Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Dangerfield's on First Avenue--and Comedy Clubs in Manhattan

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Dangerfield's on First Avenue--and Comedy Clubs in Manhattan

I was walking down First Avenue Monday afternoon and I noticed that Dangerfield's is still there-- or seems to be still there. Wikipedia says simply

Dangerfield's is a comedy club located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, United States, and named after comedian Rodney Dangerfield. The club was founded by Rodney Dangerfield and long-time friend Anthony Bevacqua, who still runs and operates the club today. The club opened on September 29, 1969.
Only headliners perform, with no amateur or open mic nights. Performers have included George Carlin, Jay Leno, Tim Allen, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Jim Carrey, Andrew Dice Clay, Dom Irrera, Roseanne, Bill Hicks, Sam Kinnison, Robert Schimmel and Jeff Foxworthy.
The club was home to HBO comedy specials Rodney Dangerfield put on to showcase young comedians.

External links

Official website

Wow, it has been a while since I have been at any comedy clubs in Manhattan, even though there are a couple down in the part of Midtown where I live.

Something else to add to the summer agenda, which now includes more outings to Central Park , the West Village and the World Trade Center memorial..

Oh, just in case you are too young to really know who Rodney Dangerfield was, here is SHORT blurb from Wikipedia...

Rodney Dangerfield (Jacob Cohen, November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004)^[1] was an American comedian, movie, television, stage, radio, voice actor, writer, and singer. He was known for his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" He was in the movies Easy Money, Caddyshack, and Back To School. He won a Grammy Award.

Dangerfield was born on November 22, 1921 in Babylon, New York. He was married to Joyce Indig from 1949 until they divorced in 1961. They remarried in 1963 and divorced again in 1973. From 1993 until his death in 2004, he was married to Joan Child. He has two children with Indig. Dangerfield died on October 5, 2004 in Westwood, Los Angeles, California from complications from surgery, aged 82^[2].