Courting Sketchfest: Huffington Post’s “A Week at San Francisco Sketchfest” by Tony Bartolone

During my week in San Francisco, there were so many tantalizing events it was hard to decide what to see. The 12th Annual Sf Sketchfest was an ambitious undertaking, featuring 166 shows, lasting three and a half weeks and showcasing some of the best talent performing today. Here is my sample-platter of this year’s SF Sketchfest.

Part I

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Part II

All in all, SF Sketchfest 2013 was a great, big grab bag of laughs featuring a variety of memorable events and dynamic performances. There’s nothing quite like live comedy, and SF Sketchfest definitely does it right.

Cho was born in San Francisco in 1968. She grew up in three places, but primarily near Ocean Beach in the never sunny Sunset District.

“When I go to England,” Cho exclaimed, “I’m like Oh My God! This is exactly a big country that is made up of the Sunset District.”

HuffPostSF’s Vanessa Pinto shows some definite love to the formidable Caitlin Gill whilst describing her Willy Wonka (wanking) erotic fan fiction and regular ha-ha-habitats. 

Vanessa L. Pinto highlights Bay Area darling, Lynn Ruth Miller, from her pomp to her raunch (both of which is elegant and adorable). Follow the link for an extraordinary example of living a life worth living. 

George Chen, comedian-producer-raconteur, dictates a series of questions to a series of lauded comedians. The result is the geniune article: insightful, inventive and lush. Phenomenal work from Chen, Erin Conger and Angela May Chen. Enjoy.

Willa Paskin sits down with the Bay’s hero of social satire and political quips to discuss writing Totally Biased, playing to bases, and represented his NorCal roots. 

thecomicscomic:

Patton Oswalt’s Letter to Both Sides: The 2012 keynote address for Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival.
Must. Read. Both. Now.

[Mr. SF90s lays down an eloquent, two prong attack on the emergent freedom fall currently afoot in comedy at large.]

thecomicscomic:

Patton Oswalt’s Letter to Both Sides: The 2012 keynote address for Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival.

Must. Read. Both. Now.

[Mr. SF90s lays down an eloquent, two prong attack on the emergent freedom fall currently afoot in comedy at large.]

Bobcat Goldthwait, director and comedian, dictates the difference between he and Kinison, the rose-colored glasses of the early-20s and the importance of quitting. 

(Source: thecomedybureau.com)