Enrico Banducci

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Enrico Banducci was the legendary North Beach San Francisco impresario who operated the hungry i nightclub and launched the careers of Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Bill Cosby, Jonathan Winters, and Barbra Streisand, as well as countless folk singers. The hungry i featured the original brick wall in the stage background, a staple for standup comedy presentations ever since. Banducci bought the hungry i from its founder, Eric "Big Daddy" Nord, in 1950. Banducci later also started the Clown Alley hamburger stand as well as Enrico's Sidewalk Cafe on Broadway.

In 1981, Mort Sahl, Jonathan Winters, Irwin Corey, Jackie Vernon and a host of others gathered to film a tribute to Banducci that was nationally televised and called The hungry i Reunion. The film is intercut with musings by Bill Cosby, Maya Angelou (who started at Banducci's club as an ersatz Caribbean singer), and Phyllis Diller.

2003 Standup Comedy Award Winner - Enrico Banducci http://www.comedyday.com/html/eventinfo/scla.htm#enrico

Enrico Banducci, Bar School, and a Guy From Fresno, via CoastNews.com http://www.coastnews.com/sf/enrico/enrico.htm

Farewell Favorites: Enrico Banducci and the hungry i: Five Pages http://www.mistersf.com/farewell/index.html?fwhungryi06.htm

Internet Movie Database: Enrico Banducci (www.imdb.com) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051793/

Enrico's Sidewalk Cafe in North Beach, San Franciso - History http://www.enricossidewalkcafe.com/History.php

Dorothy Currin at Enrico Banducci's hungry i (scroll down) http://www.dorothyloyd.com/dorothycurrin.html

Enrico Banducci and the hungry i - BBC Programme Catalogue http://open.bbc.co.uk/catalogue/infax/contributor/630424

Barbra Streisand: Early Performances - Live at the hungry i http://www.barbra-archives.com/Performances/streisand_1963_1966.html

The New York Times - "The hungry i Reunion" television show http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E6DC123BF933A25751C0A964948260


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