Hot Tub with Kurt Braunohler

Chris Gethard is a teacher at the UCB Theater and a member of The Stepfathers, who perform every Friday night at the UCB theater. He has appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien and the ABC sitcoms Hope & Faith and the Knights of Prosperity. In 2007, Chris served as a guest writer for Saturday Night Live. He has also contributed writing to the Onion News Network, the Fuse Network, and more. He acted on and assisted the writing staff of the Comedy Central show Crossballs, and starred in the series Big Lake. In the world outside of comedy, Chris is a writer for Weird NJ magazine. In November of 2005, Weird NY, a hardcover book he wrote, was published by Barnes and Noble. Chris is obsessed with seminal early 80s pop group The Smiths. Chris is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Renzo Gracie. Which is kind of weird.

John Gemberling has been performing comedy in New York City for over eight years. He is the co-host of UCB's The Tony & Johnny Show! and co-creator/star of the new Adult Swim series, Fat Guy Stuck in Internet. John has performed in shows on Showtime, Fuse, MTV, and Comedy Central, and has appeared in the films Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Twisted Fortune, and Palindromes by acclaimed director Todd Solondz. John has written for The Man Show, Fox Searchlight Pictures, MTV's Human Giant, and has developed shows at Comedy Central. He has performed with the sketch group The Brighter Side and can be seen weekly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre with his improv group Death By Roo Roo. He also used to be the lead singer of The Loose Nuts, a punk/ska band whose songs appeared on the soundtracks to the movies American Pie and The Toxic Avenger 4!
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Andrea Rosen is a New York based comic, actor, and writer. Recently, she was a regular on Comedy Central’s Michael and Michael Have Issues. She was on HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, FX’s Rescue Me, The Ten, Wainy Days, The Pleasure of Your Company, The Whitest Kids You Know. She played “Jennifer” on Comedy Central’s Stella. She is a regular commentator on VH1. She performs in NYC and at colleges. And does lots of commercials. Andrea holds a women’s fishing world record. She caught the biggest Permit fish on an 8 pound test line (true). She is very proud to be a member of the Variety Shac, a monthly show at UCB NY.

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Matt Oberg is an actor and writer currently living in Brooklyn. Matt is a member of Inverse Theater (“American Revolution”, “Midnight Brainwash Revival”, etc), and the PIT theatre’s improv team “Big Black Car”. He has worked several times with Clancy Productions both in New York and in the UK, including "Captain Overlord’s Folly or The Fool's Revenge", “Fat Boy”, “Goner”, “Americana Absurdum”,and most recently “The Event” (“Outstanding Solo Show” NYC Fringe). His television credits include “30 Rock”, “Relocated”, “Chapelle’s Show”, and Comedy Central’s upcoming “Ugly Americans”. He is represented by Paradigm (commercial) and Vincent Nastri of Bleecker St. Entertainment.