For Comics Planning On Moving To NYC

andysandfordcomedy:

New York is one of the two main destinations that most stand up comedians are ultimately fixated on. In a lot of ways, if you are talking about purely stand up, it is “the” destination. Most comedians know this, and that is why so many have made plans to move here…some comics’ plans are firmer than others. I meet a lot of comics coming through and checking it out with intentions to move, and most of them have some misconceptions about what doing comedy in NY is like day in, day out. Here are a few things I have learned in my time here that might help those who are planning on moving, or at least thinking about it.

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This is fantastic!

gllob:

a homeless guy just said to me “do you tell jokes to make people laugh or to make people think you’re funny” and that is the most profound shit ive ever experienced