Dive Comedy at Freddy's Back Room

Put on your laughin' shorts and come to DIVE COMEDY, 5/13

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400

So it may be all the MDMA we just took, but we think it’s actually beautiful outside. WTF. We did it, guys!!

Now go soak up some of this awesome weather but remember to come back indoors at 9pm on Monday for an AMAZING edition of DIVE COMEDY at Freddy’s Back Room. We have uproarious laughter and music like usual mixed with some guests from LA & NYC you’ve seen on Comedy Central, The Colbert Report, Guy Code, Girl Code, vh1 and so much more!

THIS WEEK’S LINE UP:

JORDAN CARLOS (Guy Code, Nurse Jackie, Girl Code, Comedy Central)

BETH HOYT (My Damn Channel host of “Beth In Show”, Bachelorettes)

TREY GALYON ( Keith and the Girl )

AMAYA PEREA ( Hello Giggles, Funny or Die )

NAOMI EKPERIGIN ( Huffington Post, UCB Theater )

MUSICAL GUEST MICHAEL WAGNER

HOSTED BY Brooke and Giulia!!

EXTRA, EXTRA: IT'S AN EXTRA DIVE COMEDY IN APRIL!! 4/29

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:24:37 -0400

Let’s get all sorts of psyched for what promises to be a funny as f*ck line-up this Monday at a bonus Dive Comedy also featuring one of our favorite friends-slash-musicians KEVIN JOHNSTON!

Brooke and Giulia will be welcoming the immensely hilarious SHENG WANG, ERIK BERGSTROM, CALVIN CATO, MALWINA ANDRUCZYK AND JOE ZIMMERMAN.

Get to Freddy’s early for a seat. The shows have been packed out in 2013! See you there.

Brooke & Giulia

SHENG WANG (COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS)

ERIK BERGSTROM

CALVIN CATO

MALWINA ANDRUCZYK

JOE ZIMMERMAN (BEARDS OF COMEDY)

MUSIC BY KEVIN JOHNSTON of THE BRIGHT SILENCE

Hosted by GIULIA & BROOKE

Dive Comedy Returns Monday, 4/22 at 9pm!

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:09:00 -0400

This one’s gonna be a rager! Get excited for a fantastic line-up with amazing stand-up, sketch, story-telling and music. Show up early to get a seat for the hilarious and talented JESSIMAE PELUSO, LUKE CUNNINGHAM, NAT TOWNSEN, BRENDAN FITZGIBBONS, NAOMI KARAVANI and music by ADIRA AMRAM! All of this fantastic-ness hosted by Brooke Van Poppelen and Giulia Rozzi. FREE. 9PM.

JESSIMAE PELUSO (MTV’s GIRL CODE, FAILOSOPHY)

LUKE CUNNINGHAM (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon writer)

NAT TOWNSEN (The Moon)

NAOMI KARAVANI (crushable new girl on the scene)

BRENDAN FITZGIBBONS ( UCB Theater)

Music by ADIRA AMRAM

Hosted by Brooke & Giulia!

Dive Comedy Two Year Anniversary Show! 4/8/13

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:39:00 -0400

Can you believe it’s been two whole years since Rozzi and BVP set out to make a snuggly, quirky, hilarious comedy show come to life at Freddy’s Back Room? How time flies.

We are so grateful for our always supportive and amazing fans of the show, the talented performers who do their thing and of course, Freddy’s.

Come celebrate two weird and wonderful years of comedy, music and story-telling this Monday, April 8th at 9pm with this super awesome line-up!

We’re featuring Jared Logan, Katina Corrao, Ted Travelstead, Allison Castillo, Mark Normand music by Cody Westphal and special guests! Brooke and Giulia will be in rare form so tell some friends, get there by 9pm and grab a seat before they’re all gone.

JARED LOGAN (Comedy Central’s Half Hour, Live at Gotham)

KATINA CORRAO (MTV, vh1, comedycentral.com)

MARK NORMAND (Conan, John Oliver Show)

TED TRAVELSTEAD ( Author of “The Petraeus Files”, co author “SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk”)

ALLISON CASTILLO (Comedy Central, Bridgetown Comedy Festival)

Music by CODY WESTPHAL

Hosted by Brooke & Giulia!

Dive Comedy is back on Monday 3/25 at 9pm and yeah — the...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:14:00 -0400

Dive Comedy is back on Monday 3/25 at 9pm and yeah — the line up pretty much rules, once again. Ugh — we’re getting SO predictable with these amazing shows. Barf city.

This evening is a doozie featuring comedians from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Best Week Ever, I Love the 1880’s, College Humor, MTV and much more with NICK TURNER, STREETER SEIDELL, SHARON SPELL, and ERIK BERGSTROM. Also, our musical guest is a personal favorite of Dive Comedy’s and we are happy to welcome back ADAM DAY!

Brooke and Giulia look forward to seeing you at Freddy’s Back Room!

March Gladness Begins at Dive Comedy 3/11/13!

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:06:57 -0500

We are so close to all of this sad, depressing weather nonsense being over! That is something worth laughing and raising a glass to so join us for yet another hilarious edition of Dive Comedy at Freddy’s Back Room! It pleases us to please you, so please check out this super pleasing line-up we’ve got in store: Michelle Buteau (Best Week Ever, Comedy Central, co-host of The Jenny McCarthy Show!) Jim Tews (Montreal Just For Laughs!) Chelsea White (vh1 Big Morning Buzz, TLC!) Robbie Collier, Ryan Hill and music by Gypsy George! Yeehaw. All of this most definitely hosted by Giulia Rozzi and Brooke Van Poppelen. 9pm. FREE.

MICHELLE BUTEAU

JIM TEWS

CHELSEA WHITE

ROBBIE COLLIER

RYAN HILL

MUSIC BY GYPSY GEORGE

HOSTED BY BROOKE & GIULIA

Monday February 25th! Good! Times!

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:57:22 -0500

We couldn’t be more thrilled at how great our line-ups and audiences have been this year! Strut on down to Freddy’s this week and enjoy what is guaranteed to be another balls out, FREE, good time with Brooke, Giulia and this fancy crew…

Chris Distefano (Guy Code)

RG Daniels (Sunday Night Stand-Up)

Michelle Buteau (Vh1 Best Week Ever, The Jenny McCarthy Show)

Seaton Smith (Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Opie & Anthony))

Zach Dresler ( Sirius Radio)

and music from Jessica Delfino (Good Morning America, Album “I Wanna Be Famous”)

mtv: Happy Valentines Day from Failosophy! (Photo by Brendan...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:26:37 -0500

mtv:

Happy Valentines Day from Failosophy!

(Photo by Brendan Tobin / .gif by Michele Crowe)

WE HEART FAILOSOPHY! TUNE IN ON THURSDAYS, 10:30PM E/T ON MTV AND CATCH HILARIOUS COMEDIANS MOCKING THE BEST SOCIAL MEDIA FAILS! #FAILINGISWINNING

Cerebral, Goofy Wonderfulness Awaits! Dive Comedy 2/11/13

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:21:50 -0500

Dive Comedy has been on a great streak all thanks to great performers and the coolest audience two girls could ask for. Let’s keep the good times going with an exceptional line-up this Monday eve, 9pm at Freddy’s Back Room with performers featured on Comedy Central, The Late Show With David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, The Electric Company and more! Giulia Rozzi and Brooke Van Poppelen host:

BEN KRONBERG (COMEDY CENTRAL HALF HOUR, JIMMY KIMMEL)

CARMEN LYNCH (LETTERMAN, COMEDY CENTRAL)

GREG JOHNSON (EUGENE MIRMAN COMEDY FESTIVAL)

SCOTT MORAN (MODERN COMEDIAN ON PBS, BUMBERSHOOT)

PHOEBE ROBINSON (TV GUIDE NETWORK, GLAMOUR)

SHOCKWAVE (THE ELECTRIC COMPANY)

Monday January 28, we gonna make you sweat!

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:12:00 -0500

Take off that 5th layer of wool, because Monday is supposed to get back up in the 30’s, yea haw! Come out and celebrate the thaw out with this HAWT line-up: Calise Hawkins, Chesley Calloway, Aparana Nancharla, Adam Lowitt and music by Grace Love! Show starts at 9pm, it’s free and it’s hosted as always by Giulia Rozzi and Brooke Van Poppelen.

Calise Hawkins (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon)

Chesley Calloway (Comedy As A Second Language)

Aparna Nancherla (Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell)

Adam Lowitt (The Daily Show)

And music by Grace Love!

Newness and Coolness at Dive Comedy! Monday 1/14 9pm!

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:09:00 -0500

Can we still say Happy New Year? Too late, we just did. And in honor of what will surely be the best 2013 anyone has ever had, we’ve invited these fantastical guests to kick off our first show of the year- LANCE WEISS, ADAM CONOVER, JAQUELINE NOVAK, MATT RUBY and music by VISWAS CHITNIS. Hosted as always by the delightful Giulia Rozzi and Brooke Van Poppelen. All of this starts at 9pm for free in South Slope. Enjoy drink specials and great food all night long. Join us and let’s DIVE into the two-zero-one-three together!

LANCE WEISS (“Gandhi Is That You” Show, CMT’s Next Big Comic finalist)

ADAM CONOVER (College Humor, Fresh Out @ UCB East)

JACQUELINE NOVAK (DoucheChillz.com, Bridgetown Comedy Festival)

MATT RUBY (Sandpapersuit.com, Hot Soup @ UCB East, SxSW)

Music by VISWAS CHITNIS

A Seasonal Fete of Funny 12/10/12

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:54:21 -0500

A seasonal fete of drinking and merriment awaits you in this very spectacular edition of Dive Comedy at Freddy’s Back Room. Join us for some holiday cookies, secret Santa shenanigans, story telling, comedy, music and more! Hosted as always by the lovely Giulia Rozzi and Brooke Van Poppelen, the two welcome very special guests CARMEN LYNCH, JOSH GONDELMAN, GEORGE GORDON, VICTOR VARNADO and music by TWO BEARDS, ONE HEART. All of this starts at 9pm for free in South Slope. Enjoy drink specials and great food all night long. We wish you a wonderful holiday season and hope to see you there!

CARMEN LYNCH (Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central, Apt. 3C)

JOSH GONDELMAN (G4 Attack of the Show, Winner of Laughing Skull)

GEORGE GORDON (Knitting Factory, Bridgetown Comedy Festival)

VICTOR VARNADO ( Conan, Comedy Central, Adult Swim )

Music by TWO BEARDS ONE HEART

Hosted by these idiots!

Post-Turkey Day Laugh Work Out 11/26!

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:24:19 -0500

Feeling a little flabby? Maybe even like you have gout after the long weekend of imbibing and gorging on turkey and gravy? Well then you deserve to burn some calories through LAUGHTER for free at Dive Comedy. Join us at Freddy’s Back Room tonight at 9pm for another great night of comedy hosted by Brooke Van Poppelen and Giulia Rozzi featuring comedy from Jono Zalay, Kyle Supley, Lisa Kleinman and surprise guests! Drink specials and a great menu, too!

It's A Frightfully Good Show This Mon. 10/22 At Dive Comedy!

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:42:55 -0400

We hope everyone is already locked in on their Halloween costume so that they can reserve all of their energy for LAUGHTER. Just sayin- this time of year can be stressful for people who take All Hallows Eve a little too seriously. Dive Comedy is so chock full of talent tonight it’s SCARY. Yep, a real spine tingler featuring talent seen and heard on The Tonight Show, Comedy Central, Totally Biased on FX, WTF with Marc Maron and Last Comic Standing. Join as at 9pm, Freddy’s Back Room to see this awesome line-up for FREE:

JEFFREY JOSEPH

APARNA NANCHERLA

SEAN DONNELLY

LISA KLEINMAN

MUSIC BY CAMILLE HARRIS

HOSTED BY GIULIA ROZZI AND BROOKE VAN POPPELEN

Dive Comedy Is Gonna Be Sweeter Than Candy Corn On 10/8!

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:05:53 -0400

Dive Comedy is so excited about this SERIOUSLY awesome line-up of stand up and music! Giulia is back after a trip to LA and Brooke is stoked to have her co-host joining her. So to celebrate, we are giving you a kick ass night of entertainment featuring comics seen on The Colbert Report, Comedy Central’s Indecision, MTV, vh1, Logo, Match Game and more! Performers include JORDAN CARLOS, MIKE CANNON, NICK MARITATO and SABRINA JALEES with special musical guest LUCK & SENSES all for free and hosted by Brooke Van Poppelen and Giulia Rozzi at Freddy’s Back Room in Brooklyn on 2nd and 4th Mondays at 9pm. See you there. xo

JORDAN CARLOS

SABRINA JALEES

NICK MARITATO

MIKE CANNON

MUSICAL GUEST: LUCK & SENSES

HOSTED BY: BROOKE VAN POPPPELEN & GIULIA ROZZI

Fall Begins With An Amazing Line-Up At Dive! 9/24/12

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:35:00 -0400

Autumn is officially here and if comedians were a bushel of apples, let’s just say there isn’t a bad one in the bunch!! Giulia is off chasing the star-making machine in Los Angeles this week but don’t worry, Brooke snagged a hilarious co-host for the evening. Join us at 9pm at Freddy’s Back Room as we bring to stage the following fantastic performers and musicians :

Illana Glazer

Kevin McCaffrey

Jacquetta Szathmari

Nick Stevens

Erik Levi

Musical Guest : Paper Anniversary

Special Guest Co-Host Doug Smith

Kick Off Fall With Home Grown Attitude At Dive Comedy, 9/10!

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:58:49 -0400

Dive Comedy is back and Brooke Van Poppelen & Giulia Rozzi host comics from the Stand Up! Records label as a special event this Monday night, 9/10 at Freddy’s Bar and Back Room. 9pm. FREE.

Featuring:
Gus Lynch, Gabe Noah, Chris Maddock, Tommy Ryman, Lucas Molandes, Dave Waite, Danny Lobell, Paul Hooper and Darryl Lenox

http://www.standuprecords.com/artists.html

End of summer blow-out at Dive Comedy MON. 8/27! 9pm.

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:03:02 -0400

Did you have the best summer ever or what? We sure did. So much has happened. We all fell in love and learned a lot about growing up. In the fall we will all be back in school and summer camp will be but a distant memory. Just so the good times never end, DIVE COMEDY has decided to send off the best summer ever with the best show ever! Join us for yet another outstanding installment of stand-up, story telling and music at FREDDY’S BACK ROOM this Monday, August 27th at 9pm. Joining us this week is RACHEL FEINSTEIN (COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS), CRAIG BALDO (CONAN), JOHN F. O’DONNELL (COMEDY CENTRAL), RITCH DUNCAN (truTV, author of “The Werewolf’s Guide To Survival) and BRANDY BARBER (COMEDY CENTRAL, MORTIFIED, BUST MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR). Musical guest CARIAD HARMON who’s latest album got 3 stars in ROLLING STONE. BVP and Rozzi host as always. See you there!

RACHEL FEINSTEIN

CRAIG BALDO

RITCH DUNCAN

BRANDY BARBER

JOHN F. O’DONNELL

MUSIC BY CARIAD HARMON

The Dog Days of Dive Comedy (and summer) 8/13

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:29:47 -0400

This is so cliche’, but WHERE DID THE SUMMER GO? It’s been sticky, stinky, noisy and crabby just how we like it here in NYC but we are sad that August is already here and half way done! To celebrate the (near) end of summer, we are once again bringing you an accomplished line-up of comedy, stories, sketch and music for FREE on Monday with the likes of VERONICA MOSEY, JASON GOOD, MICHAEL ABRAMSON, CORY CAVIN and TEAM SUBMARINE. Our musical guest CHRIS ZURICH from NEW WEST will be in from Philly to delight your ears. Come on out for cheap booze, an expanded menu and one of the best, coziest, “in the know” shows South Slope (or Brooklyn for that matter) has to offer! 9pm.

VERONICA MOSEY (THE TONIGHT SHOW, COMEDY CENTRAL, TBS)

JASON GOOD (COMEDY CENTRAL)

CORY CAVIN (LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON)

MICHAEL ABRAMSON

TEAM SUBMARINE

MUSICAL GUEST CHRIS ZURICH

A Midsummer Night's Dream of a Show at Freddy's, 7/23/12!

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:42:00 -0400

How is everyone holding up? Getting in some deserved weekend getaways and what have you? Great. That is just great. You all do the maxin’ and relaxin’ so that Giulia and Brooke can work their tails off to make you laugh with their next installment of Dive Comedy at Freddy’s Back Room! Please join us this Monday evening, 7/23 at 9pm for another exceptional assortment of talented jokesters, story tellers and musicians with GABE LIEDMAN, ADAM WADE, CASEY JOST, MARIA HEINEGG and music by MIKE POMRANZ. As always the show is FREE so treat yourself to drink specials and tasty bar snacks. See you there!

GABE LIEDMAN (MTV, vh1’s Best Week Ever)

CASEY JOST (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon)

MARIA HEINEGG (Bridgetown Comedy Festival)

ADAM WADE (Moth Grand-Slam Champion)

Music by MIKE POMRANZ