comedy

01 Sep 2011

Pan Theater: Cheap Improv Comedy

“Can I get a suggestion for an occupation? Dentist, thank you, I heard dentist.” and thus starts an improv show. However, Pan Theater doesn’t put on the typical improv show. Absent are the corny, Whose Line Is It Anyway? games. Pan Theater specializes in long -form improv; narrative stories that

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15 Aug 2011

Discounted Tickets to The Kong Show: Summer Staycation, Tonight at Iguana!

  Mondays are anything but a laughing matter.  I don’t know about you, but after a weekend tarnished by a stormy Sunday, I kind of feel like I got screwed out of my non-work day fun.  What’s a girl to do when she has a major case of the Monday

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13 Jun 2011

Live in SF? Go to SF Live!

Details are curiously scant on the event we’re gonna talk about today. But that makes it all the more mysterious and alluring, yes? I haven’t been yet, but I’m intrigued, and what I can tell you is that San Francisco Live is a FREE show on Monday nights in June

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17 May 2011

Broke-Ass Comedian Interview: Sean Keane

Last week, I took a break from “Broke-Ass Band Interviews” to conduct my first ever “Broke-Ass Comedian Interview” with Emily Heller. Interviewing a person whose job it is to be funny takes the pressure off of me, whose job it is to be funny. So you’ll be getting to know

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10 May 2011

Broke-Ass Comedian Interview: Emily Heller

I’ve been conducting Broke-Ass Band Interviews for a while. This is my first Broke-Ass Comedian Interview. Way better. I seriously almost pissed myself while reading the responses that I got from Emily Heller, local San Francisco comedienne extraordinaire. She makes musicians like me wary of ever even attempting to be

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10 May 2011

Three Cheers For Pasties! See The Dapper Flappers’ Burlesque Show This Thursday

It’s that time of year. The sun is out, allergies are kicking up, and clothing starts to shed. You can always tell when spring has finally sprung based on necklines getting lower and hemlines getting higher (applies for guys as well with the advent of the deep V-neck). It’s a

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28 Mar 2011

FREE Screening of Hilarious Horror Film

Picture an arid desert landscape: cacti growing peacefully, small animals seeking shade from the sun’s cruel rays, sand as far as the eye can see. Then, a rustling, a disturbance beneath the ground: A black rubber car tire, of its own volition, rises from the sand, stands upright, and rolls

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14 Mar 2011

No Sense of Humor, No Date?: The YouTube Test

My roommate and I have talked about how sometimes, we have an unofficial comedy litmus test when we’re first starting to get to know guys we’re dating. It’s not necessarily as simple as, if you don’t find this funny, I won’t date you, but it’s just sort of a way

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