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Host/MC Barb North
BROOK FOREST ENT., THE GONG SHOW WRITER, CANDID CAMERA, TALENT MANAGER,
The shorter half of the married writing, producing, managing, performing team of Barb and Steve North, the Barb began her career touring comedy and folk clubs with Steve and appeared on over 30 network and syndicated television shows in the late 70's and early 80's- before moving behind the camera. Writing and producing, the North's were Head Writers of the late 80's rendition of The Gong Show and wrote or produced for many others including Candid Camera, Make Me Laugh, Bachelor Party and Switcheroo. In 1992, the North pair created the successful home base for standup comedians at the L.A. Connection in Los Angeles, which, now in it's twelfth year, continues to offer private coaching, workshops and Industry Showcases for beginning and experienced comedians to have support, feedback and a safe place to grow.
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Comedian Jim Hands
ERMA BOMECK WRITERS WKSHP, WENDY LIEBMAN'S L. GROWN,
Jim Hands is a High School/Middle School Spanish & ESL Teacher. Always a stand-up fan, he uses stand-up comedy techniques in class in the hopes that his students might actually learn something. Your results may vary.
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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.
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Comedian Bob Ooten
FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, THE ICE HOUSE, EL CAMINO REAL PLAYHOUSE
At FLAPPERS Comedy clubs, The Burbank Comedy Festival, Uncle Clyde´s Comedy Competition, Orange County Comedy Clubs, Michigan and Iowa. Bob has a lifetime of trying to entertain his friends and family–just ask his wife of 53 years. A Midwesterner, civil/sanitary engineer, and politician, Bob needs the lightness of comedy to balance it all out.
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Comedian Marilyn Monrovia
PALM SPRINGS ICF, VENTURA COMEDY FESTIVAL, WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY, COMEDY STORE, ICE HOUSE
X Roller derby queen, X Opera singer, X Playboy Bunny.
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Comedian Steve Heyl
COMEDY HEIGHTS, SAN DIEGO COMEDY FESTIVAL, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, COMICCURE COMEDY FESTIVAL, BIG FIRE COMEDY FESTIVAL
Steve is the only middle-aged left-handed bearded gay powerlifter we know of (hey it's a niche). He has performed standup with strippers in Las Vegas and literally stripped at Burning Man.
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Lynn Dilmani, Born and raised in the South, she never quite gave in to the redneck lifestyle. As a Registered Nurse, for over 30 years, she's also known as one of the sexiest life-savers around. Her Stand Up Comedy show describes her exciting life from her experiences as an ER Nurse to her Marriage and Divorce of an older persian man whom she met during the Iranian hostage crisis. While juggling an active dating life, this Grand-Cougar is the proud mother of two, and Grandma of five.
www.LynnDilmani.com | @LynnDilmani
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Comedian Jim Barnes
WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY , WSOC SATTELITE WINNER, BCF - BEST OF FEST
Jim Barnes is a middle aged divorced father of two young adults, born and raised in Southern California. He’s convinced that his best days are still ahead. But his family and friends aren’t so sure. His Standup comedy explores his misunderstandings of the lessons he’s learning in this stage of life. Let this comedian show you a perspective that you won’t see coming and won’t soon forget.
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Comedian Jim Giordano
STANDUP REPERTORY COMPANY, LA CONNECTION, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL
Jimmy is a sixty-something returning comedian after taking a 25-year self-imposed hiatus. "I came back to standup," Jim explains, "After realizing what a joke my life has been." He claims that, even at his age, he still turns women's heads. "Just the other night," Jim explained, "I was in a bar and when I walked past some really hot women, I overheard their admiring comments. 'What and ass!' 'What a waist!' they said. In a rare moment of honesty, he does admit that, while unlikely, it's possible one of the women might have said "waste," and not "waist."
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Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer
LATE NIGHT - LETTERMAN, I'M NOT CINDY BRADY, GUARANTEED FRESH, LAUGHING MATTERS,
No one ever accused Suzanne of being subtle, not the shuttle driver who took her to the airport, the woman she was in line with at the grocery store yesterday and certainly not her audiences. Subtle, she is not.
After 25 years of groundbreaking, stereotype-shattering and brutally honest comedy, she�s not about to start pulling punches now. The kid from Amish Country who began her comedy career on a dare is celebrating a quarter century of out, open, no-holds-barred comedy.
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Comedian Mari Haig
THE COMEDY STORE, THE ICE HOUSE, HOTEL CAFE, HOUSE OF BLUES, THE COMEDY CHATEAU
Mari Haig started with a bang at an early age performing in a comedy/ventriloquism act with her tiger puppet and a violin. since then, she learned to open her mouth while speaking and Stand-up Comedy was born! Expert training in acting with Rob and R.J. Adams, and comedy with Steve North the Comedy Coach, led her to perform regularly at The Ice House, The Comedy Store, Hotel Cafe, House of Blues, and the Comedy Chateau. With her unique, quirky style with violin in hand, Mari loves to make you laugh, wherever she goes!
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Perry Krauss has been doing stand-up for about two years, beginning at age 72. Perry has developed his comedy skills under the guidance of comedy coach, Steve North. He has performed regularly at the L.A. Connection in Burbank. Though performing stand-up is fairly new to Perry, the entertainment business is not. Perry worked for over thirty years in television as a writer, producer, and director, primarily in sit-coms, such as “Barney Miller”, “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and “On The Rocks”, to name a few. Perry’s left-of-center views of the world are quite unique, and he loves to share them with his audiences.
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Willie Krisztal is a comic, an artist, a world record holder and among other things a burden to those around him. A case could be made that he's evolved some new type of personality disorder. You can see him perform comedy around Los Angeles at clubs such as The Comedy Store, Ice House or Flappers to name a few.
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As a card carrying member of AARP, Joel Brill has pretty much seen it all, done it all and can’t remember most of it. He shares the bits and pieces that he can remember about life, with side splitting results. His unique blend of comedy comes out as he discusses the challenges of being a senior citizen, marriage, business, sex, kids and a host of other topics. Joel started telling jokes in 3rd grade and hasn't stopped since. While he performs in clubs around The USA, he gets most of his laughs in the bedroom.
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Comedian Janice Silver
FLAPPERS, COMEDY STORE, ACME COMEDY, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, BEST OF FEST 2019
Started doing stand up at the age of 70. My, "What do I have to lose?" project. To my surprise people responded warmly and enthusiastically to my sets (who knew?) I do some bit on aging for sure, but also a lot of cutting edge material. (Not remotely your typical senior!)
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Comedian Marty Ross
AMERICA'S GOT TALENT , CAROLINE'S COMEDY CLUB, COMEDY & MAGIC, HOLLYWOOD IMPROV, ICE HOUSE, PASADENA
Old comic, new jokes. They call him the Wrinkled Rebel He’s comedian Marty Ross who started his stand up comedy career late in life. Marty waited until he was almost eligible for Social Security before taking to the stand-up stage so he could fully experience the misery of getting old he says. He says He’s Going Down Fighting……but first a nap!
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Comedian Ken Dickerson
FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, CLEVELAND COMEDY CLUB , HILARITIES COMEDY CLUB, THE IMPROV,
Ken experienced & performed during one of the peak comedy decades when clubs were opening up all across America. The 80's. He started his comedy career at the famed Cleveland Comedy Club. Now after a 30 year hiatus Ken is back & performing again with an entirely different perspective on life in LA.
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Comedian Amanda Cohen
ZANIES, CHICAGO, LAUGH FACTORY, CHICAGO, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY, SLO COMEDY FESTIVAL
Amanda started doing comedy when she was 17 and before she finished college in Pittsburgh she was showcasing at clubs and colleges across the midwest, including many clubs that don't exist anymore. She studied improv at the Second City Conservatory in Chicago, then an epiphany in 2015 reminded her she was a comedian. After a couple of years in the Chicago scene, she's now based in LA and has showcased at Zanies and The Laugh Factory in Chicago, Flappers in Burbank, the Improv, the Comedy Store, and other venues.
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Lily says she cares greatly about her family, "I saved my family from being deported, I told them to stay in Mexico." When it comes to dating she doesn't ask for much, just: ID's, credit cards, and online passwords.
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Comedian Gabe Abelson
LATE SHOW W/ LETTERMAN, THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE NEW TOM GREEN SHOW, MIND OF MENCIA, BILL MAHER
Originally from New York City, Gabe graduated Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, where he studied with acting guru Lee Strasberg. After booking a number of stage roles and television commercials after college, he decided to pursue his real love… stand-up comedy.
A headlining comedian, Gabe toured the world before being offered the role of Head Monologue Writer for Late Show with David Letterman.
Within five years, he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program and three Writers Guild nominations. Gabe is a member of the Writers Guild and SAG/AFTRA.
After Letterman, Gabe relocated to LA to write for Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn. In addition, he was Writer/Producer for The Tom Green Show, and Writer/Producer on the pilot of Lopez Tonight
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Associate Producer of Burbank Comedy Festival 2018!
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