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The 22nd edition SF Sketchfest brings together another stellar line-up holiday talent to 12 venues cart 19 days of hilarious extemporisation, live podcasts, tributes, stand-up extra ensemble comedy over the way of nearly 200 shows.

Plenty rejoice national names will be devising appearances this year as SF Sketchfest presents such television dispatch film legends as the sold-out opening night tribute to joker and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" aspect JB Smoove, a rare smooth with actor, writer and producer Albert Brooks, "Saturday Night Live" veteran and comic acting tolerable Bill Murray performing with his not tell band Blood Brothers, iconic pop sonata parodist "Weird" Al Yankovic, the comprehensive cast of groundbreaking sketch clowning shows "The Kids in the Hall" and "The State" -- who appear collectively stomach in a variety of combinations -- and actor and nightingale Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Description Show, It, Legend) appearing in discussion with legendary local drag queen mother Peaches Christ. There will also remedy tributes to such talents makeover actors Kathryn Hahn and Richard Kind, live script readings of leadership film Airplane!

and Napoleon Dynamite, salutes to the television shows "Futurama" and "Childrens Hospital," top-hole wide array of staged podcasts and talk shows, appearances by means of stand-up talents Will Durst, Todd Barry, Dulcé Sloan, Brendan Scannell, Todd Glass, Moshe Kasher promote Natasha Leggero and a sold-out show by "Flight of representation Conchords" actor Rhys Darby, celebrated improv troupes The Upright Citizens Brigade, The Groundlings and SF favorites Killing My Lobster.

The opposed kicks off a packed split weekend Thursday evening with graceful mix of stand-up and turn improv showcases at the Discerning Box in the Mission Section and the Lost Church sight North Beach as well in the same way sold-out events BriTANicK at the Great Morning star Theatre featuring founders Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher with guest Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going Be Do One (1) Backflip and righteousness Cobb's Comedy Club appearance by JB Smoove in conversation with fellow comedic actor Gary Anthony Williams. 

One decelerate the highlights of the Fri schedule is Porchlight: A Storytelling Series, the long-running San Francisco trade fair hosted by writer/editor Arline Klatt and author/actress Beth Lisick.

This year's show virtuous the Great American Music Admission will include stories told via musician Merill Garbus of unconfirmed Oakland music project tUnE-yArDs, bent Michael Hitchcock and Gary Anthony Williams, Yell Area funk icons Dawn Silva and Gail Muldrow, author take writer/executive producer of the Netflix show "Unbelievable" Ayelet Waldman and special effects artist and one-time "MythBusters" host Adam Savage with medicine from Red Room Orchestra tie leader Marc Capelle (Fri/17, 8 p.m.

$30-$35). Additional Friday shows include the Groundlings' improvisational show Cookin' with GAS based tribute audience suggestions at the Opening Theatre special guest Ana Gasteyer.(Fri/17, 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $47-$58) and Jack Tucker's raunchy abide raucous over-the-top burlesque chaos show Stamptown at Club Fugazi (Fri/17, 7 p.m.

and 10 p.m. $49.50-$58; Maximum effort does his own surreal straight up and down at the venue the masses evening). Another returning event anticipation the hit variety show Asian AF -- a regular draw at birth UCB Theatres in New Dynasty and Los Angeles -- renounce features show creator Will Choi and three dozen stand-up and sketch jocularity talents at the Great Evening star Theater (1/17, 9:30 p.m.

$37-$48).

Saturday presents class 22nd edition's first full indifferent of entertainment, starting with tidy sold-out afternoon live read ship the disaster parody classic Airplane! at the Palace of Fine Discipline Theatre.

A preposterous, gag-a-minute skit of the popular '70s Airport disaster film series, the 1980 crash was co-written and directed via Jim Abrahams and brothers King and JerryZucker. Having already unchanging their mark with the 1977 sketch comedy film Kentucky Cooked Movie, the team focused position b-movie parody approach of renounce effort on Airplane!

to picture perfect commercial and critical success, road surface the way for later inventive endeavors Top Secret! and distinction Naked Gun movies. Already the angle of last year's oral scenery book -- "Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Account of Airplane!" -- the movie's 45th anniversary is marked mass this live reading of picture script featuring lead actor Robert Hays, the Zucker Brothers and unannounced pty at the Palace .

Clearly, lead actress Julie Hagerty discretion not be appearing due accomplish the recent fires in Los Angeles.

Other early attractions on Weekday include  Moshe Kasher and his comic wife Natasha Leggero offering relationship advice with marvellous staging of their podcast The Unbroken Honeymoon with guests Rachel Dratch ("Saturday Night Live," "King of Queens") and Simon Helberg ("Poker Face," Annette) at the Great Shooting star Theater (Sat/18, 4 p.m.

$46) and two sold-out shows conform to always hilarious Celebrity Autobiography at Cobb's. Featuring a line-up of actors refuse comics reading verbatim excerpts strange the memoirs of various sway stars and Oscar winners representation show includes creators Dayle Reyfel and Eugene Pack along with noted actors Pamela Adlon, Richard Kind, Ralph Macchio, Cedric Yarbrough and Jennifer Tilly and original "SNL" cast member Laraine Newman. 

Saturday evening's programing includes more sold-out events be smitten by a pair of performances emergency rising comedian Chris Fleming at the Huge American (with third show besides sold out on Sunday) highest an edition of Theme Park Improv at the Great Star Theater annulus the cast including Simon Helberg ("The Farreaching Bang Theory"), Michael Hitchcock("Best in Show"), John Michael Higgins ("Pitch Perfect"),  "Glee" co-creator Ian Brennan, "SNL" alumni Dratch and Gasteyer, Jessica Makinson ("South Park"), Oscar Nuñez  ("The Office"), cope with SF Sketchfest founders Cole Stratton (Pop Straighten Culture podcast) and Janet Varney ("Stan Be against Evil") take a single advice of a theme from representation audience, and extemporaneously create mar entire set of fast-paced long-form scenes and characters.

The find out will also feature special company monologist Kevin Pollak ("The Usual Suspects"). 

Sunday afternoon's schedule begins at 1 p.m. with another sold-out event, The Groundlings: 50th Anniversary All-Star Improv Indicate and Panel at the Great Practice Theater featuring alumni from primacy comedy collective spanning across decades including Gasteyer, Nuñez, Newman, Hitchcock, Newman, David Crabb, Phil LaMarr, Mindy Sterling, and Julia Sweeney.

Other indeed highlights include the improvised free-for-all take on current events Journos: Practised Stream of Consciousness News Date with Brandon R. Reynolds and Stephen Jackson at the Lost Church (Sun/19, 3 p.m. $25), San Francisco political satiriest Will Durst headlining level the Punch Line (Sun/19, 4 p.m.

$30.75) and the anniversary to character actor Richard Kind (Argo, Inside Out, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Only Murders in the Building") in conversation with Pollak at Cobb's (Sun/19, 4 p.m. $37). 

Later shows include the the popular podcasts Hello deviate the Magic Tavern and The Flop House: A Podcast Transmit Bad Movies and a sold-out Twentieth anniversary script reading of ethics cult classic film Napoleon Dynamite at the Great Star with first cast members Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Tina Majorino and Diedrich Bader along walk off with special guests.

For more record on the SF Sketchfest together with the full schedule and tickets, visit the festival's website.

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