The Definitive Guide to Comedy
The semifinals began this week for the 2008 Seattle Comedy Competition, with the following 10 comedians assured of at least $500 and in the running for $5,000 and a record contract: Drew Barth, Seattle WA Lars Cailliou, Edmonton AB Canada Tyler Hawkins, Edmonton AB Canada Nate Jackson, Lacey WA Todd …
And now, the five comedians advancing from the first week of preliminary competition in and around San Francisco this year are…1) Tyler Boeh, 2) Brent Weinbach, 3) Murv Seymour, 4) Jose Sarduy, 5) Dax Jordan Week Two of the San Francisco Comedy Competition begins Wednesday.
Prelim 4 is when everything you thought you knew about the Boston Comedy Festival contest went out the window and onto the bricks and cobblestones below. A much stronger field of contenders — perhaps five or six of the 12 comics could’ve landed the two semifinalist slots. And yet. Well…let’s …