The Comedy Festival

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The Comedy Festival, formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival,[1] was a comedy festival that ran from 1995[2][3] to 2008.[4] The festival included stand-up comedy performances, appearances by the casts of television shows, and has a film component[5] called the Film Discovery Program.[6][7]

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.[8] 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,[9] in collaboration with the Anschutz Entertainment Group.

The Aspen event folded in 2007 once HBO exited the festival business, considering the expenditures too high.[4] American comedian Chris Fleming performed at the 2007 event.[10]

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.[11] In turn, Aspen replaced the festival with similar events, the Aspen RooftopComedy Festival and the Aspen Laff Festival.[12][13][14][15]

References

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