Feb 22
An Evening at the Improv with Phil Silvers
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An Evening at the Improv with Phil Silvers
(via Budd Friedman, Who Built an Empire of Comedy Clubs, Dies at 90 - The New York Times)
Budd Friedman, who revolutionized the world of stand-up comedy with his empire of Improv clubs, offering a launching pad for generations of joke tellers, including Richard Pryor, Lily Tomlin, Robert Klein and Jay Leno, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 90.
What's the deal with airline food?
We assume this question comes to us from a 1981 episode of “Evening at the Improv” with Budd Friedman.
The only comedian Budd Friedman has ever bad mouthed in his life
Bill Dana attending a Robin Williams gig at Budd Friedman's Improv
1990.
Jack Carter pretending to enjoy Budd Friedman's company
8162 Melrose Ave was home of the folk club the Ash Grove. Several comedians performed here in the late 1960s including Fred Willard and Robert Klein. In 1974 it was taken over by Budd Friedman and turned into the Hollywood Improv.