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Maybe you're the one at the party dancing, laughing, and hugging every new person you meet, or perhaps you're the person standing around wondering when it would be socially acceptable to go home. Who's to say which is better? Our two teams of comics will help you decide. Wallflowers and showboaters are all welcome. Led by special guest host Ophira Eisenberg (The Moth).
This installment features Chanel Ali (Girl Code), Gastor Almonte (The Sugar), Emmy Blotnick (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer), Matt Koff (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah), and Bassam Shawl (Brown Mirror Comedy).
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.
Chanel Ali is a standup comedian, writer, and actress who can be seen on the Netflix series Dash & Lily, Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, and Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks on TruTV. She hosted the Food Network digital series Food Debate! and was a cast member on MTV’s Girl Code. Ali was honored as a "New Face" at the 2019 Just for Laughs festival in Montreal.
Gastor Almonte is a comedian and storyteller. On-screen, he has been featured in Comedy Central's This Is Not Happening, Vice Live, and Stories From The Stage on PBS, for which he won the 2020 Webby People's Voice Award for Best Individual Performance. He serves as a producer and board member for the science-storytelling non-profit Story Collider, and also produces and co-hosts the news comedy podcast The War Report. Currently, Almonte is touring the country with his one-man show The Sugar, and his debut special, Immigrant Made, is available to stream on Amazon Prime.
Emmy Blotnick is a stand-up comedian and writer based in New York. Her writing credits include @midnight, The President Show, Pause with Sam Jay, History of the World: Part II, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Blotnick has performed stand-up live at venues coast to coast, including the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival and the Comedy Cellar in New York, and on screen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, and her half-hour special on Comedy Central. Her debut comedy album, Party Nights, was released in 2019.
Ophira Eisenberg is a standup comedian, writer, and the host of the new comedy podcast Parenting Is a Joke. She also hosted NPR’s Ask Me Another, where she interviewed hundreds of celebrities. She’s appeared multiple times on CBS’s The Late Late Show, Comedy Central, and is regular host and teller on The Moth Radio Hour, and her stories are included in three of The Moth’s best-selling collections. Her memoir, Screw Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy, was optioned for a television series, and her new comedy special, Plant-Based Jokes, is streaming on YouTube. Eisenberg's newest solo show, Leaving a Mark, debuted at the SoHo Playhouse earlier this year.
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.
Matt Koff is an Emmy-winning television writer and stand-up comic. His writing credits include The Daily Show, The Onion News Network, and the 2022 the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. As a stand-up, he has appeared on screen in House Party on Comedy Central and I Love the 1880s on The History Channel, and has toured with John Oliver, Michael Ian Black, and Bo Burnham.
Bassam Shawl is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer based in Brooklyn. He's written for Emmy-Award winning comedian Tiffany Haddish and performed at the New York Comedy Festival. Shawl is regularly featured at The Stand Comedy Club, BKYLN Comedy Club, The Comedy Shop, Sesh Comedy, 7th Street Comedy, and Tiny Cupboard Comedy Club in NYC, among other venues.
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