Hey, John Ramsey: kick-butt job last night on CONAN.  And you know what?  Thanks for the super-cool PUNCH! plug.  We owe you one.  Or two or three.

Watch John perform on CONAN.  Then watch him perform live during our SEASON 8 PREMIERE. (Get your tix by clicking here.) Come on out; touch someone who's shaken hands with an 8-foot tall ginger, y'all . . .

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SXSW•Comedy … Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest … Funniest Person in Austin 2012 … We stepped aside and made room for all the extra comedy awesomeness our city just experienced.  And it was awesome. But the fact still remains: PUNCH! owns this town.

So let it be written. So let it be done.

P.S. You do remember that we sell out each week, right?  Secure advance tix online or call CapCityComedy. 512.467.2333. Word.

More than 8,000 audience members have enjoyed our taste.

John Ramsey (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Funniest Person in Austin | Winner) Website

Seth Cockfield (Grow Up!, Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Twitter

Joe Hafkey (Richmond, VA, Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Twitter 

Duncan Carson (PopAlmanac podcast) Twitter

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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Hey, everybody!  It's our 3rd Annual (does that make it a tradition?) SOUR GRAPES! showcase . . . our favorite acts from the Funniest Person in Austin Contest that we think got overlooked, short changed or other wise raw-dealed.  While not an official PUNCH! show, per-se, it's curated and run with the same care and wisdom that has made PUNCH! such a success.  SO, that's worth something, right?

As always, nab tix & reserve the best seats by calling CapCityComedy. 512.467.2333. Word.

SOUR GRAPES! 2012

TUESDAY MAY 22, 8PM

CAP CITY COMEDY CLUB, $5

~featuring~

Wes Corwin

Steven Farmer

Zach Hanes

Eric Kennedy

Holly Lorka

Luke McClory

Danny Palumbo

Katie Pengra

Andrew Tompkins

While we're on the subject, congratulations to this year's new reigning King of Funny: FPiA 2012 (and PUNCH! alum) RAMIN NAZER!  Look for Ramin during the upcoming PUNCH! season.

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Spring singnals death. Isn't that the saying? But don't worry, just like the Phoenix and Jesus, we'll soon rise again. Alas, we've one last show before we make room for the annual Funniest Person in Austin Consest** begins. Won't you make the time to see us as we're cast out of our garden/removed from the island/masterfully matriculated? We're hoping you will.

P.S. You do remember that we sell out each week, right?  Secure advance tix online or call CapCityComedy. 512.467.2333. Word.

**A best-bet for sure. Be sure to catch at least a few openning rounds for the trainwrecks, then plan on all three semi-final rounds to get the best taste of what is happening in our fair city's scene.)

John Ramsey (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Funniest Person in Austin | Winner) Website

Mac Blake (STAG Comedy, Master Pancake) Twitter

Brently Heilbron (Daily Uke: by Brently, All Things Delicious) Wikipedia

Kerri Lendo (No Shame Theater, Women in Comedy Festival) Twitter

Cameron Fielder (Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Interview

~and introducing~

Joe Hafkey (Richmond, VA) Twitter 

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden

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Once a season we gather up a clutch of our friends to tell their most offensive, inappropriate and cringe worthy material**. That time is upon us. If you've ever used words like Liberal or Conservative to describe yourself, we recommend you sit this one out. Seriously. We don't want to have to sift through your "you hurt my feelings" comment cards.

We'll be back to our regular antics for the SEASON FINALÉ on 03/27.

John Tole ("World's Most Offensive Comedian", Raw Dog Comedy Channel, Killers of Comedy Tour) Link

Eric Krug (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Just for Laughs | Montreal) Website

Lucas Molandes (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, FPiA | Winner) Website

Kat Ramzinski (Art Outside Festival, Puff Puff Laff) 

Carey Denise (Do-Over Enthusiast) Twitter

~special guest~

Satan (Yes, that Satan.) NSFW

**If you are easily put off by talk of religion, politics, protected class citizens or the like, please, please, please skip this one; this simply isn't the show for you. On the other hand, if you sometimes get drunk and punch mirrors because your mom didn't hug you, well then come on in. We've been waiting for you. P.S. NO REFUNDS.  Suck it.

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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There's a calm this Tuesday

between all the geeks leaving

and all the drunks arriving . . .

Look: we're not a bunch of idiots.  We know there are about 328 stand up showcases around Austin this week.  But how many of them have delivered consistent, well-curated laughs for the last 2 years?  Exactly.  So remember where your butter is breaded and know you're in good hands with us.  Plus, we gotz parking.  Or, go downtown and dodge the skinny-pants crowd.  It's up to you, Suck Sack.

P.S. You do remember that we sell out each week, right?  Secure advance tix online or call CapCityComedy. 512.467.2333. Word.

That George Clooney is something else!

*all acts subject to change

Cameron Buchholtz (CB Radio podcast) Twitter

Chris Cubas (SXSW, FunFunFunFest, Altercation Punk Comedy Tour) Twitter

Cody Hustak  (FunFunFunFest, Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Twitter

nope Martha Kelly (Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) 

Kyle Kinane (Comedy Central Presents, Conan, Death of the Party) Twitter

Kristine Levine (Portlandia, kapodcast.com) Twitter

Nick Turner (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) Website

~just added!~

Brooke Van Poppelen (truTV, MTV, VH1) Website

T J Miller (Chelsea Lately, Cloverfield, Conan) Website

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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Dallas is known for a lot of awesome things: a dead President, Tony Romo, some The First 48 murders and now even a Kardashian.  Man, that's so awesome!  But D-town's not all just guns and incompltete passes.  The fact is, Dallas is one of PUNCH!'s favorite places to pull talent from.  Obviously you agree, because some of our most-requested acts are Dallas residents past and present.  So this week: a cadre of comics who cut their teeth in the Big D.  See what happens?  You ask for something, we deliver.  Just like we've been doing for the past 25 months.  Let's make it another sold out night, Grandmas.

**We sell out each week.  Guarantee entry via pre-purchase.  Call the CapCity Box Office @ 467-2333, or, purchase online.  Or gamble on a walk-up.**

Paul Varghese (Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, Russell Peters Presents) Link

Chelsea Hood (Dallas, TX) Twitter

Bob Khosravi (San Francisco International Comedy Competition, Art Outside) Website

Chris Tellez (Dallas, TX) Website

 Adam Shumate (Funniest Comic in Texas Contest) Twitter

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Face it . . . everybody loves New York. Even people who complain about its smell and bustle and attitude secretly have a soft spot for the city at the center of the universe. So, we get why it steals so much of our home-grown talent.  The city is a siren and she calls - only to have our brave sons and daughters wash up cold and lonely on her shores.  Wait . . . what were we talking about? Oh, right. Former FPiA Winner Lucas Molandes is headed back to Austin, and he's bringing the super-talented Brooke Van Poppelen along with him.  In two words: we're stoked.

Lucas Molandes (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, FPiA | Winner) Website

Brooke Van Poppelen (New York, NY, truTV, MTV, SXSW 2012) Website

~and introducing~

Duncan Carson (PopAlmanac podcast) Twitter

~just added!~

Ryan Cownie (Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Link

PUNCH! is hosted by Matt Bearden.

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Mario is well-travelled.  One, he's constantly on the road; touring the nation and rubbing flesh with his fans.  He's no ivory-tower act.  Two, every few years he gets a wild hare and ankles Austin for some new home.  There was New York.  And then the move to Portland.  Now he keeps threatening another long-term walkabout.  We get it: he's a husband to no city.  So we'll just appreciate the time we have with the award winning comedian and author and highly-successfull T-shirt artist.  You'll do the same.  DO IT!

**We sell out each week.  Guarantee entry via pre-purchase.  Call the CapCity Box Office @ 467-2333, or, purchase online.  Or gamble on a walk-up.**

Mario DiGiorgio (A Cynic's Guide, Comedy Central, Montreal Comedy Festival) Homepage

J R Brow (Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham) Link

Maggie Maye (FunFunFunFest, Women in Comedy Festival | Boston, FPiA | Finalist) Twitter

Mac Blake (STAG Comedy, Master Pancake) Twitter

~with special appearance by~

Danny Palumbo (Pittsburg, PA, Cincinatti Brew Ha-Ha ) Twitter

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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It's easy: want a Valentine's win? Then come to PUNCH!. We're always top-notch, and an incredible time. Plus, since it's a special night, we've booked two bona fide superstars in Mike Macrae and Jimmie Roulette.  It's first class all the way.  

Or, take her to Applebee's and feel her wrath.  It's really up to you.

For info on CapCity's Valentine's Champagne Special call the club @ 512-467-2333 or click here for online tix.

Mike Macrae  (The Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central, TBS) Website

Jimmie Roulette (Comedy Central, Comics Unleashed, The Dudley & Bob Show) Website

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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Crowds. Love. Chris. Cubas. The proof? These shows always sell out.

Any more info would simply be puffery. Now taste it...  

**Advance tickets HIGHLY RECOMENDED**. Click here to buy online or call the CapCity box office @ 512-467-2333. 

Chris Cubas (SXSW, FunFunFunFest, Altercation Punk Comedy Tour) Twitter

David McQuary (Editor-in-Chief for Texas Travesty, FPiA | Finalist)

Norm Wilkerson (PUNCH! Cringtacular's Satan, Doug Stanhope's The Unbookables) 

Cody Hustak  (FunFunFunFest, Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Twitter

Jonathan Pace (Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Twitter

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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Ramin Nazer (aka Raul Nanan, aka Ban Cana, aka Also Ran) can't quit being awesome.  He's one of the founders of Austin comedy authority lastgascomedy.com.  In the past year he's been a runner up in the vaunted Funniest Person in Austin Contest, invited to perform at the über-prestiguos Just For Laughs | Montreal Comedy Festival and he even snagged his network television debut on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.  Wow - that last sentence was really long.  My typing fingers are out of breath now.  Anyway, come watch Ramin try to be better than his friends!

P.S. You do remember that we sell out each week, right?  Secure advance tix online or call CapCityComedy. Word.

Ramin Nazer (Just for Laughs | Montreal, Live at Coldtowne) Website

Danny Palumbo (Pittsburg, PA, Cincinatti Brew Ha-Ha ) Twitter

John Tole (Raw Dog Comedy Channel, Killers of Comedy Tour) Website

Seth Cockfield (Grow Up!, Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Twitter

~just added!~

Amber Preston (Minneapolis, MN, Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival) Website

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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We feel for you, Paula. If there's a group of people who know what it's like to reap the karma we've sown, it's us comedians. The whole unfriendly, self-absorbed, indifferent, hard-drinking, hard-living (did I mention self-absorbed, yet?) lot of us.

That's why it's awesome when other people do the effing up: you get to feel better about yourself! We kind of feel that's what PUNCH! is all about. Come learn from our irresponsible ways! Revel in our failures! Woo Hoo! Never mind that you're out drinking on a school night - logic will only screw you up. Don't think too much about it.

P.S. You do remember that we sell out each week, right?  Secure advance tix online or call CapCityComedy. Word.

Consider this an invitation to join us, Mr. Bourdain!

Nick Mullen (Detroit Comedy Festival, Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Website

Brian Gaar (It's Always Funny in Austin, Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) More

Ryan Cownie (Funniest Person in Austin | Finalist) Link

Maggie MacDonald (Comedy Central's Open Mic Fights, Boston Comedy Festival)  Twitter

~plus more!~

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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Yadda-yadda, "... best show in town ... 3 consecutive sold-out seasons ... your best option on Tuesday night ... yadda-yadda ... always entertaining," blah, blah, blah.  Austin's collective press critics love us.  Whatever.  Cool.  The point is, we're back, Scrosephs.  For our most awesome season, yet.  And you're extremely excited.  And that's why you're going to LIKE and TWEET this post and help us spread the word.

DIg it?  DIG IT!

Now ... see you TUESDAY, chubbies!  Yadda-yadda ...

**We sell out each week.  Guarantee entry via pre-purchase.  Call the CapCity Box Office @ 467-2333, or, purchase online.  Or gamble on a walk-up.**

Bryan Gutmann (Comedy Central, Montreal Comedy Festival, FPiA | Winner) Website

Bob Khosravi (San Francisco International Comedy Competition, Art Outside) Website

Chris Tellez (Dallas, TX) Website

~and introducing~

Ashley Barnhill (New Orleans Comedy Arts Festival) Twitter

~just added~

Dan French (Writer: Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Best Damned Sports Show Period) Twitter

~plus more~

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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SEASON 7 is just around the corner . . . 

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See you TUESDAY!

**We sell out each week.  Guarantee entry via pre-purchase.  Call the CapCity Box Office @ 467-2333, or, purchase online.  Or gamble on a walk-up.**

Ramin Nazer (Just for Laughs | Montreal, Live at Coldtowne) Website

Jake Flores (Altercation Punk Comedy, FunFunFunFest) Website

Danny Palumbo (Pittsburg, PA) Twitter

Ralph Hardesty (The Encyclopedia Show)

Tom McCaffrey - NYC (Comedy Central, VH1, Invite Them Up, The Onion News Network) Twiiter

David McQuary (Editor-in-Chief for Texas Travesty, FPiA | Finalist)

~just added!~

Norm Wilkerson (PUNCH! Cringtacular's Satan, Doug Stanhope's The Unbookables) 

~plus more!~

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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*Some incoming links incorrectly list this show as being on 11/29.  Obviously, that's obsurd!  It is indeed TUE, DEC 06. -the managment

It feels pretty good!  Austin has become a comedy hot-bed, and more and more acts are relocating to our fine burg.  Still, each year a few of our best talents spread out to LA or NY in search of different challenges.  We won't lie: it's a real bummer.  But such is our business.  Sadly, wer're once again losing some of our faves.  We hope you'll come out to help us wish a big PUNCH! send off for Andy Ritchie & Ruby Collins.  Their contributions to Austin over the last decade are immeasurable.  

We'll miss them both.

Andy Ritchie (King Ding-A-Ling, Comedy Central, FPiA | Winner)

Ruby Collins (FunFunFunFest, Women Are Funny Fest, FPiA | Finalist) Twitter

~plus~ 

Lashonda Lester (Shondee Superstar: This Sh*t really Happened, Ladies Are Funny Fest) Article

Mac Blake (STAG Comedy, Master Pancake) Twitter

Chris Tellez (Dallas, TX) Website

Now, enjoy this overly-sentimental clip from The Fox and The Hound.

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden

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While a host of Austin-based comedians can boast of television credits, only one can claim "Churchill Live", the biggest late-night show in Kenya.  John Ramsey took a year-long leave of absence from US shores to do some good in the world, and he's just getting back to us.  While he gave us a small taste of his travels on his return, this week marks his first headlining set on PUNCH! in over 15 months.  Come hear tales of goats, diarrhea and why the Kenyans hate the Chinese.  Poor China . . .

Kenya's native peoples don't get John Ramsey.

**We sell out.  Guarantee entry via pre-purchase.  Call the CapCity Box Office @ 467-2333, or, purchase online.  Or gamble on a walk-up.**

John Ramsey (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, FPiA | Winner) Website

~and featuring~

Bryan Gutmann (Comedy Central, Montreal Comedy Festival, FPiA | Winner) Website

Chris Cubas (SXSW, FunFunFunFest, Altercation Punk Comedy Tour) Twitter

Derek Phelps  (Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears) Twitter

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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We have 3 final PUNCH! shows scheduled for SEASON 6 (NOV 29, DEC 6 & 13).  Yep, just 3 left.  The holiday season means lots of private gigs for comedians, so our line-ups will be somewhat fluid, as is expected.  Bear with us while we get our acts confirmed.  And just know that, as always, we can be trusted to put together the best possible shows each and every week.

Thanks.

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Are you even working this Wednesday?  I mean even if you're going into the office, will you really be working?  We thought so.  C'mon . . . you need some pre-Thanksgiving laughs just to get you through the family fights.  We're here for you, yo.

*Call the CapCity Box Office @ 467-2333, or, purchase online.  Or, gamble on the walk-up.*

**Attend CapCity's special AngelaDavis|WestWhim + Kerry Awn art reception at 6:30 and your PUNCH! tickets are FREE!** 

JR Brow (Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central, FPIA | Winner) Link

Tom McCaffrey - NYC (Comedy Central, VH1, Invite Them Up, The Onion News Network) Twiiter

Maggie Maye (FunFunFunFest, Women in Comedy Festival | Boston, FPiA | Finalist) Twitter

Kerry Awn (Esther's Follies, The Uranium Savages) Interview

PUNCH! is curated by Matt Bearden.

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