He had already picked on me several times for laughing too loud, too readily (that wasn't even a joke, he chastised me at one point). I was trying hard to suppress my laughter to hold it in, to hold it back, to not fully express the joy I was feeling. I was being somewhat successful. And then I wasn't. Everyone in the audience was laughing but I was laughing too much.
Wanda Sykes - Please & Thank You Tour with Special Guest Keith Robinson: Laugh out loud with Wanda Sykes, an Emmy-winning stand-up comedian, writer, actress and producer in show business for more than 20 years. 8 p.m., Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose. bit.ly/4jwGYii SJZ Break Room Jazz Jam Featuring Thomas Pridgen: Join powerhouse drummer Thomas Pridgen and enjoy some great music while learning techniques in this jam session.
John Mulaney at the Anthem. Emmy-winning Broadway star and Saturday Night Live writer John Mulaney tells light-hearted jokes at The Anthem (Thurs-Sun, $90+, Wharf). Christmas Illuminations at Mount Vernon. Leading up to Christmas, there's a two-day fireworks event happening at Mount Vernon. The 18th-century landmark transports visitors to a winter encampment where you can meet soldiers, and greet Aladdin the Camel (Sat-Sun, $41 for adults, $33 for ages 6-11, free for ages 5 and under, Mount Vernon).
If you're an American Taskmaster fan who watches the five competitors on the British comedy series struggle onstage to come up with a steady stream of five-letter words, humanize drawings of sausages with their own doodles, or pop balloons with darts - no, not that balloon, the other balloon - and think you can do better, your time has come.
As seen on Comedy Central, Roast Battle combines the best parts of sports and standup comedy. Two comedians square off in a competition of joke writing to see who can come up with the funniest and most creative verbal insults. They make their case for victory to our panel of judges featuring the best comedian and roast battlers from all over the country!
Get ready for TownBiz Comedy Night in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood-a celebration of Oakland comedy and culture with a series of pop-up live shows across the Bay by HellaFunny. This HellaFunny comedy night takes place at the just-opened Mesa Maguey, an upscale agave bar and Oaxacan restaurant that's a perfect date-night spot with lots of delicious plates around $20 and under.
'We've been doing this monthly in LA all year, so it's become a new, upgraded version of Paulie's Dinner,' said Costabile. Basically, the main difference is that we have stand-up, we have characters come out, and then I'm also adding interviews to the format. I've been an interviewer as long as anything. This is kind of my love letter to late-night television, late-night interviews and how they used to be.
New York City is the most popular place in the country to plan a trip based around theater - and for good reason; home to Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway theaters, you could see multiple shows a day here and not get bored. However, just because New York has a reputation for being the nation's top theater destination doesn't mean that it's the only U.S. city with a fantastic theater scene.
A comedian takes five shots of whiskey in a row and tries to perform an improvised play with sober comedians. What could go wrong?! Drunk Theatre is the entirely improvised, unpredictable, and crazy comedy show that'll kick your weekend into overdrive. See what the SF Chronicle, CBS, LA Times, SF Weekly, SFGate, Thrillist, and TimeOut have all been talking about.
