Punchline Comedy Club celebrates 30 years after 10,000 plus shows including Jay Leno, Jeff Foxworthy, Steve Harvey, Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen

The partygoers who worked at the Punchline between 1982 and 1997. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/[email protected] The Punchline Comedy Club on the surface looks very much like it did when it opened three decades ago. The wood paneling, the classroom-style wood chairs, the black and white eight-by-tens on the walls of comics with bad 1980s hair. The only overt nod to modernity: flat screen TVs, including two on the stage. But clearly, the success of the club has nothing to do with the modest decor. For the first 22 years or so, the club was managed by Ron DiNunzio and… >>
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