Crown Royal Latin All Star Comedy Explosion Tour.

The Crown Royal Latin All-Stars Comedy Explosion ten-city tour launched September 27th in Sacramento, California from the Sacramento Community Theater Center. The hilarious line-up, featuring comedians Willie Barcena, Alex Raymundo, Gilbert Esquivel, Marilyn Martinez, Juan Villareal, Dennis Gaxiola and Cain Lopez, triggered side-splitting laughs from an enthusiastic sold-out crowd. The fresh and original extravaganza, the first time this group of comics has performed together on stage, continues to Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Albuquerque, Fresno, Bakersfield and San Francisco. Crown Royal continues to support and encourage rising comedians nationwide. After sponsoring the Kings of Comedy, the most successful comedy tour in history, Crown Royal once again renewed its commitment to the ever important Latino consumer by
launching the 2001 Crown Royal Comedy Jam starring Paul Rodriguez.

The diverse comics, with their own humor, style and personalities, featured in the The Crown Royal Latin All-Stars Comedy Explosion are:

Willie Barcena — Los Angeles comedian and Tonight Show Alum who has recently signed a television development deal.

Alex Raymundo — International Star Search Champion (1989) who also won the “Funniest Latin in America” Competition in 1997.

Gilbert Esquivel — Recent winner of the Ice House Comedy Competition in Pasadena, CA.

Marilyn Martinez — Veteran comic from television, theater, radio and stand-up and the sole woman in the line-up.

Juan Villareal — Los Angeles comedy club regular with more than nine years successful comedy experience.

Dennis Gaxiola — Rising young Latino comic from Berkeley, CA.

Cain Lopez — Recently performed in front of 20,000 people at the Shoreline Amphitheater for the famous Dog House Comedy Jam where he shared the stage with such performers as Jamie Foxx, Eddie Griffin and Dave Chapelle.