Comic Strip Live
1568 2nd Avenue | Yorkville | built 1920
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1880
John McIntyre designs a Connecticut stone tenement at 1568 Second Avenue
The four-story building was built in 1880-81 to designs by the New York-born architect John McIntyre. It was one of a pair, and the east side of Second Avenue between 81st and 82nd Streets held four such pairs of rowhouses with ground-floor storefronts. A three-story staggered addition now sits on the roof.
Source: friends-ues.org
- 1931
Prohibition agents raid the Brauhall beer garden at 1568 Second Avenue
In 1931 prohibition agents raided an illegal beer garden called Brauhall at this address. During the 1920s the building had held Lindefield's Restaurant. Even after the Twenty-first Amendment ended Prohibition, the place was raided again for other illegal activity.
Source: friends-ues.org
- 1934
Police arrest forty-one men for gambling at 1568 Second Avenue
Raids at the address continued after Prohibition ended. In 1934 forty-one men were arrested here for gambling. In the 1940s the building housed Dunne's Shamrock Bar, and the Friends of the Upper East Side history notes that if anything illegal went on there, it was never discovered.
Source: friends-ues.org
- 1976
Jerry Seinfeld auditions at the Comic Strip
Jerry Seinfeld tried out at the Comic Strip on June 17, 1976, about two weeks after the club opened. His audition letter hangs in the lobby in place of a headshot. He recalled driving in from Massapequa and parking on 82nd Street, and said that once a comic was established there, he could go anywhere.
Source: thecomicscomic.com
- 2008
The Comic Strip sets a Guinness record with a 50-hour stand-up show
From June 3 to June 5, 2008, the club set a Guinness World Record for the longest uninterrupted stand-up comedy show, which ended just past the fifty-hour mark. William Stephenson hosted, and Dave Attell, Judah Friedlander, Ted Alexandro, Tony Rock, Jeffrey Ross, Mike Birbiglia, Judy Gold, Rich Vos and Greg Giraldo performed.
“From June 3, 2008 through June 5 the Comic Strip Live broke the Guinness World Record for the Longest Continuous Stand Up Comedy Show…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2017
Jerry Seinfeld renovates the showroom to film a Netflix special
In 2017 Jerry Seinfeld filmed his Netflix special Jerry Before Seinfeld at the Comic Strip. According to the comedy site The Comic's Comic, he renovated the club's showroom so that he could shoot the special there.
Source: thecomicscomic.com
- 2018
Adam Sandler films part of his special 100% Fresh at the club
Adam Sandler shot part of his 2018 comedy special 100% Fresh at the Comic Strip Live, the year after Jerry Seinfeld returned to the club for his own special. The club is mainly a showcase room where performers are encouraged to keep writing and refining new material.
“Adam Sandler also shot part of his 2018 special 100% Fresh at the club.”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
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