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Upcoming Shows
My favorite show at one of my favorite places in the world! Part game show and part stand up!
My favorite show at one of my favorite places in the world! Part game show and part stand up!
Want to learn stand-up from a stand-up? Click the link above and check out my pitch.
A very special Star Wars MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU Get It!?
My home club! Watch me have fun with the audience and present other talented Bay Area Comics
Videos
I invite a heckler on stage
I think this was recorded in 2010 at the world famous Punch Line in San Francisco.
From my storytelling show Previously secret information
When a gig goes bad.
Do you know why I pulled you over?
A little something about me...
Joe is a square peg in a round hole sort of guy. Raised a midwesterner, so he has manners, but living in San Francisco for more than 30 years, so he thinks he's better than you.
Joe does two things great — tells stories and talks to the crowd.
Joe currently runs two monthly shows in San Francisco. At Cobbs Comedy Club, his game show, “Get It!?” is becoming the next big thing. At The Punch Line, Joe Klocek & Friends, is his chance to show off new talent to audiences and headline.
Joe had a two month "comic in residency" at the first comedy club in Shanghai, China.
Joe has been featured on NPR's, "Snap Judgement" and has also appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham," NBC's "Last Comic Standing," and was commentator for the Emmy award winning documentary, "A Bridge So Far."
Joe has also been a runner-up in the "San Francisco International Comedy Competition" and the "Seattle Comedy Competition."
Voted "Best Comic" in the 2011 SF Weekly Readers Poll.
Stand-Up Comedy Classes
In 2024, Joe began teaching a four week class on writing, performing and navigating stand-up comedy for people curious about starting out. If you have wanted to try stand-up but also wanted some direction first, Joe's class is a great place to start.
For more information on the classes, location and cost, click the link bellow. If you still have questions, feel free to send Joe an email. He is happy to answer your questions.
GET IT!?
A Stand-Up Comedy Game Show
GET IT!? is one part stand-up and one part game show with Joe Klocek as the host. This show happens monthly at Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, CA.
How does it work? A comic performs their set. Next, Joe draws three names from audience members that signed up to be possible contestants and invites them on stage. Joe asks them questions about the comic's set they just watched. The first contestant to answer five questions correct wins the round. Sounds easy, right?
There are two rounds and then the winners of those rounds face off against each other to determine the winner!
It is fun, fast-paced and driven by Joe's ability to riff with the contestants and audience. Check it out!
A Solo Show
Joe has been working on turning his 30+ years of being a stand-up comic and storyteller into a solo show. A stand-up audience gets to hear the punch lines. A solo show audience hears about all the tragedy and brutal beauty it took to make them. From car accidents, missed opportunities, brushes with fame, love lost and love found, the life of a comic on the road is a story the audience deserves to hear about. Stay tuned.
Contact Joe
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