ComedySportz Philly on Yelp

Thanks to Emily S. for this great review of ComedySportz Philly on Yelp!

She wrote:

“ComedySportz is a lot of fun.  It’s improv, so it’s always different; you can go again and again (which I have) and enjoy a fresh, completely new show each time.  And there’s nothing like seeing your own suggestion acted out on stage, usually to hilarious effect.

It’s a “family show” (the referee describes it that way, complete with air quotes, when laying down the rules at the beginning of each show), and there are often kids as young as ten in the audience.  But don’t let that discourage you from going:  I’ve found that the “clean” nature of the humor actually ends up making it much, much funnier.  Mediocre comedians, improv and otherwise, often rely on dirty jokes for cheap laughs and shock value; ComedySportz, by choosing to avoid that route, produces truly, brilliantly funny material.

ComedySportz is pretty much the only venue I can think of where the audiences are regularly composed of a happy mixture of tenth birthday celebrants, old couples, young couples, families, groups of teenagers, middle-aged professionals, etc.  I’m afraid this description makes it sounds nauseatingly wholesome, but it’s not.  It sure ain’t Disney.  It’s just really, really funny.  Going to ComedySportz and laughing hard for a couple of hours will be the most enjoyable ab workout you’ve ever had.”