Comix (New York, NY)
Paul F. Tompkins is one of the stars of Comedy Central's hit show Root of All Evil. He's a regular guest on VH1's Best Week Ever, and has starred in his own HBO special. He was also an Emmy-nominated writer for Mr. Show.
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Holy smokes, what a night. Comix offered up a deal, such a deal. OK, it wasn't that great of a deal in a strictly financial view, but that lemonade with gin in it is pretty good. Besides that, or those, I sat in a dark corner and watched as the almost totally competent emcee introduced the ghosts of comedies future and present, Master Brent Weinbach and the one and only Sir F. Murray Paul Tompkinsham.
I love Brent Weinbach. His material was more or less a complete assault on the audience's expectations of what constitutes jokes, an act, and a person. I'm thrilled that he's getting this exposure in New York. Maybe the Bachelorette party-offshoot table wasn't that into him (or was, in a kind of curious-about-trying-on-Buffalo-Bill's-skin-suit way) but I am sure at some point he will have his own army (uniforms are already half made). The combination of strong physicality and jokes that are pitched so high that you miss when you try to scratch your head filled the room with a heady hypno-vapor. All kinds of fun terror.
Paul F. Tompkins was in total command of the room and I think he healed a blind lady in the front row, honestly. His Overheard / Killroy chunk of jokes is getting tighter and funnier every time I hear it. It was my first time hearing the full version of his "NYC people in LA" bit.The man speaks truth—my brother moved from the NYC area to LA thirty years ago and he still does this stuff.
Overall, a masterful set. Paul's the only comic I know that can make you feel happy and ashamed simultaneously, especially if you really like pie. It's kind of magical for me to go to a venue like Comix, where I'd say it's 90% first-timers and the generally uninitiated and mostly undifferentiated masses, and watch these people find out that poo-poo & fart humor is only one of the many kinds of ha-ha acts. Even the kitchen staff was having a party, apparently, that's how exciting this all was.
Comix is New York's hottest comedy nightclub featuring headline comedians and established New York-area comics, the best of cutting edge alternative comedy, improv and sketch comedy as well as music and variety programming.
Perfectly situated in Manhattan's booming Meatpacking District at 353 West 14th Street (just east of Ninth Avenue), Comix draws upon the rich experience of goin... More
Paul F. Tompkins is from Philadelphia, PA, where he started performing stand-up comedy in 1986. In 1994, he moved to Hollywood, CA, where he met comic actor Jay Johnston, with whom he crafted the live sketch show The Skates. This led Paul to a stint as a writer and performer on HBO’s Mr. Show with Bob and David where he was nominated for an Emmy award for writing. Paul also wrote and starred in his own one-man show, Driven to Drink, for HBO.
In 1999, Paul landed a small role in director Paul Thomas Anderson's critically acclaimed film Magnolia. That same year, Paul F. Tompkins and Jay Johnston reunited to create and perform the science-fiction anthology parody Playground Of The Id at the HBO Workspace.
In 2000, Paul played the title role of "Peter" in the Warner Bros./NBC unaired pilot called The Peter Principle which led to Paul being cast as "Sullivan Pope" in the situation comedy DAG for NBC. His other acting credits include Frasier, The Sketch Show on Fox, Dreamworks' Anchorman and New Line’s Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny.
Currently, Paul can be seen weekly on Comedy Central's hit show Root of All Evil, as well as VH1's Best Week Ever. Paul’s stand-up has been featured on Late Night With Conan O’brien, Comedy Central Presents…Paul F. Tompkins and Paul garnered a WGA nomination for his work as a writer & correspondent on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher.
In addition to acting and creating film/television projects, each month he appears in The Paul F. Tompkins show to sold-out audiences at Largo in Hollywood - a live variety program that has Paul hosting the likes of Jack Black, Dave Foley, Andy Richter and Aimee Mann.
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