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Gerry Dee from Toronto Wins 2002 Title
Truly living up to its wordy title, the 27th Annual San Francisco INTERNATIONAL Stand-Up Comedy Competition, crowned Gerry Dee from Toronto as its 2002 champion. hris Mata, Arlo Stone, Gerry Dee,...
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Canadian again wins crown – Rob Pue
Rob Pue crowned winner of the 2003 San Francisco Comedy Competition. Youthful Rob Pue, a 25-year-old from Edmonton, has become the second Canadian in a row to take the coveted crown of the San...
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2004 Winner Combines San Francisco and International – Jim Short
Hometown favorite Jim Short emerged from a bruising but beautiful final round to take the crown, the glory and the $5,000 that goes with being elected the 2004 champion at the 29th Annual San Francisco...
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Arresting Development – Carlos Alazraqui
Former Champ Carlos Alazraqui sets laughter free on Reno 911! LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Between roughing up Jehovah’s Witnesses and bringing dates to executions, Carlos Alazraqui has his hands full on Reno...
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LA comic Don Friesen hopes to parlay second victory into national exposure
Don Friesen - 2005 Competition Winner With a blend of frenetic energy, precision timing and everyman observations, Don Friesen dominated the final week of the 30th San Francisco International Comedy...
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Great Dane took a bite out of the Competition in 1995
Dane Cook battled it out with Doug Stanhope in one of the best competitions ever Dane Cook isn’t everywhere. It just seems that way. The San Francisco International Comedy Competition alumni starred in...
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2009 Finalists
SAN FRANCISCO — Television roles and movie stardom have come to dozens of past finalists in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. Kevin Pollak placed second. So did Ellen DeGeneres, Dane...
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Young Guns of ’06 Hitting Their Strides
By Jonathan B Fox As its producer, I’m sometimes asked, “When will the Comedy Competition discover the next Robin Williams?” It’s a tough question. Talent like that doesn’t just come along every day....
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Auggie Smith Interview
Three Rivers Casino – Florence, Oregon Auggie Smith - Winner 2010 Comedy Competition Casino shows can be brutal at best. Patrons who wander into a showroom without a cover charge, distracted by a...
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An ambition 24 years in the making will come to fruition for Comedy Competition producers Anne and Jon Fox when their son, Shane, joins them full-time to put on this year’s event. “It’s not easy to...
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