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Sexpot Comedy
Sexpot Comedy is a comedy collective, producing or sponsoring nine podcasts and more than a dozen weekly or monthly live events in Denver, Colorado. It is run by partners Kayvan Soorena Tyler Khalatbari-Limaki (Kayvan Khalatbari), a local entrepreneur, and Andy Juett, a local comedian and producer. History In July 2012, Khalatbari combined two of his existing businesses—Sexy Pizza, a Denver-based pizza chain, and Denver Relief, one of Colorado's oldest marijuana dispensaries—to create a comedy showcase called Sexpot Comedy. Staged in one of Sexy Pizza's three locations, these invite-only stand-up shows allowed Denver Relief's medical marijuana patients to smoke while watching sets from some of Denver's comedians. Shortly after the launch, Juett joined on as a producing partner of Sexpot. Along with the namesake showcase, the Sexpot brand started sponsoring four Denver podcasts (all hosted or co-hosted by area comedians), and several local comedy festivals, open mics, and specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sex Pot may refer to: * Sex Pot (1975 film), ''Sex Pot'' (1975 film), an Italian comedy directed by Giorgio Capitani * ''Sex Pot'', a 2009 film written and directed by Eric Forsberg {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (; ur, کمیل علی ننجیانی, ; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series ''Silicon Valley'' (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film '' The Big Sick'' (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, ''Time'' magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series ''Adventure Time'' and starred in the TNT series ''Franklin & Bash'' and the Adult Swim series '' Newsreaders''. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show '' The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail'', as well as playing various roles on the comedy series '' Portlandia''. He also starred as the Eternal actor Kingo in the Marvel Studios superhero film '' Eternals'' (2021), which is set in the Marvel Cin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great American Beer Festival
The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is an annual beer festival hosted by the Brewers Association, held in Denver, Colorado. Typically held in late September or early October, the event is currently held at Denver's Colorado Convention Center. Established in 1982, it is the largest ticketed beer festival in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. History The GABF was founded by brewer Charlie Papazian, and the first festival was held in conjunction with the American Homebrewers Association's annual conference in Boulder, Colorado in June 1982, featuring 24 participating breweries and 47 beers. In a private event held the week prior, judges evaluate the beers in the associated competition, and award medals in over 100 beer style categories. In 2019, the panel consisted of 322 judges from 18 countries, who evaluated over 9,400 beers. The most recent GABF was held in 2019, featuring 800 breweries and 4,000 beers. The in-person festival was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker, Denver
Baker is a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, United States. Geography Baker is an area of , approximately south of Denver Civic Center, generally defined by these boundaries: on the north by West 6th Avenue, on the east by Broadway, on the south by West Mississippi Avenue, and on the west by the South Platte River. Historic district A historic district of (approximately 30 blocks) lies in the northeast corner of the neighborhood with irregular borders that range from within a half block of Alameda Ave. and Broadway on the south and east to as far as Fox St. on the west and W. 5th Ave. on the north. The historic district designation was granted in 2000 as Baker Historic District as part of the Historic Preservation effort of the City of Denver. Criteria for designation included historical figures who lived in the neighborhood and many popular architectural styles, with several buildings designed by prominent architects within a period of significance of 1873 to 1937. With s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Festival
A comedy festival is a celebration of comedy with many shows, venues, comedy performers (such as stand up comics, sketch troupes, variety performers, etc.) and is held over a specific block of time. Normally, each festival has a diverse range of comedy themes and genres. Comedy festivals A partial list of well-known comedy festivals includes: * The Portland Comedy Festival * Moontower Comedy Festival *Leicester Comedy Festival (In Leicester, England the UK'S longest running comedy festival and one of top 5 in world) * Algé'rire, In Algiers, Algeria, the largest comedy festival in the country * ComediHa! Fest-Québec (In Québec City, Canada, one of the largest international comedy Festival in the world) * JFL NorthWest * Big Pine Comedy Festival *Edinburgh Festival Fringe * Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Europe's largest comedy festival) *Melbourne International Comedy Festival * FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival * YYComedy Festival * Cologne Comedy Festival * Just for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Plains Comedy Festival
High Plains Comedy Festival is a comedy festival held each August in Denver, Colorado. It was founded in 2013 by Denver comedian/writer Adam Cayton-Holland and comedian/producer Andy Juett. The festival features a mix of local and national comics in venues throughout Denver's Baker neighborhood. Starting in 2016, Juett parted ways with the festival and Karen Wachtel became executive producer. As of 2019, the production team includes Cayton-Holland, Wachtel, Jessi Whitten, Ron Doyle, Carlos Madrid, and Will Hancock. 2013 High Plains was established in 2013 as Denver's first all stand-up comedy festival and ran August 23-24, 2013. The festival was sponsored by Denver-based burrito restaurant Illegal Pete's. The lineup included Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton, Andrew Orvedahl, Adam Cayton-Holland, Ben Roy, Kurt Braunohler, Jake Weisman, Ian Douglas Terry, Andy Wood, Kate Berlant and Amber Tozer. Headliner Reggie Watts joined dozens of local Denver comedians, live podcast recordings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniels & Fisher Tower
The Daniels & Fisher Tower is a distinctive historic landmark located in Denver, Colorado. Description and history Built as part of the Daniels & Fisher department store in 1910, it was the tallest building between the Mississippi River and the state of California at the time of construction, at a height of 325 feet (99 m). The building was designed by the architect Frederick Sterner and modeled after The Campanile (St. Mark's Bell Tower) at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy. emporis.com The 20-floor has clock faces on all four sides. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illegal Pete's
Illegal Pete's is a Colorado-based group of quick-service, fast-casual "Mission Style" burrito restaurants that takes inspiration from burritos popularized in San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s. History The first Illegal Pete's location was opened up by Pete Turner on August 15, 1995, on The Hill in Boulder; Turner said that starting the business nearly killed him. Since then, the business has grown to include seven locations in Denver, two in Boulder, one in Fort Collins, and two in Arizona, one in Tucson and one in Tempe. Turner seeks old, historic buildings to transform into his locations and has done so with places like Mama's Cafe, and the vintage shop at Main Gate. The corporate headquarters of Illegal Pete's was in the historic Denver landmark, the Daniels & Fisher Tower in downtown Denver and now is located in a loft on Broadway near their S. Broadway restaurant. The restaurant has become popular with hipsters, college students, athletes, and musicians nationwide: in fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska, Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. List of United States cities by population, The nation's 39th-largest city, Omaha's 2020 United States census, 2020 census population was 486,051. Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status. Omaha's pioneer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Colorado. Boulder is the principal city of the Boulder, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and an important part of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, at an elevation of above sea level. Boulder is northwest of the Colorado state capital of Denver. It is home of the main campus of the University of Colorado, the state's largest university. History On November 7, 1861, the Colorado General Assembly passed legislation to locate the University of Colorado in Boulder. On September 20, 1875, the first cornerstone was laid for the first building (Old Main) on the CU campus. The university officially opened on September 5, 1877. In 1907, Boulder adopted an anti- saloon ordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Crawford (comedian)
Anthony Crawford may refer to: *Anthony Crawford (bass musician), American musician, producer and songwriter *Anthony Crawford (musician), American musician *Anthony Crawford (lynching victim) Anthony Crawford (ca. 1865 – October 21, 1916) was an African American man who was killed by a lynch mob in Abbeville, South Carolina on October 21, 1916. Life Crawford was born early in the Reconstruction Era, c. 1865. After the Civil W ..., African American man who was killed by a lynch mob in South Carolina in 1916 * Shep Crawford (Anthony Schappel Crawford, born 1970), American R&B and gospel musician, songwriter, and record producer {{hndis, Crawford, Anthony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampton Yount
Hampton Yount (, rhyming with "blunt"; born June 14, 1984) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor, known for ''Mystery Science Theater 3000.'' Yount was born in Warrenton, Virginia, to Renee and Victor Yount. Hampton has three siblings, Virginia, Henri and Clay, whom he has talked about on his podcast, Y'all Ever. Clay also appeared on "Doom Island", another one of Hampton's several podcasts, in April 2021. From 2004 to 2012, he and his brother Clay produced a webcomic, ''Rob and Elliot'', for the Boxcar Comics collective. His brother, Clay, continues to make comics and publish them on his website. He first performed stand-up comedy in Blacksburg, Virginia and Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles. Podcasts Hampton currently hosts multiple podcasts, including Doom Island, Y'all Ever,which Hampton paused in March 2021. He also hosted Suicide Buddies, which is no longer running. Yount currently records Y'all Ever with Dave Ross, who is a Los Angeles comedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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