Round Round Get Around We Get Around

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We are digging this poster because the center star, comedian Chad Weiss has listed a very important show as his credit! For the entire month of July, Chad's kids eat free at The Living Room!

A Show Grows in Brooklyn

One year anniversary that doesn't matter:


One year anniversary that DOES matter:


It's small, but click on it to see what this homemade flier has to offer! If you know the show, you know we're all about homemade signs.

All two-time Funniest Comedian of All Time Award winners* go head to head and toe to toe and butt to butt to compete for the deluxe championship belt!

Keith Alberstadt (National Lampoon)
Carolyn Castiglia (VH1)
Jiwon Li (Check Your Cool)
Matt McCarthy (The Matt and Katina Show)


with a video by Jeff Ceruli (The Jeff Show)
and a sketch by Perv Griffin!

See you this Friday!
*Jacqueline Novak is also eligible for this title. But she ain't one to brag.

Show 23: Abbi Birthday To You!

Abbi claimed not to want a party, but she hung streamers and balloons and passed out festive hats in case anyone wanted to wear them. Some comedians combine their shows with a birthday celebration, but she wouldn’t be one of them. If anyone were to surprise her with something, however, she wouldn’t be opposed…

No one did.

So she brought the subtle and quick-witted Jon Friedman to the stage.

He went on to host a hefty line-up of talent that has performed nationwide!
Lucas Held
David Wade
Gilad Foss
Abbi Crutchfield
Ann Carr and
Joe Larson

Lucas Held acknowledged the elephant in the room that was THIRTEEN YEAR OLDS.

The very gals who were ushered out of our eighteenth show came back on their best behavior. They enjoyed Lucas’ insight into his Jewish hilarity—that is, heritage.

David Wade had his debut at the Living Room and brought comedy that was worth the wait! He did not, however, work a birthday surprise into his material. As Mo’nique would say: Wop wop!

Retired professional wrestler Superfly Hulk Savage spoke from his (large) gut about what’s going on in the world today. When we learned that each of his encounters often ends in someone’s death, we all laughed and applauded out of fear.

Speaking of mortality, Gilad Foss left his deathbed to talk to us and make us laugh while battling the end of a nasty cold. What a trooper! He neither acknowledged Abbi’s birthday nor did he wipe the microphone with a Lysol towel. Minus ten points!

Abbi Crutchfield expressed her utter dismay that there had been no surprise party despite all of her hints. She tore down streamers and berated the audience. Then she made jokes about deodorant (the show must go on…)

Gather ‘round and he’ll tell you a tale…Gristled sea captain Billy Hawkins told us the story of a great white whale. The kind that lures you in and then runs off with your brother. ARR! Paying the white whale alimony be quite a harpoon in the side!

The loveable (from a distance) Janey graced the stage to gush about her “ashpirashuns”. We tried very hard to take her seriously, but she had Twinkies tucked into her belt for crying out loud.

As Abbi played human radio, Janey began a modern dance to Madonna’s “Hung Up”. The only hang up was that our laughter made her insecure, and she became a ball of tears. One of the middle schoolers promised to hang out with her, which cheered her up.

Purely from guilt, Joe Larson wished Abbi a happy birthday when he got on the mic. Too little, too late Joe. He did a superb job closing the show as a satisfied audience applauded him off stage.

The Hat of Chance decreed that Ann Carr take home the honor of Funniest Comedian of All Time. What do you get for your favorite chameleon? Temporary tattoos of course!

With a half-eaten cake he stole from a co-worker's retirement party, Luke was finally able to surprise Abbi.

The candles just needed to be rearranged and voila!

If you’re not having a birthday, but you WOULD like to celebrate with some hilarious comedians, come to the One Year Anniversary show on June 8th!

Show 22: Boy's Club

We had an informal response to Ladies' Night with a line-up of 100%, meatloaf-eating, testosterone-pumping, Steel Magnolias-hating MEN. We picked the only guy who can still pull off Polos without looking pretentious Greg Tito to host our amazing lineup:
Abbi Crutchfield (she's really a man)
Dave Lester
Brendan Fitzgibbons
Jeremy Schachter and
Ryan Paulson


Greg Tito kicked off the show holding the title of The Only Married Man in New York Under 30 and Doing Comedy (or TOMM-NYU-DC…a round-trip discount code on Greyhound?). Anyone want to challenge him?? We didn't think so.

Artificially zany for the camera, Abbi Crutchfield wore scrubs because it’s her show, and proceeded to dissect the rules to office politics. Mainly there’s one: no talking about shagging your wife of 30 years. Sweet peaches, don’t ever do that.

Dave Lester had a dynamite set and a lovely lady in the audience to enjoy it along with the rest of us.

Herodotus is his name, and celebrity gossip is his game! The Herodotus-At-Large segment brought us news of the stars with more puns than you can stuff in a big, black fake moustache. Then, with a gust of metrosexual wind, he was off!
Brendan Fitzgibbons was fired up to share what he’s learned from his many, many, many failed relationships. He also kicked around a few one-liners which cracked the room up. When it's too good for The Onion, it becomes stand-up that we get to enjoy at The Living Room!

Jeremy Schachter took the stage and turned the room into a gym as he worked out some soon-to-be-classic stuff. Gym. Work-out. Get it? Herodotus, what have you done?!?!
He didn’t miss the opportunity to crack on his brother. We appreciate that.

Pumped full of energy drink and slogans, motivational speaker and human e-mail spam Tom Jeter enthusiastically shared his one-point plan on how to be successful. He never got to the point or told us how it could benefit us, but he did get across enough subliminal messages for us to donate all of our money to him. And you should too! This guy’s amazing!

Show-stopper Ryan Paulson turned the coffee shop into a church through his vivid nostalgia of growing up religious. A comedian with preaching abilities—the next Sam Kinison? He hasn’t started shouting yet. Or wearing berets.

It was just the kind of star-quality he needed to be honored the Funniest Comedian of All Time award! He accepted his fresh fake grapes, and then a giant bottle attacked and killed him.

A lovely lady from the audience won two tickets to AMC Theaters! Sadly, she, too, was mauled by the bottle. This container of simple syrup is still on the loose. If you have seen a five-foot, clear pump bottle with a blue neck and a white nozzle, please contact us by coming to the next Living Room show May 25th. You just might save a life.

Check out MORE photos of the event on Flickr here.