Steve White won the 2008 San Francisco Comedy Competition, which ended Saturday night. White returned to stand-up after several years of acting. Here are the overall results and a note from producer Jon Fox, wholly reblogged from the fine friends at SFstandup.com.
1. Steve White
2. Derick Lengwenus
3. Tyler Boeh
4. Brent Weinbach
5. Leif Skyving
Here is a final report from Jon Fox, producer of the competition (his thoughts, not mine):
Having taken a few years off from performing after achieving film roles in "Coming to America," "Do the Right Thing," and several other Spike Lee movies, Steve White re-established himself as a major comedic presence by winning the 33rd Annual San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition Saturday night at Cache Creek Casino. White recently moved from Las Vegas to Hollywood to reinvigorate his career. Impressionist Derick Lengwenus gave White a run for the money before ultimately finishing second. He will attempt to parlay the notoriety connected with his impressive finish by moving from Wyoming to Chicago in the near future.
Third place went to sound effects specialist Tyler Boeh from Boston who finished strong with his best performance the last night of the event at Cache Creek Casino. Fourth place went to "Experimental Comedian" Brent Weinbach of San Francisco who actually placed first in the first two final round shows in the Bay Area but was challenged by the larger venues and suburban audiences that comprised the last few nights of the event. Leif Skyving provided very solid sets in coming in fifth with his harmonica playing "Swedish Blues" and incisive material on the consequences of marriage and divorce.
Congrats to Steve!
I was interviewing him at Comedy Day last week, and at the end, I accidentally called him Steve Wilson. Worst mistake ever.
Posted by: Paolo | October 06, 2008 at 01:50 PM