Eugene Mirman and Bobby Tisdale: "Invite Them Up"

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SHOW INFO:
Where: RiFiFi (Cinema Classics), 332 E. 11th Street (BTW 1st & 2nd Ave.), NYC
When: Every Wednesday at 8:30PM
The Show: Roughly five comedians with a variety of different styles.
Admission: $5
Drinks: Cheap

Invite Them Up is a weekly comedy show at Rififi/Cinema
Classics, a bar and nightclub in the East Village. The bar has a
comfortable atmosphere and talkative patrons and the
performance space is intimate with decent seating and a large
versatile stage. Show up fifteen minutes early for the 8:30PM
show and expect a crowd, as local comics often share the bill with
larger acts that have appeared on Late Night with Conan
O’Brien and The Daily Show.

Comedian Eugene Mirman produces and co-hosts the weekly
event with friend and fellow comic Bobby Tisdale. Tisdale is
quite at home on the Rififi stage and quickly made it known
that the evening’s performers would not be at all afraid to
interact with the crowd. Tisdale is all personality and his
comedy is as much a physical performance as it is stand-up.
He hilariously got the crowd to root for him as he repeatedly
attempted to blow a fireball with a shot of 151 after attempting
to teach an audience member to do the same.

The night’s performers included comedians Tracy Jayne, Patrick Borelli, and Demetri
Martin along with musical act The Defibulators. The most memorable was Martin, who
annihilated the audience with a combination of dry sarcastic wit and a series of bizarre
observations.

The most enticing point about Wednesday at Rififi, however, is getting to see Mirman
perform live. Mirman is at home on the Rififi stage and was able to incite vicious bouts
of laughter before he even had to go into his regular material. His eclectic style does
not rely on a single gimmick or mode of communication with the audience.

Mirman may be observational in his approach, or he may get rather silly. He may
simply tell a hilarious story or even re-play the audio of a phone conversation between
himself and his bank. Mirman recounted experiences from his time in Scotland and
proclaimed himself a Scotland expert inviting the audience to ask him anything about
the country where everyone is a pirate.

For more information about the award-winning show, Invite Them Up, visit
www.invitethemup.com.

DVDs
Richard Lewis -
Concerts from Hell:
The Vintage Years

Lisa Lampanelli -Take
It Like a Man (CD/DVD)

Dane Cook -
Retaliation (CD/DVD)

Tom Green - Inside &
Outside

Brother Sam: A Tribute
to Sam Kinison

Laffapolooza 1

Latinlogues, Vol. 2

Platinum Comedy
Series -Bill Bellamy
Deluxe Edition

CDs
Todd Barry - Medium
Energy

Rick Younger-Come On
N'ah

Steven Lynch - The
Craig Machine

DL Hughley - Notes
from the GED Section

Books
Billy Crystal - 700
Sundays

Tom Green and Allen
Rucker - Hollywood
Causes Cancer: The
Tom Green Story

Margaret Cho - I Have
Chosen to Stay and
Fight

Penn Jillette and
Mickey D. Lynn - How
to Cheat Your Friends
at Poker: The Widom
of Dickie Richard

Margaret Smith - What
Was I Thinking? How
Stand-Up Did Nothing
to Prepare Me to
Become a Single Mother

Bill Maher - New Rules:
Polite Musings From a
Timid Observer

Oliver Double - Getting
the Joke: The Art of
Stand-Up

Robert Klein - The
Amorous Busboy of
Decatur Avenue: A
Child of the Fifties
Looks Back

Dave Schwensen -
Comedy Faqs and
Answers: How the
Stand-Up Biz Really
Works

Movies
Fri, Oct. 14
Domino - Mo'Nique
plays a dramatic role
opposite Keira
Knightley and Mickey
Rourke.

Fri, Oct. 21
Stay - Janeane
Garofalo co-stars with
Ewan McGregor, Naomi
Watts and Ryan
Gosling.

Fri, Nov. 4
Jarhead - Jamie Foxx
stars opposite Jake
Gyllenhaal

Nov. 11
Sarah Silverman: Jesus
is Magic - Comedian
discusses race, sex
and politics with friends.

Nov. 25
Rent - Sarah Silverman
plays a supporting role
in the feature
adaptation of the hit
Broadway play.

Yours, Mine and Ours -
George Lopez and Lil
JJ (Beauty Shop)

In the Mix - Kevin Hart
co-stars with singer
Usher and Chazz
Palminteri.