Team Wonder Dave in the Press
Mental Health Comedy Hour
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MENTAL HEALTH COMEDY HOUR IS INSANELY FUNNY, 2023
The Mental Health Comedy Hour show was co-created by Wonder Dave and Kristee Ono in 2019. Wonder Dave and Ono have been doing stand up comedy and were working on their podcast NerdRage. Wonder Dave, says he was inspired to create this show when recognizing there is a market of people that want to laugh and be real with their mental health. He informs me that after comedian Maria Bamford’s sets, audience members would come up with pill bottles to be signed by the comedian because they were on a medication she has mentioned she is prescribed on and discusses during her routines. — Nicole Ski, Broke Ass Stuart, 2023
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Mental Health Comedy Hour hosts Kristee Ono and Wonder Dave find humor in the blues, 2022
Comedians poke fun at themselves and find humor in bleak moments, like facing mental illness. A couple of Bay Area comics have found humor in living with mental health challenges. Kristee Ono and Wonder Dave host Mental Health Comedy Hour, featuring Bay Area comedians who tell jokes about their experiences with anxiety, addiction, bipolar disorder and other challenges. The show has drawn big names like Margaret Cho. After being virtual due to the pandemic, the show is going back on a live stage, in person. — Jeneé Darden, Crosscurrents, KALW, 2022
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‘Mental Health Comedy Hour’ a safe space for laughter and serious discussion, 2021
“People who themselves have anxiety and depression are pretty into watching comedy from the comfort of their own home,” says Wonder Dave. “While laughter isn’t actually the best medicine, it can make someone feel a bit better about their life, and that’s worth doing.”
“Mental Health Comedy Hour”: Guests Margaret Cho and Guy Branum. 7 p.m. Saturday, May 15.
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Processing Life’s Problems One Laugh At A Time
“The jokes you’re gonna hear tonight will be about mental illness. We’re not OK, and that’s OK,” said a comedian who goes by the stage name Wonder Dave, welcoming an audience of twenty-somethings to “Mental Health Comedy Hour.”
At this Bay Area comedy show and beyond, humor is utilized as a means to deal with all that is going in the world and in our heads. This may have already been true in times past, but today’s comedic material is arguably the most serious, yet simultaneously hilarious.
— Fernando Martinez, Xpress Magazine, 2020
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Make it stand out.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
