"So Not the Cleavers" Comedians Stand Up to Repeal Prop 8

"So Not the Cleavers" Comedians Stand Up to Repeal Prop 8 - 6/22-26

Link to online announcement:

http://www.sonotthecleavers.com/

Note from Betty: Funny gal Vickie Shaw, one of our favs, during Pride Week at 5 Bay Area locations in a benefit supporting the American Foundation for Equal Rights efforts to repeal Prop 8.

We hope you'll enjoy the show nearest you, and join us too on Wednesday, June 22nd at Cobb's Comedy Club. Our Singles Group is going but truly, all are welcome!

- Big laughs during Pride Week from comics "All growed up"!

"So Not the Cleavers"

- Comedians Stand Up to Repeal Prop 8

5 Pride Week Dates & Locations -

8:00 PM - All Shows Begin @ 8:00 PM

So Not The Cleavers will deliver big laughs during Pride Week this June. The show is comprised four veteran nationally headlining

comedians: two gay parents (Kevin Meaney and Vickie Shaw) and two straight parents (Maryellen Hooper and Dan St. Paul) coming together to show that parents are parents regardless of sexuality.

Bay Area Dates & Locations -

June 23 - Santa Rosa - Glaser Center -

June 24 - Mill Valley - 142 Throckmorton Theatre -

June 25 - Santa Cruz - KIuumbwa Jazz-Center

June 26 - Redwood City - Club Fox -

* Ticket Information for All Locations -

Individual Tickets: $20

Online: http://www.sonotthecleavers.com

Net proceeds go to the American Foundation for Equal Rights to repeal Prop 8.

Event Contact:

Dan St. Paul

Phone: 650-341-2019 or 650-430-0280 cell

E-mail: dan@danstpaul.com

* About The Comics in "So Not the Cleavers" -

- Vickie Shaw -

Vickie is a seasoned comedian hilariously addressing the triumphs and trials of being a woman, a mother, and gay in America. Vickie's own life provides the best material for her show. As an out, lesbian mother, she has successfully raised two sons (one of whom is married with a brand new baby daughter, Vickie's first grand child), has a teenage daughter still living at home, is married to her 'husbian', Sgt. Patch, and on top of all that she is a recovering S.O.B.

(Southern Baptist).

To date, Vickie Shaw has her own CD : "You're Funny? My Mom", and is a featured artist on the "Best of Lesbian Comedy" release on Rising Star Records.Vickie did become a stand-up comic and came out as a lesbian at the same time...."People were always coming up to me and saying, 'You should do stand-up comedy." I would've come out as a stand-up, but it would've killed my parents".

- Kevin Meaney -

Kevin has been one of the country's most popular standup comedians for more than 25 years. Tom Shales of the Washington Post said, "Picture the precocious love child of Jonathan Winters and Ethel Merman and you have some idea of Kevin Meaney's act." In 1987, Kevin made his debut appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and was invited by Johnny to join the guest panel. Since his first appearance, Kevin has returned to the show a dozen times.

He was a special guest on Saturday Night Live and has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Regis, Oprah and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In 2002, Kevin moved home to NY from Los Angeles and began working on Broadway in the hit musical, Hairspray. Hairspray has been a life changing experience for Kevin and during an interview on XM Radio's Stand Up Sit Down on May 28, 2008, Kevin told the host that he was gay. It's been a big transition but he's seemed to find humor in how this all happened. Kevin is currently living in New York with his daughter.

- Maryellen Hooper -

Maryellen's comedy has taken her from clubs and colleges to theaters and television. She’s appeared on “The Dennis Miller Show,”

“The Martin Short Show.” “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno and has had her own ½ hour special on Comedy Central called “Lounge Lizards”. In 1998, the comedy

industry awarded Maryellen “Female Comedian of the Year” at the American Comedy Awards.

A physical, story-teller, Maryellen Hooper’s act is an ever-evolving story about her life as a woman, wife and mother. Never crude or offensive, her accounts of life’s little annoyances leave audiences exhausted from laughter. From home repairs on her family’s “Fixer Upper” to colicky babies, no story is too sacred to share with her audience.

- Dan St. Paul -

Dan has appeared on numerous network stand-up shows on Comedy Central, VH-1, MTV, NBC, and ABC. Since returning from L.A. to his native San Francisco, he has opened for such superstars as Natalie Cole, Smokey Robinson, and Ringo Starr. And in a testament to the classiness of his act, Dan opened for the San Francisco Symphony (“I knew them back when they were just a garage band.”)

He appeared in the movie "Flubber" with Robin Williams, and signed a recording deal with MCA records. His “First Baseball Game” is the most requested comedy piece on the nationally syndicated “Bob and Tom Show”. Dan lives in Foster City, CA with his wife, Cara and his son, Roy.