Old Skool New Skool Comedy Podcast

On this week's episode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, NYC's alternative comic Todd Montessi joins Christy at The Comic Strip LIVE to talk about his comedic journey from starting his own shows in the West Village back in the late 90's to being featured on Pete Holmes's show "Crashing" on HBO. His produced shows over the years launched Todd to subletting the hip sports bar's basement, "One...

On this week's epsidoe of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, Christy gets to hang with one of her favorite comedy buddies, Howie Dewey. There was a private event at The Comic Strip so we went to Howie's spot in the West Village, The Barrow Street Alehouse. We talked about his struggle starting out as a comic and his girlfriend laughing "AT" him and telling him he sucked, her family trying to ge...

On this week's absolutely fabulous episode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, Christy gets to hang with "old skool" comic and owner of "The Laugh Tour Comedy Club" in Jersey City, NJ, Rich Kiamco....YAAAASSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! Rich talks about being openly gay in stand up comedy back in the 80's when it was still "TABOO" to be gay especially during the AIDS epidemic, working/touring with th...

On this week's episode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, Christy hangs with her stand up comedy homegirl and fellow Hell's Kitchenette (thats my new term for us HK residents and it stays!! 🤣💀) comedian/actress Jenny Saldaña. We talk about her brand new book, her one woman show that is debuting in the NY Theater Festival this fall, her dating life, the NYC stand up scene, and her biggest a...

On this week's epsiode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, Christy kiki's with her "cuzzin" Aja Bennett. Aja has been doing stand up for about 9 years and is blazing through the scene like a wildfire...she can't be stopped! She has been everywhere from The Apollo Theater to Caroline's on Broadway and keeps climbing. We talk about her days in the gospel circuit (who knew churches had comedy sh...

On this week's epsiode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, Christy sits down with New Jersey based "New Skool" comedian Emily Paige. She is only 3 years in and has experienced more in her short career than most have in their first 10-15 years. From starting stand up during the pandemic over Zoom to dating another comedian who was stealing her jokes (which the incident went viral on Twitter) t...

On this week's episode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, Christy gets to have one of her favorite people in the comedy world in the studio, Jim Mendrinos. Jim is a 40 year comedy veteran who earned his "comedy chops" under the guise of the one and only Sam Kinison!! He spent years working with Kinison and writing on mutliple television shows before ending up back in NYC permanently and co-o...

On this week's episode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy", Christy sits down (literally) with 4 year new skool comic Mike Favor. Mike is fast climbing the local comedy scene in NYC with his crazy storytelling about his insane life. Not only was Mike adopted along with his sister, he also has Cerebal Palsy and is in a wheelchair just like his sister. Tune in to hear him talk about his crazy life, his...

On this week's "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, I have the pleasure of having my good friend Gabe Dorado in the studio with me to talk shop. He's turning 13 years old in the comedy game, which puts him on the cusp of New Skool, but handles his craft "Old Skool". We talk about his love for Bill Burr, his respect for Dane Cook's career and how he, along with Kenny Warren (Ep 1 guest) started Th...

On this week's "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, Christy sits down with an up and coming NYC comedian Daniel J. Perafan. We talk about his 14 years in the biz and how it has opened his eyes to the "politics" of comedy and how fast its changing over the last few years... does he think it will get better or continue on a downward slope? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT! Follow us on Instagram: @christymiller...

On this week's episode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy", Christy sits down with her "comedy hersband", 33 year veteran stand up comic/host, Janice Messitte. We talk about the "Glory (hole) Days" and "The Kids Today" in this crazy business of stand up comedy. From her starting out 100 years ago under the mentorship of NYC Comedy Circuit Legend "Gladys Simon" to herself becoming one of NYC's biggest...

On this week's episode, Christy sits down with Jake Mutch who has been one of the night managers of The Comic Strip LIVE! for the last 6 years. Since we broadcast from there, we thought it would be fun to get the perspective of someone who actually has to "manage" all of us idiots (ok... a better word would be "babysit" LOL). Jake not only is one of the comedy club world's favorite club managers,...

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈.. On this week's episode, Christy sits down with "Caroline's on Broadway Royalty", Miss Kurtis. For 16 years as Head of Hospitality at Caroline's, she took care of ALL OF US comics backstage. There isn't a comedian on this planet that has passed through those sacred doors that doesn't know or adore Miss Kurtis. She is even more famous than Caroline Hirsch herself LOL. Nowa...

This week's episode of "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast Christy Kikis with "New Skool" comic Oscar Aydin who, in his short 4 year career, has made a name for himself in the NYC comedy scene and a paid regular at The Stand. His hit podcast "Oh Oscar" and his quick wit makes him one of the funnest hosts on a show. We talk about his inability to focus for long periods on writing jokes, because of...

On this week's episode Christy sits down with 22 years in the game, old skool comic and host of the hit podcast "Where's the Grief?" Jordon Ferber. They discuss the recent controversy of a fellow comic, Jocelyn Chia, getting cancelled by both Singapore AND Malaysia... (talk about hitting the cancel lottery), our favorite comics and their jokes we love so much.... Tune in to hear our take on the wh...

Kicking off my first season here at "Old Skool New Skool Comedy" podcast, I got to sit down with a great friend of mine, stand up comc/producer Kenny Warren. He's and old skool guy who's a new skool comic and has created his own way into the NYC comedy scene by building a comedy dojo from scratch in the backroom of a dive bar on MacDougal St in the West Village and turned it into a successful come...