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Paul Provenza – In The Green Room

by Steven BloomAugust 2, 2010
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An Americas Comedy.Com Interview

Paul Provenza wants to take you behind the scenes where only comedians hang out. He knows that the funniest, most creative material comes after the show.

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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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What ever happened to Dana Carvey?

by Steven BloomMay 25, 2010
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A few weeks ago, Tony Hicks from the Contra Costa Times had a chance to talk with Dana Carvey as he was getting ready to perform for the HomeAid Northern California benefit in Walnut Creek California.
In the interview, Carvey talks about how he was actually the first one offered David Letterman’s job on the [...]

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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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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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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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