Our New Web site!

Rooster T. Feathers – in the heart of Silicon Valley – has a NEW Web site! Check it out here at www.RoosterTFeathers.com. We are so excited about it – since it’s on the cutting edge of biting humor! Now there’s a metaphor for ya!

It wasn’t originally intended to have the color scheme of our new women’s bathroom paint, however it does kind of match. (If you haven't been to see a show lately, or aren't a woman, this is clearly news to you too!) Both needed a face lift and I guess we like purple. We’re hoping that our customers can find what their looking for on our site a lot easier now and with a lot more purple pizzazz!

Please tell us what you think in the comments section. Thanks!

Congratulations Shanti Charan, winner 9th Annual New Talent Comedy Competition

Photo by Imran G.

It started over two months ago with more than 100 competitors and has now come to a close with one winner. Shanti Charan becomes the second woman to take top honors in Rooster's annual contest. (Mari Magaloni, actress and acclaimed Palin impersonator, won the 5th Annual New Talent Competition in 2007.)

Shanti wins a cash prize and a week of paid emcee work at Roosters. Shanti happens to be part of an upcoming show, Outsourced Comedy, which features Raj Sharma, Kabir "Kabeezy" Singh (2009 Roosters New Talent Competition Winner), and Sammy Obeid (2008 Roosters New Talent Competition Winner). Outsourced Comedy plays Wednesday May 25 and Thursday May 26 at 8pm at Rooster T. Feathers. Tickets are available now at www.roostertfeathers.com.

Here's Shanti's winning set from the competition.



Congratulations to the other top finishers: Nick Aragon in 2nd Place and Duncan Riach in 3rd Place. Great job all!

Your mom needs a drink...and a laugh!

Flowers? Booooring. Brunch? Overrated. Monogrammed vacuum cleaner? She'll bite your head off.

Struggling to find the best gift for Mom's special day? Don't fret, on Sunday May 8 Roosters' can give your mom a fun-filled night with fabulous comedy, great drinks, a grand prize drawing for six-months free entry and other goodies. Plus we've got mommy-gras beads, Mom-osas, and a little giftie for all the moms! All for only $12 per person.*

Wendy Liebman

Headliner Wendy Liebman has been performing her uniquely timed style of stand-up comedy since 1984 and is the only person in her family in show business. "My mother is a ventriloquist-but not professionally. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father." Waiting a beat, she adds, "I got my brother to do it."

Originally from Long island, Wendy went to college in Boston (a school she refers to as I.O.U.) where she studied psychology and histrionics. Leafing through a catalog for continuing education that she found with some miss-delivered mail, Wendy got her start in stand-up by enrolling in a class called "How to be a Stand-Up Comedian" at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. She started doing open mike nights at Boston clubs including Stitches, The Comedy Connection and Catch a Rising Star and for the next six years performed throughout all of New England. "I kept my secretarial day job, though I would call in sick a lot. I would say I had "female problems." My boss didn't know I meant her."

Wendy's stock in trade is the one-liner with the subliminal afterthought. The effectiveness of her technique lies largely in the unexpectedness of her timing. The punchline invariably falls after the joke seems to be over. The Los Angeles Times Raves, "she's a master of the throwaway line, making a perfectly rational observation, then adding almost subliminally the punchline which skews everything she has said before."

In 1990, Wendy won the Johnnie Walker Red Comedy Competition semi-finals in Boston, and competed in the finals at LA's famous Hollywood Improv. It was at this performance that she caught the eye of the talent coordinator of The Tonight. Show, who invited her to be one of Johnny Carson's guests the following week. If that wasn't thrilling enough, the whole episode was captured on a segment of CBS' 48 hours.

Since then, Wendy has been a regular on The Late Show with David Letterman, and has appeared on the Tonight.Show with Jay Leno. Wendy has also been seen on Politically Incorrect, Dr Katz Professional Therapist, Louie Andersen's Comedy Showcase, The Daily Show, HBO's Women of the Night, The RuPaul Show and Comic Relief Vll as well as Comic Strip Live, VH-1 Stand-Up Spotlight, Evening at the Improv, Caroline's Comedy Hour and MTV's Half Hour Comedy Hour.



Join us Sunday May 8 at 8:00pm for Wendy Liebman with Matt Champagne and Sean Keane. Buy tickets now, or call 408.736.0921 for more show information or to make reservations. Sorry, but Roosters is a 21 and over only club, so the little ones will have to make Mom some macaroni art this year.

*Please note: 2-item minimum purchase per person applies.