GIGGLE EPIPHANY

The first comedy club was a cave with good acoustics and worse opinions.

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Comedy clubs as a venue emerged in the 20th century, with stand-up clubs becoming common from the 1950s and 60s. Caves have no known comedy history, and the cave acoustics line is a joke.

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