Why focus on just sketches – why not stand up and impressionist pastels?
KLJ: For me it’s just that I love sketch and wanted it to have its own festival here, not to be diluted at all. We may do a stand up festival separately but I think that sketch is its own thing and worthy of its own festival. I like to think of sketch as the impressionist pastels of comedy. It should be mentioned that we have the area’s best comedians emcee the shows: Tapan Trivedi, Chaz Hawkins, Ellis Rodriguez, Jack Taylor, and more. This year’s lineup includes acts from Sacramento and Auburn, but also LA, San Francisco, Bellingham, New York, and Tokyo: Are comedians unaware of the global financial crisis? KLJ: Comedians are just used to being poor. It’s business as usual for us. The performers coming to town will sleep in guest rooms and living rooms of generous volunteers and they’ll not likely be dining at Sacramento’s more upscale restaurants (unless said restaurants want to offer to feed them for free). The further an act is travelling the greater the chance that they’ll be hitt
