Live Standup Comedy

[Slegnaac]

Garry Shandling's passing got me to thinking about the times I use to go to the Hermosa Beach Comedy and Magic club to catch a live comedy show.  It has been years since I have gone to see a live standup show.  The last one I went to, which was just by chance, was at a Hotel in Northern Scotland back in 2011.  When I get to travel for work I will sometimes try to find the local comedy venue, but it seems like the ones I have attended over the past few years were not stand up but Improve gigs, similar to the Groundlings.  Which made me wonder, are the hey days of Live Standup gone?  I know that LA still has the Icehouse, The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, but is stand up comedy still available around the country?

[Blarg]

Wife and I went to a comedy club in DC and the warm up act was pretty good but you could sense he was running out of stuff, they wanted him to go longer than his 20. The reason was the main act hadn't showed up.

The guy was an hour late and when he arrived he was too lit up to remember his act so he just stood there and kept reciting he was late making stupid gestures, like that was funny. After about 20 minutes the audience was getting tired of his shit so he went gutter, no real routine, just saying offensive stuff. What an asshole.

Edited March 26, 2016 by notti

[Tank]

Wife and I went to a comedy club in DC and the warm up act was pretty good but you could sense he was running out of stuff, they wanted him to go longer than his 20. The reason was the main act hadn't showed up.

The guy was an hour late and when he arrived he was too lit up to remember his act so he just stood there and kept reciting he was late making stupid gestures, like that was funny. After about 20 minutes the audience was getting tired of his shit so he went gutter, no real routine, just saying offensive stuff. What an asshole.

So you caught Adams act, eh?

[Blarg]

No, this was a black guy.

 

 

Using Adam's material.

[Adam]

My act was 10% weed

60% black guys

15% cockblocking mom

15% banging candian chicks in West Virginia

[Tank]

My act was 10% weed

60% black guys

15% cockblocking mom

15% banging candian chicks in West Virginia

So nothing about peanuts on an airplane?!? Massive FAIL for a topic so long ignored.

[arch stanton]

I googled "Candian" in case it wasn't a typo and there was something I should know.

I'm pretty sure the word he meant to type is "Cambodian".

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I have seen a number of standup comics live. My lineup includes (and this goes back for years):

 

Rodney Dangerfield

Totie Fields

Rich Little

Jeff Foxworthy

Jon Caparulo

Kathleen Madigan

Steven Wright

Henry Cho

 

Two that I missed, that I really wish that I had seen are Richard Pryor and George Carlin.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Vegas Halo Fan

[Glen]

Flappers in Burbank is a good venue. If you get on their email list you get a heads-up when they have bigger comics drop in to test new material. Got to see Bill Burr and Jim Jeffries that way.

Speaking of Jeffries, check out his show Legit.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Saw daniel tosh a few times before he was big. My highlight was robert schimmel. Saw him and talked to him after the show at the right time in his life i guess and had drinks w him down the road at another bar. Really nice guy, and hilarious. Was bummed as hell when he died.

[Tank]

I have seen a number of standup comics live. My lineup includes (and this goes back for years):

 

Rodney Dangerfield

Totie Fields

Rich Little

Jeff Foxworthy

Jon Caparulo

Kathleen Madigan

Steven Wright

Henry Cho

 

Two that I missed, that I really wish that I had seen are Richard Pryor and George Carlin.

 

i got to see carlin in san fran. put on a great show. also got to see robin williams down in irvine. that was one frenetic show.

[Mark68]

Saw Carlin back in the 90s in Colorado Springs...then met him the next day. He was a humble down-to-earth guy.

 

He was my all-time favorite comic. Robin Williams was high on my list as well, but I never had a chance to see him live.

 

Speaking of comedy clubs, we have a good one here in Denver (Comedy Works). Portland also has a good one (Helium).