Hot Tub Variety
This Monday is a very special Hot Tub.
So please put on your Sunday best and take off all your hats. All proceeds from the show will be donated to help the children of Darfur. And the show will be hosted by Pete Holmes is a world class entertainer who has been specifically designed to take the helm of Hot Tub and drive it dangerously close to rocks but then ultimately avoid them, making for a very exciting, yet ultimately safe, cruise. Enjoy! And Kurt will see you back at Hot Tub on August 26th.
Posted by Kurt
July 30, 2007Our Site Got Hacked!
Our site got hacked while Kristen and I were away in Montreal. Then I wrote this really funny post comparing our site being down to September 11th. Then the post mysteriously disappeared! Like vanished. Poof it was gone by no act of my own. I think God is after bad-taste jokes and on the look out shock jocks! Be on the look out insult comics! God is pissed! and He will simply make your jokes go away, and no amount of control-z will get them back. I think God hacked our site. What aasshole. Delete that, God.
Posted by Kurt
June 07, 2007
June 18th is gonna rock I’m seriously excited about the show on the 18th, people. Jon and Brett - you know they are amazing, you feel it when you close your mind. Now open that sucker back up to be sucker punched right in the gullet with a hot dose of the ZOG who will make you cry from laughter. And then we have VERY special guests from Washington State - The Cody Rivers Show. We met these guys last year at sketch fest and they are super weird and really awesome. You should really really really check them out on one of their only TWO New York appearances this year. They are really something to see. And then, we rock out with one of my favorite NYC bands, Tigers and Monkleys. The shows at Piano’s have been super fun and I love ending the show with a band and then partying it up at the bar. Come by for Hot Tub and stick around for Karaoke upstairs. It’s a good time. I’m going to Australia now - so I’ll be doing the show extremely jet lagged. Can’t wait!
Posted by Kurt
June 06, 2007
Sketchfest NYC
Old Business: Thank you to everyone who helped make the last Hot Tub show super fun. I couldn’t stop smiling the whole night. Even in my sleep.
New Business: Kurt and I are about to unload close to an hour of sketch like comedy this Thursday night at 10pm at Sketchfest NYC.
136 East 13th Street
[Btwn. 3rd & 4th Aves.]
We sifted through over three years of sketches and picked a handful that we thought would tickle you the most, to an almost torturous level!
We did Sketchfest last year and easily had the time of our lives. Everyone involved in this festival is extremely cool and very much into sketch comedy. We’re pretty excited about it.
Posted by Kristen
May 29, 2007
The Best Show We Will Ever Do
Is going to happen this Monday, June 4th. Kurt and I visited a psychic in the middle of a desert near a cactus. She had a beard and she called herself “the police,” but I saw right through it. She could see the future. And through her eyes behind those reflective sunglasses I could see myself and Kurt and the show on Monday and it was magnificent. I think you should be there. You have every right to be there. You have the right to remain silent. That’s what the psychic said. Which made no sense! But I guess that’s why she was blessed with the seventh sense and I wasn’t.
Posted by Kristen
May 20, 2007
Hot Tub is on Monday the 21st
Folks! We’ve really turned it on this Monday. We are going to delight you with acts that you have never seen before. We are going to create memories. We are going to feel what it’s like to live for the first time. We will probably cry when it’s over. And feel cheated when we walk back to our homes. But Kurt’s phone number is: 646-591-0148 if you need to talk.
Posted by Kristen
May 04, 2007
Hot Tub moves to Pianos and History is born
Hey everyone, please come to this show if you are lovers of good times. We are going to experiment with comedy and bring it to new unexplored heights. Kurt’s going to cry on stage and feel raw emotion while Kristen slowly undresses layer after layer of her questionable persona. It’s going to have a real party feel.
Posted by Kristen
April 30, 2007
New York Magazine Rates “Penelope” as “Low-Brow-Brilliant”
New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix gives our SuperDeluxe show high marks!
And we just got the offer from Super Deluxe for more episodes! So expect more Penelope in the future!
Posted by Kurt
April 16, 2007
Kurt and Kristen are going to Montreal!
We just found out that we’ve been invited to the “Just for Laughs” Montreal Comedy Festival! It’s in July and we’re excited because we hear the flowers in Montreal in July are like little hot dogs! We can’t wait!
Posted by Kurt
April 16, 2007
Episode 2 up on SuperDeluxe!
Episode two of “Penelope: Princess of Pets.” is now up on If you can’t find it on the main page - check it out here on our artist’ page here: And leave us comments on the site!
Posted by Kurt
April 07, 2007
We made a show for SuperDeluxe!
Premiering now on is our brand new, epic, adventure-comedy series, “Penelope: Princess of Pets.” Follow Penelope as she talks to animals and saves the world with her orphan friend, Kyle. First up on the world saving menu - killing Senator Stone. check out our artist’ page here: And check out SuperDeluxe for lots of other awesome shit.
Posted by Kurt
April 06, 2007
Hot Tub Moving to Piano’s in May!
Starting May 7th at 8:00pm Hot Tub will be appaearing at Piano’s every other Monday night until the sun crashes into the earth! Put it in your fucking books! Check out for directions and info.
Posted by Kurt
- Michael Showalter (Stella, Wet Hot American Summer) will make your summer the best ever.
- Bobby Tisdale (Invite Them Up) will read you a lullaby.
- Shayna Ferm (Winner Battle of the Funny Bands) will sing you a story.
- Jack Kukoda (Onion News Network) will pick you up and dust you off.
What is Hot Tub?
Hot Tub is a super hilarious variety show in New York City, awarded “Best New Variety Show in 2005” by TimeOut NY. Created by Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal, the show features comedy, music, and general weirdness. It’s fun. You’ll like it.
Hot Tub was developed at the People’s Improv Theater where Kurt is a senior faculty member and Kristen performs with Big Black Car.
Where is the next Hot Tub?
- Piano’s at Stanton
- 158 Ludlow Street
- New York, NY
Where else can I see Kristen and Kurt perform?
For updated performance schedule check out Kurt’s MySpace Page and Kristen’s My Space Page.