Helium announces line-up for Philly’s Phunniest 2011

Helium Comedy Club put the line-up for the 6th Annual Philly’s Phunniest Person Competition on their website. Spanning across most Sunday nights this summer, the contest pits Philadelphia’s stand-up comedians against on another in eleven preliminary rounds, with three comics advancing each night based on audience voting. Those three comics will go on to the semi-finals, from which ten comics will make the final round. There, 2011′s Philly’s Phunniest Comedian will be decided. The line-up for this year is as follows:

June 5th

Jay Galgiardi
Ian Fidance
Barry Yelowitz
Matt Reiss
Paul Goodman
T.J. Hurley
Blake Wexler
Noah Houlihan
Chip Chantry
Tom Cassidy
Erik Whitacre
James E. Collins, Jr.
Kevin Lau
Steve Ozer

June 12th

Aaron Hertzog
Evan Zaremba
Sidney Gantt
Dan Knabb
Nicole Churchill
Michael Renzi
Perry Rohrer
Erin Gilligan
Peter Rampulla
Mike Rainey
Josh Rabinowitz
Ry Chance
Tony Heyl
“Fastball Pitcher” Bob Gutierrez

June 19th

Pat Barker
Jake Ginther
Edmund Scanlan
Carolyn Busa
Becca Trabin
Matt McCusker
Oakland Seligson
Eric Yelowitz
Devin Regan
Darryl Charles
Justin M. Miller
Mike Logan
Ben Mendelson
Kevin Ryan

June 26th

Michael Gleason
Frank Hillman
Steve Lichtenstein
Alex Grubard
Rob DeSantis
Jim McCauley
Dina Hashem
Billy Bob Thompson
Ed McGonigal
David Miller
Ryan Barlow
Joanne Syrigonakis
Amir Gollan
Sean Preston

July 10th

Jared Bilski
Frederick Heinemann, Jr.
John McKeever
Chris Dolan
Kevin Quigg
Tom Riley
Michael Casey
Jess Carpenter
Dave Primiano
Matt Hudacs
Tim Grill
Sarah Morawczynski
Eric Trani
Joseph Dougherty

July 17th

Shane Gillis
Sean P. O’Dea
Daniel McGrory
Mike Newman
Cynthia Haskins
Tommy Pope
Nick Baker
Eric Yelowitz
Pat House
Tyler Shuman
Cam Folker
David Ray Agyekum
Lex Hubbard
Juliet Hope Wayne

July 24th

David Lambon
Christian Dorsey
Christian Alsis
Gordon Baker-Bone
M. Jacob Alvarez
Alan Pickett
Richard Cho
Chris Wood
Steven Bryan
Robert J. Moore
Luke Giordano
Mary Radzinski
John Kensil
Scott Terry

July 31st

Mike Parrotta
Jason Hazelwood
Sean Carlucci
Ron Chappelle
Brian Long
Jim Ginty
Scott Allen Ober
Dan Vetrano
Tim Butterly
Darnell Williams
Thomas Hannigan
William Vaughan
Don Weir

August 7th

Keith Paradise
Diana Kyauta Ashton
H. Foley
James Hesky
Brendan Kennedy
Jenna Kim Jones
Alex Kaufman
Roger Weaver
Alex Pearlman
Josh Bennett
Steve Heald
Theresa Candelaria
Laurence Mullaney

August 14th

Carl Boccuti
Rod “Goat” Sperling
Kevin Hurley
Adam Smith
Mykal Carter Jackson
Erin Mulville
Chris McGrail
Jim Grammond
Andy Nolan
Charlie Charnigo
Joseph Hook
Jasiel Ayala
Dan Eastman

21-Aug
Alessandro Reale
Patrick Dodd
Charles Rosen
Rick Adams
Chris Kraiza
Bob Hritz
Gregory Day
Peter Bisgaier
Gary Vider
Hillary Rea
Steve Balbier
Stephen Steiger
Mike DiEva