New York Comedy Festival: Stand-up comedy headliners

We asked six headliners who are performing stand-up-comedy shows at NY Comedy Festival—including Aziz Ansari—what the funniest thing is about New York?

By Jane Borden Tue Oct 23 2012

Photograph: Roger Scheck

See a stand-up comedy set by Rob Delaney at the New York Comedy Festival
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See a stand-up comedy set by Jim Gaffigan at the New York Comedy Festival
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See a stand-up comedy set by Morgan Murphy at the New York Comedy Festival
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See a stand-up comedy set by Aziz Ansari at the New York Comedy Festival
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See a stand-up comedy set by Rory Scovel at the New York Comedy Festival
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See a stand-up comedy set by Artie Lange at the New York Comedy Festival

Photograph: Roger Scheck

See a stand-up comedy set by Rob Delaney at the New York Comedy Festival

The New York Comedy Festival features lots of great stand-up-comedy shows (including one from our cover stars, Key & Peele). We spoke with six of our favorites, including Aziz Ansari, Jim Gaffigan and Artie Lange, about their opinions of NYC.

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