12/08 TYF! Benefit! w/ TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG, JOHN OLIVER, SCHAAL, RHEA, MORE

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On Tuesday, December 8th, Tell Your Friends! is holding a benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America (http://leukemia-lymphoma.org/).



Tuesday, December 8th
Tell Your Friends!
We'll Kick Cancer's Butt!
A Benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America

SPONSORED BY: The Onion
FREE BEER AFTERPARTY! Courtesy Brooklyn Brewery! Hang out after the show and get laid! (Getting laid not a guarantee.)


at Comix Comedy Club
353 W. 14th St., at 9th Ave.
DOORS: 8:00pm
ADMISSION: $30.00 (w. 2-drink min.)
ADV. TIX: http://comixny.com/event.aspx?eid=670&sid=2378

HOST: LIAM McENEANEY

WITH:
TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG
from "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "The Tonight Show," and his own CD, "Come Poop with Me."

JOHN OLIVER
is a correspondent for "The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart," the star of his own one-hour Comedy Central special "Terrifying Times," and the upcoming series, "John Oliver & Friends"

CAROLINE RHEA
is one of the country's biggest headliners. With 29 appearances on "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien," and also appearances on "The Tonight Show," her own HBO special, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," "The Biggest Loser," and you know what? This is ridiculous, I don't have to list this woman's credits, she's hilarious.

KRISTEN SCHAAL
is seen the hit HBO comedy, "Flight of the Conchords," and has appeared in her own "Comedy Central Presents: Kristen Schaal" special

TODD BARRY
has been seen on two "Comedy Central Presents: Todd Barry" specials, as well as "Late Show w/ David Letterman," "The Tonight Show," "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien," and much much much more.

and

EDDIE BRILL
has been seen on multiple "Late Show w/ David Letterman" appearances, and his own "Comedy Central Presents: Eddie Brill" special

AND MUSIC BY: A Brief View of the Hudson

(lineup subject to change)

WITH THE ULTIMATE COMEDY NERD RAFFLE
Prizes include:
A brand-new iPod Touch from TekServe
The world's most completely-autographed Onion book
An autographed script from Family Guy
An ASSSCAT gift pack including tickets
A Comedy Central Records gift bag (we'll probably get some of our comics to autograph these)
A Stand Up! Records gift bag
A Sub Pop Records gift baf
Autographed books from Martha Stewart, Emerille Lagassie, and MORE!
A free night at Comix
TV taping tickets TBA
AND MORE....!

PRODUCED BY: Liam McEneaney and Jessica Flores

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Okay, I'm revealing our first act of this show, Mr. John Oliver. I've been a big fan of John's since the first time I saw him do standup, in the back of the Parkside Lounge in the LES. And as anyone who's seen a show there can tell you, if you can cut through the atmosphere of THAT place and make with the funny, you've got the comedy skillz.

Here's some video of John at work:

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Revealing our second comedian of the show. Her name is Kristen Schaal, and I've known her for a really long time. You have no idea how glad I am to see someone with such a unique and exact sensibility making it in this biz. Here's a clip of Kristen from the Secret Policeman's Ball. Hilarious:

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Caroline Rhea is hilarious, and a really nice lady. Like everyone else on this show, she could headline this benefit all by herself, but she's very kindly donated some of her time for this cause. In addition to all the other credits I listed in the show listing above, she also had her own talk show, "The Caroline Rhea Show," which she took over from Rosie O'Donnell. Below, here she is interviewing Eddie Izzard. And then below that she deals with a rowdy audience. Very funny.

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Our next headliner - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Do I really need to sell you on this? Triumph is amazing. And really, where else do you get to see this guy live and physically in front of your face? I'm excited.

Here's my favorite Triumph moment ever:

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Our next headliner: Mr. Todd Barry. Todd is like a fine white wine: dry, crisp, and just improves with age. Here's the appearance on "Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien" that led to Todd's one-man show, "Icky." I did tech for that show, and saw this clip about five hundred times. I literally just laughed at it again:



And here, Todd teaches you how to refill your soap dispenser:

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I totally just filled up my soap dispenser... and the soap in his hands sounded mildly inappropriate. I will definitely try to make this if I can get there in time from work. Got a lighting gig that day... It IS a sick line-up.

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Just announced some of the raffle prizes. Pretty sweet. With a couple more big announcements to come this week.

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Also, A BEER COMPANY is sponsoring a post-show afterparty, with free BEER-BRAND BEER after the show.

Thank you, BEER!

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BUMP!

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Well well well, check out the raffle prizes we have stored at McEneaney World Headquarters. AND THEY COULD BE YOURS! (IF you show up at the benefit tomorrow.)



PS: And yes, I'm aware that I look like the town drunk in this picture.

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LATE ADDITION: Jim Gaffigan.

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A big big thanks to everyone who came out last night.

And if you didn't make it, you missed one of the best shows I've seen all year.