Mission Mission

Mission-themed comedian Chris Garcia snapped this photo late last night and had this to say:

I knew bars in the Mission had specially themed “Soul Nights”. I didn’t realize pharmacies did, too.

Now you know, Chris.

What do you suppose they’re listening to in there anyway? Perhaps the old classic ”Here I Am (Come and Take My Blood Pressure)”? Or maybe ”Let’s Copay Together”?

Watch a video of Chris’ act here. It’s good. He makes fun of the Mission, but very lovingly.

I don’t usually care for reading about other people’s dreams, but Sexpigeon just had a doozie. Somehow he ended up on a horrific future version of Conan’s show:

There is a lot of cussing. Later, Justin Long leads everyone in a game where we each pretend to be a different member of Rocky & Bullwinkle. He describes situations and we use our iPhones to conjure up objects that our characters might use in this situation. We project them holographically. This is a skill unto itself: often the objects appear slightly melted when projected by a novice. Justin Long is quite good at projecting and is eventually showing us parlor tricks one can do with an iPhone hologram projector.

Read on if you want more mind blown. Be sure you get to the part about the wrap party. The horror!

[Photo by Bryan Haggerty]

Come and check out one of the best game shows of the 70s as it makes its way back to the present-day Mission!  I’ll be one of the panelists on Match Game SF this Saturday, so come watch me and the rest of the panelists struggle to come up with safe-for-TV words to refer to racy anatomical features.  I’m sure Sister Roma will set everyone straight and have the last laugh.  As a special bonus, use the discount code ‘MatchGamePanel’ to get $2 off advance on BrownPaper Tickets!

In case you’re wondering what Match Game SF is all about:

See for yourself.

Country Music Television, an undeniable authority on the discipline of stand-up comedy, has chosen SF’s own Sean Keane as a contestant! Now, I’m not sure how “country” he really is, but he does have a joke about mullets.

Sean Keane performs every Wednesday at the Dark Room theater on Mission and 18th as part of the Business along with Chris Garcia, who you’re already a fan of. A bunch of us went last week and let me tell you, it’s the best $5 you’ll spend on a Wednesday. Ok, second best.

Here he is doing a bit on the SF Giants:

Vote for him here, because the rest of those contestants don’t even live anywhere near you.

“Leeks are the corn of winter[!]” Ha! So true!

I love leeks.

[Humor by Monkeytone News] [Photo by Haley Pierson-Cox]

You’ve seen Portlandia by now right? If not, I think you’d better watch all of their web clips right now.

Say, someone should pitch a sketch to Portlandia showing people posting on a blog about how they are surprised you haven’t heard of it yet.

If I was better at Photoshop, I’d throw a 1950′s postcard style “Greetings from… the Mission” over this baby, but you’re just going to have to use your imagination.

A little background on this lovely photo from Chris Garcia:

Sheng Wang took this photo of local comedians at Dolores Park last summer.
Pictured Left to Right: Donny Divanian, Alex Koll, Kevin Munroe, Chris Garcia, Emily Heller.

If you don’t remember Chris, you probably ought to see his hilarious stand-up bit on the Mission we posted a while ago.

Reader Aimee C. (winner of our Mission Bikes messenger bag giveaway) spotted this sign the other day:

I saw this sign at Altena Restaurant.  The mission continues to get oddly specific, aye?

Aye! And just in time for MLK Day!

Today’s installment of “Things San Franciscans Like” over at the SF Appeal tackles a wily beast — food:

[I]n San Francisco things are a little different. Everyone here knows everything about food. When was the last time you witnessed a San Franciscan open a menu and shout, “Fuck yeah farro!”? If your answer is you’re witnessing it right now, you are correct.

Read on.

[Photo by TheDapperDiner]