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Burbank Comedy Festival - Fist Up Fridays
Starring: Burbank Comedy Festival Yoo Hoo Shows
August 16th, 2024 at 6:00PM
Additional Show Dates :
Flappers Comedy Club Burbank- Yoo Hoo Room
102 East Magnolia, Burbank, CA 91502
TICKETS: $25.00
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A full week of shows, industry panels, classes, afterparties, and more - let's do some funny business!
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 PJ Baio
FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, THE ICE HOUSE, THE SECOND CITY CHICAGO, NO FUSS COMEDY BUS, BURBANK COMEDY FESTIVAL
PJ Baio is a stand up comedian who isn’t afraid to expose you to his slightly dark sense of humor. A kind of â€"Cynical Superman†he is able to see the light and humor in such dark situations as his mother’s dementia and his wife’s death from cancer, and is somehow able to turn them into hilarious and inspiring stories. Originally from Chicago, this mild mannered comedian creates tasteful humor in dark topics that you don’t often hear from today’s stand up comedians. PJ is also a huge horror movie nerd, and can be seen in the documentary, In Search of All American Massacre: The Lost Texas Chainsaw Film. @PJBaio
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Comedian Bernice Ye
NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL, SAN DIEGO COMEDY FESTIVAL, CRAZY WOKE ASIANS, NW WOMEN'S COMEDY FEST, SUPER FUNNY COMEDY CLUB
Bernice Ye is a versatile comedian, actor, and martial artist, often called the "Jackie Chan of Comedy." Born in China, she moved to the U.S. in 2004 with $1,000. A graduate of Peking University and Purdue University, she first pursued a tech career at companies like Microsoft and Hulu. In 2018, she ventured into stand-up comedy, fully committing in 2021. Bernice has toured the West Coast in an RV, been featured in The Wall Street Journal, and her comedy has garnered over 60 million views on social media. She’s performed at prestigious festivals like the New York Comedy Festival and won accolades including "The Funniest MF in Washington" and a Grant for Artist Progress from the Washington State Artist Trust. Her project, "Asian Chicken Salad," a comedy rap, has won multiple awards at various film and comedy festivals.
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Bhavna performs all over the SF Bay Area in Comedy Oakland, HellaFunny Asians, Alameda Comedy Works and Desi comedy circuit.
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Comedian Justin Anderson
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV LAB, NEW FACES AT TEMPE IMPROV, HAHA COMEDY CLUB
Justin is new to the LA comedy scene but has been on stage for more than 20 years. He is the husband of one and the father of five. He considers the first a blessing and the second overkill.
Justin has performed at shows large and small all over LA including the Hollywood Improv, Flappers, HAHA Comedy Club and recently won the New Faces of Comedy at the Tempe Improv. Follow him @notpastorjustin
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Comedian Ilya Laksin
ROAST BATTLE, NY INT. SHORTS FILM FEST.,
Ilya Laksin is a standup comedian and writer. He performs regularly around New York City and has performed at clubs and festivals across the country from Washington to Florida. He is also a regular performer on Roast Battle.
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Comedian Cepeda Cheeks
BLUE WHALE COMEDY FEST, WILD WEST COMEDY FESTIVAL,
A single father and military veteran, Cepeda Cheeks brings his fresh perspective to the comedy stage. His voice is authentically personal and dynamic, shaped by his unique experiences.
Fueled by his DJ father's infectious crowd energy, Cepeda discovered his knack for entertainment at a young age. Honing his observational wit and topical humor during his Army service, he used laughter to uplift his fellow soldiers.
Now, with nearly three years of stand-up experience, Cepeda blends hilarious anecdotes from his life with insightful social commentary. His distinctive blend of relatability and edgy humor has garnered him wins at the Best Comic in Tulsa competition and the Othello's Comedy Classic. He's appeared at the Blue Whale Comedy Festival and Wild West Comedy Festival
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Recently described as “kinda funny” by San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Steven Asifo brings you on a trip where everything makes sense…from his perspective. With his charm and infectious energy, Steven has you laughing from start to finish, as he explores his anxiety-filled mishaps about marriage, adulthood, and weird facts of life.
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Comedian Christine Blackburn
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV LAB, HIGH AND MIGHTY PODCAST, RISK!, SIT N' SPIN , SEX WITH EMILY
Celebrating 14 years of podcasting in July 2024 and over 830 episodes as producer and host of the weekly storytelling podcast Story Worthy, Christine Blackburn has interviewed some of the biggest names in show business. Over the last 13 years the stories have ranged from laugh out funny to heart-wrenching but always with a positive message.
Christine’s newest podcast is My Life in 3 Songs. This show features comedians sharing 3 songs that have impacted them, not necessarily the comics favorite songs, but songs that are attached to strong memories, that paint a picture of their life.
Hear the comedians you love, sharing stories about the music they love. My Life in 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify.
Christine is also creator and host of Story Smash: The Storytelling Game Show played every month in Los Angeles. As a storyteller she is a 3-time MOTH story winner. She is the author of the book: PIT to LAX: My Story Worthy Life and has contributed to The Huffington Post. As an actress she hosted Ready for the Weekend Movies on USA Network and has appeared in over 100 commercials.
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Comedian Carol Johnson
FLAPPERS COMEDY CLUB, COMIC STRIP LIVE NYC, THE COMEDY STORE LA JOLLA, THE COMEDY CHATEAU, LOVE ON LOCKDOWN ASYTV
Carol Johnson has been trying to run away from home, work and the voices in her head for years. Stand-up comedy is the perfect place to hide. She has performed at Comic Strip Live NYC, The Comedy Store La Jolla, Flappers to name a few and is currently the Goddess of Humor on LockDown Living Room Comedy Show!
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Comedian Lauren Harding
SIRIUS XM LOL! RADIO, THE LAUGH FACTORY , THE COMEDY STORE, ICE HOUSE, OWN NETWORK
Lauren Harding is a registered nurse who graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She works at one of the best hospitals in LA but she won’t mention their name here. For some reason they don’t want to be affiliated with her comedy. Lauren resides in her Los Angeles apartment with her loving self after divorcing a now gay man. Yep. So the natural next step was to become a comedian! She can be seen at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood, The Comedy Store and Flappers in Burbank. She’s been featured on OWN’s All The Single Ladies. Awarded Best of the Fest at the Burbank Comedy festival the last 2 years. Lauren is inappropriate, goofy and unapologetically confident with a southern heart.
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Comedian Teresa Lynn
BURBANK COMEDY FEST, YOU BETCH UR LIFE W/ LENO,
Born and raised in Wisconsin, Teresa Lynn escaped the small town life to LA immediately after college. After successfully avoiding any creative career choice for decades---first as a RN, now as a lawyer, she finally took her real passions of writing jokes & telling stories to the mic when a friend asked her to come to a standup class. Now she won’t stop!
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Comedian Renee Pezzotta
FRASIER, THE ORVILLE, ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELP
Born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Memphis, TN, Renee Pezzotta describes herself as a "very confused Italian." She studied acting at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and H.B. Studios in New York. Her journey into stand-up comedy began on a whim when she booked herself at the New York Comedy Club. After doing her ten-minute set, she was hooked! Stand-up eventually led her to Los Angeles, where she has since made her home. Currently, she can be seen recurring as Smokey on the Paramount+ show "FRASIER."
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Comedian Stacy Dymalski
HOLLYWOOD IMPROV, TAO COMEDY STUDIO, COPRODUCER 3RD ACT COMEDY, FLAPPERS,
Stacy Dymalski originally hails from The San Francisco Bay Area. The author of the bestselling humor book, "Confessions of a Band Geek Mom," she is a screenwriter and story developer in Hollywood, and performs stand-up regularly in clubs all over L.A. Her one-hour comedy show "A Bit Much" played to wide acclaim at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival, and won a Producer's Encore Award. In October 2023, she recorded her first one-hour standup comedy special, “UNFAMOUS IN HOLLYWOOD,” which is being produced into a comedy album. In a previous career she was an aerospace software engineer, but that's another story. (Which you might hear, if you come to her shows.)
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Comedian Joey Bragg
LIV AND MADDIE, CALL YOUR MOTHER, FATHER OF THE YEAR, STAND-UP AND DELIVER,
Joey Bragg has been a comedian for over half his life. Starting at the age of 13, Joey quickly became a regular at all the clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area. At 16 he moved down to Los Angeles for a starring role in the Disney Channel show Liv and Maddie. He went on to star in multiple films like Netflix’s Father Of The Year, Sid is Dead, and Mark and Russel’s Wild Ride. As well as multiple guest stars on television shows like Criminal Minds, Wet Hot American Summer, Love Daily, and multiple other shows he doesn’t feel are notable enough to mention. He recently played Freddie Raines in the ABC sitcom Call Your Mother. After more than a decade long career he’s amassed over one and a half million Instagram followers, half a million on TIkTok, and hundreds of thousands on Twitter.
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