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Keith Lowell Jensen’s “To the Moon”

by Steven BloomOctober 8, 2010
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Recorded live at “Luna’s Cafe” in Sacramento, Calif.

“To the Moon” — Sacramento comedian Keith Lowell Jensen’s first comedy CD — has enough gems to make it worth your while.

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Ty Barnett at Laughs Unlimited

by lizzieAugust 8, 2010
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Headlines August 11 – 15

Ty realized for the first time that being black was going to be an issue when the doctor slapped him…twice… and made him cut his own umbilical cord!

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Joe Klocek at Luna’s Cafe

by Steven BloomJuly 31, 2010
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Headlines August 4th For One Night Only!

Joe Klocek is probably the funniest comic you’ve never heard of. Hard to put a label on but always the comic you remember, Joe is known for his ability to riff with a crowd as well as his sharp jokes about modern life.

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Special Show at Sacramento Comedy Sportz

by Steven BloomJune 15, 2010
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Special Show June 17th For One Night Only!

For regular visitors here, you know that I have a soft spot in my heart for the family friendly, very funny “Who’s Line Is It Anyway” improv games at Sacramento Comedy Sportz. One of their team members lost their home, almost all possessions, and two cats in a house fire. Sacramento Comedy Sportz is having a special benefit show this Thursday night, 6/17, 8 PM.  They are asking a minimum $5 donation, but people can donate more if they want.  All ticket proceeds go to the family.

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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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Jo Koy at Sacramento Punchline

by Steven BloomMay 5, 2010
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Headlines May 13 – 16

Since his Tonight Show performance, Jo was part of Carlos Mencia’s “Punisher Tour” in 2006. He has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, BET’s Comic View, Jamie Foxx Presents: Laffapalooza, and appeared in various VH1 I Love the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s episodes. His Comedy Central special “Don’t Make Him Angry” aired in January, 2009 and is now available on DVD. He is a regular featured comedian at the world famous Improv, tours the college circuit nationwide and performs in comedy clubs both in the US and internationally.

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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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Manny Maldonado at Laughs Unlimited

by Steven BloomMay 2, 2010
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Headlines May 5 – 9

Though Manny was born in Modesto, he has worked from coast to coast, as well as overseas for our military. He’s opened for Dave Chappelle, Dave Attell, Paul Rodriguez, George Lopez, and John Witherspoon. Manny’s television credits include BET Comic View and Que Locos. In 2007, Manny was added on the Crown Royal New Latin Kings of Comedy Tour with comedy legend Paul Rodriguez.

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Ahmed Ahmed at Sacramento Punchline

by Steven BloomMay 2, 2010
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Headlines May 6 – 9

Ahmed Ahmed was born in Egypt but moved to the US with his family when he was was one month old. Ahmed can be seen in such films and television shows as Iron Man, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, Swingers, Tracey Takes On, Roseanne, JAG, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn on Comedy Central, and MTV’s PUNK’D.

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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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