Archive for September, 2009
34th Annual SF International Comedy Competition
It’s ON!
You know, comedy lovers from Sacramento are very lucky this year. You have not one, but two opportunities to see the best of the best of today’s stand up comics battle it out for a $25,000 purse. There will be 5 comics at each event doing 15-20 minute sets.
George is having a party!
Comedian George Lopez is debuting his own late night talk show, November 9th on TBS. Is this really a good idea? See the TBS promo video!
Doug Benson – Best Weed Ever
In what seems to be most people’s opinion, pot is generally portrayed as a drug that slows things down. It takes you to a place of ease, a place where a slight interest in movies and video games are transformed from mildly interesting entertainment options, into daily Dorito fueled routines. A place where things like jobs, brain cells and responsibilities just seem to fall to the wayside.
We're Getting random with Maria Bamford
A Sacramento Comedy Interview
SacComedy: I understand you have two pugs. Bert and Blossom. Is that true? If so, what are their names attributed to?
Maria: Yes. It is true. Blossom was named for the Power Puff (?) girls by my nephew, George. Bert was named in order to save him from being called “Colby”- which is not his name at all.
Retro Review – Lily Tomlin and Bobcat Goldthwait
Lily Tomlin has never been purely a stand up comedian. She can be regarded as one of the pioneer’s of the one woman show. With her long time partner Jane Wagner, Tomlin has always presented a wild ensemble of characters since she first entered the public consciousness portraying Edith Ann on Laugh In. This approach is suited perfectly to the stand up comedy record as witnessed on 1975’s Modern Scream, the comedienne’s first attempt at vinyl.
An Interview with Kate Clinton
A Sacramento Comedy Interview
Thirty years is a long time to work in any industry, especially the entertainment industry. You’ve got so many variables to sift through. Your own endurance, your world view, the world’s view of you, economic booms, recessions, MySpace, Facebook, Kanye West and the occasional 4 to 8 year change political power. Three decades worth of trends and regurgitated trends are enough to make you crazy or just plain forget that is was a trend in the first place.
Rick Pulido – One Night Only!
Headlining at Laughs Unlimited One night only! September 23rd Rick Pulido was born and raised in El Paso Texas by his mother, sister and aunts (Rick never knew his father.) He developed, what he calls a feminine macho attitude. He says that means; “Be aggressive, ruthless and take no prisoners, but dress well doing it.” [...]
Andy Gross at Laughs Unlimited!
Headlines October 7-11
(This is a SacramentoComedy Meetup Event!)
Andy Gross has been a ventriloquist and magician since the age of nine. He performed throughout his childhood doing parties and private shows.
All About Walken… What?
Say what? I got an email this morning from a man named Patrick O’Sullivan that said: “Come see our show, “All About Walken” where 7 male and female Christopher Walken impersonators take you through the life and career of the man and his place in pop culture. One night only at The Guild Theater September [...]
Keith Lowell Jensen Releases First CD!
Keith is a very funny Sacramento Comic!
Keith Lowell Jensen is best known locally for his work with The Coexist Comedy Tour and for his panhandling experiments which spawned the documentary film “Why Lie I Need a Drink” and an appearance on Spike TV where he was crowned The Bill Gates of Begging. Keith has just released his first CD. (and become a dad!)
Michael Mancini-"World's Funniest Cop"
I have known Michael Mancini since the mid-1990′s when he was doing tours of “one nighters” throughout the western US. A day in Modesto, a day in Oregon, one in Idaho then on to Montana. They were named “Tribble Tours” after the booking agent that had a string of one night stands throughout the country. [...]
Kate Clinton at The Crest Theater
Headlines at The Crest Theater September 25th Kate Clinton is a faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving political humorist and family entertainer. With a career spanning over 28 years, Kate Clinton has worked through economic booms and busts, Disneyfication and Walmartization, gay movements and gay markets, lesbian chic and queer eyes, and EIGHT presidential inaugurals. She still believes [...]
Chelsea Handler… I love you!
When I read that one of my biggest crushes, Chelsea Handler was newly single after splitting up from her TV boss Ted Harbert…
Lisa Lampinelli at The Crest Theater
But I Kid…. Watch out Sacramento.. Lisa Lampanelli is Comedy’s Lovable Queen of Mean and she is coming to The Crest October 3rd!
World's Greatest Dad with Robin Williams
Opening September 11 at the Crest Theater.
A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD is a story about a man that learns the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone.
