The first ever RoastMasters NYC Tournament is set
For the past year, many of New York City’s brightest comedians have tested their might and faced off against each other for The RoastMasters NYC series held at The Stand in Gramercy. Often vicious yet utterly hilarious, The RoastMasters NYC pits 2 comedians face-to-face on stage where they hurl well written and cutting insults towards […]
Zac Amico is your 2016 RoastMasters NYC Champion
This past Tuesday night droves of comedians and comedy fans came out to The Stand NYC to see who would take home the first ever RoastMasters NYC Championship belt. After an incredibly publicized 16 comedian, single elimination tournament spanning 6 weeks, one comic was left standing: Zac Amico. The Secaucus, New Jersey native outwitted the […]
“Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle” will be back for season two
Comedy Central is gearing up for another epic battle. They are teaming up again with the Roastmaster General Jeff Ross for another round of Roast Battle, it was announced today by the network’s president, Kent Alterman. Featuring the world’s most venomous comedians in one-on-one standoffs, the bracket-style insult-comedy tournament first debuted on Comedy Central this […]
Big Jay Oakerson pulled off stage by unruly crowd member at a comedy show
Photo: SoulJoel Facebook The details are still not 100% clear but tonight at a comedy show at SoulJoel’s Comedy Festival – a multi-week summer festival happening socially distant in Royersford, PA, comedian Big Jay Oakerson was attacked on stage during his set. Reports are coming in that Oakerson was on stage performing crowdwork when a […]
Comedy Central announces celebrity judges and matchups for “Jeff Ross Presents: Roast Battle II”
Whitney Cummings, Ken Jeong, Anthony Jeselnik, John Mayer, T.J. Miller, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Jason Sudeikis and Snoop Dogg will serve as celebrity judges deciding the round–by-round fate of 16 comedian combatants during the four nights of Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle II: War of the Words. The bracket-style insult-comedy tournament will be filmed in […]