{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"431: Matt Koff and Cat Man","description":"Matt Koff! Comedian! Writer! Friend! Delight! More! Matt is a very funny comedian friend! We have a great chat and you can have a great listen! Then tonight you can watch his new special! Here's some more information about that from the press release that says it better than I ever could: Tonight: Cat Man Premiering on YouTube May 15th at 8pm ET, 2026\u200b Tuesday: NYC Release Viewing Party Tuesday May 19th at Littlefield Any time: READ THE DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE \u200b\u200bEmmy-Winning writer for the Daily Show, and winner of New York\u2019s Funniest Stand Up 2023, Matt Koff is excited to announce the YouTube release of his second comedy hour, Cat Man, May 15th with a premiere at 8pm with Koff attending; he will be in the chat. Said Koff, \u201cI\u2019m excited to share my special with the broader audience of YouTube. If this special doesn\u2019t bring about world peace, nothing will.\u201d Cat Man is an hour of fresh stand-up material from the Comedy Cellar regular about divorce, middle-age and cats. Koff believes there is a real bias against men with cats. He says \u201cPeople love cats, but men with cats make people uncomfortable. Including me. I\u2019m a man with a cat and I\u2019m creeped out by myself!\u201d The special is also a reprieve for Koff from his main subject of joke-writing at the Daily Show: Donald Trump. He says \u201cIt was nice to do an entire special that doesn\u2019t mention the president, whomever he may be. And judging from the state of the world, this could very well be my last comedy special, so I\u2019m excited to get it out there.\u201d He added, \u201cI will still be touring doomsday bunkers though.\u201d Cat Man was shot at The Comedy Cellar with some of Matt Koff\u2019s long-time Daily Show colleagues including director David Paul Meyer, producer Asad Bokhari, and lighting director George Countas, fresh off his win as New York\u2019s top Pedro Pascal lookalike. Art Director Becca Gialanella, also a Daily Show colleague, transformed the Cellar\u2019s Village Underground into a 1970s lounge. There are a number of other comics from his 23 years in the biz, including Jon Stewart himself (spoiler), that also make a guest appearance. Matt Koff had always dreamed of performing at the Comedy Cellar. He says \u201cIt took me years to get an audition there and I was so bitter about not getting in, sometimes I would walk past the Cellar and hiss at the club. Now I get to perform there and hiss at the audience when they don\u2019t like a joke.\u201d More About Matt Koff: Matt Koff is a Brooklyn-based stand-up comic and veteran Emmy-Winning TV writer working at The Daily Show for the last 13 years. His debut comedy album, WHO\u2019S MY LITTLE GUY?, is out on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. As a stand-up, Matt has appeared on Comedy Central, WNYC, WFMU, and The History Channel, which is how you know he\u2019s smart. Matt has also written for The Onion and The White House Correspondents' Dinner hosted by Trevor Noah. He won the title of \u2018New York\u2019s Funniest Stand Up\u2019 in 2023 and co-created the Twitter sensation TrumpComedyNerd, which was called one of the 207 Top Comedy Moments of 2010s by Vulture. Praise For Matt Koff\u2019s Stand-up: \u201cHilarious!\u201d - Weird Al \u201cShamefully excellent\u201d - Comedy Cake  \u201cA hilariously dark comedic debut\u201d - the Daily Californian \u201dKoff is a great comedy writer\u201d - Time Out NY York Matt Koff Online: Official Website Substack Instagram YouTube Enjoy our conversation! And also, this is only the first HALF of our chat! For part two, subscribe via Apple Podcasts or merely click on over here to Patreon! ","author_name":"Broccoli and Ice Cream with Myq Kaplan","author_url":"http:\/\/broccoliandicecream.libsyn.com\/website","html":"