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New
York Times
December 24, 1994
Jewish Comics Make It A
Not So Silent Night

Los Angeles Times
December 5, 2004
Cheering on San Francisco
registration required (free)
December
1, 1995
Serving Up a Night of Sino-Kosher
Shtick
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"

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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