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 $25 in advance, and $30 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

The June 28th lineup features:

BRIAN SCOTT McFADDEN (Letterman; The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) - https://brianscottmcfadden.com/

Brian Scott McFadden is one of the funniest stand up comics working in the industry today. A regular on the NY comedy club circuit, Brian has recently taken his act to a whole new level with his high energy performances & some of the most unique, incisive & hilarious routines around. After making his debut on The Late Show with David Letterman Brian followed that up with an appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS. A multi­dimensional performer Brian is both an accomplished stage actor, who has played Hamlet in New York, and a versatile voice over artist with a vast range of accents and character voices in his repertoire. Brian was recently seen on the big screen in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller & also performed in such films as Ice Age II with Ray Romano and Robots with Robin Williams & Halle Berry. Brian has just released his first live Comedy CD “What Women Want.”

KENDRA CUNNINGHAM – (Saturday Night Live; Last Comics Standing) – https://kendracunningham.com

Kendra Cunningham has been named as a comic to watch by Time Out New York and has been compared to Groucho Marx and Mae West by the UK’s Chortle. A regular on the New York and Boston comedy scene, she has previously been in the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, The Glasgow Comedy Festival, and was a finalist in the Boston Comedy Festival for two years in a row. She has twice appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing gaining two spots in the top 100 jokes of the season. Her solo show “This Could be You” had a 7 show sold out run at Don’t Tell Mama. Her first comedy special “On My Best Behavior” was released by DryBar comedy in 2018. Her debut album, Blonde Logic, was released in 2016 by Rooftop Comedy and in 2017, Blonde Logic a book of comedic essays was released on Kindle. Her second album “Less Bitter, More Glitter” was released in October 2019 through 800 Pound Gorilla. She recently started an interview style podcast “How’s Your Mother?” Kendra’s comedic goal is to get paid to write from her bed where she eats, sleeps, and occasionally entertains. Kendra has appeared on:Last Comic Standing Gotham Live Saturday Night Live The Jimmy Fallon Show The Tyra Banks Show Nickelodeon’s Mom’s Night Out Sherri Shepherd’s Stand Up Showcase.

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),

Sam Morril (Comedy Central 1-Hour Special, Colbert, special ‘Up On The Roof’),

Matteo Lane (Netflix, Late Nite w/ Seth Meyers, 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)

Langston Kerman (Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero on Showtime; Jon Oliver HBO)

Harrison Greenbaum (Conan, AGT, Comedy Cellar),

Mike Vecchione (Comedy Central Presents half-hour special, the Tonight Show),

Aparna Nacherla (Netflix 'Master of None', HBO, Comedy Central Half-Hour),

Jamie Lee (Ted Lasso, HBO's Crashing, Conan),

Charles McBee (head writer The Gods Honest Truth Comedy Central, MTV),

Gianmarco Soresi (TBS's The Last O.G., Comedy Central)