The Comedy Festival Explained

The Comedy Festival
Location:Las Vegas, Nevada
Aspen, Colorado[1]
Years Active:1995–2008[2]
Founded:1995[3] [4]
Genre:Comedy festival

The Comedy Festival, formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival,[5] was a comedy festival that ran from 1995[6] [7] to 2008.[8] The festival included stand-up comedy performances, appearances by the casts of television shows, and has a film component[9] called the Film Discovery Program.[10] [11]

History

The first 13 editions of the US Comedy Arts Festival were held annually at the Wheeler Opera House and other venues in Aspen, Colorado.[12] The primary sponsor of the festival was HBO, with co-sponsorship by Caesars Palace (the primary venue), TBS, GEICO Insurance, Twix candy bars and Smirnoff Vodka. In-between, HBO had started a spin-off version simply named The Comedy Festival, which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, since 2006,[13] in collaboration with the Anschutz Entertainment Group.

The Aspen event folded in 2007 once HBO exited the festival business, considering the expenditures too high. American comedian Chris Fleming performed at the 2007 event.[14]

TBS picked up the Las Vegas event in 2008, and organized a follow-up edition that year, also arranging for other comedy festivals in collaboration with Just for Laughs.[15] In turn, Aspen replaced the festival with similar events, the Aspen RooftopComedy Festival and the Aspen Laff Festival.[16] [17] [18] [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Phil Rosenthal . Live From Aspen, It's a Tribute! . LA Times . 1997-03-03 . 2017-07-26.
  2. Web site: Celebrating a Decade of Laughs, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Wraps in Aspen . IndieWire . 2004-03-16 . 2017-07-26.
  3. Web site: Steve Johnson . 'Animal House' Without Belushi . Chicago Tribune . 1997-03-07 . 2017-07-26.
  4. Web site: HBO Comedy Festival - USCAF History . hbocomedyfestival.com . 2017-07-26 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20040612040335/http://hbocomedyfestival.com/uscaf_history.html . 2004-06-12 .
  5. Web site: U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Details, a Report by Trademark Bank | Calendar Your Mark | Monitor Similar Marks . Trademarkbank.com . 1994-09-16 . 2017-07-26.
  6. News: Lei . Richard . What Are You Laughing At? Weird And Hostile Detours In The Search For New Comedy . The Washington Post . 1995-04-02 . 2017-07-26.
  7. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99270439/ Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), Sunday, March 26, 1995, Page 55. ... going for yucks at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo.
  8. Web site: Hooper. Troy. Comedy fest drops Aspen. The Denver Post. 2017-07-26. 2007-05-10.
  9. Web site: The Mandy Network . HBO's Comedy Fest announces winners | HBO Comedy Festival . Festivalfocus.org . 2006-03-12 . 2017-07-26.
  10. The HBO Comedy Festival to Be Held in Aspen February 28th – March 4th, 2007 . IndependentFilm.com . 2006-07-18 .
  11. Web site: HBO: No U.S. Comedy Arts Festival next year . Denverpost.com . 2007-08-30 . 2017-07-26.
  12. Web site: Variety Staff . Live From Aspen . Variety . 1997-02-24 . 2017-07-26.
  13. Web site: The Comedy Festival - About. The Comedy Festival. 2017-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20061020060838/http://www.thecomedyfestival.com/about/. 2006-10-20 . HBO and AEG Live will team up once again to make Las Vegas 'the home of funny' when the second annual edition of The Comedy Festival is presented Nov. 14-18, 2006. .
  14. Web site: Chris Fleming during HBO's 13th Annual U.S. Comedy Arts Festival -... . 2022-08-04 . Getty Images . en-gb.
  15. Web site: Szalai. Georg. TBS expands comedy festival work. The Hollywood Reporter. 2017-07-26. en. 2008-02-21.
  16. Web site: Aspen Laff Fest just for laughs? Nope – the Wheeler wants smarts, too . AspenTimes.com . 2017-07-26.
  17. Web site: HBO pulls U.S. Comedy Arts Festival . AspenTimes.com . 2017-07-26.
  18. Web site: Wheeler Opera House Announces Line-up of 2017 Aspen Laugh Festival Aspen CO Chamber. www.aspenchamber.org. 2017-07-26. en. 2017-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032425/https://www.aspenchamber.org/wheeler-opera-house-announces-line-2017-aspen-laugh-festival. dead.
  19. Web site: Husted . Bill . Comedy Arts Festival was a hoot in Aspen . Denverpost.com . 14 May 2007 . 2017-07-26.

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