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Interviews

Cedric The Entertainer – Working Hard!

by Steven BloomJuly 27, 2010
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An Americas Comedy.Com Interview

Comedian Cedric The Entertainer is one of the hardest working men in the entertainment business. Perhaps you love him from his roles in Barbershop, Be Cool or The Original Kings Of Comedy. You may have became a fan of his voice-over roles in Madagascar, Charlotte’s Web or The Proud Family. Maybe it was his staring role in the hit Johnson Family Vacation. Anyway you look at it, Cedric IS “The Entertainer.”

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Iliza Shlesinger – Sweet, Smart, Sexy!

by Steven BloomJuly 27, 2010
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An Americas Comedy.Com Video Interview
Iliza Shlesinger is sweet, smart and sexy. In addition to being the first woman winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing in Season 6, she is also the youngest person to win that honor.

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Lady Business at Sacramento Comedy Spot

by Steven BloomJuly 19, 2010
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Headlines July 24th For One Night Only!

“Lady Business,” the name of the newest, and to our knowledge only, all-female improv troupe in the Sacramento area is quite the misnomer. These six very funny girls certainly aren’t “ladies” in the conservative, Emily Post kind of way.

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Melissa Peterman Takes Sacramento

by Danielle MandellaJuly 12, 2010
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Melissa Peterman takes her time weaving through the audience, savoring the tidal wave of energy she has created, even stopping to dance with a lucky young lad in the front row before taking the mic and unabashedly flirting with an even luckier older lad in the front row…

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Felipe Esparza – What’s Up Fool?

by Steven BloomJune 17, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

Listening to comedian Felipe Esparza is a cross between listening to Cheech Marin from Cheech and Chong fame and hanging out with your funniest”homeboy.”   They both have the East L.A. accent and down to earth sense of humor that comes from growing up in the barrio.

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Henry Cho – “I Reckon So”

by Steven BloomMay 25, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

Henry Cho’s fairytale career began in 1986 when, as a student at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville,  he entered a “Funniest Person in America” contest sponsored by the Showtime network.

Cho, who is a full blooded Korean, but raised in the heart of the south, walked out onto the stage and in his deepest, most southern drawl stated, “So, I’m from the south. So I guess that makes me South Korean.” It was a juxtaposition ‘hook’ that launched his career.

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Ahmed Ahmed Speaks To SacramentoComedy.Com

by Steven BloomMay 12, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Video Interview

Ahmed Ahmed, comic, actor and now producer/director appeared at the Sacramento Punchline recently on his headline tour. While he was here, we got a chance to sit and visit with Ahmed and talk about his name, his career and his new movie, “Just Like Us” which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April.

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Ralphie May Is Living The Dream

by Steven BloomMay 9, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

You may not think that the name ‘Ralphie’ is something that you would call a 390+ pound man. But, in the case of comedian Ralphie May, it’s just fine. May, 38, who was named one of the “Top 10 Comics To Watch” in 2008 by Variety Magazine, was given that nickname as a young boy growing up deep in the heart of the south.

May, who will be performing his 2 hour show this Thursday at The Crest Theater, likes to tell people that his shows are about 2 hours in length, for a reason.

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Kevin Pollak Is Ridiculously Talented!

by Steven BloomMay 2, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

Kevin Pollak was meant to perform. From his early start telling jokes at family Passover dinners at age 10, to catching hell for doing impressions of his high school coach, Kevin was born with a natural talent to entertain.

Kevin took time to speak with Sacramento Comedy.Com about his upbringing, his early ascent into comedy clubs, his appearances in more than 60 feature movies, the “Kevin Pollak Chat Show” and his newest online venture, “Vamped Out.” Pollak has called stand-up comedy his first love, what “feeds the beast.” We asked him to elaborate.

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Ahmed Ahmed is Not What You Think

by Steven BloomApril 29, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

With a name like Ahmed Ahmed, in this day and time, you might think that it could lead to some misconceptions with some of our government law enforcement agencies. If so, you’d be correct.

We caught up with the Axis of Evil and Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Tour star by phone in New York. Having just completed his first appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival, premiering ‘Just Like Us,’ his freshman directorial debut earlier in the week. We decided to start off by asking, (very politely), about..

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