"My first wife died. My second wife, wouldn't." That perfectly written and executed joke reveals a lot about the comic talent and twist Ross Bennett possesses and provides. In a community overwhelmingly populated by those who lean left, Ross is the son of a Marine who made it as far as West Point, before chucking it all to dive into the rock solid uncertainty of life in comedy in the 1980s. Three decades later, Ross continues to validate his decision by continuing to work

Outside of club owners Richie Tienken and Bob Wachs, when they managed Eddie Murphy and worked at times with so many others like Sam Kinison, Chris Rock and Adam Sandler to name three, Rory Rosegarten was probably the one other manager in the business who had deep personal ties to the Comic Strip in the 1980's and actually thought of the club as his comedy "home". As Rory tells it in this Comic Strip Schmooze, legendary club manager Lucien Hold was the one, who after talking