Cool Shit/Weird Shit

A Matt Dennie & Josh Sharp Production every month at the UCB East Theatre showcasing work from NYC's best comedians and East Village performers that is cool and/or weird.

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Cool Shit 4/22: Radiohead’s “OK Computer”

We will play Radiohead's album "OK Computer" in its entirety as comedians perform acts inspired by each song. Airbag - MOLLY THOMAS Paranoid Android - JOSH SHARP Subterranean Homesick Alien - AARON JACKSON Exit Music (For A Film) - MATT DENNIE Let Down - ANA FABREGA Karma Police- MARK VIGEANT Fitter Happier - TOM LEVIN Electioneering - MARY HOULIHAN Climbing Up The Walls - CORY PALMER No Surprises - MATT CLEVY & MIKE SAPP Lucky- BRIELLE DEMERJIAN The Tourist - DENNIE & SHARP

Friday April 22nd, Midnight

UCB Theatre East

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/45046

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Cool Shit/Weird Shit 2/25: THE DREAM MACHINE

Comedians open their psyche to perform representations of actual dreams they have experienced live on stage.

Featuring:

Jo Firestone

Hunter Nelson

Nick Guercio

Sam Taggart

Jess Hopkins

Friday March 25th at Midnight

UCB East Theatre (153 E 3rd St, New York, New York 10009)

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/44495

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CS/WS Jan 29th : BOWIE SHOWIE

The theme of this month's show is BOWIE SHOWIE in honor of the late great David. Some of NYC's most "out of this world" comedians pay tribute to a man who helped make weird cool.

Featuring:

Riley Soloner 

Andy Beckerman

Mo Fry Pasic

Matt Rubano

& a video by Tom Levin

Friday January 29th @ Midnight

153 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10009

Tickets are $5 and available here: 

https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/43379

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Cool Shit 12/18 - Can We Make The Nicest Man in the World Angry?

Vincent Moore (UCB) is the nicest guy in the world. Everyone thinks so. In this show we are going to have some of Vincent's closest friends and favorite comedians try to piss him off. "Tis the season!

Featuring:

Vincent Moore (Nicest Guy in the World)

Gary Richardson (Vincent's Friend)

Priya Patel (Vincent's Girlfriend)

Lilly Du & Kris Weiner (Vincent's Improv Teammates)

John Purcell (Vincent's Friend)

Eric Gersen (Vincent's ex-Roommate)

Kim Brown (Vincent's Sworn Enemy)

Friday Dec. 18th at Midnight

UCB East Theatre, 153 East 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10009

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/43056

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11/27 Exploring The 2013 FILM "THE TALKING CAT"

This month we will be discussing the insanity that is the 2013 film The Talking Cat. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-h-KpG2tHM). If you don't know this as a movie as bad as The Room or Troll 2, you soon will. Its an abomination.

With guest host Dan Moore

Alex French

Sarah Grace Welbourn

Andrew Costa

Katey Healey-Wurzburg

& More!

Friday November 27th at Midnight

UCB East Theatre

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://www.ucbtheatre.com/show/3219

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9/25 - An All Male Strip Revue

This month's theme is AN ALL MALE STRIP REVUE. Think The Full Monty or Magic Mike only cooler, weirder, and shittier. Dudes, dudes, dudes.

Featuring: Sebastian Conelli Yoni Lotan Mark Vigeant Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang Zack Poitras

Friday September 25th at 11:55 p.m.

UCB East Theatre

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/41487

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7/24 COOL SHIT/WEIRD SHIT - The Proxy Show!

Friday July 24th at 11:59pm UCB East Theatre [b]THE PROXY SHOW[/b]

Featuring: Natasha Vyanblat (IFC’s Comedy Crib) Anna Drezen (MTV) Zack Willis (UCB) & Patrick Noth (College Humor) and Jacob Mondry (Music!)

The Proxy show will be a totally normal variety show EXCEPT every performer will have an audience member in their place serving as a proxy on stage and communicate their act to them exclusively through iPhone earbuds. Come to the show and YOU could perform (as a Proxy).

Tickets are $5 and available here:https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/38202

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COOL SHIT 5/22 - A JOKE COMPETITION!

10 comedians battle head-to-head in a tournament where they are all given the same jokes and compete to see who can perform them in the most interesting, hilarious, and original way. The winner will be crowned the King or Queen of Jokes!Featuring:

Dru Johnston

Sue Smith

Diana Kolsky

Hunter Nelson

Alise Morales

Anna Roisman

Brandon Scott Wolf

Maelle Doliveux

Devin Ritchie

Stephanie Streisand

Friday May 22nd at 11:59 p.m. at the UCB East Theatre

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/38202

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COOL SHIT 4/24: A Drag Show!

For March’s show Matt & Josh are putting on a REAL,100% genuine DRAG SHOW! Featuring: Judy Darling Miss Cracker Miss Grace Jones'n & A Video by Tom Levin Hosted by Port Authority and Eliza Poke-A-Chelly

11:59pm Friday April 24th @ UCB East Theatre

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/37654

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COOL SHIT/WEIRD SHIT 3/27: "Two Shows at Once!"

Matt & Josh will each host their own show at the same time on the same stage. It will probably be a mess!

Featuring: Connor Ratliff Chris Duffy Sudi Green Lucas Hazlett Michael Wolf Courtney Maginnis Sandy Honig Connor Ratliff & Two Videos by Tom Levin!

Friday March 27th @ MIDNIGHT UCB East Village Theatre

Tickets are $5 and available here: https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/36934

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COOL SHIT 2/27: "Ask Me Anything!"

Our performers will do their act, then the audience can ask them anything!

Featuring: Aparna Nancherla Matthew Silver Brandon Gardner & Gavin Speiller RICHARD (Paul Laudiero, Zach Cherry, Will Stephen)

Friday February 27th @ Midnight

UCB East Theatre

Tickets are $5 and available here https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/35169

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1/23 CS/WS - The Pigblemish Wizard Academy

This month at Cool Shit we lend our stage to two wizards from a highly regarded Wizard Academy as they attempt to pick someone from the audience and train them to be the next great wizard. It's like Harry Potter but WEIRD.

Featuring:

Jo Firestone

Joe Rumrill

Cowboy Hotel (Trevor Lyon, Nathan Yaffe, Pat Wise)

Shane O'Neill

& a Video by Tom Levin

Friday January 23 @ Midnight

UCB East Theatre

Tickets are $5 and available here:https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/36142

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Progressives For Progress For Change by Dennie & Sharp That Guy - Josh Sharp Handsome Center - Cory Palmer Morph Suit Gentleman - Peter Rawlings Underage Beauty - Teresa Lee Forrest Gump - Matt Dennie Juan Nicolon - Alex French Written by Josh Sharp Shot by Ian Stroud Edited by Josh Sharp Sound by AJ McKeon www.dennieandsharp.com

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FUNNEL CAKE SUGAR

  Matt Dennie

been a record producer since neigh on ‘63 www.mattdenniecharacterproject.com Written & Performed By Matt Dennie Directed By Pavel Ezrohi DP: Matt Klammer Sound: David Sewell Graphics: Eric Yearwood Animation: Gusta Johnson Theme Song: Eric Gersen

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November's COOL SHIT/WEIRD on Friday November 28th at Midnight: The Beatles "Abbey Road" We will be playing the legendary Abbey Road album in it's entirety without stopping. Our guests will simultaneously perform acts based on each song. Arthur Meyer (The Tonight Show) Sunita Mani ("Turn Down For What" music video) Brett Davis (The Macauly Culkin Show, Adult Swim) Lance Weiss (Gandhi, is that you?) Chet Seigel (UCB) Molly Thomas (UCB) Lukas Kaiser (College Humor) & a video by Tom Levin Tickets are $5 and available here https://east.ucbtheatre.com/performance/35169

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When the New York indie improv scene exploded, it seemed like everyone was aware of each other’s work. People knew who was funny and which teams put on the best shows. Competition was friendly but fierce.

Today, there are theater operated digital teams. Like Harold Night or a successful run of a sketch show on the UCB stage, it’s extremely easy to stay aware of UCBcomedy’s impressive output. Naturally, there aren’t enough spots for everybody who is doing great work honing their craft elsewhere. So a lot of great videos made by our peers get lost in the shuffle.

There’s BEEN an explosion of indie comedy videos for years now. Personally, I would like to see the indie scene band together to better represent the community of independent video makers. That starts with:

Making great work.

Being more aware and supportive of the great work of our contemporaries.

NOUN VIDEO is an experiment in bringing this already flourishing scene closer together.

Follow NV!. Submit a link to your latest work and I’ll post it. If you want the extra notes, send me the tumblr link and I’ll reblog it. It’s where I’ll put the funny indie videos.

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OCTOBER'S SHOW: SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

For this spooktacular show, each comedian has been assigned a story from everyone's favorite childhood scary story anthology Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. They will then use it to inspire their act. Come see all your favorite scary stories made cool, weird, and/or shitty.

Featuring:

Langan Kingsley

Zack Poitras

Laura Wilcox

Sean Hart

Devin Ritchie

& a film by Tom Levin