SICC-32: FINAL STANDINGS (and new champion!)

32nd Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition
FINAL STANDINGS
 
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
3)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
4)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
5)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)

2011 Seattle International Comedy Competition Champion:  MIKE BALDWIN

 

SICC-32: Finals Week-Night Five Top 5

SICC-32 Finals Week
Night Five: Comedy Underground, Seattle
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
3)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
4)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
5)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)

L-R:  Patrick Keane (5th), Mike Baldwin (1st), Rodney Sherwood (4th), Mrs Hughes (2nd), Rick Kunkler (3rd)

 

SICC-32: Finals Week-Night Four Top 5

SICC-32 Finals Week
Night Four: Admiral Theatre, Bremerton
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
3)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
4)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
5)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)

L-R:  Patrick Keane (5th), Rodney Sherwood (2nd), Don Frost (kneeling--Host), Mrs Hughes (4th), Rick Kunkler (3rd), Mike Baldwin (1st)

Next Show:  THE FINAL NIGHT OF THE FINALS!!!  A NEW CHAMPION WILL BE CROWNED TONIGHT AT THE COMEDY UNDERGROUND, SEATTLE--SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27th at 8pm!

SICC-32: Finals Week-Night Three Top 5

SICC-32 Finals Week
Night Three: Mt Baker Theatre, Bellingham
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
3)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
4)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
5)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)

L-R:  Mrs Hughes (4th), Rick Kunkler (5th), Rodney Sherwood (3rd), Don Frost (kneeling--Host), Patrick Keane (2nd), Mike Baldwin (1st)

Next Show:  Admiral Theatre in Bremerton--Saturday November 26th (TONIGHT!)

SICC-32: Finals Week-Night Two Top 5

SICC-32 Finals Week
Night Two: Vashon Theatre, Vashon
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
2)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
3)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
4)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
5)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)

L-R:  Rodney Sherwood (5th), Patrick Keane (4th), Mrs Hughes (3rd), Duane Goad (Host), Rick Kunkler (1st), Mike Baldwin (2nd)

Next Show:  Friday Night at the Mt Baker Theater in Bellingham.  TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!

SICC-32: Finals Week-Night One Top 5

SICC-32 Finals Week
Night One: Washington Athletic Club, Seattle
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
3)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
4)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
5)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)

L-R:  Duane Goad (Host), Mike Baldwin (1st), Mrs Hughes (2nd), Rick Kunkler (4th), Rodney Sherwood (3rd), Patrick Keane (5th)

 Next Show:  Vashon Theatre, Vashon...TONIGHT!  THANKSGIVING EVE!

SICC-32: Semi-Finals Week-Weekly Top 5 (and moving on to the Finals!)

SICC-32 Semi-Finals Week
Weekly Top Five:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle)
3)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
4)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
5)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)

L-R:  Rodney Sherwood (5th), Patrick Keane (4th), Mrs Hughes (3rd), Jim Short (Host), Rick Kunkler (2nd) and Mike Baldwin (1st).

 NEXT SHOW:  The Finals of the 32nd Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition begins on November 22nd--Tuesday--with a private show for the Washington Athletic Club in downtown Seattle.

SICC-32: Semi-Finals Week-Night Six Top 5

SICC-32 Semi-Finals Week
Night Six: Kelso Theatre on the Square, Tacoma
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
2)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
3)  Xung Lam (Seattle)
4)  Sam Demaris (Houston)
5)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)

L-R:  Mike Baldwin (2nd), Xung Lam (3rd), Sam Demaris (4th), Jim Short (Host), Rodney Sherwood (1st), Patrick Keane (5th)

SICC-32: Semi-Finals Week-Night Five Top 5

SICC-32 Semi-Finals Week
Night Five: Kelso Theater Pub, Kelso
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Sam Demaris (Houston)
3)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
4)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
5)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)

L-R:  Sam Demaris (2nd), Patrick Keane (3rd), Mrs Hughes (5th), Rodney Sherwood (4th), Mike Baldwin (1st), Jim Short (Host)

Next Show:  The last night of the Semi-Finals (and the night where we will find out who the 5 Finalists will be) is TONIGHT, Sunday November 20th, at Theatre on the Square, Tacoma at 7:30pm.

SICC-32: Semi-Finals Week-Night Four Top 5

SICC-32 Semi-Finals Week
Night Four: Pacific Showroom of Skagit Valley Casino Resort, Bow
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
3)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
4)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
5)  Sam Demaris (Houston)

L-R:  Rick Kunkler (4th), Sam Demaris (5th), Mrs Hughes (3rd), Jim Short (Host),  Rodney Sherwood (2nd), Mike Baldwin (1st)

Next Show:  Kelso Theater Pub, Kelso.  8:30pm Saturday Night.  Tickets Still Available!

SICC-32: Semi-Finals Week-Night Three Top 5

SICC-32 Semi-Finals Week
Night Three: Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
3)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
4)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
5)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)

L-R:  Patrick Keane (4th), Mike Baldwin (1st), Mrs Hughes (3rd), Rick Kunkler (2nd), Jim Short (Host)  NOT PICTURED: Rodney Sherwood (5th)

 Next Show:  Tonight at the Skagit Valley Casino & Resort's Pacific Showroom:  SOLD OUT!!!

SICC-32: Semi-Finals Week-Night Two Top 5

SICC-32 Semi-Finals Week
Night Two: Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach
3)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
4)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
5)  Sam Demaris (Houston)

L-R:  Patrick Keane (4th), Sam Demaris (5th), Jim Short (Host), Mrs Hughes (2nd), Rick Kunkler (3rd), Mike Baldwin (1st)

Next Show:  TONIGHT!  Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia 

SICC-32: Semi-Finals Week-Night One Top 5

SICC-32 Semi-Finals Week
Night One: Comedy Underground Seattle
Nightly Top 5:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Will Weldon (Los Angeles)
3)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
4)  Eric Krug (Austin)
5)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)

L-R:  Jim Short (Host), Patrick Keane (5th), Eric Krug (4th), Rick Kunkler (3rd), Will Weldon (2nd), Mike Baldwin (1st)

 Next Show:  Wednesday Night at Edmonds Center for the Performing Arts, Edmonds

SICC-32: Preliminary Week Two-Weekly Top 5 (and moving on to the Semi-Finals!)

SICC-32 Preliminary Week Two
Weekly Top Five:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Eric Krug (Austin)
3)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle)
4)  Will Weldon (Los Angeles)
5)  Xung Lam (Seattle)

L-R:  Eric Krug (2nd), Rick Kunkler (3rd), Will Weldon (4th), Mike Baldwin (1st), the lounging style that is Xung Lam (5th), Ralph Porter (Host).

Next Show:  Semi-Finals Week--Night One at Comedy Underground, Seattle on Tuesday November 15th at 8pm.  10 comedians begin their week-long efforts to be one of the five comedians that will move on to the Finals!  


Those 10 Semi-Finalists are:  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City), John Beuhler (Vancouver), Sam Demaris (Houston), Patrick Keane (Los Angeles), Eric Krug (Austin), Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles), Xung Lam (Seattle), Mark Normand (New York), Rodney Sherwood (Seattle), Will Weldon (Los Angeles).

SICC-32: Preliminary Week Two-Night Six Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week Two
Night Five:  Comedy Underground, Tacoma
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Will Weldon (Los Angeles)
3)  Adam Pateman (New York/Vancouver)
4)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
5)  Brett Hamil (Seattle)

 

L-R:  Mrs Hughes (4th), Will Weldon (2nd), Brett Hamil (5th), Adam Pateman (3rd), Mike Baldwin (1st), Ralph Porter (Host)

 

SICC-32: Preliminary Week Two-Night Five Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week Two
Night Five:  Comedy Underground, Tacoma
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Eric Krug (Austin)
2)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
3)  Heather Thomson (Los Angeles)
4)  Mike Cummings (Seattle)
5)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)

L-R:  Eric Krug (1st), Heather Thomson (3rd), Mike Cummings (4th), "Unreasonably Sad" Mike Baldwin (5th), Ralph Porter (Host)  NOT PICTURED:  Rick Kunkler (2nd)

Next Show:  Night Six at The Underground Nightclub in Bellingham--TONIGHT AT 8pm!!!   This show will determine which five comedians from Preliminary Week Two will join the Top 5 comedians from Preliminary Week One in the Semi-Finals!  The standings are close and this night will decide it all!

SICC-32: Preliminary Week Two-Night Four Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week Two
Night Four:  Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Brett Hamil (Seattle)
3)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle/Los Angeles)
4)  Will Weldon (Los Angeles)
5)  Shanti Charan (Union City)

L-R:  Will Weldon (4th), Rick Kunkler (3rd), Shanti Charan (5th), Brett Hamil (2nd), Mike Baldwin (1st), Ralph Porter (Host)

Next Show:  Night Five at the Comedy Underground, Tacoma! 

SICC-32: Preliminary Week Two-Night Three Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week Two
Night Three:  Auburn Ave Theater, Auburn
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Eric Krug (Austin)
2)  Rick Kunkler (Seattle)
3)  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
4)  Emmett Montgomery (Seattle)
5)  Will Weldon (Los Angeles)

L-R:  Will Weldon (5th), Emmett Montgomery (4th), Mrs Hughes (3rd), Ralph Porter (Host), Rick Kunkler (2nd), Eric Krug (1st)

Next Show:  Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, TONIGHT--Friday November 11th!!!

SICC-32: Preliminary Week Two-Night Two Top 5 (actually 3 of 7)

SICC-32 Preliminary Week Two
Night Two:  The Upstage Bistro, Port Townsend
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
2)  Will Weldon (Los Angeles)
3)--tie:  Mrs Hughes (Pismo Beach)
3)--tie:  Emmett Montgomery (Seattle)
4)--tie:  Rick Kunkler (Seattle)
4)--tie:  Xung Lam (Seattle)
5)  Eric Krug (Austin)

L-R:  Ralph Porter (Host), Mike Baldwin (1st), Emmett Montgomery (Tied for 3rd), Xung Lam (Tied for 4th)  NOT PICTURED:  Will Weldon (2nd), Mrs Hughes (Tied for 3rd), Rick Kunkler (Tied for 4th), Eric Krug (5th)

Next show:  TV Clean Night at Auburn Ave Theater, Auburn.  Thursday, November 10th at 7:30pm!

SICC-32: Preliminary Week Two-Night One Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week Two
Night One:  Comedy Underground, Seattle
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Scott Moran (New York)
2)  Eric Krug (Austin)
3)  Mike Baldwin (Kansas City)
4)  Adam Pateman (New York/Vancouver)
5)  Heather Thomson (Los Angeles)

L-R:  Heather Thomson (5th), Adam Pateman (4th), Mike Baldwin (3rd), Eric Krug (2nd), Scott Moran (1st), Ralph Porter (Host)

Next Show:  Preliminary Week Two--Night Two at The Upstage Bistro in Port Townsend!

SICC-32: Preliminary Week One-Weekly Top 5 (and moving on to the Semi-Finals!)

SICC-32 Preliminary Week One
Weekly Top Five:
1)  Sam Demaris (Houston)
2)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
3)  Mark Normand (New York)
4)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
5)  John Beuhler (Vancouver)

L-R:  John Beuhler (5th), Rodney Sherwood (4th), Mark Normand (3rd), the love that dares not speak its name, Sam Demaris (1st), Billy Wayne Davis (Host), Patrick Keane (2nd)

Next Show:  Preliminary Week Two--Night One at Comedy Underground, Seattle on Tuesday November 8th at 8pm.  16 new comedians begin their trek towards determining the five comedians that will join the five comedians pictured above in this year's Semi-Finals!

SICC-32: Preliminary Week One-Night Six Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week One
Night Six:  Comedy Underground, Seattle
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Sam Demaris (Houston)
2)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
3)  Mark Normand (New York)
4)  Jono Zalay (Boston)
5)  Rylee Newton (Seattle)

L-R:  Sam Demaris (1st), Rylee Newton (5th), Jono Zalay (4th), Billy Wayne Davis (Host), Mark Normand (3rd), Patrick Keane (2nd)

SICC-32: Preliminary Week One-Night Five Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week One
Night Five:  The Underground Nightclub, Bellingham
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
2)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
3)  Sam Demaris (Houston)
4)  Jono Zalay (Boston)
5)  Kristine Levine (Portland)

L-R:  Patrick Keane (1st), Kristine Levine (5th), Jono Zalay (4th), Billy Wayne Davis (Host), Rodney Sherwood (2nd), Sam Demaris (3rd)

Next show: Comedy Underground, Seattle
THIS SHOW WILL DETERMINE WHO WILL MOVE ONTO THE SEMI-FINALS FROM PRELIMINARY WEEK ONE!!!

SICC-32: Preliminary Week One-Night Four Top 5...or, is it Top 6?

SICC-32 Preliminary Week One
Night Four:  Comedy Underground, Tacoma
Nightly Top Five (+1):
1)--TIE:  Ian Karmel (Portland)
1)--TIE:  Patrick Keane (Los Angeles)
2)  John Beuhler (Vancouver)
3)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)
4)  Mark Normand (New York)
5)  Sam Demaris (Houston)

L-R:  Patrick Keane (Tied for 1st), Ian Karmel (Tied for 1st), John Beuhler (2nd), Billy Wayne Davis (Host), Mark Normand (4th), Sam Demaris (5th)  NOT PICTURED:  Rodney Sherwood (3rd)

Next show: The Underground Nightclub, Bellingham

SICC-32: Preliminary Week One-Night Three Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week One
Night Three:  Auburn Ave Theater, Auburn
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Don Frost (Portland)
2)  Sam Demaris (Houston)
3)  Mark Normand (New York)
4)  Manny Martin (Seattle)
5)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)

L-R:  Don Frost (1st), Mark Normand (3rd), Rodney Sherwood (5th), Billy Wayne Davis (Host), Sam Demaris (2nd), Manny Martin (4th)

Next Show: Comedy Underground, Tacoma

SICC-32: Preliminary Week One-Night Two Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week One
Night Two:  Laughs Comedy Spot, Kirkland
Nightly Top Five:
1)  John Beuhler (Vancouver)
2)  Rylee Newton (Seattle)
3)  Manny Martin (Seattle)
4)  Mark Normand (New York)
5)  Rodney Sherwood (Seattle)

L-R:  Mark Normand (4th), Manny Martin (3rd), Billy Wayne Davis (Host), Rylee Newton (2nd), John Beuhler (1st)  NOT PICTURED:  Rodney Sherwood (5th)

Next show:  Auburn Ave Theater, Auburn
 

SICC-32: Preliminary Week One-Night One Top 5

SICC-32 Preliminary Week One
Night One:  Annex Theatre, Seattle
Nightly Top Five:
1)  Jono Zalay (Boston)
2)  Mark Normand (New York)
3)  John Beuhler (Vancouver)
4)  Sam Demaris (Houston)
5)  David Tveite (Seattle)


L-R:  Billy Wayne Davis (Host), Jono Zalay (1st), Mark Normand (2nd), David Tveite (5th), John Beuhler (3rd), Sam Demaris (4th)

Next show:  Laughs Comedy Spot, Kirkland