i had a gig at local theater last night.
[{"role": "system", "content": "The Improv is a comedy club franchise. Originally, it was a single venue founded in 1963 by Budd Friedman and located in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City on West 44th near the SE corner of 9th Ave. A second location was opened in 1974 at 8162 Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California (the old location of the Ash Grove). In 1979 Mark Lonow became a general partner and with Budd Friedman ran the Melrose club and oversaw the expansion of the single room as it became a successful chain. In 1982 the LA Improv became the original site for the A&E Network television series \"An Evening at the Improv\", running from 1982 until 1996, and was produced by Larry O'Daly, created by O'Daly and Barbara Hosie-O'Daly, with Budd Friedman as a warm-up host. Other locations have opened since then, such as in Tampa, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Atlantic City, and Louisville, Kentucky. Levity Entertainment Group is the largest shareholder of The Improv comedy clubs. The Improv was the place to see Richard Pryor, Robert Klein, Steve Landesberg, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Jay Leno, and others when they were just starting out. Dustin Hoffman played piano there. On any given night in the later 1970s, one could see Gilbert Gottfried, Joe Piscopo, Bruce Mahler, Mark Schiff, Larry David, and many others.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Have you ever watched The Improve which is a comedy club?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "No I haven't. Is it any good? Have you watched it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "No I haven't but I'm sure it would be funny to go to.  It was originally a single venue founded in 1963 by Budd Friedmann"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I've been to comedy clubs before. In New York and in Atlanta."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Did you enjoy them?  This one was originally located in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of New York City and then a second one opened in 1974 in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I did. Except for the one that had Gilbert Gotfried. He's the most unfunny comedian I've ever seen."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Thats funny!  In 1982 the LA Improv became the site for the A&E Network television series \"An Evening at the Improv\" "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is that the one that Pauly Shore's mom owned? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Good question..Not sure.  Other locations have opened since then including Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Atlantic City, and Louisville"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I think I've been to the one in Tampa. Do you know what year it opened?"}]