Listen my FULL interview on Forum! #GreatestInterviewEver

This was the best radio interview I've ever done. Mostly because it was an hour focused all on ME! Dave Iverson, the host, asked probing and intelligent and thoughtful questions... which is certainly not always the case for radio. Afterward, I met all the black people at KQED... three. (Just kidding... I met three but I saw five.) It was a lot of fun... the second half many people called in and they were all cool. Enjoy. And I understand if you don't have enough interest to take the whole hour of KAMAU! It was like Frost/Nixon... but less jowl-ly and confrontational.

W. Kamau Bell

Fri, Dec 17, 2010 -- 10:00

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San Francisco-based comic W. Kamau Bell is known for telling the very first joke about President Obama on Comedy Central, when he memorably predicted in 2005 that Obama was not going to win the election. Bell joins us in the studio for a conversation on humor, and race.

Bell has been named best San Francisco comedian by 7x7 Magazine, The San Francisco Bay Guardian and SF Weekly. His new comedy album "Face Full of Flour" made the iTunes list of best comedy albums of 2010 -- and he's performing at the Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco on New Year's Eve.

Host: Dave Iverson

Guests:

• W. Kamau Bell, San Francisco-based comic

Guess who won The SF Bay Guardian's BEST COMEDIAN!!!

Umm... It was ME! The best part is that it was the READER'S CHOICE! Right between BEST BURLESQUE & BEST MAGICIAN! (Which is kinda what a comedian is. We strip naked and try to make magic happen while people laugh.)

So I that means I owe thanks all to YOU! Or people very much like you...if you, yourself didn't vote.

I assume that some of you coming to my page are trying to get acquainted with whoever this "W. Kamau Bell" person is, so here's quick primer...

Margaret Cho said about me...

“W. Kamau Bell is the most important guy doing comedy right now. Do yourself a favor and go see him. He’s got the most astute, hilarious and completely righteous material going and he’s going to be a legend in his own lifetime like Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce. Think Bill Hicks but slightly taller.”

I'm on Facebook, Twitter, & Youtube. Look to the right side of this page --->

Here's a link to buy my NEW critically acclaimed comedy CD and a clip of my stand-up, followed by a list of upcoming shows!

And here is a list of upcoming shows...

August 13 - The W. Kamau Bell Curve @ UCB in LOS ANGELES 8pm

August 20 - The W. Kamau Bell Curve @ The Comedy Spot in SACRAMENTO BRING A FRIEND OF A DIFFERENT RACE & GET IN 2for1! (Seriously!) 2 shows 8 & 10pm

August 26 - Laughter Against The Machine @ The New Parish in OAKLAND 2 shows 7:30 & 10pm

August 28 - W. Kamau Bell @ Stage Werx in SAN FRANCISCO 8pm

Hope to see you out there soon!

Make me the SF Bay Guardian's BEST COMEDIAN! VOTE!

I have never really campaigned for this kind of thing before but I figure why not? So if you have a minute, go ahead and vote for me. The Best Comedian spot is on the 2nd page of categories. You have to scroll down a bit. I mean, you could vote fore me as Best Tacqueria, but I really don't think I have much of a chance with that one.

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