# Event Details - **Event Name**: Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Jan, 2023 at 08:00 pm – Sat, 23 Jan, 2027 at 09:30 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Every 4th Saturday comedian Ben Asher presents a tasting of what the NYC-area's best stand-up comics are cooking up at Comedy From ScratchAbout this EventComedy 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 .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 4th (and sometimes 2nd) Saturday of the month. available at https://ComedyFromScratch.eventbrite.comShow 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 InstagramThe January 25th lineup features:Victor Varnado (Conan; Jimmy Kimmel Live; Adult Swim; Comedy Central) - https://www.instagram.com/robotosupremoVictor Varnado is a multifaceted comedian, writer, cartoonist, filmmaker, musician, and educator. Despite being born legally blind and as an African American with albinism, he has navigated life’s adversities to become a nationally recognized figure in the entertainment industry. Varnado has appeared as a comedian on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Premium Blend; acted alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in End of Days and Eddie Murphy in The Adventures of Pluto Nash; created and directed Realm of LARP and The Awkward Comedy Show; and directed four feature films, including Twisted Fortune and Tell Your Friends! The Concert Film! His writing has appeared in VICE, Salon, and Marvel Comics, and he co-authored a screenplay with Stan Lee. Varnado’s cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker and MAD Magazine. He creates hybrid AI music as King Supernuts, and hosts and produces the podcasts WikiListen and Six Unseemly Questions.Ray Gootz (SiriusXM; The Stand) - https://raygootzcomedy.bandcamp.com/album/go-down-swingingRay Gootz is a standup comic based out of NYC. He has opened for Drew Lynch John Witherspoon and Steve-O. He has written for salon magazine and has been heard on sirus xm. You can catch him on his 2 podcasts the Gootzcast in which he covers the world of wrestling and Gootz's Disney pod in which him and another nyc comic review and roast a diffrent disney film each week.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.netBen 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.More show info available at:https://www.instagram.com/the_ben_ashero rhttps://www.facebook.com/BenAsherComedyorhttp://www.benasher.netWhat 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),Ben Kronberg (Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central Half-Hour),Vlad Caamano (Jimmy Kimmel Live, HBO, Comedy Central),Nick Vatterott (HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Comedy Central Half-Hour),Langston Kerman (Comedy Central Half-Hour),Josh Gondelman (Desus & Mero on Showtime; Jon Oliver HBO),Mehran Khaghani (TruTV, MTV, Comedy Central),Harrison Greenbaum (Conan, AGT, Comedy Cellar),Seaton Smith (Conan, Comedy Central, The John Mulaney Show on FOX),Tony Deyo (Conan, Letterman),Jon Fisch (Colbert, Letterman, The Tonight Show),Mike Vecchione (Comedy Central Presents half-hour special, the Tonight Show),Jordan Carlos (HBO, writer Colbert Report; The Gods Honest Truth),Beth Stelling (Netflix, Conan, Comedy Central Half-Hour),Aparna Nacherla (Netflix 'Master of None', HBO, Comedy Central Half-Hour),Jamie Lee (Ted Lasso, HBO's Crashing, Conan),Matt Koff (The Daily Show),Alingon Mitra (Conan; Last Comic Standing),Khalid Rahmaan (Conan; Comedy Central),Charles McBee (head writer The Gods Honest Truth Comedy Central, MTV),Chelsea Davison (The Tonight Show, writer on Comedy Central's The Opposition @Midnight),Yannis Pappas (Comedy Central Half-Hour, History Hyenas Podcast),J-L Cauvin (The Late Late Show, The Howard Stern Show),Rae Sanni (The Good Place on NBC, Comedy Central's "The President Show"),Ryan Beck (Comedy Central Every Day; MTV; The Daily Show),Chloe Radcliffe (The Tonight Show, TBS, EPIX Unprotected Sets),Liza Treyger (Netflix),Kate Willett (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Netflix, Jim Jeffries Show),Sarah Tollemache (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; NBC's Last Comic Standing; Comedy Central's Adam Devine House Party),Kunal C Arora (Colbert, FOX's Laughs, TruTV’s Late Night Snack),Pedro Gonzalez (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert),Kerry Coddett (Flatbush Misdemeanors, Ramy on Hulu, The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show, Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas),Rosebud Baker (Comedy Central, HBO),Stone and Stone (Twins Adam and Todd Stone)(Last Comic Standing; Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler's "Penelope Princess of Pets"; Friars Club Roast of George Takai),Justin Williams (Fraudsters podcast, FOX's LAUGHS, Comedy Central),Brian Parise (writer Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj),Abby Feldman (Netflix's 'The Fix with Jimmy Carr'),Sam Morrison (lolGBTQ Fest; Travel Channel, one-man show Hello, Daddy!),Gianmarco Soresi (TBS's The Last O.G., Comedy Central),Dan Perlman (writer/creator/star of Flatbush Misdemeanors on Showtime),Yedoye Travis (writer for Batman, Comedy Central),Ryan Donahue (HBO's Crashing),Dan Naturman (Comedy Central Half-Hour special; America's Got Talent; Late Night with Conan O'Brian; The Tonight Show; Last Comic Standing; Jimmy Kimmel Live!; Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/540a04b0-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w740-h740-dc020001-gmir.jpg Justin Williams - December 28th https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/545f0280-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w740-h740-dc757479-gmir.jpg Ginny Hogan - December 28th https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/54963f20-c964-11ef-92c2-db2c7fcff51f-rimg-w987-h740-dc352d2d-gmir.jpg Ben Asherhttps://youtu.be/D2cbQJFO07c?si=Qo4j94niLDstvjI2 https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/54c82490-c964-11ef-9e7c-151c99927b0a-rimg-w572-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5504b860-c964-11ef-92c2-db2c7fcff51f-rimg-w572-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/553c6a30-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w575-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5574df50-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/55b061b0-c964-11ef-9e7c-151c99927b0a-rimg-w572-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/55e7c560-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/562a73b0-c964-11ef-9e7c-151c99927b0a-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5662c1c0-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/569bd320-c964-11ef-9e7c-151c99927b0a-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/56d4bd70-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w572-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/570ee040-c964-11ef-92c2-db2c7fcff51f-rimg-w572-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/5749ed70-c964-11ef-9e7c-151c99927b0a-rimg-w574-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/578b6340-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/57c2c6f0-c964-11ef-92c2-db2c7fcff51f-rimg-w572-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/58035260-c964-11ef-9e7c-151c99927b0a-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/5836e580-c964-11ef-bc0b-e72b021fe194-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/586f5aa0-c964-11ef-92c2-db2c7fcff51f-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/58a055b0-c964-11ef-9e7c-151c99927b0a-rimg-w740-h740-dc010101-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/larchmont/comedy-from-scratch-at-the-idea-kitchen-larchmont-ny-westchester-stand-up/10000508539805247 - **Event Categories**: comedy, entertainment, art, literary-art, festivals, performances, sports, music, netflix-watch-party, concerts, parties, trips-adventures - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 28.76, max: 34.1, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Larchmont - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: The Idea Kitchen - **lat**: 40.9315212 - **long**: -73.759783 - **full address**: The Idea Kitchen, 1940 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/6de4b8c67faa12ce27b5fba4aa6bcdfd5b02cbaffda9a01467e02845c29a5b6f-rimg-w1200-h600-dc010101-gmir.jpg?v=1735861869 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up being held? - **A:** Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up takes place on Sat, 28 Jan, 2023 at 08:00 pm to Sat, 23 Jan, 2027 at 09:30 pm at The Idea Kitchen, 1940 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up? - **A:** Ticket prices for Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up range from USD 29 to USD 34 depending on the ticket type. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailability$25 Tickets - Only Available Until 12 Hrs PreShowUSD 29 + USD 4 feeAvailable$30 - Day of Show TicketsUSD 34 + USD 4 feeAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up? - **A:** Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up is organized by Ben Asher. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Comedy From Scratch at The Idea Kitchen Larchmont NY Westchester Stand-Up is ideal for comedy fans, stand-up enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a dedicated session of curated laughs, professional acts, and sharp wit from seasoned performers. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Larchmont, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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