Harland Williams is a Canadian actor, comedian, author, artist, and musician. An accomplished stand-up comic, Harland is known for memorable roles in some of the most beloved comedies of the last twenty years, as well as his eclectic and unpredictable late-night talk show appearances. On Saturday, September 4th, he comes to the Herbst Theatre for a night of stand-up and sketch comedy. (Tickets)
You’re coming to San Francisco for just one night in September. Is there something special about the show that makes it a one-night-only engagement?
Why is it that so many performers go forgotten and so few are remembered? Why is it that today’s new generation of comedy fans are just as familiar with the tortured monologues of Richard Pryor, the meta-comedy of Steve Martin, or the absurdity of Andy Kaufman- decades after those performers made their initial debuts?
The answer: Originality.
In this unorthodox comedy workshop held at the legendary Purple Onion nightclub, highly-acclaimed comedian and performance artist, Will Franken, instructs students on how to develop their own unique twist on humor in order to become a more visible presence in the often monotonous world of entertainment.
After two months of competition and a field that began with 36 performers vying for the title, on Wednesday night the 2009 San Francisco Women’s Comedy Competition came to a conclusion and named Janine Brito the winner.
The competition began with preliminary rounds at The Brainwash, the popular café/Laundromat/performance space located on Folsom near 7th in San Francisco, where it could be argued every Bay Area comedian must do standup at to be considered part of the club. After multiple rounds the shows moved to Club Deluxe during the popular Monday night comedy shows near the historic Haight/Ashbury intersection.
In episode 3 of his new video series Seriously Funny, Joe Klocek sits down with one of our all-time favorite comics, Marc Maron. Taped earlier this month at SF’s Punch Line Comedy Club.
October 29th, 30th & 31st @ The Rrazz Room
10pm
222 Mason Street, SF
Madame, Madame, Madame! Where do I start? You’ve been a comic icon for decades: Laugh-In in the 60’s, you did the game show circuit in the 70’s (Match Game, Hollywood Squares), numerous variety specials, you hosted Solid Gold in the 80’s, had your own show “Madame’s Place”, had a long-running Vegas show – Madame Goes to Harlem…
Bob Saget @ The Warfield
October 16th
982 Market Street, San Francisco
I saw a news article that called you “America’s Raunchiest Comic.” How do you feel about that?
BS: Don Rickles came over to me once and said, “I really liked your HBO special, Bob, but you left out 2 ‘fucks’.” But the truth is, if you listen to the people that have been on HBO in the past year, I don’t say anything nearly as crude. It’s just the opposite thing- they saw me as a Dad on a sitcom for 8 years. People go, “why are you saying that? You’re the Dad!”
Your stuff has always been pretty twisted though- I was watching you on the Young Comedian’s Special from 1985 and you were like, “I love my Mom… and you can too for just $12.”
BS: That’s true, and for awhile because of the economy it went up to about $25, but now it’s back down again, cause times are tough. And she’s gotten older.
You’re coming to San Francisco for just one night in September. Is there something special about the show that makes it a one-night-only engagement?
