[Vcsa-announcements] KUCR 88.3fm COMEDY APOCALYPSE 4 @ THE BARN WED FEB 22 8:30P

Tue Feb 21 12:08:01 PST 2012

THE KUCR 88.3fm COMEDY APOCALYPSE 4 IS HERE!!!
Wed February 22, 2012, 8:30pm @ THE BARN

3 TOP COMICS @ The BARN, including 4-Time EMMY Winner Greg Fitzsimmons
in the EARTH-SHATTERING 2012 MAYAN CALENDAR EDITION!!

FEATURING
Greg Fitzsimmons
of Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Howard Stern, Comedy Central, Ellen DeGeneres, 4-Time EMMY WINNER!
Dean Edwards
of Saturday Night Live, P Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy, Late Show, Black to the Future, Celebrity Death Match
Brent Weinbach
of Conan O'Brien, Lopez Tonight, Comedy Central, Funny or Die, HBO Andy Kaufman Award Winner
MC'D BY JOE TOTTEN OF kucr AND THE HIGHLANDER
THE BARN, DOORS @ 7:30PM, SHOW @ 8:30PM
UCR STUDENTS $5, GENERAL $12, Parking $5 (cash only) in Parking Lot 6.
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Riverside, CA -- KUCR 88.3fm continues its series of cutting-edge "Comedy Apocalypse" shows with a new "Earth-Shattering Mayan Calendar 2012 Edition," featuring three critically acclaimed performers.  Two are well established comics at the top of their game and one is a rising star getting rave reviews. The comedy show, always held near the end of the academic quarter, is scheduled for Wednesday, February 22nd, 8:30pm, at UC Riverside's Barn.
Greg Fitzsimmons, topping the bill, has performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_with_Conan_O%27Brien>, Late Show with David Letterman<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman>, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_with_Jay_Leno_%281992_TV_series%29> and Comedy Central. In 1996, Greg hosted the MTV game show Idiot Savants<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot_Savants_%28game_show%29>. From 2003 to 2005, he was one of the writers and producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, for which he won four Emmy's. He went on to write for Louis C.K.  He's a regular commentator on Vh1<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vh1>'s Best Week Ever<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Week_Ever> and I Love The<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_The> series. He is a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Howard_Stern_Show> and The Adam Carolla Podcast<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adam_Carolla_Podcast>.  Fitzsimmons recently appeared on John Oliver's (The Daily Show with John Stewart) New York Stand Up Show<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oliver%27s_New_York_Stand_Up_Show> on Comedy Central.  His latest book is Dear Mr. Fitzsimmons and his weekly podcast is available on iTunes.  He has many videos online posted on YouTube and elsewhere.
Dean Edwards is a stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer, voice artist, comedian, and musician who has appeared on Saturday Night Live, P Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy, The Late Show, Black To the Future and Celebrity Death Match.  He is known for his dead-on impersonations (Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphy, Don Cheadle, Colin Powell, Serena Williams, Denzel Washington and more).  He also appeared as an actor in film and television, including Tony N' Tina's Wedding, Spiderman 3 and The Sopranos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sopranos>.  The Dean Edwards YouTube channel is "deanedwardscomedy."
Brent Weinbach is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor who has appeared on Conan, Lopez Tonight, Comedy Central, toured with the Comedians of Comedy and performed at the Coachella Festival.  Weinbach's background, which is Jewish/Filipino, has given him a somewhat unique perspective.  He has an original experimental style done in a hilarious abstract deadpan delivery. Brent was a winner of the Andy Kaufman Award at the HBO Comedy Festival, in recognition of innovation in stand-up comedy.  A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, he was formerly a Professional Jazz Pianist and Substitute Teacher.  His first CD, inspired by radio monologist Joe Frank, was called "Tales from the Brown Side".  His second CD, released in September 2009, is called "The Night Shift" and features a blend of live recorded comedy, studio recordings, and original musical compositions.  Critics on Weinbach: "scary, hilarious and weird in the best way" (Time Out NY), "disturbingly brilliant" (LA Weekly), "a name to watch" (New York Magazine), "Weinbach's comedy is about poaching characters from real life and inhabiting them that you forget who you're watching onstage" (East Bay Express).
Tickets for the Comedy Apocalypse IV are $5 UCR students with ID, $12 general, available @ Ticketmaster or UCR Theatre Box Office, Ticket Line (951) UCR-BARN or (827) 827-4403.The UCR Barn open at 7:30pm, with the show starting at 8:30pm. The show is intended for a mature audience.

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