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| - What's not to love about the Comedy Club. I have been going to this venue for about 5 years now (in their old and new location), and there's only been a few times where I was disappointed. The new location has a nice huge seating area where you and a group of friends can pay an incredibly small fee to see a great show of standup comedy.
Specifically, on Thursdays it's $1 with a Student ID, and Fri-Sun it's $10. Each of these tickets requires a 2 drink minimum, but you can buy soda if you need to save on cash. This is a great price, and there's usually 2 or 3 comics at a minimum, with some shows having as many as 6 or 7. Usually the whole experience takes about an hour and a half to two hours, and you're almost guaranteed to have a riot. If you look in some of the local papers, they print a coupon every week for a buy one get one free as well, and this place definitely rings true with the saying "the more the merrier." My only recommendation here is to call ahead, as the place can get packed and sometimes they need a reservation depending on the size of your party.
I've been to a few other stand up comedy venues in various major cities, and also improv comedy (like Comedy Sportz), but this place stands out because they consistently get funny comics and an excited crowd. The humor is usually intelligent (at least the headliner), or they throw enough comics at you that one or two of them is bound to hit your funnybone.
I can't stress enough how good this place is and if you haven't been you should go next weekend. I've had my share of memories there, from laughing so hard I had to get up and go to the bathroom (on my first date with my girlfriend of 5 years now) to laughing so hard it hurt because a comic rebuked insulting with a tirade that prompted a rude patron to leave.
The atmosphere of people is primarily college and young adults, but there are middle-aged folks as well, and a lot of parents taking their college kids out on the town. The comedy almost never gets so raunchy that it's offensive, and most comics either have a good skit series off the bat or adapt to the crowd. Many of them have been on Comedy Central, and several have won comedy awards. The one thing you shouldn't expect is a giant auditorium with people on the status level of Jerry Seinfeld, but if you just want to go have a good time, laugh your heart out, and have a few drinks, this is the place.
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