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Remember when Dave Chappelle did his "(I Wanna) Pee On You" skit? The one that provided us all with huge laughs at the expense of R. Kelly, after the singer was accused of peeing on, and having sex with, an underage girl? "Pee On You" was one of Chappelle's most memorable and brilliant moments, but these days, R. Kelly doesn't need comedians impersonating him to make us laugh -- he's probably the most hilarious guy in music. The truly perplexing thing about this, though, is that it's not clear whether he's being so funny on purpose or not.

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Instead of ragging on high-end fashion labels, what if Kreayshawn's "Gucci Gucci" was about loving fish tacos?

Comedy students Jeremy Burke and Will Reese took that weird question and turned it into an exacting -- and funny -- video parody of the Oakland-via-L.A. rapper's breakout single. The "Fishy Fishy" clip, credited to a Natassia Zolot-lookalike named Kreayfish, went live on YouTube last Thursday and has since racked up more than a quarter-million views. It was featured on World Star Hip-Hop, Funny or Die, and of course, this blog.

Disguised as a parody, "Fishy Fishy" is also a comedic appreciation for the food of Best Fish Taco in Ensenada, a "low-key" favorite of Burke's in L.A.'s Los Feliz neighborhood. The idea for the clip was suggested by his friend, Will Reese, who helped with writing the lyrics and directing the video. From the beginning, their idea was to stick as close to the original "Gucci Gucci" as possible. It helped that Reese's roomate, Richard Figone -- the guy who plays Lil Debbie in the video -- made a beat that sounds remarkably similar to the song's quasi-dubstep backing track.

From there, Burke says, "I printed out her lyrics and pretty much dissected [them] syllable for syllable. I wanted everything to be the same rhyme scheme, almost to the point where our lyrics could rhyme with her lyrics."

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This just in: a (kind of) impassioned plea from a burrito, a snowwoman, a BLT, and more to reach out this holiday season by donating money to support local sketch comedy troupe Killing My Lobster, which is hurtling hilariously toward its fourteenth season as a relief organization: "relief in the form of laughter. Relief in the form of jobs for local artists and classes for writers and comedians looking to hone their craft." Also relief in the form of telling like it is about the foibles of our fair city, including coffee snobbery and the siren call of the East Bay and how every would-be parking spot is a goddamn driveway.

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$250 to meet this guy? Is that a dirty shame?

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Well, here's your chance. The Pope of Trash is doing his one-man "A John Waters Xmas" comedy show as a fundraiser for the Mission's newly nonprofit Roxie Theater on Dec. 11.

You'll need two Benjamin Franklins and a Ulysses Grant ($250) to get inside, but the night will be more like a party than a formal show -- "or it wouldn't be so expensive," says publicist Karen Larsen.

"I don't know whether they got that figure out of the air -- but I guess because John is so funny, and it will be such a rare event, they thought people would be willing to pay that much to come," she says.

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​Back in September, we gave our readers a chance to interview director Judd Apatow-- the man behind the TV show Freaks and Geeks, and director of movies like Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin. Readers sent in three sample questions they would ask Apatow, and we picked the ones we liked best. The winner was Cory Sklar, a self-described comedy nerd who works at a music software company in SOMA. In his interview with Apatow, the two discuss the director's youthful propensity for stalking the famous, the Mexican-Jewish part of town, and the anthology Apatow edited for McSweeny's, I Found This Funny.

Read our edited version of the interview below, and for a longer version (in which you will get to hear why Apatow will never do a re-make and the new Pee Wee Herman movie) watch the video after the jump. For more video awesomeness, subscribe to SFWeekly TV.

C: So I won a contest to interview you.

J.A.: You did. That's how most people get to interview me.

C: I thought I was special. So I feel a bit like a Make a Wish Foundation kid right here.

JA: Well ...

C: I'm not dying.

JA: Yet.

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The Don Lee Building at 1000 Van Ness is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Retired actress and former comic Holly Horn plans to open a comedy club, bar, and restaurant in the historic Don Lee Building in San Francisco.More >>

And this hella hormonal, easily impressed, stage hungry soul wants needs to be in it:

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Conan paid a visit to the Twitter headquarters before the show.

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Nob Hill Masonic Center

Better than: Watching an hour-long TV talk show with commercial interruptions, celebrities plugging their latest projects, and FCC restrictions.

Nearly three months to the day after his abrupt removal from The Tonight Show, with his next TV run scheduled to begin on TBS in November, Conan O' Brien arrived at the Nob Hill Masonic Center on Friday evening not to hone his stand-up but to reintroduce himself to his never-say-die fans. The result, on this seventh date of a 32-city tour, was variously blistering, sentimental and, for O'Brien, cathartic, but consistently funny in every respect.

O'Brien, 47, sporting a ginger beard and a variety of outfits, including a replica of the lavender leather suit Eddie Murphy wore in Raw (1987), remains subject to an NBC-imposed ban from television, radio and the Internet agreed to as part of his $45 million Tonight Show settlement.

Yet that didn't stop him from ridiculing his old network (though refraining from calling out old nemeses by name), explaining the eight stages of grief fired talk-show hosts endure (stage eight: "Get Your Ass to San Francisco") and reviving classic bits including the Masturbating Bear, the Walker, Texas Ranger lever and a recorded appearance by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

For legal reasons, the names were changed - Triumph now refers to himself as "the only dog on the planet who didn't get fucked by Jesse James or Tiger Woods," while the Masturbating Bear was rechristened the Self-Pleasuring Panda - but O'Brien's quirky offbeat humor remained at once refreshing but familiar. Also recognizable, from his final days at NBC, was his penchant for seemingly earnest confessionals, like admitting that he never wants to be out of work again.


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​Tonight Show Host Conan O'Brien just pulled out from what was sure to be a very special tribute to his career at this weekend's SF Sketchfest. The sold out show was going to be held at the Herbst Theatre this Sunday at 2 pm. Ticket holders received the following email this afternoon from City Box Office:

"Thank you for your recent purchase of tickets for The SF Sketchfest Tribute to Conan O'Brien. Unfortunately the event has been cancelled for this Sunday. Conan O'Brien has agreed to be here for a rescheduled date.

The new date has not yet been determined. The presenters of this event ask that you hold on to your tickets or leave your tickets on will call until a new date has been scheduled. As soon as we have information on the rescheduled date we will contact you and then you can make the decision to attend the new date or get a refund on your tickets."

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