Tag Archives: stand up

For Bay Area comics, SF Sketchfest an oasis in a changing city, comedy world

Annette Mullaney will never forget her first time “killing it” doing standup comedy in front of a crowd in 2016. “I felt I was both in the moment, and also my brain was thinking ahead,” the San Francisco comic recalls, “and it was the greatest high of my life. I’ve been chasing it ever since.” That rush from making an …

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Deep Night Season 11: Paco Romane

Deep Night Season 11: Paco Romane Paco Romane Interview Dale lights up whenever he sees comedian Paco Romane. Dale and Paco go back to their time in San Francisco at the dawn of the last millennium. Paco was a jazz musician longing to do comedy and Dale was a comedian ready to pursue the jazz of life. The two friends …

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Ep 64 MUSCLE SHOALS with comedian Howard Kremer

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast hosted by comedians Paco Romane and George Chen Ep 64 MUSCLE SHOALS with comedian Howard Kremer On episode 64 of Sup Doc hosts Paco Romane and George Chen sit down with the very talented comedian/musician Howard Kremer. They talk about the 2013 documentary Muscle Shoals celebrating Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The signature “Muscle …

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Ep 58 TOWER with animation team Steph Swope and Craig Staggs

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast Ep 58 TOWER with animation team Steph Swope and Craig Staggs On Ep 58 Paco, George and producer Will sit down with the Craig Staggs and Steph Swope (Minnow Mountain) the animation director and producer of the 2016 documentary Tower. Tower is a 2016 animated documentary film directed by Keith Maitland about the 1966 shootings at the …

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Ep 55 CRUMB with comedian Wayne Federman

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast Ep 55 CRUMB with comedian and actor Wayne Federman Paco and George were thrilled to have the comedy legend Wayne Federman over to talk about his favorite documentary CRUMB. Crumb is Terry Zwigoff’s (Ghost World) first film about his longtime friend and bandmate, godfather of underground comics Robert Crumb. This doc soon expands its …

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Ep 54 ACCIDENTAL COURTESY with director Matt Ornstein

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast EP 54 ACCIDENTAL COURTESY with director Matt Ornstein This episode of Sup Doc is sponsored by GUIDEDOC! George visits the home of the filmmaker Matt Ornstein in Silver Lake. Matt made one of 2016’s most fascinating, complex portraits, ACCIDENTAL COURTESY: Daryl Davis, Race and America. Daryl Davis is an African-American musician who ends up confronting …

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Ep 53 SIRIUS with comedian Ryan Singer

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast EP 53 SIRIUS with comedian Ryan Singer   The very funny and informative Ryan Singer joined us to talk about Sirius, one of the most successful crowdfunded documentaries in history. The film explores an ongoing grassroots movement to get the U.S. government to reveal what it reportedly knows about UFOs, extraterrestrials and the availability of …

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Ep 52 TICKLED with YACHT

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast EP 52 TICKLED with the band YACHT (Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans) Paco and George sat down with the band YACHT to talk about the delightfully topsy-turvy doc Tickled. Tickled is a 2016 documentary about “competitive endurance tickling” and videos featuring it, and the practices of those producing the videos, directed by David Farrier …

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EP 51 THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE with comedian Henry Phillips

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast EP 51 THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE with comedian Henry Phillips On Episode 51 George Chen and Paco Romane talk with comedian/musician Henry Phillips about his favorite doc THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE! Released in 2002, The Kid Stays in the Picture uses Evans’ narration interspersed mostly with photographs from Evans’ life as …

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Ep 50 MEMORIAL DAY 2000 live at SF Sketchfest 2017

Presented by SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival! Sup Doc RETURNS to SF Sketchfest! With hosts Paco Romane and George Chen for a special FREE event with panelist Cory Sklar (Illogical Contraption), Emily Van Dyke, and Frankie G (Killing My Lobster, Narcissists Anonymous) and Melissa McQueen (The World Famous Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv Comedy Club) Last year’s Sketchfest show …

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