Comedians
Author, columnist, and comedian Steve Hofstetter is often called the hardest working man in show-business. With all due respect to the late James Brown.
Hofstetter's national TV debut came on ESPN's Quite Frankly, where Stephen A. Smith yelled at him for three minutes. Hofstetter has also appeared on CBS' Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, Showtime's White Boyz in the Hood, VH1's Countdown, Sundance's On the Road in America, and ABC's Barbara Walter's Special, where he thankfully did not cry. He is the host and executive producer of Laughs on Fox network, where he only cries occasionally.
One of the top booked acts on the college circuit, the original writer for collegehumor.com has also released six albums. Hofstetter has written humor columns for The New York Times, SportsIllustrated.com, and NHL.com, where he publicly admitted to being a Ranger fan.
After hosting Four Quotas on Sirius Satellite Radio for two seasons, Hofstetter moved to broadcast radio, and his Sports Minute (Or So) was syndicated on over 170 stations and in over 30 newspapers. Hofstetter's second live comedy album, Cure for the Cable Guy, reached #20 on Billboard's comedy charts. His third album, Dark Side of the Room, was the first ever "pay-what-you-want" comedy album, since people were going to steal it anyway. His fourth album consisted of an hour of 100% ad-libbed material, which is, frankly, nuts. And his fifth album hit #1 on iTunes' comedy charts, which is also a bit nuts.
Hofstetter's brutal tour schedule consists of over 100 colleges and dozens of clubs every year, and is fueled by an immense online popularity, tons of press, and a Prius with great gas mileage. He reached 200,000 friends on Facebook (still the world record), 400,000 more on MySpace, and high shelves in grocery stores.
While Hofstetter's live shows are routinely sold out, he is best known for his writing, first published at age 15, mainly to impress girls. At 18, he co-founded Sports Jerk of the Week, an irreverent website featured by press like USA Today's "Baseball Weekly", Sports Illustrated and CNN. And at 20, Hofstetter took a year off of school to head up web content for the New York Yankees. The Yankees won the World Series that year, which would have been wonderful if they hadn't beaten Hofstetter's Mets. Yes, he's also a Mets fan. Poor kid.
While an undergraduate at Columbia University, Hofstetter was a well-read columnist for the Columbia Daily Spectator and a voice of the Lions. After a summer writing for Maxim, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated for Kids, Hofstetter syndicated his column in several newspapers.
Without his glasses, Hofstetter also looks a great deal like Michael Rappaport.
Opening Act for Tracy Morgan, Numerous appearances on Late Night TV..
Sonya Vai is an international stand-up comedian. This summer, she had a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and performed in London at the Top Secret Comedy Club. She performs regularly in her home base, NYC, in venues such as New York Comedy Club, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, The Stand, and Gotham Comedy Club, among others. IG/TikTok: @sonyavaicomedy; FB/X: @sonyavai
Michelle Slonim is a New York comic. Michelle has appeared on web-shows for Comedy Central and HBO and on SiriusXM Radio. She plays at late night at the Comic Strip, late night at Broadway Comedy Club, various produced shows at Carolines on Broadway and at indie bar shows throughout the city (many of which she produces, cuz you gotta create your own opportunities). Special guest performers at her shows have included Dave Attell (The Insomniac Tour, Comedy Underground) and Greer Barnes from the Chapelle Show. She trained in comedy and performance under the bright lights of the 6 train, skills she honed at the University of Michigan, Williamstown Theater Festival, as an apprentice to Lewis Black. She's really good at name dropping. She is a seasoned producer having worked on 24 Hour Celebrity Plays on Broadway and produced shows at Webster Hall and Le Poisson Rouge. For her Anti Valentine’s Day Comedy Show, she was featured in The Wall Street Journal, although as her mother pointed out, it was only on page two in the print edition. She is a member of the Friars Club.
Pat Oates has appeared on TLC's Extreme Cheapskates and E! Talk Soup. He can be heard on the Pat Oates is Sad podcast and is a contributing comedy advice writer for Laugh Staff. Pat won the Last Comix Standing competition in 2015.
Pat Burtscher was born in Austria via a Greek woman, raised in Canada, and is currently based in NYC, where he's a regular at the Comedy Cellar and other cool places. He also headlines clubs and does festivals all around the world (JFL, Edinburgh, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New York Comedy Festival, and other cool stuff). Pat has also toured with Burt Kreischer, Brett Goldstein, Steph Tolev and other cool people. Be cool yourself and check out one or more of his super cool live shows - cowabunga!
Ralph Anthony is a New York City based comedian and writer whose material is primarily derived from his stories and unique observations of the world we live in. A high energy goofball with lots to say, Anthony was deemed “the Mouth” by his childhood friends and hasn’t stopped making people laugh since.
Anthony has traveled overseas to Europe where he’s performed on some the top shows in London and Paris. His credits also include the World Comedy Expo, the NY Underground Comedy Festival, DC Comedy Festival, NC Comedy Festival, the World Series of Comedy, Sirius XM, ESPN, the NY Comedy Festival, being a featured headliner for the Bonkerz Comedy Club chain, as well as headlining Caroline’s on Broadway. Most recently, Anthony recorded his debut comedy album, “40 for 40,” which is slated for release later in the year.
In addition to headlining, he’s featured for Tom Cotter (AGT), Tony Woods (Def Comedy Jam), Joe Machi (Last Comic Standing), Joey Gay (Netflix), and Maija DiGiorgio (Dry Bar).
Through storytelling and observational comedy, Frank Favia offers hilarious insights about his neurotic insecurities, his stereotypically-Italian family and how he’s too nice for his own good. On any given night, he can be seen performing at clubs in NYC and all around the country.
Ron Nobles is a New York City-based stand-up comedian. He is a regular in the New York City comedy scene and performs at colleges, clubs, and theatres all over the country. He is a founding member of the Escape From NY Comedy Tour, that brings NYC comics all over the US. He's been featured on Yahoo Sports Radio and in the New York Comedy Festival. He’s a clean-cut every man with a knack for storytelling. Ron Grew up in a small town south of Buffalo called Gerry, NY but, he currently resides in New York City with his boxer Tony.
Molly Ruben-Long is a comedian/actress/writer/woman with great bangs. She was a New Face at Just for Laughs in Montreal and has been featured on Viceland, Fuse and the BBC.
She is the co-host of Well Behaved, a weekly podcast that tells you about women from history you probably have never heard of. She is also a regular contributor to Someecards.com.
Nick Simmons is a Bronx born comedian and actor that came up in New York City and has since relocated to Austin to further grow his comedy prowess across scenes. Simmons can be seen headlining sold-out crowds across the United States and entertaining his massive audience across socials. While pursuing his craft in New York, Simmons swiftly became a regular at every main club in Manhattan, including the legendary Comedy Cellar, NY Comedy Club, and the Stand NYC. In Austin, Simmons can be seen performing at The Comedy Mothership, The Vulcan, and The Sunset Strip to name a few. Additionally, Simmons co-created and stars in Austin’s first improv-based comedy show ACTING-OFF. Despite his bodybuilder physique, Simmons’ humour is grounded in self-deprecating bits that
break the stereotype of the typical “gym-bro”. Proudly from the Bronx, a culturally rich and diverse area, he provides a unique perspective that allows him to connect with audiences of all backgrounds and socioeconomic classes throughout the nation. He is also known for bringing comedy to the fitness space with his “Natty or Not” segments that not only have gone viral on social media, but have been featured on shows such as Inside Edition and drawn interaction from such individuals as Nick Jonas and Matt Rife to name a few.
Jordan Jensen started comedy in upstate NY before moving to Nashville TN, where she spent a year working for clubs and taking her comedy on the road in her pickup truck. Most recently, she was featured on "The Late Late Show with James Corden". In 2021, Jordan was named the first female comic to win “NY’s Funniest Stand Up” at the NY Comedy Festival. She now lives in Brooklyn NY and has since been featured on SiriusXM, as a "New Face" at the prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival and is now a regular at the renowned Comedy Cellar. Her comedy consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.
Kenice Mobley performs stand up comedy around the country and recently participated in the Limestone Comedy Festival, San Francisco Sketchfest, and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival this year. She also appeared on the Two Dope Queens live show and two episodes of Laughs on FOX. She hosts Person About Town, an interview and relationship podcast available as part of the Women In Comedy Podcast Network.
Brooklyn native Alex Babbitt recently made his television debut on HBO’s All Def Comedy. When not gracing the stages of NYC's top comedy clubs, Babbitt's razor sharp wit has made him a favorite on the college circuit, where he's packed auditoriums from coast to coast.
