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The latest researched stories from our comedy-history desk.

• The Other Improv Tradition Was Invented by a Man Who Hated SchoolWhile Chicago was building improv out of Viola Spolin's theatre games, a Devon-born teacher at the Royal Court was building a rival system by systematically reversing everything his own teachers had told him — and then turned it into a competitive sport.Sep 6, 2026
• The Festival Where the Audience Is the Least Important People in the RoomJust for Laughs began in 1982 as a two-day French-language event in Montreal and became the largest comedy festival in the world — a trade fair with a paying public attached. In 2024 the business went bankrupt.Sep 6, 2026
• Two Clubs, One Cable Slot, and a Decade of Stand-Up CareersDef Comedy Jam ran on HBO from 1992 to 1997 and was built from two existing rooms — one in Harlem, one in Los Angeles. It is the clearest case in comedy of television not discovering a scene but distributing one.Sep 6, 2026

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Every comedy city on Atlas (114)

• Aarhus, Denmark
• Adelaide, Australia
• Alpharetta, United States
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Appleton, United States
• Athens, Greece
• Atlanta, United States
• Austin, United States
• Bangalore, India
• Bangkok, Thailand
• Barcelona, Spain
• Berlin, Germany
• Birmingham, UK
• Bloomington, United States
• Boston, United States
• Bratislava, Slovakia
• Brighton, UK
• Bristol, UK
• Brussels, Belgium
• Budapest, Hungary
• Burlington, United States
• Calgary, Canada
• Canberra, Australia
• Cape Town, South Africa
• Cardiff, UK
• Chandler, United States
• Chicago, United States
• Cologne, Germany
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Cork, Ireland
• Dallas, United States
• Delhi, India
• Denver, United States
• Detroit, United States
• Dubai, UAE
• Dublin, Ireland
• East Providence, United States
• Edinburgh, UK
• Edmonton, Canada
• Fort Collins, United States
• Fort Wayne, United States
• Galway, Ireland
• Glasgow, UK
• Halifax, Canada
• Hamburg, Germany
• Helsinki, Finland
• Hong Kong, China
• Houston, United States
• Indianapolis, United States
• Kansas City, United States
• Kolkata, India
• Leeds, UK
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Liverpool, UK
• Ljubljana, Slovenia
• London, UK
• Los Angeles, United States
• Louisville, United States
• Madrid, Spain
• Manchester, UK
• Melbourne, Australia
• Miami, United States
• Milan, Italy
• Minneapolis, United States
• Montreal, Canada
• Mumbai, India
• Munich, Germany
• Naples, United States
• Nashville, United States
• New Orleans, United States
• New York, United States
• Nicosia, Cyprus
• Ogden, United States
• Oklahoma City, United States
• Oslo, Norway
• Ottawa, Canada
• Paris, France
• Perth, Australia
• Philadelphia, United States
• Phoenix, United States
• Pittsburgh, United States
• Portland, United States
• Porto, Portugal
• Prague, Czechia
• Raleigh, United States
• Reykjavik, Iceland
• Riga, Latvia
• Rome, Italy
• Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Saint Paul, United States
• Salt Lake City, United States
• San Diego, United States
• Seattle, United States
• Singapore, Singapore
• Skopje, North Macedonia
• Sofia, Bulgaria
• Spokane, United States
• Stockholm, Sweden
• Sydney, Australia
• Tacoma, United States
• Tallinn, Estonia
• Tempe, United States
• Tirana, Albania
• Tokyo, Japan
• Toronto, Canada
• Tulsa, United States
• Vancouver, Canada
• Vienna, Austria
• Vilnius, Lithuania
• Washington, United States
• West Jordan, United States
• Winnipeg, Canada
• Zagreb, Croatia
• Zurich, Switzerland

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