Helium Comedy Club
Helium Comedy Club is a stand-up comedy club chain in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Buffalo, and Portland, Oregon. The club offers a three-act show which consists of an opener, feature and a headliner. Like many comedy clubs, the house has a 'two item minimum' for each audience member. Throughout the years many notable comics have been on the stage.
Comics include: Bill Burr, Christopher Titus, Adam Ferrara, Russ Meneve, Andy Kindler, Louis Ramey, Kevin Nealon, Patrice O'Neal, D. L. Hughley, Rich Vos, Gary Gulman, Jim Florentine, Norm Macdonald, Emo Philips and Mark Curry
Since 2006, Helium has sponsored an annual tournament called "Philly's Phunniest". The contest welcomes local comedians to compete against each other in timed sets which the audience (and judges) vote on.
The club also hosts a weekly open mic night that features around 20 local enthusiasts. Newcomers are given the chance to sign up for beginner sets ranging between 3-7 minutes.
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Comedy club
A comedy club is a venue, typically a nightclub, bar, or restaurant where people watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians, impersonators, magicians, ventriloquists and other comedy acts. The term "comedy club" usually refers to venues that feature standup comedy, as distinguished from improv theaters that host improv or sketch comedy and variety clubs that may also host musical acts.
Types of comedy clubs
Comedy clubs are usually broken down by comedians into "A rooms", "B rooms" and "C rooms"
Comedy at Club 54
Comedy at Club 54 was a Canadian television program hosted by Ben Guyatt. The show was produced from the early 1990s until 2002 and is now airing in syndicated re-runs on the Canadian Comedy Network. Tapings took place in Burlington, Ontario at Club 54. The live performances still happen weekly, although new episodes of the Comedy at Club 54 TV show have not been aired since 2002.
The taped shows usually begin with a zoom-in to host Ben Guyatt, who then reads the "Joke of the Week", which was a weekly joke ostensibly sent in from program viewers across North America. Typically, he then throws the joke card behind him and says to the audience "Welcome to Comedy at Club 54!" This was followed by the opening sequence, audience applause, and the show's theme song, played by an in-house band.
Guyatt then introduces the comedians, who over the years have come from all over North America. The performances were almost all of the typical stand-up comedy variety, but also included magicians, ventriloquists, vaudeville acts, comedy duos and musical acts. Every show features at least two comedians with a 12-minute televised spot (less time if there are more guests), although the live performances are much longer and were edited for time.
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