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<p>« THE HONEY SHOT - 'TWO FUN MEN' | Main| THE HONEY SHOT - KATIE HARTMAN » Wednesday Mar 16 2011  The 7th Annual ECNY Awards @ 92YTribeca - 3.14.11</p>
<p>Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 1:43PM  As custom has it at the ECNY Awards, Andrew WK somersaults on stage then announces the winner of the Emerging Comic Award: Paul Downs! | Photo: Rose Callahan</p>
<p>The stars of NYC comedy made their way to 92YTribeca Monday night to celebrate and party down at The 7th Annual ECNY Awards.</p>
<p>Congrats to all of this year's winners!</p>
<p>Best Male Stand-Up Comedian</p>
<p>Kurt Braunohler</p>
<p>Best Female Stand-Up Comedian</p>
<p>Andrea Rosen</p>
<p>Best Sketch Comedy Group</p>
<p>Serious Lunch</p>
<p>Best Variety Show</p>
<p>Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen</p>
<p>Best Improv Group</p>
<p>Death By Roo Roo</p>
<p>Best Website</p>
<p>The Comic's Comic</p>
<p>Best Host</p>
<p>Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal</p>
<p>Best Flyer of Postcard Design</p>
<p>The Paul Downs Syndrome – Rylan Morrison</p>
<p>Best Technician</p>
<p>Beowulf Jones</p>
<p>Best Comedy Podcast</p>
<p>Risk! True Tales, Boldly Told</p>
<p>Best Book</p>
<p>The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex – Kristen Schaal and Rich Blomquist</p>
<p>Best Comedic Video (Short or Series)</p>
<p>“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” – Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp</p>
<p>Best Comedy Event</p>
<p>The 12th Annual Del Close Marathon</p>
<p>Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Tweeting</p>
<p>@chrisgethard</p>
<p>Best Storyteller</p>
<p>Tom Shillue</p>
<p>Best Musical Comedy Act (Group or Solo)</p>
<p>Adira Amram</p>
<p>Best One Person Show</p>
<p>“Prison Freaks” – Shannon O’Neill</p>
<p>The Emerging Comic Award</p>
<p>Paul W. Downs</p>
<p>The awards were hosted by Jon Friedman, with trophies presented by past winners Eddie Brill,Glennis McMurray, Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri, Paul Briganti & Jared Nuemark of Landline.TV, Carol Hartsell, Sara Benincasa, Myq Kaplan, Snakes, Reggie Watts and Morgan Murphy. They were joined by Andrew WK, Eliot Glazer, Livia Scott, Chelsea White, The Moon, Mark Normand, David Cope, and Bobby Tisdale.</p>
<p>With musical performances by:Grease 3: Threase, Stuckey & Murray, Ben Lerman, and Adira Amram & The Experience.</p>
<p>NOTES</p>
<p>--Kurt Braunohler set a new world record for ECNY trophies by taking home 4 of them. One was for The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, so it wasn't actually his, but still - Kurt is going to need a new mantel in his apartment. The only person to handle more silver donkies that night was ECNY girl, Katherine Bryant Flaherty.</p>
<p>--A record might've been set too for most awards won by people who have starred in NY Lottery commercials - Andrea Rosen and Serious Lunch's Billy Keenly.</p>
<p>--Stuckey and Murray performed in their patented Fuxedosand I gotta say, the only difference between a Fuxedo and a Dior tux is the zipper running through the middle.Jon Friedman revealed he bought one and plans on wearing it to an upcoming wedding.</p>
<p>--The Moon put together some sick intro videos, here's one that I'm quite partial to below. You can check the rest out here.</p>
<p>--During his presentation for Best Female Stand-up, Seth Herzog reminded the crowd of the ECNYs humble beginnings: it was started for the sole purpose of driving traffic to a website called Bald Alien Pimp. How about that! I caught up with Seth on the red carpet before the show and had flashbacks of last year when he got in a HEATED SCOLDING MATCH with a reporter for not knowing who he was. Seth says he's now friends with the victim of his verbal tirade, so everything is cool you guys.</p>
<p>--Speaking of the red carpet, Wrestling Teamwas this year's official interviewers. They said they'll have videos up shortly.</p>
<p>--If you're wondering why the event wasn't at Comix this time around, it's because several ECNYs planners had the foresight to see that the venue was barreling towards closure. Places the show could've been if they stuck with Comix and had to scramble last minute to find a venue: a back alley, an abandoned condo development, or the bike lanes along Prospect Park West (which no one uses).</p>
<p>--The bar area was a bit boisterous and it made hearing the presenters and performers somewhat difficult unless you were close to the stage. Everyone still had fun though, right??</p>
<p>--I hit the FREE Lagunitas beer pretty hard during happy hour and kept chugging the stuff all night. I woke up yesterday morning literally surrounded by 5 different bags of potato chips and a SlimJim wrapper. Fortunately for my body mass index, none of the bags were opened. I sort of recall having a craving for chips at some point on my walk from the subway to my apartment--I guess I just bought as many as I could carry then passed out. I also recall purchasing a salad from Burger King at 3 in the morning too but can't find the receipt.</p>
<p>--Anyway... here are some more photos from the show. All pics courtesy of Rose Callahan Photography.</p>
<p>Adira Amram and the Experience sing a memorable ode to their tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny vaginas.</p>
<p>Mark Normand and David Cope Eddie Brill</p>
<p>Andrea Rosen and Kristen Schaal react to an amazing story from Best Storyteller, Tom Shillue | Photo: Rose Callahan</p>
<p>More Party Photos from the 7th Annual ECNY Awards</p>
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