Comedy Review: Kosher Christmas Eve Event Felt Like Treyf

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Published on Thursday, 30 December 2010 07:45

Written by Eric Grunes

Twas a few days before Christmas, and all through my hou-, er... apartment...

My brain was stirring, how to entertain the spouse?

For you see, Christmas Eve would soon be upon us -- and I needed some Jewish counter-programming. I had visited Comic Strip Live previously with my brother at the beginning of the month and saw a flier for a Christmas Eve special. 

I did eat a Chinese meal for lunch -- though I did not really laugh at the food too much. I attended the 7:30 show. You know you're in trouble when the funniest joke from every comedian is pointing at the moping long-haired guy and saying "Smile, it's your birthday!"

I sat in the very front -- potentially the spot to receive spit from the mic (thankfully this did not happen). The emcee of the event opened up with a familiar shtick (same material as Dec. 3, 2010), though it was entertaining to see him trade barbs with a woman who said she was from Port Authority. He insisted she was Russian. She played along nicely.

The first guy was on and off the stage so fast that I think it surprised the host. Next came a sarcastic guy who waxed on forever about cats. This made me wish that I had picked alcoholic drinks for the two-drink minimum instead of the bottomless soda that I ended up ordering.

Finally, the main event was Modi, who is apparently famous for some rendition of a German on an airplane. While he did have some good zingers compared to the others, I still did not manage more than a guffaw or two.

So I left a little disappointed. My previous encounter at this comedy club was better than this one. Maybe I would have enjoyed the show with a group of people. Previously, I attended with my brother and his wife, as well as mine.

This time, it was just the two of us. I will never know. I just know that next Christmas Eve, I might just stick to Chinese food and a movie!

For future event at the Comic Strip go to: http://www.comicstriplive.com/

A Kosher Christmas Eve
December, 24th, 2010
Comic Strip
1568 2nd Ave.
New York, NY

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