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Litquake's Bawdy Storytelling: Tales of Fake Rape, Rejection as Foreplay, and Seduction By Muppet

Members of Porn Clown Posse lead a sing-along​Bawdy StorytellingOctober 6, 2010@ The Blue MacawBetter than: Reading a dirty bookSix storytellers flanked by half-naked clowns - and one cop/clown hybrid - engaged in group therapy with about 200 sexy brainiacs last night at the Blue Macaw.Personal na ... More >>

The Outsider Is In

Members of Porn Clown Posse lead a sing-along​Bawdy StorytellingOctober 6, 2010@ The Blue MacawBetter than: Reading a dirty bookSix storytellers flanked by half-naked clowns - and one cop/clown hybrid - engaged in group therapy with about 200 sexy brainiacs last night at the Blue Macaw.Personal na ... More >>

Notaro Public

Members of Porn Clown Posse lead a sing-along​Bawdy StorytellingOctober 6, 2010@ The Blue MacawBetter than: Reading a dirty bookSix storytellers flanked by half-naked clowns - and one cop/clown hybrid - engaged in group therapy with about 200 sexy brainiacs last night at the Blue Macaw.Personal na ... More >>

Any Relation to Pam or Rosey?

Members of Porn Clown Posse lead a sing-along​Bawdy StorytellingOctober 6, 2010@ The Blue MacawBetter than: Reading a dirty bookSix storytellers flanked by half-naked clowns - and one cop/clown hybrid - engaged in group therapy with about 200 sexy brainiacs last night at the Blue Macaw.Personal na ... More >>

Trading Places

Members of Porn Clown Posse lead a sing-along​Bawdy StorytellingOctober 6, 2010@ The Blue MacawBetter than: Reading a dirty bookSix storytellers flanked by half-naked clowns - and one cop/clown hybrid - engaged in group therapy with about 200 sexy brainiacs last night at the Blue Macaw.Personal na ... More >>

For Whom ...

Members of Porn Clown Posse lead a sing-along​Bawdy StorytellingOctober 6, 2010@ The Blue MacawBetter than: Reading a dirty bookSix storytellers flanked by half-naked clowns - and one cop/clown hybrid - engaged in group therapy with about 200 sexy brainiacs last night at the Blue Macaw.Personal na ... More >>

Sketchfest Q&A: Comedian Matt Braunger

​The only cure for the crappy, rainy weather is comedy... well, comedy and beer. Luckily, the Punch Line not only sells booze, but the club will also host but the very funny Matt Braunger this week as part of SF Sketchfest. He'll be at the venue along with Kyle Kinane and Brendan Lynch this Thursd ... More >>

Sketchfest Q&A: Moshe Kasher

Frankie Norstad​SF Sketchfest brings together amazing comics in from all over the U.S., but the best news is we also get a couple of locally-grown superstars this weekend at the Punch Line when Brent Weinbach and Moshe Kasher take the stage (Thursday 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ... More >>

Sketchfest Q&As Pt 1: Jamie Kilstein

​Their backgrounds are as different as their comedy styles, but Jamie Kilstein and Reggie Watts should give dynamic, thought-provoking, and hilarious performances this week when they hit the Punch Line with Mary Van Note as part of Sketchfest. Kilstein is a subversive political comic who addresse ... More >>

Sketchfest Q&As Pt 2: Reggie Watts

​Their backgrounds are as different as their comedy styles, but Jamie Kilstein and Reggie Watts should give dynamic, thought-provoking, and hilarious performances this week when they hit the Punch Line with Mary Van Note as part of Sketchfest. Kilstein is a subversive political comic who addresses ... More >>

The Return of Swamp Thing

​Their backgrounds are as different as their comedy styles, but Jamie Kilstein and Reggie Watts should give dynamic, thought-provoking, and hilarious performances this week when they hit the Punch Line with Mary Van Note as part of Sketchfest. Kilstein is a subversive political comic who addresses ... More >>

South Pathetic

​Their backgrounds are as different as their comedy styles, but Jamie Kilstein and Reggie Watts should give dynamic, thought-provoking, and hilarious performances this week when they hit the Punch Line with Mary Van Note as part of Sketchfest. Kilstein is a subversive political comic who addresses ... More >>

Not Even Texas

​Their backgrounds are as different as their comedy styles, but Jamie Kilstein and Reggie Watts should give dynamic, thought-provoking, and hilarious performances this week when they hit the Punch Line with Mary Van Note as part of Sketchfest. Kilstein is a subversive political comic who addresses ... More >>

Because Somebody Had To: Your Gubernatorial Look-Alikes Article

While perusing the New York Times Magazine's 26.3 billion-word article on the (wo)men who would rule California -- which may well spur the rest of us to consider the merits of Nevada, Oregon, or Arizona -- a thought hit us. Not an important thought, but a thought nevertheless.For reasons unknown, se ... More >>

Race to Fame

W. Kamau Bell has built a career on examining the messy intersections of race and class in a supposedly postracial world.

TiVo Alert: Bacon Comedy!

Pale blond Irish Midwestern comedian Jim Gaffigan likes to talk about food in his act.As Bonnie Hunt introduced him on her show: "He has a wonderful fascination with bacon."Cut to Gaffigan's stand-up, an excerpt from King Baby, currently showing on Comedy Central:"Even the frying of bacon sounds lik ... More >>

He Will Ring Your Bell

Pale blond Irish Midwestern comedian Jim Gaffigan likes to talk about food in his act.As Bonnie Hunt introduced him on her show: "He has a wonderful fascination with bacon."Cut to Gaffigan's stand-up, an excerpt from King Baby, currently showing on Comedy Central:"Even the frying of bacon sounds lik ... More >>

Who Made the First Obama Joke?

This guy. Yep, San Francisco's very own comedian, writer, director, and frequent maker of race jokes, W. Kamau Bell. Or at least that's what researchers at Comedy Central concluded today after extensive archival probing. The jab in question took place on Premium Blend in 2005, wh ... More >>

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, and Patients

This guy. Yep, San Francisco's very own comedian, writer, director, and frequent maker of race jokes, W. Kamau Bell. Or at least that's what researchers at Comedy Central concluded today after extensive archival probing. The jab in question took place on Premium Blend in 2005, wh ... More >>

Stella Visits Bay Area in Dec.

Fans of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and the short-lived Comedy Central series should be happy to note that Stella is bringing their absurdist, dildo-infested comedy stylings on tour this winter. The trio consisting of David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black is slated to exhibit ... More >>

Drink Up

Fans of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and the short-lived Comedy Central series should be happy to note that Stella is bringing their absurdist, dildo-infested comedy stylings on tour this winter. The trio consisting of David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black is slated to exhibit ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Cartoon Announced by Comedy Central

Fans of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and the short-lived Comedy Central series should be happy to note that Stella is bringing their absurdist, dildo-infested comedy stylings on tour this winter. The trio consisting of David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black is slated to exhibit ... More >>

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

Fans of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and the short-lived Comedy Central series should be happy to note that Stella is bringing their absurdist, dildo-infested comedy stylings on tour this winter. The trio consisting of David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black is slated to exhibit ... More >>

Hey Now

Fans of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and the short-lived Comedy Central series should be happy to note that Stella is bringing their absurdist, dildo-infested comedy stylings on tour this winter. The trio consisting of David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black is slated to exhibit ... More >>

'A Confederacy of Cunces' at the Purple Onion Re-Pluralizes "Cunt" Thursday

Fans of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and the short-lived Comedy Central series should be happy to note that Stella is bringing their absurdist, dildo-infested comedy stylings on tour this winter. The trio consisting of David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black is slated to exhibit ... More >>

The Liberty Bell

Fans of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, and the short-lived Comedy Central series should be happy to note that Stella is bringing their absurdist, dildo-infested comedy stylings on tour this winter. The trio consisting of David Wain, Michael Showalter, and Michael Ian Black is slated to exhibit ... More >>

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Get Down With Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

Grind It Out With Pam

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

Mixtape Shmixtape

Wherein we review Yay Area mixtapes of the day

Jesus Saves

Sarah Silverman speaks the unspeakable. And funny? Oh hell, yes.

A Dork Has His Day

The Baxter can't get the girl. Except maybe just this once.

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on Nov. 24, 2004

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Things we were obsessing about on Nov. 24, 2004

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Things we were obsessing about on Nov. 24, 2004

Laugh Attack

TV stooges stand up

The Rio Frisco

Brazilians of dancers

Wigging Out

Amy Sedaris finds a seething cesspool of lucre, lust, and lunacy in Wigfield

Laugh, or We Kill the Lobster

Ben Westhoff gets inside the odd mix of cerebral and naughty humor that's taken S.F. comedy troupe Killing My Lobster to the edge of national fame

Sign Language

Cult hero Harvey Sid Fisher, creator of Astrology Songs, plays the Mission

Are You There God? It's Me, Marc

Standup comic Marc Maron writes a sharp, funny memoir about his life as a Jew

It Happens

Ohmigod! Five seasons in, South Park’s the funniest show on TV.

Killing My Lobster Breaks the Bank

A new batch of crowd-pleasing satire from the notorious sketch comedy troupe