Marianne Ways, comedy booker and producer brings in HER photos of NYC comedy from 2003 - 2008. You'll see photos in the tray from Marianne's point and shoot camera. Calling all comedy nerds! Check these snippets from just the first 15 minutes of our chat: Wet Hot
28 Sep 2026
Wyatt Cenac enters the archives in 2008 at Comix shortly after moving to NYC for The Daily Show. He shows up in photos at Whiplash, Bowery Electric, and Hannibal's Comedy in a Garage at Matchless, a precursor to the much loved Knitting Factory show. A 2009 Moonwork line
21 Sep 2026
Jo Firestone enters the archives on August 24, 2014 at Shea Stadium (not that one, the artsy one in Bushwick.) at the The Macaulay Culkin Show. Once Jo enters the archives, we see her... A LOT! She's on Whiplash, Big Terrific, 50 First Jokes all in a row.
14 Sep 2026
Not every dream job is YOUR dream job. Brooks enters the archives in 2014, when he's at a coveted job in comedy. He didn't love it. We get into it in this episode. Brooks did stand up all around NYC while he was here. Most of
07 Sep 2026
Ruby enters the archives at a studio in Brooklyn getting headshots on a winter morning in 2015. We spent most of the shoot dishing on our crushes. (SPOILER: I married mine!) Ruby had an early start... she did ASSSSCAT at age 4! Our episode covers photos from her show at
31 Aug 2026
Shane Torres enters the archives on June 11, 2025 on CSL at Kabin. The photos are terrible. (We get to that!) This episode goes over Shane’s move from Portland to NYC, getting rock-ig-nized, and getting better at the business side of things. We chat about this fave
24 Aug 2026
Josh Gondelman enters the archives on stage performing as Dave Attell at Schtick or Treat on November 1, 2011 at Bowery Poetry Club. His first photo as himself is a few weeks later at Sidewalk Café for his show Afterlife. Pictured below with co-hosts Erin Judge, Emily Heller, and
17 Aug 2026
Andrea Allan enters the archives on April 16, 2014 at The Village Underground in New York. We sort through photos from The Creek, my studio in Brooklyn, a Keith and the Girl podcast marathon. But maybe we're never gonna top this one from 2016 at The Village Underground.
10 Aug 2026
Adam enters the archives on January 6, 2011 performing on Lasers in the Jungle at Luca Lounge. You know Adam from his show on TruTV and his podcast "Factually". I found his insights during the strikes helpful and he has a clear eyed view of comedy at the
03 Aug 2026
Emmy Blotnick enters the archives on December 1, 2011 outside the long since closed Luca Lounge. Emmy came in for promo photos in 2014 and you've probs seen this one still floating around from that shoot. We sorted through about half her photos and didn't get
27 Jul 2026
Jim Gaffigan and I attempt to describe Moonwork's Evening Of Original Works, the early days of Whiplash at UCB, alternative comedy in general. We got started talking about comedy and only made it through 20 of 200 photos so he'll have to visit again! Moment of
20 Jul 2026
Brittany enters the archives at the Night Train 5th Anniversary Show on November 6, 2017. Wyatt Cenac added her to the line up before she even moved to NYC! We actually got some culling and decisions made during this one!! We also talked about Live Snakes, a show at The
13 Jul 2026
Watch the episode here: Alison first walks by the archives at Whiplash in 2011 and I photograph her for real in 2013. In this interview, we look over photos from her early comedy days up to her Cherry Lane Theater show in 2022. Call it the comedy pipeline, infrastructure, ladder.
06 Jul 2026
Nore enters the Comedy Archives on November 29, 2009 at The Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Nore shows up again in 2013. We see him regularly until Covid. A highlight is the record cover for Too Woke in 2018. We both love this photo, taken on December 4, 2021 outside
29 Jun 2026
Joel enters the Comedy Archives on January 14, 2012 at The Creek and The Cave in Long Island City, Queens. Many of Joel's photos feature his comedy trio, Wildcats. They were the dirtiest (complementary) crew working at the time, known for fish guts and fake blood. Joel'
15 Jun 2026
Joyelle enters the Comedy Archives in 2012 at the long since closed Red Star Bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This was a show run by Annie Lederman. I love that we have Annie greeting Joyelle as she walks on stage and into the archives. We both loved this one from before
08 Jun 2026
Our very first episode :) It's HERE!! My conversation with Rosebud Baker. Rosebud enters the Comedy Archives in 2015 at The Creek Awards at The Creek and the Cave in Long Island City, New York. Rosebud's most recent photo in the archives is the BOOK COVER!! for
02 Jun 2026
Mindy Tucker has over one million photos to sort through. She's bringing her friends into the studio to help her curate them into a book.
13 May 2026