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Comedy Cellar
The Comedy Cellar is a comedy club in Manhattan where many top New York comedians perform. It is widely considered to be the best comedy club in the United States. It was founded in 1982 by then stand-up comedian, and current television writer/producer Bill Grundfest. It is located in Greenwich Village on 117 Macdougal Street between West 3rd Street and Minetta Lane. Above the club is a restaurant called The Olive Tree Cafe to which it is connected, where many of the comedians hang out after performing. The club is owned by Noam Dworman, who inherited it from his late father, Manny, and run by booker Estee Adoram, who has developed the club's talent for nearly four decades. The businesses share the same menu, kitchen, and staff. The Comedy Cellar, like The Comedy Store, uses a showcase format, as opposed to a headline format like most clubs. A show will consist of between five and seven comics performing sets of roughly 10-15 minutes each. Each week consists of three to six sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comedy Cellar (48072765427)
The Comedy Cellar is a comedy club in Manhattan where many top New York comedians perform. It is widely considered to be the best comedy club in the United States. It was founded in 1982 by then stand-up comedian, and current television writer/producer Bill Grundfest. It is located in Greenwich Village on 117 Macdougal Street between West 3rd Street and Minetta Lane. Above the club is a restaurant called The Olive Tree Cafe to which it is connected, where many of the comedians hang out after performing. The club is owned by Noam Dworman, who inherited it from his late father, Manny, and run by booker Estee Adoram, who has developed the club's talent for nearly four decades. The businesses share the same menu, kitchen, and staff. The Comedy Cellar, like The Comedy Store, uses a showcase format, as opposed to a headline format like most clubs. A show will consist of between five and seven comics performing sets of roughly 10-15 minutes each. Each week consists of three to six show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Ross
Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz (born September 13, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known as the "Roastmaster General" for his insult comedy, his multiple appearances at celebrity roasts held by the New York Friars Club, the ''Comedy Central Roast'' television series, and the Netflix historical comedy series '' Historical Roasts''. In 2009 the ''Chicago Tribune'' called Ross "the new millennium Don Rickles." His directorial debut, the 2006 documentary '' Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie'', won the prize for Best Film at the Comedia film festival held at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Early life Ross was raised in Newark, New Jersey, until he was in second grade; then his family moved to Union, New Jersey, and later to Springfield, New Jersey, where he attended Jonathan Dayton High School. He is of Jewish heritage and has a younger sister named Robyn. His mother Marsha died from leukemia when he was 14 years old. His father died of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherrod Small
Sherrod Small is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He currently co-hosts the podcast ''Race Wars'' with comedian Karen Margolis. Early life Small was born and raised in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York, by his mother and two sisters. Small is a cousin of Chris Rock. Career Small is a regular at the Comedy Cellar and Comic Strip Live in Manhattan. Sherrod was a regular on VH1's ''The Best Week Ever'' and served as a regular guest and stand-in host of Fox News's late-night satire program ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld''. He has appeared on ''Tough Crowd'', ''Premium Blend'', and ''The Chris Rock Show''. From 2012 to 2014, Small was an infrequent guest on the ''Opie and Anthony'' radio show. Following Anthony Cumia's firing on July 3, 2014, Small took a more regular role on its successor, ''Opie with Jim Norton ''Opie with Jim Norton'' was an American radio show hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Jim Norton that aired from July 2014 to September 2016. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Greenbaum
Harrison Greenbaum (born September 14, 1986) is an American stand-up comedian and comedy writer. Early life Greenbaum was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in Woodmere, New York, on Long Island. He graduated as valedictorian of his class at Lawrence High School. Greenbaum attended Harvard, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2008 and won the 2006 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting for his collection of magic books. He also won the Gordon W. Allport Prize for his psychology thesis, "'Did you hear the one about the...?': The effect of racial humor on prejudice." While at Harvard, Greenbaum co-founded the Harvard College Stand-Up Comic Society. Career Greenbaum has performed at many of the leading comedy clubs throughout the world including Carolines on Broadway, Gotham Comedy Club, Comix NY, Comic Strip Live, and the Laugh Factory, and is a regular at the Comedy Cellar. He continues to perform in more than 600 shows a year, making him one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kelly (comedian)
Robert Kelly is an American stand-up comedian, actor, radio personality, and podcast host. Kelly frequently performs at the Comedy Cellar. He often appeared on ''The Opie and Anthony Show'' on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and has also appeared on ''Last Call with Carson Daly'', ''Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'' and ''Premium Blend''. Early life Kelly was born in Medford, Massachusetts, three miles away from Boston. He was raised in a three-bedroom house with thirteen family members. He is of Irish ancestry, and was raised Catholic. Kelly is a self-confessed addict. He began drinking at age ten before he quit alcohol and drugs at fifteen. He has remained sober since. Kelly was arrested as a teenager, and spent time in a youth detention center. Career Kelly discovered stand-up comedy in 1987 while attending the International Conference of Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous, after which he began to listen to comedy albums. He performed his first stand-up routine on stage in 1991 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Hamilton (comedian)
Ryan Hamilton is an American stand-up comedian who uses observational comedy, observational, sarcasm, sarcastic, and self-deprecation, self-deprecating humor. He is known as a clean comedian and his material focuses on his own experiences, including his single life, skydiving, hot air balloons, and his huge smile. He was named one of ''Rolling Stone''s Five Comics to Watch in 2012, and also has made standout appearances on ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'', ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'', ''Conan (talk show), Conan'', ''The Late Late Show (U.S.), The Late Late Show'', ''Last Comic Standing'', Comedy Central, and Showtime (TV network), Showtime. Early life Hamilton was born in 1976 in Ashton, Idaho, a small potato farming community. He attended BYU-Idaho, receiving an associate degree in journalism and public relations. He then transferred to Brigham Young University and earned a bachelor's degree in public relations. Stand-up comedy career Ryan started performin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Davidoff
Dov Davidoff is an American comedian and actor. In addition to performing regularly in clubs and colleges throughout the country, Davidoff also acted in ''Invincible'' with Mark Wahlberg, and has made guest or recurring appearances on various TV shows including '' Crashing'', ''Chelsea Lately'', ''Chappelle's Show'', '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', '' Law & Order'', ''Raines'', ''Maron'', ''Whitney'', ''Horace and Pete'' and ''The League''. Davidoff was born on September 22, 1973 in Englishtown, New Jersey, where his father owned a junkyard. He married his wife Jessica on May 18, 2016, and she gave birth to the couple's son on November 3rd, 2018. On April 22, 2008, he released a CD entitled "''The Point Is..''" on Comedy Central Records. His book ''Road Dog: Life and Reflections from the Road'' ''as a Stand-up Comic'' was released via Amazon in October, 2017. Most recently, Davidoff has been guest starring with Ray Liotta and Jennifer Lopez on the NBC cop drama ''Shades of Blue''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Maron
Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician. In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty times on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', more than any other stand-up comedian. He hosted ''Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater'' from 1993 to 1994, replacing Jon Stewart. He was also a regular guest on ''Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'' and hosted the short-lived 2002 American version of the British game show ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' on VH1. He was a regular on the left-wing radio network Air America from 2004 to 2009, hosting '' The Marc Maron Show'' and co-hosting '' Morning Sedition'' and '' Breakroom Live''. In September 2009, soon after ''Breakroom Live'' was cancelled Maron began hosting the twice-weekly podcast ''WTF with Marc Maron'', where he interviews comedians, authors, musicians, and celebrities in his gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greer Barnes (comedian)
Greer Barnes (born 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for clever wordplay, observational humor, sketch comedy, mimicry, and energetic physical comedy. He has performed in comedy festivals, in commercials, on television and in films. He regularly appears at The Comedy Cellar in New York City’s West Village.I Can’t Follow Greer Barnes By Joe Glasgow, Splitsider website, March 30, 2017Stand Up NY: Greer Barnes /ref> Biography Barnes was born in the and grew up on[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artie Lange
Artie is a masculine given name, usually a diminutive of Arthur. Notable people with the given name include: People * Artie Bettles (1891–1971), Australian rules footballer * Artie Butler (born 1942), American popular music arranger, songwriter and pianist * Artie Cobb (born 1942), American poker player * Artie P. Hatzes (born 1957), American astronomer * Artie Kornfeld (born 1942), American musician, record producer and music executive best known as the music promoter for the Woodstock Festival * Artie Lange (born 1967), American actor and comedian on ''The Howard Stern Show'' and ''Mad TV'' * Artie Malvin (1922–2006), American composer and vocalist on The Crew Chiefs and with Glenn Miller's band * Artie Pew Jr. (1898–1959), American college football and basketball player * Artie Shaw (1910–2004), American jazz clarinetist, composer and bandleader * Artie Simek (1916–1975), American calligrapher best known as a letterer for Marvel Comics * Artie Smith (born 1970), Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Di Paolo
Nicholas Rocco Di Paolo (born ) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, radio personality and podcast host. He is the host of '' The Nick Di Paolo Show'' podcast, and is best known for his appearances as a regular on ''Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn'', the ''Comedy Central Roasts'', ''Opie and Anthony'' and ''The Howard Stern Show'', as well as recurring roles on ''Louie'' and ''Horace and Pete''. Early life Di Paolo was born to parents Nick and Joan Di Paolo of Danvers, Massachusetts. In 1980, after graduating from high school, he attended the University of Maine where he was a running back on the university's football team and graduated in 1984 with a major in marketing. He said: "I cheated my way through with a 2.3 grade point average but picked this time as 'the best years of my life'." He joined the fraternity Sigma Nu. His brother also attended the university and did play-by-play commentary for the Maine Black Bears hockey team with Gary Thorne. After graduating, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Vos
Rich Vos is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. Since 2011, he has been the co-host of the podcast ''My Wife Hates Me'' with his wife, comedian Bonnie McFarlane. Early life Vos was raised in a Jewish family who lived in an "all black neighborhood" in New Jersey. Vos's parents divorced when he was young and he did not graduate from high school. He became a fan of stand-up comedy from watching television as a child and cites acts featured on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' as a big influence. Career Vos began his stand-up career in 1984, choosing to pursue it full-time as he "failed at everything else", and developed his act in local clubs. In 1995, Vos became the first white comic to perform a set on ''Def Comedy Jam'' on HBO, a show usually featuring African American comedians. In July 1999, Vos hosted at the Woodstock '99 festival, later calling it a highlight of his career. In 2000, Vos received the Bistro Award for Outstanding Achievement as Comedy Performer. In 2001, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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