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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 dish
Seats per Table - 10

Amount per Serving
Calories 0

% Daily Value

Total Yuks 100%
Puns 79%
Ribs 99%
Total Comedy 100%

Not a significant source of Vitamin A or Calcium.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 250 chuckle diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your comedy needs.

Kung Pao in the News

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New York Times

December 24, 1994
Jewish Comics Make It A Not So Silent Night
NY Times article

Los Angeles Times

December 5, 2004
Cheering on San Francisco
registration required (free)

December 1, 1995
Serving Up a Night of Sino-Kosher Shtick
LA Times article

KRON-TV Channel 4

December 19, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2UH6HtLpHc (Brian Malow)

Public Radio International

December 2007
Chanukah: A Time for Schtick radio special
(Features Shelley Berman, Cathy Ladman, and Lisa Geduldig, AND Tissa Hammi & Bengt Washburn from “A Muslim, A Mormon, and A Jew Walk into A Bar”)

December, 2004
Chanukah radio special (in Real Player)
(fast-forward to 23:30 for a 14-minute report on Kung Pao including great clips from past shows!)

KQED Radio

Pacific Time

December 26, 2002
"Kung Pao Kosher Comedy"

Channel 29

December 20, 2007
SF Live
(Lisa Geduldig, Scott Blakeman. Interviewed by Marc Smolowitz who went to Camp Hemshekh with Lisa in 1976!)

SF Gate

December 11, 2006
FINDING MY RELIGION - Dan Ahdoot, Jewish Iranian American comic, on holidays and life in America

SF Chronicle:

Dec 24, 2003
N.Y. comedian Judy Gold feels right at home in S.F

Dec 20, 2001
One-liners for Christmas, Kosher-style - 'Kung Pao' show an institution

January 12, 2001 - SF Gate
Take My Domestic Partner, Please - SF 'Borscht Belt' humor incorporates the gay side of life

October 12, 2001
Lisa Geduldig talks about getting shticky in 'Gayberry'

December 24, 1998
"Kung Pao Kosher Comedy"- Jewish stand-up in a Chinese restaurant: It must be Christmastime
Note from Lisa: I don't know where the reporter invented the following quote from: "She remembered telling an aunt who was digging into a Chinese dish, "But Aunt Sara, it's pork . . . and she would say to me, "Honey, it's disguised.'"

December 23, 1998
sfgate e-pick

December 21, 1998
"Looking at Christmas From the Outside Jewish museums offer alternative events"

December 16, 1998
sfgate.com e-pick "Pao! Right in the Kisser!"

December 26, 1997
"King of One-Liners - Youngman reigns at Kosher Comedy"
SF Chronicle article

December 14, 1997
Pink Pages
"King of the One-Liners - At 91, Henny Youngman keeps the vaudeville flame burning"

December 25, 1996
Combo Platter of Comedy - Chinese food, Jewish humor on `Kung Pao Kosher' menu

December 23, 1996
"An hour later, you need another joke"


December 23, 1995
'Kosher' Comedy With Hunan Spice - Chinese food served with Jewish jokes

The J (formerly The Jewish Bulletin):

December 11, 2009
(Jonathan Katz)
"Dr. Katz" Creator Ready for the Chow Mein Event

December 7, 2007
(Shelley Berman)
Shelley you jest! Standup legend to headline Kung Pao Kosher Comedy

December 15, 2006
Talk about neurotic — Kung Pao performer takes the cake
(Stephanie Blum)

December 1, 2006
Iranian American offers Persian version of Kung Pao
(Dan Ahdoot)

November 18, 2005
'Pao mitzvah' for Bay Area kosher comedy show

December 2, 2004
Good as Gold - Popular comic headlines her second Kung Pao Kosher gig
(Judy Gold)

December 4, 2003
Laughter, lefties and lesbians -- Comedian Lisa Geduldig knows how to yuk it up, but takes her causes seriously

December 13, 2002
Chef-turned-comic will dish up laughs at Kung Pao
(Cory Kahaney)

December 6, 2002
A side-splitting Kung Pao tradition continues in SF
(Eddie Sarfaty)

  

April 28, 2000
Roasts are his favorite, says comedian coming to S.F.
(Jeffrey Ross)

December 12, 1999
Comic behind Elaine of 'Seinfeld' to star at 'Kung Pao'
(Carol Leifer)

December 11, 1998
Borscht Belt comic takes `Kung Pao' route to S.F.
(Freddie Roman)

December 12, 1997
For Henny Youngman comedy show, take your wife, please

December 13, 1996
Punsters in drag dishing up Kung Pao Kosher Comedy
(Kinsey Sicks)

December 8, 1995
Roseanne writer finds 13 a lucky number for laughs
(Cathy Ladman)

Jewish Telegraph Agency

December 16, 2004
Jews answer age-old query: What to do at Christmastime?

Chicago Tribune

December 25, 2003
Jews find respite from "Jingle Bells"
registration required

Christian Science Monitor (!)

December 22, 2006
Kosher comedy over egg rolls

Metropolitan:

December 21, 1998
All Christmas-ed Out

Sacramento Bee

December 23, 2006
When Santa isn't your bag - From movies to moo shu to the great outdoors, Jewish families create their own traditions for Christmas Day (registration required)

San Jose Mercury News

December 24, 2006
Oy, Christmas tree! Chinese food, jokes a respite for Jews

Vallejo Times Herald

December 11, 2009
Jonathan Katz Brings Star Power to Kung Pao Kosher
(Jonathan Katz)

December 15, 2006
Son of Jewish immigrants who left Iran for America offers unorthodox comedy
(Dan Ahdoot)


Charo

SF Chronicle

August 6, 2005
Ageless Charo keeps the cuchi, cuchi flame burning


George Bush Going Away Party

The J (Formerly The Jewish Bulletin)

September 27, 2007, by Dan Pine
Comedian will Rail to The Chief at Bush Going Away Party
(Andy Kindler)

The J

September 30, 2005
Kung Pao presents its annual comic kiss-off to Bush
(Scott Blakeman)

The Daily Review

October 24, 2004
Pop friction: Partisan politics are everywhere, from pet stores to Internet games


Funny Girlz

SF Bay Times

May 1, 2008
"Pine Sol Lady" Brings Stories of Lesbian Moms to May 10 Comedy (Diane Amos)

Oakland Tribune

May 19, 2006
Size does matter for comedian Davis
(Tanyalee Davis)

The Bay Area Reporter:

May 18,2006
“Girls will be girlz – 'Funny Girlz' perform this weekend at the Herbst”
(Tanyalee Davis)

The J (Formerly The Jewish Bulletin):

May 5, 2006
"Standup vet a master of her comic domain"
(Carol Leifer)


March 10, 2005
Motherhood gives Jewish comic new shtick
(Cathy Ladman)

SF Chronicle:

May 14, 2003
Funny, Shazia Mirza looks Muslim: Her religion doesn’t preclude making jokes onstage, British stand-up comic says

SF Examiner:

October 1, 1999
"Funny Girlz' gather at Herbst Theatre

September 29, 1999
sfgate e-pick   

Vallejo Times-Herald

May 5, 2006
From opening for Sinatra to writing for "Seinfeld," she's funny
(Carol Leifer)


A Muslim, A Mormon, and A Jew Walk into a Bar

KALW Radio - Artery:

September 6, 2007
Laughing at God (mp3 audio stream)


Café con Comedy

SF Weekly

August 20, 2008
Use Your Noodle

SF Bay Times:

April 26, 2007
Smart Café Con Comedy: Rx for Good Health


Feygelah Schmeygelah

SF Examiner:

April 28, 1999
sfgate e-pick

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