R.I.P. John Witherspoon (1942-2019)
Stand-up comedian and actor John Witherspoon, who started working comedy clubs in the 1970s and...
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Tag: The Comedy Store
#RIP Sammy Shore, co-founder of The Comedy Store, at 92
Sammy Shore, the stand-up comedian who founded The Comedy Store in West Hollywood with his wife...
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Showtime plans four-part documentary series on The Comedy Store and Mitzi Shore
I’m Dying Up Here may have died after two seasons on Showtime, but the pay cable network is...
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Episode #251: Yakov Smirnoff
Yakov Smirnoff got his big break in America thanks to Mitzi Shore, who not only put up the Soviet...
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Zach Galifianakis remembers Brody Stevens
The Comedy Store closed on Monday night for a private event, the memorial for the late great...
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Julie Seabaugh and Troy Conrad document “Ringside at Roast Battle” in a new book!
My colleague on the West Coast, freelance comedy journalist Julie Seabaugh, has turned many late...
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The Comedy Store establishes Comedian Assistance Fund, with assigned MPTF social worker
In the wake of Mitzi Shore’s death two months ago, The Comedy Store has partnered with...
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Pauly Shore pays tribute to his mother, The Comedy Store’s Mitzi Shore, in memorial video
Sadly, I couldn’t make it out to Los Angeles this Mother’s Day for the all-star comedy...
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E! orders up Stand Up 2 The Streets live show as “Funny Dance Show”
Congrats to Justine Marino and Heidi Heaslet! After more than a year of live monthly shows in The...
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R.I.P. Mitzi Shore, legendary owner of The Comedy Store (1930-2018)
Mitzi Shore, the legendary owner of The Comedy Store who took over the comedy club when she...
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R.I.P. Tim Jones
Tim Jones, a regular at The Comedy Store throughout the 1980s comedy boom and into the 1990s, has...
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Episode #194: Benji Aflalo
Benji Aflalo is a stand-up comedian, who alone together with comedy pal Esther Povitsky, created,...
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