#new-york-comedy-festival

#new-york-comedy-festival

In his typical style, C.K. opened with a gut-puncher to a sold-out house of nearly 3,000 seats and had the audience roaring into the night. I got an AIDS test today, he said as the crowd murmured. I haven't had sex in years. I just wanted some good news. The audience burst into laughter. As they quieted, C.K. took a beat and said, Turns out I have AIDS.

'We've been doing this monthly in LA all year, so it's become a new, upgraded version of Paulie's Dinner,' said Costabile. Basically, the main difference is that we have stand-up, we have characters come out, and then I'm also adding interviews to the format. I've been an interviewer as long as anything. This is kind of my love letter to late-night television, late-night interviews and how they used to be.