Kung Pao Kosher Comedy: Jewish Comedy on Christmas in a Chinese Restaurant

Kung Pao Kosher Comedy(TM) 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(TM) - 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(TM), 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(TM) 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.