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December
4th - 7th, 2008 — Thursday-Sunday
Aries
Spears
From
"MAD TV"
Aries Spears has kept a busy schedule
since becoming a regular on Fox's "Mad TV." His quick
wit, charisma and ferociously aggressive style of
comedy have earned him critical acclaim and given
him the chance to star in feature films, appear on
a number of national talk shows, and continually tour
the country doing stand-up.
As a principal cast member on Fox's hit sketch comedy
show "Mad TV," Aries brought a fresh, hip style to
the already-edgy program from the third through the
tenth season. Some of the many recurring characters
that Aries is famous for on the show include: Belma
Buttons, Bill Cosby, Jesse Jackson, Mike Tyson, Walter
(Crackheads), Dollar Bill Montgomery, Shaquille O'Neal,
The Klumps, Michael Jackson, Sisqo, Evander Holyfield,
El Diablo Negro and more. The Aries-branded sketch
"Talkin' American" was "Mad TV's" most popular bit,
keeping fans tuned in and boosting ratings impressively
on Saturday nights. Aries has also appeared on Fox's
"The Best Damn Sports Show Ever," "Late Night with
Conan O'Brien," "Late Friday," and his own "Comedy
Central Presents" special as well as a memorable guest
appearance on "Mind of Mencia."
Stand-Up,
Sketch and more from
Todd Barry, Bob Odenkirk,
Laura Silverman, Kasper Hauser
and host Chris Hardwick
Be the first to hear about highlights of the upcoming
8th Annual SF Sketchfest at this special one-night-only preview
show! SF Sketchfest organizers will announce some of the incredible
headliners and special shows in store for January—then turn
the mic over to host and festival favorite Chris Hardwick (Hard
‘n Phirm). The evening will feature live performances from
Todd Barry (Tinkle, Red Wine Boys), Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show with
Bob and David, The Ben Stiller Show), Laura Silverman (The Sarah
Silverman Program), and sketch comedy wizards Kasper Hauser (SkyMaul).
Plus, one lucky ticket holder will win a pair of tickets to ANY
three shows of their choice in the upcoming festival – that’s
six free tickets – and trust us, there is a bevy of hot, exclusive
shows no one will want to miss!
Probably best known as Officer James Garcia on Comedy
Central’s hit show “Reno 911,” Carlos Alazraqui
has also made many appearances on VH1 and E! TV, as well as his
many voiceovers, as Mr. Crocker on Nickelodeon’s “Fairly
Odd Parents,” Rocko on “Rocko’s Modern Life,”
and Lube and Winslow in “Cat/Dog.” Alazraqui was also
the voice on one of the most recognizable campaigns in commercial
history – “Yo Quiero Taco Bell.”
Carlos starred in his own half hour stand up comedy
special on Comedy Central, and regularly performs at the Hollywood
Improv, the Ice House, the M Bar and the Knitting Factory in Hollywood.
He recently completed shooting on a horror film with Lou Diamond
Philips titled "Dark Portal” and has also appeared in
“I Downloaded a Ghost,” "Happy Feet," and
“Reno 911” the movie.
From
"You Don't Mess With the Zohan"
and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
Egyptian-born actor and comedian Ahmed Ahmed has
appeared all over the small and big screen and is now bringing his
stand-up comedy to Cobb’s famous stage!
Ahmed Ahmed has appeared in numerous feature films,
including Iron Man, You Don’t Mess With the Zohan and Swingers,
and has also had guest roles on a number of popular television shows
such as “Roseanne,” “JAG,” “Tough
Crowd,” and MTV’s “Punk’d.” Ahmed
has performed his stand-up comedy on “The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno” and “Last Call with Carson Daly,” and
has appeared on “The View,” CNN and NPR. He has also
been featured in Newsweek Magazine and was even on the front page
of the Wall Street Journal in 2001.
Ahmed is a regular performer in the Los Angeles comedy
scene, tours all over America and Europe, and in 2004 was the winner
of the first annual “Richard Pryor Award for Ethnic Comedy”
at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Most recently he appears in the
2008 DVD “The Onion Movie.”
Join us at Cobb’s to celebrate the last week
of 2008 with Patton Oswalt and special guest Dana Gould!
A co-star of the hit sitcom “King of Queens” and star
of the recent film “Ratatouille,” Patton also had his
own half hour special on HBO as well as his own “Comedy Central
Presents …” He has appeared in numerous films like “Blade:
Trinity,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Man On
The Moon” and “Balls of Fury.” He also lent his
voice to Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers” and
Cartoon Network’s “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” and
has made appearances on “Reno 911,” “Seinfeld”
and “Mr. Show.” He also wrote, produced and starred
in the hit show “The Comedians of Comedy” on Comedy
Central, and the subsequent documentary.
Also appearing is special guest Dana Gould, a legendary comedian
considered to be one of the absolute best among his peers. Currently
a writer and producer on the longest running animated show on TV,
“The Simpsons,” Dana was also featured in the hit documentary
“The Aristocrats.” His numerous other TV and film credits
include “Late Night with David Letterman,” “Seinfeld,”
“The Ben Stiller Show,” “Roseanne,” “Clerks,”
“Dumb & Dumberer” and his own HBO special. Hosted
by Kris Tinkle.
The New Year’s Eve show will also feature very special guest
Hal Sparks, former host of E!’s “Talk Soup” and
one of the stars of the popular Showtime drama "Queer as Folk."
NYE late show includes
party favors and complimentary champagne toast at midnight.
Known as "Darryl Philbin" on NBC's hit
show "The Office," Craig Robinson has also appeared in
the feature films "Zack and Miri Make a Porno", "Pineapple
Express", "Knocked Up" and "Walk Hard: The Dewey
Cox Story." His extraordinary material, delivery and stage
presence at the 1998 Montreal "Just For Laughs" Festival
got him noticed by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which wasted no
time in giving Craig a development deal. Craig won the Oakland Comedy
Competition that same year.
Since 1998, Craig has made television appearances on Comedy Central's
"Premium Blend," NBC's "Late Friday" and "Comedy
Showcase," HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," VH1's "The
List," UPN's "Vibe" (hosted by Sinbad), HBO's "Real
Time with Bill Maher," and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on
ABC. He also appeared on the fX show "Lucky" and has made
guest appearances on "The Bernie Mac Show," "Friends,"
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Arrested Development."
Perhaps best known for his offbeat delivery of "the
fake news" on "Saturday Night Live" for five seasons,
Norm MacDonald continues to be a major comedic presence. Aside from
his notable characterizations of Bob Dole and Burt Reynolds on “SNL,”
MacDonald proved that his acerbic wit and writing were not to be
contained to just the small screen. He starred in and co-wrote the
film Dirty Work, and provided the voice of Lucky the Dog in Dr.
Doolittle. Macdonald also had roles in Billy Madison with Adam Sandler
and in The People Vs. Larry Flint.
MacDonald’s other feature film projects include
Screwed and the 1999 Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, and he
also served as a writer for the hit ABC series “Roseanne.”
He continues to regularly tour the country performing his popular
stand-up comedy.
From
"In Living Color" and Comedy Central's "Chocolate
News"
After a succession of movie character roles and TV
guest spots, David Alan Grier was cast in Keenan Ivory Wayans' tribute
to the "Blaxploitation" film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.
Soon after, Grier became one of the original ensemble players on
Wayans' TV series "In Living Color.” Grier's memorable
characterizations for the landmark series include Antoine Merriwether,
the non-bald half of the "Men On..." sketches and a less
than kind impression of Muhammad Ali.
Grier’s many film credits include Jumanji, the film adaptation
of the TV show Bewitched and the 80s cult classic Amazon Women From
the Moon. He also had a notable role in writer-director-star Mario
Van Peebles' "Baadassss!" and has guest-starred on numerous
television shows including “Premium Blend” and “Crank
Yankers” on Comedy Central, “Letterman,” and “MadTV.”
Most recently, David Alan Grier stars as the host of the new show
“Chocolate News” on Comedy Central.
Born in Queens and raised on Long Island, Dave Attell
got into stand-up comedy in the late eighties after graduating from
New York University with a degree in Film and Television. After
many years working the open mic circuit in Manhattan, Attell worked
his way up through the club scene onto the road, touring across
America as a national headliner and developing a huge following
among fans and the industry alike.
Dave Attell was named one of the “25 Funniest
People in America” by Entertainment Weekly Magazine. His caustic
wit, rapid-fire delivery and his choice of material that can best
be described as "very adult" has earned him the reputation
as a "comic's comic." In 2001, Attell used this love of
booze and laughter to create and host the hit series, "Insomniac
with Dave Attell,” which ran until 2004 on Comedy Central.
Attell has made numerous appearances on “The
Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show with
Jay Leno,” “Late Night with Conan O'Brien,” “The
Howard Stern Show,” “Later with Carson Daly” and
“The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”. He also appeared
in Chris Rock’s cult film "Pootie Tang,” on Comedy
Central’s "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and in
his own half-hour stand-up special "Comedy Central Presents
Dave Attell.”
Charlie Murphy is best known for his writing and
acting contributions to Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s
Show.” Some of his most popular sketches were the “Charlie
Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories” which spoofed the
E! Entertainment Television shows. In these, Murphy recounts his
misadventures with his brother’s entourage, including his
encounter with Prince and the late Rick James. Dave Chappelle
once praised Murphy, saying he was "just as funny, or funnier
than a comedian."
Murphy also appeared in the films “CB4,”
“The Players Club,” “Harlem Nights,” and
Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever,” and co-wrote “Vampire
in Brooklyn” starring his brother Eddie Murphy. Murphy has
also appeared as a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and
in Comedy Central’s “Merry F-in X-Mas.”
Host
of "The Greg Behrendt Show" and author of "He's
Just Not That Into You"
Comedian Greg Behrendt is the co-author of the
two-million-copy bestseller, “He’s Just Not That
Into You,” establishing himself as a voice of reason and
inspiration for all of us negotiating, and sometimes drowning
in, the treacherous waters of romantic relationships. Greg was
also the host of “The Greg Behrendt Show,” which
featured Behrendt’s signature humor and advice when it
came to all kinds of relationships – including those with
family, friends, romantic partners and relationships in the
workplace.
Warner Bros. recently released his debut DVD,
“Greg Behrendt is Uncool,” which is the follow-up
to his comedy CD, “UNCOOL.” “UNCOOL,”
the examination of a rocker turned suburban Dad struggling to
hang on to his last threads of coolness, explores the evolution
of the male psyche while bucking the conventional entry into
maturity. Based in Los Angeles, Behrendt was a consultant for
three consecutive seasons on HBO’s “Sex and the
City” in which he brought his original male point-of-view
to the writing staff. His acclaimed stand-up comedy has been
seen on HBO, “The Tonight Show,” “Late Show
w/David Letterman,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”
and Comedy Central.
From
the "Axis of Evil Comedy Tour" and ABC's "The
Knights of Prosperity"
Iranian-born Maz Jobrani is well-known as a founding
member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, a show which features
some of the top Middle Eastern-American comics in the world.
Their Comedy Central special premiered in 2007 as the first
all Middle Eastern show on American TV, and a DVD was also soon
released.
Jobrani has appeared in numerous film and television
roles, including ABC’s “The Knights of Prosperity,”
“Friday After Next” “The Interpreter”
and “13 Going on 30.” He has performed his stand-up
on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “The
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “The Late Late
Show with Craig Kilborn” and Comedy Central’s “Premium
Blend.” Recently Jobrani sold a TV show based on his life
in the US as an Iranian-American to CBS, and he is currently
preparing to shoot a film titled “Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan
Hero” – a cross between a Middle Eastern “Pink
Panther” and “Bend it Like Beckham.”
Steve Byrne has filmed a Comedy Central 1/2 Hour
Special that was voted 8th out of 120 by viewers in Comedy Central’s
Stand Up Showdown. He was also the winner of MySpace's “Stand
Up Sit Down” on TBS. In 2006 Steve performed at the Just
for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Can West Comedy Festival in
Vancouver and the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. He can also be
seen on NBC's new show, “The Real Wedding Crashers,”
and most recently appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno.”
Also appearing is Ken Jeong, who has made appearances
on “The Office,” “Entourage” and “Curb
Your Enthusiasm.” Ken made his feature film debut in “Knocked
Up” and also had a role in “The Pineapple Express.”
He recently completed filming “All About Steve”
starring Sandra Bullock, “Little Big Men” starring
Paul Rudd, and “The Goods: The Don Ready Story,”
starring Jeremy Piven. He also made a cameo appearance in the
recent film “Step Brothers.” Kevin Shea performed
at the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal which
led to an appearance on Comedy Central's “Premium Blend.”
He has also performed multiple times on “Jimmy Kimmel
Live.”
Star
of multiple HBO specials and a Cable Ace Award winner
Paula Poundstone is famous for her razor-sharp
wit and spontaneity. Her first one-hour HBO special, “Cats,
Cops, and Stuff,” made her the first woman to ever receive
the Cable ACE award for best standup comedy special. She also
starred in a self-titled talk show series on HBO for which she
won her second Cable ACE Award.
In 1992, Poundstone filed memorable field commentary
of the Presidential Election for the “Tonight Show with
Jay Leno.” This led to her own show on ABC, aptly named,
“The Paula Poundstone Show,” and behind-the-scenes
coverage of that year’s EMMY Awards. Paula’s first
book, There’s Nothing In This Book That I Meant To Say,
is part memoir, part monologue, and features biographies of
legendary historical figures including Abraham Lincoln, Joan
of Arc and Sitting Bull, among others. BRAVO recently premiered
Paula’s newest standup comedy special: “Paula Poundstone:
Look What the Cat Dragged In.” She has also appeared on
Garrison Keillor's “A Prairie Home Companion,” “Late
Night with David Letterman,” ”Sesame Street,”
“To Tell The Truth” and “Comic Relief.”
Veteran comedian Ralphie May’s popularity
exploded after the success of the first season of “Last
Comic Standing.” Long-time fans of Ralphie were joined
by countless new fans when America thought he was robbed of
the winner’s title. Despite the show’s outcome,
Ralphie’s special brand of comedy combines the familiar
elements of hip-hop and topical comedy with a dash of southern
down-home flavor and quick wit, making him one of the most popular
comedians in the country. His first DVD, appropriately titled
“Just Correct,” went platinum!
His special brand of humor and incredible timing
has allowed Ralphie to cross social, cultural, and ethnic barriers
and has earned him roles in such films as “For Da Love
of Money” and “Gas.” Ralphie has worked as
an actor, writer and producer on ESPN's “Mohr Sports”
starring Jay Mohr and made multiple appearances on “The
Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn” and “Jimmy Kimmel
Live.” He has also appeared on “Tough Crowd,”
“The Man Show” and MTV’s “Bash,”
as well as in guest-starring roles on numerous television shows.
In an appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
he received a standing ovation, the first comedian in 10 years
to receive this honor.
December
4th - 7th, 2008 — Thursday-Sunday
December
9th, 2008 — Tuesday
December
12th - 13th, 2008 — Friday-Saturday
December
19th - 20th, 2008 — Friday-Saturday
December
26th - 31st, 2008 — Friday-Wednesday
January
2nd - 3rd, 2009— Friday-Saturday 
January
9th - 11th, 2009— Friday-Sunday 
January
15th - 18th, 2009— Thursday-Sunday
February
6th - 7th, 2009— Friday-Saturday 
February
12th - 15th, 2009— Thursday-Sunday
February
19th - 22nd, 2009— Thursday-Sunday
February
26th - 28th, 2009— Thursday-Saturday
March
12th - 15th, 2009— Thursday-Sunday
March
20th - 21st, 2009— Friday-Saturday
March
26th - 29th, 2009— Thursday-Sunday