BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/oakland//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/oakland X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130522T000922CEST-9942rWoPgH@www.yoshis.com/oakland DTSTAMP:20130521T220522Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nActor and Comedian Sinbad arrived on the comedy scene w ith a &ldquo\; hit&rsquo\;em in the face&rdquo\; style of comedy that has kept audiences laughing in the aisles for over the past two decades. He freely admits that he doesn&rsquo\;t knows any jokes\, except for the one s that his dad told him &ldquo\;back in the day&rdquo\;. Sinbad tells st ories\, and boy does he tell stories! The basis of his humor comes from everyone he&rsquo\;s met\, everything he&rsquo\;s seen\, and everything he &rsquo\;s done.\nRanked by Comedy Central as one of the top 100 standup co medians of all time\, Sinbad has built a loyal following by taking audien ces&rsquo\; painful trials or embarassing tribulations of day-by-day life \, throwing them back in their faces\, and causing an uproar of comedic hy steria. He can also make it sound profound without being profane. Not t hat he&rsquo\;s any kind of choirboy\, but by being the son of a preacher man he decided to keep his comedy clean after his father attended one of his early performances. Up to that time he had been what he describes him self as &rdquo\;semi-dirty&rdquo\;. Sinbad says that he learned that nig ht that &ldquo\;funny is funny&rdquo\;\, and that masters of dirty comedy such as Redd Foxx\, Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce could all work clean wi thout losing a step.\nSinbad is internationally known for his starring app earances in hit movies like &ldquo\;Jingle All the Way\,&rdquo\; playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger\; &ldquo\;Houseguest&rdquo\; co-starring th e late Phil Hartman\, and let&rsquo\;s not forget his film debut &ldquo\; Necessary Roughness&rdquo\;\, where he did none of his own stunts! He ha s starred in the television sitcom &ldquo\;A Different World&rdquo\; as we ll as his own series\, &ldquo\;The Sinbad Show&rdquo\;. Entertainment mo gul Quincy Jones sought out Sinbad to host UPN&rsquo\;s first late night talk show\, &ldquo\;Vibe&rdquo\;. He also recently appeared as a recurri ng guest star on the Showtime Original Series &ldquo\;Resurrection Blvd.& rdquo\; Sinbad has even written a self-help book entitled &ldquo\;Sinbad& rsquo\;s Guide to Life: (Because I Know Everything)&rdquo\;. Sinbad has drawn legions of fans from his HBO highly-rated comedy specials\; &ldquo\ ;Brain Damaged&rdquo\; (1991)\, &ldquo\;Afros &\; Bellbottoms&rdquo\; ( 1993)\, &ldquo\;Son of a Preacher Man&rdquo\; (1996)\, and &ldquo\;Nuthi n But The Funk&rdquo\; (1998). His annual HBO music concert series (Oh! You didn&rsquo\;t know he was musical?) &ldquo\;Sinbad&rsquo\;s 70&rsquo\; s Soul Music Festival&rdquo\; received the prestigious NAACP Image Award consecutively for two years as the &ldquo\;Most Outstanding Variety Serie s/Special&rdquo\;.\nA one-time basketball standout for the University of D enver\, Sinbad agrees that everything he needed to know for comedy\, he l earned from playing basketball. There are a number of things comedy and basketball have in common. One of the most important to Sinbad is &ldquo\ ;the competitive aspect that teaches you to never give up&rdquo\;. Now t here is one part of Sinbad&rsquo\;s life that has been a well kept secret &hellip\;he is a closet nerd. This comes in handy as a Master of Technolo gy during private corporate engagements for clients such as: Intel Corpor ation\, Breakaway Technologies\, Apple and Microsoft as well as many othe rs.\nAs an intermediary to community focused technology solutions\, Sinbad believes no one should be left behind in training and education. He has served as a spokesperson for the National Action Council for Minorities i n Engineering (NACME) encouraging minorities to pursue studies in science \, math and engineering. In honor of his parents Donald &\; Louise Adki ns\, Sinbad has established an academic scholarship in their name at the esteemed Morehouse College in Atlanta\, Georgia. Showing his appreciatio n for our armed servicemen\, the comedian/actor has participated on USO t ours and performed at the USO of Hampton Roads 2006 Patriotic Festival.\nS inbad has appeared on the FX Television series &ldquo\;It&rsquo\;s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.&rdquo\; Also\, his long awaited stand-up special aired on Comedy Central this past February. Most recently\, Sinbad was s een in the third season of NBC&rsquo\;s Celebrity Apprentice. DTSTART:20121226T200000 DTEND:20121227T235959 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:Oakland SUMMARY:Sinbad with Memphis Red and the Funk Stank Nasty Band - A Night of Funk and Comedy END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR