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 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month – that’s right, you demanded more comedy, so we now give Westchester Comedy Twice a 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 $30 in advance, and $35 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 September 27th lineup features:

ANDY PITZ (DryBar Special; Letterman; The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) – https://www.andypitz.com

Andy Pitz has been on TV a number of times, highlighted by appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.He stars in an upcoming DryBar Comedy Special.He was also on Star Search but that was pretty lame. He is a lifelong fan of comedy and have been doing standup professionally since 1990. He grew up in Buffalo, NY and he currently live in the suburbs of New York City with his wife, daughter, two cats and a dog. He is probably the least funny out of all of them, but he is the only one who’s made a career out of it. The other two shows were really fun and awesome experiences.

Andy’s second live comedy recording, “More Mr. Nice Guy”, was released in November 2010 and is played in heavy rotation on Sirius Satellite Radio’s clean comedy station “Laugh USA”.

VANNESSA JACKSON (Saturday Night Live; HBO) – https://www.veryvannessa.com

Vannessa Jackson is a standup comedian & TV writer. She wrote for seasons 47-49 of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Season 4 of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, and Season 2 of NBC’s A Little Late with Lilly Singh. Prior to that, she was a writing apprentice for Season 4 of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Before making the leap to New York, she honed her writing and celebrity stalking skills in Los Angeles as an E! Shows writer for E! television networks, but she’ll always have a place in her heart for her very first writing job with Tiger Beat magazine.

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.

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 purchase tickets for your local Westchester comedy club, Comedy From Scratch – “Best of Westchester” winner – for top Westchester Stand-Up Comedy by going to StandUpWestchester.com – WestchesterComedy.club – or Westchester-Comedy.com or WestchesterComedy.net

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),

Mike Lawrence (Comedy Central Half-Hour, Roast Wars champ),

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)