You can't improvise a heist. Nor can you plan a meet-cute six months in advance. While these truths may be self-evident, it's also true that some of us are Marie Kondo-like masters of organization while others freewheel it like Bob Dylan. In this comic debate, we'll find out which is better: to be fastidiously future-focused or casually unconcerned about anything other than the sandwich that fate has placed in front of you.
This installment includes debaters Charlie Bardey (Exploration:Live! podcast), Ariel Elias (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Peter Grosz (Veep), Dina Hashem (Sex Lives of College Girls), Usama Siddiquee (Survival of the Thickest), and Shane Torres (The Blue Eyed Mexican).
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. Hosted by Matthew Love.
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Charlie Bardey is a comedian and writer. On stage, he has opened for Aidy Bryant, Hannibal Buress, and Jaboukie Young-White, and he has been profiled in publications like Vulture, Time Out, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, and The Patch, among other publications. He has performed live at Caroline's, The Bell House, and Union Hall, among other New York City venues. He currently co-hosts the Exploration: LIVE! podcast.
Ariel Elias was named a New Face in Comedy at the 2021 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. She made her late-night debut in 2022 on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and has also appeared on Good Morning America, Sherri, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She has been featured in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Washington Post, and performs live from coast to coast in the United States and Canada.
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, and White House Plumbers. He is also a regular panelist on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
Dina Hashem's debut standup special, Dark Little Whispers, was released on Amazon Prime last fall. She has written for The Premise, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and The Daily Show, and her television credits include Conan, Central Park, and the Comedy Central series Roast Battle and Clusterfest. Hashem has performed at The Comedy Cellar, Gotham Comedy Club, San Francisco Sketchfest, UCB's Whiplash, and Night Train with Wyatt Cenac, among other venues and festivals nationwide.
Usama Siddiquee is a comedian and actor whose television include Dash & Lily; Awkwafina is Nora from Queens; And Just Like That...; Inventing Anna; Better Things; and Survival of the Thickest. He was featured on America's Got Talent in 2020 and performed standup on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this year. Siddiquee has performed live at venues and festivals in the US and Canada, including The Comedy Cellar, Caroline's, and the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, where he was named a New Face in Comedy in 2018. He currently co-hosts the Mango Bae podcast.
Shane Torres is a stand up comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. On screen, he created and hosted the web series Shane Torres Conquers Your Fears and hosted the web series How Good Can It Get?, in addition to appearances on Conan, Last Comic Standing, Night Train, and more. Torres has performed live at venues and festivals worldwide, including Montreal's Just For Laughs, Comedy Central's Clusterfest, San Francisco Sketchfest, and New York Comedy Festival, and he currently hosts the podcast No Accounting for Taste. His one-hour special, The Blue Eyed Mexican, was released in 2023.
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