Richard Sarvate
Also known as Richard Savate
Who Richard Sarvate is
Richard Sarvate is a stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles who produces The Setup, a weekly Saturday showcase at the Beer Basement that is one of San Francisco's most popular independent comedy shows. He has a half-hour Dry Bar Comedy special and more than a million followers on TikTok, appeared on India's NDTV in Stars of Comedy in 2016, won the San Diego Clean Comedy Competition in 2017 and has played SF Sketchfest, the Desi Comedy Fest and the Cleveland and Ventura comedy festivals.
He headlined the opening week of Doug Stanhope's club Chuckleheads in Bisbee, Arizona, in April 2019, is a paid regular at Live Nation clubs, has written sketches with Don Novello and toured India with twenty shows, and in 2018 one of his jokes became the top stand-up post of all time on Reddit's r/standupshots. His albums include They're Gonna Know (Blonde Medicine, 2024) and Bedroom Eyes (Comedy Dynamics, 2025), and his track If You Like It On Low was played on SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel in July 2024.
At a glance
- Based in
- Los Angeles, CA
- Stand-up specials
- Dry Bar Comedy half-hour special
- Albums
- The Setup Presents, Live in San Francisco, The Window and 5 more
- On screen
- Stars of Comedy
- Official site
- rsarvate.com ↗
On stage
No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: rsarvate.com ↗.
Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →
Specials, shows and podcasts
Stand-up specials
- Dry Bar Comedy half-hour special
Albums
- The Setup Presents 2018
- Live in San Francisco EP, 2019
- The Window Jokey TV Records, 2022
- Live at the Speakeasy 2022
- Be Reasonable: Funny Songs I Wrote for Some Reason 2022
- They're Gonna Know Blonde Medicine, 2024
- Missed The Window Comedy Dynamics, 2024
- Bedroom Eyes Comedy Dynamics, 2025
On screen
- Stars of Comedy NDTV, 2016
Career timeline
- 2016Stars of Comedy (NDTV, 2016) On screen
- 2018The Setup Presents: Richard Sarvate (2018) Album
- 2019Live in San Francisco (EP, 2019) Album
- 2022The Window (Jokey TV Records, 2022) Album
- 2022Live at the Speakeasy (2022) Album
- 2022Be Reasonable: Funny Songs I Wrote for Some Reason (2022) Album
- 2024They're Gonna Know (Blonde Medicine, 2024) Album
- 2024Missed The Window (Comedy Dynamics, 2024) Album
- 2025Bedroom Eyes (Comedy Dynamics, 2025) Album
Questions and answers
Where is Richard Sarvate performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: rsarvate.com ↗.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Dry Bar Comedy half-hour special.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Stars of Comedy.
Where are they based?
Los Angeles, CA, as their record gives it.
The full SUCDb record
The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.
Sources
- Official site (Bio) ↗ A half-hour special on Dry Bar Comedy; more than a million followers on TikTok; heard regularly on Laugh USA on SiriusXM; lives in Los Angeles; NDTV's Stars…
- Blonde Medicine — BM126, Richard Sarvate: They're Gonna Know ↗ Original release 12 April 2024; track 09, If You Like it On Low (as of 8 October 2026)
- Apple Music · music.apple.com ↗ The Setup Presents: Richard Sarvate (2018); Live in San Francisco - EP (2019); The Window (2022, Jokey TV Records); Live at the Speakeasy (2022); Be…
- xmplaylist — Raw Comedy recently played (archived 31 July 2024) ↗ SiriusXM's Raw Comedy channel: 'If You Like It On Low', credited to Richard Savate, among the recent plays (as of 8 October 2026)
Updated 9 October 2026 · the record checked 8 October 2026