The Laugh Bowl
Among events currently hosted at the Laugh Factory is the annual Laugh Bowl search for young talent, a competition held each November between rival Southern California Universities, UCLA and USC. The Laugh Bowl creator and executive producer, Daron Moore, is the Marketing Director for the Laugh Factory and launched the first live show in November 2009. The Laugh Factory camera crew captures students’ comedy routines, posts the footage online and opens voting. The top-five finalists from each school compete onstage at the club before a panel of professional comedians and industry professionals, with the winner receiving a gig at the Laugh Factory, their name and school name up on the Sunset Boulevard marquee and $5,000 in Laugh Factory gift certificates. The winner’s school receives the Laugh Bowl trophy and bragging rights for the year as the college with the best sense of humor. Past industry judges have included Jamie Masada, Ari Levin, Rick Messina, Jonathan Groce, Brad DeLima and past comedian judges have included Bobby Lee, Tom Dreesen, Maz Jobrani, Neal Brennan, and Chris Kid Reed.
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Famous quotes containing the words laugh and/or bowl:
“I suck in smoke! I smile at grimy mirth,
And laugh to think that you had parried death.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“It seemed a long way from 143rd Street. Shaking hands with the Queen of England was a long way from being forced to sit in the colored section of the bus going into downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Dancing with the Duke of Devonshire was a long way from not being allowed to bowl in Jefferson City, Missouri, because the white customers complained about it.”
—Althea Gibson (b. 1927)