http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:18:18 -0700 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:11:35 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m10d2-David-Letterman-affairs-and-extortions-gossip?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner An affair with Richard Simmons would be more interesting. I feel it's my duty to speak to the David Letterman affair.  "Hello David Letterman affair.  How are you?  Tired?  I thought so."   Are we surprised t... David Letterman Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:11:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m10d2-David-Letterman-affairs-and-extortions-gossip?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m9d6-Is-India-funny?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Alicia Dattner in Eat, Pray, Laugh! So, I'm about to premiere my second one-woman-show!  It's about my solo trip to India, and it's going to be at the San Francisco Fringe Festival starting this Thursday.  I would love to have you come se... Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:47:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m9d6-Is-India-funny?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Jane-Austen-Unscripted?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Cast of improv troupe for Jane Austen Unscripted comedyThis is an amazing lineup of comedians.  If you're thinking, "chick show," you couldn't be more wrong.  I haven't seen them, but I know it's going to be amazing.  Here's... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:43:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Jane-Austen-Unscripted?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-San-Francisco-Comedy-Competition-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Comedian Jim Short Past champion Jim Short will return to his old stomping grounds to host the first round of the 34th Annual San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition beginning Wednesday, 9/9, at the Purple Onion. Contestants who have been recruit... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:37:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m8d30-San-Francisco-Comedy-Competition-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Eat-Pray-Laugh?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Jewish princess seeks Indian guru for one life stand.So, I've been writing my second one-woman-show all year.  It's about my solo trip to India, and it's going to premiere at the San Francisco Fringe Festival in just three weeks!  I would ... Alicia Dattner Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:01:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Eat-Pray-Laugh?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Jon-Lajoie?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Jon Lajoie...  want some of this?Jon Lajoie from  Funny or Die is funny.  I talked with him today to hear a bit more about his show.  If you know and like him from the inter-web, you will love this show at Cobb's Comedy Club thi... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:48:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Jon-Lajoie?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Sure-Im-laughing-but-is-it-comedy?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Alicia Dattner leads laughter yoga every week.. I have seen a lot of standup comedy.  I have seen thousands of comedians perform in the last dozen years.  And I've performed somewhere between one thousand and two thousand times...  W... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:59:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Sure-Im-laughing-but-is-it-comedy?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Solo-Sundays-from-directors-W-Kamau-Bell-and-Bruce-Pachtman?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Nicole Maxali debuts her solo showI've mentioned in my blog, W. Kamau Bell (2008 SF Weekly Best Comedian), a mentor of mine in standup comedy for two or three years.  Ok, so fellow performer/director Bruce Pachtman (who actua... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:07:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Solo-Sundays-from-directors-W-Kamau-Bell-and-Bruce-Pachtman?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d28-Comic-Jon-Lajoie-from-Funny-or-Die-at-Cobbs-Comedy-Club?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Jon Lajoie looking like Liz Phair's Flower. So this comedian Jon Lajoie is coming to Cobb's Comedy Club to perform this weekend.  He's on Funny or Die, which is often very funny and not so much dead, so I decided to have a virtual cup of coffe... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:44:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d28-Comic-Jon-Lajoie-from-Funny-or-Die-at-Cobbs-Comedy-Club?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d28-William-Shatner-takes-on-Sarah-Palin-pulled-from-Youtube?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner William Shatner on Star Trek A couple of nights ago on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, William Shatner took parts of Sarah Palin's goodbye speech and rendered them in a way that only he can.  He and maybe Ginsberg.  With bongos and ba... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:06:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m7d28-William-Shatner-takes-on-Sarah-Palin-pulled-from-Youtube?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Coexist-Comedy-tonight?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Keith Lowell Jensen, comedian, atheist. So "Coexist? Comedy" is holding court tonight at The Clubhouse (which is the performance venue of the infamous San Francisco Comedy College.) Coexist Comedy Tour, like the other infamous tours,... Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:52:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Coexist-Comedy-tonight?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Killing-My-Lobsters-staycation?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Killing My Lobster is back....   Killing My Lobster is perhaps the most well-known sketch comedy troupe in San Francisco.  No wonder, they've been around for years.  I once saw a show of theirs called "Circus of Failure&quot... Mon, 25 May 2009 18:41:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Killing-My-Lobsters-staycation?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Comedy-at-the-Makeout-Room-The-Romane-Event?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner   Hip AND funny?  It all happens here at the Makeout Room. So I'll be performing at the Makeout Room this Wednesday....  You should totally come out at see the show.  Caitlin Gil is really funny, so that makes two funny women.&nb... Mon, 25 May 2009 15:50:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Comedy-at-the-Makeout-Room-The-Romane-Event?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d14-Lord-Carrett-and-Phil-Lee-at-the-Purple-Onion?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Rockabilly comedy with Lord Carrett So I've pondered the question about whether you can have funny and beautiful in the same woman.  The answer is of course yes.  It's easier to be a funny woman if you're not particularly beautiful, but e... Thu, 14 May 2009 14:08:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d14-Lord-Carrett-and-Phil-Lee-at-the-Purple-Onion?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d4-The-color-of-funny-comedy-show?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Sweet-lookin' comic Ali Mafi is funny, too Lisa Geduldig, powerhouse producer of Kung Pao Kosher Comedy has got a new show in her lineup: "The Color of Funny: A Multi-Culty Comedy Show" featuring African American, Muslim/Iranian, Latina, ... Mon, 04 May 2009 23:38:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m5d4-The-color-of-funny-comedy-show?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m4d27-The-Romane-Event-Comedy-Show-this-Wednesday?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner I have always loved performing at Paco's show.  The room is hip, but it's also fun and playful.  There's a DJ who kicks out transitional jams in between comics, and everyone who performs here is funny or fun to make fun of.  On the las... Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:23:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m4d27-The-Romane-Event-Comedy-Show-this-Wednesday?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Alicia-does-The-Punchline-in-Phoenix?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Alicia, day-tripping to Arcosanti from the Phoenix Fringe This week I travelled to Phoenix to perform.  I am inspired by the magical bird who, every 500 years, builds a nest, sets it alight, and burns in its own fire.  It then rises anew fr... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:07:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m4d8-Alicia-does-The-Punchline-in-Phoenix?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m3d19-Paula-Poundstone-rocks-Cobbs?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Paula: I heart jokes.Paula Poundstone will be at Cobb's Comedy Club Friday and Saturday!  She's one of my favorite comedians, and I'll be there on Friday or Saturday night...  I think it'll be my first time seeing her in person!  Whet... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:30:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m3d19-Paula-Poundstone-rocks-Cobbs?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Is-it-hard-to-do-comedy-as-a-woman?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner Cathy Ladman does standup   Comedy is a man's world.  But it wouldn't be nothin' without a woman or a girl.  How do women rise in comedy?  It's not easy.  Women have to walk a line in comedy--being a funny woman challeng... Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:10:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Is-it-hard-to-do-comedy-as-a-woman?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Everything-is-amazing-and-nobodys-happy?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner   Comedian Louis CK gets It. Conan does panel with Louis CK, and they're talking about technology...   A bunch of people were posting this clip on Facebook, and I watched it...  Huzzah!  Only Louic CK could make an airplane b... Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:33:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-453-SF-Comedy-Examiner~y2009m2d25-Everything-is-amazing-and-nobodys-happy?cid=exrss-SF-Comedy-Examiner