- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comedy Club Quotes
Open mics, audition tapes, and paying dues.
One comic describes the formal 'SNL' audition process; another name-checks the Luna Lounge scene where Janeane Garofalo and David Cross got their start. These quotes are less about jokes themselves and more about the club circuit that built them.
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- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started in the club route. I did the alternative scene later on. When I lived in New York, I did the Luna Lounge and stuff, where Janeane Garofalo and David Cross and all those guys worked out of, but I came from a comedy club background. I'm proud of that background. I'm one of the people that really crossed over and did both.
- Development
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- Nov 07, 2020
The development of the comedy club industry destroyed the uniqueness and intimacy of the profession but it also created jobs for comics and bred some great performers.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've played every comedy club and every theatre across the country for the last 25 years and seen a lot of audience members from different ethnic persuasions.
- Buffet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was only 16 - you really had to be 18, but they never checked me for ID.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a child, I wanted to watch things that made me laugh. It's attacking boredom, as simple as that. I was 19 when I first went to a comedy club - I wanted to do it, so I gave it a try and that was it. I found my office.
- Comedy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe I can offend you in a comedy club. I don't believe I can offend you in a concert. A comedy club is a place where you work out material; you're trying material.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020