Is knowledge power, or is experience everything? Watch sharp-witted scholars face off against quick-thinking hustlers in a comedy clash of brains vs. instincts. Whether you swear by textbooks or street sense, this debate will school you in laughter! Featuring Ariel Dumas (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Dave Hill (Parking the Moose), Sam Kebede (Lack History), Alison Leiby (Oh God, A Show About Abortion), Kate Rigg (Elsbeth), and Josh Sharp (ta-da!), with special guest host Negin Farsad (Fake the Nation).
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.
Ariel Dumas most recently served as head writer and supervising producer of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Her work for The Late Show has been recognized with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Series and a dozen Emmy nominations, and she was honored with the WGA Award in 2021 for her contributions to Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020 special. Dumas wrote the screenplay for the forthcoming Looney Tunes musical Bye Bye Bunny.
Dave Hill is a comedian, writer, musician, actor, radio host, and man-about-town. He has appeared on The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Joe Pera Talks with You, The Tick, @midnight, Inside Amy Schumer, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Jim Gaffigan Show, and Comedy Knockout, among others. He previously hosted the radio show The Goddamn Dave Hill Show and several podcasts, including The Dave Hill Goodtime Hour. Hill is the author of the books Parking the Moose, Tasteful Nudes, Dave Hill Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and most recently The Awesome Game: One Man's Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey.
Sam Kebede is a first-generation Ethiopian/Eritrean-American writer/performer. He has had his works presented at venues including The Public, Ars Nova, New Victory Theater, and Victory Gardens Theater. Sam is also the creator and lead artist behind Lack History, a comedy variety game show about BIPOC history where all the proceeds are donated to grassroots social justice causes. Sam wrote for the Taiwanese TV show Tough Bobas, and has had his plays presented across the country. He regularly performs stand up across the globe and will be performing in Ireland all of next week.
Alison Leiby's television writing credits include Life & Beth, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The President Show, and The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, and her humor writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, and Vice, among other publications. Leiby currently co-hosts the Ruined podcast and the monthly comedy-storytelling series It's a Long Story. Her one-woman show Oh God, A Show About Abortion was named the Best Political Comedy of 2021 by The New York Times.
Kate Siahaan-Rigg is a Canadian/Australian/Indonesian/American actor, comedian, and activist. She writes, performs, and produces work for television, film, stage and dive bars around the world, and has been honored with numerous awards and grants in the US and Canada. Her screen credits include Elsbeth, I See You and You See Me, Tales of the City, New Amsterdam, These Thems, The Punisher, Mile 22, The Path, Law & Order, Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show, and Family Guy. Siahaan-Rigg is also the MC and lead singer for the rock n roll / spoken word duo Slanty Eyed Mama.
Josh Sharp is an actor, writer, and comedian best known for writing and starring in Dicks: The Musical. Additional screen credits include The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, At Home with Amy Sedaris, Search Party, Ziwe, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and After Midnight, among others. Sharp's one-man off-Broadway show, ta-da!, debuted earlier this year.
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Negin Farsad is the host of the podcast Fake the Nation and a regular panelist on Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! She is the director of the films Nerdcore Rising and The Muslims Are Coming!, and her romantic comedy, 3rd Street Blackout, is streaming on Peacock. She was selected as a TEDFellow for her work in social justice comedy and can be seen in Birdgirl, Not Okay, and Hillary Clinton's Apple TV+ show, Gutsy. Farsad's debut memoir, How to Make White People Laugh, was nominated for the Thurber Prize for Humor.
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