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Nags Head is where it all began for us. A town screaming for entertainment in 1984
(although they didn't know it the 1st year), we opened our first club in the old Armada Hotel.
Comedy was such a new concept for the Outer Banks, when locals and tourists were told about
who would be appearing, they'd respond, "They're live". It was that Groucho Marx philosophy.
If it's good, it can't be here. How wrong they were. We're now proud to say that this club is the
longest-running summer Comedy Club in the country. |
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(from left to right) Ron Darian (note the propeller on his hat)
Jonathan Katz of Dr. Katz and several David Mamet films and Bob Somerby (carrying a tape recorder with the sound of a gasoline
powered airplane) |
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Learning as we went along, we saw bi-planes pulling advertisements over the beach daily. So keeping up with the Jones' with our advertising budget (a six pack of beer) was difficult. We got our banner flying in our own humorous style. |
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Our next location on the Outer Banks
was the longest continuously running
hotel on the beach, The Carolinian
Hotel. Built in 1946 and opened in
1947 it was like the "Overlook" in the
Shining. Even after being torn down
the ghosts of Drew Carey, Sinbad,
John Riggi, Darryl Hammond and
many more still haunt the laundry
rooms of the homes built on the site with comedy. |
The Carolinian Hotel |
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