http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:58:14 -0700 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:28:06 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2010m1d13-Comedy-showcase-comes-to-Woodys-Cafe?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner After visiting Woody's Laundromat, surprisingly one of my favorite Oakland businesses, I spotted a sign for an upcoming open mic comedy night at the neighboring Woody's Cafe scheduled for January 20. This is a showcase specifically for comedy, in add... Live Comedy stand up Open Mic Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:28:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2010m1d13-Comedy-showcase-comes-to-Woodys-Cafe?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2010m1d12-Comedy-Classes-Berkeley-Improv?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Continuing to explore comedy classes in the Bay Area, a hidden gem is improv classes at the Berkeley YWCA. Alex Lerman teaches "Improv for Fun" and "Improv for Performance". The "fun" class is perfect for beginners wh... improv classes Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:17:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2010m1d12-Comedy-Classes-Berkeley-Improv?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2010m1d4-Muni-ride-pants-optional?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Improv everywhere, the infamous collective who stages comedic street theater, is launching another No Pants! Subway ride.Well, I mean, here it will be a pantsless MUNI ride, but the idea is the same. Check out the facebook invite for details- there a... improv street theater Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:12:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2010m1d4-Muni-ride-pants-optional?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Comedy-Classes-BATS-School-of-Improv?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner  As the new year approaches, many comedy classes are starting a new term. Why take a comedy class? Some good reasons are: You have been told many times that you are funny, but don't know how to focus that into actual comedyYou are somewha... classes BATS Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:28:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Comedy-Classes-BATS-School-of-Improv?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d27-Remembering-Brittany-Murphy-hopefully-not-sporadically?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner As the universe already knows, actress Brittany Murphy passed away last week. Murophy's breakout role was in Clueless, and may be one of the best comedic performances of its time. maybe of all time? Murphy went on to fo other, er, comedies like Black... women in comedy movies Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:35:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d27-Remembering-Brittany-Murphy-hopefully-not-sporadically?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d23-Last-Minute-Gift-Ideas-for-the-Humor-Enthusiast?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner If you are still scrambling around for some last minute Christmas gifts, here are a few quick ideas for great gifts for the comedy enthusiast. Or, as one comedy enthusiast to a friend.Arrested Development, The Complete Three Seasons on dvd: Specially... classes books holiday Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:19:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d23-Last-Minute-Gift-Ideas-for-the-Humor-Enthusiast?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d17-FORKING?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Iwww.pianofight.comI found Piano Fight's previous productions of Pulp Scripture and Monday Foreplays to be mediocre. I still have not given up hope and am looking forward to giving "A Merry Forking Christmas" a try. It was a big hit with c... theater Piano Fight Off Market Theater holiday Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:56:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d17-FORKING?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d16-New-Years-Eve-is-for-laughing?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Face the facts. That night out you planned for New Year's Eve will never work out the way you think it will. You'll spend too much on entrance to a club where you'll probably stand in the corner all night holding your best friend's purse while she dr... improv Live Comedy stand up holiday Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:06:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d16-New-Years-Eve-is-for-laughing?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d12-2010-SF-Sketchfest-linup-announced-comedy-fans-rejoice-celebrate?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner On Friday, the lineup for the 2010 San Francisco Sketchfest was announced. The SF Sketchfest, founded in 2001, has become a who's-who in upcoming comedy. With the recent surge of do-it-yourself sketch videos, where anyone can showcase their comedy, a... Live Comedy stand up sketch Piano Fight Sketchfest Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:17:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d12-2010-SF-Sketchfest-linup-announced-comedy-fans-rejoice-celebrate?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Make-your-own-dvd-commentary-Bad-Movie-Night-at-the-Dark-Room?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner I usually go to the movies alone, because I often can't stand when my friend makes comments throughout the movie. I'm not paying for other people's commentary, I'm paying to see a movie. However, there are exceptions: when a movie is bad. The worse t... Live Comedy holiday movies The Dark Room Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:14:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Make-your-own-dvd-commentary-Bad-Movie-Night-at-the-Dark-Room?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Saturday-Night-Live-Help-me-digital-shorts-youre-our-only-hope?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Saturday Night Livehas the uncanny superpower of pulling in ratings despite the quality of content. lately, content has been pretty poor. Let's not even talk about January Jones' dismal attempt at hosting. This past Saturday's episode, hosted by Blak... TV sketch women in comedy video Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:04:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Saturday-Night-Live-Help-me-digital-shorts-youre-our-only-hope?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d5-New-Moon-An-easy-target?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner With the opening of Twilight: New Moon breaking records, there are sure to be nay-sayers. To be fair, it is an easy target: it's marketed towards teen girls, it portrays vampires as emo and sparkly. Just saying "Twilight sucks!" is uncreati... movies video Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:53:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m12d5-New-Moon-An-easy-target?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d25-More-Oaklandcentered-comedy?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner It seems that Oakland is building quite its own comedy community within the larger Bay Area Community. Magic Jester Theater is an improv troupe that will perform on December 11 at the Temescal Arts Center, a cozy performance space off Telepgraph Aven... improv Live Comedy stand up Stone Soup Improv Temescal Arts Center Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:57:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d25-More-Oaklandcentered-comedy?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Review-Pulp-Scripture?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Pulp Scripture has an ambitious goal: to show "what really happened" in some of the more famous-and notoriously scandalous-passages from the bible. I would call this ambitious because this premise has been done before, and also because of t... theater Piano Fight Off Market Theater religion Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:17:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Review-Pulp-Scripture?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Holiday-Hilarity?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner It's not even Thanksgiving, and several theater companies are already getting into the Christmas spirit with their productions. Coming up: Let It Snow! from the Un-Scripted Theater Company And improvised holiday musical based on an audience suggestio... improv BATS Live Comedy theater sketch Off Market Theater Stage Werx holiday Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:03:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Holiday-Hilarity?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Producers-are-practically-handing-out-tv-deals?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Last week, news broke that CBS ws optioning a tv show based on the twitter profile :Sh@*t my Dad Says. (Language not safe for work)Yes, you read that correctly: a twitter profile. This profile is the creation of Justin Halpern, an adult who recently ... TV twitter website Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:31:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Producers-are-practically-handing-out-tv-deals?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Review-Ionescos-The-Bald-Soprano-at-The-Exit-Theater?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner To the lay person, Absurdist theater is exactly that- absurd. To the seasoned theater-goer, it can still be an acquired taste. To put it very simply, works from the Theater of the Absurd "form  man’s reaction to a world apparently wit... theater Exit Theater Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:01:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Review-Ionescos-The-Bald-Soprano-at-The-Exit-Theater?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d9-BATS-Improv-doing-what-they-do-best?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner This weekend, BATS improv will have their penultimate wrap up their "Clash of the Heroes" Theatersports Tournament this weekend. Theatersports is improv at its most basic level. Theatersports refers to short improvised scenes based on a spe... improv BATS Live Comedy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:51:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d9-BATS-Improv-doing-what-they-do-best?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Book-Review-Inventory-fueling-the-obsession-of-pop-culture-junkies?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Pop culture junkies collect tidbits of pop culture information the way an obsessive collector collects every model of Pez dispenser. We acquire the information to store it away in categories in our brain, and only when that category is filled can we ... books Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:54:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Book-Review-Inventory-fueling-the-obsession-of-pop-culture-junkies?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Review-Monday-Night-Foreplays-at-the-OffMarket-Theater?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner Monday Night Foreplays is a sketch/variety show that is female-driven. This is, in fact, a lot of the driving force behind the promotion behind Piano Fight Production Company's new show now playing Mondy nights in November at the Off-Market Theater. ... Live Comedy stand up sketch Piano Fight women in comedy Off Market Theater Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:24:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-27040-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Review-Monday-Night-Foreplays-at-the-OffMarket-Theater?cid=exrss-Oakland-Comedy-Examiner