Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent · Aired Nov 3, 2026
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The comedy club known as the Comedy Store was closed for over a year and a half during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Comedy Store did shut down for a long stretch, but not for over a year and a half. It stopped indoor shows in March 2020, ran some outdoor shows in its parking lot during the closure, and planned to reopen its Main Room on April 30, 2021, which is about 13 to 14 months. Evidence that the Comedy Store's indoor shows did not resume until after September 2021 would prove this wrong.
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Is it true that the comedy club known as the Comedy Store was closed for over a year and a half during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The Comedy Store did shut down for a long stretch, but not for over a year and a half. It stopped indoor shows in March 2020, ran some outdoor shows in its parking lot during the closure, and planned to reopen its Main Room on April 30, 2021, which is about 13 to 14 months. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2575 - Sam Tallent, aired Nov 3, 2026, at 53:57. The supporting source is pastemagazine.com, linked below.
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