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Shawn & Marlon Wayans at Tommy T’s!

by lizzieAugust 6, 2010
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Headlines September 10 – 12

Shawn was born January 19, 1971 in New York City. He and his siblings were raised in relative poverty. Shawn said about his notably humorous family in Jet: “Dinner itself was funny because we didn’t have nothing to eat. So we had to crack each other up for dinner in order to fill each other up.”

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Big Jay Oakerson at The Punchline!

by lizzieAugust 6, 2010
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Headlines September 30 – October 3

Jay Oakerson began honing his storytelling style of stand-up comedy after a series of dead-end jobs, like driving around strippers and escorts in his hometown of Philadelphia. This won him the comedy portion of the Salem Orb-E Future Faces Competition and gave him the chance to perform at New York City’s noted comedy club Carolines on Broadway.

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Sugar Sammy at The Punchline!

by lizzieAugust 6, 2010
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Headlines September 23 – 26

The Hollywood Reporter just named him one of the top 10 rising comedy talents from around the world, and Askmen.com dubbed him “Comedy’s New Rock Star”.

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Michael Ian Black at The Punchline!

by lizzieAugust 6, 2010
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Headlines September 17 – 19
From “Stella” &
“Michael and Michael Have Issues”
Michael Ian Black is a multi-talented actor, writer, comedian and director. He’s also a filmmaker, having written and directed the MGM DVD release, “Wedding Daze,” starring Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher. He also wrote the original screenplay for “Run, Fatboy, Run” (2008), starring Simon Pegg [...]

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Chris Hardwick at The Punchline!

by lizzieAugust 6, 2010
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Headlines September 10 – 12

Host of G4’s “Web Soup”!

I am Chris Hardwick. You probably recognize me from TV. You don’t realize that’s where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin’s friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled across me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV’s Singled Out and Noam Chomsky’s Shipmates.

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Adam Carolla at The Punchline!

by lizzieAugust 6, 2010
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Headlines September 9 th For One Night Only!

The Adam Carolla Show remains the internet’s most downloaded daily broadband show since its debut in March of 2009… #1 on iTunes with over 150,000 daily listeners, Adam Carolla is the only star in Hollywood who puts out fresh comedy everyday on his own website AdamCarolla.com… Guests have included Alec Baldwin, Danny DeVito, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, Jay Mohr and scores of the funniest comedians working today….

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Joe Derosa at The Punchline!

by lizzieAugust 6, 2010
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Headlines September 2 – 5

Joe DeRosa started stand-up comedy by hitting the Wednesday night open mic at the Laff House in Philadelphia, PA. Within a year, he was a regular there and at all the major clubs in the surrounding area. It wasn’t long before Joe made the jump to New York City to take up comedy as a full time gig. He quickly began working at New York venues such as Caroline’s, Stand-up New York, the Comic Strip, and Gotham Comedy Club.

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Conan Tour Rocks Sacramento

by Steven BloomMay 7, 2010
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A capacity crowd filled the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium with screams Thursday night as the lights went down on the Sacramento leg of Conan O’Brien’s Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour. For more than two hours, Team Coco kept the crowd thoroughly entertained and gave the impression that Sacramento was the only stop on its tour, not one of 30.

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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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Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company in Sacramento

by Brian CrallMarch 16, 2010
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Headlines March 18th for One Night Only!

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has two locations- one in New York and the other in Los Angeles.  If you want to see some of the funniest comedians in the business, and your travel plans are not taking you to the Big Apple or Hollywood- don’t despair.   On Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 7:30PM the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company will be performing at the University Union Ballroom on the campus of California State University, Sacramento.

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