The Club Scene

Storytime with GamerDude by Storytime with GamerDude

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After talking with his daughter this week, GamerDude realized that the "going out" things that he used to do in his twenties don't really exist anymore. He remembers the various places he could go and the things he could do for entertainment on the weekends. GamerDude talks about the prevalence of comedy clubs back in the 1980s and 1990s, with names like "Bananas" or "Giggles." He talks about the many stars of the past twenty years who started as stand-up comics in the 1980s, from Eddie Murphy to Robin Williams to David Letterman. He also talks about how "Comedy Night" at the local bars would bring some young, aspiring comics into town to test their material, and you could have a front row seat. He also talks about music clubs, and how going out to a bar or a club to listen to live music was a regular thing. He talks about a duo he met in coll ... 
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