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Moving

Talking with Joe Mande about the Final Totally J/K, 'Parks & Rec', and Moving to LA

by | June 1st, 2012

With Johnny Cash's "Hurt" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" playing over the soundsystem, the atmosphere was decidedly somber at the UCBeast last night. As the goodbye message on the chalkboard schedule read, Joe Mande was "LEAVING 4 L.A.!" As was announced on Wednesday, Mande was hired as a writer for Parks & Recreation, so after years of being a fixture of the New York comedy scene, he was moving. And as a result, Totally J/K, the stand-up show he has been hosting with his friend Noah Garfinkel for five years, was ending. Right before the final Totally J/K, I got a chance to speak with Joe about [...]

Live Comedy

Take a Video Tour of Five of New York's Best Comedy Shows

by | May 25th, 2012

New York, comedy jungle where jokes are made of There's nothin' you can't do Now you're in New York These jokes will make you feel brand new Big jokes will inspire you Laugh hear it for New York, New York, New York

New York has a lot of great weekly comedy shows and thankfully BlackBook made it slightly easier to navigate by highlighting five of the very best. Besides the above video about Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler's Hot Tub, there are videos below covering John Gemberling and Anthony Atamanuik's Tony & Johnny Show, Max Silvestri and Gabe Liedman's Big Terrific, Joe Mande and Noah [...]

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