YH 99% Funnies: Get the Trump Out of Here Starring: Laurie Kilmartin CONAN, 45JOKES ABOUT MY DEAD DAD, AUTHOR OF SH*TTY MOM August 25th, 2016 at 7:30PM
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Laurie Kilmartin is a comedian and staff writer for CONAN. She has performed standup on CONAN, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central and Showtime. Her Seeso special 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad made Vulture's list of Top Ten Comedy Specials of 2016. Laurie has also written two books, the New York Times bestseller Shitty Mom and Dead People Suck. She and fellow comic Jackie Kashian host a popular podcast about standup comedy called The Jackie and Laurie Show.
99% Funnies a weekly podcast and monthly comedy show fundraiser featuring Dave Reinitz (co-owner of Flappers), Dana Eagle (Last Comic Standing), Jimmy Dore (Comedy Central), and Michael Rayner (David Letterman). Each month we choose a different charity (often local micro-charities) to benefit from our show. In January, we celebrated our first full year of shows, and we're amping it up this year, working with bigger charities. We recently raised over $4000 for Flint, including two shows here in Burbank with Christopher Titus headlining the Main Room, our GoFundMe account, and a show we did in Flint.
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Host/MC Meera Manek PRDCR 99 PERCENT FUNNIES
Meera is a Kenyan born writer and comedian. Instead of jumping out of an airplane for her birthday 7 years ago, Meera tried stand-up and has been performing ever since. She talks about her family, politics, her super competitive yoga classes and whatever else serves up. She's performed or hosted at the Burbank Comedy Festival, Comedy Store, Ice House, Comic Cure, Fundraisers and at Office Parties. TWITTER |
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Comedian Dana Eagle THE LATE LATE SHOW, COMICS UNLEASHED, COMEDY CENTRAL, HBO,
Miss Eagle appeared in an ABC Pilot with Jason Alexander and was the host of Comcast On Demand's UNConventional. She has been seen on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central and Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed, following which she became a contributing writer. She is most proud of the unique experience performing throughout Iraqi bases for the troops. She was showcased in HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival in her solo show, Stones From Glass Houses followed by the second in the series, Mood Disorders: A Light-Hearted Romp Through Crippling Depression, featured at the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival. She recently completed a pilot for the E! Entertainment Network, and has been seen in a series of memorable commercials beside Jay Mohr and football legend, Boomer Esiahson. WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Joanie Coyote IMPROVS, COMEDY STORE, LAUGH FACTORY, LAFF STOP-HOUSTON, CAP CITY COMEDY-AUSTIN
Joanie Coyote has performed at some of the top comedy clubs in the country and has featured for comics such as Ron White, Wanda Sykes, George Lopez and Dave Attell. WEBSITE | |
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Olivia Harewood is a recent alumnus of Stanford University, where she was nominated for the John F. Kennedy Center's Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship. She co-founded and directed Robber Barons Sketch Comedy, Stanford's award winning sketch comedy group. She majored in cultural anthropology, which is totally panning out for her. TWITTER |
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Comedian Dave Reinitz THIS AMERICAN LIFE, THE JIMMY DORE SHOW , COMEDY SPECIAL "SHARING"
Born in Detroit and raised in upstate New York, Dave Reinitz grew up working in the restaurant business and spent years traveling the country in an old motorhome before finally settling in Los Angeles. And after a couple of dear friends signed him up for a comedy class, he was forever changed. Since then, Dave has performed in 6 countries and throughout the US alongside many of the biggest names in comedy. He has released 4 comedy specials: “Side Effects May Include” (2001), “Bowling for Common Sense” (2006), “Live in Bangladesh” (2014), and most recently, “Sharing” (2018). He has an eclectic set of credits including: “This American Life,” “Celebrity Near Death Experiences,” Hustler Magazine, and several appearances on “The Jimmy Dore Show.” Dave was also a founding member of the “Anti-War Comedy Tour,” and the “99% Funnies,” and produced and created the documentary, “The Women of Nostrand and Greene.” WEBSITE | |
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Comedian Michael Rayner BANANAS, DAVID LETTERMAN, ENERGIZER BATTERIES, G4 TV,
As with the best magicians, indeed, as with the best performers, it's not the difficulty of his tricks but the way he delivers those tricks that makes him endearing and engaging. Michael has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Extreme Gong Show and Sesame Street. WEBSITE | |
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Alexis isn’t a regular mom, she’s a cool mom. Pharmacy technician by day and a stand up comedian by night! Maybe she’s a neglectful mom? Just kidding, they’re well fed and always have clean underwear. Anyway, Alexis also dabbles in improv at The Improv Trick, taught by Bill Chott (Dana Carvey Show, Wizards of Waverly Place, etc.) You can also visit her Youtube channel where she writes and produces her own sketches (with the help of family and friends of course. She’s such a mom!) WEBSITE | |
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Mike Grief has been making people laugh professionally for over twenty years. His roots are in stand up comedy where he wrote and performed with comics such as Ray Romano, Louie CK and Kevin James. Mike’s comic timing made him a natural for sitcoms, where he built an impressive resume, having acted in some of the most popular shows of all time. Mike currently works creating original and punching up existing scripts and writing jokes for stand up comics. Mike still acts, and Academy award winning Director Ron Howard had this to say about him: “Mike is a fine character actor, inventive and funny… his instincts are very honest and very entertaining” BOOK
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