San Francisco Comedy Blog

By Joe Tobin, Sean Keane and Joey Devine.

Friday, September 4th
& Saturday September 5th

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Mike E. Winfield just taped an episode of Live At Gotham for Comedy Central in New York. His other credits include Showtime’s Comics Without Borders, BET’s ComicView, and NBC’s Last Comic Standing.

This weekend, he’ll be headlining at the historic Purple Onion in North Beach.

Follow us on Twitter for a chance at a free pair of tickets, and check out our calendar listings for a discount ticket offer.

August 14th & 15th
8pm & 10pm

Starring Mary Van Note and Natasha Muse.

Welcome to the Stage is a new web series that follows Bay Area comedians Pamela Ames, Marcella Arguello, Janine Brito, and Dana LoVecchio.

by Will Franken

If I was going to be stuck on a desert island and could only bring along five reasons to go see Will Franken perform in Montreal at the Just For Laughs Festival, July 23rd to the 26th, I think there’d be no question as to what the first reason would be:

REASON 1: MONTREAL IS BETTER THAN A DESERT ISLAND

Montreal is a much better place to be than a desert island. Please bear in mind that I have neither been to Montreal nor a desert island before–but I can imagine that the latter is not as much fun as the former. If you are in Montreal, for example, there are plenty of people you could ask to help you get off of a desert island. But if you’re on a desert island–good luck finding someone to help you get off of a desert island!

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Well folks, we’re 3 weeks into the Bay Area Laugh Leader Competition, with 7 more weeks to go!

The shows have been terrific, and competition has been fierce. Here’s the results of the first 3 weeks- these are the comics moving on to the semi-finals.

July 1st:
1st place: Eric Cash
2nd place: Candy Churilla
3rd place: Duat Mai

July 8th:
1st place: Kellen Erskine
2nd place: Joey Devine
3rd place: Ray Molina

July 15th:
1st place: Miles K.
2nd place: Marcella Arguello
3rd place: Dan Wilson

Thanks to all the judges we’ve had so far, including Aaron from The Laugh Button, Kevin from Cobb’s Comedy Club and all the rest.

Keep an eye on SFstandup.com/ball to follow the competition, and join us every Wednesday through September 2nd at The Purple Onion as we crown the SFstandup.com Bay Area Laugh Leader.

Last night, hilarious San Francisco native Al Madrigal made an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.