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'''The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong''' is a venue for [[stand-up comedy]] and [[improvisational comedy]] located at 34 [[Elgin Street, Hong Kong|Elgin Street]], basement, [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], [[Hong Kong]]. Founded in February 2007 by [[Jami Gong]], a leading Chinese American stand-up [[comedian]],<ref>[http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/jamigong.htm "Featured Profiles", ''Aprofiler''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704111228/http://aarising.com/aprofiler/jamigong.htm |date=2008-07-04 }}</ref> TakeOut Comedy is the first full-time [[comedy club]] in Asia.<ref>[http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/SCMP.pdf "Stand and Deliver", ''South China Morning Post'']</ref> The club fosters local English and Cantonese-speaking talent<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684588,00.html "How to write a joke in China", ''Time''] 15 November 2007</ref> and has hosted well-known comedians from around the world, including Tim Jones, [[Ted Alexandro]], [[Al Ducharme]], Butch Bradley [[Tom Cotter (comedian)|Tom Cotter]] and [[Paul Ogata]].<ref>[http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/SCMP.pdf ''South China Morning Post'']</ref>
'''The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong''' is a venue for [[stand-up comedy]] and [[improvisational comedy]] located at 34 [[Elgin Street, Hong Kong|Elgin Street]], basement, [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]], [[Hong Kong]]. Founded in February 2007 by [[Jami Gong]], a leading Chinese American stand-up [[comedian]],<ref>[http://www.aarising.com/aprofiler/jamigong.htm "Featured Profiles", ''Aprofiler''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704111228/http://aarising.com/aprofiler/jamigong.htm |date=2008-07-04 }}</ref> TakeOut Comedy is the first full-time [[comedy club]] in Asia.<ref>[http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/SCMP.pdf "Stand and Deliver", ''South China Morning Post'']</ref> The club fosters local English and Cantonese-speaking talent<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071117095228/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684588,00.html "How to write a joke in China", ''Time''] 15 November 2007</ref> and has hosted well-known comedians from around the world, including Tim Jones, [[Ted Alexandro]], [[Al Ducharme]], Butch Bradley [[Tom Cotter (comedian)|Tom Cotter]] and [[Paul Ogata]].<ref>[http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/SCMP.pdf ''South China Morning Post'']</ref>


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The TakeOut Comedy Club Hong Kong is a venue for stand-up comedy and improvisational comedy located at 34 Elgin Street, basement, Central, Hong Kong. Founded in February 2007 by Jami Gong, a leading Chinese American stand-up comedian,[1] TakeOut Comedy is the first full-time comedy club in Asia.[2] The club fosters local English and Cantonese-speaking talent[3] and has hosted well-known comedians from around the world, including Tim Jones, Ted Alexandro, Al Ducharme, Butch Bradley Tom Cotter and Paul Ogata.[4]

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  1. ^ "Featured Profiles", Aprofiler Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Stand and Deliver", South China Morning Post
  3. ^ "How to write a joke in China", Time 15 November 2007
  4. ^ South China Morning Post
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