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A boy king, pleased with his jesters. 📸 by @flynnjason #50firstjokesatlanta (at The Highland Inn)

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Looking back: 50 First Jokes 2016

Tonight was the second edition of what has become a wonderful annual tradition, 50 First Jokes: Atlanta Edition. What started in New York ten years ago by John F. O’Donnell has become a tradition all over the US, serving as the comedy kickoff event of the new year. This year’s show moved from The Hangar to the Highland Inn Ballroom, and thanks to host/producer John-Michael Bond, the 2016 edition was a huge success. Truly an incredibly fun fucking night. Congrats to the 50ish killer comics who came together and rocked it tonight. The Atlanta comedy community is one big, stupid, awesome family.

Featuring: Andrew George, Andrew Markle, Andrew Michael, Andrew Wright, Ann Marie Lowman, Annie Lockwood, Anthony Driver, Austin Chardac, Ben Palmer, Brian Emond, Cherith Fuller, Clark Franzman, Conrad Bromberek, Craig Hoelzer, Damon Sumner, Dan Immke, Dan Weeks, David Perdue, Dedrick Flynn, Dulce’ Sloan, Edward Dinzole, Greg Behrens, Hayley Ellman, Ian Aber, Ismael Loutfi, Jeffrey Stephenson, Jen Lenny, Joe Gallois, Joe Pettis, Joel Byars, John-Michael Bond, Justin Harris, Kevin Saucier, Kyle Gillis, Lace Larrabee, Marlon Ballard, Max Fine, Michael Humphrey, Michael Rowland, Mike Kaiser, Mo Arora, Nathan Owens, Olive Lynch, Olivia Cathcart, Remi Treuer, Ronndell Smith, Samm Severin, Shaunak Godkhindi, Tom Russell, Trey Dunn, Will Copeland, Will Newton, William Childress, William Miracle, Yohance Collins, Zach Lamplugh

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Looking Back: 50 FIRST JOKES ATLANTA

50 First Jokes is a comedy show started by John F. O'Donnell in New York City. Since 2007, this annual event has been the highly anticipated, first big kickoff event of the year and has franchised out to LA, New Orleans, Austin, Denver, and Ann Arbor, MI.

On January 9th, 2015, John-Michael Bond brought the show to Atlanta for the first time. Held at the wonderful Hangar in Old Fourth Ward, the room was packed wall to wall with audience members and comedians alike to watch 50 of ATL's best tell the first joke they've written in the new year. It was one of the biggest turnout's for a indie show in Atlanta, and one hell of a good time. Congrats to John-Michael for putting on a fantastic show!

Other comics performing included: Ian Aber, Nathan Baine, Marlan Ballard, Greg Behrens, Paige Bowman, Jody Bufkin, Keith Cameron, Olivia Cathcart, Austin Chardac, Justin Clements, Anthony Driver, Trey Dunn, Brian Emond, Max Fine, Corey Forrester, Shaunak Godkhindi, Justin Harris, Rob Haze, Joseph Highsmith, Michael Humphrey, Dan Immke, Travis Jones, Joe Karg, Shannon Kelley, Lace Larrabee, Rob Lear, Chris Ledford, Laura Lewis, Andrew Markle, William Miracle, Neel Nanda, Amber North, Nathan Owens, Molly Pease, David Perdue, Phoebe Perry, Joe Pettis, Ben Popkin, Neal Reddy, Joel Ruiz, Kevin Saucier, Caroline Schmitt, Samm Severin, Ronndell Smith, Jeffrey Stephenson, Dayne Swerdling, Justin Thompson, Evan Valentine, Dan Weeks & Andew Wright. Photos by Olivia Cathcart, Paige Bowman, David Perdue & Jessica Hale Cowin respectively