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		<title>Undeniably Funny: Q&amp;A with Kevin Camia</title>
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		<description>Kevin Camia is one of San Francisco’s rising stars of comedy. In fact, he just won “The Golden Shingle” award as most outstanding rising stand-up star at the 2009 Rooftop Comedy Festival.  Around town he’s known as the “comedians’ comedian” with his tightly written material, dry wit, and laid-back “tell it like it is” [...]</description>
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<p>Kevin Camia is one of San Francisco’s rising stars of comedy. In fact, he just won “The Golden Shingle” award as most outstanding rising stand-up star at the 2009 Rooftop Comedy Festival.  Around town he’s known as the “comedians’ comedian” with his tightly written material, dry wit, and laid-back “tell it like it is” style. His credits include Comedy Central’s &#8220;Live at Gotham,” AZN’s “ Asia Street Comedy,” and the SF Sketchfest. On July 17th &#038; 18th, he&#8217;ll be headlining the Opening Weekend of &#8220;LIVE at the Purple Onion,&#8221; a new dinner &#038; stand-up series at the legendary SF nightclub.</p>
<p>July 17th &#038; 18th @ <a href="http://www.sfstandup.com/venues/purple-onion">The Purple Onion</a><br />
8pm, 10pm<br />
140 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco<br />
<a href="http://www.purpleonionlive.com/"><img title="buy tickets" alt="buy tickets" src="http://www.sfstandup.com/images/ticket-orange.gif"></a></p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> So, how did you get started in stand-up?</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Kevin Camia</strong>: Allan Manalo was the first Filipino comedian that I saw and I was totally impressed, so I started following him around watching his shows. I was a total groupie. At the time there was just a handful, maybe two or three Filipino comedians. I watched a lot of sets and just seeing these folks over and over, I kind of figured out how to format jokes. And then eventually got into doing shows with them at Filipino student associations events throughout the country.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You have such a distinctive comedic voice, how did you develop that?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: Finding a voice and style takes awhile for folks, but the more that you do it, it just sort of clicks and you figure it out. I started out pretty much doing a lot of dirty jokes, but I felt like they were still kind of smart with an interesting twist. Now I’m more into the storytelling type of material. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> What are your thoughts on the Dirty vs. Clean debate?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: When people hear “dirty jokes” they think it’s too easy. I like dirty jokes, and I still write them, but I only like the well-structured ones. Dirty jokes for the sake of just being dirty and shocking the crowd is not enough for me. </p>
<p>As far as people saying “you should only work clean.” It’s true, in that, if you work clean you’ll probably get more opportunities, but if it’s not in you to do that type of material then it seems kind of phony to me.  If you’re really a kind of person that has these thoughts inside that are kind of dirty, I think you should be able to go ahead and do it. And eventually the better that you get at it, you’ll find that audience that will follow you around. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Was there ever a point where your comedic style just clicked in?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: No, it was more of an evolution. It’s still evolving. There’s so much more to write about and figure out.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> What inspires you for material?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: Just anything really, but I like talking about real stuff, and then having the ability to go ahead and lie as well. So, it’s kind of a mix of things. I like writing and I like letting myself go anywhere.</p>
<p>I also used to teach stand-up comedy here in San Francisco at the Bindlestiff Studios and I’d teach the basic formulas: set-up, punch, tag. But I would always encourage folks to use that to start off with and then be able to go and do other things.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> What is your process for developing new material?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: I always keep a pad of paper in my back pocket. Now what I’m doing is forcing myself to write about different things, so take a blank piece of paper and fold it into eight different sections.  And each week fill in the sections with different stuff.  Some of it works some of it doesn’t and it just keeps my mind going.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> What are your thoughts on bombing?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: You definitely have to bomb. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t bombed in the beginning. But if you’ve got it in you, you just want to get up and do it again. Sometimes you can do material that works everywhere else, and go somewhere and it just kind of bombs. That’s just how it goes. You gotta be excited about doing stand-up when it’s good, and just as excited when it goes bad.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> How do you do that?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: I always say it’s just another day in the office. That’s my attitude about it. If it goes really well, then okay great. If it bombs, well okay there’s always tomorrow. The objective is to be consistent and always be good, but sometimes there can be situations where it’s not conducive to stand-up. It sounds like excuses, but there are things that are outside your control that can make a show not as good as it could be, like the lights are too bright or the sound is bad. Or like a bar where no one’s paying attention. It can seem like you’re bombing, but you’re doing the thing that you do. You’re doing your material.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> What’s your favorite kind of audience?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: I like an audience that’s willing to sit and listen and see where it’s going to go. Sometimes there are crowds that want it quick and fast, and it has to be rapid-fire or you’re going to lose their attention. Those crowds are tough. I don’t always like to be on my toes trying to please the crowd as much anymore. Before I used to, now I’m like “I’m gonna tell a story, let’s see what happens.” Things are written out, but I’m going to take my time a little more.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> How did you prepare for the Comedy Central taping?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: I was a little more concerned not just with the material and how it sounded, but about what I looked like. That was kind of strange. Like I was practicing more on looking forward and doing it more for TV than for a club. When I watched comedy on Comedy Central, I was really following closely how they presented the material with their body language, gestures, and facial expressions. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You’ve traveled quite a bit, what are your thoughts on the San Francisco comedy scene?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: I definitely like the San Francisco comedy scene and I’m proud to be a part of it. A lot of good comedians have come out of here. I like it because there seems to be more thought into style and content out here and people are not afraid to push those limits. That’s what I feed off of.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Who are your favorite comedians?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: Bill Burr, Maria Bamford, Patrice O&#8217;Neal, Arj Barker, Al Madrigal and JB Smoove. They are all very different from each other, but they do what they do really well.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> What does the future hold for you?</strong></p>
<p><strong>KC</strong>: A lot of folks, when they finally get a TV credit, they move to LA. And a lot of my comedian friends have either moved to LA, or are in the process of doing so. I feel like I’m going to eventually move there, but I&#8217;m going to stay in the city for a little longer.  I want to be able to have more solid material. I don’t have aspirations as much to be on TV. I do want to write films. which can be done from anywhere.</p>
<p>Right now, I’m concentrating on being the best stand-up comic I can be.  A lot of comics get so discouraged, they’re like “I don’t have a TV credit. I’m not moving up fast enough.”  It’s not even about that.  It’s about writing new material and getting as funny as you can possibly be. It’s about getting to the point where it becomes undeniable. So you can go to those rooms where nobody knows you and people walk away saying “Hey, that comic was excellent.” </p>
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<em><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kevincamia">Kevin Camia</a> headlines the opening weekend of LIVE at the Purple Onion on July 17th and 18th. For tickets and information, call 800-838-3006 or visit <a href="http://www.purpleonionlive.com/">www.PurpleOnionLIVE.com</a></em>.</p>
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		<description>On Saturday, June 6th, our illustrious hosts of Comedy Speakeasy at The Purple Onion made a visit to the KRON-4 studios in San Francisco to chat about comedy, the upcoming Bay Area Laugh Leader competition and even more comedy coming to North Beach - weekend shows at The Purple Onion starting in July! 

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		<description>Beginning July 1st, 84 comedians will compete over 10 weeks at the historic Purple Onion. The championship round will be held on September 2nd, and one winner will be crowned the SFstandup.com Bay Area Laugh Leader (B.A.L.L.). Scoring will be based on a combination of audience vote and judges&amp;#8217; vote.
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<p>Beginning July 1st, 84 comedians will compete over 10 weeks at the historic Purple Onion. The championship round will be held on September 2nd, and one winner will be crowned the SFstandup.com Bay Area Laugh Leader (B.A.L.L.). Scoring will be based on a combination of audience vote and judges&#8217; vote.</p>
<p>Visit the competition&#8217;s official site at <a href="http://sfstandup.com/ball/">SFstandup.com/ball</a>.</p>
<p>To be considered for this competition, please email <a href="mailto:purpleonion@sfstandup.com">purpleonion@SFstandup.com</a> by Monday, June 14th.</p>
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<p>If we don&#8217;t know you, please let us know your comedy background and if possible, include a link to your website or performance clips. We will still consider you if you don&#8217;t have any experience, but most of the people that will be in the competition have been performing stand-up for at least 2-3 years.</p>
<p>If you are looking to try stand-up for the first time, there are some open mikes listed on <a href="http://sfstandup.com/stagetime/">this page</a>.</p>
<p>First round shows (5 minute sets):<br />
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29<br />
August 5, 12</p>
<p>Semi-finals (7 minute sets):<br />
August 19, August 26</p>
<p>Finals (10 minute sets):<br />
September 2</p>
<p>The prizes include cash ($300 for 1st, $200 for 2nd, $100 for 3rd), stage time at top Bay Area comedy clubs, radio appearances, and more. </p>
<p>Join the Bay Area Laugh Leader <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=92453014109">Facebook group</a> and stay tuned for more details and the full line-up!</p>
<p>About The Purple Onion:<br />
The Purple Onion is one of the most historic comedy venues in America, and has frequently been voted the Best Comedy Club in San Francisco. The Smothers Brothers recorded their ground-breaking debut album there in 1961, and Zach Galifianakis filmed his popular dvd there in 2005. Phyllis Diller began her career at the Purple Onion, and other past performers include legends such as Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, and Woody Allen.</p>
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		<title>Video: David Feldman on the Late Late Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The very funny David Feldman, Emmy award-winning TV writer and former SF comic, appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last Thursday. (After what was probably one of the most awkward intros ever given to a comedian on a late night show.)

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The very funny <a href="http://www.davidfeldmancomedy.com/">David Feldman</a>, Emmy award-winning TV writer and former SF comic, appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last Thursday. (After what was probably one of the most awkward intros ever given to a comedian on a late night show.)</p>
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		<title>Christian Finnegan: One Night Only at the Purple Onion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Christian Finnegan is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of VH1&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Best Week Ever.&amp;#8221; &amp;#8220;Chappelle&amp;#8217;s Show&amp;#8221; fans will recognize him as &amp;#8216;Chad&amp;#8217;, the only white roommate in the infamous &amp;#8220;Mad Real World&amp;#8221; sketch.
This Wednesday, June 24th, Christian will be performing at the historic Purple Onion in North Beach for one show [...]</description>
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<p><a href="http://www.christianfinnegan.com/">Christian Finnegan</a> is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of VH1&#8217;s &#8220;Best Week Ever.&#8221; &#8220;Chappelle&#8217;s Show&#8221; fans will recognize him as &#8216;Chad&#8217;, the only white roommate in the infamous &#8220;Mad Real World&#8221; sketch.</p>
<p>This Wednesday, June 24th, Christian will be performing at the historic Purple Onion in North Beach for one show only. He usually plays at much bigger clubs when he stops in the Bay Area, so this is a rare opportunity to see him in such an intimate venue as The Purple Onion, and this will be his debut performance at the legendary club.</p>
<p>Wednesday, June 24th<br />
8pm (doors open at 7:30)<br />
<a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/67114"><img title="buy tickets" alt="buy tickets" src="http://www.sfstandup.com/images/ticket-orange.gif"></a></p>
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		<title>Video: Bill Burr, Conan’s first stand-up guest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Last night, Bill Burr became The Tonight Show with Conan O&amp;#8217;Brien&amp;#8217;s very first stand-up guest. Click here to check out our interview with Bill from back in March.

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		<title>Friends With Benefits:  a romantic comedy movie trailer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>by Adrian Palenchar and Jimmy Lillard
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<p>by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/adrianpalenchar">Adrian Palenchar</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Jimmy-Lillard/516584194">Jimmy Lillard</a></p>
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		<title>The Adrian Palenchar TV Show for the Internet, episode 1</title>
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		<description>The Adrian Palenchar TV Show for the Internet, by Adrian Palenchar and Michael Sanchez, with appearances by Jeff Andrews, Duat Mai, Squeeks Morales, and Kevin O&amp;#8217;Shea.
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<p>The Adrian Palenchar TV Show for the Internet, by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/adrianpalenchar">Adrian Palenchar</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/michaelrsanchez">Michael Sanchez</a>, with appearances by Jeff Andrews, Duat Mai, Squeeks Morales, and Kevin O&#8217;Shea.</p>
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		<title>Good advice from Sacha Baron Cohen’s writing partner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do you have any advice for the budding humor writer?

&amp;#8220;There are two things I would say are the key to comedy. One is character. All good comedy comes from character. In my mind, jokes are one thing, but without a convincing protagonist and somebody you care about, your comedy is on a path to nothing. [...]</description>
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<p>&#8220;There are two things I would say are the key to comedy. One is character. All good comedy comes from character. In my mind, jokes are one thing, but without a convincing protagonist and somebody you care about, your comedy is on a path to nothing. All my favorite comedies are character-based, whether it&#8217;s George Costanza in Seinfeld, David Brent in The Office, or Woody Allen. Character, character, character.</p>
<p>Number two is to have a voice. Have an opinion. Try and say something. I don’t think it’s enough to just write trifling jokes. You should have a point of view. Have the confidence in what you think. Don’t let the executives or your own self-doubt dilute what you want to say.&#8221;</p>
<p>-Dan Mazer, co-writer and former classmate of Sacha Baron Cohen, in <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2009/06/the-sacha-baron-cohen-method.html">Vanity Fair magazine</a>.</p>
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Jim Breuer is an East Coast comedian best known for his three-year stint on Saturday Night Live and his role in the cult classic, Half Baked.  He also hosts the Sirius satellite radio show Breuer Unleashed on Raw Dog 104. After an extended hiatus from stand-up comedy, he returned to comedy last [...]</description>
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<p><a href="http://jimbreuer.com">Jim Breuer</a> is an East Coast comedian best known for his three-year stint on <em>Saturday Night Live</em> and his role in the cult classic, <em>Half Baked</em>.  He also hosts the Sirius satellite radio show <a href="http://www.breuerunleashed.com/"><em>Breuer Unleashed</em></a> on Raw Dog 104. After an extended hiatus from stand-up comedy, he returned to comedy last year with his &#8220;Breuniversity&#8221; Tour of colleges across America. On November 20th, at 11 PM, Breuer will be performing at Caesar&#8217;s Palace as part of <a href="http://www.thecomedyfestival.com/thecomedyfestival/display/0,,155567,00.html">The Comedy Festival</a> in Las Vegas.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Right off the bat, I want to ask about the upcoming TBS Comedy Festival, where you&#8217;re playing Caesar&#8217;s Palace.  Have you done the festival before?</strong></p>
<p>JB: I did it last year.  Last year, I started going back into stand-up, and the Vegas Comedy Festival was the perfect place for me to launch it, because it&#8217;s very family-oriented. It&#8217;s not like, bring-your-lollipops, family-oriented, but I talk about my kids, my wife, being married, having a dad who craps himself, and taking care of the elderly. I did a midnight show with Chelsea Handler, and it was sick. Not that I was nervous, but I wasn&#8217;t too optimistic they were going to buy what I was talking about. And I left with a standing O, so I was happy.</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You had taken a break from stand-up for some time.</strong></p>
<p>JB: A long time.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> How long was the break?</strong></p>
<p>JB: A good five-and-a-half, six years.  I did spotty dates here and there to make money. I remember Damon Wayans saying, years ago, &#8220;When I start doing it for the money, I&#8217;m out!&#8221;  I remember thinking, &#8220;Why would you do it for the money?&#8221;  I was tired of stand-up, I was tired of Hollywood, I&#8217;m not a fan of the industry, and I really wanted to watch my kids grow up.  So I took time, watched my girls grow.  Now I have a whole different mission.  Before I started getting TV, I thought I was a pretty powerful stand-up.  I was on the rise at a rapid speed. Although <em>SNL</em> and <em>Half Baked</em> helped me tremendously, it really threw me.  </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Getting famous has to change your style.  You&#8217;re used to doing stand-up a certain way, and suddenly people are yelling out, &#8220;Brian Johnson!&#8221; &#8220;Goat Boy!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>JB: Right. Everyone wants to see me high the whole time. I started gearing my material for <em>them</em>, and that became very exhausting.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Now you originally came out of Long Island?</strong></p>
<p>JB: I started in Long Island, right out of high school.  I would usually work rock clubs.  Then I started hitting the comedy clubs in &#8216;85, &#8216;86. Then, I kind of pursued acting.  I was living in Florida, and I did some Nickelodeon stuff, but in &#8216;89, I committed to stand-up.  Two years later, after doing a lot of road stuff - which I loved - I went back to New York, and started getting TV and stuff.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Can I ask - I didn&#8217;t realize you have done Nickelodeon stuff.</strong></p>
<p>JB: Yeah, cheesy stuff. &#8220;Welcome Freshmen&#8221; was my first TV spot ever.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> OK. But you&#8217;ve never been slimed, right?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Never been slimed.  They offered me a regular role, but at that time, I was a full-blown road comic, and I decided to move back to New York.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> When you started out, was it your goal to be in movies and do things like <em>SNL</em>?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  I was in it for stand-up, but I was also interested in other things.  When I was 16, I said, &#8220;I&#8217;m gonna be a stand-up star, a TV star, a movie star, and a rock star.&#8221; </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Were you ever in a band?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  It was very short-lived.  Then I re-lived it about four years ago.  When I took off stand-up, we did a rock night at a club. And it did really well, but I just don&#8217;t have the confidence to continue. People show up and say, &#8220;What are you doing?&#8221; It&#8217;s very confusing for people.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> I guess it&#8217;s one thing to do &#8220;Heavy Metal Comedy&#8221; and another thing to do, &#8220;heavy metal&#8221;.</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Correct. Although people were getting into it, half of them seemed like, &#8220;What are you doing? When are you going to start telling jokes? You&#8217;re actually just going to sing all night? What&#8217;s going on?&#8221;</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Acting-wise, you&#8217;ve done a few things since <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0120693/"><em>Half Baked</em></a>. To me, it&#8217;s always seemed like a deceptively good performance, because I think people assume you were just stoned.</strong></p>
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<p>JB:  That&#8217;s part of the frustration. The great thing is, everyone loves that movie.  The bad thing is, everyone thinks I was <em>high</em> throughout the whole thing.  And they get so mad when I tell them I wasn&#8217;t.  I&#8217;ve known Dave Chappelle a long time. We had a TV show together that our manager pulled us out of.  Two great deals. Had a tremendous deal at NBC with the creator of <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098800/"><em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em></a>.  And Chappelle had basically Chris Rock&#8217;s deal. He was only 20, 21, and he already had two HBO specials and his own talk show in the works.</p>
<p>We got pulled out of that to go to Disney - long story. Eventually I get fired ten days before it airs. Years later, we keep saying, &#8220;I can&#8217;t believe they ripped us apart,&#8221; and eventually I went to <em>SNL</em>. Dave always said, &#8220;We&#8217;re gonna get them back.&#8221; He came to me personally and asked me to be in Half Baked.  I didn&#8217;t even have to audition. He said, &#8220;I know you gonna rip it up, man.&#8221;  So, I didn&#8217;t work high. I don&#8217;t work high. That was the most frustrating thing. After that, thank God I didn&#8217;t really blow up, because as I say in the act, I&#8217;d probably be walking around with leather pants and a kangaroo, just a complete ass.</p>
<p>It was a surprise. I thought the movie career was going to be blowing up after that. I thought I was a <em>monster</em> in that flick. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> It&#8217;s got a lot more lasting power than a lot of movies. I don&#8217;t remember how big it was when it first came out&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Oh, it was a tanker! </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> But people watch it all the time. It&#8217;s like <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/"><em>Office Space</em></a>.</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Yes! But, knowing that, and knowing what people&#8217;s perception is, that&#8217;s why the last two years I&#8217;ve thought, &#8220;You know what? I&#8217;m getting back into this. But I&#8217;m going to do it my way this time.&#8221; For me now, it&#8217;s family, comedy, and acting - and not so much films. When people come to see me, if they have a family, it&#8217;s almost like I&#8217;m their family therapist.  They feel so much better after they see me. &#8220;I was gonna kill my kids until I saw you. I was gonna strangle my wife, but I saw you, thank God. I want to take my dad behind the garage and put him out of his misery, and then I saw you.&#8221;</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You&#8217;ve got much different stuff going on in your life than you used to.</strong></p>
<p>JB: I&#8217;ve got elderly parents, they&#8217;re gonna die any day. I&#8217;ve got three little kids, I&#8217;ve been married fifteen years, I&#8217;ve got an alcoholic family - do I need to go any further?</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Were you worried about the audience reaction when you started talking about being a dad?</strong>  </p>
<p>JB: That&#8217;s why last year, from January to May, I did what&#8217;s called the Breuniversity Tour, where I booked 25-30 colleges. I thought, &#8220;If you&#8217;re gonna go for it, this is the test crowd. These are the guys who yell, &#8220;We&#8217;re half-baked! But, I like your material.&#8221;</p>
<p>Everything on HBO is in the vein of, &#8220;Bang &#8216;em in the ass and throw them into the cellar!&#8221; It&#8217;s very dark and dirty right now.  To walk out there, not talk about pot, and just talk about what&#8217;s going on in my life - I swear on my life - 29 out of 30 colleges ended with a standing ovation. It was so exhilarating. It was the kids that gave me the confidence to decide, OK, this is going to be a good two years.  Everyone said, you put it in such a perspective that we can relate.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Is it a different kind of act when you do a comedy club or the Vegas Festival, compared to what people see on the Breuniversity Tour?</strong></p>
<p>JB: With Breuniversity, I&#8217;m allowed to go a little farther and wider. Kids will let you go a little deeper into a subject sometimes.  With clubs, I know that&#8217;s the same audience as me, so I have no worries there. The university, I like to hit on some topics that <em>they&#8217;re</em> really into. Kids are so into the times, and what&#8217;s going on with things. I&#8217;ll be a little broader in that aspect.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Have you recorded the new special, <a href="http://www.jimbreuer.com/cleartheair.html">&#8220;Let&#8217;s Clear the Air&#8221;</a>?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  That&#8217;s recorded. I think it&#8217;s a monster. I think it will come out in the springtime. Still touring it, and I&#8217;m already working on another one with the music for maybe Summer &#8216;09.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> And is it going to be on Comedy Central?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  I believe it will. And I&#8217;m hoping this documentary I made on the Breuniversity Tour will get picked up by the festivals and/or HBO.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Is that a compilation of the <a href="http://www.jimbreuer.com/news_channel.html">Road Journals</a>?</strong></p>
<p>JB: The Road Journals are a lot funnier; the documentary is more about the relationship between a father and son.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> I want to talk about your website a little bit. How long has <a href="http://jimbreuer.com">jimbreuer.com</a> had such extensive web content?</strong></p>
<p>JB: About a year.  I want to eventually be able to go there, do whatever I feel like, and be my own network. If I want to entertain kids one week, I&#8217;ll put up a kids video. Out of all my channels, the <a href="http://jimbreuer.com/kids_channel.html">Kids Channel</a> is the most viewed.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Your Sirius radio show, <a href="http://breuerunleashed.com">Breuer Unleashed</a> - for people who don&#8217;t have satellite radio, can you give an overview of what the concept of the show is?</strong></p>
<p>JB: The concept is, this is the ultimate green room for stand-up comedy. This is pretty much what we&#8217;re like off the stage, behind the scenes.  It&#8217;s a radio show where you can turn away from all other radio. We don&#8217;t do news, we don&#8217;t do Top 40, we don&#8217;t do pop culture.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You&#8217;re not prank calling people?</strong></p>
<p>JB: No prank calls, no porn. Just finding enough in that green room to keep us going, and it has kept us going for five years so far. I&#8217;m going to take a short break from the show in &#8216;09, but there&#8217;s a <a href="http://breuerunleashed.com">website</a> where you can see clips from the show. That&#8217;s been great, because I get respect from peers like Cosby, Seinfeld, and Chris Rock, who all sat down and gave me one-hour interviews.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Was Cosby one of your heroes starting out?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Absolutely. Huge hero. And I feel like, often, he&#8217;s overlooked.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Cosby, Seinfeld, and Rock - are they your favorite guests so far?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  You know who was great too? The Blue Collar guys. Foxworthy was tremendous. Larry the Cable Guy, who I knew as Dan Whitney, and all that came out.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> The transition to becoming Larry the Cable Guy?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Yeah, and the negativity, and the people who attack him for being that, that all came out. I&#8217;ve known a lot of these guys forever. I&#8217;ve always been a fan of stand-up, and there&#8217;s no ego there.  Most people go to the show and they feel safe talking about anything.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> And it&#8217;s on satellite.</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Yeah, it&#8217;s great listening to Foxworthy just smash Hollywood.  &#8220;They don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re doing, it sucks, the networks have their heads up their asses, blah blah.&#8221;  I thought, whoa, I&#8217;ve never heard Foxworthy talk like this.  You know who was great? Charles Grodin.  He was surprisingly so funny.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You grew up on Long Island. Are you OK after the Mets season?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  They&#8217;re brutal. They are brutal. I gave them up the last week. I already saw it coming a mile away.  I was shocked they made it that far with their bullpen.  37 games with blown leads after the seventh inning.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> I&#8217;m a Giants fan, so I can relate to the perpetual shame and heartbreak.</strong></p>
<p>JB: How would you like to be the owner that paid a hundred-something million dollars for Barry Zito? And this year, you almost had to release him.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Yeah, you put him in the bullpen, try not to make him cry between starts&#8230;it&#8217;s ridiculous.  Switching gears, do you have any plans to write a tell-all book about SNL, like Jay Mohr?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  It&#8217;s already on the way. I&#8217;m a year into it.  Mine is going to be the first SNL book that doesn&#8217;t trash people.  I was tired of people saying, &#8220;Oh my god! You gotta write that in a book!&#8221;  I have cool stories.  I also have some dark, sadistic ones.  But I really take you through the process - of what led to me leaving, who specifically was a monster, what amazing guests were on.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You got there at an interesting time, because before your cast showed up, it looked like the show might go off the air.</strong></p>
<p>JB:  It was dead.  We were the rebirth, and I was kind of the NBC poster boy.  NBC was trying to get me a late night development deal, and they were pushing me onto Lorne. And Lorne was not having it. So my first few months were not pretty.  I didn&#8217;t realize what I was until some time had passed, and &#8220;Oh, so that&#8217;s what all that nonsense was.&#8221;</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> It&#8217;s also the era that hasn&#8217;t been covered by a book before. They gloss over it in the <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Live-New-York-Uncensored-Saturday/dp/0316781460">Live From New York</a></em> book.</strong></p>
<p>JB:  Yeah, no one has covered it.  This is gonna be a good one.   </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> One final question: Are you coming to the SF Bay Area anytime soon?</strong></p>
<p>JB:  I was in San Jose this summer. I&#8217;ll probably be out in the San Fran area late spring, early summer.  It&#8217;s tough; San Fran is a very critical comedy area.  That&#8217;s one of my toughest areas, because they&#8217;re so critical about their stand-up.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> You see people in the audience with their arms folded in a way that I&#8217;m not sure you see other places.</strong></p>
<p>JB: Yeah, sometimes I think, &#8220;What is up with San Fran? They are so snobby about stand-up.&#8221; But when you&#8217;ve got guys like Robin Williams that came out of there, you realize, you better step it up.</p>
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		<title>Web series: Elevator To Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In their new web series &amp;#8220;Elevator To Space,&amp;#8221; comedians Alex Koll, Louis Katz, Chris Garcia, and Sean Keane ride in a&amp;#8230; yes, you guessed it, elevator to space. 
Below are the first 2 episodes. Click here to watch all of the released episodes and keep up with the new ones.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In their new web series &#8220;<a href="http://elevator2space.com/">Elevator To Space</a>,&#8221; comedians <a href="http://alexkoll.com/">Alex Koll</a>, <a href="http://www.louiskatzcomedy.com/">Louis Katz</a>, <a href="http://chrisgarciacomedy.com/">Chris Garcia</a>, and <a href="http://seankeanecomedy.com/">Sean Keane</a> ride in a&#8230; yes, you guessed it, elevator to space. </p>
<p>Below are the first 2 episodes. <a href="http://elevator2space.com/">Click here</a> to watch all of the released episodes and keep up with the new ones.</p>
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		<title>Comics are like donuts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 21:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&amp;#8220;The Comic College is like a donut factory in that you can watch the donuts being made. You are seeing the unfinished product. Comedy clubs just sell them at retail. We make them.&amp;#8221; -Kurtis Matthews, founder of the SF Comedy College, as told to The Examiner.
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		<title>Tom Rhodes travels the world, this week the Bay Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tom Rhodes has a neat series of videos on YouTube called &amp;#8220;Rhode Scholar,&amp;#8221; documenting his travels around the world as a comedian. (This week he&amp;#8217;s at Rooster T. Feathers in Sunnyvale- click here for more details and a special ticket offer.)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sfstandup.com/comedians/tom-rhodes">Tom Rhodes</a> has a neat series of videos on YouTube called &#8220;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/kingofhaha">Rhode Scholar</a>,&#8221; documenting his travels around the world as a comedian. (This week he&#8217;s at Rooster T. Feathers in Sunnyvale- <a href="http://sfstandup.com/calendar/show.php?eventid=4713">click here</a> for more details and a special ticket offer.)</p>
<p>Here he is in San Francisco, including a performance at The Punchline, and a chat with his friend <a href="http://brianregan.com/">Brian Regan</a>.</p>
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<p>And in this one, Tom travels around the desert towns of Southern Arizona, stopping to visit his friend <a href="http://sfstandup.com/comedians/doug-stanhope">Doug Stanhope</a> in Bisbee. (Doug is <a href="http://www.sfstandup.com/calendar/show.php?eventid=4544">performing</a> at the San Jose Improv on Thursday.)</p>
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		<title>Jesse Fernandez: Vote for my film!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 02:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bay Area comedian Jesse Fernandez has a film competing in Rooftop Comedy&amp;#8217;s National College Funny Film Competition. There are currently 12 films being voted on, and the top 4 will move on to compete at the Rooftop Comedy Festival next month. Click here to vote for Jesse&amp;#8217;s film.

 What is your film about?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bay Area comedian <a href="http://www.myspace.com/3938436">Jesse Fernandez</a> has a film competing in Rooftop Comedy&#8217;s National College Funny Film Competition. There are currently 12 films being voted on, and the top 4 will move on to compete at the Rooftop Comedy Festival next month. <a href="http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/college/funnyfilm/watch/ACartoonByJesseFernandez">Click here</a> to vote for Jesse&#8217;s film.</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> What is your film about?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Jesse Fernandez</strong>: I guess, if my film has any plot line at all, it&#8217;s that I fall asleep onstage and have this very peculiar dream, and everyone gets to see it in the film. That’s a stretch though. The film is essentially a series of odd visual one-liners. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Cool song&#8230; is that you or DJ Real doing the singing and guitar playing?</strong></p>
<p><strong>JF</strong>: <a href="http://www.djrealsmells.com/">DJ Real</a> is doing the awesome guitar playing, and I’m doing the singing. It was DJ’s idea for me to sing in Spanish-sounding gibberish. I think the song came out very sincere-sounding but silly, which I love. One of my friends listened to that song and actually thought I was singing in fluent Spanish, which is fine with me too.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> Rooftop Comedy is based here in SF- do you think that gives you any sort of advantage?</strong></p>
<p><strong>JF</strong>: I wish! The voting rounds are out of the Staff’s hands, and the judging round was done by independent judges from other areas of the comedy industry. But I think being in SF is way helpful. The comedy community here is really supportive, and so are the people in the area who just love comedy. Their votes make this thing happen.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sfstandup.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/sf_orange.gif" alt="SF Standup logo" /><strong> One of the films you are up against is by a guy who goes to Scottsdale Community College- isn&#8217;t that just one step above the University of Phoenix?</strong></p>
<p><strong>JF</strong>: In the interest of diplomacy I will say that Scottsdale Community College and the University of Phoenix probably both have their strong points. A guy from Scottsdale got a film this far though, and the University of Phoenix didn’t. So in UoP’s face. Honestly, a good film can come from anywhere. I just hope everyone thinks mine is better.  Also, …<a href="http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/college/funnyfilm/watch/ACartoonByJesseFernandez">vote for my film</a>, everyone!</p>
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