I discovered these guys the other night at the Witout.com Philadelphia Comedy Awards. Hilarious. This was recorded live @ Helium Comedy Club.
Bonus: So after a little googling, I found out that there ACTUALLY IS a place that sells only Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches.. which makes this sketch even funnier.
Jay PeeBee’s PB&J: Serving the best peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches since 1993!
Up and coming comedian Evan Polk (@EvanPolk) presents…Hilarium the newest monthly comedy series at Philly’s legendary Laff House.
On January 25, 2012 prepared to be doubled over in laughter during the first installment of the series as Richie Redding (@RichieRedding), Dave Temple (@IMDaveTemple), and more reveal their life‘s stories and inner-most thoughts, pure hilarium!
The Philly comedy scene may be small compared with New York’s or Chicago’s, but you wouldn’t know it browsing the impressive database of local comedy shows and performers on Witout.net.
Launched a year ago by local stand-up comic Luke Giordano, the comedian-run blog is essentially a one-stop shop for news and information on Philly’s sketch, stand-up and improv communities. “There’s a lot of people who want to see good comedy, but they just don’t know where to go,” says local freelance writer and comedian Aaron Hertzog. “We want it to be a resource.”
In addition to its events calendar and comedy guide, WitOut features a mix of in-depth articles, interviews, reviews, videos, humor columns and random musings. With Giordano having moved to L.A. this past spring after landing a temporary writing gig on Two and a Half Men, Hertzog has taken over as the site’s editor-in-chief.
The 28 year old has been doing stand-up in the city for about five years now and, on any given night of the week, can be found either performing or hosting a show, of which there are many: Laughs on Fairmount, Center City Comedy, Helium’s weekly open mic, or his monthly stand-up showcase at the Philly Improv Theater (PHIT), “Hey Everybody!”
In the past year, Hertzog says, there have been so many new alternative comedy ventures popping up around in the city that is has become almost impossible to keep track of them all. “There’s a lot of comics taking initiative to build up the scene. No matter what your taste is, you can find a show that suits your pallet, whether that’s alternative, bizarre stuff or more mainstream stuff.”
When friend and fellow comic Rob Baniewicz approached him a few months ago with the idea of holding an award ceremony to honor the troupes, individuals and shows that best represented Philly comedy this year, Hertzog jumped on the idea. “We thought it would be a good thing for troupes to have on their resume when they apply to out-of-town shows,” he says.
To keep it from becoming nothing more than “a popularity contest,” WitOut left the nomination and voting process up to the people who really know the local comedy scene best—the comedians themselves. “I guess we just kinda decided to take a more ‘for us, by us approach,’” says Hertzog. Surprisingly, only a few acts actually nominated themselves or their own troupes.
Hertzog and Baniewicz, along with PHIT founder Greg Maughan, are still ironing out the final details of the ceremony—like what they should put on the plaques—but ultimately want the 2011 WitOut Awards to feel like a fun comedy show. “It’s going to be a parody of award shows,” says Hertzog. “Like a celebration and a mockery at the same time.”
They’ll be playing short clips of the nominees in most of the 14 categories—“Best Podcast,” “Best Regular Show,” “Best Stand-up Comedian”—with local comics presenting the awards in pairs. Herzog enlisted Joe Moore, a “neutral” yet “hilarious” fan of the local comedy scene, to host.
“My hope is that it will be like any big award show,” says Maughan. “I want there to be some controversy and at least one person who cries like Sally Field.”
Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who’s, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who’s love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos which he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriend the Grinch. Rejected by the Who’s as a child and living in spiteful seculsion for most of his life, the Grinch has always hated the citizens of Whoville. That especially goes for Christmas with the Who’s noise, phony sentiment and wasteful materialism. When little Cindy Lou Who’s attempt to transcend the festivities’ empty commercialism by inviting the Grinch ends with his public humiliation, the Grinch hatches upon on his supreme scheme to ruin the holidays.
Bob Newhart/ Edward Asner/ James Caan/ Will Ferrell
Genres:
Comedy/ Family/ Fantasy
Release Date
:2003
Buddy was a baby in an orphanage who stowed away in Santa’s sack and ended up at the North Pole. Later, as an adult human who happened to be raised by elves, Santa allows him to go to New York City to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs. Hobbs, on Santa’s naughty list for being a heartless jerk, had no idea that Buddy was even born. Buddy, meanwhile, experiences the delights of New York City (and human culture) as only an elf can. When Walter’s relationship with Buddy interferes with his job, he is forced to reevaluate his priorities.
This stand up special is rooted in Patrice’s unique views on topics we might have heard covered by other comics but not like this. Patrice not only makes every topic his own, he takes you places you may not have wanted to go making you laugh along the way.
He covers race, sexual harassment, cheating, relationships, animals, football all in an hour special that makes you wish he was given two hours. He has a charisma that connects with the audience that most comics (at least the comics on Comedy Central) seem to be lacking.
Patrice is one of the best comics that America has not heard of and not for his lack of talent and comedic ability. Buy this special, see him live, you will not be disappointed.
Patrice O’Neal, a fixture in the New York comedy scene for two decades who was most recently seen in the Comedy Central Roast Of Charlie Sheen, has passed away according to sources close to the comedian.
Talk show host Opie of the Opie & Anthony Radio Show tweeted this morning, “Yes, it’s true that our pal Patrice O’Neal has passed away. The funniest and best thinker I’ve ever known PERIOD.”
O’Neal suffered a stroke in October after a long battle with diabetes. The announcement about his condition was made by a group of his comedian friends and peers on the popular Sirius radio show, but few details have been made known since then at the wishes of his family.
Update: 2:40 p.m. O’Neal’s manager Matt Frost released this statement today:
It is with terrible sadness we must report that Patrice O’Neal has passed away this morning at 7:00am due to the complications of the stroke he suffered on October 19. Many of us have lost a close and loved friend; all of us have lost a true comic genius. His mother, who was also his best friend, was at his side. Patrice is survived by his wife, Vondecarlo; his step daughter Aymilyon, sister Zinder, and his mother Georgia. The family wishes to thank all of the fans and friends who have expressed an outpouring of love and support for Patrice these past weeks. We ask that you please respect the family’s request for privacy at this difficult time.
Previously: O’Neal was best known for his darkly playful sense of humor and for saying exactly what was on his mind. While O’Neal was a polarizing voice who was often as disliked as much as he was beloved, he was revered by peers and audiences alike for his fearlessness, a characteristic that was in bold relief during the Sheen Roast.
Wyatt Cenac is a comedy person. That means he tells jokes in exchange for laughs. He’s won fancy TV awards doing comedy person things as a writer and performer on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” On one particular night, he personed comedy in front of a live audience in New York City and filmed the whole thing. This is a hilarious full-length special following the world premiere on Comedy Central and filmed in conjunction with the CD release.
This 2011 stand-up comedy film finds funnyman Wyatt Cenac (THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART) toplining a routine before a live audience in Manhattan.
Funnyman Kevin Hart is BACK and starring in the theatrical version of his 2011LAUGH AT MY PAIN comedy tour that swept the nation and earned more than $15,000,000 in ticket sales! The 90-city LAUGH AT MY PAINtour is one of the most successful Comedy Concerts in history. Hart’s 2-day performance of LAUGH AT MY PAIN (at LA Live’s Nokia Theatre), raised the bar and broke Eddie Murphy’s long standing record of being the first African-American Comedian to surpass over $1.1 million two-day live Comedy show ticket sales.
Hartbeat Productions and CODEBLACK Entertainment are proud to bring you the historical, record-breaking and side-splitting stand-up of Kevin Hart in LAUGH AT MY PAIN. John Sellers of The Wrap says, Hart’s highly successful ‘Laugh at My Pain’ stand-up tour has turned him into a hot commodity in Hollywood.
Kevin Hart is one of the most versatile and sought after comedic actors in film and television. According to Box Office Mojo, Hart has starred films that have grossed over $510,000,000 in Domestic ticket sales at the box office, making him one of the most recognized faces of comedy today.
His credits include the hit films Death At A Funeral, Superhero Movie, Meet Dave, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Scary Movie 4,Little Fockers, Barbershop, Soul Plane, Along Came Polly and Not Easily Broken and is set to star in the highly-anticipated romantic comedy Think Like A Man (based on the runaway Best-Selling book by comedian Steve Harvey) as well as the upcoming film, The Five Year Engagement, also starring 2007 Golden Globe Award Winner Emily Blunt and Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall and TVs How I Met Your Mother).
On Television, Hart recently hosted the 11th Annual BET Awards (2011), which was the #1 Awards Show on Cable with over 7.71 million viewers. Hart also premiered his own one-hour comedy special Seriously Funny (2010) on Comedy Central and has hosted BETs revamped version of the classic stand-up comedy series Comic View: One Mic Stand that also helped catapult the careers of renown comedians such as D.L. Hughley and Cedric the Entertainer.
After a successful performance during amateur night at a local Philadelphia comedy club, and winning several amateur comedy competitions, Hart left his day job as a shoe salesman and began his career as a full time comedian, capturing audiences at The Boston Comedy Club, Carolines, Stand-Up NY, The Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store. His first appearance at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival led to his first role in the feature film Paper Soldiers (featuring an All-Star cast including Jay Z, Beanie Sigal, Memphis Bleek, and Kevin Carroll).
Experience LAUGH AT MY PAIN, the show that quickly became a national phenomenon. Catch the original, never-before-seen Raw and Uncut backstage footage, and travel back to Philly with Kevin Hart where he began his journey to become one of the funniest and most successful comedians of all time.
Get an up-close and personal look at Kevin Hart and get ready to laugh til it hurts.
This documentary, Sunday night on Comedy Central, looks at how episodes of that long-running show are put together. Watching Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the show’s creators, toss around ideas with the other writers is pretty funny. Is it too soon for Japanesetsunami jokes? Is there a story line to be created involving N.C.A.A. scandals and crack babies? What consequences might befall Cartman if he doesn’t read that must-agree-to agreement when he downloads an iTunes update?
The funniest moment of all, though, doesn’t take place in the writers’ room. It comes when we see Anne Garefino, the show’s executive producer, on the phone to the Standards and Practices people, describing a particularly vulgar scene in a parody of the “Human Centipede” films. Nothing in her description can be repeated here, but it’s pretty amusing watching her say it with a straight face. And then she ends the call with: “Thanks. Happy Easter to you too.”
