Performers (2008)

David Brenner | Page Hurwitz | Dan Naturman | Lisa Geduldig
Past Performers

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DAVID BRENNER began doing stand up in 1969 and made his national TV debut on The Tonight Show in 1971. He holds the record for the most appearances of any guest on the show: 158 (75 were as a guest host). Brenner appeared on the last live Ed Sullivan Show and was the first comic to appear on Letterman. According to The Book of List #2, he has continued to be the most frequent talk show guest of any entertainer.

The Philadelphia native has done four HBO specials, including his most recent one in 2000, David Brenner: Back with a Vengeance, which he performed live in Las Vegas. The show was one of HBO’s highest rated specials and received glowing reviews. The Hollywood Reporter said, “He’s edgier and more insightful in his skewering of popular culture than ever before.” Today, Brenner’s act is based on “very” current events, and he is recognized as a political pundit, on news-oriented shows, including CNN and The Fox Network.

Brenner began as a kid in the poor sections of South and West Philadelphia where he was a gang leader who used humor as a powerful weapon or a negotiating tool. From fourth grade through high school, Brenner was elected class president as well as class comedian. He attended Temple University where he graduated with honors, majoring in mass communications.

Before becoming a comedian, Brenner enjoyed a successful career as the writer/ producer/ director of 115 television documentaries and headed the distinguished documentary departments of both Westinghouse Broadcasting and Metromedia Broadcasting. His documentary work earned him a total of nearly thirty awards and citations including an Emmy Award. Brenner’s first book, Soft Pretzels with Mustard, was a best seller. He has also published Revenge Is the Best Exercise; Nobody Ever Sees You Eat Tuna Fish; If God Wanted Us to Travel..., and his fifth book, I Think There’s a Terrorist in My Soup, was a guide on how to use humor and laughter to get through personal problems as well as how to cope with the world’s problems.

This is David Brenner’s first San Francisco appearance in more than 15 years.

While continuing to do stand up around the country, Brenner is also moving his comedy on-line, as the founder and creator of a unique comedy web site, www.FunnyDeli.com which debuts November 2008. His own web site is www.davidbrenneronline.com

PAGE HURWITZ began her comedy career in San Francisco at the legendary Josie's Cabaret. Since those far simpler times, she has had to perform in comedy clubs, college mess halls, and in The Montreal Just For Laughs and Toyota Comedy Festivals. In addition to her grueling stand up schedule, Page has somehow found time to write and produce things. She has worked on various film and television projects for TBS, Touchstone, Comedy Central, Warner Brothers Animation, NBC, and Nickelodeon, among others. She has also contributed to several periodicals, including The Nation and Girlfriends magazines. She has been on the radio, podcasts, and on a bunch of other crap. Page can be seen in a movie she believes is entitled Outlaugh. You can also catch her stand up special on MTV's Logo Network. When she's not maniacally exercising, Page is a Co-Executive Producer of NBC's Last Comic Standing. She is also developing (and is attached to executive produce) Comedy Roadshow for TBS. www.pagehurwitz.net

DAN NATURMAN began performing stand up comedy while a student at Fordham University School of Law in New York. After graduating, he decided to let $80,000 worth of education go to waste and devote himself full time to comedy. Though he never practiced law, as a member of the New York Bar Association he still gets discounts on rental cars. Dan has been described as reminiscent of vaudeville era comedians with a modern twist. His charming self-deprecating style has made him a hit with comedy club audiences from coast to coast. He was a favorite of celebrity judges Drew Carey and Brett Butler on Last Comic Standing and has made several appearances on Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Dan can also be seen on his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special. Dan recently returned from Iraq where he performed for the troops. In his spare time, of which he has a lot, he is working on a book of autobiographical essays which he is hoping will give him the respectability he craves. The Stamford, CT native currently makes his home in New York City where he is a regular at The Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village. www.dannaturman.com

LISA GEDULDIG is a San Francisco-based stand-up comic and comedy producer. She’s originally from New Yawk, where her entire suburban block was Jewish except the Mazzolas next door who had on their lawn what seemed to be the largest Nativity scene in the history of the world. Lisa is the creator, producer, and MC of a variety of annual comedy shows in addition to Kung Pao Kosher Comedy — The George Bush Going Away Party: An Evening of Political Comedy; Funny Girlz: A Smorgasbord of Women Comedians; and A Muslim, A Mormon, and A Jew Walk into A Bar: The Comedy of Religion. Lisa branched out into the world of music and has produced Charo two times at San Francisco’s Herbst Theatre. Lisa is also a bilingual (Spanish/English, not Yiddish/English) freelance arts publicist.

Past Performers

LISA GEDULDIG is the Mistress of Ceremonies each year.

Past performers have included…

2007

• Shelley Berman
• Scott Blakeman
• Esther Paik Goodhart

2006

• Cathy Ladman
• Dan Ahdoot
• Stephanie Blum

2005

• Wendy Liebman
• Gregg Rogell
• Betsy Salkind

2004

• Judy Gold
• Page Hurwitz
• Brad Zimmerman

2003

• Judy Gold
• Ed Crasnick
• Bruce Smirnoff

2002

• Jeffrey Ross
• Cory Kahaney
• Eddie Sarfaty

2001

• Cathy Ladman
• Scott Blakeman
• Lisa Kron

2000

• Marc Maron
• Page Hurwitz
• Brian Malow

1999

• Carol Leifer
• Betsy Salkind
• Dan Rothenberg

1998

• Freddie Roman
• Sara Cytron
• Dan Lewis

1997

• Henny Youngman "The King of The One Liners"
• Charlie Varon
• Judith Sloan

1996

• Sherry Glaser
• Josh Kornbluth
• The Kinsey Sicks—America's Favorite Dragapella Beautyshop Quartet

1995

• Cathy Ladman
• Jaffe Cohen

1994

• Carol Leifer
• Ed Crasnick
• Sara Felder
• Scott Silverman
• Andrea Leigh Levin
• Surprise Guest: Margaret Cho

1993

• Suzy Berger
• Scott Silverman
• Stu Silverstein