Are you in need of some serious laughter? How about a place to forget about all your worries or the day's stressful events? Then look no further. I have the answer for you right here. It's called Wiseguys Comedy Club.
Wiseguys Comedy Club is located in Utah and has four locations across the Wasatch Front to cure your funny bones desires. This comical club has found homes in West Valley City, Orem, Ogden and in the heart of Salt Lake City at Trolley Square. Wiseguys feature the finest and funniest in live stand-up comedy. The club is open to all ages but the comedian's routines are not censored so attend at your ears own risk. The clubs highlight "different national touring comedians every weekend and have hosted numerous celebrities including Lewis Black, Dave Attel, Joe McHale, Margaret Cho, Caroline Rhea, Carlos Mencia, Harland Williams and more. Wiseguys has twice been named Utah's Best Comedy Club by Salt Lake City Weekly and has been featured several times in the Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, Standard-Examiner, KUTV2 News, and Fox 13."
I have personally been to the West Valley location and Wiseguys is not your average comedy club that you may have seen on TV. The clubs ambiance is cozy, intimate and features a small stage in the front and center. Long tables are set up diagonally on either side of the main isle, leading up to the stage. The first couple rows of tables are perfect for the brave souls who wish to engage in humorous repartee with the wisecracker. For those of you who wish to stay out of the comedians view point. There is additional table's setup on the far side of the diagonal rows and also in the back.
And what would a comedy club be without a heckler? There has been at least one at every show I have attended. Unfortunately, there is not one "designated" spot for those few belonging to the peanut gallery. But if you should find yourself sitting next to one, don't worry. A good comedian will usually make them the butt of their jokes. Leaving you to laugh at their expense and out of the entertainer's routine.
Looking for something cheap to do on the weekend? No problem. Wiseguys has a 2 for 1 coupon valid only on Friday and Saturday shows. The clubs have a café-style menu of appetizers, sandwiches, desserts, bottled beer and soft drinks. But something I didn't know the first time I enjoyed these fine comedic routines is that one menu item must be purchased during the show.
So where ever you live, you are just minutes from chuckling, giggling or whatever your brand of laughter may be, at Wiseguys Comedy Club. For more information and scheduled performers visit their website at www.wiseguyscomedy.com.
Sources: www.wiseguyscomedy.com
TUESDAY 4/27
Writer’s Bloc: Carol Burnett & Tim Conway, 7:30p Saban Theater. Two comedy legends get together on stage to talk about her new book and reminisce. Probably the coolest thing you could go see all week.
Tremendosaur, 8p Comedy Central Stage. Tremendosaur is one of LA’s most beloved sketch comedy groups, and they’ve been working hard to put up a whole bunch of new sketches that are practically guaranteed to kill.
WEDNESDAY 4/28
Past Her Prime, 6:30p UCB. This great sketch show by Justine Barron is going up at UCB for one show (so far). Go give it some love.
Conan O’Brien’s Writers Room, 8p Hollywood Improv. The writers for Team Coco have all been crafting their stand up routines in the intervening months, and they’re ready to show off their considerable skills.
THURSDAY 4/29
Mash Up, 8:30p Hollywood Musicbox. A great Comedy Central TV stand up taping, this set features the hilarious Matt Braunger, T.J. Miller, Hannibal Buress, and Kumail Nanjiani. Oh, and it’s effing FREE, for all my pimps-on-a-budget!
4 Stories & A Cover, 9:30p UCB. Andy Daly, Matt Price, and Greg Behrendt are all taking part in this great storytelling show,with a little bit of music thrown in to boot.
FRIDAY 4/30
Tig Has Friends, 8:30p Largo. The cast of the Sarah Silverman program steps out to Largo on La Cienega for some stand up.
Sam Tripoli, 9p Downtown Comedy Club. Sam is a longtime LA stand up comic who is taking his comedy stylings to the woefully under-served downtown area.
SATURDAY 5/1
Jon Dore, 7:30p Hollywood Improv. Canadian comedian Jon Dore drops in for a single show that should be required viewing for anyone interested in funny, off-beat, nice-guy humor.
Tang, 10p iO West. These lovely award-winning sketch comedy ladies are back doing a full show for your giggling pleasure.
Quick & Dirty Musicals, 10p UCB. A phenomenal line up of musical comedians, including John Ross Bowie, The Apple Sisters, and Chris Farah.
SUNDAY 5/2
Harland Williams, 7p Brea Improv. Go out and get weird with Harland Williams in Brea.
Bobby Slayton, 7p Ontario Improv. Bobby is a gravely, energetic comic with a voice and stage presence all his own.
More details as we get them. The project will be produced under the Rough House Pictures banner founded by those protectors of the greater good, McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green. Two other films are currently growing in RHP’s greenhouse, including Hill’s L.A.P.I. and a biopic on modern teen outlaw, Colton Harris Moore, with Green circling to direct. RHP is also producing Eastbound & Down’s second season, which is set in Mexico and now shooting (steroids?) down in Puerto Rico. Speaking of which, it may be a coincidence (then again, maybe not): Will Ferrell has stepped into the public eye of late for charity as a sketchy Venezuelan baseball pitcher named Rojo Johnson. Check it out…
From a press release: “ served time for running a smuggling ring that imported rare and illegal species of reptiles into the United States from South America during the mid-to-late 1990s,” read the team’s statement after it signed Johnson. “Thursday night’s game marks Johnson’s first in American professional baseball after a storied career in the Venezuelan leagues.”
Rojo recently popped up in a YouTube vid capturing his exploits at a baseball game…
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