Comedy Clubs - See your favorite Stand-up Comedian

If you don't feel April Foolish or funny today, inspire your sense of humor at a live comedy club . Whether you're home or traveling, there's one near you. Try the Comedy Store, Laugh Factory, the Improv ( various metropolitan areas), Punchline ( San Francisco & Atlanta), Gotham ( New York ), the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas.

Stand-up comedy is part art, part informal theater -- and pure comedy. It can be perceived as a sort of onstage conflict. The comic is armed with just a microphone and an arsenal of quick-witted jokes, punchlines, or impressions to win over the crowd. And the solution for winning is pretty simple: if they laugh, the material is good.