Now in its 46th year, the San Francisco Comedy Competition has helped launch a Who’s Who of comic champions. Over the years, legends such as Robin Williams, Dana Carvey, and Ellen DeGeneres have emerged from this stand-up comedy contest to become stars.

This year’s competition will be hosted by Tom Rhodes a world traveling comedian whose most recent releases include “Around The World,” recorded in 2019 in 24 cities from Paris to Jerusalem, and “The Honky Motherland” recorded in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. He also has a podcast, “Tom Rhodes Radio Smart Camp.” The New York Times describes him as “A mostly natural intellect with a knack for reporting the harsh realities of life with a dark and absurdly optimistic cynicism.”