Flappers Comedy Club and Restaurant is a live comedy club with two California locations: one in
Burbank
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, and one in
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. Notable celebrity comedians who have performed at Flappers have included
Jerry Seinfeld
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,
Maria Bamford,
Kevin Hart,
Gabriel Iglesias,
Bill Burr,
Dana Carvey,
Adam Sandler
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,
Christopher Titus,
Jimmy Dore
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,
Rob Schneider
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,
Brendan Cooney and
Craig Shoemaker.
The Burbank club, which opened in 2010, is located at 102 East Magnolia Boulevard in Downtown Burbank, and includes a 200-seat Mainroom, a smaller 50-seat "Yoo Hoo Room," and a bar & patio area with smaller performance stages. Each week, over 40 shows are produced. A full-service restaurant and bar menu is available before and during shows. Friday and Saturday 8pm and 10pm shows feature national touring headliners in the Mainroom. Other notable shows include:
*Celebrity Drop-In Tuesdays at 8pm - a show in which famous comedians routinely drop in, with past guests including
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer and singer. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1990 to 1995, before going on to star in numerous Hollywood films, those of wh ...
,
Whitney Cummings,
Adam DeVine
Adam Patrick Devine (born November 7, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series ''Workaholics'' and '' Adam Devine's House Par ...
*Two Milk Minimum every Saturday at 4:30pm - a family-friendly comedy show starring Michael Rayner (''
Sesame Street
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*Uncle Clydes Comedy Contest every Wednesday at 8pm - Flappers' fresh-faces comedy contest in which the audience votes for their favorite comedians to win cash prizes, gift cards, and Flappers Traditional "Huge Bowl Of Fries."
Flappers is also home to Flappers University, "where learning is a joke," and is one of the largest comedy schools in Los Angeles. The school offers classes in stand-up comedy, improvisation, marketing and promoting, writing for late night television, screenwriting, getting booked on the road, and more.
Events
Since 2014, Flappers has produced and hosted the Burbank Comedy Festival, sponsored by Visit Burbank and the Downtown Burbank Partnership. The festival features a full week of comedy shows, classes, industry panels, and parties.
In 2017 to celebrate Women's History Month, the club featured female headliners that included Cocoa Brown, Taylor Tomlinson and Laurie Kilmartin.
Acts
In winter of 2016,
Cedric The Entertainer
Cedric Antonio Kyles (born April 24, 1964), better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He hosted BET's ''ComicView'' during the 1993–1994 season and ''Def Comedy Jam'' in 1995. He is bes ...
['' Los Angeles Sentinel'', February 3, 2016 ]
Cedric The Entertainer presents Make ‘Em Laugh Mondays at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank
/ref> performed every Monday for a two-month residency. In April 2017, Kevin Hart headlined four shows.
References
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Comedy clubs in California