10/31. The Business Halloween @ Dark Room Theater. 2263 Mission St. SF. 8pm. $5. Featuring Sean Keane, Bucky Sinister, Caitlin Gill, Mike Drucker, and Special Guest, Claudia Cogan. 

How could there be a better place to spend Halloween than a theatre called the DARK ROOM? The Business is ready for the holiday, we have our candy, our costumes and our post victory parade riot gear all set. 

Come one, come all, and bring the spirits of your ancestors with you. Don’t worry, if you get a case of the SPOOKIES, our guest this week will hold your hand.

Claudia Cogan will be joining us on this unholy night. She’s top notch. She’s been on Last Comic Standing 7 as a semi-finalist, been nominated three times for an Excellence in Comedy in New York (ECNY) award and won the first ever Time Out New York Joke of the Year nod. Claudia is an alum of UCB Theater improv school and played on several house teams. She has performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival and at clubs and colleges around the country.

Come join Claudia and your regulars Sean “Spooky” Keane, Bucky “Puts the SIN in” Sinister, “Maniacal” Mike Drucker and Caitlin “GILLotine” for a night of good Halloween fun*.

*”good Halloween fun” may include getting possessed by Halloween demongoblins. The Business is not responsible for any damage to your soul incurred during “fun”.

10/27. The Business @ Cobb’s Comedy Club. 915 Columbus Ave. SF. 8PM. $5-$20. Featuring Alex Koll, Sean Keane, Bucky Sinister, Caitlin Gill, Chris Thayer, Mike Drucker, Kevin Camia, and Jamie and Sissy DeWolf. More Information and Discount: Here. 

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10/10. The Business @ Dark Room Theater. 2263 Mission St. SF. 8PM. $5. Featuring Sean Keane, Bucky Sinister, Caitlin Gill and Chris Thayer. Special Guests: Barbara Holm, Andy Haynes, George Peyton Gordon III and Alice Wetterlund. 

8/3. The Business @ Nerdist Theater/Meltdown Comics. 7522 W Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles. 9PM. $8-$10. Featuring Alex Koll, Sean Keane, Bucky Sinister, Chris Garcia, Caitlin Gill and Chris Thayer. Special Guests: Bobcat Goldthwait and Guy Branum. Advanced (cheaper) Tickets: Here.  RSVP: Here. 

Oh Los Angeles.

Ohhhhhh Los Angeles.

It’s been a while since the Business and Los Angeles got friendly, and SO MUCH has been going on. We need to talk all about it when we return to Meltdown on Friday August 3rd. And we’re returning bigger and better than before. How we doin’ that you ask? Check it out:

Not just will all original members of the Business (Alex Koll, Sean Keane, Bucky Sinister and Chris Garcia) be on hand to get funny, but our two newest recruits will be with us: Caitlin Gill and Chris Thayer. It’s time to show LA what out sold-out crowds in SF already know: These two are the BUSINESS! Real talk.

What else? How about two amazing guests: Comedian/writer/actor/notary public Guy Branum and comedian/writer/actor/filmmaker/firestarter Bobcat Goldthwait! 

Plus, as always, the Medically Transported Burrito Raffle and more…

Readers’ Choice (Best Comedian): Marga Gomez, Casey Ley and Paco Romane [Tie]

Best Comedy Institution: SF Sketchfest

Best Racial Humor You Don’t Feel Guilty Laughing At: Kaseem Bentley

Best SF Comedy Tumblr: Courting Comedy

Best Tranny Comedienne: Natasha Muse

The Best Cheap Night of Comedy: The Business

Best Comedy Open Mic: Funny Mondays With Victor Torres at Deco Lounge

Best Stand-Up on the Way Up: Shanti Charan

Best Onstage Impression: Don Reed

[I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the readers of this blog. The notoriety and momentum of this experiment/experience is as yours as it is mine. Thank you to the San Francisco Bay Area comedy community for being the best comedy scene in the country (as far as I know), thanks to the Internet for keeping everything scattered and revelatory, thanks to Dana Sitar whom I’m sure had a hand in my humble embarrassment for the last few days, thanks to Emily Heller for inspiring CC’s inception (see: Sex Talk With Kaseem), thanks to David Cairns for saving Courting Comedy, and thanks to all those that deserve it (artist, photographers, producers, luminaries, content creators, dreamers, hustlers, and champions). While the anniversary is a month away, I look forward to YEAR THREE with pride and humility. - O.J.]

4/25. The Business: “Three Year Birthday” @ Dark Room Theater. 2263 Mission St. SF. 8PM. $5. Featuring Nato Green and Mike Drucker. Residents: Sean Keane, Caitlin Gill, Chris Garcia, Alex Koll and Chris Thayer. [2-for-1 Special: Here.]

Hey Party People: While you were all busy filing your taxes at the last possible second, The Business, San Francisco’s longest running alternative comedy show and foam party, turned a distinguished THREE YEARS OLD on April 15th.  We’ve survived our terrible two’s (which were not terrible at all).  We’ve made it past the Sophomore Slump (which wasn’t very slumpy at all).  And as you know, three is a very lucky number that is very important to comedy.  So far this year has been the most fun and full collection of shows we’ve ever put on.  THE MAGIC IS WORKING ALREADY!  Please come out this Wednesday night and help celebrate with us and our party pals:

Nato Green will be on hand and ready to party like it’s 2012.  Known as “The Fifth Businessman” (even though we now are six members strong, so technically he’d be “The Seventh Businessman”) Nato is back at The Biz to help prep for his upcoming FULL LENGTH COMEDY ALBUM RECORDING!  Nato speaks truth to power through the international language of love: stand-up comedy.  When not prepping for CD recordings, Nato has also been working on a documentary with and about his fellow pinko commies Laughter Against The Machine. This party just became a political party yall!

Party Dog Mike Drucker visits The Biz again to do a keg stand off our pony keg…of laughs!  A recent transplant from the Northwest, Mike has already made his nerd dominance felt throughout the Bay.  A writer for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, McSweeny’s and Nintendo (that’s right, dorks)  Drucker also recently went head-to-head with Businessman Alex Koll during a Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction battle royale at Portland’s The Bridgetown Comedy Festival. How erotic will things get this Wednesday?  Probably not much at all! 


To add to the party vibe, we will also have The DJ Real Vs. Joe Tobin Experience on-stage as our house band, some party snacks and many more surprises!

All of the regular Businessmen will be in the mix, except for Bucky, who is off pushing his poetry in Portland.  But not to worry, we’ve enlisted several holograms to take his place!  Come for the comedy, stay for the future technology!

As always, the party starts at 8pm, the party price is just $5 and party supplies are nearby at Taqueria Cancun and other hot party spots in the ‘hood.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE!