{"id":24872,"date":"2018-01-17T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24872"},"modified":"2018-01-17T16:44:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T00:44:09","slug":"laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Lookin to Laugh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/silycome.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laughter doesn&#8217;t cure your ills but it may help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Relieve stress<\/li>\n<li>Relieve pain<\/li>\n<li>Reduce blood pressure<\/li>\n<li>Boost immune system<\/li>\n<li>Stimulate your mind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That said, if you take comedy seriously it can also drive your blood pressure through the roof, especially if you don&#8217;t agree with the political views of the comedians in this highly-charged environment.<\/p>\n<p>Wildly popular in California, there are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/entertainment\/california-comedy-clubs.html\">dozens of comedy clubs<\/a>\u00a0in major cities and beyond. Here is a small sampling:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HOLLYWOOD: The Laugh Factory features Rob Schneider this week<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: The Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd. features 365 days a year of comedy with\u00a0David Spade and Jeremy Piven<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO:\u00a0Punch Line Comedy Club hosts Steve Trevino<\/li>\n<li>HERMOSA BEACH:\u00a0Hermosa Beach Comedy and Magic Club features comedian Kevin Nealon, and on many weekends Jay Leno (Jan. 21, 28, Feb.4, 11, 18 and March 4, 11, 18, 25, 2018)<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO:\u00a0The Comedy Palace hosts Michael Malone and a Romantic Valentine&#8217;s Day Comedy Show<\/li>\n<li>PLEASANTON &amp; RANCHO CORDOVA:\u00a0Tommy T&#8217;s Comedy Club welcomes Sinbad, Ladies Night Comedy and Hunks Male Revue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-comedy-festivals.html\">California Comedy Festivals<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: SF Sketch Fest through Jan.28<\/li>\n<li>FORTUNA: Redwood Comedy Festival Jan.19<\/li>\n<li>SAN LUIS OBISPO: SLO Comedy Fest Feb.22-25<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: LA Comedy Fest May 3-13<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO: San Diego Comedy Festival May 25-June 3<\/li>\n<li>SUNNYVALE: Desi Comedy Festival Aug.10-19<\/li>\n<li>BURBANK: Burbank Comedy Festival Aug.12-18<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: Sac Comedy Festival Oct.12-14<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES: Diversity in Comedy Festival Oct.11-14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laughter doesn&#8217;t cure your ills but it may help: Relieve stress Relieve pain Reduce blood pressure Boost immune system Stimulate your mind That said, if you take comedy seriously it can also drive your blood pressure through the roof, especially if you don&#8217;t agree with the political views of the comedians in this highly-charged environment. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24872"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}