by rudyards | October 22nd, 2013
Pink Positive and Mills-McCoin are proud to present the 2nd Annual Comedy Fundraiser: Laugh in the Face of Breast Cancer! Last year’s event was such a hit with our goal being doubled and a great turn-out, we are excited to make this year’s event a big hit once again! This year’s line-up includes some of Houston’s funniest comedians: Brian Zeolla, Katie Mitchell,Kristin Lindner, Steven Pandilla and your headliner, Rob Mungle! Please join us in supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation and all women and their families who have been affected by breast cancer. We thank you for your support and look forward to laughing in the face of breast cancer with you!
PURCHASE TICKETS AT: https://www.stayclassy.org/events/detail?eid=26232
Rob Mungle (Houston, TX)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0612818/
Both feared and revered, Rob Mungle, A.K.A. The Reverend, has been a staple of the stand-up comedy world here in Houston since the early 1990s. His brazen style and his foul language have caught the attention of comedy fans everywhere. And his near-bloody conflicts with the IRS, anime fans, along with strip-club managers have turned his punchlines into legendary stories.
Mungle is also a voice actor, as well as the founder of the highly successful comedy group known as The Whiskey Brothers. Needless to say, Robert Mungle is highly entertaining. We had the opportunity to hang with Mungle after his set to talk about the Houston comedy scene—what it used to be, and what it still can be.
Steven Pandilla (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/stevenpadillaisfunny
A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs in comedy clubs, usually reciting a fast paced succession of amusing stories, short jokes and one-liners, typically called a monologue. Some stand-up comedians use props, music, or magic tricks in their acts.
I started stand-up comedy in June of 2010. It was an open mic at Improv Comedy club in Houston, TX. Don’t ask me how I was able to get on the list to perform! I had thoughts in my head and nothing written down. If I remember correctly, I managed to get a couple of laughs. Quite possibly pity laughs, but laughs none the less. A year later and many open mics and small comedy shows later, I am still doing it. There have been good nights, and there have been bad nights! When I have a good night and really get laughs from the crowd, it makes me want to do it more. When I have a bad night, it makes me want to work harder and try to perfect my craft. My goal in my first year was to get on the open mic list at The Improv again, and earn it. Well, in May, 2011, I did. It was a great feeling.
Performing in front of people is not for everyone and is not by any means easy. One of the reasons I got into comedy was because I like to be the center of attention. I also like to hear myself talk! But the main reason, of course, was to make people laugh. That is one of the greatest feeling I could ever have. To be able to, for those few moments, get people to laugh and take them away from what may have been a bad day. To get their minds off of things that are bothering them. That’s why I started this and continue to do it to this day!
So, if you would like to know if Steven Padilla is funny, come out and see me and find out for yourself!
Kristin Lindner (Lubbock, TX)
https://kristinlindner.com/
This clever comedian with dry wit has never conformed to traditional values.
She approaches her successful stand-up career the same way she does her life – with unrepentant enthusiasm. It’s a balancing act few will ever master. The scales are decisively tilted in Kristin’s favor.
Comedy beckoned the working mother of three at just the right time. Disenchanted with corporate America and inundated by the challenges of marriage and family, the Texas native channeled the weight of emotion, disappointments and untapped creativity into a hysterical declaration of her life altering experiences. Since 1991, the birth of each of her daughters has inspired her to pursue a better, fulfilling future. The idiosyncrasies of married life unintentionally contributed copiously to her witty material. And a chance encounter with an open mic in Houston, Texas in 1998 revealed Lindner’s heart beats for stand-up.
Kristin’s catharsis began when she boldly transferred her hilarious interpretation of life to the stage. She’s raw and relatable, painting a vivid image of reality every one can appreciate. Her tongue in cheek description of her children’s willingness to wear garbage bags to subsidize her earnings as a stand up comic is indicative of the support and encouragement that helps fuel her passion. A decade in, her distinct, edgy style and material ranks her among the nation’s most talented comics. Kristin’s likeability is deliriously satisfying.
Today, her sardonic take on marriage and raising children resonates so profoundly with her audiences she is considered one of the funniest, most pragmatic voices of modern, adorably flustered femininity. Her love of comedy and flair for theater blends skillfully with her quirky approach to family as she guides you through the trials and triumphs of every day life through humor. Whether she is performing at Houston’s world famous Laff Stop and Improv comedy clubs, the Comic Strip in El Paso, or headlining top venues in Tennessee, Louisiana and Colorado, Lindner brings powerful honesty and amusing reality to every must-see show.
Katie Mitchell (Sorry No On-Line Info at this time)
Brian Zeolla (Houston, TX)
https://www.brianzeolla.com/
WHO IS BRIAN ZEOLLA?
That’s a bizarre question, I mean you had to get to this site somehow. Well, I guess long story short, I am kind of a comedian I guess. Let me elaborate, I am a Houston based story-teller who goes on stages and attempts to make you happy in my awkward way. I do this by telling jokes and anecdotes about my lackluster life in attempt to make you feel ok about laughing at me in a public arena, because I want you to do that. Quite frankly, I need you to do that.
WHERE CAN I SEE YOU DO THESE THINGS YOU CLAIM TO DO?
On any given day of the week, you can find me trying to get stage time somewhere in Houston. Currently my favorite rooms to work are Rudyard’s on Mondays, the Fairview on Tuesdays, and Fitzgerald’s on Wednesdays. These are my training grounds. You can go ahead and click that shows tab up there and see a calender of shows that I am performing at. You should do that.
HOW DO I KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE FUNNY?
Oh you know! Those heart palpitations weren’t for nothing.
WHAT THE HELL IS SLEEPING IN WITH BRIAN ZEOLLA?
Currently it is a thing in my head, that will one day become a thing on the internet, and after that hopefully a thing in your head. I am not very good at seeing things through though. Hang with me, and I will give you something cool one day. Promise!
WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR COMEDIC INFLUENCES?
That’s an interesting question. I won’t try to say who I am like, but more who I actually like and the people that inspire me to do what I do. More than anyone, Paul F. Tompkins is a constant force that propels me to attempt to do great things with my comedy. With a bar that high, how can you not push to do better things. There is no one comedian that I would recommend more than he. Another big influence in my life, from a very young age, is the Kids in the Hall. As a child, they completely shattered my universe and to this day continue to do so. I don’t know what my comedy would be if it were not informed by them! Reggie Watts is another person who I am greatly inspired by, even though what we do does not seem to intersect, because it is never not innovative and interesting. He redefines comedy in a way that no one else can, and when I hit a block, I usually listen to his records to push me. The comedian that most inspires and informs my comedy though, is Kyle Kinane. I have been a nerd for comedy for a long time, whether it be stand-up or sketch, but when I found the record Death of the Party, everything kind of changed. The amount of times I have listened to that record start to finish may very well be in the triple digits. I will probably stalk him one day. Also without Tom Scharpling’s Best Show on WFMU, Weird Al and UHF, Dr. Demento and shows like Party Down, Home Movies, Community, and Mr. Show, I very well might not exist Other comedians that I am really into these days (and all the days before them) are Jonah Ray, Harris Wittels, Scott Aukerman, Ian Karmel, Sean Patton, Jen Kirkman, Maria Bamford, and Patton Oswalt.
