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\"Fritz
Fritz Coleman, popular weathercaster for NBC-4 in Los Angeles, comes to Idyllwild to do stand-up comedy. He will appear in two shows at Uncle B\u2019s Smokin\u2019 Barbeque on Saturday, July 9.
Photo courtesy NBC-4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ken Dahleen has inked Fritz Coleman to do stand-up on the deck of Uncle B\u2019s Smokin\u2019 Bar-b-que. Coleman\u2019s Saturday, July 9, appearance kicks off a comedy series Dahleen plans to hold throughout the summer.<\/p>\n

Coleman appears in two shows, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. Coleman previously regaled Idyllwild audiences emceeing a Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony several years ago. \u201cI first brought him to Idyllwild, and he loves it here,\u201d said Dahleen. \u201cThat\u2019s why he wanted to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NBC-4 Los Angeles weathercaster is an accomplished comedian, having done stand-up for decades at The Improv, the Ice House and other Southern California comedy clubs. Coleman has appeared for Johnny Carson on \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d and on several Bob Hope specials.<\/p>\n

Coleman has said that Carson and Hope were his comedy heroes. Coleman has appeared in series and specials NBC-4 has aired over the years, including \u201cFritz and Friends\u201d and \u201cThe Perils of Parenting.\u201d Coleman has won four Los Angeles-area Emmy Awards for his work.<\/p>\n

Coleman has been the full-time \u201cweathercaster\u201d for NBC-4 since 1984, having been part of the longest-running evening news team in the Los Angeles area \u2014 with Chuck Henry, Coleen Williams and Fred Roggin.<\/p>\n

\"Jimmy
Jimmy Burns (below, left), the \u201cteacher\/comedian,\u201d opens for Fritz Coleman. He is seen here with Arsenio Hall.
Photo courtesy of Jimmy Burns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dahleen will sell tickets, presale only, at the restaurant beginning Friday, July 1. Tickets are $10. Jimmy Burns, the \u201cTeacher Comedian,\u201d opens for Coleman at both shows. Burns, an ex-teacher turned stand-up comedian, has guested with Brad Garret, George Lopez and Arsenio Hall, and has appeared at many of the same comedy venues in Los Angeles at which Coleman has appeared.<\/p>\n

Seating is limited. Uncle B\u2019s is located at 54241 Ridgeview Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ken Dahleen has inked Fritz Coleman to do stand-up on the deck of Uncle B\u2019s Smokin\u2019 Bar-b-que. Coleman\u2019s Saturday, July 9, appearance kicks off a comedy series Dahleen plans to hold throughout the summer. Coleman appears in two shows, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. Coleman previously regaled Idyllwild audiences emceeing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nFritz Coleman, longtime NBC-4 weathercaster, to do local standup • Idyllwild Town Crier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/06\/29\/fritz-coleman-longtime-nbc-4-weathercaster-local-standup\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/\",\"name\":\"Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"description\":\"Almost All the News \\u2014\\u00a0Part of the Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/06\/29\/fritz-coleman-longtime-nbc-4-weathercaster-local-standup\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fritz.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/06\/29\/fritz-coleman-longtime-nbc-4-weathercaster-local-standup\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/06\/29\/fritz-coleman-longtime-nbc-4-weathercaster-local-standup\/\",\"name\":\"Fritz Coleman, longtime NBC-4 weathercaster, to do local standup • Idyllwild Town Crier\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/06\/29\/fritz-coleman-longtime-nbc-4-weathercaster-local-standup\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-29T23:04:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-06-29T23:04:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/800eebb80d1e5e36859dc6c5cb500784\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/2016\/06\/29\/fritz-coleman-longtime-nbc-4-weathercaster-local-standup\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#\/schema\/person\/800eebb80d1e5e36859dc6c5cb500784\",\"name\":\"Marshall Smith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f832ebbb90c77ae40e932b1b868a8db?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Marshall Smith\"},\"description\":\"Marshall Smith has been writing for the Town Crier since 2005. His favorite quote is: '\\\"Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.\\\" Robert Kennedy quoting George Bernard Shaw\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45713"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45716,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45713\/revisions\/45716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idyllwildtowncrier.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}