Joe Mande is coming to Philly in April!

Joe Mande is coming to some standup for you, Philadelphia! Yes, you!

The sly and witty mind of Mr. Mande is truly something to behold. Creator of "Look At This Fucking Hipster" and regular on VH1's "Best Week Ever", Joe has been making you laugh for years and you probably didn't even know it. Be able to say you saw him when, and check him at Connie's Ric Rac ONE NIGHT ONLY!!

Let Joe tell you a bit about himself:

"I live in New York City, where I perform comedy and eat mostly pizza. I've been on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and VH1 Best Week Ever. I was Time Out New York's "Best New Comedian" of 2009, and a couple years ago I was on Heeb Magazine's list of 100 Jews to Watch, which is pretty much the second best list a Jew could ever hope to be on." Well put.

Joe will performing with the very funny Noah Garfinkel!

If you love new, smart comedy, this is the show to see!

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Doors @ 8PM, Show @ 9PM

Tickets are just $15!

No one under 21 will be admitted.

CLICK HERE TO GET ADVANCE TICKETS

LIVE @ Connies Ric Rac

1132 South 9th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19147 (MAP)

www.conniesricrac.com

Here is a taster, Joe killing it at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival:



Don't miss it!

Brown Paper Tickets Feature on Their Blog!

An Interview with Corey Cohen of Corey Cohen Comedy Productions

February 23, 2011 2:08 PM

Philadelphia's independent comedy producer Corey Cohen has been putting together some incredible bills at Connie's Ric Rac in South Philly and we caught up with him to chat a little about life as an independent comedy producer. We love to see independent producers land big names for their events and Corey is bringing some incredible talent to Philly. If you're in the area, get out there to Connie's and experience stand-up at it's best. Tell me a little bit about you and what you do? Well I've always loved comedy, and I've been performing as an improv and sketch comedian for years. Recently I began booking shows with national comics that I really love but rarely get to see in Philly. That basic idea is what is driving me to do these shows. I think going to see live comedy is something most people love, and they want to do, but they don't always have many options. All I want is to do as producer is give people the ability to see the coolest and smartest comedians working right now. How did you get involved with producing comedy in Philadelphia? I've been doing comedy in Philly since I was a teenager, when I started out with improv. Improv led to sketch comedy, but both allowed me to perform around the country and get more deeply involved in the industry. Over the years the comedy scene has really grown, both locally and nationally, and this town is certainly a reflection of that. But there was a gap here, nobody was regularly tracking down and bringing in specific comics, trying to match them to their crowds. I have connections to some comics, decided to push the idea along, and so far it's been a great success. I'd imagine you have some pretty crazy stories about working with comedians, care to share one with us? You know, comedians are crazy in a different way than say, musicians. A crazy musician drinks himself blind, does a bunch of drugs, gets onstage and jumps and screams. A crazy comedian stands backstage quietly, his hands over his face, reciting his bit. Maybe he asks that nobody look at him an hour before the show, maybe he needs water at a certain temperature, stuff like that. In that sense, I have lots of crazy stories about comedians, and they all tend to revolve around some sort of anxiety disorder, so maybe I should make something up. I once saw Todd Barry punch a guy in the throat for looking at him funny. You have some great comedians coming up. Do you mind saying a little something about each of them? Dave Hill is very well mannered, wears spiffy suits, and does brilliant and genuinely absurd stand up. Really excited to have him headline a show here, last time I saw him he had an audience raptly watching him drink soda in between jokes. That's talent. I mean he made the soda look SO good. Tickets Chris Valenti is a comedian/musician/songwriter, and apparently a very avid multitasker. He'll be doing music and comedy for the broken hearted, the emotionally wounded, and the romantically stricken. If it has to do with love and loss, he'll make you laugh about it. Tickets Sean Green is a Philly native and is very popular in L.A. and on the radio. If L.A. is anything like I remember it, then Sean's popularity on the radio is either because of his talent, or because he gets the best drugs. I'm hoping it's talent, but I figure the show will be a success either way. Tickets Eddie Pepitone is from Brooklyn but lives in L.A., which means he's miserable. He's also hysterically funny and has a way of getting down to the meat of things that I really enjoy. I actually booked Eddie because I was watching a Flight Of The Conchords episode on DVD that he was in, and his part was so funny that I had to look him up. Then I realized I had seen him in a million things, and that he was available to book. Plus I figured being from L.A. he also has awesome, awesome drugs. Tickets What do you like best about working with Brown Paper Tickets? You guys have just always been wonderful to deal with. Anytime I've ever had a problem, you all helped sort it out immediately. Your customer service is fantastic, which is absolutely necessary when you have shows coming together and something, anything, really, goes wrong. I know I always have the support of BPT, which puts me at ease and let's me focus on the eight million other things you need to do when producing a show. If you could book your dream comedy line-up who would it be and why? My dream lineup only has one guy on it, and it's because of a long standing desire to see him perform again. I'm talking about Dave Chappelle. He's not completely retired, I know he still pops up from time to time, but nothing would make me happier than to put him on stage in Philly. I'd be honored. After that I would probably walk into the ocean at sunset, because I'd have done everything I needed to do. Do you have any advice for our comedy producers out there? Don't be afraid to go after the best people out there, and don't let anyone discourage you. Also, know funny comedians.

Matt McCarthy is coming to Philly! Yay!

Described by The New York Times as a "John Belushi-like madman" McCarthy is commonly known for having red hair and a beard. You may recognize him from his myriad TV appearances, notably as The Cable Guy in those Verizon FiOs commercials.

McCarthy hosts Action Pack Wednesday nights on AMC with Nick Stevens, and has performed standup comedy at Just for Laughs and on television on Season 3 of Live at Gotham and John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show' on Comedy Central.

Matt writes and performs for Front Page Films with Pete Holmes and Oren Brimer, where he has made videos for CollegeHumor and Comedy Central. Their HOTEL series was also featured on Atom.com.

McCarthy will appear in IFC's The Whitest Kids U' Know and with fellow comedian Robert Kelly in the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO.

Now you can catch him LIVE at Connie's Ric Rac in South Philadelphia, where you can marvel at the redness of his beard in person!

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Doors @ 8PM, Show @ 9PM

Tickets are just $15!

No one under 21 will be admitted.

CLICK HERE TO GET ADVANCE TICKETS

LIVE @ Connies Ric Rac

1132 South 9th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19147 (MAP)

www.conniesricrac.com

Here is a clip from CollegeHumor of Matt as Nic Cage's agent.

 'Nuff said.

Dave Hill Coming Soon!

Dave Hill is coming to town on Saturday, February 26! Get your tickets now!

Remember, the Ric Rac has a FULL BAR, so come early and get some drinks!

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Doors @ 7:00 PM, Show @ 8PM

Tickets are $12

No one under 21 will be admitted.

CLICK HERE TO GET ADVANCE TICKETS

LIVE @ Connies Ric Rac

1132 South 9th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19147 (MAP)

www.conniesricrac.com

Holy Shit, it's Eddie Pepitone!

Don't miss the chance to check out the thoroughly entertaining and equally agitated Eddie Pepitone perform a night of stand-up comedy!

Here's Eddie summed up in his own words:

"Eddie Pepitone is a bad ass that works on television regularly. Eddie is Jackie Gleason crossed with the Dali Lama crossed with Don Rickles crossed with your mother.

Eddie came to Los Angeles working alongside Will Ferrell and Vince Vaughn in Old School. While those gentelmen have gone on to wild-ass fame and fortune Eddie works diligently and far more funnier (because he is hungrier) than those sellouts.

Eddie is a recurring character on The Sarah Silverman show as Eddie the chef at Romanski's. Eddie is on Monk this season, Monk's final season. Eddie has been on Flight of the Concords (Season 1), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, ER, Malcolm in the Middle, King of Queens and that horrible abortion of a show Last Comic Standing. Eddie is on this season's The Life and Times of Tim on HBO and performs all over Los Angeles and New York when he is in town!"

And now Eddie is coming to Philly to make you laugh! Show him this town knows what'd funny, and check him out at Connie's on March 25th!

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Doors @ 7:00 PM, Show @ 8PM

Tickets are just $18!

No one under 21 will be admitted.

CLICK HERE TO GET ADVANCE TICKETS

LIVE @ Connies Ric Rac

1132 South 9th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19147 (MAP)

www.conniesricrac.com

EVEN MORE shows to be announced soon!

Live Music and Comedy with Chris Valenti!

LA based comedian and musician Chris Valenti is coming to Connie's Ric Rac! Valenti will be telling jokes &  playing songs of struggles, blunders, and missed opportunities. The show is all comedy with part music & part therapy. This should be a fun, laid back night; perfect for when you forget about Valentine's Day and then reschedule it a couple weeks later! Opening for Chris will be the funny and talented musical comedy man/wife duo Emily and Micah McGraw!

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Doors @ 8:00 PM, Show @ 9PM

Tickets are only $15!

No one under 21 will be admitted.

CLICK HERE TO GET ADVANCE TICKETS

LIVE @ Connies Ric Rac

1132 South 9th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19147 (MAP)

www.conniesricrac.com

More shows to be announced soon!