Big weekend shows at the Strip!

YEEEEEAAAHHH!

Its FINALLY the weekend! Took long enough, eh?  We’ve got some big shows this weekend. I’m talking BIG! National headliners all over the place! You can’t throw a rock without hitting a headliner at the Comic Strip!

On Friday we have The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’s Paul Mecurio, “The Latin Lunatic” J.J. Ramirez, Best Week Ever’s Sherrod Small, the 2009 San Francisco Comedy Festival CHAMPION Steve White, and from the new FX Show Louie, William Stephenson.

AND THAT’S JUST ON OUR 8:30 SHOW!!!

We’ve also got Marina Franklin (Comedy Central, NBC), Pete Correale (new one-hour Comedy Central special “The Things We Do For Love”, Ryan Reiss (MTV) and Saturday Night Live Alum Dean Edwards coming by throughout the rest of the night on Friday.

Saturday is great as well with The Colbert Report’s Pete Dominick and the host of Discovery Channel’s Proof Chuck Nice, as well as many of the above names.

Make a night of it and come by the Comic Strip Live this weekend! For complete schedules and line-up info, visit www.ComicStripLive.com

Apatow and Seinfeld discuss the Comic Strip on Maron’s WTF

Last week on Comic Strip Live! Hall of Famer Marc Maron‘s Podcast W.T.F., Marc interviewed comedy super producer/writer/director Judd Apatow. The two discussed all things comedy as well as Judd’s development from simply being a fan of comedy to his days as a Long Island comedy club employee to his own stand up career all the way to the success he is today.

One of the most fascinating parts of the two-part podcast, was when Judd played audio interviews that he conducted as a 16-year old fan trying to learn about the business. He talked with Garry Shandling, Jay Leno and former longtime Comic Strip house emcee, Jerry Seinfeld. Jerry talks about how he got started in comedy and how he would work nightly at the Comic Strip, starting in the late night hours (like many of our current Late Night stars) before moving up the roster to become the great comedian we all know today. It’s a great listen.

Mike Vecchione KILLS IT on The Tonight Show!

So, we know this happened a few weeks ago, but we JUST found the link to the video online, so its about time that we post the clip of our good buddy and club favorite MIKE VECCHIONE making his debut on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (that was QUITE the long sentence!).

WATCH MIKE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW HERE!!!

Congrats Mike!

Come check out Mike at the Comic Strip Live!

A New Comedy Class Begins Monday

We found out this morning that Df Sweedler will be starting a new Comedy Classat the Comic Strip on September 13.  His class runs eight weeks and will take you through the fundamentals of joke-writing and performing.

The class costs $375.  Sign-up today by calling 212-861-9386, and add your name to the long list of legendary performers who’ve graced the stage at the World Famous Comic Strip Live!

Happy September! New Schedule is up!

Good news everybody in internet comedy land: the new Comic Strip Live! schedule is up!

Great comics! Great shows! The best club in New York City. Check out the line-up here.

And to all the comedians who didn’t get spots this month, take advice from the below video.