Club Quote by Nate Bargatze

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

— Leigh Steinberg

One night I attended a Laughing Liberally comedy show. There was one funny comedian there - Lee Camp.

— Matt Labash

Everything that happened there in the '70s and '80s made it an important place for me. As a kid I became obsessed with David…

— Tony Hinchcliffe

The Comedy Store attracts all types of people, growing up I was able to meet them all.

— Pauly Shore

I remember when I wanted to start touring for comedy. That's when podcasts were just kicking off. So I listened to every comedy podcast…

— Janelle James

Hosting 'SNL' was something I'd always wanted to do. The show allowed me to play to my strengths - mixing music with comedy seemed…

— Justin Timberlake

One day in '61, I was looking in the Santa Monica phone book for a number, and there it was: Stan Laurel, Ocean Avenue…

— Dick Van Dyke

I wanted to come to Chicago. I also wanted to do "Saturday Night Live." And then I got to a place where I didn't…

— Simon Helberg

January 14, 2000, was my first time on stage, and I've been hooked ever since. I got discovered nationally in Seattle by the now-defunct…

— Hari Kondabolu

I did standup comedy. I opened once for Jay Leno.

— Alan Colmes

SNL' and 'Half-Baked' came and certainly brought me a bigger audience. But I lost the perspective of being a real good comedian.

— Jim Breuer

When I was a comic in the 1980s, I was on the road somewhere every day, and I'd get back to the hotel, and…

— Jerry Seinfeld