Former Las Vegas performer and current Puyallup resident Larry G Jones is a master of impersonations. He’s also a cancer survivor.

On Saturday he’ll perform in ‘Laugh Towards A Cure’ – a cancer benefit comedy show. Jones sings and acts his way through 75 superstar singers and celebrities in this family-friendly show.

From Cher to Willie Nelson to Sammy Davis, Jr. he covers an astonishing variety of performers in his one-man “Legendary Voices in Concert.” The 90-minute show will be held in the 300-seat indoor theater at Meridian Habitat Park.

Jones had his own show for 10 years in …

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Comedic ventriloquist Jeff Dunham had barely left Tacoma last weekend before he booked a return trip to Pierce County. Dunham will perform at the Puyallup Fair on September 20.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Dunham and his cast of characters remain enormously popular. His show last weekend at the Tacoma Dome was sold out weeks in advance. So, don’t delay getting your tickets for the fair show.

Dunham, along with Walter, Peanut and Achmed, have sold millions of DVDs, had their You Tube videos viewed half a billion times and produced several highly rated TV …

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“Full House” star Dave Coulier will be performing his stand-up act tonight, Friday and Saturday at the Tacoma Comedy Club. We had a chat on Monday about clean comedy, his co-stars and that infamous Alanis Morissette song.

Here’s the story (and stay tuned next week for interviews with “Star Trek’s” George Takei and Jon Bernthal from “The Walking Dead”):

By Craig Sailor
Staff writer

For eight years in the late ’80s and early ’90s, America knew Dave Coulier as “Uncle Joey” on the hit ABC TV sitcom “Full House” – the stand-up comedian with the funny lines, voices …

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Former Seattle comic Alysia Wood is celebrating her debut comedy album on Monday at Tacoma’s Stonegate.

Wood’s comedy is self deprecating and skewers her own dysfunctional family. She was on season five of “Last Comic Standing” and was named America’s Next Funniest Comedian in 2010. Her new CD, Princess, is being produced by Grammy award-winning producer Dan Schlissel.

You can watch a video of her stand-up here.
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While I was catching some sun in Arizona last week there were some major concert announcements made and now all I’m catching is “up.”

Ahem.

Over at the Puyallup Fair two concerts were announced: Seattle’s own Heart and comedian Jeff Foxworthy. Here are the details…

Heart: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10
$25 – 65

Jeff Foxworthy: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14
$25 – 65

Tickets go on sale on Saturday at 10 a.m. on the Fair website, www.thefair.com/concerts or by phone 888-559-FAIR (3247) daily, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. PST. To save the convenience charges, purchase tickets in person …

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Comedian Lisa Lampanelli’s postponed October appearance at the Temple Theatre in Tacoma is now rescheduled for Saturday, February 4 at 7 p.m.

Known as the Queen of Mean, Lampanelli has been described as “a cross between Don Rickles, Archie Bunker, and a vial of estrogen.” Her latest special, “Tough Love,” premiered on Comedy Central in March.

Lampanelli is a frequent guest and guest host on Howard Stern’s Sirius satellite radio shows and has also recently joined Mario Lopez and the EXTRA-TV cast as a guest correspondent.

Tickets are $39.50 and are on sale at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster …

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Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are bringing their hit IFC comedy show, “Portlandia” on a six city tour in December.

I’ll readily admit to being a huge fan of the irreverent send up of the oh-so-precious alternative culture of our neighbor to the south. It’s made, “Bird a bird on it!” a minor cultural catchphrase.

Tickets went on sale today for the tour which kicks off in Portland on Dec. 27 and hits Seattle the next day. Other stops include Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
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Review

Getting old isn’t easy as Joan Rivers pointed out Friday night in ways that can’t easily be described here. That was after she had thrown any old people out of her audience.

Nobody actually left. It was all part of her act. True to form, the 78 year old comedian brought her ribald humor in full force to a receptive audience at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater.
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