33rd Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy: Jewish Comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant YouTube Livestream

Prices Dinner Show YouTube Live livestream: *YouTube Live Livestream: 6pm PST (7pm MST / 8pm CST / 9pm EST) Virtual doors open: 15 minutes before showtime $30 - $40 - $50 - $75 ($35 - $45 - $56 - $81 including all fees) Cocktail Show YouTube Live livestream: *YouTube Live Livestream: 8:30pm PST (9:30pm MST / 10:30pm CST / 11:30pm EST) Virtual doors open: 15 minutes before showtime $30 - $40 - $50 - $75 ($35 - $45 - $56 - $81 including all fees) How to Watch: www.koshercomedy.com/youtube Livestream can be viewed in real-time or replayed at your convenience, after the event. |
Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ was created in 1993 by accident by San Francisco comedian, Lisa Geduldig, who went to South Hadley, Massachusetts that October to perform at a women’s comedy night at what she thought was a comedy club. But upon her arrival, she discovered that Peking Garden Club was actually a Chinese Restaurant! After telling Jewish jokes at a Chinese restaurant, a conversation the next day between Lisa and an old summer camp friend led to the creation of Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ - Jewish Comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant, which is a take-off on the tradition of Jews going to a Chinese Restaurant and a movie on Christmas. And the rest is history. Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™, which set out to answer the age-old question, “What are Jews supposed to do on Christmas?” is now celebrating its 33rd year and is one of San Francisco’s longest running comedy shows!
Many of the great household name Jewish comedians have graced the Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ stage. Henny Youngman performed his last show there in 1997 at 91 years old. Shelley Berman has headlined, as has David Brenner, as have many others in the Who’s Who of Jewish comedians including Elayne Boosler (who headlines this year!), Carol Leifer, Cathy Ladman, Wendy Liebman, Jeff Ross, Gary Gulman… and the list goes on.
www.koshercomedy.com/past-comedians
Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ takes place at the Imperial Palace Restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown. (The New Asia Restaurant, where Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ had been held since 1997 - its 5th year - closed during the pandemic and converted into a supermarket.) Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ returned to its pre-pandemic format of 2 shows a day in 2022. All 6 shows take place in-person AND virtually (on YouTube Live) again this year, thus catering to the national and international online audiences developed since 2020 as well as to those who prefer to watch from home.
Partial proceeds benefit The ACLU and support Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay’s free Immigration Legal Services.
www.koshercomedy.com/beneficiaries
“Feeding the soul as well as the stomach.” - NY Times
“A San Francisco institution.” - SF Examiner
This year’s Kung Pao Kosher Comedy shows are once again dedicated to the memory of Arline Geduldig, Lisa’s mamelah (and Kung Pao and Lockdown Comedy special guest comedian) who passed away in August 2024 at the age of 93.
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