After 17 shows, the 43rd Annual San Francisco Comedy Competition wrapped up the month-long tour across California at a club that was formerly known as the San Francisco Improv. The audience was packed with comedy fans who were ready to …
Another wonderful, fabulous night at the Gallo Center in Modesto. Every night this show gets better. The Top Five Comics: Dauood Naimyar Mike Baldwin Dave Nihill Cristian Machado Kris Tinkle Up Next: The final show for the 43rd Annual in …
The Top Five Comics: Dave Nihill Kris Tinkle Mike Baldwin (tie) Cristian Machado (tie) Dauood Naimyar Mike Baldwin and Cristian Machado tied for third place. Up Next: There’s only two shows left. Tonight in Modesto at the Gallo Center and …
We have results from University Union Ballroom at California State University in Sacramento. It’s like someone took the Top Five from last night and flipped it over. It’s one of the strengths of the San Francisco Comedy Competition. By doing shows in a multitude of venues, no audience can unduly influence the whole thing.
The Top Five Comics:
Rossmoor might have been a private show which was closed to the public, but the show was sold out, so it wasn’t much of a secret. Rossmoor loves good comedy and this show delivered. It was TV clean night and …
After 13 shows in 10 venues, we finally have the Top Five Comics entering the Finals. Dauood Naimyar Cristian Machado Dave Nihill Mike Baldwin Kris Tinkle One of these guys will be crowned Champ. The Finals kick off at Rossmoor …
The last show of the Semifinals took place at the Luther Burbank Cener in Santa Rosa. This is one of our favorite venues because it always has a large enthusiastic crowd of comedy fans.
The Top Five Comics:
We had another tie in Chico. It’s great to see such a tight contest in the Semifinals. It’s the kind of show you want to see continue, but the Semifinals end Saturday night at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa.
The Top Five Comics for tonight:
If there’s a way to most of the show in the Top Five, it’s having a tie which technically still makes it the Top Five. That’s what we had at the Win River Resort in Redding. The Top Five Comics …
Something really funny was happening onstage during the Laughs Unlimited show. It started out as a comic brought a water bottle onstage and after they took their bow, they left their water bottle on the stool. The next comic brought …
The Semifinals started out at Laughs Unlimited in Sacramento, the same night as that seminal band of the 70’s, the Eagles played nearby at the Golden 1 Center. I guess we now know who in Sacramento loves comedy and hates …
After a great week of comedy, we finally have the Top Five results for the second week of Preliminaries: Dave Nihill Mike Baldwin Julie Ash Julian Michael Heywood Banks They will be facing Hanna Evensen, Cristian Machado, Dauood Naimyar, Kris …
We have the final Top Five for the Preliminaries from the Crow’s Nest in Santa Cruz. Mike Baldwin Dave Nihill Julie Ash Greg Behrens (tie) Adam Yenser (tie) Heywood Banks Greg Behrens and Adam Yenser tied for fourth place.
It was a great day for a comedy show in the afternoon at the Rock Wall Winery. The audience was really into the show, which was held in an airplane hangar at the Alameda Naval Station. We have a Top …
Dauood Naimyar
Kris Tinkle
Cristian Machado
Dave Nihill
Mike Baldwin
Dauood Naimyar
Mike Baldwin
Dave Nihill
Cristian Machado
Hanna Evensen
Heywood Banks
Julie Ash
Kris Tinkle