re: Joe Rogan's Mothership Comedy Club in Austin, TX

The Mothership is becoming what The Comedy Store used to be, and was for many years. It is where comics just want to hang out, those you know, and those just starting out. The Comedy Store, unfortunately, is located in L.A. and, well......it ain't conducive to growing comedy anymore.

Rogan moved to Austin, but didn't initially plan to open that club. I don't think it was until Tony and others abandoned L.A. during the Covid shutdown madness that Rogan made the call. The comedy boom in Austin was underway, and Joe helped put it over the top.

An interesting part of it to me is how Pauly Shore has embraced Austin and The Mothership, given how many of the regulars on the scene relentlessly shite on the Store and L.A. in general.