This October, sketch-comedy group Elephant Larry walked away with the title of “New York City’s Best Comedy Writers” at the first ever Sketch Fights competition. Held over the course of two days at Caroline’s on Broadway and The Belt in New York City, the competition pitted eight of the city’s top comedy groups against each other, judged by both their audience and an expert panel. Other competitors included writers from The Daily Show, The Cowboy & John from The Man Show and teams from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater.

The groups faced off for six rounds, with the Elephant eventually claiming victory after a ten-minute sketch-off against UCB’s Respecto Montalban.

Elephant Larry is comprised of Geoff Haggerty, Stefan Lawrence, Chris Principe, Jeff Solomon and Alexander Zalben. The group has been a finalist in the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and at the Emerging Comics of New York awards.

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