Would you trust Vin Diesel to take your math test or Bill Gates to rescue you from a burning building? This month's comic debate is an age-old battle of geeks against jocks, as the audience decides whether it's best to live in a world of brutes with admirable pecs or Plato-quoting smarties who won't survive the zombie apocalypse.
This installment features Guy Branum (The Mindy Project), Robin Gelfenbien (Yum's the Word), Sam Kebede (Lack History), Kenice Mobley (The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon), Gabe Mollica (This American Life), and Rojo Perez (Survival of the Thickest)!
The popular comedy debate series invites two teams of funny folks from the worlds of stand-up and late-night television to tackle topics of great importance to pop culture, such as which pet is superior—cats or dogs—and is it better to be comfortable or fashionable? The verbal sparring and all-around absurdity only stop when the audience decides the winner.
Due to a scheduling conflict Christi Chiello will no longer appear at this event.
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Past Performers include Elna Baker, Maria Bamford, Michael Ian Black, Guy Branum, Wyatt Cenac, Ronny Chieng, Jo Firestone, John Fugelsang, Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Ilana Glazer, Josh Gondelman, Dave Hill, Maeve Higgins, Mehran Khaghani, Julie Klausner, Hasan Minhaj, Aparna Nancherla, Kristen Schaal, Baratunde Thurston, Kevin Townley, Michael Showalter, Dan Soder, Bowen Yang, Sasheer Zamata, and many more.
Guy Branum is a comedian, actor, and writer. He created and hosted truTV's Talk Show the Game Show, and his screen credits as both actor and writer include Platonic, Bros, History of the World: Part II, The Mindy Project, Awkward., Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Chelsea Lately, and No Strings Attached, among others. Branum's memoir My Life as a Goddess was featured on NPR's 2018 Good Reads List.
Robin Gelfenbien is the host and creator of the critically-acclaimed storytelling show and podcast Yum's the Word, which has been named a New York Times Critic's Pick and Time Out New York Critic's Pick. A three-time Moth Story Slam winner, Gelfelbien has performed on shows and podcasts like RISK! and Mortified, among others. She is also the creator of the solo show My Salvation Has a First Name (A Wienermobile Journey).
Sam Kebede is a first generation Ethiopian/Eritrean-American from Southern California. He's performed and had his works presented at venues including The Public, Ars Nova, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and the Venice International Film Festival. His award-winning play ETHIOPIANAMERICA premiered at Victory Garden Theater in Chicago, and he is currently at work on several forthcoming stage projects. His recent screen credits include And Just Like That... and New Amsterdam. Kebede also loves to perform stand up, and is the creator of the sets "I'm Ostracized because I'm Ostrich-Sized" and "World's Largest Ethiopian." His solo show, Lack History, is available to stream through Ars Nova Supra.
Kenice Mobley made her late night debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and was recently featured in Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival. As a writer, her credits include the BET Awards and the sketch comedy series By Us For Us. Mobley has hosted the podcasts Complexify for ViceNews, Love About Town, and Make Yourself Cry for Planet Scum. She regularly performs live on stage worldwide and on the air for SiriusXM, and her debut comedy album, Follow Up Question, was released in 2022.
Gabe Mollica is the creator of the one-man show Solo: A Show About Friendship, which enjoyed an extended run at Soho Playhouse in New York and will next be performed at Chicago's Den Theatre. Mollica has been profiled in Gothamist and Paste, and was featured in episodes of This American Life and All of It with Allison Stewart.
Rojo Perez made his late night standup debut on Conan and has since appeared on Comedy Knockout, Decoded, Univision's FLAMA, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, HBO Latino's standup special Entre Nos: Spot On, Comedy Central's Tight Five, and Survival of the Thickest. He recently served as a writer on Netflix's Drink Masters. Perez has performed live at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, SXSW, New York Comedy Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, and LA Riot Comedy Festival, among others, and his debut comedy album, Words, was released in 2021.
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