1/17/2024 0 Comments Nerdist meltdown comicsThe Meltdown Effect: ComediansĪny comedian working in or visiting Los Angeles who says they don’t want to get booked on The Meltdown is lying (or incredibly self aware and pragmatic that that is not their crowd). ![]() And now, starting Wednesday at 12:30am, The Meltdown will go national, as The Meltdown With Jonah and Kumail debuts as Comedy Central’s latest stand-up showcase series. During that time, Chris Hardwick took over the back space and transformed it into NerdMelt Theater, which now has comedy-related programming seven nights a week and serves as the physical home of the Nerdist podcast network. Over the past four years, it has grown to be one of the most popular shows in LA, drawing top talent and regularly selling out at $8 a pop. The Meltdown is a weekly independent show produced in the back room of a small comic shop– Meltdown Comics– in Hollywood. And that’s exactly what The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail did. So it’s not that inconceivable that a little show in the back of a comic book shop could grow to influence everything from a generation of open mic’ers, to the podcast landscape and even which comedians you get to see on your television. ![]() While not as obviously major historical events, many influential shows and rooms – like BrewCo, The Unknown Theater, Big Fish, Dublin’s, Holy Fuck!, The Parlor and Comedy Juice – have changed the course of the scene. Carson’s move to LA, Mitzi and Sammy Shore’s divorce, and UCB’s LA expansion all changed the face of LA comedy in a big way. Over the last five decades, the LA Comedy Scene has been driven by unexpected forces, large and small. ![]() You never know how much one comedian, show or event is going to change the shape of a scene.
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