31st Annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy: Jewish Comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant at Imperial Palace Restaurant

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Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ was created in 1993 by accident by San Francisco comedian, Lisa Geduldig, who went to perform in South Hadley, Massachusetts at what she thought would be 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™, 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 31st 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, Carol Leifer, Cathy Ladman, Jeff Ross, Gary Gulman… and the list goes on. www.koshercomedy.com/past-comedians Kung Pao Kosher Comedy™ returns to San Francisco’s Chinatown this year to its new home, the Imperial Palace Restaurant. (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™ returns to its pre-pandemic format this year of 2 shows a day. All 6 shows will 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.