Thursday, February 2, 2012
• VOL. LX NO. 5
Acknowledged by peers and press alike as one of the premier political satirists in the country, Will Durst has patched together a comedy quilt of a career, weaving together columns, books, radio and television commentaries, acting, voice overs and most especially, stand up comedy, into a hilarious patchwork of outraged and outrageous common sense. His abiding motto is “You can’t make stuff up like this." The New York Times calls him "possibly the best political comic in the country." Fox News agrees "he's a great political satirist," while the Oregonian hails him as a “hilarious stand-up journalist.” This former radio talk host, oyster shucker, and margarine smuggler currently writes a nationally syndicated humor column, and his scribblings have appeared in Esquire, George, the San Francisco Chronicle, National Lampoon, The New York Times and scads of other periodicals.
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The All-American Sport
of Bipartisan Bashing
of Bipartisan Bashing
“Side-splittingly funny! Durst is a brilliant racounteur and an astute political philosopher.
There is some Will Rogers there, Lewis Black’s uninhibited rage, Mort Sahl’s electric speed chatter and Lenny Bruce’s wisdom mixed with cynicism. But he is an original for today.
Treat yourself to Will Durst: The All American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing!”
Available at Amazon
Available at Amazon
February 2
*Will Travis Tribute
Ferry Building
San Francisco
San Francisco
February 2
Punch Line, Sacramento
2100 Arden Way
Suite 225
Sacramento, CA
916.925.5500
Suite 225
Sacramento, CA
916.925.5500
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The Marsh
1062 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
415.282.3055
1062 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
415.282.3055
February 25-27
Rrazz Room
with Dick Gregory
with Dick Gregory
222 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA
415.394.1189
San Francisco, CA
415.394.1189
February 28
The Marsh
1062 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
415.282.3055
1062 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA
415.282.3055
As rare and mythical as the unicorn, it too cavorts amongst the clouds with double rainbows birthing from its unfathomable depths. But instead of worshipful 12 year- old girls, it is conservative politicians who tack drawings of this inamorata on walls above their beds. We're talking about the legendary... Mainstream.
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Outside the Mainstream, red turbo hybrids prowl discordantly with hip hop infused rock and roll blasting from after market Korean stereo systems. Uncomfortable shoe choices are flaunted by pregnant teenage girls, while Steve Jobs' subversive acolytes encourage impressionable minds to "think differently," actively disrupting the carefully nurtured herd mentality. The place to flee.
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Dedication to Mainstream purity extends to within the holy liquid circle as well. Newton Leroy Gingrich castigated Ron Paul for being "totally outside the Mainstream of every decent American." And Ron Paul is a medical doctor. Apparently the Coast Guard patrolling the Mainstream is ever vigilant.
Tuesdays in 2012 @ the Marsh
Elect to Laugh!
With Will Durst and Friends
A hysterical hybrid chasing down the presidential election cycle like white on rice with material as up to date as the latest tweet from DC. It blends monologues and commentary 
and perhaps the occasional rant. The show’s intent is to blur the traditional boundaries between stand-up comedy and theater. Through innovation, experimentation and a ravenous appetite for accessing the topical via the jugular, Durst and Company are out to prove that jokes are not the enemy. Elect to Laugh! will comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable by hitting them where it hurts the funniest as it weaves its humorous way through the primaries, the debates, the ads, the mud, the spin, the tears, the flip-flopping, the flop-flipping, the pancake flipping, and the pancaked aspirations, once a week until election day, November 6, which co-incidentally happens to be a Tuesday.
