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From being a toddler’s stand-in to performing at the STAPLES Center, musical comedian Adam Blotner shares his favorite songs and stories from his misadventures on and off the stage 320pm at the Underground PIT Theater, NYC.

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We all go through transitions; adolescence, moving into your first apartment, or even that short period of time between two characters during a comedy show. This show is full of fun characters but the transitions…the transitions are sick. 7pm at the Underground PIT Theater. All tickets are just $5.

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It's The Last Day of The PIT's New York City Sketch Festival!!!

Check Out their lineup and our recommendations: STRIKER STAGE 2:00p WTF / 301 Views 3:15p dopelgiggle / The Grape Dutches of York 4:30p Sandwich / Unisex 5:45p Total Babes Live / The Mansions 7:00p Forever Dog / DNA Comedy 8:00p City Hall 9:15p Dinner for One / SOAP 10:30p Cool Kid Comedy / His Majesty, the Baby UNDERGROUND 2:00p The Rolling Scones / Martha Cipolla Presents 3:30p Pin-Up Squirrels / KOKOMO 5:00p Sawyer and Hurley / Girls With Brown Hair 6:30p Showtime / The Blizzard of ’96 8:00p We Are Thomasse / Cockadoodle Don’t 9:15p Hopkins Comedy / Blunderbuss We recommend: The Grape Dutches of York, Unisex, City Hall, Dinner for One, Soap, Cool Kid Comedy, Pin-Up Squirrels, Girls with Brown Hair, We Are Thomasse and Cockadoodle Don't. Wrap up your weekend with some funny :D http://thepit-nyc.com/event/nyc-sketch-festival-2014-oct-12/

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Sketch Block's recommendations for Day 3 of The PIT's New York City Sketch Festival:

The Striker Stage: 315pm - Pirate Sugar is 5 feisty fearless ladies that constantly wreak havoc in NYC (UCB, the PIT, Magnet, The Tank) and abroad! (Chicago, Montreal, Philadelphia) with their sharp-edged swash-buckling sketch comedy. Pirate Sugar wildly comments on everything from the classics to pop culture, relationships to flatulence. Men, women, and everyone in between will agree that Pirate Sugar is a raucous good time! https://www.facebook.com/PirateSugar?fref=ts https://twitter.com/PirateSugar http://piratesugarcomedy.com/ 6pm - The Foolhardy Manor has been performing sketch comedy since 2008. This NYC Sketch Festival edition of their show contains favorites from the last 2 years. Also, they're idiots.The Foolhardy Manor is Matthew Allen, Chris Aurilio, Phil Casale, Meghan Conda, Gary DeNoia, Manoli Vozos, and Anik Sood. https://www.facebook.com/TheFoolhardyManor https://twitter.com/foolhardymanor 830pm - National Scandal is the longest running house sketch comedy team at the Peoples Improv Theater (PIT). We perform our high energy, absurd, and consensually aggressive style of comedy monthly on the main stage. We've been featured in national comedy festivals, such as Jersey City’s and NYC Sketch Fest. https://www.facebook.com/nationalscandal https://twitter.com/NationalScandal 10pm - The Templeton Philharmonic are an award-winning, Canadian sketch comedy duo comprised of Toronto writers and performers Gwynne Phillips and Briana Templeton. Together, they perform delectably surreal sketch comedy that is often peppered with hideous Edwardian dresses, stinging social commentary, and dead-pan interpretive dance. They have appeared at the New York, Chicago, and Toronto Sketch Comedy Festivals, and took home the award for “Best Comedy Duo” at the L.A. Comedy Festival. In 2014, they won the "Steam Whistle Producer's Pick Award" at Toronto Sketchfest, and were nominated for "Best Sketch Troupe" at the Canadian Comedy Awards. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Templeton-Philharmonic/213937802006249 https://twitter.com/TempletonPhil http://templetonphilharmonic.com/ 11pm – Sktch Shw, Using social media and current events, Sktch Shw asks some of the funniest comedians in New York to create an entire sketch show in a single day. Tweet your ideas to @SktchShw and we might use them in our next show! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005235857365&fref=ts https://twitter.com/SktchShw Underground: 315pm - ManiPedi was pieced together in the summer of 2011. Jacquie Baker, Briana Kelly, Caitlin Weigel, Corin Wells and Aubrie Williams make up this Philadelphia based sketch comedy group. They are the winner for the 2014 WitOut Award for Best Sketch Group in Philadelphia and featured in the Ladies are Funny Festival 2012 in Austin, TX, as well as the 2012 Boston Comedy Arts Festival, where they were named one of the top festival picks by Dig Boston. ManiPedi brings on the laughs with their combination of irreverent wit and inherent un-femininity. https://www.facebook.com/ManiPediSketch https://twitter.com/ManiPediSketch http://www.manipedisketch.com/#news 415pm - Hot Buffet is: mostly character-driven and silly, frequently smart and critical, occasionally creepy and risky, and often physical. The show we would like to bring to the Sketch Fest this year would be a brand new concept/themed show that would tie various sketches together with a through line. (Some of the themes on the table are: Outer Space, Under the Sea, Middle School Sleepover and Time.) Our new website and logo are currently under construction but in the meantime please enjoy our Facebook page and Youtube channel! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hot-Buffet-Sketch-Comedy/484085481627325 http://www.hotbuffetsketchcomedy.com/ https://twitter.com/HotBuffet1 515pm - Stephen McCarthy performs his solo sketch. https://www.facebook.com/stephen.mccarthy.372019?fref=ts 7pm - Marina and Nicco create comedy a thousand times their size, like the super-human ant-people wonder-twins they were born to be. Their shows are charming and disturbing all at once. Just as a little bit of salt makes cake sweet, a little bit of fear makes your laughter more intense. Trust us, you'll enjoy these sketches. https://www.facebook.com/MarinaAndNicco?ref=br_tf https://twitter.com/MarinaAndNicco http://marinaandnicco.com/ 11pm - Murderfist is a journey to the extreme horizon of your mind-ocean. Winston-Salems, a couple of old chubbies, a horse with a banana in it’s mouth, a man dressed up like a doctor, some Peppercorn schnapps and Monster Mash playing on repeat, Murderfist is going to get loud and get weird and our comedy may just help the pain of being alive. Winner of the 2010 ECNY Award for Best Sketch Comedy Group and named by the Village Voice as the “Best Sketch Comedy Group in New York.” “[MURDERFIST] is the only group that has attempted to bring me back to life!” –Peter Briggard Mayonnaise, inventor of mayonnaise. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Murderfist/6917112298 https://twitter.com/Murderfist http://murderfist.com/ Don't miss a weekend full of the funny. Get your Festival pass here, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nycsf14-festival-pass-all-access-tickets-13410989631

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It's Day 3 of The PIT's New York City Sketch Festival!!!

Check Out their lineup and our recommendations: STRIKER STAGE 1:00p Panel – Women in Comedy 2:00p Chupacabra Conspiracy / Autumn & Summar Spring Into Winter 3:15p Oh Theodora / Pirate Sugar 4:30p Bad Example / Bronto 6:00p Foolhardy Manor 7:00p Gentlemen Party 8:30p National Scandal 10:00p Templeton Philharmonic / Genius Gold 11:00p Sktch Show UNDERGROUND 3:15p Brick Penguin / Mani Pedi 4:15p Always on Deck / Hot Buffet 5:15p Impressionable / Stephen McCarthy 6:15p Neurotic Girl Squad 7:00p Marina & Nicco / Unstoppable Failure 8:30p Parker & Seville / High Dramma 10:00p BLUE CO LEFTOVERS 11:00p Murderfist 12:00a (Following Murderfist) PIT Stain We recommend: Murderfist, Foolhardy Manor, Templeton Philharmonic, Marina & Nicco, Sktch Show, Mani Pedi, Hot Buffet, Pirate Sugar, National Scandal and Stephen McCarthy. Don't miss a weekend full of funny :D http://thepit-nyc.com/event/nyc-sketch-festival-2014-oct-11/

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Sketch Block's recommendations for Day 2 of The PIT's New York City Sketch Festival:

The Striker Stage: 630pm – Nerds on Fire. We’ve been writing jokes from the inside of a locker since freshman year and, boy, has time made us SEXY. We’re coming at you for a night of broken glasses and broken dreams. And maybe some sketch comedy! We just have to check with our moms first. Nerds On Fire: because our educations are rife for parody. https://www.facebook.com/nerdsonfirecomedy http://www.youtube.com/user/NerdsOnFireComedy https://twitter.com/NerdsNYC 11pm - Business Computer is a sketch comedy group that will break your heart and kill you. A sketch group interested in the elasticity of what a sketch can be, Business Computer strives to be original and challenging, by applying their love of surreal, evocative comedy to the gravitas of live theater. They do this because they have no choice but to, because it is as it has always been, and as it shall be forever more, until the universe expands into entropy, and softly dies, Amen. https://www.facebook.com/businesscomputercomedy http://businesscomputercomedy.com/ https://twitter.com/BusinessCompCom Underground: 6pm - PulpRiot is a live performance and video production and promotion company operated by Chris Aurilio and Anik Sood. We put together comedy and variety shows, short plays, web videos, web series, and any other creative pursuit we can put our idle hands to. https://www.facebook.com/PulpRiot http://www.pulpriot.com/ https://twitter.com/pulpriot 830pm - Buzz Off, Lucille is an all-female sketch group who performs live and produces videos. They're a comedic cocktail that rocks your nights and wrecks your mornings. They're two parts unpredictability, one part moxie, with a hint of lime. They like to heighten the game in a way that you have no idea what's coming next. Their fast-paced and fly- by-the-seat-of-your-pants show, Fuck Judy Towers was at Sketchfest last year and continued on to get a 6 month run at UCB. Their video content has been featured on The Huffington Post, Jest, and The Daily What. https://www.facebook.com/BuzzOffLucille http://www.buzzofflucille.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/BuzzOffLucille https://twitter.com/BuzzOffLucille http://buzzofflucille.tumblr.com/ Don't miss a weekend full of the funny. Get your Festival pass here, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nycsf14-festival-pass-all-access-tickets-13410989631

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It's Day 2 of The PIT's New York City Sketch Festival!!!

Check Out their lineup and our recommendations: STRIKER STAGE 6:30p Skitsations / Nerds on Fire 7:30p Pop Roulette 8:30p Totally, Yes / Party. 9:45p Snack Boys / Defiance 11:00p Business Computer / Two Bunnies Eating Flowers UNDERGROUND 6:00p PulpRiot / Cheat Code 7:15p Lunch Box 8:30p Buzz Off, Lucille / Scientists 9:30p Bridge and Tunnel 10:45p I’m From Long Island / The Hustle Show 11:45p Bad Medicine / Mrs. Peanut We recommend: Nerds on Fire, Business Computer, Pulp Riot and Buzz Off Lucille. Don't miss a weekend full of funny :D http://thepit-nyc.com/event/nyc-sketch-festival-2014-oct-9/

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Sketch Block's recommendations for Day 1 of The PIT's New York City Sketch Festival:

The Striker Stage: 8pm - Garlic Jackson Live! (@GarlicJackson) picks the ripest New York TV writers and comics then smashes them to perfection in a smart, fast-paced sketch show guaranteed to make your mouth drool. New York Times calls them “Some of the city’s best writers and performers” who “collide in this energetic show.” Featuring writers and performers from College Humor, MTV, Above Average Network & ESPN. https://www.facebook.com/GarlicJacksonComedy http://GarlicJackson.com/ Underground: 7:45pm - Coker & Stratton is a two man sketch group based out of New York City. They have performed at the New York City Sketch Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, NC Comedy Arts Festival, and served as the 13 month champion of the sketch competition show Backyard Brawl at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre NY. Coker & Stratton provide a presentational style of humor that leans towards the absurd. They mainly perform all of their sketches to the audience. Their videos have been featured on HuffPost Comedy, College Humor, and Happy Place. The duo also writes and produces original songs and song parodies that cover topics such as religion, sports, politics and pop culture. http://www.youtube.com/user/CokerAndStratton http://cokerandstratton.tumblr.com/ 11:30pm - Team Submarine shows can best be described as grown men throwing things at each other while words come out of their mouths.Horse Hoof is an interactive multimedia sketch show that uses absurdist characters, video, and music to create a rich comedy experience for 40 minutes. We play a lot with gender-bending and variety show-style bits interspersed throughout the show. Don't miss a weekend full of the funny. Get your Festival pass here, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nycsf14-festival-pass-all-access-tickets-13410989631