Wit's End's New Talent Search and Contest
News History

 

9/12/08-Signups were pretty heavy for this round, particularly in the people I've seen once and are ready for a second shot. Keep signing up. You will get on.

8/30/08-I am sorry for the slowness of the posting of the roster. I'm in rehearsal for a play right now, but once it opens this coming Friday, things should be more timely. Also, several of you that have not done your first set at Wits are due, but I try to hold off putting you on until I know I can be there to see you and provide feedback. Thanks for your patience.

7/7/08-Signups for the July 9 show were pretty heavy. Please keep trying. We will get you on.

6/29/08- The schedule for "Survival of the Wittiest-2008-2" is posted below. Feel free to start signing up now.

6/24/08- Congratulations to Dan McGowan! He was promoted to the Approved Openers List on Jun 24th following the Survival of the Wittiest Comedy Contest Finals. Click here to see a video of the presentation.

6/24/08- Congratulations to the winners of "Survival of the Wittiest-2008"! Third place went to Kevin Ladd, Second place to Jordan Zuckerman, and First Place went to Woody Vincent. Click here to see a video the presentations of the winners

June 12, 2008: The Finals for "Survival of the Wittiest" 2008 will be on Tuesday June 24th. Finalists are Chris Tidd, Jordan Zuckerman, Kevin Ladd, Niraj Naik, Thomas Pickett, and Woody Vincent.

Apr 23, 2008: The May 14 show is the last preliminary round for "Survival of the Wittiest" 2008.

Mar 13, 2008: Sign-ups for the Mar 19 show were very heavy. Keep signing up. You will eventually get on. If you have just started signing up, it will probably take 4 sign-ups (about 2 months) to get on. I am sorry for the delay, but use that time to get to as many open mics as possible.

Mar 7, 2008:A helpful hint: Bookmark this website. That way, if milehicomedy.com is down, you can still find this site.

Mar 6, 2008: A helpful hint: Put the phone number for the club (303-430-4242) in your cell phone. That way, if you hit bad traffic on your way to a show, you can call the club and let us know you are on your way. Otherwise, we presume you are not going to show and we will give away your slot.

Feb 29, 2008: Sign-ups for the Mar 5 show were very heavy. Keep signing up. You will eventually get on.

Feb 14, 2008: Sign-ups for the Feb 20 show were very heavy. Keep signing up. You will eventually get on.

12/23/07- The schedule for "Survival of the Wittiest-2008" is posted below. Feel free to start signing up now.

12/18/07- Congratulations to Peter Cohen! He was promoted to the Approved Openers List on Dec 18th following the Survival of the Wittiest Comedy Contest Finals. Click here to see a video of the presentation.

12/18/07- Congratulations to the winners of "Survival of the Wittiest-2007, The Sequel"! Third place went to Dan McGowan, Second place to Donna Ayers, and First Place went to Roger Norquist. Click here to see a video the presentations of the winners.

Dec 13, 2007-The finals for "Survival of the Wittiest-2007, The Sequel" are set for December 18 with Brent the Great, Chris Billinger, Dan McGowan, Donna Ayers, Peter Cohen and Roger Norquist.

Sep 17, 2007:Wits End promotes Phil Porter to feature. This is sort of old news since Phil featured last week, but congratulations to him anyway!

Sep 16, 2007:Wits End promotes Erik Anker to the Openers list. Erik completed his first full week of MC'ing at Wits the week of August 29th. Congratulations to Erik!

Jun 27, 2007 :Wits End Comedy Club promoted Jake Sharon, Dmitri Davelle, Talon Saucerman, Bob Meddles, and Mark Lee to the Approved Openers List. See a video of the promotion ceremony that followed the "Survival of the Wittiest" Finals on Jun 26th

Jun 27, 2007: Congrats to Jake Sharon for winning the 2007 Survival of the Wittiest contest! Congrats also to Mark Lee and Talon Saucerman for finishing in a very tight 2nd and 3rd.

Jun 20, 2007:We will be promoting 5 comedians onto the Approved Openers List on Jun 26th at the conclusion of the Finals of Survival of the Wittiest. These people have been notified and will be participating in a small ceremony following the announcement of the winners of Survival of the Wittiest.

Jun 14, 2007: Rubi Nicholas, Dmitri Davelle, and Mark Lee have advanced to the Finals of the 2007 Survival of the Wittiest Contest

May 30, 2007: Jake Sharon, Brent Gill, and Talon Saucerman have advanced to the Finals of the 2007 Survival of the Wittiest Contest

May 19, 2007
The schedule for the second half of 2007 has been posted. This will be the fifth round of "Survival of the Wittiest" under the guidance of Jay Benedict Brown.

May 18, 2007
The semi-final schedules are now posted under next show roster.

May 11, 2007
Congratulations to Bill LeBlanc and Donna Ayers. They both have booked their first week of opening at Wit's End.

May 4, 2007
Starting very soon, Jay will begin booking all the opening/MC acts for Wit's End. Thank you for your patience as we get that system up and running.

April 28, 2007
Congratulations to Jeff MacKinnon. He has been added to the Openers List for Wits End.


Jay Benedict Brown
Wit's End
New Talent Coordinator

www.JayBenedictBrown.com

Questions?
Please don't call the club.
Contact Jay