The Comedy Store

9/10 Film-Series "The Comedy Store" (🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷/10 comedic piglets)

You probably need to be a stand-up comedy nerd like me to appreciate this. But Mike Binder, (comedian, actor, author, and now director)... takes us on a five part journey into the famed comedy venue called 'The Comedy Store' in California. Firsthand interviews with almost every famous living comedian on the planet provide a look into not only comedians and their process, but the evolution and origins of this famed comedy venue!

From the stylized opening that starts every episode to the final "round table" in episode five, you will love it, as you bathe in the nostalgia of American stand-up comedy.

I watched "I'm Dying Up Here" (back in) 2017 barely aware it was inspired by historical events, seeing this now felt ...like ventolin 4 an asthmatic !

I think anyone could have produced a good documentary on The Comedy Store and it would be an enjoyable watch. But Mike Binder made this so much more and it's a truly special piece of work. I could yammer on ad nauseum who gives a care what some random dude on the internet is saying. Just watch it. If youd on't, you will have missed out on something truly wonderful and you will feel that void in you for the rest of your days.

I came to this a little skeptical. But having heard so much about the comedy store and the legends and stories over the years on talkshows from various comedians, I had to check it out. It's a fascinating history lesson on the role the comedy store played in the evolution of stand-up comedians, TV and the growth of comedy clubs in general. Scores of comics with historical footage and interspersed with interviews that's a great way to look back on this story that has only been told in fragments before. Highly recommend to fans of stand up or simply cultural history.

This is a great docu series it made me go threw the full spectrum of emotions ,so well made . Its great to see some of my favorite comedians / podcasters talking about there experience at the comedy mecca