Spinoffs
Comedy Corner was the only comedy troupe at the University of Arizona until October 1997, when an improv troupe called The Charles Darwin Experience, was founded by a Comedy Corner writing candidate. The Charles Darwin Experience is now a big part of the UA comedy scene, performing a short form comedy show. The premiere of The Charles Darwin Experience was followed by a surge in new comedy groups, including Ambidextrous Armada in 1999 (defunct), Mechanically Separated Chicken in 2001 (defunct), New Kevin (defunct), and in 2002, The Street-Prov Theatre Collective (defunct), which was also founded by former Comedy Corner members in 2005. Despite the mix of teams that have started and failed at UA, Comedy Corner and The Charles Darwin Experience have fought off the pack and have devoted weekly audiences to their free performances on campus.
Farce Side Comedy Hour (active), a sketch comedy troupe at Arizona State University, was founded by Comedy Corner member Mike Sterner, who transferred schools. "Farce Side" was initially also called "Comedy Corner."
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