Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Comedy Store" in English language version.
Below is a Los Angeles Times story, published Sept. 20, 1992, about the 20th anniversary of the Comedy Store and how many influential comedians hold the club dear to their hearts. ... Over the years, Comedy Store branches have opened in La Jolla, Westwood, the San Fernando Valley and at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Only La Jolla and a newly reopened Westwood branch remain. Shore has also purchased the Hollywood Playhouse, a space that is given over to one-man shows.
Every comedian talks about what appearing on Johnny Carson did for their career. Was there a literally next-day kind of difference in your career? Yep. I got hired the next day at The Comedy Store at The Dunes Hotel in Vegas. The next day NBC called about a holding contract with the network. The offers just kept coming in. But soon I was the opening act for The Commodores in Vegas. There's no platform like 'The Tonight Show' that can do that today.[permanent dead link]
...Comedy Store Playhouse, at the site of the old Hollywood Playhouse on Las Palmas south of Sunset Boulevard. The building was sold last fall to Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore, who is renovating it and hopes to begin booking comedy plays and one-person shows as soon as construction is completed.
Up the Ventura Freeway in Universal City, the Comedy Store at the Sheraton Universal Hotel is definitely more glamorous. The room underwent months of remodeling that transformed it from a dark cocktail lounge to the Valley counterpart of owner Mitzi Shore's Sunset Strip club....Tension between the club owners stems from a 1979 strike of Los Angeles comedians against the Comedy Store's "no-pay policy". Until that time, neither Shore nor Friedman paid comedians a salary. The theory was that comedians should almost be paying the owners for the exposure the clubs provided. When the comedians' strike began, the Improv was closed for fire-damage repairs. Therefore, the strike focused on Shore, not Friedman.
Nevertheless, the Valley hasn't been particularly hospitable to comedy. The Improv and the Comedy Store have closed branches here in recent years, and a host of nightclubs and restaurants seem to drop comedy nights as soon as they start them.
Las Vegas Comedy Store at the Dunes Hotel
The eventual deal was hammered out during the third week of the strike, but Mitzi needed time to cool off after the Letterman episode. Finally, she agreed to the deal in early June, allowing the comics to be classified as independent contractors and paying them a flat rate per performance.
In business since 1984, La Bruschetta has won a loyal neighborhood following and has long been one of the more serious—and relaxed—places to dine close to Westwood Village.
Legal documents filed by her family said she had Parkinson's disease and other neurological problems....Ms. Shore assumed control of the venue, which she soon expanded and built into a comedy empire with area locations in Los Angeles, San Diego and eventually at the former Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas.
The Club Seville opened New Year's Eve 1935 and featured a crystal dance floor with subsurface fish, fountains and colored lights in its Crystal Marine Room. In 1940, the building got a face-lift and became known as Ciro's Nightclub (1940–1957).
The Club Seville opened New Year's Eve 1935 and featured a crystal dance floor with subsurface fish, fountains and colored lights in its Crystal Marine Room. In 1940, the building got a face-lift and became known as Ciro's Nightclub (1940–1957).
In business since 1984, La Bruschetta has won a loyal neighborhood following and has long been one of the more serious—and relaxed—places to dine close to Westwood Village.
Below is a Los Angeles Times story, published Sept. 20, 1992, about the 20th anniversary of the Comedy Store and how many influential comedians hold the club dear to their hearts. ... Over the years, Comedy Store branches have opened in La Jolla, Westwood, the San Fernando Valley and at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Only La Jolla and a newly reopened Westwood branch remain. Shore has also purchased the Hollywood Playhouse, a space that is given over to one-man shows.
