Alt comedy in the New York Times

Warren St. John spent a week going to alternative comedy shows and wrote about it in the New York Times. Erin Foley, Josh Comers (who I think should check out the NYC Beard & Mustauche blog), and Liam McEneany's jokes are quoted, and he mentions Chicks and Giggles and The Apiary and a ton of other shows.

Bars and back rooms in the East Village and Lower East Side are overflowing these days with the likes of Adolf Dice Hitler Clay: not spoofs of Nazis necessarily, but rather a wave of young and creative comics who are branching out from straight stand-up to eccentric sketch and character-based humor that owes more to "Da Ali G Show" than to George Carlin. They may not have created an entirely new form of humor, but collectively they form a cohesive and happening new comedy scene downtown, one with an urbane sensibility and a vibe that is different from the established stand-up joints. The rooms are small. Shows are cheap, or free. And there is almost never a two-drink minimum.