(L-R Host Rodger Lizaola, Dino Archie, Mitch Burrow, Hans Kim, Kortney Shane Williams, Al Park. Photo by Joshua Chambers) We’ve been taking this Finals show to the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton since 1998, at the suggestion of comedy journalist Sean McCarthy (thecomicscomic.com) was an entertainment writer for The Sun. Sometimes…
(Overexposed and out of focus from L-R: Hans Kim, Al Park, Kortney Shane Williams, Mitch Burrow, Dino Archie, Rodger Lizaola) We’ve been coming to the KPCenter (as we insiders call it) almost since it first opened in 1999. It is possibly the best-configured venue for stand-up comedy in the Northwest.…
(Photo Pete Welch) Now that the tryptophan’s worn off, we can finally update this site. Whew. Did a little calculation Wednesday night, and it turns out we’ve been bringing this show to the Vashon Theatre for 13 year! When Eileen and Gordon Wolcott bought the islands’ only movie house, they…
(L-R Dino Archie, Kortney Shane Williams, Mitch Burrow, Al Park, host Rodger Lizaola, Hans Kim. Not pictured: Tom Waits) This year, as in the past, we began the finals with a private show for abut 120 members and guests at the venerable Washington Athletic Club Crystal Ballroom. It’s always a…
Virtually every show in the Competition so far has been a sellout, and tonight’s was no exception. So – Mitch Burrow came in first. Hans Kim came in third. Andrew Rivers was 5th. Why is that significant? Because Hans was in 8th place going in to the night. But his…
