Yes, my labored attempt at a portmanteau can only mean one thing – The San Francisco SketchFest is upon us. The 2007 line up has just been announced and tickets have already gone on sale. With acts including UCB’s ASSSSCAT, Mystery Science Theater 3000, STELLA, The Bruce McCulloch Project and a tribute to Paul Reubens, you’ll want to catch this…
Torrential rain? Freezing temperatures? Hurricane-force winds and state-wide black outs? Summer sure seems far away. None the less, it’s time already to apply for SketchFest NYC in June ’07! The last two years of the Festival have been a huge success, featuring over thirty different sketch comedy groups from across the country, sold-out shows, standing ovations,…
Actor and Comedian Peter Boyle, famous for his roles at the tap-dancing monster in Young Frankenstein and perhaps more recently as the dad in Everybody Loves Raymond, died last night in New York. He was 71. A large man, Boyle was often typecast as the irascible scoundrel (Taxi Driver, Joe), despite his background in comedy…
Here’s yet another a reminder sketchfans, that you have two more days before SketchFest Seattle, with Scarecrow Video and Neumos Nightclub bring you the comedy of Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter! Two Michaels for the price of Juan! These cult icons and stars of such sketch classics as MTV’s…
There’s some mighty fine comedy in Seattle this weekend. Mighty fine. We begin with the latest Seattle excursion from SketchFest favorites The Cody Rivers Show and their all-new show, Tangle, which opens Friday! Like frosty Hobbits departing the comforts of their home in Bellinghamshire, they’ll be braving the icy dangers Sauron’s I-5 corridor to fulfill their mission…
…you are reading this today (November 27th 2006) from somewhere in or around LA, then go see this show tonight: All American Push Up Party All American Push Up Party is a character-based solo show performed by Dusty Warren (of Flaming Box of Stuff). He has performed the show in…
Don’t forget that this Thursday, comedy phenoms Kasper Hauser will be playing with Dusty Warren at the “don’t call it ‘the’” rebar as a part of their national tour promoting their new book SkyMaul. We highly recommend this show! Thurs., Nov. 30, 2006 8:00 pm (7 pm doors) tix $12.00 Re-bar • 1114 Howell St. Advance tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ And now…
What’s better than Michael Black and Ian Black put together?! Three words: Free Banana Smoothies. Oh, and also Michael Ian Black is coming to town. Yes, Michael Ian Black, co-founder of MTV’s cult sketch comedy hit The State and Comedy Central’s STELLA, as well as star of Wet Hot American…
For those looking for a chance to see/hear/touch/taste comedy this weekend there are actually a slew of events to choose from. As previously mentioned both Train of Thought and The Pork Filled Players have shows this weekend. Scroll down a few entries for all the details. Elsewhere are two exciting…
Seeing how Sketchfest Seattle doesn’t have a single current staff member under thirty, we’ve taken to placing the word “the” before all proper nouns younger than ten years old. That said, we’d like to announce our new page on “the mySpace.” Yes, we’ve finally caved in and plummetted into the…
