I know I look fat in the photo, if you bother to look up this piece, but it’s the lighting. And my flat. I’m swelling, in a bad, post-married way.
Capurro’s riffs to usher in new George’s era
Scott Capurro, the outrageous and often funny comedian who admits to a crush on bland former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown – Mr. Brown has a strong handshake that “made me tumescent,” Capurro notes on his amusing website – and who has called Jesus “the hottest Jew on a stick,” opens what promises to be an entertaining August at the revitalized George’s in San Rafael.
Capurro maintains his San Francisco pad but also lives with his new British hubby in London’s East End, where his Muslim neighbors provide fodder for riffs about homophobia, racism and the Quran, which he read out of respect because “I wanted to write about something I tried to understand, not just heard about,” and which he discovered “was a gold mine of comedic material.”
George’s owner, Todd Ghanizadeh, has booked a lively patchwork of shows next month and on Wednesday, Capurro will talk about his mother’s death, married life and “my midlife crisis, which I’m experiencing for the third time.”
The comedian, who was born in Daly City and went to Drake High in San Anselmo, got married to a “boy from London” – no names, please – after turning 49, “which is 80 in gay years. I thought it might be my last chance for happiness,” says Capurro, who’s quickly learned that marital bliss is not a constant.
For information on Capurro’s show and the new George’s lineup, go to georgesnightclub.com.
George’s owner, Todd Ghanizadeh, has booked a lively patchwork of shows next month that includes the sterling Latin percussionist and bandleader Pete Escovedo (Aug. 24), contemporary jazz pianist Keiko Matsui (Aug. 17) and two rock tribute bands – Arrival From Sweden: The Music of ABBA, a costumed stage show with a bunch of the musicians who played with the stellar ’70s Swedish pop band (Aug. 9), and Duran Duran Duran (Aug. 3). On Wednesday, Capurro will talk about his mother’s death, married life and “my midlife crisis, which I’m experiencing for the third time.”
The comedian, who was born in Daly City and went to Drake High in San Anselmo, got married to a “boy from London” – no names, please – after turning 49, “which is 80 in gay years. I thought it might be my last chance for happiness,” says Capurro, who’s quickly learned that marital bliss is not a constant.
For information on Capurro’s show and the new George’s lineup, go to georgesnightclub.com.
The only part that bothers me is ‘often funny’. What does that mean? I think we all know what it means…
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http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Capurro-to-riff-at-revamped-George-s-3735171.php