New York stand-up comedian Matt Ruby wants the world to start the new year with a unique brand of comedy as he releases his latest comedy special Bolo.
A fashionable hour of laughs, Ruby dives into various topics, including sex, NYC, drinking in the city, personal issues, and much more.
Matt Ruby: Matt Ruby is a comedian from New York City. His smart and dark brand of standup is “button-pushing” and “funny” according to the NY Times. His comedy has been filmed by Comedy Central, MTV, NBC/Seeso, and FOX. His newsletters (The Rubesletter and Funny How) have over 17,000 subscribers combined. He also hosts the podcast Kind of a Lot with Matt Ruby.
His latest standup special is Bolo. In his comedy doc/special Substance, he performs 4 sets on 4 nights (1 high, 1 drunk, 1 sober, and 1 on shrooms). His previous special, Feels Like Matt Ruby is available on YouTube. His comedy albums (including Feels Like Matt Ruby and Hot Flashes,) are in regular rotation on Sirius and went top 10 on the iTunes Comedy charts. He’s also been featured on CNN, The Huffington Post, New York magazine, Time Out, and more.
He’s a regular at the legendary Comedy Cellar and co-produces Hot Soup there (Tuesdays), one of NYC’s longest running independently produced comedy shows, and Good Eggs (Mondays and Wednesdays) at NY Comedy Club. He tours around the country and internationally too. Misguided Meditation is his one-man show about mindfulness, psychedelics, therapy, and death.
He’s also a writer-for-hire, co-author of the NY Times bestseller REWORK, and former frontman of the indie rock band Plastics Hi-Fi.