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EXCLUSIVE: The Comedy Store announced today that they have partnered with the Motion Picture & Television Fund to create the Comedians Assistance Fund, which will provide financial assistance and social services to comedians with roots at the legendary club. The Comedy Store, headed by CEOPeter Shore, will provide…

Decades before leading his own multi-million media empire Entertainment Studios, Byron Allen was a teenage kid with a dream, standing in the parking lot of The Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd., watching his stand-up mentors go up on stage. As Jim Carrey tweeted today, “If she loved you, you did well. If she didn't, you did…

Updated: Jim Carrey, who cut his teeth with his genius physical impressions of Clint Eastwood, Bruce Dern, Henry Fonda and E.T. at the Comedy Store on his way to blockbuster stardom, has tweeted out his condolences and a painting of himself with Mitzi Shore. Carrey writes, “The great Mitzi Shore, owner of the famous…

Mitzi Shore, who founded the Los Angeles stand-up comedy club The Comedy Store in 1972, has died at age 87. She became a matriarch for a generation of comedians who began their careers on her stage and went on to become superstars. Comedians who graced her stage include Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Garry Shandling…