Founded in 1981 by Bill Grundfest, the Comedy Cellar emerged when New York’s comedy boom had begun but not yet reached downtown. It took years of up-and-coming comics like Ray Romano, Chris Rock, Louis CK, and Jon Stewart growing their material there, getting big, and coming home to give the Cellar the cachet it has today – being immortalized in the opening credits of Louie is just a tiny part of its modern legacy.
TV Shows, Movies and Docs featuring The Comedy Cellar
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Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedian (2002) – Documentary
Robert Kelly – Live from the Village Underground (2014) Comedy Special
Louis C.K – Louie – (2010 – 2015) TV Show
History of the Comedy Cellar (2016) – truINSIDE TV Series
Robert DeNiro – The Comedian (2016) – Movie
Oh Rick! (2017) – Documentary
Crashing (2017) – HBO TV Series
Judah Friedlander – America is the Greatest Country… (2017) – Netflix Special
This Week from the Comedy Cellar (2018) – Comedy Central TV Series
Bumping Mics with Jeff Ross & Dave Attell (2018) Netflix TV Series
Ray Romano – Right here, around the corner (2019) Netflix Comedy Special
Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian (2022) – Comedy Special
Raanan Hershberg – Jokes from the Underground (2022) – Comedy Special
