Reno Just For Laughs due for re-do

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on July 5th, 2006

Some time in August, said the voice on the other end of the phone at the Sands Regency, they’ll be re-opening their comedy club. And it’ll have a different name, “Funny Bones.” We suspect she meant Funny Bone, without the “s” on the end. Which means that it’ll be booked out of… Where exactly? (Can anybody keep it straight as to who books what when it comes to the Funny Bone chain?)

The Voice said it’ll be twice the size of the old club, which was booked by Jon Fox, former SF Punchline owner and evil genius behind the San Francisco International Comedy Competition.

There are two other clubs in Reno– Catch A Rising Star at the Silver Legacy and Comedy Comedy at the Hilton out near the airport. (There’s an Improv down on Lake Tahoe, too.) The Male Half of the Staff is working this week at Catch with a very much alive Joe Restivo.

Reno is going condo-crazy. At least three defunct casinos have been gutted recently and will be converted to condominiums. There should be a significant bump in the local population here in a year or two.

from → News • 0 Comments - Let's discuss! • Print-Friendly • Back To Top