Pauly Shore pays tribute to his mother, The Comedy Store’s Mitzi Shore, in memorial video
by Sadly, I couldn’t make it out to Los Angeles this Mother’s Day for the all-star comedy tribute to The Comedy Store’s Mitzi Shore, who passed …
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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 Comedy Store’s Belly Room, Marino and Heaslet …
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 divorced Sammy Shore in 1974, mother of Pauly …
R.I.P. Tim Jones
Tim Jones, a regular at The Comedy Store throughout the 1980s comedy boom and into the 1990s, has died. Jones, a native New Yorker, headed …
Episode #194: Benji Aflalo
Benji Aflalo is a stand-up comedian, who alone together with comedy pal Esther Povitsky, created, executive produces and stars in the sitcom Alone Together — …
Episode #172: Jimmy Shubert
Jimmy Shubert was just a kid from Philly who wanted to be a magician. That’s how he started in show business, before moving to Los …
Tony Hinchcliffe on headlining his own tour, backed by Monster Energy
Last year, Monster Energy drinks sponsored a don’t-call-it-a-comeback tour for Andrew “Dice” Clay that coincided with the 1980s comedy icon’s new Showtime series, Dice. This …
Episode #163: Dylan Brody
Dylan Brody started his stand-up career in New York City while still a teenager in the early 1980s, performing on multiple TV showcases, writing monologue …
Episode #152: Norm Macdonald
Norm Macdonald is Canada’s most-famous play-by-play golf commentator on Twitter. Of course, you know and love Norm Macdonald even more for his years anchoring Weekend …
Stories from comedians who inhabited Cresthill, the house above The Comedy Store
A great long read for your #tbt needs today via David Peisner for Buzzfeed, talking to the surviving comedians who have lived in Cresthill, the …