Funny Bone Comedy Club and Cafe

I'm an amateur comic and performed my first set here towards the end of April 2013.  This review is written for the open mic comic looking for a place to break in.

Pros:  The venue is a real comedy club. Arrive early to get on the list. There is no guarenttee you will go but if you let the host know its your first time and you brought a few guests you probably get 4 minutes.  Make sure to annote this on the sign up sheet.  

Dark lights on the audience and bright lights on the comic is perfect. There was a decent size crowd of around 75 people for the open mic.  There was no drink minimum on this night. The tickets were $5 a person. You don't pay as a comic.

The coolest thing about this club is there is a small fraternity of comics performing there. They treated me like a "real" comic even though I had never been on stage. Everyone is supportive and will offer you tips after your set.

We went to see a real show the weekend before and enjoyed ourselves during this as well.

Cons:  The smoke will be annoying for some people. At open mic night they allow smoking all throughout the show. However, on the weekends the early show doesn't allow smoking. I'd recommend going to that one otherwise you've been warned.

The food is strictly average. Your typical overpriced fast food comedy club. This is acceptable to me because the comedy club has to make money.

Overall this is a great club for an open mic comic as well as someone who is looking for a nice place to take out a date, family, or friends.

Loved everything about it except the fact that it's in the middle of BFE.

I'm NOT saying that the people who rated this place low are idiots, but I do sometimes feel that people don't get comedy. Yeah, your experience here will depend on the crowd, the comic, and the chemistry. If you go to a comedy club, you have to expect to be offended. Seriously. If you go to a comedy show and nothing offends you, you probably have no soul. I'm not saying something has to be offensive in order to be funny, but you will have a much more enjoyable time at a comedy show if you stay open and just expect the worst.

I expected this venue to be divey, but it wasn't at all compared with the clubs I'm used to. Plenty of seating (which was pretty spacious), nice host, and nice waitresses.  $10 cover, no drink minimum (best news ever), and really good crowd for a Thursday night. My only complaint is that the waitstaff obstructed the show too much. I would rather sit with an empty drink while listening to a comic than to have a waitress loudly ask me if I'm done. But they did their best, so props to them. Not an easy job.

Smoking is probably the biggest complaint people have about this place. Do I love secondhand smoke? No. But I try to cherish moments like these as much as I can now. Someday, all pleasure will be outlawed and we will long for these days.

Live comedy is like therapy. Try at least three shows/sessions before you give up on it. Also, you gotta have a good attitude going into it. You can't make them do all the work. You gotta, ya know, laugh and shit. You gotta TRY. Make an effort. It won't kill you.

And it's a comedy club. Not Prozac. Not gonna change your life or anything.

One of the best clubs I've been to. Can't wait to go back.

We came here to see Greg Warren on Saturday night. It's in a good location with a good deal of parking, but maybe we just got lucky finding a spot. There was a parking garage nearby if the lot is full.

I had general admission tickets, so we were seated a little further away, but the room is fairly small, so there aren't bad seats - except for mine. I was right behind a support pole in the center of the room, so I was unable to see the comedians about 50% of the time.

Drink service was pretty decent considering the customer to server ratio. Overall, it was a good time. Warren was outside of the room afterwards selling signed CDs and was nice enough to pose for pictures as well. The host and supporting comedian were pretty funny as well.

My only other complaint was that I smelled like cigarette smoke when I got home. I didn't notice anyone smoking in there, but they must have been. The seating is cramped as well. Depending on where you are, you have almost no elbow room. I've been to better places, but I've also seen worse.