In 1982, Kurtis Matthews began his stand-up career at the Comedy Store in Hollywood. In 1984, he embarked upon his own journey in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction after a near fatal automobile accident caused him to look for a new way of life. Soon he would become a regular at the World Famous Improv and begin touring nationally along side renowned performers and comedy veterans as Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison and George Lopez, he learned firsthand the joys of making people laugh as well as the challenges of staying clean and sober while doing so.
After twelve years of touring as a stand-up, appearing on national television and numerous radio shows, Kurtis took a five year break from comedy shortly after his friend and mentor, Bill Hicks, passed away unexpectedly. Leaving stand up and show biz behind Kurtis moved to San Francisco, got married and worked his way up to a management position in the software industry, providing him with the knowledge, determination and experience to start his own company. Although he enjoyed software, stand up and speaking the truth onstage had never left his heart. One day, he wrote the words ..comedy school.. on a napkin. Soon afterwards, Kurtis started the San Francisco Comedy College (SFCC) when an actor friend asked him if he could teach him to be funny.
Over the past eight years, the SFCC has grown to become the largest stand-up school in the country, training over 2,000 people to be funny with classes in stand-up, improv, one-person shows and comedy writing. In 2006, HBO came to the SFCC to showcase comedians for its annual US Arts Comedy Festival in Aspen, marking the first time the network, nationally renowned for its comedy programming, scouted for talent at a comedy school. 2006 was also the first year that the Late Show with David Letterman held auditions for upcoming episodes at the SFCC, solidifying their role as the most sought-after comedy training in the country. The success of the SFCC is largely due to the founder..s philosophy of being true to oneself onstage, supporting fellow comedians, loving stand-up and sharing that love and recovery with the audience.
Drawing upon his own life experiences to enrich his material with stories about his own struggles with therapy, infidelity, alcohol, drugs and getting sane, Kurtis continues to perform stand-up comedy, making audiences laugh and inspiring them to be the best people they can be.
Conversation,Comedy,Brilliance, Passion,Love,Pelligrino and Cheez its.
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Music
Social Distortion,Aerosmith,Motorhead,Rehab,Sinatra,Buckcherry,Green Day,Annie Lennox, All American Rejects,Killers, Bobby Darin,3 Doors Down, Offspring, Train, Skynyrd, Exodus, ACDC, Accept, Tony Bennett, Elton John, Michael Stipe, Al Green, Metallica, Dean Martin, Green Day,Sisters of Mercy, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Stones, Van Morrison,My Chemical Romance, Sting, Movie Soundtracks and the sound of two skeletons having sex on a tin roof during a hail storm while using aluminum cans as condoms.
Movies
V for Vendetta, Casablanca, Glory, Patton, Sleepless in Seattle and My Name is James Woods and I'm an alcoholic
Television
Books
Blue ones that are big and anything that challenges me or pops up ; )
Heroes
Batman and My Dad; who wore shorts and a cowl like Batman
This is a myspacelike recovery site but better and easier to use and with extra options and fun stuff… and its recovery. This is a direct creation from my myspace recovery page, Punk Friends in Recovery Together.
Create a profile, blog, add applications, load tons of pictures, make new friends, add apps, network and enjoy.
This new site has the same attitude as the myspace page but it’s a whole new recovery social networking site. We embrace ALL recovery here.
Join up and tell your friends. Just remember, it is still new, a little rough around the edges and content is constantly being added.
You have the best network of friends. Let them all know they can friend add me. & your homepage is very creative. I just wanted to stop by & drop some love on your page.
Kurtis, You did a brilliant job on that BBC submission video. You might have had a tiny morsel of that fried cheval still on your chin, but you pulled it off and you looked tout suiiite! And no one knows HOW to overcome Troubles as you do! Can not wait for your big adventures to come, K! You certainly deserve them! W :o)
Hey Kurtis, I need you to come back to Minnesota so I can see your show! I missed it when you were here. Coming up on 3 years for me, it would be cool to celebrate at a show. I'll be watching for it. Hope all is well. :)
your set and crowd work at SFCC last night ROOCCCKKKKKKEDDD. wife had to change her underwear and i'm on aspirin after all of the deep thrombosis guffaw headbangin. it was everything you teach and more. also people appreciated the message at the end. thanks for the schooling, paps.
Thanks for the great, fun trip to NY! Loved meeting everyone. So many special, talented people! Best of luck with The Clubhouse, and keep making your dreams come true! See you soon...xo Joanie
