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Click here for Printable PDF Program COMEDY WALK The biggest comedy walk event in the world! Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2008 Program www.ComedyWalk.com Get FREE TICKETS! Downtown Los Angeles 8:30pm to 10pm At the Downtown Comedy Club, the Palace Theatre, the New LATC and other nearby venues Park in garage at Main and 6th ($5) Walk between shows or stay put 6 Simultaneous Shows 6 Venues with 10 Acts per Venue

February 2008 Comedy Walk Hosts

	Garrett Morris From the original cast of Saturday Night Live See Garrett at the Downtown Comedy Club		Ernie G From Comedy Central’s Make Me Laugh and Sí TV’s Funny is Funny See Ernie G at Comedy Fiesta
	Claudine Guerrero [RisingCast] Funny & Loud Bi-lingual Spanish		Kimberly Douglas [RisingCast] Funny & Loud Bi-lingual Spanish
	Melody Murray [RisingCast] Funny & Loud From the Comedy Store and the HA HA Club in North Hollywood		Stefany Northcutt [RisingCast] Funny & Loud From Comic Strip Live in New York City

COMEDY WALK performers have appeared on Carpoolers, Pushing Daisies, Saturday Night Live, and Seinfeld. They've appeared in televised comedy performances on Comedy Central Comic Groove, Comedy Central Live at Gotham, Comedy Central Premium Blend, Comic's Unleashed, BET Comic View, and HBO Def Jam. They've been on radio with National Lampoon Radio, The Playboy Morning Show, Sirius, and XM Radio. They've appeared live at the Comedy Central Stage, the Comedy Store, the HA HA Club, The Ice House, The Improv, and the Laugh Factory.

Venue #1 Downtown Comedy Club 501 S Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 200-seat club Hosts: Garrett Morris & Kevin Garnier Camera: Robin Rowe Wrangler:	Venue #2 - ALL LATINO ACTS! Palace Theatre 630 S. Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90013 1,100-seat theater Host: Ernie G Camera: Jayson Wickenkamp Wrangler: Darren Jones	Venue #3 The New LATC Los Angeles Theater Center 514 S. Spring St., Theater #4 Los Angeles, CA 90013 80-seat cabaret Host: Stefany Northcutt Camera: Gabrielle Pantera Wrangler: Ed Spangler
8:25 Host Warm-Up 8:30 Shaun Latham 8:40 Rene Garcia 8:50 Todd "J.T." Thomas 9:00 Rebecca Michael 9:10 Joe Bartnick 9:20 Melanie Reno 9:30 Ian Edwards 9:40 Annie McKnight 9:50 Garrett Morris 10:00 Goodnight	8:25 Host Warm-Up 8:30 Carlos Loma 8:40 Sal Rodriquez 8:50 Zhivago 9:00 Alfred Robles 9:10 Mark Gonzalez 9:20 Shaun Latham 9:30 Edwin San Juan 9:40 ReneGarcia 9:50 Ernie G 10:00 Goodnight	8:25 Host Warm-Up 8:30 Mark Gonzalez 8:40 Melanie Reno 8:50 Edwin San Juan 9:00 Iliza Shlesinger 9:10 Erik Lundy 9:20 Competitive Awesome 9:30 Joe Wilson 9:40 Alex Nussbaum 9:50 Joe Bartnick 10:00 Goodnight
Venue #4 Wyatt Earp Room Alexandria Building 212 W. 5th Steet Los Angeles, CA 90013 1,000 sq. ft. SRO Host: Melody Murray Camera: Brian Frederick Wrangler: Hope Wells	Venue #5 The Onion Room Spring Arts Tower 207 W. 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 1,400 sq. ft. SRO Host: Kimberly Douglas Camera: Christopher McKinnon Wrangler: Argenis Pirela	Venue #6 The Backstage Spring Arts Tower 211 W. 5th Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 1,600 sq. ft. SRO Host: Claudine Guerrero Camera: Jim McCaffree Wrangler: Lynda Aloha
8:25 Host Warm-Up 8:30 Alex Nussbaum 8:40 Ian Edwards 8:50 Joe Wilson 9:00 Nidhal Abaza 9:10 Hair of the Mangy Dog 9:20 Michael Goldstrom 9:30 Chris Adams 9:40 Martha Marion 9:50 Dave Mishevitz 10:00 Goodnight	8:25 Host Warm-Up 8:30 Erik Lundy 8:40 Competitive Awesome 8:50 Michael Goldstrom 9:00 Annie McKnight 9:10 Dave Mishevitz 9:20 Scott Vinci 9:30 Todd Thomas 9:40 Zhivago 9:50 Iliza Shlesinger 10:00 Goodnight	8:25 Host Warm-Up 8:30 Hair of the Mangy Dog 8:40 Scott Vinci 8:50 Chris Adams 9:00 Martha Mason 9:10 Carlos Loma 9:20 Sal Rodriguez 9:30 Nidhal Abaza 9:40 Rebecca Michael 9:50 Alfred Robles 10:00 Goodnight

COMEDY WALK Sponsors

February 2008 COMEDY WALK Performers Nidhal Abaza performs regularly all over the Los Angeles area. Chris Adams from the series The Open Mikers. Joe Bartnick Special Guest Dave Attell Insomniac Tour, writer for Lisa Lampanelli (Queen of Mean), writer/performer on the Ian Bagg Show, can be heard on The Playboy Morning Show and National Lampoon Radio. Was original host of the Regular Joes (sports talk show), sportstalk host at KLAS, has written for Comedy.com, Comedytime.com, Headwriters.com and CompleteSheet.com. Competitive Awesome Sketch, creators animated series Monster Office sold to Cookie Jar Entertainment, live action travel log comedy series Treasure Quest with Rick/Mill productions and Second City NBC Universal, and for comedy.com, The Newest New News (NNN), a weekly comedy news program. Ian Edwards Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson, Live at Gotham, Punkd, Def Comedy Jam Ernie G has appeared in Comedy Central’s Make Me Laugh, B.E.T.’s Comic View, Ed McMahon’s Next Big Star, Mun2’s Loco Comedy Jam, Galavisión’s Qué Locos!, Sí TV’s Funny is Funny, and the Latino Laugh Festival: The Show!. Ernie G is the host of 30-City National Comedy Tour “The Picante Comedy Fiesta!”, featuring the country’s top Latino comedians, to sold-out shows. Ernie G is the weekly host of two Los Angeles shows: “Comedy @ The Conga Room” every Monday night; and "Comedy @ Ambiente" in Alhambra, every Thursday night. Rene Garcia Loco Comedy Jam Tour, Latino Laugh Festival, Improv, Catch a Rising Star, SiTV's "Funny is Funny". Michael Goldstrom from the Comedy Store and The Improv. Mark Gonzalez Laugh out Loud Funny. Hair of the Mangy Dog Sketch group. They've been performing as a group at the Acme Comedy Theater and the McCadden Place Theater, but you may recognize them individually from iO West, Second City, The Ice House, The Comedy Store, and Robert Blake… da Musical. Carlos Loma from The Laugh Factory. Shaun Latham tours nationally, The Improv, The Ice House. Erik Lundy and Workplace of the Damned performs The Improv, The Ice House, The Downtown Comedy Club, can be heard on XM NATIONAL LAMPOON COMEDY RADIO. Martha Marion is an L.A. based comic who showcases her edgy, playful style for college and club crowds nationwide. You've seen her at the Improv and Room 5 as well as on the ComedyTime Mobile Comedy Channel. She recently placed 4th in the Ultimate Laff Down in Orange County and competed in the Seattle Internationally Comedy Competition...where she lost. Big time. Annie McKnight Appeared in Heroes, Brothers and Sisters and Martin Lawrence 1st. Amendments Comedy Show, just to name a few. MySpace.com/AnnieMcKnight Rebecca Michael performs stand up comedy at clubs from Boston to Los Angeles. Her recent film Doggie Bag was featured by MySpace as a top video for over a week and watched over 92,000 times worldwide. Doggie Bag is in distribution with shortbrain.tv. Dave Mishevitz appears regularly at The Comedy Store. Check out "We Love You Mrs. Bevins," a documentary about one of his many comedy trips to Iraq with Comics on Duty, at Amazon.com or check him out online at www.myspace.com/daveiscomedy! monkeybunker.blogspot.com www.imdb.com/name/nm1688308/ Garrett Morris, original Saturday Night Live cast member, The Jamie Foxx Show, Car Wash, Cooley High Alex Nussbaum recent Toronto, Canada transplant, Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award as Best Male Standup and chosen #1 Comedy Show of 2006 in Toronto (by Now Magazine). Melanie Reno as seen on COMEDY CENTRAL's Premium Blend. Her first comedy CD just came out. On sale at AMOEBA MUSIC or through www.myspace.com/melaniereno Alfred Robles Sal Rodriguez The Laugh Factory, The Improv, The Ice House Edwin San Juan Showtime's Payaso Comedy Slam, Comics Unleashed, BET's Comic View, Galavision's Que Locos & Loco Comedy Jam, Si TV's Latino Laugh Festival the show & Inside Joke, NBC, grand champion of the Talent Agency on UPN with 9 consecutive victories, producer of SlantED Comedy. Iliza Shlesinger The E! Network, G4TV, TV Guide Channel, Comics Unleashed. Tours nationally. She is the host of the hit internet show "The Weakly News" on TheStream.tv and just returned from her second tour overseas entertaining the troops and will be appearing this coming year as the host for the new show "Gadget or The Girl". Todd "J.T." Thomas tours nationally and can locally be seen at The Comedy Store and The Ice House. Scott Vinci (music comedy) Check out his latest short on Will Ferrells funnyordie.com website! Just type in Scott Vinci! 2007 L.A. comedy festival,. Joe Wilson co-host Dork Forest Radio, co-host Road Stories, a first hand look at life on and off the road for today's top comedians. Zhivago The Laugh Factory, The Improvs, Latino Laugh Festival, Loco Comedy Jam

COMEDY WALK is held in cooperation with the Los Angeles Downtown Art Walk, a monthly event that draws a crowd of 3,000 people to 30 participating neighborhood art galleries. Art Walk is held from noon to 9pm. COMEDY WALK is held from 8:30pm to 10pm. Art Walk and COMEDY WALK are on the second Thursday of each month. Both events are FREE. Come early and hang out at 30 participating art galleries. [Art Walk Map]

PARKING: Suggested garage is the Los Angeles Garage, 6th & Main, NW corner, open 24 hours, $5 flat rate after 4pm. Do not park in adjacent small garage on Spring Street because it closes at 9pm. Check what time your garage closes! Many other neighborhood garages, parking lots and street parking also available.

Area Drinking and Dining

• Bar 107 4th Street between Spring & Main
• Bishop Coffee, 510 S. Spring
• Charlie O’s Bar 5th & Spring
• Clinton's Restaurant, 648 S. Broadway
• El Rancho Mexican, 225 W. 5th
• Ensenada, 517 S. Spring
• Las Maracas, 217 W. 5th
• Pete's Cafe & Bar 4th & Main
• Pitfire Pizza 2nd & Main
• Rocket Pizza 4th Street between Spring & Main
• Sultan Restaurant, 311 W. 6th
• Warung Cafe 4th Street between Spring & Main
• Weeneez 500 S Spring St

For the City of Los Angeles ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA…Mayor JAN PERRY…Councilwoman, District 9	For the Cultural Affairs Department OLGA GARAY …EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAUL ROMO…Assistant General Manager