{{Short description|American comedy club chain}}{{For|the nerve often called the Funny Bone|Ulnar nerve}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2023}} '''The Funny Bone''' is a comedy club chain in the United States. The original Funny Bone Comedy Club opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by co-founders Mitch Kutash and Gerald Kubach<ref name=":0">Scanlon, Tom. [https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/pittsburgh-played-critical-role-reisers-rise/docview/1765780881/se-2 "Pittsburgh played critical role in Reiser's rise"]. ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review''. February 17, 2016. {{Subscription required}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=JUNE SCHARF Freelance |title=Comedy club owner makes bucks from yuks |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/comedy-club-owner-makes-bucks-from-yuks/article_32743f68-e8e2-5c38-bdd1-25831d3c1144.html |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Cleveland Jewish News |date=9 May 2002 |language=en}}</ref> in 1982.
== Alumni == Past performers have included:
* Roseanne Barr<ref>{{Cite web |title=FunnyBone.com |url=https://theimprovorlando.com/History |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=FunnyBone.com |date=6 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref> * Gilbert Gottfried * Bill Bellamy * Lewis Black * Brett Butler * Drew Carey * Ellen DeGeneres * Ben Brainard * Jeff Dunham * Pablo Francisco * Bobcat Goldthwait * D.L. Hughley * Dom Irrera<ref>{{Cite book |last=Katz |first=Jesse |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bl4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22ellen+degeneres%22++%22the+funny+bone%22&pg=PA78 |title=Los Angeles Magazine |date=June 2005 |publisher=Emmis Communications |language=en}}</ref> * Paul Reiser, who began his career and met his wife at the Pittsburgh Funny Bone.<ref name=":0" /> * Chris Rock * Jerry Seinfeld * Marc Maron * Ralphie May<ref>{{Cite book |last1=May |first1=Ralphie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=He80DwAAQBAJ&dq=JERRY+SEINFELD++%22the+funny+bone%22&pg=PT101 |title=This Might Get a Little Heavy: A Memoir |last2=Parker |first2=Nils |date=2017-12-12 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |isbn=978-1-250-08575-7 |language=en}}</ref>
== Locations == The Funny Bone's locations have included:
* Albany, New York<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funny Bone Comedy Club and Restaurant to open this summer at Crossgates Mall |url=https://capitalregionchamber.com/news/funny-bone-comedy-club-and-restaurant-to-open-this-summer-at-crossgates-mall/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Capital Region Chamber |language=en-US}}</ref> * Chicago, Illinois<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brady |first=Vince Vieceli and Bill |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_0ZAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Mitch+Kutash%22++%22the+funny+bone%22&pg=PA105 |title=Stand-Up Comedy in Chicago |date=2014 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-1184-3 |language=en}}</ref> * Columbus, Ohio * Dayton, Ohio * Des Moines, Iowa * Manchester, Connecticut * Naperville, Illinois * Newport, Kentucky * Omaha, Nebraska * St. Louis, Missouri<ref>{{Cite web |title=Funny Bone Comedy Club-Westport Plaza |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/funny-bone-comedy-club-westport-plaza/Location?oid=2683597 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Riverfront Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Kevin C. |title=St. Louis Funny Bone finds a second home at Streets of St. Charles |url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/st-louis-funny-bone-finds-a-second-home-at-streets-of-st-charles/article_ed1ee38a-5bc3-5a3b-a9a6-f410fa342456.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=STLtoday.com |date=20 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Daniel |title=Funny Bone Comedy Club Is Opening a St. Charles Location |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/arts/funny-bone-comedy-club-is-opening-a-st-charles-location-35387740 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Riverfront Times |language=en}}</ref> * Syracuse, New York * Richmond, Virginia * Schaumburg, Illinois * Toledo, Ohio<ref>Skebba, Jay. "[https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/52-need-laugh-funny-bone-is-place-you/docview/2186266149/se-2 The 52: Need a laugh? The Funny Bone is the place for you]". Chicago: ''TCA Regional News''. February 27, 2019. {{Subscription required}} </ref> * Virginia Beach, Virginia
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==External links== * [http://www.funnybone.com/ The Funny Bone]
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