Fort Bliss is bringing to you their Annual Comedy Series and Sun City Comedy was part of their first show of the year! Scheduled for this event was national touring comedian Warren B. Hall but due to bad weather and airport closings he was unable to make it. We were able to get comedian Jorge Jimenez to fill in and it made for an awesome and hilarious show! Comedians Ponchi Herrera and Cedric Reed completed this fun filled night with their own brand of humor and had the crowds roaring with laughter in this almost 2 hour show. Keep checking suncitycomedy.com for more shows with your favorite comics and some of the best national touring comedians in the nation. To see more of Jorge Jimenez go check out El Paso’s Comic Strip Comedy Club. Click on the thumbnail or read more for pictures of this show.

We had our first Comedy Show of 2010 at The New Old Plantation in downtown El Paso with a packed house and some of the best up and coming comedians in town!  Performers for the night included Bryan Berger, Mando Blanco, Spartacus, Aleks with a K, S3, and The Wolf!  Be sure to check Sun City Comedy shows every Sunday at The New OP, cover price is $3.00 and admittance is 18+ w/ID, and for the same price you can stay and enjoy the most entertaining drag show in town.  Want to try your hand at standup? Come to a show and ask for a guest spot. Guest spots are on a first come first serve basis.  This week’s guest spot went to first timer Kermit. For more information on guest spots call 915.408.2511 or send us an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jake Sharon and Mark Lee were in town this past Oct. 28 and they entertained us with weird and bizarre, yet refined, stories. (Some of them involving poop) But these two were great performers and the crowd at Maverick's Bar & Grill  loved every second of it.

The show was hosted by local comedian Phil Robinet, "Phildo" has performed at the comic strip and has performed as a guest at comedy clubs all over Texas. Next on the stage was comedian Mark Lee. Mark's high-energy comedy is original, sometimes completely absurd, his unpredictable style constantly leaves people wondering what he will do next.  He can be seen playing the principle role of “Jimmy” in the Emmy award winning “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”.  Mark is a regular at the legendary Comedy Works in Denver, where he has with Jamie Kennedy, Aisha Tyler, Kevin Pollak,  Joe Rogan, and many other notables. Headliner Jake Sharon made the finals in USA's Show Us Your Character contest, appeared on Elimidate, took 1st in the Starz/ Jumpcut Stand-up Contest, and made it into the 2005 and 2006 Boston Comedy Festival. Check out the pictures from the show and be sure to keep checking out the show!

Laughter Profile is a new feature to scc.com, this bi-weekly column will feature interviews with members of Sun City Comedy as well as seasoned performers from all over the country.

Beto “IBM” Sanchez is one of those people you see all the time but you fail to notice he is there until he says something totally hilarious, named by his fellow comedians the “Itty Bitty Mexican” he was born and raised in El Paso Texas; he is the oldest of three and the shortest of three. And although he is of short statue his comedy can command enormous crowds, this has earned him the privilege to work with national touring comedian as well as showcase his talent at comedy clubs around the area. 

I met with Beto at a local taco eatery that I rather not mention by full name because my editor believes we can get sued (and apparently with good reason click here to see what I am taking about) but I can say it rhymes with “Ticos Chacos.”  One of the first things I notices he is shorter than most people, even for El Paso, after introductions were done we began the interview by daring each other to do shots of green chili provided by the establishment; between burning sensations and thoughts of a horrific bathroom visit the next morning I managed to get some questions in.

Sun City Comedy: So how is it living in El Paso all your life?
Beto Sanchez: I love El Paso, I can not stand people who say they hate El Paso, because those people are the ones that leave and come back like four months later saying they missed it. I plan to live in El Paso for a little longer until I graduate from school and have a few years experience in web design.

We recently had a show with one of El Paso’s veteran comedians Patrick Candelaria! Patrick Candelaria’s 17-year successful ride through his comedy career has been filled with laughter all the way.  He has traveled over half a million miles around the world creating an adventure that includes a dozen overseas comedy tours for the United States military, over a hundred college, corporate and benefit performances, and countless comedy club appearances. George Lopez said Patrick is “Pound for pound, one of the funniest comics out there,”  and Tommy Chong called Patrick, “A very funny Mexican”.