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Uptown Comedy Club would in hindsight, provide a springboard for future Saturday Night Live cast members Jim Breuer and Tracy Morgan and future Mad TV cast members Aries Spears and Debra Wilson. Monteria Ivey [ 12 ] [ 13 ] served as the host for the first season, while the regular cast members rotated in that capacity for the second.
By 1993 he co-owned Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta's vibrant Buckhead entertainment district. While there he continued to hone his skills as the much sought after house host and featured some of the greatest minds in stand-up. Later he opened a club of his own, Earthquake's Comedy Corner II in Dallas, Tx. and Atlanta, Ga., resepectively
He has appeared on Showtime at the Apollo, HBO's Def Comedy Jam, HBO's Snaps, The Nashville Network, Uptown Comedy Club, and Comic Escape. His original comedy routines often feature the role-play of fictional characters such as "Bernice Jenkins" (also known as Granny Swims, Ms. Johnson or Mrs. Francis), "Lil' Daryl", "Rusty Dale", and "Beauford".
Pembroke's Matt York brings his acclaimed "Highwaymen" show, including songs and stories about Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings, to The Fallout Shelter in Norwood
The Apollo Comedy Hour is a sketch-comedy that aired in first-run syndication [2] [3] [4] from 1992-1995. The series was filmed the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem , New York . It was produced by the same people who produced It's Showtime at the Apollo .
The Punchline Comedy Club in 2017. The Punchline is a comedy club first opened in 1982 in Sandy Springs, Georgia now located in Atlanta, Georgia. The venue seats 270 people and presents shows five or more nights per week. The club has hosted comedians as diverse as Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, Dane Cook, and was the original performance venue ...
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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]