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The Comedy Workshop and the attached Comix Annex was a comedy club in Houston, Texas.Opened in 1978 [1] It was quite popular in the 1980s and the breeding ground for a group of influential comics, once known as the Texas Outlaw Comics that included Ron Shock, [2] Riley Barber, Bill Hicks, Jimmy Pineapple, [3] Steve Epstein, John Farnetti, Carl LaBove and Andy Huggins. [4]
The location in Houston, Texas was open since 1977, and was one of the most successful clubs through the 1990s. It closed on December 19, 2009, in a surprise announcement. [3] The Houston Laff Stop changed locations a few times during its existence, the last stop becoming an upstairs strip mall location at Waugh and Allen Parkway.
The Texas Outlaw Comics were a group of comedians based in Houston, Texas in the mid-1980s. [1] Formed at the Comedy Workshop comedy club in Houston, early members included Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks, Ron Shock, Steve Epstein, Carl LaBove, John S, Riley Barber, Dan Merryman, John Farnetti, and Jimmy Pineapple. [2]
Ali Siddiq (born October 17, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and writer and former radio personality and public speaker based in Houston, Texas. [2] He released his debut comedy album in 2010 and his debut television special in 2016.
At the age of 16, Hicks began performing at the Comedy Workshop in Houston, Texas. During the 1980s, he toured the United States extensively and made a number of high-profile television appearances, but he amassed a significant fan base in the United Kingdom, filling large venues during his 1991 tour. [ 3 ]
Kinison began his career in Houston, Texas, where he performed in small clubs.He became a member of a comedic group at the Comedy Workshop, known as the Texas Outlaw Comics, that included Bill Hicks, Ron Shock, Riley Barber, Steve Epstein, Andy Huggins, John Farneti, [9] and Jimmy Pineapple.