“Anybody can do Stand-up comedy!”

FREE one hour workshop at Comix on Saturday, October 24^th!

If your friends are always telling you how funny you are and you’ve been thinking about trying stand-up comedy but don’t know where to start, you won’t want to miss this FREE workshop on Saturday, October 24^th being offered by Comix and the Manhattan Comedy School .

Speakers include: J.R. Havlan - 5 Time Emmy award-winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; Performer on The Late Show with David Letterman. Chuck Nice, VH-1 Best Week Ever, WE TV Cinematherapy, Fox’ The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, MSNBC Morning Joe & Dan Abrams. Seinfeld and Cheers’ writer Tom Leopold, Comix owner Harlan Halper, Director of New Talent at Comix Andy Engel, and national headliner Cory Kahaney who has had her own ½ hour specials on both Comedy Central and HBO. Cory is also the instructor for The Manhattan Comedy School.

Topics covered include: how & where to get started, conquering stage fright, writing techniques, how to land an agent and much much more. There will also be a Q&A session. Representatives from the Manhattan Comedy School will be on hand to provide information on the 8-week course taught at New York’s top Comedy School . The graduation show for this class is a live performance at Comix Comedy Club where students will receive a FREE broadcast quality, 2-camera shoot DVD.

Saturday, October 24^th at 2pm (1:30 Check-in)
at: Comix
353 West 14th Street
Between 8th and 9th Avenues

Space is limited you must register at:

http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/workshop.html

Speakers subject to change

Since my life revolves around Stand-up Comedy I am very excited about the new Adam Sandler movie Funny People.

The movie opens friday July 31st and the early buzz is very positive. Rotten Tomatos is already giving it great reviews.

I think that it will succeed where other stand-up comedy movies because its director is a former stand-up comic. As a former stand-up comic he has much deeper understanding of that whole world, and therefore the movie will be closer to reality than a director who never expirienced that world.If it is a hit I think that the movie will start a resurgence of stand-up comedy and inspire a whole new generation to try it.

Andy Engel

Manhattancomedyschool