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No wind, just cold!

MC Scott Shimamoto warmed up a chilly room on Thursday night and welcomed these comics to the Joke Gym stage:

Dave Sievers aka The Love Machine
Louis Orosco
Rose Hienz*
Paula Johnson
Justin Tan*
Steve Bruner
Michael Porco
David Relyea
Benett 
Rob Collister
Rudy Boehmer
Steven Craig
Yashar Kafi
*First time at The Joke Gym


Next show: Thursday, January 5, 2012.

Blown away!

We didn't have an open mic on Thursday, Dec. 1. The winds blew the power out at Zapata Vive.

Next show: December 15!

Our turkey-free pre-Thanksgiving show

MC Scott Shimamoto welcomed these comics to the Joke Gym stage on November 17:

Jim Teater
Rudy Boehmer
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Steven Craig
Yashar Kafi
Ralph Eddy
Michael Porco
Paula Johnson
Ben
Linda G.
Howard Wescott
Marlene Cooper*
Victor Vega
Johnny Roque
Nat Baimel
Justin Latham
*First time at The Joke Gym

The "guys in hats" edition

MC Paula Johnson silently noted a preponderance of hats at last night's open mic. Still, the show went on with these comics telling jokes both old and new. 


Nat Baimel
J-Stir*
Courtney Ca
Yashar Kafi
Shayne Michael
Roldan Agitan
Rosé
Scott Shimamoto
David Relyea
Ben
Michael Porco
Eric Edwards
Chris Gerred
Linda G
Ljiljana Grozdanic
Jim Teater*
Justin Latham
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Tyrone Fance
Andy Adams
*First time at The Joke Gym

Send us your YouTube links

If you've performed on the humble Joke Gym stage, we'd like to present your You Tube videos (taken anywhere) on The Joke Gym blog.

Submit the link to openmic@thejokegym.com and we'll fetch the necessary code to embed the video on the blog.

Dennis Vargas, Guest MC!

Paula Johnson skipped tonight's show because of a cold, so she missed Guest MC Dennis Vargas and these comedians:

Richie Cantor
Chris Gerrad
Jen Johnson
Linda G
Yashar Kafi
Todd Basil
Joe Braza
Scott Shimamoto
Steve Craig
Joe Luu
Eric Edwards
Katharine Rudnyk
Ray Chavez Jr.
Mike Porco
Mike Najera
Xavier Ray
Justin Latham


Next show: November 3.

October? How did THAT happen?

MC Paula Johnson had a few things to say about these comics:

Richie Cantor
Erik Barnes
Nat Baimel
Eric Edwards
Scott Shimamoto
Chris Gerred
Rob Collister
Yashar Kafi
Steven Craig
Rudy Boehmer
Michael Porco
Katherine Rudnyk*
Richard Weiss
John Fontaine
Steven Briggs*
Joe Luu
Marie Marquez
Amy Ashton

*First time at The Joke Gym

It's fall, y'all!

It's fall! That's joke-telling weather! MC Scott Shimamoto welcomed these comics to the Joke Gym stage:
Mike Najera
Joe Luu
Tyrone Fance
Todd Basil
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Carlos Escobar
Michael Porco
Ben
Nick Klaus*
Steven Craig
Eileen Kallo
Yashar Kafi
Sean Williams
Ralph Eddy
Justin Asalama Latham
*First time at The Joke Gym

The back-to-school show

Scott Shimamoto and Paula Johnson shared MC duties at the Sept. 1 show in honor of a visit by Natalie Ragus, the editor of Arcadia Patch. She even joined these comedians on the Joke Gym stage:

John Fontaine

Ray Chavez, Jr.

Nat Baimel

Ben

Shayne Michael

Caleb Porter

David Relyea

Rudy Boehmer

Greg Stone

Natalie Ragus*

George Frangides*

Jen Johnson

Yashar Kafi

Mike Porco

Scott Shimamoto

Jonathan Rowell*

Jesse King*

Trip Jones*

Mike Najera

Paul Noller*

Steven Craig

*First time at The Joke Gym

Look for an article on Arcadia Patch later this month! 

Fender bender…

MC Scott Shimamoto brought the funny, but more important, he brought the good sound system! These comics rocked the Fender tonight: 


Lynne Bateson
Bill Kay
Tyrone Fance
Matthew Dillier
Jen Johnson*
Steve Scholtz*
Michael Porco
Chris Kostolefsky*
Rudy Boehmer
Steven Craig
Steve Bruner
Yashar Kafi
Liz Rodgers*
Ralph Eddy
Eillen Kallo
Ron Ario*
Justin Asalama*
*First time at The Joke Gym

What the heck happened to Ralph Eddy?

MC Paula Johnson drew the names and Ralph Eddy's name was drawn first. But he disappeared! What the huh?

Anyway, these comics each got a six-minute workout: 

Liz Wheht*
Steve Henry
Ben
Erik Barnes
Jake Kroeger
Michael Porco
Scott Shimamoto
Ray Chavez, Jr.
Jesse King*
Ed Shannon
Nat Baimel
Mike Najera*
Tom Murphy*
Amy Ashton
Marie Marquez
Tyrone Fance
Dennie Vargas
*First time at The Joke Gym

The mic stand from h*ll…

Paula Johnson missed the show on July 21—she was off learning how to produce e-books. Meanwhile, MC Scott Shimamoto had a freaky microphone stand problem, but managed to get these comics onstage:

Ted Huang*
Rudy Boehmer
Steven Craig*
Eileen Kallo
Greg Stone
Ralph Eddy
Chris Grimmett
Ray Chavez Jr.
Yashar Kafi
Nat Baimel
Mike Porco
Erik Barnes
Sarah Johnson
*First time at The Joke Gym

Too hot to laugh (but we did anyway)

Fun show tonight! MC Paula Johnson rolled out the welcome mat for: 


Chris Grimmett (the second time he was drawn first!)
Todd Basil
Carlos Escobar
Alfonso Guerrero
Shayne Michael
Ben
Scott Shimamoto
Don Neill
David Relyea
Michael Porco
DB
Wyatt Cote
Yashar Kafi
Al Henry
Danny Ledsinger


Next show: July 21! 

It's curtains for the Joke Gym! (Yeah, actual stage curtains. Red.)

For our pre-Father's Day show, MC Scott Shimamoto welcomed these comics to the humble Joke Gym stage: 

Chris Grimmett

Richie Cantor

Will Etherington

Greg Stone

Mark Ofuji

Steve Bruner

Ralph Eddy

Rudy Boehmer

Paula Johnson

Klift Karaffa

Xavier Ray

Danny Ledsinger

Brian Rich

Vince Takas

Carlos Escobar

Tyrone Fance

Marie Marquez