NYFA Welcomes Writer for ‘Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris’

January 5, 2016

New York Film Academy Instructor Ben Cohen invited comedian and writer for NBC’s Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, Brandon Scott Wolf.

Wolf’s comic talents were recognized early on his career, specifically in college when TBS selected his school as “The Funniest College in the Nation” and handpicked Brandon as “The Funniest College Student in the Nation.”

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From there, Brandon moved to New York City where he honed his stand up craft and eventually began performing stand up regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City where he is currently a featured performer on the theatre’s talent page. His other stand-up credits include TBS’s “Lopez Tonight,” CollegeHumor Live, Carolines on Broadway, and a variety of festivals including Just For Laughs Chicago, The Brooklyn Comedy Festival, and UCB’s Del Close Marathon.

His hilarious and original website, DateBrandonScottWolf.com, which parodied our cultures obsession with online dating websites, also gave him a jumpstart on his career.

It wasn’t too long before his talents were discovered by NBC and from 2012 to 2015 Brandon was a contributing writer for “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update, in 2014 he won the New York City Regional Round of Funny Or Die’s Road 2 Oddball Competition, and in 2015 one of his jokes was featured in Time Out New York as the publication’s “Joke of the Week.”

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NYFA Instructor Ben Cohen with Brandon Scott Wolf

Brandon’s comedic work has also been featured on NBC’s “Ellen,” Fusion TV (ABC-Univision), Russia Today, “Sunrise: Australia’s #1 Breakfast Show,” USA Today, The New York Times, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, GQ, The Huffington Post, Mashable, SiriusXM, MTV News, The Daily Beast, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, GizmodoUK, and countless other news outlets, radio stations, and TV shows around the globe.

We sincerely thank Mr. Wolf for taking time out of his busy schedule to enlighten our students on what it takes to make it in the world of comedy writing.