Best of the San Francisco Comedy Competition November 27, 2005

Contemporary impressionist Dave Burleigh will conclude his first tour since earning the runner-up spot and $5,000 in the recent 30th Annual San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition. It will be a night of local hilarity as along with Dave will be Ken Koskella from Hillsborough and Randy Harken from San Mateo, all performing under the title "Best of the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition". Yes, it's true, Dave Burleigh grew up "on the mean streets of Los Altos."

He quarterbacked the high school football team and went on to study broadcasting at Cal Poly, all in preparation, as it turned out, to become one of the most engaging new presences on the Bay Area comedy scene. And speaking of new faces, one of the most weathered around is worn by Ken Koskella, a retired finance executive who says of himself, "this is what Ken looks like after 30 years of having to pay for Barbie's stuff." Picture a tanned and dapper Henny Youngman. www.sanfranciscocomedycompetition.com