The L.A. Weekly: Best of L.A. 2003
OCTOBER 17 - 23, 2003

Best Comedy Clubs by Libby Molyneaux
You have seven days to live, and you want to spend them laughing. Not a bad way to go.

Sunday, 8 pm: Rachel Arieff’s Discotown at the Ramada Inn. Yes, it’s another fake lounge act, but Rachel Arieff is one fucked-up perky cheerleader in stars and stripes short-shorts and an Eydie Gorme wig. Her guests are some of the best and sickest comics around, including regulars like Maria Bamford and “Captain Mustache” Brendan Small, plus the tap-dancing Smokin’ Grandma. It’s more experimental than most standup nights, with Arieff playing hostess and singing songs at the piano like “Box Full of Turds,” written by her cat Mr. Tacos, “a freaking musical genius.” The tiny lounge also has the most comfy chairs of any comedy venue, and you may even be sitting next to really confused-looking hotel guests. And please, whatever you decide to do with your Sunday night, don’t bother with tired old Jay Leno at the Comedy & Magic Club. 1160 Bar & Lounge, Ramada Inn, 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Hollywood, (323) 315-1845.

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Audience Comments

"Had heaps of fun. You're very funny. Discotown's the best show on earth!" -Naomi Lowes, hotel guest from Victoria, Australia.

"Discotown! is the most fun thing to do in Hollywood next to pissing on Pauly Shore's star on the Walk of Fame.
Keep up the good work." -Travis Bjorklund

"I'm not a big fan of stand-up comedy in general, but I really enjoyed Discotown." -Brian Williams

"Great show last night! My friends really enjoyed your show...
they've never seen anything like that before, and they loved it...they wore your sticker proudly for the rest of the night."
-Antoinette Beauford

"I was so depressed last night that your show actually cheered me up. Ya never know what's going to happen at Discotown!
Back to crying." -CJ

"Going to D-town is like going to church every sunday...it helps me get thru the week." -Mona Morrison

"Great, great show, as always. Amazingly, knowing your jokes only makes me enjoy them more. The guests were fantastic also. I think I laughed more tonight than at any time since I saw Duck Soup for the first time at seventeen, when I fell off my family's couch. Truly excellent show. Brendan, Maria, and Moses were all great." -Rob