Leave it to Louis CK to perfectly sum up why Im at the Store every week, patiently waiting my turn: I have always found the Comedy Store to be the most intimidating club of my life. It is what I thought comedy clubs to be when I listened to Lenny Bruce records as a kid. The black vinyl couches and chairs, the red formica stage. Andrew Dice Clay on stage playing to fifteen people in open defiance of their hatred and funny as hell. The Comedy Store is really show biz. As in Milton Berle with his bow tie undone around his neck show business. Mop your brow and say tough crowd show business. A guy being beaten up in the parking lot show business. The Comedy Store is where Pryor cut his teeth. Letterman fought to get spots there. George Carlin. Eddie Murphy. Marc Maron told me stories about living in the apartment behind the Store and how Sam Kinison pissed on his bed one night. This is the Comedy Store. The wonderful dark side of comedy. The Comedy Store is the only club in the country that NEVER passed me when I auditioned. I auditioned at many clubs where I didnt pass but I always went back and finally did pass. The Comedy Store NEVER passed me. I just wasnt right for them. I didnt start working there until I became well known enough to circumvent the audition process. Until I became one of those guys who can just walk into a nightclub and go on stage.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:59:54 +0000
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