August 1st 4:05PM by
comedy central insider
Dan Allen: Astoria, Queens is the Epicenter of Comedy
(Jon Fisch is slowly coming to terms with his sexuality, and Allen is contemplating life without hair.)
Astoria was the Hollywood of the silent film industry during the 1920's.
Eighty years later, entertainers (specifically Comedy Central comedians) are finally returning back to Queens.
With only a fifteen-to-twenty minute commute into Manhattan, it has become saturated with funny people.
Christian Finnegan, Ted Alexandro, Jon Fisch, Jesse Joyce, Jamie Lissow…the list goes on and on.
In fact, they've created a basketball league comprised of Astorian comics.
Check it out here!
(Dan Allen will be here all week, no pun intended.)
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