• Holy City Zoo • 1974-1993 • X
History of the HCZ
Holy City Zoo was created as a place for fresh new talent to gain experience and exposure before an appreciative audience. Bob Steger warmly invites you to listen to different entertainers each night of the week in an atmosphere of elegant funk. Including Open Mike on Mondays to audition new talent.
History of the HCZ
The comedy shows at the Holy City Zoo were started in spring 1975 by Darryl Victor Dubin as a fill-in between the sets of a belly-dancer performing on Wednesday nights. Shortly afterwards, the Holy City Zoo started featuring comedy every Sunday night. Tony DePaul, a local comedian, took over production and under his direction, the comedy shows were expanded to seven nights a week. In June 1980, John Cantu took over production of the stand-up shows. In January 1981, the San Francisco Council on Entertainment nominated the Holy City Z00 for the Cabaret Gold "Outstanding Caberet" Award. As the longest running club in Northern California, the Holy City Zoo has been responsible for the development of more major comedy acts than just about any other club in the country.
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Bay Area Comedy History • by Nina G • 2022
History of the HCZ
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History of the HCZ (from the Wine List)
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• Reviews • Pull Quotes • Blurbs •
“The town’s best buy in comedy is unquestionably the show at the Holy City Zoo, a snug little club at 408 Clement St. There’s no cover, no admission, and the price of a drink gets you an hour or more of live entertainment by an assortment of stand-up comics.”<br>~ SF Sunday Examiner & Chronicle
~Stanley Echelbaum
“Taleggio melted cheese cheese and biscuits. Macaroni cheese cheese and wine cheese on toast taleggio stinking bishop camembert de normandie the big cheese camembert de normandie. Ricotta port-salut airedale cheddar caerphilly red leicester cheesy grin” • 198x • ~ Tom Ammiano
The town’s best buy in comedy is unquestionably the show at the Holy City Zoo, a snug little club at 408 Clement St. There's no cover, no admission, and the price of a drink gets you an hour or more of live entertainment by an assortment of stand-up comics.
~ SF Sunday Examiner & Chronicle
A series of six hour-long specials which aired (primarily) on a monthly basis. The mixture of skits taped with and without an audience, plus animated scenes and overlays, proved to be a nightmare to edit. Further compounding troubles, the crew was heavily at odds with the NBC censors. As soon as the finale aired, producer George Schlatter remarked to the press that it had been such a hassle that he had no intention of producing further episodes. Producer George Schlatter relaunched the series without creators and hosts Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, who later won a 4.6 million dollar lawsuit against Schlatter for continuing the show without their permission.
Quick Takes
zoo Crew
Open Mikes
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Sons of the Sunset
FLipside
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Women's Night
October 1984
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Selfies
At the destination
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Jose & Robin
Buddies
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Capacity Crowds
Fire Marshall
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Best & Worst Comics
Open Mikes
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Beer & Wine
FLipside
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Ha Ha A Go Go
October 1984
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Guest Lecturers
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Sheriff•Sharkey•Lucas
1981
Annual Birthdays
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New York Nite
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Robin Steele
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