Chomp 2! Return of the Carnivorous Plants at Conservatory of Flowers
“Chomp! 2” is a current exhibition of carnivorous plants at San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers. They made this great poster for the show, which has…
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Tentacles – 1977 Italian Film That Is a Rip-Off of Jaws
Sherilyn Connelly over at The Dark Room Theater’s Bad Movie Night alerted us to this 1977 Italian Jaws rip-off, with the satisfyingly cephalopadic moniker…
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The 19th Annual San Francisco Fringe Theater Festival
The San Francisco Fringe Festival has been a fixture in San Francisco for nearly two decades. In the spirit of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the…
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Comedian Dylan Moran Appearing in San Francisco
Irish stand-up comedian Dylan Moran will perform at The Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco this Saturday, September 11. Which is a fine excuse to…
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Vintage Narragansett Beer Commercials Featuring Mike Nichols and Elaine May
!v=sBW9J81bHmA With The San Francisco Improv Festival opening this week (check out my post on the fest), I thought I’d look back at some of…
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San Francisco Improv Festival 2010 and The Future & History of Improv
A vision from San Francisco’s improvisational past, the groovy and edgy clip above features Howard Hesseman (who later played Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in…
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A Fishy Soccer Goal Celebration
Okay, so, yes, I’ve (proudly) become the guy who posts about soccer on Laughing Squid. And damn proud of it. Here’s an Icelandic team, with…
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Danny Devito and The Blood Factory at Comic-Con
Here’s an awesome teaser for the The Blood Factory booth at Comic-Con featuring actor, producer, director and Blood Factory co-owner Danny DeVito. Danny puts it…
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Paradinha, the ‘Little Stop’ Penalty Kick That’s Not Allowed at the World Cup
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John Cleese on American Football vs Football (aka Soccer)
John Cleese in an edifying excerpt from The Art of Football from A to Z which was created for World Cup 2006. The complete film…