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Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:14 am
by LKizzle
What's up Richard fans,

Does anyone remember the sketch comedy series, Uptown Comedy Club. It came on in the early 90's during the Black Comedy Explosion. I can't remember any of the sketches, but for reason, I remember the theme song perfectly. Can anybody help, I looked all over the net, and came across no info.

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:35 am
by bingolong
LKizzle,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108458/ - Here it is BAM and you say ......'

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:41 am
by robfharris
LKizzle,
I think they ended each show with a "snaps" competition. "Talent" use to murder 'em.

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:56 pm
by LKizzle
Thanks for the info bingo and robf

Is their any more in-depth info, like famous skits and what is "snaps"

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:21 pm
by robfharris
LKizzle,
"Snaps" are 'yo mama' jokes... your breath is so bad... stuff like that.
I don't think any skits on that show can be considered "famous". I use to catch the show at 3 o'clock in morning on WGN. I was in college and usually drunk or high too.

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:11 pm
by LKizzle
robfharris,

So the "Snaps" or sort of like the "Dirty Dozens" skits from In Living Color.

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:00 am
by robfharris
LKizzle,
This was kind of different, but it was brilliant. Some of the regulars on the show and whatever guest comics they had on the show, would meet up and have kind of a "snaps" tournament. It would start off with the entire group and dwindle down to the last two. The last two would get about 2-3 times to "snap" off on each other. A couple of the guys involved made a little extra money off it. They published a couple of books "Snaps", I know they released a second one, not sure if any others were published.

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 5:30 am
by bingolong

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:05 am
by robfharris
bingolong,
MY MAN BINGO!!!! If you don't want to "do the knowledge" he'll bring it to you. Imagine that... the knowledge was already here, hmmm...
;)
On a page I have at a host site, I have this site linked to it as "THE TRUTH". Bingo, proving it to be so!!!

Re: Uptown Comedy Club

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:54 am
by bingolong
robfharris,
Word!!!!! ;p :lol: B-)