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The Comic Strip was opened in 1976. Richard Tienken and Robert Wachs were two of the club's founders. [4] Before emerging as a venue spotlighting only stand up comedians, the club originally featured singers, magicians, and novelty acts. Chris Rock used to stack chairs to get stage time [5] and Colin Quinn was a bartender at the club. [citation ...
Gotham Comedy Club: Manhattan: New York: Grand Comedy Club: Escondido: California: Grapes and Giggles: San Carlos: California: The Groundlings: Los Angeles: California: Governor's Comedy Club: Levittown: New York: Sister clubs Brokerage Comedy Club & Vaudeville Cafe in Bellmore, New York and McGuire's in Bohemia, New York: Haha Comedy Room ...
Originally, it was a 50-seat single venue (which immediately prior, housed a Vietnamese restaurant [1]) founded on 20 April 1963, [2] by Budd Friedman and his future wife, Silver (née Schreck [3]) Saundors, [4] and located at 358 West 44th Street, [2] at Ninth Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City near the southeast corner of 9th Ave.
On December 8, 2010, at 4:38 pm, the Laugh Factory broke the Guinness World Record for "Longest Continuous Stand Up Comedy Show (Multiple Comedians)". [7] The record was previously held by Comic Strip Live that set the original record of 50 hours. The Laugh Factory surpassed 50 hours on Wednesday and continued non-stop until 10:38 pm, Thursday ...
Opened in September 2006 by business partners Harlan Halper and Michael Palitz, Comix was a venue for stand-up comedy located in The Meatpacking District in New York City on 14th Street and 9th Avenue. It was Zagat's top rated stand-up comedy club and was dubbed "one of the top six clubs in the country" by the Hollywood Reporter.
In the late 1990s, the club was located on West 28th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. The chain is currently negotiating to build a new club in the New York area. Other locations throughout the US are located in Princeton, New Jersey, Reno, Las Vegas, Twin River Casino, Rhode Island and the new Catch A Rising Star on Broadway in New York.
In its original form, HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" was an alternative to the club circuit, providing opportunities to black stand-ups and has since grown into something larger. [27] [28] The stylistic origins of the Def Jam comedy genre directly borrow from the hip-hop scene and the rap "arena". [29] [30]
Governor's Comedy Club is an American comedy club in Levittown, New York, on Long Island, opened in 1985. It hosts a variety of comedians from local talent, to national headliners such as Kevin James , Nick DiPaolo , Andrew Dice Clay , and Gilbert Gottfried .