Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont “Best of Westchester Comedy Show” – BYOB Stand-Up with Elon Altman, Val Parker

Comedy From Scratch is where you go in Westchester County to hear top comics from TV and NYC’s major clubs performing long sets on an intimate stage. Past performers include comedians from HBO, Netlfix, Colbert, SNL, the Daily Show, Letterman, the Tonight Show, Comedy Central, and more. Every month, Ben Asher’s presents comedy that reaches up into your brain with the force of a fist through the nose. Named “Best Comedy Show in Westchester” by Westchester Magazine.

Every month you can hear some of the most talented comics perform long sets, that other shows don’t give them the time to perform. Comedy From Scratch is your chance to get to really watch comedians flex their muscles and hit their stride on stage, at The Idea Kitchen.

Locally-grown comedian Ben Asher presents a tasting of what the area’s best stand-up comics are cooking up, at ‘Comedy From Scratch’ at the Idea Kitchen every 4th Saturday of the month.

Tickets available at https://ComedyFromScratch.eventbrite.com

Show at 8:00 PM. Seating at 7:00 PM (bring your food and drink/wine with you and sit down at our tables to eat before the show and pick out your seats!!)

Admission is $25 in advance, and $30 if purchased the day of the show. (Unlike Comedy Clubs, There is NO 2-Drink Minimum at this show)(and there is Free Parking.) BYOB and your own food/snacks/pizza (Half-Time and Sal’s Pizza in Mamaroneck, or Nicky’s Pizza in Larchmont is recommended!)

Updates to line-ups may be posted the week of the show here or you can follow @the_ben_asher on Instagram (line-ups are subject to change, but rarely, and will always be amazing!)

The February 28th lineup features:

Elon Altman (Comedy Central; The Comedy Cellar) – http://www.elonaltman.com/

Elon Altman was the winner of Season 3 of New York’s Got Talent, Elon Altman is a stand up comedian born and raised in New York City. Elon is a Comedy Cellar regular, was a finalist in the 2021 Boston Comedy Festival, has been featured on AXS TV’s “Gotham Comedy Live,” was a contributing writer for the Comedy Central “Roast of Alec Baldwin,” and was runner up in NBC Universal’s “Cozi TV Comedy Search.” Elon has featured for Dennis Miller and Demetri Martin, and has headlined the world famous Carolines On Broadway multiple times, including as part of their Breakout Artist Comedy Series. He can be seen regularly at comedy clubs around NYC. Elon is also co-host of the podcasts “Billy Joel A to Z”.

Val Parker (McSweeney’s, the AV Club, and on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert) – https://www.valparkercomedy.com

Val Parker is a NYC-based comedian whose writing has been featured by McSweeney’s, The A.V. Club, Forbes, Vulture, Buzzfeed, and more. Val also does stand-up, producing her own line of shows and opening for Jerrod Carmichael while undergrad at UChicago. Val’s most recent film is the short mockumentary, “Wax Paul Now,” featuring Paul Giamatti, which was accepted to the Miami Film Festival and AFI Fest, an Oscar-qualifying film festival.

Produced/Hosted by BEN ASHER (New York Comedy Festival; StandUp NBC; Iceland Comedy Festival headliner; Caroline’s; Catch A Rising Star; DoublePlusGood Comedy) – http://www.benasher.net

Ben Asher, a writer and comedian from New York, is known for his “brave,” confrontational material, and his skills as a “brilliant joke writer” among fellow comedians. He performs regularly at comedy venues and colleges throughout the metropolitan area, East Coast, and Europe. Audiences are always quick to share their appreciation of Ben’s style of sardonic irreverence and absurd, satiric wit in which he doesn’t just dissect language and taboos – he explodes them. “What Ben Asher says makes me laugh, even though I feel like I shouldn’t.”

In 2022 Ben recorded a half-hour special “An Intimate Evening of Provocative and Deranged Humor” at The Nest rock club, in Brooklyn, NY. In 2024, Ben recently opened for Greg Fitzsimmons. Also, in 2022, Ben’s show Arthur Avenue Comedy was featured in the NY Comedy Festival as one of only two comedy shows in Bronx. In 2014, Ben traveled to Iceland to headline in the Iceland Comedy Festival. He was also the finalist in the 2014 Funniest Jewish Comedian Competition. In 2013 Ben was in the New York Comedy Festival. Ben has been a guest on Sherrod Small’s ‘Races Wars’ podcast.

Ben currently produces and hosts the weekly Arthur Avenue Comedy show in NYC’s Bronx borough, the monthly Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen, which was named “Best Comedy Show” by Westchester Magazine, and Slide-In at Slate-Nightclub in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, and has produced and hosts a monthly comedy show in Park Slope, Brooklyn and New York’s East Village, DoublePlusGood Comedy, (formerly Nasal Vice! Stand-Up,) where, since 2013, rising comics perform long, 20+ minutes sets, every month. He also co-produces/hosts The Homebrewed Mic, giving New Yorkers a sample of homebrewed beers and comedy.

From TimeOut NY: For comedy connoisseurs tired of seeing their favorite comics squeeze their sets into five minutes, Ben Asher’s showcase provides full-length sets and a chill atmosphere for diverse acts to thrive in.

Press: In addition to being a TimeOut New York ‘Critics Pick’, TimeOut NY has frequently called Ben’s show the “best cheap things to do,” of the week and one of the “most amazing things to do” of the month, and the New York Times has listed it show as an editor’s choice multiple times.

Presented by The Stand-up Westchester Comedy Club – https://StandupWestchester.com

QUESTIONS:

Is This Venue Handicapped Accessible?

YES. And please let us know how we can help you if you need any assistance.

What Age is Appropriate For This Comedy Show? Should I Bring My Children?

The material comedians discuss may be what you consider ‘Adult’ material. Anyone under 16 years of age should be accopanied by a parent or guardian. We would discourage you from bringing any child under 11 years old. If you child is age 11-15, and loves dark stand-up comedy (think George Carlin or Sarah Silverman) and you do, too, then we don’t have any problem with them coming. However, if you child’s only exposure to comedy is watching Seinfeld, Friends, or any situation comedy from TV, please do not assume you will be comfortable with material being discussed. Comedians on the show may discuss ANY aspect of human existence, or non-existence, in the darkest, most absurd way possible

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You can always find out about upcoming “Best of Westchester” wining shows on The Stand-Up Westchester Comedy Club website by going to StandUpWestchester.com .

What can you seriously expect? Just look which comics are frequently on my shows. This show is no BS.

Past performers on Ben Asher’s shows include comedians and writers from Saturday Night Live, the Tonight Show, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the Daily Show, HBO, Netflix, including:

Ophira Eisenberg (NPR’s Ask Me Another),

Mark Normand (Comedy Central 1-Hour Special),

Phoebe Robinson (HBO, 2 Dope Queens),

Myq Kaplan (Netflix Special, Comedy Central Presents, Conan, Tonight Show),

Emmy Blotnick (writer Colbert, Comedy Central The President Show),

Sam Morril (Comedy Central 1-Hour Special, Colbert, special ‘Up On The Roof’),

Liz Miele (Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham”; Caroline’s),

Erik Bergstrom (Comedy Central Half-Hour, Colbert),

Matteo Lane (Netflix, Late Nite w/ Seth Meyers, Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Mike Recine (Conan; Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Jena Friedman (The Daily Show, Conan, Adult Swim),

Jacqueline Novak (‘Get On Your Knees’ off-Broadway hit produced by Mike Birbiglia, Comedy Central Half-Hour, The Late Late Show),

Vlad Caamano (Jimmy Kimmel Live, HBO, Comedy Central),

Nick Vatterott (HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Langston Kerman (Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero on Showtime; Jon Oliver HBO),

Harrison Greenbaum (Conan, AGT, Comedy Cellar),

Tony Deyo (Conan, Letterman),

Jon Fisch (Colbert, Letterman, The Tonight Show),

Mike Vecchione (Comedy Central Presents half-hour special, the Tonight Show),

Jordan Carlos (HBO, writer Colbert Report; The Gods Honest Truth),

Beth Stelling (Netflix, Conan, Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Aparna Nacherla (Netflix ‘Master of None’, HBO, Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Jamie Lee (Ted Lasso, HBO’s Crashing, Conan),

Matt Koff (The Daily Show),

Alingon Mitra (Conan; Last Comic Standing),

Charles McBee (head writer The Gods Honest Truth Comedy Central, MTV),

Yannis Pappas (Comedy Central Half-Hour, History Hyenas Podcast),

J-L Cauvin (The Late Late Show, The Howard Stern Show),

Chloe Radcliffe (The Tonight Show, TBS, EPIX Unprotected Sets),

Liza Treyger (Netflix),

Sarah Tollemache (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; NBC’s Last Comic Standing; Comedy Central’s Adam Devine House Party),

Kerry Coddett (Flatbush Misdemeanors, Ramy on Hulu, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas),

Rosebud Baker (Comedy Central, HBO),

Stone and Stone (Twins Adam and Todd Stone)(Last Comic Standing; Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler’s “Penelope Princess of Pets”; Friars Club Roast of George Takai),

Gianmarco Soresi (TBS’s The Last O.G., Comedy Central)