The West Coast Funnies with Kurt Swann, the self-proclaimed nation’s premiere comedy variety show. The show combines the sketch comedy aspects of Saturday Night Live with a Daily Show type current events newscast, this surrounds the show’s centerpiece of top-notch professional stand up comedy; all presented in Tonight Show type talk show presentation. The comedians that have appeared on the show now in its 6th year of production are a veritable who’s who of hilarious funny people. (Including Last Comic Standing winners Alonzo Bodden, Dat Phan and comics from The Tonight Show and Letterman) This month’s show features the award winning, show creator/director Lamont Ferguson.

Ferguson who admits to not working very often in the United States does carry a very rich pedigree when it comes to stand up. He won the prestigious Seattle International Comedy Competition and was a finalist in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition. (An accomplishment he shares with the likes of Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, Rob Schneider, and Dana Carvey) He was named LA’s Hottest Comic by KMPC radio in Los Angeles. Lamont’s a highly requested guest on radio talk shows including San Diego’s KFMB. He’s appeared on Comedy Central and Comics Unleashed. He also has the distinction of being one of the only comedians to be selected to open for all of the following comedians: Bill Cosby, George Lopez, Garry Shandling, Steve Harvey, and the late great George Carlin.

Also appearing is Karen Rontowski (Comedy Central)

Also appearing on each show is the sketch group called the Pearl St. Players.  The group that originally got its start over ten years ago at the World Famous Comedy Store in La Jolla, Ca. <Located on Pearl St. by the way> Some of the original members of that group have gone onto become some of Hollywood’s brightest young stars- Mad TV’s Bobby Lee, The Tonight Show’s Shayma Tash and Emmy Award winning writer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien Mike Komen.  Now a new crop of funny people hope to continue that tradition.