Lingering feels.
Comedy god Joan Rivers once said that one of the perks to a comic’s lifestyle was being a “warm blanket to put around everyone.” Five years ago I was introduced to Caitlin Gill primarily through her arms, affectionately referred to as “the scoops” (because they were forged by eating scoops of ice cream). Caitlin …
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Guns are fun. I can’t deny that. Most comedy about guns is about negligence, overabundance, or just plan wackiness. Isaac Hayes (RIP) in I’m Gonna Get You Sucka comes to mind. Cartoons with anthropormophic bullets rounding corners and skidding to a halt to read a sign and jetting off in the opposite direction as their …
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Big Homies are important in the San Francisco comedy scene. They tell you where to go, who to talk to, where to hang out. They show what it is to be a polished, professional type. They give you that critical feedback and validation of they like your work. Might even take you under their wing, …
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It was a fine compromise for missing the comedy show to watch it uncomfortably from the comfort of my home. Angled on my smart phone, craning my head and hand to share it with my cuddled up boo. Flummoxed by the unavailability to load it up on my PS3 or my Roku* or Apple …
Continue reading "Crack (Up) The Code: SeeSo’s The Guest List (2/16/2016)"The Show: Curtain Call And Poll. Next Show’s Going to be “Kingdom” themed #sfcomedy #sylvanproductions A photo posted by Courting Comedy (@courtingcomedy) on Feb 8, 2016 at 6:13pm PST Fine af first outing from the indomitably male Sylvan Productions—at least on stage, shouts to Alyssa on tech. Live from PianoFight (and every month hereafter) …
Continue reading "Sketch Saturday: Last Week’s Sylvan Productions’ “The Show” (Quick Takes And Impressions) | Sponsored"Over the last year, UQAQUA of Endgames has committed themselves to defusing disputes and rousing contrition with The People’s Non-Binding Arbitration, a judiciary-themed improv comedy show in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. After hearing two sides of an argument—any argument will do, I’ve personally heard burrito v. burrito, musicals v. not-musicals, wine …
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Wildly talented Kelly Anneken is a one-person army of charisma. Most interviews, in person or via correspondence, ALWAYS requires a little teasing out, a little leaning, a few follow ups. Not so much with Kelly, the loquacious proprietor of Femikaze, Hobo Pancakes, Up Yours, Downstairs and a litany of laudable comedic achievements. She took all my …
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Birthed in 1988, my cognition didn’t really kick in until 1995. Even then, growing old, alcoholism, and repressed memories have rendered the last hurray of the 20th Century an ambiguous mess. I remember more about the “I Love the” series than I remember about my own childhood. And, outside of cartoons and learning that I …
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Can you feel a brand new day (that’s familiarly similar to all the other days)? That’s what this video proposes in answer to the questions of why NBC’s The Wiz Live! was soooo black? Like, hella black? Like, uncomfortably black? So many people decried that The Wiz Live was inherently racist, reverse racist, due to a …
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When I said I wanted beef, I didn’t mean literally. Such as the scene last Monday at Uqaqua’s People’s Non-Binding Arbritration (presented by Endgames Improv, and Stage Werx, shows practically every day of the week), featuring a debate (and improv show) pitting a Grilled Chicken from La Cumbre and a Super Carne Asada from El …
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