As custom has it at the ECNY Awards, Andrew WK somersaults on stage then announces the winner of the Emerging Comic Award: Paul Downs! | Photo: Rose Callahan

The stars of NYC comedy made their way to Monday night to celebrate and party down at .

Congrats to all of this year's winners!

Best Male Stand-Up Comedian
Kurt Braunohler

Best Female Stand-Up Comedian
Andrea Rosen

Best Sketch Comedy Group
Serious Lunch

Best Variety Show
Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen

Best Improv Group
Death By Roo Roo

Best Website
The Comic's Comic

Best Host
Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Schaal

Best Flyer of Postcard Design
The Paul Downs Syndrome – Rylan Morrison

Best Technician
Beowulf Jones

Best Comedy Podcast
Risk! True Tales, Boldly Told

Best Book
The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex – Kristen Schaal and Rich Blomquist

Best Comedic Video (Short or Series)
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” – Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp

Best Comedy Event
The 12th Annual Del Close Marathon

Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Tweeting
@chrisgethard

Best Storyteller
Tom Shillue

Best Musical Comedy Act (Group or Solo)
Adira Amram

Best One Person Show
“Prison Freaks” – Shannon O’Neill

The Emerging Comic Award
Paul W. Downs

The awards were hosted by Jon Friedma n, with trophies presented by past winners Eddie Brill , Glennis McMurray , Gabe Liedman and Max Silvestri , Paul Briganti & Jared Nuemark of Landline.TV, Carol Hartsell , Sara Benincasa , Myq Kaplan , Snakes , Reggie Watts and Morgan Murphy .  They were joined by Andrew WK , Eliot Glazer , Livia Scott , Chelsea White , The Moon , Mark Normand , David Cope , and Bobby Tisdale .

With musical performances by: Grease 3: Threase , Stuckey & Murray , Ben Lerman , and Adira Amram & The Experience .

NOTES

-- Kurt Braunohler set a new world record for ECNY trophies by taking home 4 of them. One was for The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex , so it wasn't actually his, but still - Kurt is going to need a new mantel in his apartment. The only person to handle more silver donkies that night was ECNY girl, Katherine Bryant Flaherty .

--A record might've been set too for most awards won by people who have starred in NY Lottery commercials - Andrea Rosen and Serious Lunch's Billy Keenly .

-- Stuckey and Murray performed in their patented and I gotta say, the only difference between a Fuxedo and a Dior tux is the zipper running through the middle. Jon Friedman revealed he bought one and plans on wearing it to an upcoming wedding.

-- The Moon put together some sick intro videos, here's one that I'm quite partial to below.

--During his presentation for Best Female Stand-up, Seth Herzog reminded the crowd of the ECNYs humble beginnings: it was started for the sole purpose of driving traffic to a website called Bald Alien Pimp. How about that! I caught up with Seth on the red carpet before the show and had flashbacks of last year when he got in a HEATED SCOLDING MATCH with a reporter for not knowing who he was. Seth says he's now friends with the victim of his verbal tirade, so everything is cool you guys.

--Speaking of the red carpet, was this year's official interviewers. They said they'll have videos up shortly.

--If you're wondering why the event wasn't at Comix this time around, it's because several ECNYs planners had the foresight to see that the venue was barreling towards closure.  Places the show could've been if they stuck with Comix and had to scramble last minute to find a venue: a back alley, an abandoned condo development, or the bike lanes along Prospect Park West (which no one uses).

--The bar area was a bit boisterous and it made hearing the presenters and performers somewhat difficult unless you were close to the stage. Everyone still had fun though, right??

--I hit the FREE Lagunitas beer pretty hard during happy hour and kept chugging the stuff all night. I woke up yesterday morning literally surrounded by 5 different bags of potato chips and a SlimJim wrapper.  Fortunately for my body mass index, none of the bags were opened. I sort of recall having a craving for chips at some point on my walk from the subway to my apartment--I guess I just bought as many as I could carry then passed out.  I also recall purchasing a salad from Burger King at 3 in the morning too but can't find the receipt.

--Anyway... here are some more photos from the show. All pics courtesy of .

Adira Amram and the Experience sing a memorable ode to their tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny vaginas.

Mark Normand and David Cope Eddie Brill

Andrea Rosen and Kristen Schaal react to an amazing story from Best Storyteller, Tom Shillue | Photo: Rose Callahan