Upstanding Ivy Leaguers

by Robyn Schneider | July 22, 2008 at 8:28 pm

I was blissfully zoned out in front of the TV last summer when an ad came on for reruns of a popular show. “If you haven’t seen them,� the ad smugly pointed out, “then they’re new to you.�

Following this thought, I humbly present these “new to you� short videos from this summer’s Rooftop Comedy National College Comedy Competition (where students tried to not suck at stand up, and the ones who were actually funny advanced to regional finals, and then nationals). Representin’ on the Ivy front we have Harvard, Brown and Columbia. Get ready, some truly epic entertainment awaits:

Harrison Greenbaum, Harvard ’08 (regional semi-finalist) is freakin’ hilarious. For real, someone buy this kid a beer–in the middle of his stand up comedy routine, he busts out a magic trick.

More stand-up comedy after the jump:

Tom Flaherty, Brown ’08 (regional runner up), will either crack you up, or hypnotize you with his English accent and willingness to let the handicapped crap in his dorm room.

Alex Katz, Columbia ’11 (pwned by NYU, but still awesome), is pretty damn funny. And mesmerizingly tall. But mostly funny.

You can find other comedy videos here, at the main page for the stand up competition.

Also…about those tips. I’m starting to think they’re a bit like Barnard’s mythical connection to the Ivy League–rumored but nonexistent. Prove me wrong by flooding our inbox: tips@ivygateblog.com

–ROBYN SCHNEIDER

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4 Responses to “Upstanding Ivy Leaguers”

  1. EliPorter Says:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    its too bad that the English guy’s main joke was a blatant plagiarized off a youtube video that got more than 1.8 million hits

    check it out

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=RUCbPvP5H9k

  2. shrvrd11 Says:
    July 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Harrison is hilarious.

  3. UCB07 Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    For the some Ivy league grad comedy check out
    http://www.ucbcomedy.com/videos/play/918.

  4. Brain Champagne Says:
    July 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    I’m glad to see that the next generation of Ivy comics exists.

    For those of you who want to see the current generation of working (professional) comics, http://www.IvyStandup.com lists our shows. At this month’s show Jerry Seinfeld stopped by for a guest performance (yes, we know, he went to Queens College).

    Shaun Eli
    Founder and Producer,
    Ivy Standup