The Stand-Up - Biographies

Sam Wilcke

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:09:00 -0700

Sam Wilcke recently won the First Annual Fat Cat Comedy Competition and has performed with Eddie Brill, "Chicago Steve" Barkley, Eric Schwartz, Larry 'Bubbles' Brown, Jeff Applebaum, Kvon, and Sal Calanni at Tommy T's, The Fat Cat, The Clubhouse, and Rooster T Feathers. Sam enjoys helping people laugh by providing a fresh perspective with a humane edge. He believes we are all in this together and is interested in improving our world for future generations.

Daymon Ferguson

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:08:22 -0700

Daymon Ferguson hails from Hell. Or rather, Chico California, where he was born into a white trash tradition that he’s been trying to escape ever since. High school brought the impetus Daymon needed to become a comedian—he announced to his tenth grade drama teacher that he would one day become a stand-up comic. He got right on that, too. A mere twenty years later, here he is! But first he had to take care of a few other careers—Daymon has been a diesel truck mechanic, pizza delivery guy, forklift mechanic, waiter, racecar driver, ditch digger, exotic dancers’ bodyguard, and lawyer. All of which have helped prepare him for a career standing up in front of a bunch of people, telling dick jokes. Six years of work as a lawyer have taught Daymon to truly despise lawyers. Since making the decision to quit law for comedy, he’s started to feel his soul growing back. It kind of itches. When he’s not in front of a jury or worse, a crowded comedy club, Daymon likes to tempt the fates that have let him live for the last 35 years. He flies small planes, scuba dives, and pretends to be a medieval warrior by putting on 50 pounds of plate metal and running around in the blazing sun getting hit by big men with sticks. He is also an actor, a half-assed guitar player, and an avid wine connoisseur. (But please don’t call him a wine geek—he prefers the far more dignified “cork dork.”) He’ll pay $100 for a bottle of wine. But in beer he is true to his white trash roots—he refuses to spend more than $6 on a 12-pack. Daymon lives in San Jose, California with his lovely wife, his darling daughter his two dogs, three cats, some fish, ten hateful love birds and a bunch of fussy, demanding, and emotionally abusive houseplants.

Anatoli Brantvein

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:57 -0700

is awesome.

Scotch Wichmann

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:43 -0700

SCOTCH WICHMANN is a stand-up comedian whose zany work has been compared to "eating, snorting, and freebasing...then reaching for the turkey baster" by the San Francisco Chronicle. With over-the-top energy and a culture critic's eye, his frenetic and edgy riffs explore a new American male archetype warped by a trailerpark childhood, his father's six wives, an army of shrinks, and Hollywood obsessions. He also works as a fast-paced M.C., keeping crowds rolling on stage before national headliners like Joe Klocek (Last Comic Standing) and Kurtis Matthews (Bill Hicks, Celebrity Rehab), and he's frequently joined by his hilarious fraternal twin sister and co-host, KayDee Kersten (www.eviltwinscomedy.com).

A finalist in San Francisco's 2009 Battle of the Bay comedy competition, Scotch got his start as a performance artist in Los Angeles, where his experimental live works were featured at venues like the L.A. Performing Arts Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, HIGHWAYS, and the University of California. Following a two-year stint as a radio announcer for 1340 KKAM in Fresno, California, he attracted a swarm of press from CNN, NBC, FOX, NPR, Maxim, The Washington Post, and The New York Times as the crazy spokesman for cracked-out coffee company Meth Coffee.

Scotch was recently featured for five whole seconds on the BBC, and performs at clubs across the country like the Improv, Purple Onion, and NYC's Gotham Comedy Club. Catch him cutting his chops weekly at The Clubhouse in San Francisco..

Red Scott

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:16 -0700

is awesome.

Loren Kraut

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:04:49 -0700

Loren Kraut grew up in New Jersey and was educated on the streets of New York City and the hills of San Francisco. Loren has held numerous jobs – birthday party clown, writer, pastry chef, teacher, waitress, admin assistant, mortgage consultant, call center operator for Williams-Sonoma at Christmas, and briefly, housekeeper for a high-class brothel in NYC.
Loren wrote, directed and produced her play Time, You Thief at The Gill Theatre in San Francisco. In New York, she co-wrote two one-woman shows, stage-managed many Off- and Off-off Broadway plays, and once rode in an elevator with Penny Marshall. Loren was a finalist in the Battle of the Bay Comedy Competition 2007 and 2009, and appeared on the John Miller & Susan Maletta Show on Pirate Cat Radio.
She officially began comedy in 2006, taking classes at the San Francisco Comedy College. Her style is laid-back and somewhat dark, covering such subjects as her obsessive-compulsive disorder and anorexia, or writing the perfect suicide note. She can be seen throughout the Bay Area touching or counting anything that needs touching or counting – most recently at The Clubhouse, Rooster T. Feathers, Harvey’s Funny Tuesdays, the Wharf Room, and at a coffee shop near you.
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Joe Nguyen

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:04:20 -0700

is awesome.

Ryan Kasmier

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:03:59 -0700

Ryan Kasmier is a gay, San Francisco-based stand up comedian and performer, but his comedy is very straight friendly. Seriously, some of his best friends are straight. Ryan can be likened to a feisty little Italian sausage because his wit, unique humor, and tongue-in-cheek style, are all tightly packed into one small person. Ryan’s comedy is largely biographical and his incredulous tone and observational stories are filled with sarcastic jokes that catch the audience off-guard and send them into hysterics.
Ryan won first place in the 2009 Battle of the Bay Comedy Competition. His energy, large array of topics and ability to draw in audiences make him a popular host. He regularly plays various Bay Area comedy venues including The Clubhouse, Harvey's, and The Russian River Resort. Clips of Ryan’s work as well as a schedule of performances can be found here.

Adam Mcglaughlin

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:02:33 -0700

is awesome.

Ken Townsend

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:36 -0700

Ken Townsend is the illegitimate child of Molly Hatchet and the Ramones, baptized in corn liquor, lit on fire, and raised on a steady diet of pro wrestling and comic books. Ken is a favorite at rehabs, halfway houses, convenience store security cameras, and more forgiving comedy establishments worldwide.

Jeff Reitman

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:11 -0700

Originally from the Philadelphia area, Jeff Reitman has spent the better part of his life wasting way too much time playing video games and pursuing a myriad of geek hobbies including programming, board games, a brief and deeply regretted journey down the abyss that is Magic: The Gathering. Being shunned for 30 odd years for doing what he loves, left Jeff scarred and with a wealth of material to draw upon.

Jeff's act focuses on his hipster nerd habits and about viewing the world through his gamer goggles.

In 2008, Jeff started Cross Platform Comedy, a comedy show targetted at gamer and nerd culture. The first show was a sell-out and future shows are in the works.

In 2009, Jeff was profiled by one of the world's largest World of Warcraft websites, WoW.co

Videogamer Violent Behavior + The Sims from Jeff Reitman on Vimeo.

Tom Anderson

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:44 -0700

Tom is the proverbial middle aged square peg wandering through the back nine of his life wondering just exactly WTF happened here and why am I surrounded by so many smart, successful, beautiful people?... get the hell away from me. Pessimism is an art that needs to be cultivated daily and Tom is the MR Green Jeans of his art, join Tom on his quest to seek and destroy all that stands in his way between him and the all you can eat pancakes at IHOP. Tom is a northern California comedian and regular at bay area comedy clubs.

Tom Anderson

475 Buena Vista 101

Alameda CA 94501

510-227-5240

510-414-1636 C

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Karen Smyth

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:20 -0700

is awesome.

Jason Armenio

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:59:52 -0700

Jason is everyone’s favorite Black, Filipino, & Italian comedian (sadly, there really wasn’t much of a choice). It should come as no surprise, then, that his childhood dream was to open the west coast's first unionized barber shop-slash-lumpia market. This Soultino funny guy enjoys sharing laughs with audiences, basketball, and soft core porn with unexpected plot twists. A married man & father of two, Jason's family life serves as ammunition for many of his live sets. If you don’t laugh while watching Jason perform, he promises to wear different clothes the next time you see him.

Ryan Cronin

nospam@example.com (Natasha Muse) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:51:57 -0700

Ryan Cronin is a Bay Area comedian who is a regular at the SFCC Clubhouse and was a finalist in the 2007 and 2009 Battle of the Bay Stand-Up Competitions.

He has also been involved in the professional theatrical and independent film communities of the Bay Area and Central Coast over the past ten years.

He enjoys pina coladas and getting caught in the rain. He is not into health food, but he’s into champagne. Ryan Cronin is also not Rupert Holmes.