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Burbank Comedy Festival - Best Of The Fest
Starring: Burbank Comedy Festival Mainroom Shows


August 20th, 2022 at 9:30PM
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Flappers Comedy Club Burbank - Main Room
102 East Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502

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Let's do some funny business at the Burbank Comedy Festival! Every year, top celebrity headlining comedians, and over 200 of the hottest new talent from around the world, converge in Burbank, California for a full week of shows, industry panels, afterparties, classes, and more! Past performers have included Adam Carolla, Jeff Garlin, Jimmy Dore, Tom Segura, Christopher Titus, Carol Leifer, Kevin Pollak, and many more. The Burbank Comedy Festival offers the next generation of talent the opportunity to perform and connect with top entertainment professionals, to encourage the expansion live comedy into the community, and to do some funny business in Downtown Burbank!

Let's do some funny business at the Burbank Comedy Festival! Every year, top celebrity headlining comedians, and over 200 of the hottest new talent from around the world, converge in Burbank, California for a full week of shows, industry panels, afterparties, classes, and more! Past performers have included Adam Carolla, Jeff Garlin, Jimmy Dore, Tom Segura, Christopher Titus, Carol Leifer, Kevin Pollak, and many more. The Burbank Comedy Festival offers the next generation of talent the opportunity to perform and connect with top entertainment professionals, to encourage the expansion live comedy into the community, and to do some funny business in Downtown Burbank!

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Also Starring:
Host/MC
JP Connolly
NETFLIX, AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, DRY BAR COMEDY SPECIAL, SIRIUS/XM SATELLITE RADIO, COMEDY CENTRAL
James P. Connolly has appeared on America’s Got Talent, Comedy Central, HBO, in the Netflix series, “Larry Charles: Dangerous World of Comedy” and can be heard daily on SiriusXM Comedy Channels. He attended Harvard University on a Marine Corps ROTC Scholarship, and while serving in Desert Storm he was ordered to write jokes for his Colonel. James has a brand new Comedy Special “Acceptable Loss” streaming now at Dry Bar Comedy.
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Comedian Wendy Wilkins
SIRIUSXM RADIO/LAUGH USA , READY TO RUMBLE, HBO - ENLIGHTENED, CA FUNNY '09 - FINALIST, 2ND UNCLE CLYDE'S WINNER
Wendy Wilkins is an award-winning screenwriter and comedian who was named one of ISA’s Top-25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2019.
Hailing from upstate New York, Wendy has worked in Hollywood for over 25 years. She’s been a Warner Brothers Writers’ Workshop Participant, an ABC/Disney Writing Program Finalist, a Final Draft’s Big Break Contest Top-10 Finalist, and a Meryl Streep Writers Lab Finalist along with 50 other awards.
Wendy’s feature comedy screenplay WHERE THE MEN ARE won Best Comedy at the 2019 Creative Screenwriting Awards. Her post-apocalyptic television pilot ONE MORE DAY won best screenplay at the 2020 Space & Time Film Festival and 2019 Sherman Oaks Film Festival. The radio play version is on YouTube with 37,000+ listens.
Wendy performs comedy all over the country, opens for Ian Bagg and Laura Hayden, been a finalist for California’s Funniest Female and won Uncle Clyde’s Comedy Contest in 1996.

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Comedian Brandon Vestal
DRY BAR, XM/SIRIUS FEATURED COMIC, LAST COMIC STANDING, BIG SKY COMEDY FESTIVAL, LAUGHING SKULL FESTIVAL
Brandon Vestal (of the Oklahoma Vestals) is the comedian in the picture above. He is quickly establishing himself as one of the funniest Brandon Vestals in all of these United States of America. He was recently named â€"comedian of the month” on Sirius/XM radio for his latest album"Smoooth" on 800LB Gorilla Records and his Dry Bar Comedy Special: â€"WHO?” has just been released to fix everything that is wrong in the world. Brandon’s low key, observational style has made him a fan favorite in the comedy world and his mom will vouch for all of this.
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Comedian Leslie Seiler
THE SECOND CITY HOLLYWOOD, THE SECOND CITY TORONTO , 24 HOUR RENTAL (HULU) , COMEDY INC. , THE RON JAMES SHOW (CBC)
Leslie is a Comedian from Toronto, Canada. She is thrilled to be back at BCF for a third year! Leslie is an alumnus of The Second City theatres in Toronto and Hollywood. Her first Album "Check for Snakes" is available on Bandcamp or wherever you stream your podcasts.
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Comedian Nick Stargu
FLOPHOUSE (ON VICELAND) , THE GUEST LIST (ON SEESO), COMEDY SHOW SHOW (AUDIBLE, SF SKETCHFEST,
Nick is best known for his multimedia / musical comedy act, DJ REAL, which has appeared at Comedy Central’s Colossal Clusterfest, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Big Sky Comedy Fest, Outside Lands, San Francisco Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival and others. He has appeared on the TV show Flophouse on Viceland and as a host on NBC’s show The Guest List on Seeso. And he’s opened for Flula Borg, Devo, Scott Thompson and Bridget Everett.
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Comedian Juliana Destefano
FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, LIFETIME NETWORK, 13 REASONS WHY

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Comedian Akua Doku
SOLOCOM FESTIVAL, ALASKA B4UDIE COMEDY FEST, LAUGHING BUDDHA COMEDY
Akua Doku is a Chicago-born comedian and writer. Akua became a comic in 2017 and has performed on multiple comedy stages, including The Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Comedy Club, Comic Strip Live, and the PIT (The Peoples Improv Theatre) at the 2019 and 2021 Solocom Comedy Festival in New York City.
Currently Akua is the host of the Friday Hail Mary Zoom Open Mic and the Friday Laughing Buddha Zoom Open Mic.

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Comedian Marc Yaffee
SHOWTIME GOIN' NATIVE, COMICS UNLEASHED , AMAZON PRIME, PBS CROSSING THE LINE, DRY BAR COMEDY
Marc is a co-star of the historic Showtime special, â€"Goin’ Native, The American Indian Comedy Slam,” the first ever all-Native American standup special. His new Dry Bar comedy special â€"Mid-Laugh Crisis” was viewed over two million times on Facebook within the first week of its release. Marc has also been seen on PBS, FNX, The Latino Laugh Festival, and Comics Unleashed.
Marc may be the only comedian with air, land and sea credits. He’s performed for Alaska Airlines passengers at 30,000 feet, for US Marines in Iraq on a flat-bed truck (while getting his head shaved) and on the high seas for Holland America Cruise Lines.

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Comedian Chris Costanz
THE COMEDY STORE, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, THE HAHA COMEDY CLUB, REBELS OF COMEDY, THE COMEDY CHATEAU
Chris Costanz has finally hit the big time folks. This Long Island raised bad boy has been killing the game appearing in Syfy's 5-Headed Shark Attack,The Young & The Restless, and a web-series with five or six views on YouTube.As a stand-up, you can find Chris performing at The Comedy Store, Flappers Comedy Club, and Comedy Chateau. He was also featured as "Best of Fest" at the Burbank Comedy Festival, and a semi-finalist at the Boston Comedy Festival.
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Comedian Mike Perkins
AMAZON PRIME, ANOTHER LATE SHOW TONIGHT, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE,
Mike Perkins is a comedian and producer that features all around the country at clubs like The Hollywood Improv, Comedy Works, and The Stand in NYC. He’s had the opportunity to work with comedians like Ahmed Ahmed, Whitney Cummings, and Melissa Villaseñor, to name a few. He’s been featured in many comedy festivals, winning Best of Fest at The Burbank Comedy Festival and a Semi-Finalist in The Boston Comedy Festival.
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Comedian Jack Brenner
COMEDY CHATEAU “BEST OF”, THE STARRS WEB SERIES, BCF “BEST OF”
Jack has no clue how to make a bio. It always feel pretentious to gloat about yourself. Sure, they could say they’re from Arizona and they’ve been pursuing comedy the past couple years and that they’ve starred in web comedy shows, but that feels vain. What people really want to know are things like, “what is your mothers maiden name?” or “what was the name of your childhood pet?” Either way, Jack is excited to get to know you all.
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Comedian Peter Liu
AMAZON PRIME, DON'T TELL COMEDY, BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL, LAUGH FACTORY, LAST COMIX STANDING
Peter is one of Boston's fastest rising comics. His comedy is quick witted, sharp and insightful. He has been featured on Don't Tell Comedy and Amazon Prime.
Peter performs regularly across New England at venues such as The Comedy Studio, the Comedy Connection, Laugh Boston, Patriot’s Place, Chunky’s, Headliners, McCue’s Comedy club and Mohegan Sun (Last ComiX Standing). He was a semi finalist at the Boston Comedy Festival and a finalist at New England's Funniest Person Contest, and was featured in the the World Comedy Expo in Chicago, Salem Comedy Festival and New York Underground Comedy Festivals. He has also performed across the country at the Comedy Store, Flapper's Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, Greenwich Comedy Club, the Comedy Chateau, West Side Comedy Theatre, The Second City, the Laugh Factory.

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Comedian Howard Aronin
SIRIUS RADIO XM, THE IMPROV, COMEDY STORE, WORLD SERIES OF COMEDY,
Howard Aronin: He's worked in the airline industry for over thirty years. Poet, auctioneer, actor. Featured on Sirius XM radio. Host/auctioneer of the prestigious annual Calabasas Hootenanny Music festival. He has been chosen "Best of the Fest" in the Burbank Comedy Festival several times. He'll dress up in costume as Fred Flintstone, Super Mario for Comic-Cons.
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Comedian Anthony Villiotti
BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL, YAAAS! FEST NYC , BOSTON COMEDY FESTIVAL
Anthony Villiotti is a standup comedian, certified public accountant, and a token corporate gay. Originally from New England, Anthony currently lives in New York City where he spends his days full of shame and regret. Two years into the comedy game, Anthony made his comedy debut at NYC’s YAAAS! Fest 2019 at Broadway Comedy Club. Anthony holds his New England values dear to his heart and he enjoys candlelit dinners, walks on the beach, and the satisfaction of shattering wine glasses against the walls of his Manhattan studio.
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Comedian Tony B
SPECIAL ON AMAZON , SPECIAL ON SPOTIFY, SPECIAL ON APPLE MUSIC, SPECIAL ON ITUNES , BIG PINE COMEDY FESTIVAL
Tony B got his start doing Improv comedy in Chicago and now he's a regular Feature and Headlining stand up comedian in clubs all over the country. His debut comedy special entitled, "Tony B: Day Drinker" can be seen on Amazon Prime and heard on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes.
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Comedian HALEY HOFFMEISTER
MY FIRST COMEDY SPECIAL, SOMETHING WICKED,
Haley Hoffmeister is an actor and comic from Eugene, Oregon currently living in Los Angeles. She can be seen on Amazon Prime's "My First Comedy Special." She also has a very funny TEDx Talk entitled "Being A Woman Is Not That Hard." OldLadyBaby.com
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Comedian Dustin Chafin
HBO CRASHING , SHOWTIME SHOWCASE, HOWARD STERN , VH1 , SIRIUS XM
Dustin Chafin is a stand-up comedian formerly based in New York City currently in Los Angeles who The New York Times said â€"is getting laughs every time he speaks.” He is a regular on SiriusXM. Has appeared on Showtime's White Boyz in the Hood. Chafin has also written and produced for United Stations Radio and iHeart radio. Seen on HBO's Crashing, Pete Holmes said that "Chafin is â€"a funny and good man” Album’s Stop Telling People That on Comedy Records and The Zoom Album 2020.Podcast Dustin’s Vinyl on Twitch TV
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