BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Upcoming: Events at DC Improv Comedy Club PRODID:-//Upcoming.org/Upcoming ICS//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20091231T200000 DURATION:PT0S GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:New Years Eve Celebration with Eddie Gossling & Megan Mooney! DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4407289/ ] Bring in the New Year at The Improv! Always a good time as well as a sellout\, so reserve soon\, you won't want to miss this party! 8:00 pm Show: Dinner Option: $65.00 per person includes show admission\, choice of dinner entree from our special New Year's Eve menu\, dessert\, tax\, gratuity and a free pass to a future show Show Only Option: $35.00 per person includes show admission and a free pass to a future show 10:15 pm Count Down Show: $75.00 per person inlcudes includes show admission\, fruit\, cheese and cracker board\, midnight champagne\, party favors and a free pass to a future show. About Eddie Gossling: One of the funniest working comedians on the road today\, Eddie Gossling's humor is brilliantly original\, charming and slightly self-deprecating. He's a force on stage not unlike the big ones he admires: Steve Martin\, Richard Pryor and Bob Newhart. In 1995\, Eddie won the HBO Stand-Up Standoff Comic Relief VII competion and in 1997\, he won the US Comedy Arts Festival Talent Search competion. Shortly after\, he performed at the Chicago Comedy Festival and then became the first comedian ever to perform at the Montreal Just-For-Laughs Comedy Fest as both a 'New Faces' performer and a 'Festival Gala' performer. In addition he has appeared on Comedy Central Presents\, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and the Disney animated feature\, "The Wild\," Eddie has also been featured on Comedy Central's "shorties watchin shorties\," "Premium Blend\," "World Comedy Tour" as well as Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed" and the Bravo and Game Show Network. Eddie works the clubs like nobody's business and has single-handedly redefined the words 'working comedian.' He's thankful for the many favors he's received thus far in his happy life and is looking forward to paying them back one joke after another. About Megan Mooney: Megan's relaxed and approachable comedy style has gained her instant approval with all types of audiences. In addition to being a popular headliner in comedy clubs throughout the country\, Megan has quickly become one of the most requested college acts. Since arriving on the college scene\, just a couple of years ago\, Megan has been invited to perform at hundreds of colleges - leaving her very little time to pursue her true passion - which is napping on her couch. Megan has performed at both the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen\, Colorado as well as the Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival in Montreal\, Canada. She can be seen on Comedy Central's Premium Blend\, the E Network\, The Style Channel\, the Game Show Network\, and can be heard on XM Satellite Radio. In March of 2006\, Megan stared in her very own comedy special entitled Comedy Central Presents\, Megan Mooney. Megan now resides in Los Angeles with her husband and kids (Eddie Gossling is her husband) but is willing to get off her couch to come to your town. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4407289/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4407289/ DTSTAMP:20090902T104005 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T104005 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100102T200000 DTEND:20100102T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100103T000000 GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Eddie Gossling - From Comedy Central\, "Jimmy Kimmel Live"\, HBO & the Disney animated feature\, "The Wild" DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843855/ ] About Eddie Gossling: One of the funniest working comedians on the road today\, Eddie Gossling's humor is brilliantly original\, charming and slightly self-deprecating. He's a force on stage not unlike the big ones he admires: Steve Martin\, Richard Pryor and Bob Newhart. In 1995\, Eddie won the HBO Stand-Up Standoff Comic Relief VII competion and in 1997\, he won the US Comedy Arts Festival Talent Search competion. Shortly after\, he performed at the Chicago Comedy Festival and then became the first comedian ever to perform at the Montreal Just-For-Laughs Comedy Fest as both a 'New Faces' performer and a 'Festival Gala' performer. In addition he has appeared on Comedy Central Presents\, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and the Disney animated feature\, "The Wild\," Eddie has also been featured on Comedy Central's "shorties watchin shorties\," "Premium Blend\," "World Comedy Tour" as well as Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed" and the Bravo and Game Show Network. Eddie works the clubs like nobody's business and has single-handedly redefined the words 'working comedian.' He's thankful for the many favors he's received thus far in his happy life and is looking forward to paying them back one joke after another. About Megan Mooney: Megan's relaxed and approachable comedy style has gained her instant approval with all types of audiences. In addition to being a popular headliner in comedy clubs throughout the country\, Megan has quickly become one of the most requested college acts. Since arriving on the college scene\, just a couple of years ago\, Megan has been invited to perform at hundreds of colleges - leaving her very little time to pursue her true passion - which is napping on her couch. Megan has performed at both the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen\, Colorado as well as the Just For Laughs International Comedy Festival in Montreal\, Canada. She can be seen on Comedy Central's Premium Blend\, the E Network\, The Style Channel\, the Game Show Network\, and can be heard on XM Satellite Radio. In March of 2006\, Megan stared in her very own comedy special entitled Comedy Central Presents\, Megan Mooney. Megan now resides in Los Angeles with her husband and kids (Eddie Gossling is her husband) but is willing to get off her couch to come to your town. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843855/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843855/ DTSTAMP:20091106T091919 LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T091919 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100107T200000 DTEND:20100107T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100111T000000 GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Huggy Lowdown and Chris Paul From the Tom Joyner Morning Show on Magic 102.3 DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843857/ ] ABOUT HUGGY LOWDOWN: Huggy Lowdown is known for his hilarious appearances on the HBO Def Comedy Jam\, The Jamie Foxx Special\, P. Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy\, The Bernie Mac Special\, The Whoopi Goldburg Special and for his rounds with the Kings of Comedy Tour. You can hear him every morning on the Tom Joyner Morning Show\, sharing his special brand of comedy\, celebrity gossip and entertainment news on Magic 102.3FM. ABOUT CHRIS PAUL: CHRIS PAUL IS NOW WRITING FOR THE NATIONAL RADIO SHOW (THE TOM JOYNER MORNING SHOW)\, HEARD LOCALLY ON MAJIC 102.3 AND IS BACK TOGETHER WITH HUGGY LOWDOWN! CHRIS PAUL IS ALSO HOSTING AND WRITING ANOTHER SEASON OF REDSKINS LATE NIGHT! WHICH HAS MOVED TO NBC-4 EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT 1:30 AM. CURRENTLY HE IS TOURING THE COUNTRY DOING STAND-UP COMEDY. CHRIS PAUL CAN ALSO BE FOUND DOING HIS "REDSKINS REMIXES"! THIS IS HIS 16TH SEASON OF SKINS SONGS. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843857/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843857/ DTSTAMP:20091106T092058 LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T092058 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100114T200000 DTEND:20100114T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100118T000000 GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Sheryl Underwood - From BET's Comic View and Comedy Central DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843858/ ] One of the boldest and most brazen women in comedy Not the first things that come to mind when you look at the beautiful and talented Sheryl Underwood. There's more to her than meets the eye. One of the most brilliant comics on the scene today\, Underwood's claim to fame is that she dares to say what people are really thinking and makes no apologies for it. Underwood's comedy career began in 1989 when she became the first female finalist in the popular Miller Lite Comedy Search. Since then her career has continued to skyrocket. Sheryl has won a number of high profile comedy competitions including Johnny Walker Red\, Funniest Woman at the Improv\, Old English Comedy Crunch and BET's Comic View's Funniest Female Comedian. In 1995 Underwood was named 1st runner-up in the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition\, securing Sheryl a place in history as the first female comedian- in fact\, the only comedian- to place in the competition's final round three years in a row. With all these accomplishments on the comedy circuit\, Sheryl began her next challenge - to conquer the world of television. When BET needed an additional host for their popular talk show\, Oh Drama! Sheryl answered the call and was an immediate hit as the show's newest host. Audiences took instantly to her bluntness\, wry humor and down to earth appeal\, which lead to the creation of her own show Holla. The self-produced and created talk show based loosely on Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect brings together a panel of guests with vastly different opinions to discuss politics\, sex\, current events and various newsworthy topic- with explosive results- moderated by Underwood\, Holla airs on BET Tuesday & Thursdays at 9:30 PM. The same qualities that endeared Sheryl to BET audiences have made her a favorite on shows such as Politically Incorrect\, HBO's All-Star Def Comedy Jam\, Showtime's Full-Frontal Comedy Show\, Motown Live and Fox's Saturday Night Special. Her appeal also extends to film with roles in Bullworth and Master P's I Got the Hook Up. Not only is Sheryl one of the hardest working comedians in the country\, she is also a philanthropist\, donating 5% of her road earnings to Zeta Phi Beta Sorority\, Inc.\, where she is a lifetime member and has served as President of her local chapter (Omieron Rho Zeta chapter). In addition to the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority\, Sheryl is also a member of the National Council of Negro Women and the NAACP. She also supports a number of worthy causes\, including founding the African-American Female Comedian Association. With upcoming appearances on Comedy Central & Showtime's Laff-a-palooza\, Sheryl continues to push the envelope: discussing sex\, politics\, current events and relationships. Her onstage show elicits bold testimonials from even the most conservative crowds. Whether on radio\, television or in film\, Sheryl is quick to use humor to convey her views in a down-to-earth\, likable style. Her controversial opinions as a sexually progressive\, God-fearing\, staunch\, black Republican woman come across loud and clear during her on-stage show much to the enjoyment of loyal fans and new enthusiasts alike. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843858/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843858/ DTSTAMP:20091106T092225 LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T092225 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100120T200000 DTEND:20100120T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100125T000000 GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Christian Finnegan - From Comedy Central\, "Late Show with David Letterman" and DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843861/ ] Christian Finnegan is a stand up comedian. He appears frequently on the television and also writes things\, for both money and for kicks. Christian is perhaps best known as one of the original cast members of VH1's "Best Week Ever"\, where he offered keen insight into the workings of popular culture and the ubiquity of celebrity genitalia. "Chappelle's Show" fans will recognize him as 'Chad'\, the only white roommate in the infamous "Mad Real World" sketch. And pinko Communists know Christian from his regular appearances on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann". Christian Finnegan is a fixture (some might say 'barnacle') on Comedy Central\, having starred in countless network interstitials\, the shows "Premium Blend" and "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn" and in his own special\, "Comedy Central Presents: Christian Finnegan". Christian was also the host of TV Land's "Game Time" and has appeared on "The Today Show" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson". Christian's first CD\, "Two for Flinching"\, was released by Comedy Central Records in 2006 and his super-duper DVD extravaganza\, "Au Contraire!" will be released by Warner20Bros. Records on May 12\, 2009. When he's not on tour\, Christian Finnegan lives in New York City with his lovely wife Kambri\, a Chihuahua\, two parakeets and a useless rabbit. He spends his free time plotting society's downfall and googling the names of obscure hair metal bass players. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843861/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843861/ DTSTAMP:20091106T092352 LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T092352 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100129T200000 DTEND:20100129T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100201T000000 GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Bobby Lee - From MAD TV and The Tonight Show DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843863/ ] Bobby Lee\, a native of San Diego\, was expected to follow in his father's footsteps running the family clothing store. But after stints in a local rock band and at the local community college\, he was spotted by Frank Burns\, the legendary manager of La Jolla's Comedy Store\, and the rest\, as they say\, is history. Lee rapidly became an in-demand stand-up comic with his unique Korean American perspective and charismatic on-stage personality. In 1995\, comedian Pauly Shore spotted Lee on stage and asked him to open his act in Las Vegas. Lee subsequently met Paulie's mother\, the celebrated owner of the Comedy Store\, Mitzi Shore. He became a regular at the club and went on the road with comic Carlos Mencia. Since joining MADtv in 1999\, Lee has become a fan-favorite\, known for his unique brand of pain-inducing\, physical humor. He has created such memorable original characters as the comically confused film critic "Johnny Gan\," the world's worst interpreter "Bae Sung\;" and hapless warrior the Blind kung Fu Master." And audiences have loved his takes on such real-world figures as Connie Chung and North Korean President Kim Jong Il. Lee's film credits include "Hardbreakers\," "Kickin' It Old Skool\," "Killer Pad" and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle." On television Lee has appeared in "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Mind of Mencia\," and has performed stand-up on "Late Friday\," "Premium Blend" and "The Tonight Show." He was also the host of this year's Asian Excellence Awards. Lee lives in Los Angeles. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843863/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843863/ DTSTAMP:20091106T092520 LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T092520 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100211T200000 DTEND:20100211T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100215T000000 GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Tony Rock - From UPN'S "All of Us"\, "The Tony Rock Project" DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843865/ ] Born in the same Brooklyn New York Hospital where most of his seven brothers and one sister found their way into the world\, Tony Rock\, not to be confused with his favorite wrestler\, was born laughing. Being the fourth child\, of Rose and Julius Rock\, Tony had a natural knack for entertaining\, just like his brother\, Chris Rock. He had to\, to stay alive. Decatur Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood\, where he grew up\, was one of the toughest that New York had to offer. It also provided a host of rich characters on which to draw. Tony has been performing for the last four years. After just six months in the business\, his first booking on the road lead him to Amsterdam. No\, not to Amsterdam\, New York\, Amsterdam\, Netherlands\, where he became a more popular figure than "Ed Joost Swarte". Upon returning to New York\, Tony gained a reputation as a young star in the making. The Hollywood Reporter in 2001 picked him as one of the hot young talents to come out of New York. People Magazine featured Tony in their July 7\, 2003 Issue. Since February 2000\, he's become bi-coastal. When in New York\, he's a regular at the famous Comic Strip\, Caroline"s and Stand-Up New York. When in Los Angeles\, He's a regular at the Comedy Store\, Improv and Icehouse and he headlines at the Laugh Factory. In April 2001\, he co-starred in an ABC/Disney Pilot\, "Me and My Needs". In July 2001\, he hosted an MTV pilot\, "It's Your Show". In 2002\, Tony hosted Comedy Central's successful "Battle Botts"\; in 2003\, Tony hosted Oxygen's "Can You Tell". In April 2003\, Tony landed the Jada Pinkett Smith/Will Smith pilot for UPN "All of Us" (2003). The series\, which was picked up in the Fall of 2003\, has been picked up for the Fall 2005 Season. In June 2004\, Tony was featured in Will Smith's movie\, Hitch (2005/I). Besides touring the country\, a highlight for Tony was when he came home to New York to headline with Mark Curry and John Henton at Harlem's world famous Apollo Theater. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843865/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843865/ DTSTAMP:20091106T092639 LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T092639 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100225T200000 DTEND:20100225T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=1;UNTIL=20100301T000000 GEO:-77.041;38.9051 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT SUMMARY:Pablo Francisco - From "Mad TV"\, HBO and Comedy Central DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843867/ ] A Funny thing happens to audiences when they see Pablo Francisco live for the first time. In a matter of minutes\, crowds go from the quiet response that often greets a relative unknown\, to jolts of boisterous laughter and applause. What accounts for the transformation? Namely the 20-something Tucson native's ability to create vividly funny living pictures using strikingly authentic off-the-wall sound effects and loads of his own ample imagination. Pablo's send-up of grimly narrated action-movie previews\, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as a tortilla vendor targeted by the mob\, is one good example. Another is his hilarious spoofing of those intensely melodramatic Spanish language soap operas on the Telemundo Cable Network. A lifelong comedy junkie\, as kid Pablo competed with a friend to see who could video tape more comics from television. He got his first professional break at age 17\, when he and his aforementioned buddy formed a duo called the "Blowout Boys\," snuck into a local steakhouse and took honors in a comedy competition against older\, but clearly inferior opponents. "A lot of them read their stuff from notes. At least we had memorized our material!"recalls Pablo. From humble beginnings\, big things have started to happen. In addition to his Comedy Central Presents half-hour special\, Showtime s Full Frontal Comedy\, Pablo was a Mad TV cast member (season 2). Pablo also has one of the top-selling comedy DVD s in the nation "Bits and Pieces." You can check Pablo out on Dish Network s SiTV\, where he hosts Latino Laugh Festival: The Show. Pablo\, now an L.A. resident\, is busy distinguishing himself in top clubs around the country\, among veteran comics who threw away the script years ago. URL;VALUE=URI:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843867/ UID:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4843867/ DTSTAMP:20091106T092825 LAST-MODIFIED:20091106T092825 CATEGORIES:Comedy ORGANIZER;CN=thedcimprov:X-ADDR:http://upcoming.yahoo.com/user/97431/ LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/49576/":DC Improv Comedy Club @ 1140 Connecticut Avenue N.W.\, Washington DC\, District of Columbia 20007 US END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR