2024 Long Island Laugh Off

2024 Long Island Laugh Off

Email [email protected] to sign up

07/26/2024

Advancing to Round 2! Congratulations Kevin Byrne, Mike Ellison, Antonio Clark, Conor McCormack, Jake Chapman, and Trish Cimpric!

07/25/2024

Advancing to Round 2! Congratulations Troy Hughes, Jason Mercado, Grace Fiocco, Reggie Rogers, Thomas Justin, and Justin Hartmann!

07/19/2024

Heading to Round 2! Congratulations Terri Palmer, Sean Hurley, Shawn Malone, James Grimm, Frank Doll, and Santo Albanese!

07/18/2024

Advancing to round 2! Congratulations Earnest “Chase” Rushing, David Carlone, Deb Reiser, Margaux Milano, Dylan Boyle, and Ramsey Baker!

07/12/2024

Advancing to Round 2 of the LaughOff! Congratulations to Natalie Goggin, Armin Pourmehdi, Nadia Smirnova, Vito Pace, James Volino, and John Hyland!

07/11/2024

Great kick off to the 2024 LaughOff at McGuires! Everyone did a great job and should be very proud of themselves. Congratulations to those moving on to Round 2… Advancing: Mike Tanzi, Jason Pallini, Ryan Rizzuti, Maria Zollo, Teddy Reynolds, and Joe Grippo.

05/04/2024

The 2024 Laugh-Off is now taking submissions to compete in Long Island's longest running and most prestigious comedy competition!

THERE MAY BE SLIGH CHANGES IN THE RULES ETC. PRIOR TO THE LAUGH-OFF STARTING. IF SO, WE WILL SEND OUT ALERTS TO ALL VIA EMAIL. THANKS

If you wish to participate, Email us back your name, email, and whether you would prefer a Nassau (Brokerage) or Suffolk (McGuires) venue for your first round show! Details and contest rules are below!

Please read the rules carefully to avoid any confusion later on. Thanks!



2024 Long Island Laugh Off Rules



To Enter

1) You cannot enter if you have ever done a paid weekend spot at any of our venues OR have WON a prior LI Laugh-Off

NOTE: This Does NOT include appearances in the Giggle Room, OR on in-house produced shows… which are exempt.

2) You must be over 16 years old

3) You must live on Long Island (this rule was added in response to people who complained that “ringers” from out of the area came in to participate. We want to make it a real “Long Island” Laugh Off.)

4) Please let us know whether you would prefer your opening round set to be at a Nassau Location (Brokerage) or a Suffolk Location (McGuires)

Grand Prize: A Paid Weekend Spot at a Governors club Plus $250 cash

Second prize ... 2 weeknight showcase spots Plus $100 cash

Third prize ... 1 weeknight showcase spot plus $100 cash!

JUDGING… Like last year there will be 3 judges at each show. The criteria for judging is all judges must have headlined weekends in the main room at our clubs. (Produced shows and Lil room shows do not count)



The rounds will be judged from 1-20 in each of the following categories:

a) Originality

b) Audience Response

c) Material

d) Stage Presence

e) Delivery and Timing
f) Promotion*

*Promotion Category explained… Since one of the most important aspects of modern comedy has become the ability to promote yourself through social media, podcasts, etc.… we have added a category to give much due credit to those comics who go out of their way to successfully promote themselves and the Laugh-Off. Performers should tag the club and the Laugh-Off in order to keep us aware of your efforts.

And along that same line.... To further encourage people to be professional and promote themselves...

In those rare cases where a performer has less than 4 people coming to see them, there will be a $20 participation fee charged to perform. THIS MONEY IS NOT GOING TO US, OR THE CLUB... IT WILL BE PUT TOWARDS THE CASH PRIZES FOR THE FINALISTS! 2022 WAS THE FIRST TIME CASH PRIZES WERE GIVEN BECAUSE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SPECIFICALLY REWARD THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK AND IT WORKED OUT WELL.



72 hours prior to your show, we will let the performers know if they have a minimum of 4 people coming to the show. At this point, they will have the option to put in the effort and get 4 people to buy tickets in the next 24 hours OR opt for the $20 participation fee OR they can choose to drop out of the competition. It is up to the performer.



ONCE AGAIN... the $20 fee ONLY pertains to people who don't promote and come up with at least 4 audience members. In a perfect world, where everyone puts in some effort, NO ONE will be in a position to have to pay the fee! That is our hope. Last year, just under 90% of the performers did the work and did not have to pay the fee… This year let’s make it 100%!



SET DURATION....

The exact amount will depend on how many people participate, However, as a guideline, the approximate times will be…

Opening round – 5 Minute Sets

Semi Finals – 6 Minute Sets

Finals – 7 Minute Sets



SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JUNE 15th

After which all submissions will be cut off.

We do not know the number of first round shows yet because that is dependent on the number of entrants. So please don’t ask (Although some still will)

NO SHOW DATES ARE SET YET AND THEY ARE COMPLETELY UP TO THE CLUB’S AVAILABILITY… SO DON’T ASK WHAT THE DATES ARE. WE DON’T KNOW YET AND THEY ARE ADDED AS NEEDED

06/10/2023

Congratulations Alex Bradley, Mike Tanzi, Sean Elliott, Nick Maloney, Phil Agostinelli, and Concetta Coppola!… Advancing to the Semi-Finals!

06/10/2023

Congratulations Thomas Farrell, Allison Perski, Alan Salzbank, Chris Bias, Natalie Goggin, Bob Lopatkin, and Jeff Goldberg!! … Advancing to the semi-finals!!

06/10/2023

Congratulations Justin Hartmann, Glen Ingoglia, Deb Reiser, and Antonio Clark!… Advancing to the Semi-Finals!

05/29/2023

Calling All Procrastinators and Friends of Procrastinators!... Submissions for this year's Laugh Off will be cut off Friday! (Since its a holiday week, we're adding a couple of days) To sign up or get more info including rules and requirements, email us at ... [email protected]

05/23/2023

Only 10 days till the 2023 LI Laugh-Off kicks off its first round shows! There is still time to enter! For info or to enter this year's Laugh-Off... email us at ... [email protected]

05/14/2023

LI’s longest running comedy competition is returning! For rules, info, or to enter, email us at [email protected]

08/04/2022
06/27/2022

Don’t miss our next “Stars of Tomorrow Show” Sat July 9th at the Giggle Room at Governor’s Levittown with special guest Matt Zotto and some of LI’s hottest new talent!

06/24/2022

Round 1 advancers!

06/17/2022

These folks will advance to round 2!

06/11/2022

Congratulations on advancing to the second round of the LaughOff!… Semi-Finalists Geo Perez, Jack Adam, Brad Morrison, Vinny Smith, Dan LaRocci, Laura Patton, and Gordon Kucher.

05/10/2022

This year's Laugh-Off is now taking submissions to compete in Long Island's longest running and most prestigious comedy competition!

If you wish to give it a try, Email us back your name, email, a decent picture (upper torso works better for our flyers than tight headshots) and whether you would prefer a Nassau or Suffolk venue for your first round show! Details and contest rules are below!

(Please read carefully because there have been some changes in the rules, judging etc to try to address some past issues)



2022 Long Island Laugh Off Rules



To Enter

1) You cannot enter if you have ever done a paid weekend spot at any of our clubs (Governors, Brokerage, McGuires) OR have WON a prior LI Laugh-Off

NOTE: This Does NOT include appearances in the Lil Room, OR on produced shows… which are exempt.

2) You must be over 16 years old

3) You must live on Long Island (this rule was added in response to people who complained that “ringers” from out of the area came in to participate. We want to make it a real “Long Island” Laugh Off.)

4) Please let us know whether you would prefer your opening round set to be at a Nassau Location (Brokerage) or a Suffolk Location (McGuires)

Grand Prize: A Paid Weekend Spot at a Governors club Plus $250 cash

Second prize ... 2 weeknight showcase spots Plus $100 cash

Third prize ... 1 weeknight showcase spot plus $100 cash!

JUDGING… This year there will be 3 judges at each show. The criteria for judging is all judges must have headlined a weekend in the main room at our clubs. (Produced shows and Lil room shows do not count)



The rounds will be judged from 1-20 in each of the following categories:

a) Originality

b) Audience Response

c) Material

d) Stage Presence

e) Delivery and Timing
f) Promotion*

*New Category… Since one of the most important aspects of modern comedy has become the ability to promote yourself through social media, podcasts, etc… we have added a category to give much due credit to those comics who go out of their way to successfully promote themselves and the Laugh-Off. Performers should tag the club and the Laugh-Off in order to keep us aware of your efforts.

And along that same line.... To further encourage people to be professional and promote themselves...

In those rare cases where a performer has less than 4 people coming to see them, there will be a $20 participation fee charged to perform. THIS MONEY IS NOT GOING TO US, OR THE CLUB... IT WILL BE PUT TOWARDS CASH PRIZES FOR THE FINALISTS! 2022 WILL BE THE FIRST TIME CASH PRIZES ARE GIVEN BECAUSE WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SPECIFICALLY REWARD THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK.



72 hours prior to the show, we will let the performers know if they have a minimum on 4 people coming to the show. At this point, they will have the option to put in the effort and get 4 people to buy tickets in the next 24 hours OR Opt for the $20 participation fee OR they can choose to drop out of the competition. It is up to the performer.



ONCE AGAIN... the $20 fee ONLY pertains to people who don't promote and come up with at least 4 audience members. In a perfect world, where everyone puts in some effort, NO ONE will be in a position to have to pay the fee! That is our hope.



SET DURATION....

The exact amount will depend on how many people participate, However, as a guideline, the approximate times will be…

Opening round – 5 Minute Sets

Semi Finals – 6 Minute Sets

Finals – 8 Minute Sets

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE MADE BY MAY 31st

After which all submissions will be cut off

09/13/2021

DM to sign up!

09/04/2021

1st Place: .mcguire_ 2nd: 3rd: 4th: 5th: CONGRATULATIONS!

08/31/2021

Link in bio!

LIVE VIEWING PARTY - The GREAT Long Island Laugh-Off of 2021 FINALS ! - SPECIAL EVENT 08/31/2021

The Main Room at Governor's Comedy Clubs is SOLD OUT!
But you can still come down to the club and support your favorites as they vie for the title of 2021 LI Laugh-Off Grand Champion! The show will be simulcast on the video screens in our "Lil' Room" adjacent to the main room so you won't miss any of the action! AND you will be on hand to congratulate your friends after the show! Don't miss The 2021 LI Laugh-Off Viewing Party Link below⬇️
https://lilroomgovs.laughstub.com/event.cfm?cart&id=546860

LIVE VIEWING PARTY - The GREAT Long Island Laugh-Off of 2021 FINALS ! - SPECIAL EVENT The LI Laugh-Off Finals Show in the main room is SOLD OUT !!! But you can still come down to the club and support your favorites as they vie for the title of 2021 LI L

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