Upcoming Guests 2024

• January 24 - Comedian Lue Deck

• January 31 - Comedian Dan Madonia

• February 7 - British comedian Adrian Doughty

• February 14 - Published author Hank Rosenfeld - RESCHEDULED

• February 21 - Comedian/sketch artist/improvisor Bryan Saunders

• February 28 - Published comedy author Hank Rosenfeld.

• March 6 - British comedian Tim Clark.

• March 13 - Dave Wheeler - Sound guy @ The Comedy Store in the 90’s.

• March 20 - Comedy Legend Bruce Baum!

• March 27 - Jeff Gerbino!

• April 3 - Paul Brumbaugh!

• April 10 - Owner of the world’s largest comedy chain, Yuk-Yuks, Mr. Mark Breslin!

• April 17 - Comedian Jessica Porter!

• May 8- Former Head Writer The Late Show with David Letterman - Gabe Abelson

• May 15- Writer Joel Selvin

• May 22 - Comedienne Julia Scotti

• May 29 - Comedian and Rock God of The Fabulous Poodles, Tony De Mure! PLUS: Special segment: Kelly Spillman

• June 5 - Founder and Chairperson of the Free Fringe at Edinburgh Peter Buckley Hill 

• June 12 - No show

• June 19 - Comedian Lue Deck

• June 26 - Comedian and Letterman writer Steve Young

• July 10 - Comedian and actor Jason Stuart

• July 17 - Comedian Erin O'Connor 

• July 24 - NO SHOW

• July 31 - Comedian Howard Aronin 

• August 7 - San Francisco comedian Loren Kraut

• August 14 - Comedian Casey McNeal

• August 21 - Tribute to Perry Kurtz

• August 28 - Comedy Store old school comedian Carl Edwards Fritz 

• September 11 - Comedy coach Neil Leiberman

• September 18 - Comedian Pebbles

• September 25 - Comedian Erikka Innes

• October 2 - Comedian/ventriloquist Zach Binder

• October 9 - Comedian Dante

• October 16 - Comedian Amanda Cohen

• October 23 - Ritch Shydner

• October 30 - Late Night writer Joe Toplyn

• November 6 - Comedian Dobie Maxwell

• November 13 - Comedian Steve Bluestein!

• November 20 - TBD

• November 27 - British comedian Michael Legge

Previous Guests 2024

• January 3 - Comedian Atlas Novack

• January 10 - Comedian Joey Gaynor

• January 17 - Comedian Brian Crow

PAST GUESTS & SHOWS

2021

• November 24 - British comedian Gavin Webster

• December 1 - Comedy producer and manager Ron Reid

• December 8 - San Francisco based British comedian and promoter Griffin Daley

• December 15 - a very special Comedy Dish. A tribute to Taylor Negron with special guests Rick Overton and Beth Lapides! - POSTPONED UNTIL FEB 16

• December 22 - Comedian and actor Richard Chassler!

• December 29 - Actor and comedian Larry Hankin! Mr. Heckles from Friends!

  2022

• January 5 - Very original comedian Jim Coughlin!

• January 12 - Comedian and Comedy Store insider Greg Hilbers!

• January 19 - British comedian and star of Little Things, Addy van der Borgh!

• January 26 - Jeff Penn ! Artist Manager & Event Producer at Proper Entertainment, Inc.

• February 2 - comedian Denise Carter!

• February 9 - From America’s Got Talent, San Francisco’s one and only pencil musician and comedian Danny Dechi!

• February 16 - a very special Comedy Dish. A tribute to Taylor Negron with special guests Rick Overton and Beth Lapides!

• February 23 - Comedian Floyd Hass!

• March 2 - A very special show with comedian and former warm-up and talent coordinator for Late Show with David Letterman, Eddie Brill!

• March 9 - Comedian Franchie San Pedro!

• March 16 - Comedian, actor, dancer, voice actor Sam Kwasman! Sam is the voice of Donald Duck and is featured in Robot Chicken and is in the movie “Mame” with Lucille Ball!

• March 23 - Bill Bronner - comedian and producer of Comedy Nation with John Fuglesang!

• April 6 - British comedian and former Teletubby Dave Thompson!!

• April 13 - American comedian living in Britain, Mike Capozzola!

• April 20 - Comedy and commercial super-agent from Modern Artists, Adam Lieblein!

• April 27 - British comedian and gig promoter Gary Colman!

• May 4 - No show.

• May 11 - No show.

• May 18 - Comedy Store comic and expert surfer Jaz Kaner!

• May 25 - Zoe Friedman! Former VP Comedy Central, Producer Late Night With David Letterman, and co-founder of Comedy Gives Back!

• June 1 - Joey Gaynor! Comedy Store legendary performer with the greatest stories and perspectives around.

Past Guests:

Peter Grahame - Proprietor of Downstairs at the Kings Head Comedy Club in London, England

Marc Price - Actor/comedian, played “Skippy” on Family Ties

Adam Bloom - British comedian

Steve Jameson - British comedian

Joey Gaynor - Comedian/Comedy Store legend

Brian Holtzman - Comedy Store hot rising total madman

Tony De Meur - British musical comedian and lead singer of The Fabulous Poodles

Rick Overton - Comedian & actor and Hollywood treasure

Cynthia Levin - Comedian - The Comedy Store and more stuff

Tribute to Carl LaBove - Featuring Joey Gaynor and Lue Deck

Charmian Hughes - British comedian

Ritch Shydner - Comedian and comedy historian

Richard Chassler - Comedian and actor

Huw Thomas - British comedian and all around entertainment wizard

Jim Coughlin - Comedian (really good)

Julian Hall - British comedy journalist and writer

Joli Rx - Comedian and online comedy producer

Dan Pasternack - Comedy producer

Glenn Wool - Canadian comedian living in Britain

Leslie Barton - Comedian and queen of all things Phoenix

Michael Dane - Comedian

Monica Ganas - “Ruby” from Rick and Ruby! (Mork and Minday, Pee Wee Herman Show) with special guest Allan Stephan!

Off the Wall - Famed Improv troup, featuring Tom Tully, Andy Goldberg, and Archie Hahn

Bobby Ludington - Former manager of The Comedy Store Vegas

Joshua Raoul Brody - Leader of “The Stoopids”

Rex Meredith - Top Vegas comedian and opener for the stars

Michael Siegal - Comedian and actor, formerly Lacassi and Siegal

Amanda Cohen - Comedian

Karin Babbitt - Comedian and Comedy Store legend

Brad Slaight - Comedian, Comedy Store improv troupe Moving Violations and published playwrite

Mark Miller - Comedian and writer for everyone

Tom Waring - Former Comedy Store talent executive

Ron Reid - Comedy Manager and former producer of the Seattle International Comedy Competition

Griffin Daley - British comedian doing his thang in San Francisco

Previous 2023 Guests:

• December 27 - Scottish comedian Colin Higgins

• November 22 - Anita Wise

• December 6 - Jay Pope

• March 29 - British comedian John Ryan

• April 5 - British comedian & documentarian Joe Bor

• April 12 - British comedian and author Iszi Lawrence

• April 19 - Comedy Store’s Karen Haber

• April 26 - Jamie Alcroft!

• May 3 - Neil Masters

• May 10 - Dylan Brody

• May 17 - Ritch Shydner

• May 24 - Patrick Mulligan

• May 31 - Steve Mittleman

• June 7 - Josh Howie

• June 14 - Miles Crawford

2022 Guests:

• June 8 - Award-winning actor and comedian Jason Stuart!

• June 15 - Scottish comedian Stu Who!

• June 22 - Author Shawn Levy discusses his new book “In On the Joke: The Original Queens of Standup Comedy”

• June 29 - Comedy master Lue Deck!

• July 6 - postponed

• July 13 - Mean Dave & Nina G

• July 20 - April Walterscheid

• July 27- British comedian Ana Little

AUGUST 2022

• August 3 - San Francisco comedian, the brilliant Kurt Weitzmann!

• August 10 - San Francisco comic now living in London Michael Capozzola!

• August 17 - Avi Liberman!

• August 24 - Mark Schiff- One of the modern greats!

• August 31 - British comedian Ana Little!

SEPTEMBER 2022

• September 7 - British comedian Phil Walker (rescheduled due to extreme heat)

• September 14 - Comedian Louis Ramey

• September 21 - Martin Besserman

• September 28 - Al Lubel

OCTOBER 2022

• October 12 - Phil Walker

Guests & Show Policy:

GUESTS

Anyone who is or has been a stand-up comedian. No matter where you’re from. But also comedy show-runners, writers, producers, club owners, agents, managers, bookers.

SHOW policy

Comedy Dish is not an interview show. It is a fun romp, conversation, serious and humorous. Do not expect to “be interviewed” about you or your career. We will diverge into interesting aspects of the comedy business, and certainly your experience and opinion matters and we want to hear about it. We cover all topics related to the business of Comedy, including working conditions, pay, how to get bookings, stage safety and anything in the news related to what’s happening in the business today. The conversation is unstructured and we go to our Pub Quiz every 15 or 20 minutes or so, just to give the talk a bit of a break. It’s all about fun!

APPLY TO BE A GUEST: Tell us a little bit about yourself. If you’re a celebrity, have your assistant tell us about themselves and why they hate working for you.