Flappers or influencers? Jazz clubs or TikTok trends?? Step into a century-spanning showdown as our comedians compare the glitz, chaos, and culture of the 1920s and the 2020s? Whether you’re into speakeasies or smart homes, this time-traveling showdown is the bee’s knees! Featuring Brandon Collins (Drunk Black History), Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer), Peter Grosz (The Beast in Me), Myq Kaplan (Rini), Ikechukwu Ufomadu (Fantasmas), and Natasha Vaynblat (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), with guest host Shalewa Sharpe (The War Report).
The popular comedy debate series invites two teams of funny folks from the worlds of stand-up and late-night television to tackle topics of great importance to pop culture, such as which pet is superior—cats or dogs—and is it better to be comfortable or fashionable? The verbal sparring and all-around absurdity only stop when the audience decides the winner.
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Past Performers include Elna Baker, Maria Bamford, Michael Ian Black, Guy Branum, Wyatt Cenac, Ronny Chieng, Jo Firestone, John Fugelsang, Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Ilana Glazer, Josh Gondelman, Dave Hill, Maeve Higgins, Mehran Khaghani, Julie Klausner, Hasan Minhaj, Aparna Nancherla, Kristen Schaal, Baratunde Thurston, Kevin Townley, Michael Showalter, Dan Soder, Bowen Yang, Sasheer Zamata, and many more.
Brandon Collins is a comedian, screenwriter, producer, and podcast host. He has performed live at SXSW and the New York Comedy Festival, and previously produced and co-hosted the long-running monthly show and podcast Comedy Outliers. Collins currently co-hosts the podcast Medium Popcorn, and produces and hosts the live show and podcast Drunk Black History.
Janeane Garofalo is an activist, actor, and comedian known for her memorable and critically acclaimed roles in films such as The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Steal This Movie, Copland, Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Reality Bites, and Wet Hot American Summer. She was instrumental in the successful launch of the first liberal radio network, Air America Radio, where she hosted her own talk show, The Majority Report. Recent film and television credits include Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens, Harley Quinn, and Boys Go to Jupiter.
Peter Grosz is a writer and actor whose film and television credits include The Colbert Report, for which he earned two Emmy Awards, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Vinyl, Rough Night, The President Show, Veep, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, At Home with Amy Sedaris, Search Party, The Menu, Fleishman Is in Trouble, White House Plumbers, Elsbeth, Dying for Sex, and The Beast in Me. He is also a regular panelist on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Myq "Mike" Kaplan has performed on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Late Late Show with James Corden. Additional screen credits include his half-hour Comedy Central Presents special; his one-hour Amazon special Small, Dork, and Handsome; the Dry Bar special Live from the Universe; and his most recent hour-long special Rini. He has been featured on America’s Got Talent and was a finalist on Last Comic Standing. His debut album, Vegan Mind Meld, was one of iTunes’ Top 10 Comedy Albums of the Year. Additional albums include Meat Robot, No Kidding, and A.K.A., which debuted at #1 and was called "invigoratingly funny" by The New York Times. Kaplan hosts the podcasts Broccoli and Ice Cream and The Faucet.
Ikechukwu Ufomadu is an Emmy-nominated, Drama Desk Award–winning actor, writer, and comedian, named a “Comedian You Should and Will Know” by Vulture/New York Magazine and a “Comic to Look Out For” by Time Out New York. He co-wrote and stars in Inspector Ike and Words with Ike, which earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Short Form Series. His solo show, Amusements, played a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe and is currently touring. Ufomadu has written for Ziwe, Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News, and Paid Off. On screen, he can be seen in Judas and the Black Messiah, Los Espookys, Three Busy Debras, Joe Pera Talks with You, Your Monster, The French Italian, and Fantasmas. He has performed at venues including The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, SXSW, The Public Theater, Joe’s Pub, Ars Nova, New York Comedy Festival, and the Netflix Is a Joke Festival. He was in the world premiere production of Clare Barron’s Dance Nation. Ufomadu was an inaugural recipient of the Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship.
Natasha Vaynblat’s comedy is “silly and searingly smart” (Paste Magazine). She has written for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, and Comedy Central’s Your Worst Fears Confirmed. Her humor writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and McSweeney's. Her stand-up album, We’re All Dads Here, was featured in Vulture's Albums To Watch Right Now. On April 28th, Vaynblat will perform her new hour, Childless Freak, at Joe's Pub, all about her choice to not have kids.
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Brooklyn-based comedian Shalewa Sharpe developed her sly yet goofy style in Atlanta, where she was raised. A 2019 Vulture Comic To Watch, she has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, The CW, Peacock, and Showtime. She has two albums, Stay Eating Cookies and So You Just Out Here?, both available everywhere. Sharpe currently hosts the monthly Whiplash Comedy Show at Union Hall, and co-hosts the weekly podcast The War Report with Gastor and Shalewa.
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