{"id":12662,"date":"2019-04-23T10:21:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/"},"modified":"2019-04-23T10:21:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:21:09","slug":"showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime Prepping Comedy Store Docuseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime Documentary Films has ordered a four-part documentary series that will chronicle the history of the iconic Los Angeles club The Comedy Store.<\/p>\n<p>Directed and executive produced by Mike Binder (<em>Black or White<\/em>, <em>The Upside of Anger<\/em> and <em>Reign Over Me<\/em>), the docuseries looks back at the careers that The Comedy Store has launched over the course of its 47 years. Among the comedians who passed through the club are David Letterman, Jay Leno, Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Sarah Silverman, Chris Rock, Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Marc Maron, Whitney Cummings, David Spade, Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, Joe Rogan and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Binder, a Comedy Store alum himself, will use never-before-seen footage and incisive interviews with comedy greats for the series. Executive produced by Oscar\u00a0nominee and Emmy\u00a0winner Mike Tollin (<em>The Franchise<\/em>), the project is expected to premiere on Showtime in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Comedy Store is a magical place\u2014it&#8217;s Juilliard for stand-up comics, the Bolshoi Ballet of comedy,\u201d said Binder. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor for me to be able to return home to my roots, and I am so grateful to be able to tell this remarkable story.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime Documentary Films has ordered a four-part documentary series that will chronicle the history of the iconic Los Angeles club The Comedy Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":12663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[131,3343,3669],"class_list":["post-12662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-showtime","tag-showtime-documentary-films","tag-the-comedy-store","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Showtime Prepping Comedy Store Docuseries - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Showtime Prepping Comedy Store Docuseries - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Showtime Documentary Films has ordered a four-part documentary series that will chronicle the history of the iconic Los Angeles club The Comedy Store.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-23T14:21:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/the-comedy-store-showtime-0419.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"510\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"425\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/\",\"name\":\"Showtime Prepping Comedy Store Docuseries - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-23T14:21:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-23T14:21:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-prepping-comedy-store-docuseries\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Showtime Prepping Comedy Store Docuseries\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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