Tuesday Night Live Comedy features fresh talent on the rise, alongside veteran comics from around the world. Our theatre-style stage combined with an intimate comedy club atmosphere provides a truly unique and memorable experience. Laughter is good for the soul. You won’t need an excuse to skip this workout! Come check it out.
THE COMEDIANS
Tom Rhodes
Tom Rhodes is a world traveling comedy veteran. The New York Times describes him as “A mostly natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism.” Tom has built a career that not only includes stand-up specials, a sitcom, a travel show, a late night talk show, numerous live CD’s & DVD’s, his critically acclaimed podcast Tom Rhodes Radio, as well as being a travel writer for the Huffington Post. Tom moved to SF when he was 22 and quickly became a regular at the comedy giants of the city: The Punchline, The Improv, & Cobbs. He’s opened for James Brown and the Everly Brothers and has appeared on shows like An Evening at The Improv, Comic Strip Live, Caroline’s Comedy Hour, and MTV’s Comedy Half Hour. Fresh from releasing his new hour special Light Sweet Crude on Netflix , Rhodes has had a long raucous career covering every corner of the globe. His latest TV recording on Comedy Central Comedy Underground with Dave Attell aired in 2014. In 2012 Rhodes was featured in the Showtime stand-up series, Live From Amsterdam (2012). His three half hour stand-up specials include two Comedy Central Presents… (2009 & 2001) and Raw, recorded in Stockholm for Swedish television (2009). He had his own sitcom television show on NBC called Mr. Rhodes (1996 – 1997), his own Late Night Talk show on Dutch television, Kevin Masters starring Tom Rhodes (2002 – 2003), and traveled the world as a TV presenter on the Dutch travel program, Yorin Travel (2004).
Chad Opitz
Chad Opitz is a comic whose hilarious and unique perspective is making him an oft booked staple at Bay Area clubs and showcases. Veering between one-liners, short story jokes, and sometimes even song, Opitz’ writing is as well-regarded as his character and performance work. Chad was a featured performer at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 San Francisco Sketchfests. He hosted an episode of “The Guest List” on Audible Channels in 2017. Chad was the winner of Bay Area legend Jimmy Gunn’s “Best Newcomer” award as well as a finalist in the Rooster T. Feathers Competition, semi-finalist in the San Francisco Comedy Competition, 2nd place finalist at the 2016 Sacramento Comedy Competition and 1st place winner of the Walk the Plank comedy competition. He’s opened for Michelle Wolf, Scott Thompson, Gad Elmaleh, Neil Hamburger, Greg Behrendt, Jak Knight, Ian Bagg, Brooks Wheelan and many more. He was also recently a featured guest on the Doug Loves Movies podcast.
Sammy Obeid
Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian-Italian-American, born in Oakland, California, Sammy Obeid is best known for his 1,001 day streak of consecutive comedy performances. Breaking the old world record on Day 731, Sammy set the new one at 1,001 Arabian Nights of Comedy. Over the course of the streak, he appeared on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and advanced to the Las Vegas round, and became the first comedian to perform on The Food Network in Throwdown with Bobby Flay. His credits include NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Conan, CoExist Comedy The Movie (Starz Network), and a San Francisco International Comedy Competition Finalist. Sammy’s debut album, Get Funny or Die Trying, was named a Best Comedy Album of 2013 by iTunes and he has since founded his own comedy enterprise, KO Comedy.
Emily Catalano
Emily’s comedy addresses a wide variety of life’s most enjoyable topics: breakups, failed relationships, and ex-lovers. She is becoming known in San Francisco for her smart joke writing and her veritable dead pan delivery. Emily won first place at the 2017 Rooster T. Feathers New Talent Comedy Competition and performed at last year’s SF Sketchfest.
Johnny Taylor Jr.
Sacramento’s Johnny Taylor uses sharp wit, and off-beat sensibilities to communicate his sometimes tragic life experiences in a hilarious way. Johnny is a regular at every major comedy club in Northern California, including the San Francisco Punch Line, Sacramento Punch Line and Cobbs Comedy Club, and was recently featured on Comedytime.TV. He has opened for some of the biggest names in stand-up comedy, including Robin Williams, Bobcat Goldthwait, Brian Posehn, Wayne Federman, and more.
Kristee Ono
A little dark, a little weird, relatively entertaining, she has been in the San Francisco comedy scene for 10 years gently introducing herself into your system a little bit at a time as not to overwhelm you. She is a member of the Komedio Comedy a nerd comedy network, co-produces the monthly Mermaid Show in San Francisco. Most recently she has performed at the Silicon Valley Comic Con, Gen Con 50, and the Cinder Block Comedy Festival in Brooklyn.
Red Scott
Growing up in San Jose, CA, Red Scott never saw things the same way as other kids; he thought he was cool. Born in the early 80s, he established himself as a trend-setter — fat, asthmatic, and socially inept years before Asperger’s was a syndrome or obesity an epidemic. Red has performed in SF Sketchfest 2011-2013 and is a regular at the San Francisco Punch Line, the San Jose Improv, and Rooster T Feathers. Red combines obscure and outdated references with the crazed insistence of a mental patient. His act encompasses everything from politics to absurdism to wordplay, all combined with deft crowd work.
Larry “Bubbles” Brown
Larry “Bubbles” is a San Francisco based comedian and a favorite of the Throckmorton. Larry tried stand up comedy in 1981 at the Holy City Zoo in SF and has stayed with it ever since. He has appeared on over 25 tv shows, including numerous appearances on David Letterman. He was also in the movie “The Kiterunner.” Larry is a frequent opening act for Dana Carvey and Dave Attell.
