The year was 2020, and pantslessness was the norm. Buttons were verboten. Casual wear became formalwear, and formalwear became laughable. If the pandemic redefined fashion forever, what does it mean to have style? In 2021, should you Rent the Runway, or Buy the Tarzhay? Tonight’s comedic debaters are brave enough to put on pants and find out.
This installment features Alex Edelman (Just for Us), Mehran Khaghani (Last Comic Standing), Starlee Kine (Search Party), Dan McCoy (The Daily Show), Kenice Mobley (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), and Kate Willett (Reply Guys).
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 stop only when the audience decides the winner. Hosted by Matthew Love.
Performers are subject to change.
Alex Edelman's first solo show, Millennial, won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer in 2014, and were followed by critically acclaimed solo shows Everything Handed to You and Just for Us, which won the Herald Angel Award. As a writer, Edelman has contributed to television series The Great Indoors and Teenage Bounty Hunters, publications including The Atlantic and The Believer, and created the YouTube special Saturday Night Seder.
Mehran Khaghani is a standup comedian, emcee, actor, event producer, upstart, social advocate, serial yeller, troublemaker, love-spreader, line-pusher, and general intellect of intimidating proportion currently living in New York City. He has been a finalist in multiple comedy festivals, tours nationally, was featured on Season 9 of NBC's Last Comic Standing, has been seen on MTV, Comedy Central, IFC, and TruTV, and is a regular at the world-famous Comedy Cellar in New York City.
Starlee Kine is a podcaster, public radio producer, and writer. She created and hosted the podcast Mystery Show, co-hosted the podcast Election Profit Makers, and has contributed to numerous episodes of This American Life. Kine currently writes for the television series Search Party.
Matthew Love is a performer and writer whose bylines has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, LitHub, American Theatre, Village Voice, The Onion, AV Club, and Time Out New York, where he was formerly the Comedy and Books editor. He's currently a consulting producer for Selected Shorts and its spin-off podcast, Too Hot for Radio. He has interviewed or hosted shows featuring Chris Rock, David Byrne, Parker Posey, Jordan Peele, Stephen Colbert, Tig Notaro, and many, many more. Love is putting finishing touches on his “grandma noir” novel, Tough Old Birds.
Dan McCoy is a two-time Emmy winner for his work as a writer on The Daily Show. He is a producer and co-host of the film podcast The Flop House, and also created and co-starred in the animated webseries 9 AM Meeting, winner of Best Animated Show at the 2010 New York Television Festival.
Kenice Mobley made her late night debut earlier this year on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She was a finalist on StandUp NBC and regularly performs live on stage worldwide and on the air for SiriusXM. She has written for the BET Awards and the sketch comedy series By Us For Us. Mobley hosts the podcasts Complexify for ViceNews, Love About Town, and Make Yourself Cry for Planet Scum.
Kate Willett is a comedian, actress, and writer whose raunchy feminist storytelling is both smart and relatable. On screen, she’s been featured on The Jim Jefferies Show and Viceland's Flophouse, and she has performed live at the Just for Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, Limestone Comedy Festival, High Plains, Big Sky Festival, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, LA Riot, and Laughing Skull. She recently authored the Audible original Dirtbag Anthropology and currently co-hosts the podcast Reply Guys.
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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.
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