Anita's comedy fest takes place in a cellar-like space below St. Marks Place and, much like smoking a joint, it induces a silly amount of mirth.
Anna King 
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Horse Trade presents
Anita’s Underground
"What’s the one thing that could make The Price is Right sooo much better? Anita Cookie, the singing, dancing, sexed-up game show host who wants nothing more than to give you free stuff!"
Cate Smithson
The best of the burlesque: Anita Cookie
"Anita Cookie will intoxicate you (literally) with her stage presence. And, uh, donuts" |
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UNDER St. Marks
94 St. Marks Place.
btwn 1st Ave and Ave A
Tickets:$10
Second Thursday of every month
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Burlesque star, Anita Cookie, loves to drink almost as much as she loves to play games! COME ON DOWN to Anita's Underground Game Show, where anyone can be a winner… even YOU!
Anita's Underground Game Show… It's The Price Is Right with boobs and booze, an interactive game show where contestants, each randomly selected from the audience, play pricing games to win baked goods, free booze, and so much more! But it's not just fun and games! Hosted, in pasties, by Anita Cookie, Anita's Underground Game Show is packed with live music, jokes, hidden talents, and BOOBS!
Every month, the dazzlingly drunk is joined by that ever so tightly-wound announcer guy, Scott Rayow, as well as her rockin' live band, "The Kindergarteners". Also, Miss Cookie is visited each month by a different celebrity Drinking Buddy, who performs their secret special skill! This month's Drinking Buddy is the Delinquent Darling of Burlesque, Peekaboo Pointe of the World Famous Pontani Sisters. You'll have to COME ON DOWN to see what else this well-known NYC burlesquer can do.
From the theme song to the cookies and right on down to the clevage, Anita's Underground Game Show is a guaranteed good time! Chock full of fun, drinking, and games, games, games!
Im age by Ted D'ottavio
Prizes include a bunch of burlesque baked goods, decorative drinking glasses, pretty pasties, free beer, a horse-drawn carriage ride in Central Park, or even tickets to another show! Products provided by Saucy Sweets, handmade by Ms. Cookie herself.
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“Anita Cookie was hands-down the most humorous act of the evening. Her tequila tinged Betty Boop was hilarious …”
-Daniel Harvey www.ortgeist.com
“I don’t remember the names of all the performers that night, but I do remember Anita Cookie. The bubbly drunk whose pearly white smile and affinity for martini’s and bath time friend Rubber Ducky was a crowd favorite.”
-Jeffrey Swart www.newyorkcool.com
“My absolute favorite strip artist is the cute-as-can-be Anita Cookie. Her music didn't burn to the disk she gave the sound guy so she improvised a tease to Barry Manilow doing the theme song to Buck Rogers. (I never realized that Barry Manilow had done anything sci-fi.) She pulled this strip off…well…much like her clothes—with erotic grace and skill. And she was hilarious on top of that playing a Star Trek Officer that's a little drunk on an away mission.”
-Richard Hinojosa www.nytheatre.com |
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THE GAME |
Constant 1
Prize:
A Pair of Peekaboo Pointe’s Pretty Pasties!
That sure was a mouthful. These beautiful pasties were hand-made by burlesque star Miss Peekaboo Pointe. Each sequin placed with love, each tassel ready for twirling. She makes them in the nude and they could be yours if the price is right!
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Play the Shell Game – First or last number in the price?
A Six Pack of Beer
By Corona
This beer is crisp and refreshing. Its great with Mexican food, well, it is from Mexico. Sit back and relax, you’re just a twist of lime away from a Corona Day. A Six Pack of Corona Beer. Price: $11
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Contestant 2
Prize: Bottle of Gin!
This bottle of gin would be great at the end of a bad day, to use in a celebration, or to just get shit-faced on your own for no real reason at all. The only way to have a martini… GIN! And this bottle of gin could be yours if the price is right!
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Play the Spelling Bee – Two of the three numbers?
One Dirty Gin Martini at Otto’s Shrunken Head
Otto's Shrunken Head. Although it looks like a set from the Brady Bunch episodes shot in Hawaii, this bar attracts more punk rockers (and wannabes) than hula girls or gawking tourists. Located at 538 E14th St. Take the L to First Ave. Cash only. Price: $10
Margarita and Frozen Drink Machine
By Margarator
Now you can make up to a gallon of margaritas at one time with the Margarator Margarita Machine. That’d get me through the day. Great for pool parties, barbecues, birthday parties, weddings, camping or anytime! The insulated container holds up to 128 ounces of your favorite frozen drink and even has a handle to easily move it to the next party, or just to the next room. The Margarita and Frozen Drink Machine By Margarator. Price: $79
Happy Hour Swizzle Sticks
by Wrapables
Cocktail shaker? Check. Fresh ice? Check. Swizzle sticks? Huh? It's not a party without swizzle sticks! Swizzle sticks take out the urgency in finishing a drink, because guests know they can keep the alcohol from settling with an occasional stir. They come in a set of 10 in acrylic with 3-dimensional, bar-related toppers: cocktail shakers, martinis, champagne buckets, etc. Happy Hour Swizzle Sticks by Wrapables.
Price: $15 |
SHORT DRINK BREAK and SPECIAL GUEST
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Contestant 3
Prize: UP to 20 brownie cakes!
These rich brownie cheesecake cups are packed full of chocolaty goodness and topped with decedent, cheesecake fillings that’s been spiked with spicy eggnog. ‘Tis the season! They’re delicious and they could all be yours because you’re going to play… DRINKO! |
Play Drinko – Higher or Lower?
Martini Sunglasses
By Purple
Fun sunglasses for any occasion, great for Halloween or specialty parties like New Years and birthday celebrations. Made of plastic. Martini Sunglasses by Purple. Price: $15
A 750ML Bottle of Grand Platinum Tequila
By Patron
With claims of being the smoothest sipping tequila ever produced, the Patron Spirits Company's Gran Patron Platinum Tequila is created using hand selected Waeber blue agave grown in the hills of Jalisco, Mexico. The agave is pruned, steam baked, triple distilled and aged to provide a superior taste. Each bottle is a piece of art in itself, handmade from crystal, polished, hand signed and numbered with an etched label. The bottle is held in a handmade, quality maple wood box. Price: $198.98
14K Yellow Gold Martini Glass Charm
By Precious Accents
This adorable 14k yellow-gold Martini Glass Charm is a perfect accent to any outfit. The glass is made of yellow sapphires while the swizzle stick is accented with a pretty red ruby. This exquisitely designed charm also features a lobster claw for easy attachment. The Gold Martini Glass Charm By Precious Accents. Price: $301
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YOUR HOSTS |
Photo by Dale Harris
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Anita Cookie is dedicated to bringing quality burlesque to the masses, and she hopes to do this by always finding new and exciting ways to showcase jokes as well as jiggling bosoms. Along with Anita’s Underground, she co-produces a LIVE late night talk show in Williamsburg called The Night Cap, and she is the drunk in The Drunk ‘n’ Dirty Duo who can be seen monthlyat the Palace of Wonders in Washington, DC.
Anita Cookie is the most intoxicated - oops - I mean intoxicating pastie-donner this side of the Rio Grande. Sun-baked off the shores of the pacific, she has taken The Big Apple by storm and her love of tequila, being the product of those San Diego origins, is nothing compared to her insatiable hunger for cookies.
She is a character with the curves of Marilyn Monroe, the helium pipes of Betty Boop and the wit of Mae West. The Cookie drinks like Dean Martin, is usually involved in antics reminiscent of Lucille Ball, and in most cases her glitzy costumes seem to some how inevitably find there way on to the floor.
Anita’s bubbly voice and sultry dance moves have graced the stages of such fine New York and Brooklyn establishments as the Cutting Room, South Paw, Rafifi, Galapagos, BB King’s, Don Hill’s, Mo Pitkins and The Derby (LA).
When Anita’s not mesmerizing the masses she’s whipping up her Saucy Sweets! She makes cookies, hot sauce, decorative items and much, much more |
Scott Rayow is a member of both SAG and AFTRA. He supports the merging of the two, & hopes they'll call the new organization FARTSAGA. |
Scott Rayow has enjoyed performing since age eleven. Unfortunately, he's been performing since age four. His first pair of bronzed tap shoes are proudly displayed on his mantletop; he recalls "the bronze made it hard to dance but the tapping was real loud." Scott quickly put dance behind him to explore the varied worlds of pre-, grade-, and high-school theatre (often in that order) and subsequently spent his college years in the Tufts University Beelzebubs, where he wrote and performed comedy. As they were an a cappella music group, this caused occasional friction (lawsuit pending).
Leaving the comfort of an educational environment, Scott finally discovered the one true reward of performing: getting paid. He went on to forge a commercial acting career, providing voice work for ads, promos, documentaries, and animation projects (many of which aren't technically porn) and thoroughly enjoys selling excellent products and/or services to intelligent consumers... according to his agents at DBA.
When not shilling for the man, Scott still writes and performs comedy here and there.* In his spare time, he patiently awaits the arrival of his growth-spurt, and is working on the biochemical equations to actually produce a silk purse from a sow's ear.
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"The Kindergateners", Ariel Levine on guitar and Zach Abramson on bass, are two of the four members that make up NYC rock band KiNDERGARTEN. KiNDERGARTEN is a band with a sound that New York has been missing since the late 70's!! K-GARTO uses the latest in State of the Art songwriting technology, combining obscure twists and turns with places of comfort and familiarity. All the while, maintaining their nostalgic, gritty funk/punk roots, pooling their influences from the likes of Talking Heads, Television, Elvis Costello, AC/DC, David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Cars, Prince, etc. Their music will make you think, bop your head, or just maybe, dance the night away. KiNDEGARTEN also hosts Happy Happy Tuesdays, a new monthly music series in the Lower East Side. Held at one of NYC's greatest new music venues, FONTANA's, H.H.T.'s combines NYC's greatest music with its best Variety Performers. A Rock and Roll Circus, if you will. |
Anita Cookie will be joined every month by and a different ‘Drinking Buddy”, a recognizable New York performer/artist/personality, who will perform a secret special talent. You’ll have to come each month to see who it could be and what they can do! |
July 10th
Kenny Law |
Mr. Kenny Law comes to us from Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where he resides happily with his wife and popular burlesque performer Peekaboo Pointe. A tattoo artist, painter, rapper, writer, and eventual editor of New York City's oldest and now-defunct adult publication SCREW Magazine, Mr. Law is familiar with the bitter taste of failure. Our guest tonight has wasted at least 15 years of his life in a downward spiral of self-doubt and perpetual identity crisis. However, proclaiming his inefficacies a superpower, Mr. Kenny Law has turned his many disabilities into an asset. Today, Mister Law walks dogs for a living. It may be his life's calling. Be it dog walking, tattooing, painting or fucking, he is here tonight to prove that failure is fertile grounds for success. |
Aug. 14th
Nasty Canasta |
Burlesque baby Nasty Canasta wasn't born nasty, she's just drawn that way. The product of a brief tryst following a late-night card game between Sid Vicious and Carol Burnett, Nasty is old-school glamour at its most surreal. Her burlesque performances celebrate the vagaries of pop culture and the wicked sense of humor that makes it all bearable. Nasty can be found bumping & grinding, turning (magic) tricks, and fending off the advances of lascivious puppets at various unsavory locations throughout Brooklyn and NYC. |
Sept. 11th
Gigi La Femme |
Who's the kitten that puts the 'ooh' in Ooh La La and will have you purring for more? None other than Miss Gigi La Femme, of course. There's no slumber party, sock hop or shagadelic soiree that she can't handle. You can catch GiGI, with her sultry moves and scandalous sex appeal, every second Friday of every month starring in Wasabassco's Burlesque in the Living Room!
Photo by Don Spiro
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