Entertainment News, Legit News, Media - Variety: Despite the ubiquity of comedy on television and the Internet, live comedy continues to thrive at the Comedy Store, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The brainchild of comedian Sammy Shore and wife Mitzi, along with partner Rudy Deluca, the franchise launched in 1972 with the opening of the Sunset Strip location, the same month Johnny Carson moved "The Tonight Show" to the West Coast.
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I think it's really interesting that a club can get the reputation of a "boot camp". It must be an absolute dream and also a nightmare to work at this place. This club has apparently started some really important careers but it sods like it would be hell to go through.
I've always heard that the hardest thing to do on stage is make an audience laugh, and it sounds like this club really emphasizes that. I'd love to go to a show at this place, just to see the process that these comedians go through to become such big deals.
I haven't heard about comedy clubs in a while. When I was younger, my parents and their friends would frequent them. IT was a common thing to do if they wanted a night out to enjoy themselves without kids. However, with the recent major developments in televised stand up comedy and comedy television alike, I hear about people actually going to see comedians much less. I think this is a shame because stand up comedy is a type of performance art. I care about preserving it in the same way I care about perserving traditional theatre. Comedians are artists, it takes a certain eye to know what will make people laugh. It's a skill that not everyone has. Also, interesting that this particular club has such an odd reputation. I guess it's kind of akin to CMU - we're always saying how hard it is, but at the end of the day we are able to find the fun in it.
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