SF Sketchfest Hopes To Return in 2022 For 20th Anniversary
by After having to skip its festivities this January, the organizers of SF Sketchfest are hopeful that the pandemic won’t get in the way of their …
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Netflix cancels “Lady Dynamite” after two seasons
Maria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite now joins Jim Jefferies’ Legit and Cristela Alonzo’s Cristela as sitcoms by stand-up comedians starring those comedians that ended way too …
SF Sketchfest announces lineup for 17th annual celebration in January 2018
The biggest, longest comedy festival in the United States is coming back in 2018, and SF Sketchfest boasts an equally impressive lineup, to be presented …
Episode #69: Nato Green
Nato Green is perhaps the most activist comedian I know. And I know more than a few comedian activists. Green lives and breathes San Francisco, …
Episode #65: Jackie Kashian
Jackie Kashian is one of my favorite stand-up comedians to watch live because she knows who she is and makes no apologies for it. That’s …
Picture This! with Brandie Posey illustrates stand-up comedy while also commenting upon it
There’s a fine line between heckling and helping, and it’s drawn via invitation. A shout from the audience? Unwarranted. No, thank you. You don’t have …
Comedians reminisce about The Purple Onion; iconic San Francisco club to close Oct. 1
The Purple Onion hosted the stand-up comedy debut of the late Phyllis Diller, and has played host to live CD and DVD recordings for, among …