The printed word goes head to head with the moving image as we explore which has more value: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as 120,000 printed words, taking up several weeks of your life; or watching one of 25 film adaptations starring your favorite Brits in period costumes making pouty faces for two hours. In this debate of paragraphs and pictures, you read, watch, and vote your way to the perfect ending! This installment features Michael Ian Black (Have I Got News For You), Rose Kelso (Boomer Stoop), Carmen Lynch (Life & Beth), Liz Miele (After Midnight), Nathan Min (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), and Ikechukwu Ufomadu (Ziwe)!
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. Featuring special guest host Shalewa Sharpe.
Due to a scheduling conflict, Kevin Townley will no longer be hosting this event.
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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.
Michael Ian Black is known for such seminal television programs as The State, Stella, and Michael & Michael Have Issues, all of which he co-created, wrote, and starred in. In addition to his live stand-up work, Black's numerous film and television credits include Ed, Wet Hot American Summer, Burning Love, They Came Together, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Inside Amy Schumer, VH1’s I Love the '80s, The Good Fight, Dogs in a Park, Another Period, Insatiable, Reno 911!, Linoleum, and Spinning Gold. He is the author of A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son, among other best-selling books for children and adults. Black currently hosts the podcast Obscure and will star in the forthcoming limited series Have I Got News For You on CNN.
Rose Kelso is a Brooklyn-based writer, director, and musical comedian, who graduated in 2019 with a BFA in Film and Television from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Rose is currently staffed as a writer/producer for Comedy Central Digital, where her sketches and satirical songs are regularly featured. She is best known for her original musical puppet series, the Shorty Award–winning Boomer Stoop, which she writes, composes, designs, edits, and hosts. Rose has also emerged as a popular comedian on TikTok and Instagram, with over 400k followers, and was recently named a 2022 NYCF Creator To Watch.
Carmen Lynch has appeared on a string of late-night TV shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Conan. Additional screen credits include Inside Amy Schumer, That Damn Michael Che, Life & Beth, and the documentary Hysterical. Lynch performs stand-up across the country in both English and Spanish, and has hosted two podcasts in two languages: The Human CentiPOD in English for SiriusXM, and Podria Ser Peor in Spanish. Her self-produced comedy specials, Queef Week and Carmen Lynch en Español, were released earlier this year.
Liz Miele has appeared on Comedy Central, FOX, AXS TV, Hulu, NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, and CBS’s After Midnight, and featured in print in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Guardian. Miele's videos have gone viral on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, and her comedy albums have accrued a combined 6+ million views on YouTube. She is the author of the book Why Cats Are A**holes, and her most recent special, Murder Sheets, premiered earlier this year. Her previous special, The Ghost of Academic Future, was featured in The New York Times, Paste Magazine, and Interrobang's Best Comedy Albums of 2022 list. Miele performs stand-up internationally and currently co-hosts the podcast 2 Non Doctors.
Nathan Min is a serious comedian. As a writer, he has contributed to UCB Comedy Originals, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Joe Pera Talks With You. On screen, he has performed voiceover work for television and podcast series including Our Cartoon President, The Truth, Mission to Zyxx, and Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out The News, among others. In 2022, Min was featured in the miniseries WeCrashed.
Ikechukwu Ufomadu is an Emmy-nominated and 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. His one-man show, Amusements, premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons after being workshopped at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to sell-out audiences and strong reviews. He co-wrote and stars in Inspector Ike and Words with Ike, the latter being recognized with an Emmy nomination for Best Actor in a Short Form Series. He's written for the TV series Ziwe, Tooning Out the News, and Paid Off. On screen, he can be seen in recent Sundance hit Your Monster, as well as Judas and the Black Messiah, Los Espookys, Three Busy Debras, Joe Pera Talks With You and more. As a comedian, he's performed at 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, and an inaugural recipient of the Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship.
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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. She is currently a co-host of the weekly podcast, The War Reportwith Gastor and Shalewa.
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