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Chances are, if you've been to the Comedy Store in the last 41 years, you've seen Argus Hamilton. These days, he's recognizable as the out-of-place, wizened stand-up comic who shouldn't be able to relate to the millennial customers — but never fails to....

After mega-success crafting vehicles for the best performers in the business, comedy's greatest producer is applying his Midas touch to the last comedian anybody expected: himself. Judd Apatow debuted his first stand-up special to three sold-out crowds and a slew of Netflix cameras at this summer's Just for Laughs Festival......

Besides being one of stand-up comedy's most iconic rooms, the Comedy Store in West Hollywood — which turns 45 this week — is also one of its most difficult. Originally a prohibition-era night club in the '30s with ties to Bugsy Siegal, its still-creepy basement is rumored to have been......

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