FORMER EMPLOYEES

Todd Barry * Hannibal Buress * Pete Holmes * Brent Weinbach * Kyle Kinane * Moshe Kasher * Baron Vaughn * Rob Delaney * Kumail Nanjiani * Eric Andre * Anthony Bedard * W Kamau Bell * Ali Wong * Jonah Ray * Matt Braunger * Hari Kondabolu * Rory Scoval * Scott Capurro * Brendon Walsh * Beth Lisick * Sheng Wang * Louis Katz * Laurie Kilmartin * Marga Gomez * Bobcat Goldthwait * Rob Cantrell * Ryan Singer * Jarrod Harris * Beth Stelling * Aparna Nancherla * Tara Jepsen * Heather Thompson * Robert Selander * Tarter Control * Jason Wheeler * Kurt Braunohler * Julian Vance * Amy Dresner * Janine Brito * Ashok Kondabolu * Emily Maya Mills * Matt Knudsen * Christina Lowery * Jabari Davis * Joe Tobin * Issac Witty * Shawn Pearlman * Dave Ross * Jake Weisman * Brendan Lynch * Matt Morales * Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits * Mike Spiegelman * Andy Haynes * Mike Recine * Erin Lennox * Marc Maron * Colleen Watson * Rachel Swan * Hiya Swanhuyser * Greg Edwards * Mary Van Note * Joe Klocek * Edwin Li * Reggie Steele * Kevin Camia * Matt Ruby * Grant Lyon * Clare O'Kane * Jules Posner * George Chen * Travis Irvine * Andy Wood * Zach Coulter * Marcella Arguello * Abbey Jordan * Miles K * Kevin O'Shea * Emily Heller * Kasseem Bentley * Rusty Mahakian * Stefan Stignei * Butt Problems * Andy McFood * Anna Seregina * Sammy Wegent * Tony Dushane * Derek Sheen * Bob Kohsravi * Mike Lebovitz * Jack Boulware * Myq Kaplan * Mischeivous Maidens * Lester Milton * Dan Goodman * Just Morgan * Jesse Fernandez * Casey Ley * Julien Rodriguez * Corey Loykasek * Irene McGee * Ron Funches * Whitney Streed * Karl Hess * Kevin Hancock * Jodi Miller * Stacey Scowley * Jeff Seal * Paul Marino * Josh Androsky * Ali Leibegott * Ivan Hernandez * Emily Lake * Andy Erikson * Max Fox * Dave Thomason * Will Hatcher * Reid Faylor * MariNaomi * Cassie J. Sneider * Ryan Clauson * Emmet Montgomery * Jono Zalay * Shawn Robbins * Chris Remmers * Paco Romane * Knuckles and Tits * Byron Bowers * Jesse Elias * Rajeev Dhar * Daryus Monday * Phoebe Robinson * Erin Judge * Kurt Weitzmann * Dave Ross * Joe Starr * Jeff Cleary * Sylvan Improv * Matt Gubser * OJ Patterson * The Awesome


Sunday, April 14, 2013

The Business, April 17, 2013: The Fourth Birthday Celebration Edition

Happy birthday! Feliz cumpleanos! Bon anniversaire! The Business celebrates its fourth birthday with an eclectic lineup of special guests, along with all your Business regulars. We blew out our candles, and wished for a dream lineup of guests - and, as Anne Hathaway would say, it came true! From the dream factory that is Hollywood, we welcome back our good friend and star of stage and screen, Baron Vaughn. From the dream worker-owned-collective that is SF literature, we welcome Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald. And from the chocolate factory Dandelion, we welcome chocolatiers Greg and Erica. After all, what would a birthday party be without dessert?

April 15, 2009 was a very different time. The #1 song in the country was "Poker Face." "Hannah Montana: The Movie" was #1 at the box office. Some people actually thought President Obama's birth certificate was a fake! And four SF comics started an experiment: a two-hour show, split four ways, every week at a theater in the Mission. Originally, Bucky Sinister was just going to rent a storefront so he could stand in it and just talk to passerby. When Alex Koll heard this idea, he thought it was crazy, and he decided he wanted a piece of that storefront plan. Eventually, the storefront became a theater and two people ranting for an hour each became four people ranting for half an hour each - much less crazy.

Over the years, the show evolved: more guests, more games, different Businessmen, bigger crowds, out-of-town shows, a "Best of SF" nod, and a franchise in Los Angeles. We've done nearly 200 shows, welcomed more than 200 guest performers, from comics to writers to clowns to musicians to burlesque dancers, and eaten roughly 200 pounds of refried beans. It's been a great ride - though that storefront might have REALLY been something. 

Our guests: 

 

Baron Vaughn is a dynamic performer whose standup involves song, dance, impressions, beatboxing, characters, and rock-solid joke writing. He was born in New Mexico, raised in Las Vegas, and came of comedy age in Boston. You have seen Baron as one of the Awkward Kings of Comedy, acting in "Black Dynamite" and "Fairly Legal," at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the Aspen Rooftop Festival, doing standup on "Conan," or on his podcast, Deep Shit.


Isaac Fitzgerald is the managing editor of The Rumpus (therumpus.net), the cultural website that's full of reviews, interviews, advice, music, film and poetry. He's also the co-founder of Pen & Ink (http://penandink.tumblr.com/), a Tumblr devoted to tattoos and the stories behind them, which is soon to become a real-life ink-and-paper book. Mr. Fitzgerald also hosted the Rumpus live events at the Make-Out Room, and still emcees Rumpus shows on both coasts.

 

Dandelion Chocolate is a small bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer in Dogpatch, which recently opened a store on Valencia Street, just a block away from the Dark Room itself. Their chocolatiers will sit down for an interview with the foodiest Businessman of all, Nato Green, though we urge audience members not to share their secrets with Mr. Slugworth.

So this Wednesday, come commemorate four years of Business. BYOBPHAP (Bring Your Own Burritos, Party hats, And Pinatas). Bucky, Nato, Caitlin, and Sean will be there in the flesh; Alex Koll, Chris Garcia, Chris Thayer, and Mike Drucker will be there in spirit. Please no gifts: your presence is your presents, along with five bucks admission.

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