The stars and stripes will be flying this July as the People’s Republic of Komedy (PROK) presents “Paul Merrill’s All-American Salute to America, USA”, a satirical look at American history and patriotism on July 1st and 3rd.

The shows, at Chop Suey on July 1st and Live Girls Theater on July 3rd, will feature some of the best comedians in Seattle, including Emmett Montgomery, Kevin Hyder, Derek Sheen, and Amanda Williams.

Presented in two parts (”Part One: The Early Years” and “Part Two: The Awesome Years”) “Paul Merrill’s All-American Salute to America, USA” will be hosted by PROK veteran writer/performer Paul Merrill (naturally), who will be presenting his own unique take on America throughout the night with videos and sketches.

“With Obama in office, patriotism is at an all-time high in Seattle,” says Merrill.  “We’re going to bump it up a notch with wrestling Lincolns, a Dick Cheney robot and hopefully President Taft in a bathtub.”

The musical guest for Part One of “Paul Merrill’s All-America Salute to America, USA” will be Can You Imagine, the new pop combo featuring “Hate” cartoonist Peter Bagge and legendary record producer Steve Fisk. For Part Two at Live Girls Theater, Stranger Gong Show winner Airpocalypse will be providing the music.

Robin Williams. Todd Barry. Eugene Mirman. Just a few of the many comedians that have graced the stage of Laff Hole, the nationally known and critically acclaimed comedy show put on by the People’s Republic of Komedy.

On Wednesday June 3rd, Laff Hole will celebrate its 4th Anniversary with some of Seattle’s favorite performers, including Stranger columnist David Schmader, Jet City Improv veteran Dartanion London and this year’s Stranger Gong Show winner Airpocalypse. The show will be hosted by People’s Republic of Komedy founders Emmett Montgomery and Kevin Hyder.

Headlining the anniversary show will be former Seattleite Hari Kondabolu, who has gone on to appear on national TV shows like “Jimmy Kimmel Live”, along with his brother Ashok, performing for the first time together in Seattle. Also appearing on the bill will be Seattle band Your Invisible Hand.

On Friday March 27th, Lo-Ball (the Local Ballard Comedy Show), the popular late night comedy show, is hosting a salute to video games. Produced by the People’s Republic of Komedy (www.prokomedy.org), the long-running revue features sketch comedy, improv, videos and some of Seattle’s best stand-up comedians.

The show will be hosted by Paul Merrill, a local comedian and writer for such video games as “Power Rangers: Super Legends”. Merrill will be showing clips of some of the worst video games of all time, which he has written about on his website “Retarded Games” (www.retardedgames.com).

Also scheduled to appear:

Danielle Radford

Jessica Strauss

Travis Vogt

Kevin Clarke

Dartanion London

and surprise guests!

Doors open at 10:30. The show starts at 11pm sharp, so get there early for seats.

For more information, go to www.ballardcomedy.com or http://www.yelp.com/events/seattle-lo-ball-salutes-crappy-video-games

For more info, go to http://www.theatreoffjackson.org/spf3.html#PROK