Pink Ribbon Comedy Tour

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• Kevin Richards
• John Kiester
• Brian Miller
• Women's Health
• Cancer

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Last year, Shoreline comic Kevin Richards and three of his bros from the L.A. stand-up circuit crammed into a small sedan for a “pretty miserable” DIY national tour. Such is the plight of the mid-tier, twentysomething funnyman for whom Facebook and Twitter serve as publicist, manager, and best friend. But then Richards had an idea: What if the same foursome super-sized their grassroots ambitions for charity? As he explains by phone from the rolling Pink Ribbon Comedy Tour headquarters (“a 23-foot Winnebago that we spruced up”), he pitched the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which endorsed the fundraising odyssey. Hence the half-naked woman and Komen URL plastered on the side of their old RV, which has carried the quartet through some 17,000 miles, three months, and nearly 70 gigs. Richards expects to raise $17,000 for the Komen Foundation by April. But ironically, he notes, “The first person who decided to get a mammogram because of this was my mom”—not before but after the tour was hatched, which turned out to be a life-saving coincidence. (Cancer was detected, and she’s now in treatment.) Meanwhile, instead of chasing groupies each night after they perform, Richards and company pile back into the ’bago, log onto their laptops, and get to work. “If we’re not driving,” he says, “we’re promoting.” Veteran comic John Kiester will introduce tonight’s show (and Friday’s); the tour runs through Saturday before turning toward L.A. After that, says Richards, “We’re already planning next year’s tour. Hopefully next time we’ll get a bigger R.V.” BRIAN MILLER
Thu., April 1, 8 p.m.; Fri., April 2, 8 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat., April 3, 8 & 10:15 p.m., 2010