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Interviews

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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Debbie Campo Hosts Laugh Your Way To Love

by Steven BloomApril 26, 2010
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What do you get when you mix alcohol, a singles mixer and a comedy show? You get to find out for yourself this Wednesday night at the Sacramento Punchline. Comedian Debbie Campo is the Founder /MC/ Matchmaker of ‘Laugh Your Way To Love,‘ the hybrid mashup of stand up comedy meets ‘The Dating Game” meets the singles mixer.

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Will Durst is Lt. Governor of the State of Confusion

by Steven BloomApril 23, 2010
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Will Durst, the 5 times Emmy nominee and one of the country’s best known political humorists, is bringing his one man show, “Lieutenant Governor of the State of Confusion” to Sacramento’s Crest Theater. Durst, has been compared to the likes of Will Rogers and Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory.

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Jennifer Coolidge is Sexy Funny

by Steven BloomApril 19, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

Jennifer Coolidge is beautiful. Whether you wish she was your best friend’s mother, your manicurist/advocate, your messed up friend or just your date for the evening, depends on not only your age but what movie or TV show you saw her in last. Coolidge, who has been a leading character actress for over 20 years is tackling a new segment of her creativity; that of a stand up comedian.

We met in the green room at Tommy T’s Comedy Club in the Sacramento suburb of Rancho Cordova before her final show for the weekend.

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Josh Blue – A True African American?

by Steven BloomApril 12, 2010
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An Americas Comedy.Com Video Interview

We were able to catch up with Josh Blue during his stop over in Sacramento, CA to headline at the Sacramento Punchline comedy club. Josh spoke to us about his roots on the African continent in Camaroon and Senegal, his start in comedy with Carlos Mencia, his growing family and, of course, his win on Last Comic Standing’s fourth season!

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Laughter – The Breast Medicine!

by Steven BloomApril 6, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

What do you call four male comics packed into a pink van, touring the country for four months performing stand-up comedy and raising funds and awareness for the Susan G. Komen Society?

I guess you could say that we are just “boobs for boobs,” laughed Brendan T. Gleason, one of the four comics coming to the Sacramento Punchline April 14.

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Darren Carter – Spread The Red!

by Steven BloomMarch 25, 2010
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An Americas Comedy.Com Interview

Darren Carter, a freckle faced, red headed, pastie skinned youngster was raised in a predominately Latino area of Fresno, California. As he points out in his act, put a pair of dark rimmed glasses on the redhead and he was quickly dubbed “the Rooster” and the name followed him throughout his childhood. It was there that Carter learned to rap, break dance and use comedy as his method of acceptance into the neighborhood. He knew early on that intimidation just wasn’t going to work! “Hey homie, whatcha gonna do, peck me to death?”

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Suzanne Westenhoefer – Funny AND Lesbian

by Steven BloomMarch 14, 2010
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A Sacramento Comedy.Com Interview

“Does sexuality matter in the comedy business?” I asked Suzanne Westenhoefer, who has been credited as the first lesbian comic to come “out”  in mainstream comedy.

Lesbian Activist and Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer Speaks To Sacramento Comedy.Com. Westenhoefer, who performs at comedy clubs throughout the nation is performing in Sacramento March 19th at the Center for Spiritual Awareness to a sold out crowd.

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Dat Phan and the Zen of Comedy

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

From homeless to headliner, Dat Phan knows what it means to work hard to achieve your goals. His story is another  “American dream” come true for someone willing to put it all out there. Most people know him as the “come from behind” winner of the first season of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” but today, seven years later, he is still writing, still charting and still headlining comedy clubs around the country.

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