MIKE ABRUSCI

WOWOW AMAZING TO SEE A TALENTED HEADLESS BUTT FINALLY GET HER SHOT AT STARDOM! Thank u to our allies at Lionsgate

TOUR, BABY.

Jo Firestone (PUNDERDOME 3000, Broad City, The Chris Gethard Show), Brett Davis (The Special without Brett Davis, 2015 Andy Kaufman Award winner) & Mike Abrusci (CREEP, The Bad Boy of Comedy™) are traveling up and down the east coast in late October and early November! Come see them at the following dates: 10/25: The Macaulay Culkin Show - 8pm Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow Street, Brooklyn, NY Brett hosts this monthly show with Sally Burtnick and this month, Jo & Mike will join Daniel Simonsen, Chris Calogero, Tim Duffy, Maria Heinegg & Mikey Heller for a wild night. $5 - More info! 10/30: Atlanta, GA This is a house show, more info to come! 10/31: FEST DAY 1 Rockey’s Comedy, 112 S Main St, Gainesville, FL - 1pm with Chris Gethard, Joe Sib & more! (sans Mike Abrusci, but he’ll be around) $15 (or free with FEST 14 pass) - Tickets 11/1: FEST DAY 2 Rockey’s Comedy, 112 S Main St, Gainesville, FL - 1pm $15 (or free with FEST 14 pass) Tickets: http://thefestfl.limitedrun.com/tickets/13065 11/2: DSI Comedy Showcase DSI COMEDY, 462 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 11/3: Everything Is Terrible Metro Gallery, 1700 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD With the Everything is Terrible Tour & Wham City Comedy! (Jo won’t be at this show but you can see her at Punderdome in Brooklyn that night!) $10 - Tickets 11/4: The Special Without Brett Davis MNN Studios, 537 West 59th Street, NYC (email [email protected] to RSVP for free!) 11/7: New Brunswick Show! In the West (message for address) Featuring Ana Fabrega, Joe Rumrill and more friends! TBD, more info to come

UPCOMING SHOWS

10/7: The Special Without Brett Davis (with music from LACED) at MNN, 537 West 59th Street

10/15: Brillberg Brother Presents (hosted by Ari Zeneli) at 647 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

10/14: The Special Without Brett Davis (with music from LACED) at MNN, 537 West 59th Street

10/19: CUBE (hosted by Sam Taggart & Mary Houlihan) at Muchmore’s, 2 Havemeyer St

10/21: The Special Without Brett Davis (with music from Screaming Females) at MNN, 537 West 59th Street

10/25: The Macaulay Culkin Show (hosted by Brett Davis & Sally Burtnick) at Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow Street

10/30: Unpaid Vacation Tour - Atlanta, GA - This is a house show, more info to come! 10/31: FEST DAY 1 (with Chris Gethard, Jo Firestone & more!) at Rockey’s Comedy, 112 S Main St, Gainesville, FL - 1pm, $15 (or free with FEST 14 pass) - Tickets 11/1: FEST DAY 2 (with Chris Gethard, Jo Firestone & more!) at Rockey’s Comedy, 112 S Main St, Gainesville, FL - 1pm, $15 (or free with FEST 14 pass) - Tickets 11/2: Unpaid Vacation Tour (with Mike Abrusci & Jo Firestone) at DSI COMEDY, 462 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NC 11/3: Everything Is Terrible Tour (with Mike Abrusci, Everything Is Terrible & Wham City) at Metro Gallery, 1700 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD, $10 - Tickets 11/4: The Special Without Brett Davis at MNN, 537 West 59th Street 11/7 - Unpaid Vacation Tour (with Jo Firestone, Mike Abrusci, Ana Fabrega & Joe Rumrill) at In the West (message for address)

Upon reflection, I rewrote last night’s rant. I am not Batman.

Are you a comedian? Do you host a show? Have you ever said, “your next comedian is a girl?” Why? 
Have you ever said, “your next comedian is a guy?” 
Have you ever said, “your next comedian is black?” 
Why would you say, “your next comedian is hot?” Why would you say, “your next comedian is fuckable?” 
How about “your next comedian is a comedian?” 
Why marginalize someone based on gender? What if your next comedian was a girl, but not someone you found attractive? Would you say “your next comedian is gross?” Who do you think you are? How dare you?
 We are all comedians. If these arguments still do not make sense to you, then maybe this one will. It’s been done already. You’re a hack if you do it.

We are here because we’ve been marginalized by society to some degree already. We have all sought our refuge inside comedy. It’s our safest place. None of us has the right to take that from another. It’s not easy being a comedian. Even the most successful deal with loneliness and the day to day road life that isn’t fun, no matter how much money is in your pocket. We shouldn’t make it harder for other comics to be comics. It’s hard enough already. I understand comedians like to bust balls and shit talk and whatever but I’m talking about real shit. Groping. Making moves on girls after being asked not to. Never referring to a female comedian as anything except female comedian. Marginalizing and dismissing other fucking comedians out of hand based on personal prejudices. We are all just comics. It’s all garbage we wrote into a notebook. We aren’t entitled shit. We certainly don’t get to victimize another comedian just because she’s a girl, or a guy if you’re a predatory lady. (Understand you can’t do this to anyone, but comedy is where I have influence, at least with some who have influence.) We are on the same team and if you aren’t, you’re not on the fucking team anymore. It has to end. Louis isn’t a threat anymore because it’s as public as it’s gonna get, most likely. But other comics are a threat.