Filmed regularly at the legendary The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, CA, The Chelsea Skidmore Show is an intimate conversational podcast hosted by comedian Chelsea Skidmore.
Chelsea Skidmore is a comedian, writer and actor originally from New York City. She made her film debut in the Netflix feature SANDY WEXLER starring Adam Sandler. Chelsea can be seen performing live regularly at The Comedy Store, The Hollywood Improv, Laugh Factory, and Ice House. She also tours her stand-up at comedy clubs, theaters and festivals across the country. Skidmore co-produces a monthly stand-up show at The Comedy Store entitled Home Alone. She’s also a regular opening act for notable comedians Anthony Jeselnik and Pauly Shore.
On this week’s episode, riding high from her show-stealing performance on Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Chelsea sits downs with comedian/actress Patty Guggenheim. During the podcast, Patty discusses performing as an actress and stand-up comedian, The Groundlings, being collaborative, sorority life, and much more.
Patty Guggenheim: Patty Guggenheim is an accomplished actress, noted for her comedic timing in her roles for television shows. Guggenheim began her acting career with roles in sitcoms like “Tosh.0” (Comedy Central, 2008-) and “The Middle” (ABC, 2009-). She continued to work steadily in sitcoms throughout the 2010s, appearing on “Web Therapy” (Showtime, 2010-15), “2 Broke Girls” (CBS, 2011-) and “The Spoils Of Babylon” (IFC, 2013-15). During these years, she additionally appeared in film, receiving a role in the comedy “Casa De Mi Padre” (2012) with Will Ferrell. Guggenheim most recently appeared in “Hashtaggers” (2016-). Guggenheim recently entered the highly-popular Marvel Cinematic Universe as the scene-stealing character Madisynn King in Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law.
The Comedy Store: The Comedy Store is easily regarded as one of the most well-known and successful comedy clubs of all time. Over the years, it’s become instantly recognizable for anyone who’s wanted to go into comedy or is just a fan of comedy. A brief history about the club. The space itself has a storied history, as it had been two other nightclubs prior to becoming the Store. First it was Club Seville in 1935 before becoming Ciro’s which lasted from 1940 until 1957. In 1957, it then became Ciro’s Le Disc, which was a rock and roll club. In April 1972, The Comedy Store officially opened. It’s owners were Sammy Shore and Rudy DeLuca. However in 1973, Shore’s wife Mitzi began operating the club as a result of their divorce settlement. She wound up buying the building in 1976. And under her watchful eye, the club started generating lots of buzz around it. It was during this period that you could go to see some of the biggest comedians just as they were on the rise. Some of the notable comics that you could see on any given night during that era includes Jay Leno, David Letterman, Andy Kaufman, Robin Williams, Freddie Prinze, Richard Pryor, Michael Keaton, Elayne Boosler, Louie Anderson, Roseanne Barr, Richard Belzer, Richard Lewis, Garry Shandling, Andrew Dice Clay, Sam Kinison, Jim Carrey, Rodney Dangerfield, Billy Crystal, Bob Saget, and so many more. The Comedy Store continued to thrive throughout the 1980’s. It played a massive role in the comedy boom, where stand-up comedy became as popular as it had ever been. And like any other business that’s been around as long as the Store has, there are ebs and flows. However, within the last 10 years, there seemed to be a resurgence in its popularity once again we’ve seen. To this day, The Comedy Store remains a hot spot for comics to go up and do what they do best. If you have a favorite comic working today, chances are pretty good they’ve walked through the door. Within the last 10 years, some of the comics you might have seen on any given night include Whitney Cummings, Dave Chappelle, Joe Rogan, Jeff Ross, Anthony Jeselnik, Bert Kreischer, Nikki Glaser, Tom Segura, Bobby Lee, Marc Maron, Ari Shaffir, Joey Diaz, Taylor Tomlinson, Donnell Rawlings, Bryan Callen, Neal Brennan, Sebastian Maniscalco, Punkie Johnson, Chris D’Elia, Iliza Shlesinger, Doug Stanhope, Andrew Santino, Jesus Trejo, Sarah Silverman, Ms. Pat, the late Brody Stevens, and so many more.
You can checkout previous episodes of The Chelsea Skidmore Show featuring Hanna Dickinson, Sara Weinshenk, Earl Skakel, Kim Congdon, Leah Lamarr, and many more HERE
